Name: Building Blocks by The Architect
Duration: 1 min 32 s
Description: Original composition for the ostinato weekly on the 8bmt server.

Composition for 8-Bit Music Theory weekly challenge:  Work.

Extended storytelling before and after the events of Rumpelstiltskin.  Some backstory in the first half, and a second half throws doubt on whether the story's ending is especially happy, all things considered.

Lead sheet, chords, lyrics, mixing - Minotaur/MTaur/me
Vocal 1 - cubey
Vocal 2 - melchoyce ( https://soundcloud.com/mel-choyce )
Piano - DerHealsmann ( https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly )
Percussion - Lampie23
Bass - Jesse!

Image is taken from art by Mercer Meyer.

You Won't Have To

Original composition for 8-Bit Music Theory weekly challenge - Dorian week.
Guitar duet - Me
Remix with additional instruments - Lampie23 (Discord)

Image generated by craiyon.com

Captain Dorian's Plank Waltz

Jazz arrangement for 8-bit Music Theory weekly competition - Jazz arrangement week in honor of Wayne Shorter.

Lead sheet + piano - me (Minotaur/MTaur)
Alto sax - Keeba ( https://soundcloud.com/kee-ba )
Tenor sax + Bass - Jesse!
Vibraphone - metamoogle ( https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling )
Drums - Lampie23 ( https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 )

Edelweiss

Jazz-Rock arrangement of Air Man Stage from Mega Man 2. Originally made for the 8-Bit Music Theory Discord server Weekly Competition.

guest soloists:
@rkirsling - organ solo
Taegan - guitar solo 1
Lampie23 - keys solo
@unklwyfu - guitar solo 2

Airman

Art by Lampie23

Minor key arrangement of Take the A Train for the 8-Bit Music Theory weekly contest - tonality arrangment week.

MTaur - arrangement, lyrics, keyboard, bass
Moebius ( https://soundcloud.com/gorodal ) - mixing
metamoogle ( https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling )- vocals, melodica
Lampie23 ( https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 ) - drums, melodica, art
ddave0822 ( https://soundcloud.com/david-wilson-949461761 ) - guitar
Keeba ( https://soundcloud.com/kee-ba )  - EWI
timelovesahero ( https://soundcloud.com/timelovesahero ) - midi sax

Skits (not in order):  Minotaur, Moebius, Moespouse,
Lampie23, ??????, metamoogle

Take My Ferry

The Animal Lovers - DnD Party Theme

Original composition for the ostinato weekly on the 8bmt server.

Building Blocks

8-Bit Music Theory Weekly - Composition challenge - Relaxing Tritones

MTaur - Lead sheet, electric piano, vocals
Lampie23 ( https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 ) - Drums, bass, synth, skit vocals
timelovesahero ( https://soundcloud.com/timelovesahero ) - Trumpet, saxophone
metamoogle ( https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling ) - Vocals, skit vocals
meldecision ( https://soundcloud.com/mel-decision ) - Skit vocals

Thumbnail image source (I think):
https://www.amazon.com/Bestiary-Illuminated-Alphabet-Medieval-Beasts/dp/0689812469
Jonathan Hunt, Bestiary: An Illuminated Alphabet of Medieval Beasts

Triton

Arranged for Discord 8-Bit Music Theory Summer Santa 2024.  An arrangement of:  https://soundcloud.com/duncan-abrahart/fantasy-flight-1

Arrangement, original draft of bass+guitar - Me (mtaur)
Mixing, editing, and guitar solo - Moebius ( https://soundcloud.com/moebius-the-composer )
Piano/Organ - DerHealsmann ( https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly )
Drums, misc extra - Lampie23 ( https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 )
EWI - Keeba - ( https://soundcloud.com/kee-ba )
Barbershop quartet + arrangement - wilmx042, ViolaBuddy, metamoogle ( https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling ), Jesse!

Supernatural Submarine

Made for the weekly arrangement comp on the 8bmt discord

Castlevania: Tokyo Drift
Belmont discovers a new kind of whip...

Vampire Killer Eurobeat Remix

For https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 as part of the 2024 8Bit Music Theory Discord's Winter Secret Santa exchange.

Originally Mad Dancing: https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334/mad-dancing

I loved this original! It was a great prompt:

> Create a piece that includes a level section, boss section, and an optional post-boss section and your piece must include at least one modulation

And I thought Lampie did a really great job with it, going beyond the prompt into a five-part concept piece. The whole thing was really groovy and easy to listen to, and felt like an SNES soundtrack. I was especially attracted to the bass grooves, so I started my arrangement with those as the base (hehe) and then built up, trying to change the overall genre and mood. Once I had the arrangement sketched out, I started to narrow down more on the overall instrumentation and details like transitions, texture, etc. I found some cool Speak & Spell samples that I thought complemented the piece well, so I crafted those into an underlying story of playing a game that sounded like it was inspired by the 80s. Had a lot of fun with it!

Building Blocks

The Architect

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