A basement rehearsal from June 28, 2023 when we (KarmaLogic) had a guest vocalist sit in with us. This was all one take with a lot of mic bleed across tracks. A vocalist gives me a chance to stretch my production and mixing capabilities (especially 12 years after the recording).
From this base, I added a flute to accompany the vocalist, a pad, faint strings and percussion to create this remaster.

Guitar - Brian Nutwell
Djembe - Dhanush Kondoth
Vocals - Bavya
Bass and all other instruments - Gregg Dennis (Unbard Gates)
Arranged, mixed, produced and mastered by Unbard Gates

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Persia is another tune from the late 80's. The guitar overdubbed version of this was used as background music for an instructional video at work. This version is me taking solos on keyboard. Again, I was merging various song ideas into a single flow.
Lisbon Nights was conceived as a TV theme song.

OK... That Was Weird

Persia (Keyboard Mix)

Persia (All Keyboard Mix)/Lisbon Nights

After seeing her future, Shayla takes comfort in nature and the simple things that bring joy.

Entered for a competition on Metapop.com. Remix of Jacques Greene's 'Serenity'.
Video: https://youtu.be/tnNBhs2AbrU

Serenity (Unbard's Short Mix)

Shayla's visions grow progressively more disturbing.

I went into a dark place here. Originating from a free Kontakt instrument - KLANG Grained Violin, the sound led me in this direction. It reminds me of a fever dream that just gets in your head and causes poor sleep with recurring dreams that make no sense.

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Fever Dream

A final Mystic shows Shayla her new future.

This chord progression has been running through my head and fingers for about a year now. It was time I did something with it. This track features electric guitar tracked live by me. This mix omits the third (dance) movement.

For the music nerds, this includes sounds from Skanner XT, Stratocaster, Vocalise 2, Magnetica, Rounds, Keyscape, Arturia Solina, Kontakt, Lacrimosa and misc. samples.
video: https://youtu.be/1nZBw3_rK9k

Shayla's Rhapsody (Recital Mix)

A Mystic from a future time makes an early effort to contact Shayla.

Metapop contest entry. Challenge was to use Sonokinetic's Ibrido Cinematica to score a film that was provided using a limited version of the software (12 sound sources). I added instruments such as bass, percussion and the main brass theme.
Must see with video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNTauoYahp0

Sonokinetic Trailer

Shayla's visions become erratic and threatening.

Here is my submittal for Spitfire Audio and HBO's Westworld Scoring Competition. 
https://youtu.be/2SDp7jAFsNY
The challenge was to download and score a scene from Westworld Season 3 to be judged by the show’s composer, Ramin Djawadi, as well as the creators: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, Executive Producer J.J. Abrams and the team at Spitfire Audio.
This is my first attempt scoring to something that has dialog and effects. It was eye opening to me how much I had to relegate the music to the background and fight my instinct to make it stand out (I still may not have done it enough. Also, this is the longest sequence I have ever scored.
I used Logic Pro, Logic's new Sampler, Kontakt, Roli, TAL NoiseMaker, ES2 and various sound effects.

Westworld Score

Shayla begins her awakening to new and happier thoughts.

I think this song is happier than my usual fare. It was built using the new features in Logic Pro X. That's me soloing on guitar and synthesized violin.
I hope you enjoy it!
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6tvxZPjc8Y

Summer Send

Shayla has a vision of trains taking her away from her troubled thoughts and toward happier surroundings.

I challenged myself to use only one library of sounds - Neutronics for Omnisphere and Unify created by ESC. No other sounds were used.
I used the new pattern feature in Logic to create this, again ending up with a fairly upbeat (for me) track.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbdTl6_bj60&t=1s

Something Neu

The Mystics make moves to contact Shayla and wake her from her visions.

I finished composing this song on Halloween. Spooky and trippy at the same time.
Details: The storm is a recording I made during hurricane Michael in 2018.
The drones are from Omnisphere.
Vocals are snippets from my sample library.
Background noises/percussion is Damage 2 by Heavyocity.
Bass and guitar is me (Warwick 5 string and Telecaster heavily processed)
Drums are Logic Drummer.
The keyboard part is a Dulcitone from Keyscape.
Video: https://youtu.be/aVhwkzsh8GI

House Of The Mystics

One of the Mystics shows Shayla several alternate lives as different women.

Using the Logic Pro Loop function, I created loops played live on my Roli Seaboard MPE controller. This accounts for the instrument swells and bends that can be heard. I'm actually bending a harp sound. Vocals are from software and played as phrases (not loops) by me. Same with the erhu (chinese violin) sound. Finally, I created the string section part in the middle playing each instrument section using the BBC Orchestra instrument from Spitfire.
Video on YouTube. https://youtu.be/MxF1wRu5EF0

Tales Of Spices, Sand And Silk

Home recordist playing anything. Live bass player.

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