Life In The Shadows

The Dogs Of War

This is one a few classical pieces I've written. I actually thought about adding some lead guitar and maybe even fitting it into a larger kind of metal piano concerto. 

I know the name is a little pretentious but I didn't know what else to call it.

FWI, while I do play a little piano, this was programmed in MIDI. I do have the sheet music and thought about learning to play it for real.

Piano Sonata No 1

In this song my music theory knowledge got to the point to where I thought I could write some orchestration. The into and outro use piano, violin, and cello. The bridge also has piano and cello. Also, I started using synth in the heavy parts to give the metal sound more depth. This has stuck around in subsequent songs.

The name is based on a Vernor Vinge novel. The picture is the cover of the novel.

This song also has a lot of programmed MIDI due to the difficulty of some of the riffs and leads.

A Fire Upon The Deep

This is the last song I wrote that was only guitar, bass and drums. I thought about going back and adding some synth and still might. 

The title is quote from Kurt Vonnegut in the novel Player Piano. The picture is a drawing of Kurt Vonnegut--not by me.

I will admit a lot of this song is played by MIDI. Once I found a program that simulated metal guitar well, I went a little crazy and started writing things I had no chance of playing myself.

Awkwardly Set In The Gruesome Now

this song continued my experiments with harmonized lead guitar. About half way through I started using different records software and so the mix changes a little. I should go back and try to even out the sound quality. 

The fast solo in the middle is played by MIDI. Unfortunately, I'm not that good of a guitarist.

Death Elusive

This is the first song where started using a lot of arpeggios and harmonized guitar. I was pretty proud of the intro and main riff/melody. The rest is a little generic but I think at all fits together pretty well.

Quantum Supremacy

This is the first song I wrote and recorded in over 10 years. It's a little rough on the harmony and the sound quality. However, it represents a huge leap forward in my style from when I was recording music over decade ago. Since then I've learned a lot more about music theory and started to apply some of that new knowledge in this song.

WDCRAFT

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