Many of you already have this, but I thought I would officially post my remix of “In This Twilight” by NIN.
You’ll find, as usual, that I’ve tweaked the vocals with Melodyne…and given it an entirely different feel than the original.
Make sure you check the next post, with an instrumental version and even a “behind the scenes” listen to the individual performances that went into the remix.
There were many questions about the original piece “Keeping the Peace”, specifically about the strings and Duduk. I had more than a few people casually wonder or ask what they sounded like in more isolation. That is, to say, a bit more prominent.
With that in mind, I began to just…”tinker” is the technical term, I think…and began to do a “backdoor” remix. You might say I arranged the ending slightly for a reprise, bringing out the strings and the solos (both vocal and woodwind).
So, without further ado, here’s a shorter reprise of the main piece. Enjoy!
Everyone has been getting onto me, with good reason, for not posting any new music or production. Alas, it has been almost three weeks since I moved to Houston. I can’t exactly argue that I’m not settled in. Plus, I’ve been working on music, believe it or not.
I now work second shift, which means I drive home around two in the morning. I actually love it, since I’m a night owl, but the empty highways and mercury vapor lights have started to influence my mood when I do composition. Here is one that is directly inspired from that tone. Enjoy!
Fresh off the…assembly line (?).
This one is hard to describe. It incorporates a lot of sound design done in Absynth 4 and Guitar Rig. I have also dipped into my arsenal of crazy, raging, angry guitars.
The production phase was a procedural experiment for me, cutting music specifically to picture. I can’t post the images, but I can definitely post the music. It starts off slow with some of the sound design, but quickly evolves into an angry, thunderous beat-down.
I’ve just started the mastering stage for the ambient and space music tracks I’m preparing for an ad-hoc album. I will make it available online, and I’ve considered perhaps a Magnatune route. Time will tell.
The album is tentatively titled “Tears For Andromeda”. I don’t know where this track will fall in the overall order of things.
The first track to be actually marked as “complete” is this one…”Goodbye From Colombo”. It features the final words of Arthur C. Clarke from late last year, along with the result of hours of sound design and sequencing. As usual, I’ve mastered with Adobe Audition 3.0.1 using the Waves plug-ins. The soft-synths used in the track include Omnisphere, Colossus, and Atmosphere.
You can listen to or download the 320Kbps MP3 below. You’re also welcome to download the FLAC version (~25 megabytes). It’s Creative Commons, so see the footer of this page for details on how you can use the audio, but you’re free to download a copy and share it with your friends, obviously.
There’s more to come. Enjoy!
