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Cover of Danny Boy made as a gift for my Irish grandmother-in-law :) Piano accompaniment modified from an arrangement by Bernard Dewagtere

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I wrote this song after reading the first version of my partner's novel, The Rotting Hound. The vocals are meant to represent the Emissary of Saturn, an instrument distinctly otherworldly compared to all the others, and the bassoon solo represents Vasak, devoted to her duty to support and uplift the melody of the Emissary, while also always reaching towards her beyond her limits.

The song goes through three time signatures, starting in 7/8, then 5/8, then 6/8 to represent the Emissary of Saturn's dominion over time.

Vocals by me, with supporting vocals from my good friend @rosespirit. Album art by me (also the cover of the book)

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This is like 95% finished. I just need to keep tweaking the mix. The reverb sounded waaaay better on my computer than it does with my headphones on my phone haha

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Finally calling this one done. This is the theme for the main protagonist of the Asterion trilogy by Sam Farren, Finley Yael.

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As promised, the individual tracks for the Danny Boy cover

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alright, I finished writing the cover I think! The flute accompaniment was quickly arranged by myself, and the piano arrangement was modified from free sheet music I found, and the original arranger is Bernard Dewagtere. I used his arrangement as a base for mine and simply changed it every once in a while where I wanted a different sound. :)

Now all that's left is actually recording it! I don't plan on adding too much to it...I think a song like this is best when it's kept relatively simple n_n

I'll post the individual tracks separately for Fun :)

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Trying something new with Falling Birds at the end of the song. This is the volume automation (control) for a bunch of vocal tracks.

I want the different vocal parts to have this kind of chaotic undulating feel to them, where some parts force their way into the listener's attention when they otherwise might not.

I could probably do cool stuff with panning in this, but I'm a person who almost exclusively uses only headphone at a time when listening to stuff for Leisure, so I hate panning as a premise bc it denies me the full experience when I listen that way LOL so instead I'm just messing with volume

If I was a person who enjoyed panning, I think I'd try and make it feel like the vocal parts are spinning around? But I am not! So I won't be doing that :)

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working on a cover of Danny Boy as a Christmas present. The violin is standing in for where my vocals will go, and I'm hoping to get a tin whistle and record the flute section as well, but it's been a long time since I played a flute of any variety so we will have to see how that goes haha

The piano section has so far been adjusted from an arrangement I found online, since this is just a gift and I have limited time to spend on arrangement

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I've started uploading my MP3s directly to my phone instead of relying on a website to listen to them and omg. the dream can real. you all gotta get on this.

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This is the rough rough rough idea of a theme for Alexandria Rowan Renshaw from the Asterion trilogy by Sam Farren. She is one of my favorite characters and her characterization is INCREDIBLY strong, so I've been anxious about starting her theme.

I learned the 3rd movement of the Sonata Pathetique as a kid and I think the beginning of this was inspired a lot by that. I know I want there to be a time signature change into a more romantic segment as well, so I tried that, but it'll definitely be tricky getting the transition to feel smooth

Oh yeah and I didn't actually want the finished thing to be in E minor necessarily but that's how it popped into my head. I'll probably mess w the transpose options later...

I wrote this in Musescore 4 and exported it from there, so it's just using whatever their stock plugins are. I'll move it into the DAW when it's a little more thoroughly composed. I like being able to see the notes in front of me when writing harmonies.

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Fan song for Jessie Gaylord from Idletry by @pluralthey and second movement to What I Want I Get

Intended to be listened to after WIWIG, but also a short standalone piece

First piece where I recorded my own performance. Album art is a recreation of the actual sheet music and drawn by me.

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Fan song for Jessie Gaylord from Idletry by @pluralthey

Album art by me

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Rapacity, a song written for the Asterion trilogy by Sam Farren. Album art by me.

Plays best with Chapter 22.

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My first completed composition. Album art by me.