Desert Moon Symphony, 5-04-2003
From a musical standpoint, I
consider this song one of the most significant songs I've made
thus far. The complexity of the composition is more advanced than
anything I've previously done, and the "feel" and "flow" of the work beyond
my expectations. When I was creating this, I was imagining a modern day "metalized" piece of classical music.
This is what I was imagining, anyway... I'm not necessarily saying that
I achieved that vision to its full depth :) The idea is there
though, with things like... strings and guitars sharing melodies... oboe
flowing over heavy guitar rhythms... instruments sometimes
playing "variations on a theme" instead of the same identical thing.
It's kinda funny... the basic core melody of this song
is something I came up with years ago... the beginning intro something I
roughed in a few years after that. I had been picturing this song
in my head for a long, long time... and have finally developed it into
something full and complete. The amazing part is that it came out
absolutely nothing like I had originally pictured it. I love when
that happens :) Another cool part is that I didn't get all
"obsessive" about this thing. I stayed mellow with it, and kept
music creation fun the whole time, and managed to do it in a
surprisingly short amount of time (for me)... I've only spent about a
week's worth of time on this song, not including creation of the original
ideas.
I am really happy with the quality of this recording as
well... and you'll notice that that "clicking" problem I had been
fighting with before has completely vanished. I'm not sure why...
the only thing I can think of is I have Windows XP to thank for it.
Nothing else in my setup has changed except my operating system.
Must have been a driver issue or something. Also, XP is really
cool in that it does it's own compressing/limiting (or something... not
really sure what it's doing)... it was impossible for me to peak the
song out when recording down the final mix. XP seems to have made
it a little easier to keep from screwing things up, and to get a perfect
quality recording from the original.
This song has definitely done a great job inspiring me
to want to get working on more stuff.
