Archive for May, 2009

BoOm BoOm BoOm (RiUvEn BoOm)

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

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Back when I lived in a flat in Liverpool, I lived underneath a guy called Robbie who was a musical talent in himself. He managed to get quite famous on the internet with his music under the name of “RiUvEn“. One night there was no internet throughout the house, so Robbie and I sat down and chilled out making this song. Robbie put some hilarious rapping over some beats I threw together on acid, and this song was the result. I don’t know if non Liverpool people will understand all the lyrics, but they are really funny! Robbie actually took the lyrics from some of his other tracks I think. Ive definatly heard them used elsewhere! Enjoy!

Forever Autumn

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Forever Autumn (Moody Blues Cover)

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This was by far my favourate song on the classic “War of the Worlds” album by Jeff Wayne. This cover is in homage, however is no where near as good as the original! Infact, I kinda cheated when making this cover, I recorded the guitars once for the first verse and chorus, and then copied them for the rest of the song. This song was played with a cappo on the 5th fret. I should’ve tried a little bit harder making this cover! Ah well… Next time maybe!

I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire (Ink Spots Cover)

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I fell in love with this track when I first heard it on the game “Fallout 3″ (An awesome game, by the way!) and immediatly wanted to learn how to play it on the guitar. Of course, the song originally was not played on the guitar, but it didn’t matter much to me. When I recorded this, it was much slower and without any effects, but technology today allows me to manipulate this, so the track was sped up (without changing the pitch) and made slightly more rocky. I like it, but I still prefer the original version more! This version took me 10 minutes to make. It was done just for fun.

The Poison of Red Wine

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

The poison of red wine

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This track is my favourate from all the Protracker mods I made, and took the longest to code (I think I spent a few months on this one). Originally it was made as 2 parts due to the limitations of my Amiga’s memory and floppy disk space, however, the 2 parts are joined together here. I always wanted to one day make this track with real instruments, because I like the melodies and progession and I can see some potential with it (although I never got the time to actually do this). Listen, enjoy it or hate it, I dont really mind which!

Silence

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Silence (Newest Version)

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I don’t really know what to say about  this track. I didnt really have anything in mind when I made it, I just had this idea on the guitar which i really liked which was kicking around in my brain for a while. I was over in Austria, in Innsbruck at my girlfriend’s flat when I recorded the original version which is below this post (The noise you hear right at the very beginning of the recording is the sound of my girlfriend putting some pans in the cupboard). When I had finished recording it, I knew I liked it, but it wasnt complete enough. So when I got back to the UK, I started recording a new version (which is at the top of this post). Its slower, has a different feeling, and also different parts in it. I must admit, the vocals were made up on the spot (thats how the track got its name) as I dont find it easy to write lyrics. One day, ill write more lyrics for it, and change the song a bit more.  For now, its an embryonic idea, waiting for the day when it blooms into something great.

Silence (Original Version)

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You Make Me Hate You So Much

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

You Make Me Hate You So Much (Most Recent Version).

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I don’t feel the need to openly talk about what (or who) this song is about, it matters not anymore. But I will say that it was part of a healing process which I went through. This song has also had a few versions. Unfortunatly I cant seem to find version 1 anymore, (which was an incredibly short version with no guitars). I suppose I could recreate it, but there is little point. Below are 2 other versions of this track, both of which have different guitar recordings to this more recent version at the top. Also, one of these earlier versions has no bass guitar on it. This track seems to have a few different styles of music on it. Suffice to say, I think this track sounds like 3 different songs pushed together to make one song. That wasn’t the intention, it just ended up that way. The most recent version is version 4, I think.

You Make Me Hate You So Much (Early Versions)

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Chaotic Landscape

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Chaotic Landscape (Most recent version)

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This track “Chaotic Landscape” is probably my favourate that I have made so far, infusing a mix of electronic beats and guitars. It is also a track that has been altered many times during its development, and to this day I still consider it to be unfinished. Below, I will also show versions of this track as it was during early stages of development. If i make a new version of this track, it will go at the top of the page here, and the version it replaces will join the other versions below. So far it seems that the most recent version of Chaotic Landscape is at version 8.

Chaotic Landscape (Older versions)

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As you can see, apart from the first two versions of this song which are actually very different recordings, the other versions are very similar to the most recent version. The only diffences between them are very slight (for example an extra part was added on each version, or the version got extended slightly).

I hope you enjoy! :)


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