Description : Headphones are recommended for a more immersive experience :P - - - A weary American soldier is walking through the remains of what used to be a small town in the middle east, only to rediscover the horrible reality that sometimes war can affect even the ones who have no part in it.
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This is my first attempt at creating a virtual environment to tell a story and convey emotion. Hope you enjoy! Comments are welcome!
- ER
Description : Guys, I have been asked again to do another track for another friend's son.
He has asked me to do the track with an eighties heavy ascent.
I have come up with this I hope you all like it.
Description : This is for my friend Danke who can't sleep at night. Yes, heat, heat...I guess Africa is hotter, but don't let the title and intro as well, deceive you! This is not African music nor the imitation of it. It's just a picture of starry African sky at night, painted with my european musical sensibilities and some imagination. So this is for Danke in the first place and then maybe for anyone who would like to fall asleep.:)...
Good night!:)
Description : Dear Loopers...Let Ed and me take you to the world of yet another musical fantasy born out of our latest collab efforts. Ed provided basic structure of the track with ever solid rhythm section, tasty synths and vocal pads while I took
on a role of pretending to be multi-instrumentalist again by smuggling in some sweet strings, bulgarian flute, celtic harp,
unexpectedly blurry piano and this time a tiny bit of real live acoustic guitar...what an adventure for a vst/keyboard guy..:) As always
my sincere thanks to Ed not only for letting me enjoy his great musical company but also for still standing as one of the firm pillars of Looperman society !
Description : Un tema sencillo, suave. Espero que les guste.
Description : I just painted a picture of abandoned sanctuary and I thought it could sound like this...:)
Description : I went to the beach and set up my stereo recording mic under a gazebo near it (I apologize for some of the air gusts being recorded haha; we had a strong SE wind that day :P Tried my best to place it out of the wind); wanted to record myself playing live and do some cheesy roleplay in the process - wanted to make it feel like the listener was sitting there beside me. ** This is what the beach looks like: http://static.travel.usnews.com/images/destinations/80/south_padre_island_main.jpg **
Lo and behold, I'm about halfway through the song when my buddy Mark, a friend from college, heard me singing and decided to join me (he seems to never part with his guitar lol).
The expression on his face was that of confusion as to why I had my mic with me and a audio-capturing device, which I plugged into an outdoor electrical plug that the gazebo owners installed lol (I've done recordings like this before but didn't like the results; we messed up a little at the end but I was like meh it's not bad anyways.) but I'm glad he didn't say it out loud or it would have ruined the recording lol. Luckily, I was playing a song he and I wrote together some time ago, so he was able to just jump right in. He's a great guitar player.
Even though it was a little awkward at the end since we hadn't seen each other for like 4 months (you might be able to tell by the way I responded to his "thats so cool" comment haha), I think it turned out just fine. It was a lovely evening and the clouds were all poofy and happy. Lots of people were there too, though I made sure to sit far away from all of them. Ahh, it was a beautiful day. I'm glad I live by the ocean :P * Just kidding, I recorded this in my studio; though I do live close to the water, this was not recorded there :P I did everything, down to the wind blowing into the mic, except for the sound of water and the kids in the background. I got those sounds here: freesfx.co.uk/login/
The guitars and vocals were one-takes to give a more realistic feel. No pitch-correction or autotune. Just wanted to try making another soundscape (or whatever you want to call this :P) about what it's like to live by the ocean.
Description : the other end of the scale from me, yep people, this is a ballad. its for all the people who have lost somebody long before their time was due,
i used my experience of tragic loss and how i hid my mental health issues that stemmed from it while writing it, its repetitive but has fresh verses
its to Matthias music Du Bist Nicht Mehr Hier almost the same title, He has suffered too that's why he wrote the music and dedicated it to his brother. i hope i have done it justice
Description : electrorockreggae thingymebob
Description : DO to the thief claiming that this music is hers
The story of the track is off for a minute.
Description : This track contains several loops, all of them are from looperman artists - listed below. I don't know if "ambient" fits well for it, but i get most loops from that category. :)
Inspired by the Final Fantasy series and my ex girlfriend. Hope you will enjoy it (not my ex! :D). As always, free to use for a song, any opinions-critics welcomed... UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
Applied loops :
DJ4REAL : 0102056-0000849 (Sax 120), 0102056-0021138 (Violin vibrato singular), 0102056-0021641 (Sax attack the floor),
DJFREDVAL : 0002663-0007540 (FV 120 BackBeat2), 0002663-0007541 (FV 120 BackBeat3), 0002663-0007542 (FV 120 BackBeat4),
MEGAPAUL : 0448131-0059810 (Ricky K Armada 100bmp G), 0448131-0068095 (Grasslions 75bmp A Bass), 0448131-0061055 (Chinese Gyros 90bmp Cmajor),
SHORTBUSMUSIC : 0500098-0054224 (Acoustic guitar with Harmonics in Dm-F), 0500098-0062445 (Acoustic guitar with Delay in Dm-C-B),
MRROBOT : 0082073-0002480 (Mr Robot smooth synth 125 bmp 8), 0082073-0005872 (Johnny Cash like Drums),
SERIALCHILLER : 0000003-0000094 (Chilla Synth Skank Riff),
DJKNIGHTLIFE420 : 0165908-0027771 (Toxic Whistle),
TARATOXIC : 0096919-0027238 (Pan flute),
GUITARGURU : 0057331-0003621 (Harmonic 2),
MINOR2GO : 0159051-0031469 (Power Rap T7 Marimba Flanged),
SHATNER : 0227480-0045258 (Battle On),
MHYST : 0203623-0017135 (Celtic Vibrato Flute Melody),
REI4REAL : 0039029-0005928 (Rei zapjam05 A 90),
KASHYAP : 0040306-0015442 (Beat it up 2).
Description : Guys, I've Just looked at my old music archives and thought to bring some of them out for you guys to listen to.
I've made this track in loving memory of my dear brother who sadly died of cancer. He was my rock, my confidant I am already missing him.
I hope you enjoy it if you do then please leave me a comment.
Description : A miasma of digital sound... like in a dream.
Description : I've Just looked at my old music archives and thought to bring some of them out for you guys to listen to.
I hope you enjoy it if you do then please leave me a comment.
Description : Glen Cloy is one of the glens of Antrim (Tumbleweed's county) in Northern Ireland. The little people, actualy fairies, populate all of them and they all have very old ghost stories that have been told for centuries (and still are)...This one is about Shaman of old and his journeys through the spiritual world...That sums up what Ed told me about the concept for our 7th (how convenient^^) collab work. The main core of the track is Ed's work and the original length was 5:18, but I wouldn't have been Orlando if I didn't tempt to compose my longest intro to date (3:10) to inject my own fantasies about little creatures of Glen Cloy (soft spot for spiritual world..hehe..). Other than that I also added some synths arrangements and vocal samples for the rest of the track and probably ruined it a bit..haha..but that's how collabs are sometimes..:)^^.....All my thanks to Ed...and Irish ghosts ofcourse...
Description : Guys, I've Just looked at my old music archives.
Ive stumbled upon this free Vst called Piano one.
I have never experienced sounds so true to a real piano, Ive paid a lot of money to a very well-known company for such vst which Ive never used because it did not sound like a piano.
The music of this track is replicated; However, the piano sounds are done with this vst.
I thought to share this little gem with you guys.
neovst.com/piano-one/
Great atmoshpere you have created!
creating a very good atmosphere,well done
This popped up under one of my tracks, which is why this comment is coming five years after the fact. This is a fantastic piece. Very haunting.
WOW GREAT
Movies scene audio.
This is the kind of thing i'm working on with binaural recordings. This was fantastic. Ill be popping a few pieces soon. Creating an ambient feature complete with soundtrack is in the making. :)
Like this !! So Sad and beauty !!
nice...
I started off wondering if I was going to have nightmares of wars I've never seen... and walk away from that into some kind of lovely place of serenity... truly a moving production. I hope one day we will have cause to collaborate on some things. To be able to tell a story like that without a single word, though... pretty impressive.
Wow!!! Truly amazing. I would love to hear more from you in this genre.
Very powerful. It immerses you in this chilling yet beautiful atmosphere and then it suddenly fades out and you snap out of it thinking where the heck you just were.
Phenomenal job on this one!
cinematic pieces amazing sounds scape really threw me the moment great job But I was left rather waiting for more
Very atmospheric. Pleasant impression.
All best, always,
Andrew y0u
I used my Turtlebeach headphones & it really took me away!
This is magnificent! The quality of the sounds are great, the atmosphere in this was unexpected, excellent work! I'll be listening to more of your work.
Whoa, great sounding track. Captured some real emotion in 2 minutes flat. Good job. It is very OST sounding. Loved it!
Cheers
RW
there can be better sound quality.
Holy shit that was great! I am always trying to make my cinematic pieces visual, adding all kinds of effects like the ones used here to make it come to life, and you have done just that. Just wish it was longer, and i know some others do too :) Keep it up man, this is awesome!
Very moving piece of art.
Glad I had just smoked a bowl before listening to this. Very cool.
tv
Holy sh** that was crazy! Just close your eyes, put in your headphones and you can feel it!
That was an emotional trip. It felt so real! Such an inspiring soundscape.
Very good MrEpic.
Liked. Your Farsetto works pretty well.
Just wish it was longer... I've read the comments and I know that school's killing you... but school is more important at the moment! so you are doing right here as well :-)
Ciao, Domenico
Wow it felt like I was actually there! the concept also made me think about the fact that soldiers are fighting for the innocent lives back home, but they sometimes indirectly and unintentionally hurt the innocent lives in other countries. This is a great first attempt!
Salute to ya --Ha! See what I did there?
Wow, what a ride that was! I felt as if I was at the theater! Nice work EpicRecord! Very dramatic cinematic.
You can't feel the Blood & Mud or the Shrapnel as it passes through
your arm and leg...
But you've got the sounds down, to as close to real as you can be
without being there...
But if these Dummies don't, straiten up and fly right this will be
just a lullaby, compared to what will come...Seek and ye shall find...
Let the Politicians fight the wars on the front line, you'd see how
fact that crap would end...
Outstandingly done....
PEACE>>>>TG.
Very interesting.
Sounds like it's waiting for a tv spot ... a docu spot I think.
You should promote this toward that end ... BBC or SKY or or or or .... if you do let me know how you set about it.
Gotta be a saleable work of art this one.
this could easily be a sound clip for american sniper or something lol. great textures and atmospheres throughout the whole thing, had me captivated. very nice work my friend
Hey, great to hear that's your vocal.
You should put that in the track description.
I already know that you can sing but now I hear that you're into doing this sort of vocal, you should really go to town on it and build more similar vocals up to something bigger and better. Record a load of layered harmonies and make a very beautiful track. And try not to make it pop music though you can do that too, if you like (maybe on a different track).
I think perhaps the greatest example of what I'm talking about would have to be 10CC's all-time classic I'm Not In Love. Extremely time-consuming vocal production back in the day when doing these things was a lot harder. Read up on how they made that track as it's pretty damn interesting.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun05/articles/classictracks.htm
Just in case you don't know the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtBHfxU2wmc
Hello EpicRecord
This is someting like cool music for an intro, a sequence, or a storypart for a 3D game.
Reminds me a little on this dark sequences in Max Pain
This music in the background. From the off a male voice tells the sad story and the video shows a dark painted comic strip.
I think you done it realy well.
stay tuned
joe
Great work. Uses sounds and music to really bring the listener into the sound stage. Really like those complex and emotionally charged piano parts.
Bob
Just a couple tricks I use, vlc media player can be used to rip the audio from video. I only use public domain videos because of copyright. Then I'll cut up the audio in pieces I want for voice samples or whatever. I make a lot of sound/voice samples myself because sometimes you simply can't find what you want. Keep an open mind when looking for sounds, it's amazing what can be used to represent what you want. Poor quality can often be fixed (like noise removal, ect.), not always, but... Also these are ADDICTIVE!! :D Keep up the great work ER :D
Great job ER...headphones def provide a full effect...music like this has a way of making the truth of war hard to ignore....super bit of musical art here....fav......Ed
Soldierly greetings.
Damn, it's a refreshing change to hear you do something other than pop music. I was expecting it to break into that any moment. But, no you kept it deep and solemn throughout.
Walking/trudging/battlefield/noise intro sounds fairly accurate and then we have a wailing voice. A little reminiscent of the exceptional Lisa Gerrard, of Dead Can Dance fame (perhaps one of the greatest singers alive).
Then the baby enters, wails then dies/is removed from the soundscape in a mushroom cloud of reverb and we're into just music - no ambient sounds/effects.
It's a great, emotive piano tone and then hanging string note does a fine job. Where is that vocal from?
And then it's over (too short). I'd listen to this if you made it longer, developed it and removed a lot of the battlefield trudging ie just got straight to the music.
So, develop it further, turn it into a full piece and you'll have an emotive, deep chillout track.
Immersive congratulations.
Very well done ER I've been doing soundscape music for a couple years now, love the depth and freedom it adds to the music :D freesound.org will be your new best friend. Deep song here, war is hell and doesn't indeed affect only those fighting it. Looking forward to more from you :p
This was good, I like the atmosphere you created and the solemness of the piano. Reminded me a little bit of some of the Interlude work from the Judas Priest Album Nostradamus.
Cru
This song just makes me feel worst about my old pair of surround sound headphones dying :P. But it still sounds amazing with stereo headphones. The one thing I don't like about this track is the name, I think a name like "The Aftermath Of Chaos" or something like that would fit much better.
This is intense man ! Sounds so life like and has so much depth and emotion !
Damm man, this is deep.....speechless.
Intense atmosphere and epic piano! Great production but I think you could extend it add a beat and progress with the piano :)
This... was so beautiful. I felt like I was actually there haha! It all came full circle once the music at the end came in, this was an experience!
Love
hi Epic.
I USED HEAPHONES this time anyway.
The beginning of your track reminded me of 'Saving Provate Ryan' kind of thing. Some other sounds are really in the style of phatkatz, that piano is pure commertial (emotional?) TV stuff but overall this is some really good effort. Nice to hear something different from you.
Good track.
Best to you,
promenade2239
dont know what the other 9 people who listened to this were thinking... like how can you listen to this and not comment saying this is F**KING AWESOME?? haha
honestly man DAMN this is good, creates such an amazing atmosphere..
Keep it up man, no like.. seriously.. make another... hahaha
Respect