Week 15.1

Context*:  Running from a gang of percussionists in a giant cavern

Emotion*:  Heart racing, head pounding FEAR!

Other: "Drums in the deep"

I think this one came out well.  I need to get some more full orchestra percussion samples.  I had an awesome set sampled in a church, but I seem to have misplaced it during my musical hiatus, post Berklee.  Lots of deep choir bits, lots of tension.  The pattern is a Bmin-Cmin4-Fbmin-Ebmin4-Fmaj, or i-ii4-iii-iv4-V(1:30), not a standard progression but the 4ths make it fit (no, those aren't sus4, just drop the 5th, or you could look at it as a carry-over from the previous chord.  Without gettin all technical-like.)

Yeah, like I said, I feel that this one worked out well.  I'm going to attempt to do Tuesday/Thursday updates.  I need to get myself into the habit.

~græy

Week 12.2

Context*: Break Ups

Emotion*: Relief

Other:

Well this is the three-word submission I was complaining about. So I've taken some liberties and made it... not terrible.

Context*: Staring out a window

Emotion*”: Recently heartbroken but there's a break in the clouds

Other: rainy sunshine

That's better.

With this composition, I tried to thin it out. I'm guilty of adding more texture than is necessarily necessary.  Simple, floaty and sad.

Rainy sunshine on a dark windowpane.

~græy

Week 12.1

Context*:  Recently acquired proof that god hates you
Emotion*: Kinda bad
Other: Greek chorus

More mad props to the Symphony of Voices samples.  This one is pretty straightforward, as evidenced by the description.  Went with a choral arrangement, with an uncomfortable half-step chord change to up the 'kinda bad'-ness.

Update 1/3/: fixed the ending of the video, no idea what went wrong there, but it is fixed.

~græy

Week 8.1

Context*:     walking through a ruined cathedral
Emotion*:    anxiety, discovery, and fear but not frightened
Other:      the air around you heavy with ghosts

Another atmospheric piece. This one has tension floating high in a synth that trails off into a blend of whole-steps. There are whispered voices stuck in and panned to all different directions, hopefully giving it a "spiritous" feel. And a classic gregorian moving 5ths choral bit.
Again, textural, not melodic.
The picture is from Sligo Abbey, in northern Ireland

~græy

Week 7.2

Context*: Journey home on a dark autumn night

Emotion*: Tired longing/nostalgia

Other: cold wind whipping dry leaves

I don't have anything to say after writing that.

~græy