I did some more work to our F-Zero song last night.  I am in need of another video game song for inspiration… GIVE ME IDEAS!

As it stands, the song starts off with a typical power metal intro similar to our other song Angels of Magesty. Instead of having a quicker feel as that song does, this song has more of a “heavy” power metal feel to it.  This is similar to the band Nocturnal Rites if any of you have ever heard them (if not and are into choruses that you can’t get out of your head… get the CD New World Messiah).  Mixed in with the metal, there is also a techno version of Big Blue from F-Zero for the Super Nintendo.  I’m doing a bit of experimenting with metal guitar parts layered under techno synth and drum parts.  So far, the song seems to be shaping up well.  I’m going to be out of town at a WGI Indoor Drumline competition this weekend and won’t have any time to work on it, but expect another update next week!

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Sorry about taking so long to get this guy up here. We’ve been crazy busy. I also have to apologize for the lack of intro/outro music. I blew away the Windows 7 instance and set up Ubuntu 9.10 again, and I haven’t had time to get my system completely back up on its feet, so I just encoded this guy using LAME on the command line.

This week Donna’s sick, I beat BioShock, Mike’s in a new apartment, and we nerd out about video games.

It’s been a while since I’ve done an update…I’ve been in the midst of moving and it has been a serious fluster cuck.  Anyway, I thought I would give a bit of info on the two song demos Jordan posted a few days back.  The first one,  Angels of Majesty, is based on the Corneria background music from the original Star Fox for the SNES.  The chorus / prechorus, is based on the game Zero Wing for the Sega Mega Drive.  I’m not going to go into detail on this one, but it is most definitely a CLASSIC once you realize what it is. 

The second song is codenamed “Mystic” because, as Jordan said, the majority of it is based on the soundtrack from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.  The intro is a variation of the main theme from the game, and the verses are taken from the battle music.  We also have an original breakdown section with a cute lead-in that all of you Final Fantasy nerds will recognize immediately.  The other prevailing theme throughout the song is… you guessed it… a trancy upbeat section.

I’m hoping to begin writing again this weekend, so hopefully we will have some new material very soon.

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Here are demo recordings of two of our new songs without vocals. These are certainly rough recordings, especially the second one. The first song has a really long outro that is going to change for the final version of the song. Also, we already have lyrics for the first song, which we are calling Angels of Majesty. We’re currently referring to the second song simply as Mystic (because much of the music is based of the soundtrack from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest).

Take a listen. We hope you enjoy it!

Angels of Majesty

Mystic

A failed phone call to Bryce, more talk about music, BANJOS, and other miscellany are part of what occurs in this podcast. =)