Well, in case anyone has or has not noticed, I've been away for a few months upon moving back to Ohio. For various reasons, I was stuck without reliable internet access. In fact, I'm only returning thanks to my cell phone. :/
Well, in the months after moving back, I was stuck using a computer with no internet which had an old version of FL Studio 5 on it. Being bored I decided it would be fun to tinker around with it for a spell and try my hand at music making.
Now, on my days off from work or when I got home, I sat at this no fun box, (remember there's no internet connectivity on it) and spent time digitally recreating songs from various games that I had previous knowledge of already playing on a piano. But alas there's a problem; I had these songs I was proud of, but no way to share them with the world!
....
Weeks pass...
So I get the bright idea to load up all the mp3s and midis I made and transfer them onto my Mp3 player (which doubles as a storage device) and make way for the library, which has this elusive "internet". Now, after uploading all my songs to some music site, I have the oppurtunity to share what I made.
Be forewarned that I'm still relatively new at this and will most likely never get any of my shit on OCR anytime soon. Maybe within a couple years or so, but not in any foreseeable near future. Also, I don't know how to read sheet music, so I had to learn all my songs by ear.
Track 1: Dance with Darkness (A Castlevania mini medley)
This was my premiere piece. I gathered up my knowledge of CV songs I had a decent skill with playng, and assembled them together in one little song with a cute little name. There are literally a bunch of songs from various titles in the CV universe in this collection. The trick is you identifying all of them. ;o (Don't worry all the songs are easily identifiable.)
One thing to be wary of is that I did not do the whole song for many of them, just little snippets. This is due to either me not knowing how to play the rest or simply not wanting to (lazy).
http://www.tindeck.com/audio/file/eejb-Dance with Darkness.mp3
Track 2: Robotnik in my house eating my eggs
This tune came into being after constantly playing this song on keyboard and figuring out how to play the individual segments of it perfectly. Because there's a bit going on in this song, it's kinda difficult to play it perfectly on keyboard as is. (kinda = very)
However, all the pieces fit together nicely in the finished product that I hope you'll enjoy.
http://www.tindeck.com/audio/file/mgje-Robotnik in my house eating my eggs.mp3
Tracks 3 and 4: Midis
These next two tracks are little midis I made after completing the two above tracks. The first being a midi of Bloody Tears and Vampire Killer from the CV universe and the second being a midi of the Dr. robotnik theme from Sonic 2.
Though they are only midis, I like the way they sound so you guys will hear them too.
http://media.putfile.com/Vampire-Blood
http://media.putfile.com/Ivoman
Track 5: Darkness Within (Battle with Magus)
This is my newest piece, I finished it last night. Strangely enough, i never even played that much of Chrono Trigger, I only heard this piece and fell in love with the theme itself. I pretty much started anew with this one, using all different instruments to create a darker feel. I felt the usage of violin helped get this across too. (I really wanna learn to play violin in real life)
Also, because I'm such a Castlevania nut, I couldn't help but throw in a tiny snippet from Bloody Tears in there. :)
http://www.tindeck.com/audio/my/dzud/Darkness-Within
That's all I have to show for now, I'm still pieceing together song ideas of what to do next. some possible candidates are some themes from Dragon Warrior titles and Megaman. I'll update as more comes into fruition.
Don't be shy to critique what you hear here. I'm still new, but am always wiling to improve.
I apologize if this isn't the right place to post this, I tried searching and this was the only forum that seemed acceptable to me.
Well, in the months after moving back, I was stuck using a computer with no internet which had an old version of FL Studio 5 on it. Being bored I decided it would be fun to tinker around with it for a spell and try my hand at music making.
Now, on my days off from work or when I got home, I sat at this no fun box, (remember there's no internet connectivity on it) and spent time digitally recreating songs from various games that I had previous knowledge of already playing on a piano. But alas there's a problem; I had these songs I was proud of, but no way to share them with the world!
....
Weeks pass...
So I get the bright idea to load up all the mp3s and midis I made and transfer them onto my Mp3 player (which doubles as a storage device) and make way for the library, which has this elusive "internet". Now, after uploading all my songs to some music site, I have the oppurtunity to share what I made.
Be forewarned that I'm still relatively new at this and will most likely never get any of my shit on OCR anytime soon. Maybe within a couple years or so, but not in any foreseeable near future. Also, I don't know how to read sheet music, so I had to learn all my songs by ear.
Track 1: Dance with Darkness (A Castlevania mini medley)
This was my premiere piece. I gathered up my knowledge of CV songs I had a decent skill with playng, and assembled them together in one little song with a cute little name. There are literally a bunch of songs from various titles in the CV universe in this collection. The trick is you identifying all of them. ;o (Don't worry all the songs are easily identifiable.)
One thing to be wary of is that I did not do the whole song for many of them, just little snippets. This is due to either me not knowing how to play the rest or simply not wanting to (lazy).
http://www.tindeck.com/audio/file/eejb-Dance with Darkness.mp3
Track 2: Robotnik in my house eating my eggs
This tune came into being after constantly playing this song on keyboard and figuring out how to play the individual segments of it perfectly. Because there's a bit going on in this song, it's kinda difficult to play it perfectly on keyboard as is. (kinda = very)
However, all the pieces fit together nicely in the finished product that I hope you'll enjoy.
http://www.tindeck.com/audio/file/mgje-Robotnik in my house eating my eggs.mp3
Tracks 3 and 4: Midis
These next two tracks are little midis I made after completing the two above tracks. The first being a midi of Bloody Tears and Vampire Killer from the CV universe and the second being a midi of the Dr. robotnik theme from Sonic 2.
Though they are only midis, I like the way they sound so you guys will hear them too.
http://media.putfile.com/Vampire-Blood
http://media.putfile.com/Ivoman
Track 5: Darkness Within (Battle with Magus)
This is my newest piece, I finished it last night. Strangely enough, i never even played that much of Chrono Trigger, I only heard this piece and fell in love with the theme itself. I pretty much started anew with this one, using all different instruments to create a darker feel. I felt the usage of violin helped get this across too. (I really wanna learn to play violin in real life)
Also, because I'm such a Castlevania nut, I couldn't help but throw in a tiny snippet from Bloody Tears in there. :)
http://www.tindeck.com/audio/my/dzud/Darkness-Within
That's all I have to show for now, I'm still pieceing together song ideas of what to do next. some possible candidates are some themes from Dragon Warrior titles and Megaman. I'll update as more comes into fruition.
Don't be shy to critique what you hear here. I'm still new, but am always wiling to improve.
I apologize if this isn't the right place to post this, I tried searching and this was the only forum that seemed acceptable to me.
