School

Well today is my last day of winter break before school starts up.  The break was well needed, however you cant sit around forever, eventually you gotta get back up in the saddle.

A few important things for my followers

1. Because of school, I might have to make shorter songs or extend the release time to 2 months.


2. The current song Im working on is going to be done soon, its just that I might release it in early March cause February is a short month.

3. If my courses are just really difficult, then ill make an announcement  on youtube and here saying that ill hold off on making songs until summer.  If I do that, Ill be keeping this blog updated weekly.

 Now that all that's out of the way we can get to some other things.  My most recent Orchestral Composition took a long time to make because it was so complex, it sounds amazing because it takes time to get it right.  Now I can keep doing things like that, but its getting harder and harder to keep within the once piece a month timeframe.  I've noticed a pattern that I've been doing.  Post one big epic orchestral song then one month later a smaller less complex one, then a big epic one.  I like this pattern as it allows me  time to focus on school work while still being able to maintain a high standard for my compositions.  Im not sure if ill stick to this pattern but it looks to be the best option for managing all the things happening.

Fixing stuff

So about that broken keyboard,  turns out, you can crack it open, you just gotta remove a ton of screws first.  So yeah.  Took it apart, re-soldiered the midi connection, cleaned some solder joints as well as some other connections, and put it back together.  I must say Im quite proud of myself for fixing it all on my own.  Saved myself a good $200.  Just goes to show,  just because something breaks doesn't mean you have to replace it.

The Joys of Electronics

Hey guys,  so I was writing music and composing today on Logic Pro, when suddenly my MIDI keyboard decided today was it's day to fail.  The keyboard part works fine its just that the MIDI out is no longer useable. I tried to crack it open (as Im a Apple repair technician)  but it's seemed a lot more trouble than it was worth, having plastic snap together pieces.

As you can tell its kind of a big deal having no operating keyboard, so from now until I can get a new 88 Key keyboard, There wont be any more song post's on my channel.  But don't worry, ill probably have one soon.

Break

So im finally done with winter classes, and now I have time to work on some songs, however its getting difficult to keep finding new styles of music to do.  I've already done a lot.  Since the month of Feb is short, Ill be releasing my song in early march.   Im also thinking about doing some livestreams as well.  Other than that, my body clock is still kinda broken, I wake up at like 12pm go to sleep at 4am, I need to start fixing that soon.  Other than that life is pretty good.

Derpy Lavalamp Song

Ever since I did a Collab With ParalaxMLP Ive been inundated with question about the soundtrack.  So heres the answer: I didn't compose the song it was taken from the soundtrack of WALL•E. Its called a "Temp score" in the industry and its done quite frequently in post production to get the feel of the score before you hire an expensive orchestra to play it. If you want the actual track its called "bubble wrap", I chose it because it had a playful yet inquisitive feel to it that fit Derpy Hooves perfectly, and played off her emotions.  




 I apologize for not updating sooner.  Right now Im on winter break so Im looking to get another song out before it ends.  After that it's school school school.  On my most recent work, some of the comments say that it needs to be longer.  And while I do agree that certain compositions need to be drawn out.  It takes a lot longer to make if you do a 10 min composition as opposed to a 3-4min composition.  That being said, if you guys want to wait 2 months instead of one for a composition I suppose I can look into doing a 10 min composition.