What a year it has been. and what a year the previous one was.

This post is not to announce something in particular, but more to just prepare you for this years lineup. Mostly because its more... out there for me.

This year im moving away from orchestral and traditional composition to focus on the vast world of sound design and explore a bit of my imagination. To put it straight: you are going to hear more experimental, somewhat less refined, but definitely more original work from me. Im not completely abandoning orchestral composition. In fact i have other plans for it, but thats for a future post ;)

I hope that you buckle up because you may just hear things outside my usual boundaries. Changes are coming...

Stay safe and wash your hands :)

Yea, im aware, that i havent worked on anything major lately. Mostly School that pushes me into that braindead mindset. However i did get to finish one project that i started for fun back in June: My own recorded sound pack.

Now is it anything special? No, but it is something useful. And for musicians of variety, i think that this pack includes some really interesting and "more-useful-than-you-may-initially-think" sounds. At least, thats the value i found from it.

Now i dont know, if im going to turn this into series. This pack in particular was actually really fun to make, but im still afraid to make any promises. I guess thats for the time and inspiration to tell.

Anyways i hope that you have fun with this (presumably) first pack in the series :D

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FoggySunday Sound Pack #1 - Metallic Hardware

Percussive library themed around metal and construction.

84 recorded sounds from workshops and construction sites including: 

- chain hits

- barrel impacts

- nailbox hits

- metal scratches

- other SFX

Also includes Demo .flp file

Download: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uEIkzM2yfYic8kTeLSNLDv-q49TcR4zD?usp=sharing

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Thats it.

After 20 months of work i have finally freed myself from the collection. It feels amazing to finally finish this and i think that i wont have an experience, a feeling so good for a while. Its not because i didn't like working on each entry. I did. I was just lacking the freedom to really do whatever i want with the tracks due to the restrictions and thmes i assigned to each one. I often had to throw some unique and fun ideas off the table because i couldn't fit them in the theme of current entry and looking back, i see a lot of missed potential in each one. However the positives really outmatch the negatives. I find the experience priceless and discovered new methods and other very useful approaches. Again, i cant wait to apply them to my future projects.

Elixir of immortality

I had the idea since last years autumn, but i was very hesitant about it. It felt like it would be too big for me to handle. Then came Summer and i started working. At first i had plans on making it exclusively orchestrated, but that idea fell apart very quickly. I also realized that i cant really make this as polished as some other entries were, because then i would have worked myself crazy and probably wouldn't be even halfway by now. Thats why i aimed at its more symbolic meaning, being the climax of the collection. Piece was strongly inspired by Alon Mor's work. Specifically "Releasing the Handcuffs" and "Halpfire Harmonies" from which the first guided me in the compositional path and the second helped me see how experimental i could go without losing the thematic purpose. If you find time then you can check his other stuff out as well.

Eternal Curse

In all honesty, this track was actually an afterthought. Back when i was working on "Mundus" i wrote an orchestral clip which i was really proud of. However I couldn't fit it in anywhere so i saved it and moved on. Then i started working on the "final" entry (Elixir of Immortality) After a while, when i realized that the work is not going anywhere, i loaded up "Mundus" project file, and started playing with the orchestral clip. Then i realized that i could turn this into a sweet sendoff. Though the final results are not exactly what i planned, im still happy how it turned out. I had no intentions of voicing it, but it was 1:00 AM and i was tired. I recorded the lines and went to sleep. In the morning i saw potential in the recordings and i started editing the clip. For a first experience i'd say that it does not sound that bad.

In the end im proud that i've done this and i hope that i get to work on something simillar again (not in the near future though)

If you like some useless info and random numbers about the projects then HERE (will be updating it)

Inspiration:

"Releasing the Handcuffs"

"Halpfire Harmonies"

Have been busy for these 2 months. Stay tuned till next week :)

Wow

So it has already been a year, huh... It feels rewarding, sure, but i remember releasing "Ignis" Like it was yesterday. It has been a long ride and i applaud whoever stuck with it alL the way through. During that time i learned soo much and utilized tricks which i never thought i could. But i did and, looking back, it was an amazing experiment.

Now i wont concider this collection a real "album", but more of a collection... Or a test if i could ever make an album... Or just 8 tracks expressing my evolution as a composer. Or maybe all of the above. It truly helped me get a vision of creating a real album, and i may even do one in the not-so-near-future.

Im exited to put these skills into a good use :)

Yes, finally. After a month of uninspirational and empty emotions i finally feel like getting beack on my previous tracks with my work. 

With the 6th entry to the 2018 collection [Elixir of imortality] i feel accomplished. Also i feel like the pace is going to pick up more with winter break knocking on the door and still 2 tracks on schedule. It looks like its going to be very busy and eventful 1 and half months that theres left :P

I wont open my mouth about the future of my work yet, since making promises now, when i still have one big project at my hands can make for many disappointments later. So everything about the year of 2019 will probably be told later next month. 

Anyways i hope that it is anything but bad news to you and enjoy the dawn of 2018 :)

Vita (6th entry)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkevBMwfMSM

Im very happy to announce that the 5th enntry to the [EoI] collectio has been released. It was a joy to work on and @Drayxmusic a blast to work with. It resulted in something i could only make in my dreams before. It feels so satisfying to have those dreams come to reality. As it comes to raw work hours, it took us a while. But in my opinion, it was more than worth it. Perfecting it didn't feel at all abominable. 
So in the end i really hope you find some enjoyment out of this :)
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n15ntauIiv8

Heh, i thought that i cant really make something original for a while, but this one surprised me. And on many levels. 
Workflow was very smooth, Sound design was amazingly fun (and effective), composing was uniquely entertaining and mixing/mastering was a breeze. Everything just went naturally with this one and im happy that it did cause the end results were equally satisfying. For me at least. You can have your own opinion on that one :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCfY50vqhv8&feature=youtu.be

ALSO some updates on the [Eoi] collection:

I know that i've been kinda late with the 4th entry since the year is pretty much 2/3 over and i havent even published my way to the halfway of the collection. Im trying to fix that in next few weeks in which i will not be taking any new projects. I will be focusing on the collection completely from now on to the end of the year. There still might be few original releases, but i can quarantee that i wont make over 1-3 original compositions. Just so what you can expect from me for later 2018.

OK. Important things out of the way, I'll be wishing you great end of 2018 :D

(UPDATE: 18/08/2018) 

Finally got the 4th entry of [Eoi] done :D
(too lazy to write another full length post about it so why not just add it here)

Since it is May, it means that exam periods are aproaching. Therefore i have to study this time. And study hard. Probably harder than usual (reason why im inactive, Discord people) 

Also, since it is the end of middle school, many of my classmates and friends will be leaving our school and since i am very proud of the memories we shared throughout those 9 grades, i decided to create something special for them. It will be released eventually, but as long as the exam periods last, you wont be hearing much from me.

Sidenote: I will be having some unfinished collabs finish. This could push the next entry a bit forward, but you may expect a period of very frequent uploads (not confirmed yet tough)

Will return in mid June :)

After many hours i finally got it out. The reason why i didnt make this post before was the visualiser which had to render like a day. But now it is released and im gld to share the reason of my inactivity with you :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_0Y__qbvls