Tears for you
The YouTube video includes a capture of my DAW (Reaper) for this track. Hopefully the mix is better on this one; I’m still struggling to get the whole thing to sound coherent
How many do you see?
My style combines lo-fi video game sounds with dance, big sweeping orchestral lines, and piano performances. I first started writing music electronically using a tracker — originally ModEdit, but I found my
Malcontent
This track really hearkens back to music I was writing a decade or so ago. In fact, some of the sounds are from that era, including the “boomwhackers” (which give the “tag”
Sky on fire
Once again, it’s been a long interval between tracks. But here’s one at last! It’s quite fun to write in this style, with a half-time feel — the feel popularised by dubstep.
All that I seek
After another nearly six-month hiatus, I’m back to writing music! I’ve tried out a few new techniques in timbre and mastering in this track; hopefully they’re successful! 🙂
Fly away
The first track of 2017! This one has a very simple premise, but I think that the treatment of that simple premise makes it into much more. It’s also just loud and
We three kings (barryvan 2016 remix)
With Christmas now not too far away, it’s time to start remixing and reworking carols again! We Three Kings is one of my favourite carols (musically speaking), and sharpening the 7th in
Two albums: Piano pieces and EDM
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Disappear
The melody for this one came to me waiting for a lift one day after work. I tried doing an orchestral thing with it, but that just didn’t seem to want to