For a few years now i've been doing compilations of music in which i edit the pieces heavily and place the emphasis on arrangement and flow. The goal is to create a genuine "album" out of a collection of songs or parts of songs. The idea is that the arrangement of the pieces will bring something out in the pieces that is greater than merely hearing them on their own, ie, the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts. I wanted to create music that would flow between very different and contrasting emotions smoothly.
For the first 2 years or so, i went through a couple different phases of mixing, starting with more song-oriented music and generally moving towards more and more ambient styles. The original mix i did (Tired Sounds Of A Wondering Mind for those who remember) covered a fair bit of ground and was to feature the most actual "songs" of all. The point was to create something powerful to listen to when you go to bed, or when you are just listening to music alone at night. From there, i did 2 more (Requiem Of Gospels Forsaken, which was the "scary" one, and Moonlight Litany, which was the "depressing" one) until finally deciding that i should stick to the original intention of the projects, which was to create these intense contrasts of emotion, and set to work on a project called Passion Immortal.
Passion Immortal then became the "name" of the whole concept for me. Since deciding to do Passion Immortal, i incorporated parts from all 3 of the previous mixes i had done, and after a lot of editing and preparation (and a few preliminary releases before i was happy with the final edition) I had something i was extremely happy with for the first time.
This is probably not really the type of forum for this kind of thing, as guitars are essentially non existant, and there is no metal of ANY sort, but i thought there might be a few here with a bit of interest. Essentially, the music is highly atmospheric "mood" music, and the whole purpose of it was to have something to listen to alone, in the dark at night. It almost works like the soundtrack to a movie inside your head.
I've just now completed the second Passion Immortal compilation, which i've called Stardust Moments. This one is a little less intense and more subtle in approach than the original. It's a 2 disc set around 2 hours, so still very long, but shorter than the first Passion Immortal mix. This one has less of the dynamic volume "spike" as well, so it can actually be listened to more when you actually want to sleep and listen to music before bed too hehe.
Anyway, that's enough babbling. If anyone is interested in this, you can download them from the links below. Now i don't reccomend you listen to ANY of this on your PC, as it's just not the kind of music you would want to listen to while browsing forums, chatting, etc. It's specifically made for times alone, in the dark. I reccomend if you are interested, you download them, and burn them to CD, and wait for an appropriate time to listen to it. Trust me when i say you won't be impressed if you listen to it the same way you do your prog metal and whatnot. It requires a different atmosphere
Passion Immortal: All over the map, from terrifying, to beautiful, to depressing, etc.
http://www.bumblelovesmusic.com/music/PIDisc1.zip
http://www.bumblelovesmusic.com/music/PIDisc2.zip
http://www.bumblelovesmusic.com/music/PIDisc3.zip
Stardust Moments: The lighter, simpler of the two. This one stays mainly in the realm of subtley pretty music, with next to nothing terrifying, and only the occasional depressing bit.
http://www.bumblelovesmusic.com/music/SMDisc1.zip
http://www.bumblelovesmusic.com/music/SMDisc2.zip
For the first 2 years or so, i went through a couple different phases of mixing, starting with more song-oriented music and generally moving towards more and more ambient styles. The original mix i did (Tired Sounds Of A Wondering Mind for those who remember) covered a fair bit of ground and was to feature the most actual "songs" of all. The point was to create something powerful to listen to when you go to bed, or when you are just listening to music alone at night. From there, i did 2 more (Requiem Of Gospels Forsaken, which was the "scary" one, and Moonlight Litany, which was the "depressing" one) until finally deciding that i should stick to the original intention of the projects, which was to create these intense contrasts of emotion, and set to work on a project called Passion Immortal.
Passion Immortal then became the "name" of the whole concept for me. Since deciding to do Passion Immortal, i incorporated parts from all 3 of the previous mixes i had done, and after a lot of editing and preparation (and a few preliminary releases before i was happy with the final edition) I had something i was extremely happy with for the first time.
This is probably not really the type of forum for this kind of thing, as guitars are essentially non existant, and there is no metal of ANY sort, but i thought there might be a few here with a bit of interest. Essentially, the music is highly atmospheric "mood" music, and the whole purpose of it was to have something to listen to alone, in the dark at night. It almost works like the soundtrack to a movie inside your head.
I've just now completed the second Passion Immortal compilation, which i've called Stardust Moments. This one is a little less intense and more subtle in approach than the original. It's a 2 disc set around 2 hours, so still very long, but shorter than the first Passion Immortal mix. This one has less of the dynamic volume "spike" as well, so it can actually be listened to more when you actually want to sleep and listen to music before bed too hehe.
Anyway, that's enough babbling. If anyone is interested in this, you can download them from the links below. Now i don't reccomend you listen to ANY of this on your PC, as it's just not the kind of music you would want to listen to while browsing forums, chatting, etc. It's specifically made for times alone, in the dark. I reccomend if you are interested, you download them, and burn them to CD, and wait for an appropriate time to listen to it. Trust me when i say you won't be impressed if you listen to it the same way you do your prog metal and whatnot. It requires a different atmosphere
Passion Immortal: All over the map, from terrifying, to beautiful, to depressing, etc.
http://www.bumblelovesmusic.com/music/PIDisc1.zip
http://www.bumblelovesmusic.com/music/PIDisc2.zip
http://www.bumblelovesmusic.com/music/PIDisc3.zip
Stardust Moments: The lighter, simpler of the two. This one stays mainly in the realm of subtley pretty music, with next to nothing terrifying, and only the occasional depressing bit.
http://www.bumblelovesmusic.com/music/SMDisc1.zip
http://www.bumblelovesmusic.com/music/SMDisc2.zip
LOL at using the Tube sounds. I ride that thing a bit. It does have an interesting sound to it.
