All of the embeds below are in raw PCM .wav format. With today’s available bandwidth, compressing them into MP3 or AAC seems like such a waste.
Cover (without text) generated by Apple Intelligence AI. The music, though, will be 100% my own performances. 😃
I’ve started creative work on my first music project since all the below stuff from the ‘90s. The Study of Starlight will be a collection of instrumental/ambient/smooth jazz tracks and covers inspired by the things that inspire me—faith, trust, and perhaps a little “pixie dust” from being a lifelong “Disney adult”. I plan on reworking one or two of the 1990s tracks with new instrumentation and arrangements as part of the project, and maybe a cover or two, but it will otherwise be all-new material. More info to follow as this project takes shape.
A cheap PC (pretty sure it was a Tandy with a 486-DX I self-installed), a Sound Blaster 32 with E-MU’s Sound Font technology but a limited 24-note polyphony, a used Akai X7000 I bought for $400 from the local Sightsinger Music shop with a faulty QuikDisk drive and poor-quality firmware, but whose keyboard still functioned as a MIDI controller—what could go wrong?
In no particular order:
“If Dreams Come True”
“Last Lullaby”
“Love’s Refrain” (samples from “Dead Poets Society” and whatever girl I was writing to at the time; I think this version uses the voice of my first wife.)
“Rain & Candlelight”
Cover of “There is Joy in the Lord” in the style of Depeche Mode (for a youth group). So embarrassing now. LOL
“A Walk on the Ocean”—the backing swells were intended to evoke thoughts of waves.
“A Walk on the Ocean”—the backing swells were intended to evoke thoughts of waves.
“Be Thou My Vision” (traditional Irish hymn)
“Be Thou My Vision” (traditional Irish hymn)
“Come Away Again”—my personal favorite from the era. Was also listening to a lot of Yanni.
“Come Away Again”—my personal favorite from the era. Was also listening to a lot of Yanni.
“Holding an Angel”—a shorter version of this was part of somebody’s internet wedding.
“Holding an Angel”—a shorter version of this was part of somebody’s internet wedding.
[My first—and ONLY—experiment with Band in a Box. In shock that this product is still made.](attachment:1825205a-2e64-4bf5-bd1f-665cb2531944:Loves_Memories.wav)
My first—and ONLY—experiment with Band in a Box. In shock that this product is still made.
“When I Fall”