Albinoechidna Music

Unwilling Hero

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Thu, 5 Aug 2010 23:35:00 -0400

Another theme idea for a the list of character archetypes that I found. This time it's the Unwilling Hero. It's another self evident one but I'll explain my thought process for it. I figured that someone unwilling would probably have a darker and softer tone to their personality than the willing hero would. That's why I chose to use a piano and a minor key.

Willing Hero

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Wed, 4 Aug 2010 22:00:00 -0400

I found a list of character archetypes that I'm going to be using for awhile to base some motifs off of. The first one on the list is the Willing Hero. It's pretty self-evident what it means so here is a short interpretation of a theme for a character of this archetype.

Here is the site that I will be finding the archetypes:
http://www.listology.com/list/character-archetypes

Still Writing

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Tue, 3 Aug 2010 23:30:00 -0400

I don't have a recording for the stuff that I'm working on but I am still writing. I have an initial idea for where I want but now I'm just looking for a direction to take it. I'll keep this updated as I work on it. I might continue some small stuff on the side or give snippets of the one I'm working on now.

High Seas!

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Mon, 2 Aug 2010 23:30:00 -0400

Whenever I want to do a piece inspired by sailing or pirates I always fall back on the same or similar rhythms and usually the Dorian mode. I would probably use the same orchestration too, but I decided to leave it with piano. Can you let me know whether I got the rollicking feel I was going for?

I hate to use the word "rollicking" but I can't think of anything else for it.

Back!

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Sun, 1 Aug 2010 23:11:00 -0400

I'm back from almost a week off of this site. I didn't intend to not post on it, I just got frustrated after not liking any of the things that I had posted a couple of days before it happened. This is much better than those, in my opinion, although I feel it lacks direction sometimes. Still I hope you enjoy it.

11:11! Wish!

Quicker!

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:10:00 -0400

This is another old one. Like a lot of those ones I feel like its an intro into something longer.

Chaotic

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:30:00 -0400

I really had no idea at all where to go with this one. No initial harmonic or melodic idea. It literally started with random notes. Usually when that happens it becomes more rhythmic than anything else, which this one is.

Sick

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:30:00 -0400

Not feeling too well so here's a quick one.

Change

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:30:00 -0400

This was originally going to be a choral piece before I even wrote a melodic line but I decided to change it. I don't really know why I change my mind, but I like it this way.

Oboe Theme

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:00:00 -0400

This is something I was working on. Basically just an oboe motif that I just messed around with adding blue notes. It's not finished yet but I don't know where else to go with it right now.

Slow

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:55:00 -0400

I decided to do something minor today. I usually don't use sharp keys but I did this time. It may not seem any different to listen to but it was different to work out on the piano because I don't usually work with those. Besides that it was pretty much the same as usual, working out the harmonies first then the melody. I feel like I could have done more with the bass but I couldn't think of anything at the time.

Tuba Duet

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:45:00 -0400

Not much to say about this one. I just need to schedule more time for myself to do this.

Flash Back

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:59:00 -0400

I hate doing this but I got preoccupied and forgot to write today so here is a short piece I wrote probably when I first got Finale. I guess it's good that I'm doing this so that I can actually keep track of the dates of future things.

The piano here was originally organ but that took over the tuba too much.

Flute Choir

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:00:00 -0400

This is my try at a flute choir. It's split into 4 parts (SATB) using piccolo, flute, alto flute, and bass flute. Thinking back on it now the piccolo probably should have been an octave higher. I know for next time though.

Once More

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:30:00 -0400

Quick and moderately folksy (if that's a word) was my aim for this.

Flight

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:00:00 -0400

I had an idea of what I wanted to do today. I was originally thinking of a bird or someone at the edge of a cliff. This was my interpretation of the bird standing at the edge. The majority of it is before the actual flight with hopefully what comes across as tension rises. The actual flight is much shorter than the rest. I don't know whether or not it should be longer or not.

Sweet Dreams?

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400

This is my attempt to write a lullaby type piece. I wanted it to have a turn as if someone was having a bad dream. Not a nightmare, just something darker in tone.
I was thinking about this idea after reading a Neil Gaiman short story. It's in his anthology called Smoke and Mirrors. It's the last story.

I might try this again later after I take more composition lessons. I like it and I have a lot more ideas that would go well with it that I just don't know how to pull off right now

Slack Waltz

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:15:00 -0400

Well my internet went out for a couple of days. I kind of used that to as an excuse to slack off until now. Here is something that I hope makes up for the days I lost. It was inspired by the game Bioshock.

More of an homage really... if I'm using the word correctly.
I don't care

More Modes

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Tue, 6 Jul 2010 15:00:00 -0400

Once again I was messing around with modes. This time I chose mixolydian. The scale is really close to the major scale stepwise. But with a few steps from the minor scale. To aid this sound I added chords with a good mixture of major and minor intervals.

Quick!

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Mon, 5 Jul 2010 19:30:00 -0400

A quick one since its another day that I've been out of the house a lot. There are a couple of things that I like about this that I may deal with later.

And by a couple I mean like two measures.

Happy Independence Day

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Sun, 4 Jul 2010 23:00:00 -0400

Happy 4th of July!

This piece is something that I've done earlier this year. I wanted to do something original today, but everything I wrote down was just crap. Crap that I'm sure that would sound better with more time but oh well. At least I have some ideas for other times though.

Something Different - Nabari no Ou

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Sun, 4 Jul 2010 01:30:00 -0400

Slight segue from the usual, but just finished watching an anime series called Nabari no Ou. Decided to talk about the score a little. The composer for the series was Michiru Ōshima who has composed music for one of my favorite video games of all time, Ico. Just like in Ico, the music is very minimal and simple. Some of my most favored scores seem to be like that. I've been listening to the original soundtrack and each piece, especially the main theme, seem to encompass the tone of the entire show completely. This is a great achievement and something that I'm going to strive to do on every score that I work on.

Fuller Sounding?

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0400

This was an attempt to make things sound a little fuller while still trying to keep it light in tone. I didn't do anything to the actual mix except change the around the orchestration a little. I did the original composition in the standard way, on the piano figuring out the chords before the melody.

Tenor and Vibes

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Fri, 2 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Busy Friday running around doing errands, so I'm showing this. This is one of the first things I've ever written. I still kind of like it, let me know what you think.

Folkish

cottonzac@gmail.com (albinoechidna) — Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:00:00 -0400

This is something done in a folk-ish style that I'm probably going to expand on later. For this one I just set up a chord progression and had a guitar play through it. The melody followed afterwards. I'll update on the progress.