.selah
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Pondering over many names, like TriloByte, Etcetera (my all-purpose name, now), and Director of Music, .selah is the only one that fits. What's the best about it is that it's written in a cool form of text. The idea here is minimalism, taken literally. It's drawn as it would've been drawn pixel by pixel in a super-tiny font.
It's the moniker for my muisc-making hobby. Over time, more and more, I've been wanting to create my own techno, but with an orchestral symphony twist. The sole inspiration for the music is imagination, trying to stray from traditional and reach ungenreable. Here's a few of the songs I've developed, in both my mind and on the keyboard.
Bright - Ravey. A fast, repeating tune reminiscent of SandStorm, with bell-type pads and saw leads. Named because every connotation I have of it pertains to something bright.
Joyful Noise - A happy hardcore song, fast and happy and full of flutes. Speedy Cheerfulness. Named for "Make a joyful noise unto the lord".
Maelstrom - Another somewhat rave-ish song, but a lot more thick and aggressive. And faster. Contains both personal melodies, "Nothing Beats Elastic Feats" and "I'm an Apricot Dispenser". Named for a real cool word.
Wake Turbulence - Name's really the only developed thing. Insanely speedy, that's all I know.
BeepBoopBop! - More of a joke song than anything else. Contains lots of beeping, repetitive tunes, and a plain beat. It's a compilation of all the things that are reasons people don't like techno. But it's fun. Names in honor of www.beepboopbop.com.
Kadigan - Very weird song, somewhat happy hardcore, with a bit of mellow melodies. It's a collaberation 'tween me and Piratesheep. A kadigan is the term for words like "Doohickey" and "Thingamabob", as well as "Some-odd", "Thing" and "Zillion". They are definition-less placeholder words when an actual noun can't seem to make its way off your tongue.
Be Still - The idea of this song is that it is so quiet, you can barely hear it for most of the song. Very slow, very very relaxing and tranquil. Named for another Bible quote.
Untitled - Starts off with a repeating piano roll, enter some chamber strings, and after a boomerang it comes to the full-fledged song. Every bit is planned out in my head, I just need the software to get started. Dun know if it'll ever be named, or if "untitled" is its name.
Ueueu - Really, really weird song. Droning and bendy instruments. Born when I started singing "Weeeooo weeeoo weeoo, weeeeooo weeeooo weee-eee." while washing dishes. Named as a more interesting way to spell "Weeoo weeoo".
Earsore - Ever wondered what ugliness would sound like? This song is HORRIBLE. But done entirely intentional, of course. The strange idea is that it sounds so bad, so off-key and off-beat and annoying and repetitive and just plain ugly, that you like it. Well, someone in the world will. Named after the way it sounds, of course.
Panic Button - The world's largest pop remix. A compilation of every annoyingly recognizable tune to hit modern pop-culture media. The Numa Numa (Dragostea Din Tei), Homestar theme (Everybody Everybody), and the Six Flags theme (Time to Party) not to mention a million other random tunes and sounds. Named after that button on the car keys you always accidentally hit in a crowded public parking lot.
And that's what I can think of off the bat. I know I have a few more, I'll possibly edit this as I can.
Real quick, just some music that gives me inspiration, so you can get an idea of my style.
Mario Paint: Intense Color ~ SuperGreenX
La Luna Caida ~ ForGreatJustice!
A Storm in the Desert ~ Unknown
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