Author: John

Clarinda (working title)

Ok, so for track 2 I want something that opens in a suitable epic manner. Here’s my first attempt. Clarinda (working title)

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Everything Burns Prototype II

So, playing around with Mixcraft to get a bit of verse and chorus structure in place yields the following rough mix. As usual, please excuse the poor vocals – I’m still using a horrible Korg condenser mic. The should be a shiny new dynamic mic arriving Real Soon Now(tm). Everything Burns Prototype II

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Turing, Wilde

How can we say we’re civilised? A friend of mine has worked ceaselessly over the past few weeks to raise enough money to make a bid for Alan Turing’s papers. Sadly, the bid was unsuccessful although the papers haven’t yet been sold. How could this even come about? Alan Turing was a mathematician and logician

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Mucking around

More mucking around with Mr Haydn. This is just a quick dabble to try out some other stuff. The theme is played on a synthetic organ sound with a heavy reverb applied to give it a ‘church hall’ sound. Nearer the end, a couple of my usual synth patches join in. Mucking around with Haydn.

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St Anthony’s Choral

Ok, so this little theme has been rattling around in my head after StillHarpingOn was speaking about it, so I had to get down and dirty with the MicroKORG to get it out of my system. Dear Mr Haydn, I am SO sorry. I realise you’re spinning in your grave fast enough t get giddy,

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Lego Universe (PC)

Crumbs! I doubt very much if Blizzard are weeping into their cornflakes at this one, but they probably should be. This is pretty similar to the Lego [Star Wars|Indiana jones|Batman] games, with one subtle difference. It’s an MMO. Yes, a bit like World of Warcraft. But with one major difference. It’s a lot of fun.

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Friendship and The Rev

Some people would have you believe that an ‘online friend’ isn’t the same as a ‘real-life friend’. Maybe it’s because they’ve never had one; maybe they think shared experience isn’t enough and physical contact is needed; maybe they’re just plain stupid. Allow me, Dear Reader, to tell you a story about that gentleman to the

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