Song Brief
On this page, I will be posting a link to one of my songs/instrumental pieces
and explain some of the processes involved with the composition and recording stages.
and explain some of the processes involved with the composition and recording stages.
Heaven Six
This tune is essentially a techno style piece with some rock guitar layered over the backing.
I was asked to produce some martial style rocks tracks, which were to be used as backing music underpinning some fight sequences for an instructional martial arts video.
The sequence this was specifically written for was some full speed sparring where the participants were using double sticks. The martial art is Escrima or Kali. This is a Phillipino fighting system where weapons and empty hand styles
use essentially the same techniques.
This one was quite literally written from the percussion tracks up.
The main percussion track has a wooden block incorporated into the mix,
This I used to simulate the sound of the sticks hitting each other as it
would sound in the actual sparring session.
There was a second percussion sequence, which was woven into
the mix to create a break from the main theme.
The next step was to marry the two sequences together musically. This was achieved by
creating a kind of rolling bass line. This essentially gave some support to the percussion
and allowed the thing to be developed in a more sequenced manner.
Keyboards and various effects were layered over the top to create the techno feel which to me gave the thing the dynamics I was looking for.
The final guitar line came about after many attempts at doing something different.
However the students and master wanted rock guitar.
So I redid the melody with some distorted guitar.
It just worked, and was used.
Once the thing had been produced, I was tasked with doing the videos,
all the production and editing.
The video series was eventually published in it's entirety.
via the martial arts club website two years ago,
and again via my e-commerce site last year.
This tune and several others from the same project will be published in an instrumental collection which will be available from this site later in the year
Hope that explains some of what I do, and a little more about this tune.
To play it click the title link and enjoy.
All the best
I was asked to produce some martial style rocks tracks, which were to be used as backing music underpinning some fight sequences for an instructional martial arts video.
The sequence this was specifically written for was some full speed sparring where the participants were using double sticks. The martial art is Escrima or Kali. This is a Phillipino fighting system where weapons and empty hand styles
use essentially the same techniques.
This one was quite literally written from the percussion tracks up.
The main percussion track has a wooden block incorporated into the mix,
This I used to simulate the sound of the sticks hitting each other as it
would sound in the actual sparring session.
There was a second percussion sequence, which was woven into
the mix to create a break from the main theme.
The next step was to marry the two sequences together musically. This was achieved by
creating a kind of rolling bass line. This essentially gave some support to the percussion
and allowed the thing to be developed in a more sequenced manner.
Keyboards and various effects were layered over the top to create the techno feel which to me gave the thing the dynamics I was looking for.
The final guitar line came about after many attempts at doing something different.
However the students and master wanted rock guitar.
So I redid the melody with some distorted guitar.
It just worked, and was used.
Once the thing had been produced, I was tasked with doing the videos,
all the production and editing.
The video series was eventually published in it's entirety.
via the martial arts club website two years ago,
and again via my e-commerce site last year.
This tune and several others from the same project will be published in an instrumental collection which will be available from this site later in the year
Hope that explains some of what I do, and a little more about this tune.
To play it click the title link and enjoy.
All the best