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Song: King of the Desert

June 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

While I like the melody and structure of “King of the Desert,” the real masterpiece, however, is the countless subtle effects used throughout. The strum of the guitar, the pitch fades on the high power chords, realistic harmonics on the guitar solos (I’ve never heard a synthesized song use them correctly until this); this song is a product of a lot of carefully implemented effects. I love way it all came together…

Song: A Memory Away

June 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

As soon as I wrote this song, I realized it would be a perfect female character theme for the lead character of Defiance, one of the story premises discussed by the video game team I was working with at the time. The protagonist of the story was a girl named Cara, who I see being comparable to the main character in “Underworld” (if you haven’t seen the movie, you should – it’s good). Cara was a strong, action-oriented girl who ends up falling in love with a man she thought she was saving. Thus the song is a mix of electric guitar and other rock instruments but with a very mellow melody…