Tales of the White Stag

This demo now includes some symphonic elements and, more importantly, DRUMS courtesy of Pat Ryan by way of IndabaMusic.com.

A modest attempt at trying to invoke a bit of Steve Hackett.

Don’t bother. It’s terrible. I need to do something else.

My Big Red Button now has a preloader, so no more wondering how long you have to wait for the sound samples to finish loading. Huzzah!

Happy Cinco de Mayo! One, two, three red buttons! Ah ah ah!

This demo track is a little under three minutes long right now, so give it a little time to load. Incidentally, the time signature is 5/8.

I’ve been inactive far too long. I finally recorded something last night. Here’s the first sputterings of what will eventually be the antagonist theme. It’s my first use of the Rocket pedal and the time signature is 7/4. I wouldn’t expect the final version to sound much like this. In fact, I’m already imagining revisions I want to make.

As you cross into the treeline, a misty light surrounds you and the sound of strange music fills your ears, but you give no notice and ride through it for what seems like hours. When the fog disperses, the white stag has disappeared into the thick of the forest. You pause, dismount, and look around. Ahead of you there is a soft rustling in the brush for just a moment. You quickly fetch the bow and quiver from the horse’s saddle and creep forward. Soft is your footfall as you pass through the trees. A swatch of white becomes visible in the distance, and you pull an arrow from the quiver. In utter silence, you put nock to string, string to ear, and aim high for the distance. You loose the bow, the arrow flies, and it hits its mark with an odd metallic thump.

Here is an incomplete list of classic recordings which have each, in part, provided inspiration for this album:

• Berlin, Lou Reed
• Selling England By the Pound, Genesis
• Close To the Edge, Yes
• Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins
• Turn! Turn! Turn!, The Byrds
• Der Rhinegold, Richard Wagner
• Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
• Abbey Road, The Beatles
• Glassworks, Philip Glass
• The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse, The Besnard Lakes
• The Trials of Van Occupanther, Midlake
• OK Computer, Radiohead
• Photos of Ghosts, Premiata Forneria Marconi
• 3:47 EST, Klaatu
• Hope, Klaatu