Misplaced Emotion (Wobby Funkel Remix)

[audio_player file="https://shapingthesilence.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/17-Misplaced-Emotion-Wobby-Funkel-remix.mp3"]Direct your emotions properly or you may just find yourself stuck in a downward spiral…
I don’t remember much of the specific circumstances surrounding the creation of this song, but I do recognize the exact headspace that inspired it…

Moonlight And Shadows (Ayrun remix)

[audio_player file="https://shapingthesilence.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/16-Moonlight-And-Shadows-Ayrun-remix.mp3"]As you walk alone through the woods, the shadows cast by the moon begin to prey upon your imagination…
I spent a good amount of time learning how to make the large pad sounds and wobbles in this song as it was the first time I had a synth that powerful to work with. It easily blew everything else I had at the time out of the water.

Final Resting Place

[audio_player file="https://shapingthesilence.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/15-Final-Resting-Place.mp3"]From dust we were made and to dust we will return…
I was messing around with mixing “wrong” notes as far as I understood into a more traditional chord progression and discovered the amazing depth of emotion when you add certain notes that, at first glance, don’t seem to belong…

Lost In Translation

[audio_player file="https://shapingthesilence.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/14-Lost-In-Translation.mp3"]“HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!! ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.”
This is another song that is just pure fun! The steady beat in combination with the glitches throughout that break it up made this song fun to work on throughout…

Final Boss

[audio_player file="https://shapingthesilence.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/13-Final-Boss.mp3"]Time to land the final blow!
This is another song back from 2010. I made this one specifically because I was struggling with dancing in time with a 3/4 song in a musical I was a part of….

PsySword

[audio_player file="https://shapingthesilence.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/12-PsySword.mp3"]It’s like a sword, but psychic. Or something… idk, I thought it sounded cool.
This is an older song, but it was a fun one to work on. The first thing I remember about this is that my brother took the time to color all the tracks for me and made my project file very colorful…

Misplaced Emotion

[audio_player file="https://shapingthesilence.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/11-Misplaced-Emotion.mp3"]Direct your emotions properly or you may just find yourself stuck in a downward spiral…
I don’t remember much of the specific circumstances surrounding the creation of this song, but I do recognize the exact headspace that inspired it…

Frostbite

[audio_player file="https://shapingthesilence.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/10-Frostbite.mp3"]It’s a cold world. Even colder on your own…
This song started its life as an idea I came up with when playing with my MIDI guitar hero controller modification. My brother was working on programming new modes into the controller which included some interesting ways of playing chords…

Drifting

[audio_player file="https://shapingthesilence.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/09-Drifting.mp3"]If you’re not moving forward, you are falling backward. Drifting alone in a storm…
This was another song I made during a live stream. Unlike others, this one stands out to me because I stood my ground artistically against what people were recommending in chat…

Stunning Reality

[audio_player file="https://shapingthesilence.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/08-Stunning-Reality.mp3"]Get out there and show the world what you’re made of!
I really enjoy the obvious upward and downward movement throughout this song. It’s especially noticeable on the drop…