Category Archives: releases

releases

A Remix as a Stress Reliever

Leave a comment

Hello all! I am in the final two weeks of my doctorate degree which means I am prepping to defend my ministry portfolio. I have been working hard but getting stressed out. I decided to do a remix to help me blow of some steam.

I can’t believe I did not think of this earlier! I am a huge fan of Doctor Who, having watched it on bootleg VHS with my brother and even meeting David Tennant TWICE. So why on earth have I never remixed the Doctor Who theme? I have NO IDEA!

Please enjoy this remix of the 11th Doctor (Matt Smith) Theme. I am also working on an orchestral version but it is much more involved.

releases

Working on Some Video Game Music

Leave a comment

Hey fans, I wanted to drop by and share some updates since they are rare these days. A majority of my time has been spent completing my doctorate degree (I am working on my thesis at the moment). However, I have also discovered a renewed love for creating video games. I had dabbled with coding some games in the past, especially with the Ren ‘Py language but never quite had the skills to make the code more powerful. Times have changed and I have been able to make some major advances in my skills.

I have started writing a video game called “The Soundtrack of My Life” (SOML) that focuses on the life of a struggling musician trying to make ends meet while he works on his skills, lands gigs, develops friendships and even looks for love. Since the game is very visual, there are many instances where a scene can be made much more powerful by adding the right music.

At this time, I have created three tracks that serve as “incidental” music meaning they appear during specific times. The tracks are short, usually no more than 2 minutes long, and will loop indefinitely during the scene (unless the player opts to turn them off). I have made these publicly available on my SoundCloud so check them out. As new tracks are created, I will add them to this set on SoundCloud.

Track List:

  1. Soundtrack of My Life – Intro: This track plays when you start the game. It is intended to illustrate the ups and downs of a musician’s life.
  2. Coffee Shop Backing Track: Many social events with the player’s friends will start out casually in a coffee shop. I created this short track to loop during those scenes and to create the vibe of a relaxed coffee shop atmosphere.
  3. Define the Relationship Track: During one point in the game, your character will be dating one of the characters and the relationship will grow high enough that the romantic partner wants to make it official. This is a sweet and romantic section of the game so I wrote a track that loops and builds that joy and suspense while you go through the DTR (Define the Relationship) moment.

Let me know what you think of this music!

releases, YouTube

A Labor of Love – My Remix of Scatman’s World.

Leave a comment

Hello fans! I am pleased to release a new remix. When I was first exploring EDM music, one of the first songs to get my attention was “Scatman’s World” by Scatman John. The fusion of Eurodance, John’s spoken word style rapping and the cool little scat breaks were exciting to me. I couldn’t help but enjoy the song.

Now, almost 25 years after his death, I am releasing “Ode to John” my remix of Scatman’s World. I hope you enjoy it. Sorry, I am not rapping on this (even though I literally know every word).

Expanse, releases

Out of the Silence – New Music!

Leave a comment

Hello, fans! I apologize that it’s been over two years since I posted, and I am very sorry. I update a few things on my Facebook and Twitter pages, but that is not an acceptable excuse. I have struggled with being creative on several fronts and had to narrow my attention to a few specifics: video game streaming, technical learning, and music creation. Unfortunately, I’ve only had the time to devote attention to the first two and even that has been in small batches.

For those that don’t know, I have begun streaming video games on Twitch as a fun way to share my joy of gaming and my weird perspective on things in a creative way. I have already generated a decent amount of videos, including multiple videos in a play-through list, as I work on playing through games. My overall viewer watch is not very high but I am enjoying the ability to do some new things.

Beyond that, I wanted to keep myself up to date on technologies in my field to not become obsolete in the technical space. I have done this by going through various training courses online, teaching me how to program in ReactJS, Python, and even refreshing me on new HTML5/CSS3 stuff. This has helped me grow in technical proficiency and creative capabilities.

Despite this, I knew that Expanse was not ready to be released because I felt there were more tracks to deliver. I just had to squeeze them out of my head. But in the same breath, I have always felt that if I tried to force myself to do things, the music would not be the kind of music I wanted to release. I had plenty of concepts in my head, but to take them and translate them into songs was very tricky. After putting my studio aside for a long time, I finally got myself back into the groove by watching some tutorials for new techniques. After playing with a MIDI as part of the tutorial, I felt that spark so I started to create!

Now, after so much time has passed, I have created not one but TWO new tracks for the Expanse album! I even have an idea for one or two more songs! For now, please check out these two new tracks on my SoundCloud:

Space Elevator – The listener finds a space elevator to help them with their desire to travel the expanses of space. They will use it to carry themselves to the moon!

Black Hole – As the listener shoots through the galaxy, they find themselves near a supermassive black hole. They must escape the vortex before they are forever trapped in the singularity.

If I have any more ideas for songs, I will do my best to lock them into a song for you guys to enjoy!

DJ6i Out!

releases

New Christmas Album Finally Dropped!

Leave a comment

Hello fans! It’s been a long time since I last spoke with you and I am sorry about that. With the holidays exploding on to the scene, countless family things and general time lost, I just have not had the chance to type out anything. But today I do have some good news!

You might recall that I mentioned working on a Christmas album. I actually completed the final master mix out a few days before Christmas and sent it to my distributor. Unfortunately, at the same exact time, my web and email hosting company was bought by another company. As a result, all of the email server settings changed and I did not even think to adjust my phone and computer mailbox settings.

Long story short, my distributor sent me several requests to make the final approvals which I did not get until the tail end of January when I finally fixed the mailbox settings issue. I finished the approvals and it finally got released.

SO! Without further ado, you can check out my new album on your favorite medium of choice:

Let me know what you think! I also plan on finishing up Expanse as soon as I feel its ready. However, I am still short a song or two and I won’t release it until I feel like it’s where I want it to be.

DJ6i Out!