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Another Final Fantasy Remix!

Been trying to finish some projects that I have had sitting in my studio queue for a while. I thought of what other songs I would like to remix from my favorite video games and returned to my favorite game of all time – Final Fantasy IV (FF2 in the US). One of the most insane and unstable songs was the one that played while you fight the final boss, Zermous.

I took the original version of the song and started working on it trying to figure out what I might do to give it a new sound and a different feel. While experimenting, I threw some dubstep elements into it and played around. The sound was PERFECT. So, I have officially remixed the song as a dubstep cover. Enjoy “Zerostep”.

Finally, Releasing another Remix

Hello friends! I know you have seen a lot of remixes lately. This is not because I just redid them a day ago and shared them. I have about ten remixes in my studio now that I am working on. It just so happens that I got through a few recently, so I decided to share them. This one I actually posted a teaser for about 6 months ago. However, I finally got it out the door.

One of the most iconic songs on the Chrono Trigger soundtrack is the “Zeal Kingdom” theme, also known as “Corridors of Time.” It features a harp arpeggio that will make almost every SNES gamer get goosebumps. I offer you my remix of “Corridors of Time” which I have entitled “With Zeal.” Enjoy!

A New Remix

Hello friends! I hope you all are enjoying a change in the seasons and a change in life. As I have mentioned in a few other areas, I have been busy working on my Doctorate, doing my regular job, doing some DJ sets, and a few other activities. However, last week, I got an unexpected break in my time (because I finished my homework early!) and managed to start a remix.

In all my 40+ years of life, one of my favorite games has been and always will be Final Fantasy IV (Final Fantasy II in the original American numbering). I already released a remix of the Final Fantasy IV theme many years ago. Today, I am releasing a remix of the “Lunar Whale” airship theme (also known as the “Big Whale” in the original English Translation). I have not yet made it into a YouTube video, but you can listen to it on my SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/6iprod/lunas-passage?si=8fa95d8f2b5d4fd6b8ae90262551992b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Enjoy!

Street Fire Single Released

Hello fans! I hope you are all hanging in there in what will hopefully be the last few bits of the mandatory lockdown in your area due to COVID-19. I wanted you all to be aware that I have officially released Street Fire as a single and you can get it now from your favorite music source.

As you may have read in a previous post, I was inspired by my time in the trenches with the kids from Freedom Fire Urban Outreach. It is an urban outreach ministry that focuses on bringing Jesus to the projects. We meet with kids once a month who live in a bad place but manage to make ends meet somehow. We hang out with them and play sports, we feed them pizza, we talk about Jesus and try to help them learn how to stand for what they believe even in their tough situation.

As you likely have guessed, this volunteer-driven group has been hit pretty hard with the COVID-19 lockdown. Many of the children that used to get food on Fridays and a change to hear about Jesus are starving both physically and spiritually. The leaders of Freedom Fire have done the best they can in providing food bags and other necessities to the families while they can’t be meeting. I wanted to do my part so I finally did.

If you buy this single from your favorite music source, I will donate 100% of the proceeds to Freedom Fire directly. Your music purchase can help bring some money to a hurting volunteer group that wants to shine a light in the darkest parts of Kansas City. Don’t buy it for me, buy it for the kiddos!

https://music.apple.com/us/album/street-fire-single/1512692389

DJ6i Out!

Quarantined Life going Over the Moon

purple image for DJ6i's albume expanse

It’s amazing what a different world we live in than just one month ago. I am sure that many of you who are reading this post are doing so while on some kind of stay at home order from your government. We are living in the age of COVID-19 and being at home without much choice to go out is our new normal. I have transitioned to working my primary job from my basement so I have lots of time to work and listen to music so that’s what I have been doing.

If any of you have been following my posts on Facebook, Twitter or here, you will know that I have been stumped on what song I want/need to finish out Expanse. I had felt that since I made a “title track” for Currents, that I should start including a title track in each new album. So, I tried for months to write a track that I could call “Expanse” and that I felt would encapsulate the new direction I feel like my album is going. No matter how much I wanted to write something, I kept telling myself that this song had to be a certain thing and abandoned almost anything that I had worked on. This was a very selfish and restricting thing to do.

I remembered in the past that I would often feel the desire to write my own work when I heard new music that inspired me. Usually when I am in the basement working, I have my Pandora station playing and although I like the music, it rarely has anything very new. So, I checked my Twitter feed and saw that a few artists I respect have created new albums. I streamed those new albums and it really did the trick to get my mind thinking of new sounds that I could do and how I want to make some of my new music sound.

I had two songs that I had felt fond of and had written bits of over the past year. However, one felt like it was an awesome melody but I had no idea for a chorus. I had another song that had an amazing chorus but no real melody body to speak. I decided to merge them into a single song… and it worked!

That’s correct, I am finally writing the final song for my album! I only have a working title at the moment which I don’t generally share. I believe it will be Lunar in naming. It is a perfect combination of the two separate tracks. I cannot wait to finalize it! Keep an eye on my feed for more details. You know I won’t release anything until I am personally happy with it. Who knows, I might make more material and add it to the album, time will tell.

DJ6i Out!