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Machine World
1. Welcome to the Machine
2. Be More Than Just a Number
3. Two Souls, One Mind
4. Tale of the Cave
5. Temple of Rust
6. Rule the World
7. Wonder
8. Invisible
9. When the Machine Stops
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Welcome to the machine! Despite the title, this isn't a cover of the Pink Floyd song - in fact, the inspiration for the title came from a particularly terrifying level of Ecco the Dolphin (which I later learned took its name from said Pink Floyd song anyway). I know I said that I was fed up of writing "concept albums", but the songs turned out to have a theme running through it after all - a mix of commentary on how we run our real lives on computers, and retreat into a virtual world to have online personas as well.
"Machine World" starts off with this, in a break from the traditional fast, short songs that I've been writing as openers recently. The title was actually going to be used for a short introductory track, but the idea expanded into a full song pretty rapidly. It's about the feeling that our lives are governed by this information that is kept about us everywhere. (It won't come as a surprise that a lot of it was inspired by my experiences trying to get a visa so that I could live legally in America...) But it also mentions that we still have our lives and can be more than a number in a database.
My newer material has had a tendency to sound slightly more aggressive than before. A large part of the running time is taken by the instrumental section where I tried out various time changes. Throughout the song, a theme that appears throughout the album appears, and this melody was inspired quite a lot by the music from the game that inspired the title in the first place.
[Lyrics]
To another part of life, cross the sea to carry on
Another world replaced the one you left behind
They will take you in their arms, they will take your history
And they'll enter all your life into their mind
They keep your past inside the sea of memories
Their single-minded code is all they know
Trapped inside a faceless labyrinth of white
They'll take your life and never let it go
Follow me - Into the darkness of the sea
The nightmare we have built to hold our dreams
Follow me - I've seen the outside and I know the way
The tides of time are gathered as it guards our memories
Follow me
Setting out, finding your path, carry on to find your way
And the world will form before you as you go
The future you will choose, but wherever you will run
You will never leave the past that they all know
They keep your past inside the sea of memories
Their single-minded code is all they know
Trapped inside a faceless labyrinth of white
They'll take your life and never let it go
Follow me - Into the darkness of the sea
The nightmare we have built to hold our dreams
Follow me - I've seen the outside and I know the way
The tides of time are gathered as it guards our memories
And now a code will follow you through life
The number from archives unseen
And time will keep on turning as we give our minds away
Welcome to the machine
They say that they're watching over us
Our lives are held in its cells - forever, but
This is not an evil controlling us
It's what we make of it ourselves
Together we can be - More than a system
The machine that we have built can't rule our lives
Remember that you have your life and you are not alone
Don't drown in madness, carry on
They keep your life inside the sea of memories
A number on their screen is all they know
Trapped inside a faceless labyrinth of white
They'll take your life and never let it go
Follow me - Into the darkness of the sea
The nightmare we have built to hold our dreams
Follow me - I've seen the outside and I know the way
The tides of time are gathered as it guards our memories
And now a code will follow you through life
The number from archives unseen
And time will keep on turning as we give our minds away
Welcome to our world
Welcome to your life
Welcome to the machine
1. Welcome to the Machine
2. Be More Than Just a Number
3. Two Souls, One Mind
4. Tale of the Cave
5. Temple of Rust
6. Rule the World
7. Wonder
8. Invisible
9. When the Machine Stops
---
Welcome to the machine! Despite the title, this isn't a cover of the Pink Floyd song - in fact, the inspiration for the title came from a particularly terrifying level of Ecco the Dolphin (which I later learned took its name from said Pink Floyd song anyway). I know I said that I was fed up of writing "concept albums", but the songs turned out to have a theme running through it after all - a mix of commentary on how we run our real lives on computers, and retreat into a virtual world to have online personas as well.
"Machine World" starts off with this, in a break from the traditional fast, short songs that I've been writing as openers recently. The title was actually going to be used for a short introductory track, but the idea expanded into a full song pretty rapidly. It's about the feeling that our lives are governed by this information that is kept about us everywhere. (It won't come as a surprise that a lot of it was inspired by my experiences trying to get a visa so that I could live legally in America...) But it also mentions that we still have our lives and can be more than a number in a database.
My newer material has had a tendency to sound slightly more aggressive than before. A large part of the running time is taken by the instrumental section where I tried out various time changes. Throughout the song, a theme that appears throughout the album appears, and this melody was inspired quite a lot by the music from the game that inspired the title in the first place.
[Lyrics]
To another part of life, cross the sea to carry on
Another world replaced the one you left behind
They will take you in their arms, they will take your history
And they'll enter all your life into their mind
They keep your past inside the sea of memories
Their single-minded code is all they know
Trapped inside a faceless labyrinth of white
They'll take your life and never let it go
Follow me - Into the darkness of the sea
The nightmare we have built to hold our dreams
Follow me - I've seen the outside and I know the way
The tides of time are gathered as it guards our memories
Follow me
Setting out, finding your path, carry on to find your way
And the world will form before you as you go
The future you will choose, but wherever you will run
You will never leave the past that they all know
They keep your past inside the sea of memories
Their single-minded code is all they know
Trapped inside a faceless labyrinth of white
They'll take your life and never let it go
Follow me - Into the darkness of the sea
The nightmare we have built to hold our dreams
Follow me - I've seen the outside and I know the way
The tides of time are gathered as it guards our memories
And now a code will follow you through life
The number from archives unseen
And time will keep on turning as we give our minds away
Welcome to the machine
They say that they're watching over us
Our lives are held in its cells - forever, but
This is not an evil controlling us
It's what we make of it ourselves
Together we can be - More than a system
The machine that we have built can't rule our lives
Remember that you have your life and you are not alone
Don't drown in madness, carry on
They keep your life inside the sea of memories
A number on their screen is all they know
Trapped inside a faceless labyrinth of white
They'll take your life and never let it go
Follow me - Into the darkness of the sea
The nightmare we have built to hold our dreams
Follow me - I've seen the outside and I know the way
The tides of time are gathered as it guards our memories
And now a code will follow you through life
The number from archives unseen
And time will keep on turning as we give our minds away
Welcome to our world
Welcome to your life
Welcome to the machine
Category Music / Rock
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Size 120 x 120px
File Size 6.51 MB
Aha! I just found the "Download" button, so I can listen to mp3s on FurAffinity without needing QuickTime! You want to talk about how machines are taking over...well, at least it's not RealPlayer, I guess.
Also, I had -almost- forgotten how terrible the Sega Genesis' music was. It was supposed to be competing with the SNES? Good God. Well, I suppose the weird attempts at instruments at least serve to make Ecco even creepier.
This song, on the other hand, is awesome. I love your work and this is no exception. The fact that our tastes in genres match up so perfectly helps (your work is power metal-y, and I love power metal,) but if early Kamelot taught us anything, there -is- a such thing as bad power metal, so I can safely say that your stuff is fantastic on its own merits as well.
Also, I had -almost- forgotten how terrible the Sega Genesis' music was. It was supposed to be competing with the SNES? Good God. Well, I suppose the weird attempts at instruments at least serve to make Ecco even creepier.
This song, on the other hand, is awesome. I love your work and this is no exception. The fact that our tastes in genres match up so perfectly helps (your work is power metal-y, and I love power metal,) but if early Kamelot taught us anything, there -is- a such thing as bad power metal, so I can safely say that your stuff is fantastic on its own merits as well.
Also, you may be interested in knowing that there's a LiveJournal community for promoting the particularly good work on Fur Affinity--like an FA version of the "VCL Pick of the Day" group, if you're familiar with that. I decided this song was worth a mention.
http://community.livejournal.com/ftw_fa/2211.html
http://community.livejournal.com/ftw_fa/2211.html
Thanks!
The chip on the Genesis was definitely inferior to the SNES one - I was actually looking at the construction of its sound yesterday because I'm trying to get an authentically Genesis-like sound for my game, and it's a very NES-like square wave channel with some FM synthesis on top of it (at least, that's what it says here...) It's the sound of the drums that really give it its unique sound. And the music was definitely one of the factors that made Ecco terrifying.
As for the link you posted on the other comment - thanks for doing that! What an example of a community that's actually positive - that's not something that I've seen for ages. It's quite nice to know that something like that even exists.
(PS: Waaaoooblacktowwaahh whatisyawpowahh. Wooomaakesmaagroaaniniiiiighh. And I paid $10 for that album.)
The chip on the Genesis was definitely inferior to the SNES one - I was actually looking at the construction of its sound yesterday because I'm trying to get an authentically Genesis-like sound for my game, and it's a very NES-like square wave channel with some FM synthesis on top of it (at least, that's what it says here...) It's the sound of the drums that really give it its unique sound. And the music was definitely one of the factors that made Ecco terrifying.
As for the link you posted on the other comment - thanks for doing that! What an example of a community that's actually positive - that's not something that I've seen for ages. It's quite nice to know that something like that even exists.
(PS: Waaaoooblacktowwaahh whatisyawpowahh. Wooomaakesmaagroaaniniiiiighh. And I paid $10 for that album.)
That was very nice and it almost seems like your style has improved a bit. Nice work.
And Commenting on genesis: It did have a inferior sound chip, but some developers really managed to work out fantastic sounds using it. One great example is Thunder Force IV, which had one of the greatest sound tracks on the genesis.
Question tho.....The sound chip on the genesis was the Z80 right? or was that the master system chip?.
And Commenting on genesis: It did have a inferior sound chip, but some developers really managed to work out fantastic sounds using it. One great example is Thunder Force IV, which had one of the greatest sound tracks on the genesis.
Question tho.....The sound chip on the genesis was the Z80 right? or was that the master system chip?.
Yes, as far as I know it was the Z80 (that's going from the pull-down menu on Gens, anyway.)
And you're right - I can think of far more classic Genesis musics than I can on the SNES. A lot of old game music seemed to be far more instantly catchy than anything today (Contra, Zero Wing, Streets of Rage, most of the Sonic series), because the writers had to get something that was ear-catching out of the limited hardware.
And you're right - I can think of far more classic Genesis musics than I can on the SNES. A lot of old game music seemed to be far more instantly catchy than anything today (Contra, Zero Wing, Streets of Rage, most of the Sonic series), because the writers had to get something that was ear-catching out of the limited hardware.
That's still quite a lot of your fast style in there. I like the minor chords in this one a lot - makes for a great tenstion-creating device in combination with the percussion background and the fast "howling" guitar parts.
BTW, I just realised that I'm currently writing my 1000th comment. Glad to see that it's not for an average musical piece. This is fave material.
BTW, I just realised that I'm currently writing my 1000th comment. Glad to see that it's not for an average musical piece. This is fave material.
Hi -- came here from FTW_FA (mentioned above).
I am unsure whether this is a remix or an original composition (inspiration is a tricky beast, and i have never played Ecco). I did write a small critique based on the assumption that it's an original work, so take it with a grain of salt or whatever.
I believe the instruments used really hurt this piece. With better instrumentation, it could become a composition heard on a published album. Currently, it seems to fit in best as part of a game soundtrack. Not that it's a bad sound mind you (and I do love my game music very much) -- I just think it would be better if it went in a slightly different, more polished direction.
The melody is well-composed and never boring. I definitely want to hear more from you :3
I am unsure whether this is a remix or an original composition (inspiration is a tricky beast, and i have never played Ecco). I did write a small critique based on the assumption that it's an original work, so take it with a grain of salt or whatever.
I believe the instruments used really hurt this piece. With better instrumentation, it could become a composition heard on a published album. Currently, it seems to fit in best as part of a game soundtrack. Not that it's a bad sound mind you (and I do love my game music very much) -- I just think it would be better if it went in a slightly different, more polished direction.
The melody is well-composed and never boring. I definitely want to hear more from you :3
The description is a bit unclear on whether it's original or not - this is an original piece, but the main "riff" (the one that appears at the beginning) was inspired by the music in the linked video/level. However, it didn't come out sounding a lot like the original anyway.
Better instrumentation is definitely something that I want to work towards (you'd be surprised by how many people over at SheezyArt are wanting me to get a band together and actually play some of these things...) My main problem is that I'm using music software that's about seven years old now and I find it frustrating to have to learn entirely new sets of instruments and interfaces... but that's an investment I'm going to have to make eventually.
Thanks a lot for commenting and favouriting this - like I said to Kjorteo above, I'm very pleased that there exists such a positive community to offset the negative attitude that a lot of people have towards it. I'll have to start posting my picks there myself.
Better instrumentation is definitely something that I want to work towards (you'd be surprised by how many people over at SheezyArt are wanting me to get a band together and actually play some of these things...) My main problem is that I'm using music software that's about seven years old now and I find it frustrating to have to learn entirely new sets of instruments and interfaces... but that's an investment I'm going to have to make eventually.
Thanks a lot for commenting and favouriting this - like I said to Kjorteo above, I'm very pleased that there exists such a positive community to offset the negative attitude that a lot of people have towards it. I'll have to start posting my picks there myself.
Thanks, I'm glad you think my older stuff holds up (older stuff! I remember when I put this up, it doesn't seem like nearly five years ago...) This was a really strange one... I took that pattern and built a whole song around it, and only then found that I'd actually got the pattern wrong (though only by a couple of notes at the start).
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