Inception Live Concert part 1/2

I recently got turned on to Hans Zimmer's music after watching the movie Inception for the second time on video(first time at the theater). Both the movie and the music were amazing to me even the first time, but after seeing it a second time, I was really in tune to the music, probably because I've been writing more instrumentals as of late, especially in piano, and thought this may be a good time to widen my horizons musically. This sort of music has always appealed to me because much of it integrates alot of orchestral music and strings within. I've always had a great appreciation for Classical music since I was a child. Believe it or not, I used to listen to it while drawing when I was only in Elementary school! Who listens to Classical music when you're only 8 yrs old, right? Well, apparently I did, and I loved it. :) Later I learned to appreciate all types of music and even had the ability to mimic most music, whether in my mind or recording. That's why I want to delve into this segment of music for awhile to see where it takes me, even if it's just to gain much more appreciation for composers like Hans Zimmer!

So if you have about 10 minutes to kill, sit back and listen to this amazing piece by this very talented group of musicians led by Mr. Zimmer! :)

Try 'tapping' along with Tapsonic!

If you enjoy listening to a balance of music with and without vocals, both ambient and with an edge, and sometimes very dreamy, then I recommend Tapsonic. The indietronic band out of Chicago, Illinois has just released their latest album called Arbitrary Letters and Numbers, a nice 14 track long CD at a great price and makes for a perfect blend of the above, now available at both CD Baby and Amazon. By far, my favorite (for now anyways) is the track that starts it off, Waiting, a nice mellow tune with beautiful, soaring vocals that literally take me back to the 80's era of newave. They are also great at engaging with their audience and do so frequently on Facebook, as well as recommending other artists that may appeal to their fans, a very honorable and selfless practice in my opinion!

They also created a recent remix of Metric's Gimme Sympathy which I posted below for your hearing pleasure and yes, it's definitely worth listening to! You can actually download this remix for free here.

Tapsonic, along with having a strong name for itself to begin with, will no doubt keep you guessing in each new venture they take on. I definitely recommend following them and taking a look at their other projects as well! :)

Harpazo Teaser & Thoughts

So a few days ago I decided to post a teaser for a track I'm working on called Harpazo. I'm about halfway done with it but was excited about sharing it sooner so I decided to go ahead with the one minute teaser track. The word Harpazo is actually a Greek word meaning 'caught up' and is a term used to describe what's known as the rapture, an event that's described in 1 Thess. 4:16-17:

"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord."

I decided to represent this with 'bright lights' in the sky taking these 'smaller lights' which represents the lights of men & women, who were lights in the world. Though the whole picture has a sort of UFOian sort of effect, it's meant to represent the intense light of God and His 'taking up' of His elect into the clouds or the sky and into His presence. I don't think anyone can really accurately depict visually what this event will look like to be honest, but our feeble minds try.

You can hear the teaser track below, which is now posted on YouTube. Hope you enjoy! :)