The complexity of the music is still there but I’m trying more and more ways of creating sounds – from soft synths to sampling from keyboards, and even to Garageband. I have a couple of tracks that are mostly complete that were written using Sony’s Acid Pro – I’ll upload those when I get a chance – or is that ‘time permitting again’?

I had made a mistake when creating the above image. It should have read “music is art, forever evolving” but the more I thought about it, the more I liked the way it came out. Since music can create so much in us, it’s fitting that it is ‘life’. There you have it!

My Music:

I have written and produced three CD’s so far, with a fourth on the way. I’m still exploring methods and ways to dive into more styles, and to diversify the style I currently work in. I don’t get a lot of time to write right now, but the inkling is always there. Here’s the breakdown of three CD’s that I have released, in chronological order:

INSPIRATION – first release – designed to tickle the world of music and see what style would work best. The closest style I would say this resembles was New World Fusion – quite the eclectic mix of sounds and styles – somewhat New Age (ish), definitely different. The question was, do I write music that I love to write and try to sell that – or – do I write music to the market? The answer depended on what I hoped to achieve, and I ended up thinking it best to write music that I love to write, but that would also do well.

Listen to the tracks HERE. Purchase the MP3′s HERE.

REDEMPTION – second release – drilling down the style from what I had learned from the first release, and for the goal I set. In writing for this CD I concentrated on a style that’s somewhat like Vangelis meets Enigma on steroids. The problem is a lot of people haven’t heard of either Vangelis, nor Enigma. Clue – Vangelis wrote the soundtrack for the movies Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire. To cut a long story short, this music seems to do well in the European market, although it’s style that is still developing. I’m still working on how to better market this one!

Listen to the tracks HERE. Purchase the MP3′s HERE.

ACQUIESCENCE – third release – spill over from Redemption – I wrote too many tracks for one album so decided on two, but thought that using the same CD cover design would be a good idea. Looking back this has caused a lot of confusion – people didn’t seem to look past the design, the words are different – note to self, don’t do that again. From the minute I sent them to CD Baby for release I’ve met with confusion – even though the name is completely different.

Listen to the tracks HERE. Purchase the MP3′s HERE.

ACQUIESCENCE

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Here are the tracks from ACQUIESCENCE. You can listen to all of them, full length. If you like what you hear consider purchasing the album!

Purchase the CD here. 1. Anyone’s Guess 2. Bright Sounds 3. Brilliant Man 4. Caliqualcent 5. China Doll 6. Drumica 7. Electronic 8. Emptyness 9. Enigma Ether 10. Ghost Life 11. Human Impression 12. I Am Confused 13. I Don’t Care ]]> http://www.freedom2beme.com/2009/04/16/listen-acquiescence/feed/ 1 http://www.freedom2beme.com/2009/04/16/listen-redemption/ http://www.freedom2beme.com/2009/04/16/listen-redemption/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:56:36 +0000 admin http://www.steve-shead.com/?p=1068

REDEMPTION

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Here are the tracks from REDEMPTION. You can listen to all of them, full length. If you like what you hear consider purchasing the album!

Purchase the CD here. 1. It Lives In The Wind 2. Junkyard Hypnotist 3. Killed The Creature 4. Omega Nine 5. Sangrigation 6. Sometimes I Lose 7. Stone Eve 8. Take Me With You 9. Trap Loop 10. World Space 11. Xyphormorph 12. Yaquonooba 13. Zhangstorm ]]> http://www.freedom2beme.com/2009/04/16/listen-redemption/feed/ 0 http://www.freedom2beme.com/2009/04/16/listen-inspiration/ http://www.freedom2beme.com/2009/04/16/listen-inspiration/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:38:54 +0000 admin http://www.steve-shead.com/?p=1056

INSPIRATION

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Here are the tracks from INSPIRATION. You can listen to all of them, full length. If you like what you hear consider purchasing the album!

Purchase the CD here. Everfield Opium: Trinity Tanuki Transical Slow Serpent Thump Bang Right or Wrong Shinai Athena Atmosphere Misleading Ethnicity Reyes Kaito ]]> http://www.freedom2beme.com/2009/04/16/listen-inspiration/feed/ 1