Sycross Music

I’m pretty much running out of ways to introduce new song releases, so I’ll just keep this brief. I’ve just finished remixing “Seven Years to Come” and it was actually A LOT easier than expected. The real pain was mostly editing the piano note volumes . Anyhow, this is more of a slower, less  rhythmic song than my other ones. Some would describe it as ambient, but I’m not so sure about that. Anyhow, the instrumentation is much smaller. Rather than a huge orchestra, the sound is focused between a piano, cello, and flute. There are also some guitar chords for just a slight bit of rhythm.

Check it out. Feedback appreciated.

As I near the completion of my album, I am getting more and more excited! Haha, I can barely sleep from it.

Anyhow, just thought I’d let you know that I’ve completed “Dawn” and uploaded it today. It’s not yet on the listen page because mixpod is down right now, but I will put it up ASAP.

This is a song that I wrote a while ago. It’s one of my first songs, and actually one of my simplest. But it is full of energy and excitement, unlike most of my other songs, which usually take a more serious tone. I think I’ve greatly improved upon the original version, taking meticulous care to really reshape its sound (added in some awesome new drum fills also).

The song features some nice sound effects, such as some techno synths as well as bird chirps.

I really hope you like it! Listen (as soon as it’s up).

After finishing “Salvation Forest” I felt ready to take up the challenge of remixing/mastering again. I’m happy to announce that just four days later I have another song uploaded, and ready for your listening pleasure! The song is “Midnight” and this is one of the mosre recent songs I’ve written.

This entire song was inpired by just a very short melody/theme that came to me one day. I immediately recorded the tune on my cellphone and then decided to see how far I could take it. It ended up becoming a full song!

You might notice that the song is a little reptitive, but I tried to keep it interesting by addign some dynamic elements to it. Please let me know what you think: Listen.

Yet again I found my mind becoming fatigued from just remastering old songs. I needed to let out a little pent up creativity (after all, I am primarily a composer, not a mix engineer ). So, I’ve spent the past few days hard at work on a new piece. I felt rusty at first after not writing for so long, but in the end I got it down, and I am fairly satisfied with the final piece.

This was actually a song that I started a while ago. I found it in my “New Song Ideas” folder, where I save just tiny snippets of music which I spontaneously think of. While writing, the song totally took on a life of its own, and it ended up being nothing at all like what I thought it would be. In this song, I’ve sprinkled in some ethnic percussion which I’ve always had a soft spot for (nothing like a bongo, eh?) and used a slightly less obvious structure.

As always, the title for the song was inspired by the feeling the song gave me. I think the bongos and the chords combined to give me feeling of a forest environment. The distinct image in my head was of being lost in a forest with no supplies, and just looking up at the thick green leaves and seeing a crack of light peek through…

Let me know what you think! Listen