On music and emotion
by tebbit
Unlike my previous attempts (re: my other blogs that only my 3-4 loyal listeners heard) this time round I set out to make something with the intention of a particular emotion or feeling. Considering we have all recently invited a new year into our cold, maligned hearts I figured that hope would a good place to start. Not this guy. Breathe easy, chaps. Well, not hope, per-se, more accurately the...
Unlike my previous attempts (re: my other blogs that only my 3-4 loyal listeners heard) this time round I set out to make something with the intention of a particular emotion or feeling. Considering we have all recently invited a new year into our cold, maligned hearts I figured that hope would a good place to start.
Not this guy. Breathe easy, chaps. Well, not hope, per-se, more accurately the idea of a new year. You know all that crap: fresh start, looking forward, lose 10 kg, etc etc. Burying the past and building the future. Looking life dead in the eye and making a sneaky grab for the...But I digress.
Of course, how much of this wishful thinking comes through in the music... well, only you can decide that. I'm in no position to judge it, I think it's rad.
By the way, when searching for "Final Fantasy Hope" in Google, do NOT turn off safe search. Dear god. And on that note:
EDIT: Oh yeah, it might be a little quiet, so crank up your volume if it is.
Oh, and happy new year everybody!
Until next time.
(By the way, anybody who cares about all the technical stuff - I know there's at least myself out there - I got rid of the limiter completely, so... ZERO COMPRESSION! Aside from the fact that it's MP3 rather than FLAC or something, but then, that's pretty negligible in the grand scheme of things. Be sure to tell me if sounds better or worse without compression)