Nothing special by any means, but it's got a nice little groove to it. Received its name because of Gordon Freeman's frequent travels through air vents in Half-Life 2 (though this wasn't the track's inspiration).
Melodic, fast-paced, and quite varied throughout the entire piece... chord structure and instrument changes abound, so look out as the river twists and turns.
This track has been sitting in my scrap folder since May 31, 2006. Not exactly the best way to introduce a piece of music, but it's the truth. I'd like to say I've been composing fresh material, but it would be a lie! All I really did here was rearrange some things and add a melody or two. These things needed to be done before production, yes, but I don't think this counts as a new track -- just a finished one.
Just had to write one more before the end of the year, I guess. It actually reminds me of my older ones; didn't take too long to finish, practically wrote itself, has strong melodies, and a great chord transposition in the middle of the song. Definitely not like the relaxing stuff I've been doing, though. Bit sugary.
This track remained open on my computer for about three weeks as I gradually rounded it out and tweaked the vocoder... which, by the way, will most likely cause you to either love or hate the whole thing. What can I say, I wanted to throw in some words! This is sort of a companion piece to "75".
This one also took a week to complete. And this time, the delay had nothing to do with Warcraft. I've simply become such a perfectionist that I'll obsess over the smallest thing until I give up and decide it's really okay (and probably has been for the last two hours). As evidence of this, I saved nearly 7 minutes of material I threw out of the track. Yeesh.
This one had been sitting around half-completed in my scrap folder since 10/25/05 until I finally picked it up again and added a second half. Has some great ambience and a good 5/4 flow with soft percussion.
Another track that took an entire week to write. Hm. Honestly, I think it's because I'm addicted to World of Warcraft right now! This one's got some really cool harmonies, and I tried a few new things in terms of instrumentation. Overall, it's got a nice feel to it.
I'm usually able to write tracks from start to finish in one sitting, maybe two. This one took a week for some reason! I think the creation timespan might be detectable in the music itself, as it does jump a bit from here to there, and it isn't perfectly cohesive. Still, the final product is quite relaxing and full of some great harmonies. Oh, and the name... if you've heard the track and still don't get it, highlight between the *'s to reveal the meaning. *It's about some elven girl who apparently didn't want to be known as an elf, but her ears gave her away.*
