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Plus I wrote a new track for the project using, you guessed it, Surge XT 🤘🏼

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In this episode, I share my thoughts on whether Distrokid is any good and whether it is worth your attention.

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In this video, I create a piece of Cosmic Synth (an offshoot of Dungeon Synth) using only the FREE Surge XT synth.

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I talk about chasing views and streams and ask if this chasing aligns with the art you want to create.

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In this video, I talk about sharing being a part of the creative process

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My Music Projects ⤵️

Indie Music Projects:

* Faded Moments [Acoustic Slowcore] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3fslEybVAcTbC9r8torrOq

* The end of our story [Slowcore] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2kvvbtj2crOk2qOHorWhpE

* i don’t know myself [Instrumental slowcore] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Qmx0287nxAYgcGGZMPtI0

* To Be Invisible [Piano slowcore] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5mtGgeIZbg4exySm3brsCH

* Hands Over Eyes [Bedroom Indie] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4v1K6xtU2f33r6wvM6bLDD

* Those Distant Lights [Liminal Ambient] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6NbvU0CwdhWQowRjnyS0vr

Fantasy Music Projects:

* Dryad’s Grove [Dungeon Ambient] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/14QyRucXIDc23ZiduqvXBf

* Duskforge [Dungeon Synth] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3RESVpQe2HTvW18dXQzfti

* The Knights of Albion [Dungeon Synth] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4kGAl2VpZbI8p2Cf6HR2Pc

* Tales from Another Realm [Fantasy] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0bQwbXbsAOQuoZU0K6MPeg

* Tenebrae Sonus [Horror Scores] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5sxVGwfUDUFXwRUYbkr6jd

* The Daemon Symphony [Dark Eerie Music] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Ht58aABoWmwih2R96ULYi

* The Phoenix Ascending [Epic Fantasy Music] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Z5eVrK3x78he9h3MxRt7i

Classical Music Projects:

* Eduardo Firenze [Dark Academia] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7a8odNNtCtIix1P3kuXNI9

* Echos of the Ages [Dark Academia] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0MkGMJqppOC9v1s31P4cJ4

* Nembis [Cinematic Piano] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3IgQsq2F8K2GuU2kVCQXw4

* Orchestral Lights [Upbeat Cinematic] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/73hEmalXkXV6XqFaRkIZeX

* Cinemalism [Cinematic Orchestral] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6JWTa9LGX6VLZoTEyL5uQb

Acoustic Projects:

* Willow & Faun [Upbeat Acoustic] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1WQFhUMogE2YeFGd3u8CaQ

* Mr. Monocle [Quirky Acoustic] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/48isxLUjkgO3Gv3EIsExrk

Other Projects:

* Zac Rivers [Synth Pop] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/26qU87S1duzyd3WoRkQdbb

* King Somborne [Lofi Piano] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2rX5NLI6lj7sM8O9KaRTKn

* Imonophea [Acoustic Lofi] - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5YC5m2GGSvDfEB2PeyWATX

In today’s episode, I create some fantasy music inspired by the classic video game Diablo.

The idea is that I combine some classical guitar-style writing with Dungeon ambient music (an offshoot of Dungeon synth).

👉🏻 Just as a side note - I was lucky enough to have my music used on a trailer for Diablo 2 🥳

📚 Read more about Dungeon Synth

🎧 Listen to my Dungeon ambient project, Dryad’s Grove

🎧 Listen to my Dungeon synth project, The Knights of Albion

🎧 Listen to my video game-inspired Dungeon Synth project, Duskforge

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I have been obsessed with Dungeon Synth over the last couple of months. I stumbled upon Witch Bolt on YouTube which opened up a huge YouTube rabbit hole for me.

As a kid of the 80s and 90s playing RPG games, Warhammer and other fantasy-based TV/Games/movies were a huge part of my childhood.

As a teenager, the world of Rock and Metal became my musical identity.

Little did I know that something called “Dungeon Synth” was what was forming when those two worlds collided.

I’ll be honest, I did not even realise that Dungeon Synth was a thing, much like Slowcore music. I love all these sub-genres that are popping up because of the niche internet communities it is AWESOME!

I have already released an ambient Dungeon Synth album through my project, Dryad’s Grove which was a huge amount of fun.

In this episode, I am embracing old-school fantasy RPG score-style Dungeon Synth and I am having a huge amount of fun doing it!

The wonderful combination of story-telling and fantasy realms conveyed sonically with a cinematic vocabulary is so much fun to produce and very much suited to my skillset as a composer.

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I have been creating music professionally for over 10 years and one of the most important things for us as music makers to understand is to know how to create the right mood.

Mood, vibes, feeling, atmosphere; all these things are central to what we do.

Sometimes, however, we get lost in the details; the progressions, the structure, the melody, the samples etc. And we forget what matters most…

Are we communicating the right mood in our music?

This is something I have noticed a huge amount in the rise of streaming and playlists - people, myself included, want to curate a vibe with the music they consume.

So not only am I seeing the importance of mood in production music but also in commercial music.

This week I suggest that you practice creating a vibe with your music. If that means you break a rule of structure or form then so be it. If your music communicates the right vibe then it is going to win on so many fronts.

Don’t get lost in the detail, create a vibe, create a mood and let yourself enjoy that.

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I have been producing music professionally for over 10 years. Even now, when I hear an incredibly polished piece of music, my imposter syndrome, insecurity and anxiety kick in and I think, “How on earth did they do that?

I then worry about my own abilities and look back at my work as if it were the accomplishments of a small child with a xylophone.

That is the effect of only sharing professionally polished pieces of music. It makes you think that the polish, the final mix, the master, are all that matter.

That is not the case.

The writing is all that matters. The constant chasing of great mixes/masters can often blind us to what really matters to us as music makers - writing great music.

A great song is a great song whether the recording is clipping or not. A little bit of phasing is not going to put me off a great hook. And conversely, a great mix is not going to convince me that poor writing is any better.

Don’t get me wrong, there is a time and a place for these finished products but for most of us, myself included, it always comes back down to the quality of the writing.

So, to practice what I preach I have been releasing music 2-3 times per week as a way to improve my flow and to untrain years of chasing better mixes.

I want to capture a vibe, a feeling, something raw and special - the demo. That’s what this week’s episode is all about.

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I was introduced to the idea of ‘non-negotiables’ on the podcast ‘Entrepreneur On Fire’.

The idea is simple, make a list of things that you feel are super important to you and your goals and happiness. It could be exercise or meditation for example.

For me, it’s writing music.

Once you have chosen your non-negotiables, agree with yourself to do those things first, before everything else. You don’t just do this from time to time, you do it every single (working) day.

So for me, that looks like writing a piece of music as the first thing I do when I sit down at my desk in the morning.

Why do this?

Sometimes life or busy work get in the way.

Just think how many times you have thought, “Oh yes, I am going to do X today, oh but first I’ve got to reply to some emails”

Before you know it, your X has been completely forgotten.

So today as my non-negotiable I am writing some Dungeon Synth for my project ‘Dryad’s Grove’

You can listen to the finished album here ⤵️

As per usual, I have recorded the whole process of creating the track so you can see me at work, no secrets kept here 👍🏻

If you have any questions about making Dungeon Synth please do let me know

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