Blog

I had a lot of fun with this article. it's completely ridiculous, but here's some love for Andrew Jackson Jihad, Dietrichs, Dry River Yacht Club, Mergence, Peachcake, Roar, Rumspringer, Snake! Snake! Snakes!, The Minibosses, Whisperlights



http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2011/09/if_a_vampire_show_was_set_in_p.php

Hello! I'd like to share with you my portfolio of work called Sounds for Video Games.

http://www.last.fm/music/Adzin/Sounds+for+Video+Games

This is a small collection of my own compositions, written to be suited to various types of video games. I have tailored each track to suit different settings or scenes in a game, so that the player feels fully immersed.

I have uploaded Full-length tracks to Last.fm for everyone to listen to:

Opening Title

Brave Battle

Dire Desert

Ghastly Graveyard

Rascal Race

Untold Undersea

Pesky Pirates

Mild Mountain

Friendly Farm

Creative Construction

If you decide to give these tracks a listen, I'd be very grateful if you could tag them with 'video game music' and 'soundtrack'. Thanks!

Here's a quick sample for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzGmG5QVf3Y


http://adhaynes.wordpress.com/
http://adamhaynes.bandcamp.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/petaldance







…

Last.FM Milestones1st track: (21 Feb 2008)
Cryhavoc - Wolfdance
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/8719027.jpg1000th track: (01 Mar 2008)
Helloween - Born On Judgement Day
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/5296049.jpg2000th track: (10 Mar 2008)
℃-ute - 都会っ子 純情
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/9628633.jpg3000th track: (19 Mar 2008)
℃-ute - 桜チラリ
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/13139589.jpg4000th track: (28 Mar 2008)
Freedom Call - The Circle Of Life
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/12543119.jpg5000th track: (11 Apr 2008)
木村カエラ - dolphin6000th track: (21 Apr 2008)
宇多田ヒカル - Fight The Blues
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/25659079.png7000th track: (02 May 2008)
Epik High - 우산 feat. 윤하8000th track: (11 May 2008)
SEX MACHINEGUNS - 頬白鮫の悲劇
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006ITVU.09._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg9000th track: (19 May 2008)
Angelique - 翼10000th track: (26 May 2008)
Wonder Girls - 가져가11000th track: (02 Jun 2008)
LUNA SEA - BELIEVE
…

The following is a list of all 597 artist I know of with “instrumental” and “metal” somewhere in the first 5 tags. This could be almost instrumental, post-metal. For more information see Last.fm artists search part 1

In average the play count is 87,070.3 and average number of listeners is 3945.4. The list is sorted by plays/listeners ratio.

#. artist name, plays/listeners = ratio, tag, tag, tag, tag, tag, streamable
1. Almond Eye: 825/5 = 165.0, progressive metal, instrumental, polish, great, favorite, 0
2. Piano Slayer: 1439/10 = 143.9, metal, rock, instrumental, finnish, niken turha tagi, 1
3. KONAMI 矩形波倶楽部: 1290/9 = 143.3, metal, rock, japanese, instrumental, hard rock, 0
4. Empires: 724402/6000 = 120.7, post-metal, post-rock, sludge, instrumental, rock, 0
5. Kemman: 12849/111 = 115.8, metal, rock, instrumental rock, post rock, instrumental, 1
6. Visit Me in the Frozen Torso Heap: 106/1 = 106.0, metal, hardcore, noise, instrumental, experimental, 0
…

I'm drunk, and reviewing the album Miasma.
track 1
50 sec in sorta reminds me of Dethklok, which is a good thing,

track 2
Hmmm, interesting mix of vocal styles here. high pitched vocals kinda like Immortal only a little higher and deeper gutturals, but not too deep.
1:45 nice solo here
2:29 It's pretty catchy I got to admit.

track 3
24 sec in: Okay, the high pitch vocals are getting a little annoying, I think I'd prefer the lower register vocals here.
1:45 another nice solo...I think I'm noticing a pattern though...
2:54 damn catchy

track 4
nice guitar melody to start out with. Almost reminds me of something from the The Minibosses.
1:55 I think this is my favorite song so far.
2:12 nice, sped-up mid-eastern-like guitar melody here.

track 5
17 sec in I'm pretty impressed by the drumming.
2:30 the song switches in directions here. I don't really care for this switch.
3:31 wtf, just wtf. nerdy sample is nerdy.

track 6
1:18 the high pitched vocals work well on this track, better than on track 3 anyway.
…

01. How did you get into #31?
Batter the Drag - This is one of many Flying Blanket Studios artists Kate and I adore. This one she had to convince me of, though. It wasn't instant love.

02. What was the first song you ever heard by #22?
Yann Tiersen Whatever is the first song in Amelie, such a beautiful movie, and what amazing music. The whole CD makes you feel warm and fuzzy while driving.

03. What's your favorite lyric by #41?
The Minibosses Not only do they not sing, but they're really not a great love of mine. They're just one of the first CDs I added, so their longevity helps their numbers.

04. What is your favorite album by #49?
The Huskies only have the one album, The Good Fight

05. How many albums by #13 do you own?
Matchbook Romance - Voices is the only one that I own. I haven't heard any of their other stuff, but I should, since I love Voices so much.

06. What is your favorite song by #50?
MC Frontalot has so many good ones... …

Death in June: Ok, this is ridiculous. I haven't had a discovery consume me whole in I-don't-know-how-long. It's one of those rare bands whose sound I've been searching for, but never realized it until the first listen. Death Is the Martyr of Beauty is a study in spare, simple, lush awesomeness. I simply cannot get enough of this band. Much like when I first picked up on the more extreme forms of metal, (black, death, and grind) This band plus The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud represent a big shift in my listening habits.

ColdWorld: Have I waxed rhapsodic about this basement black metal project from Germany? No? Well. This is the coldest, bleakest, most efficient album I've heard in quite some time. Layered melody, understated, but throbby bass lines, and far-off minimal keys make for a desolate, blizzard-condition collection of songs. During the fall, when I felt like shit most of the time, was experiencing body aches everywhere, all the time, Red Snow…

I don't really know where to start with this, my music preferences went from one extreme to another in a matter of a couple days throughout this year. Metal/Metalcore/DeathMetal/Deathcore(etc...) to Skatepunk/PopPunk/Rock, so the taste in this won't be anything like yours... hopefully.


My Top Eleven Albums of 08:

-Mute: The Raven
If you have heard this album then you know why this is in my top 10. This band makes me want to shoot myself because I will never be as talented as them. The drummer who plays like a maniac also manages to be their lead vocalist... Their guitarists are insane, pulling off sweeps, and other crazy little riffs that you can hardly wrap your mind around... and their bassist can even keep up with all this and finds some time to sing as well. Balls.
Best Songs: Coming Back, Lost and Found, Communication Breakdown

-callahan:Self titled
This album is the perfect mix of everything for me. Nice clean vocal parts that make you want to sing along…