Digital Music Composition

Although my education, career, and portfolio fall more into the category of Visual Arts or Visual Communication, I also have a passion for composing digital music for use in video and multimedia content. The selections below were composed using GarageBand as the recording platform. In most projects I prefer to record my own percussions and melodies. I only use GarageBand’s loops sparingly while emphasizing multi-track construction, use of the automation controls, and extensive use of the smart control panels. These songs are from a personal collection I was compiling during 2020 – 2023. Since it is sort of spacey, my impromptu name for the entire collection is RPG Lunar Vacay Fantasies:

Angel Nebula

Chill electronic sound with a tropical getaway vibe.

The Seven Temples

Big custom percussions with echoes achieves cool syncopation, along with spiritual melodies.

Kiseki

Means “miracle” in Japanese. Composite of multiple appregiators and custom beats.

Eclipse

Luscious Sweeping Pad with bells and percussion / beats with echoes and reverb.

Botanicals

Mellow beats, etherial strings, and bubbly synthesizers capture the awe of a lunar plant habitat.

Secrets of Petra

A blend of synthesizers with harmonics and percussions for a mysterious, ancient vibe.

Tequila Beach

This is a re-make of a rowdy song I made in college, with congas, pumpin bass, hard rock, and more!

Moontego Jam

Life is good when Dark Analog Brass can seamlessly imitate Caribbean steel drums!

Zero-G Heiva

If Tahitian drumming ever arrives at lunar dance floors, it might sound like this…

Devious Plan

A combo of classic rock and various lead synthesizers and other electronic sounds.

Up Your Game

Loud and fast synthesizer and percussion combos for an insane, bionic workout.

Incognito

Buzzing Metallic Lead and Lush Arp Layers take melodic lead with custom beats added.

Morphogenesis

Custom percussions + metallic synth instruments = funky music for your next mutation phase.

Orbital Pursuit

Fast tempo with multiple layers of custom percussion tracks and synth infusion.

Beatnix Lunar Lounge

A tribute to retro lounge music with a little synthesizer mixed in.

Opus Angelicus

Celestial synthesizers with orchestral percussions for a large, supernatural, angelic theme.

The Healing Fountains

Multiple tracks of overlapping appregiators on high reverb with mild shaker patterns added for a mellow, relaxing sound.

Conflicted

Slow tempo, custom percussion, and minor keys give a contemplative vibe.

Stealth Mode

Custom beats blended with various chords / melodies and wobble bass, etc.

Enemy Territory

Starts with bass and cautionary bells, transitions with risers combo.

Nowhere to Hide

Spooky effected synthesizers in minor keys with custom percussion and hard rock.

Surrender

Dark, heavy techno rock with slow, hard percussions.

Tinoctria

Synth pads, patterned bass, and chimes used to portray a dreamy, futuristic scene

Unification

An epic orchestral sound with Asian percussion kits fused with synths and an 808 kit.

The Champions

Multiple synthesizer style and custom percussion loops with reverb for a triumphant vibe.

JockBot’s Jam

High-energy percussion layers with futuristic, ethereal pads and bells for dreamy effect.

Astronauts’ Obstacle Course

Fast-paced techno beats to blended synth melodies – adapted version was used in the animated project What it’s Like Being Santa’s Reindeer (link goes to training camp scene).