New blog cause I feel like it.

UPDATE 4
Song is up!
Man In the Smoking Mirror
Check it out, rate and review, all is appreciated. Enjoy!

UPDATE 3
I spent a large portion of today trying to finish "Man in the Smoking Mirror", I touched it up with a bit of almost avant garde style guitar, for ambience, I fixed up all major issues of volume, added some effects, panning, some more variation, to give the piece some more character. I've got it right now almost exactly how I want it, except that in one particular section, the reece is too quiet. I've spent the last 2 hours trying to get the mix just right, and this one thing is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good because it means I am one step away from completion, and bad because all these small issues here and there have piled up and it's starting to get to me. I'll leave the update there and fix the issue before I convince myself that I am insane. I'll have the song up tomorrow, definitely.

UPDATE 2
I haven't done any more on "Smoking Mirror" yet, but I'll probably get a fair bit done on it today. Also, there's another project that I'm working on, called "A Faun's Dream", which is a sort of Classical mythological type song. I've got it planned out into 3, maybe 4 parts. The first is a slow and steady melody that kind of sets the mood. Then the pace kicks up with a solid, fast paced beat, the melody is more varied, and it mixes up a lot more. Then It's going to settle down into a slightly slower 12/8 (4/3) rhythm, but still fast, and the triplets will add a jaunty swing to the piece that will blend well with the theme, with the wood flute sounding synth, as well as some legato strings, maybe a lute/harp type synth, and a powerful timpani like orchestral percussion. I'm also thinking of adding in a quiet snare on parts 2 and 3, for the pace. I'm thinking I could leave it there, but it might sound better if I finish the song with the same melody that started, but even slower, and with more instruments, to make it sound more grand and epic. I've also got the concepts of some other songs, but not started yet, so I'm thinking of reviving my album idea, "The Colour of Music", as now, I think I'm much more ready than when I tried it before, I feel more professional.

~~[UPDATE]~~
The new song will take a few more days than I told you, but I knw that all along XD But still, probably a little longer than I had expected. The first minute and a half is like zomglollypops with roflchops (?) and the rest is like your 2 year old child eating spaghetti bolognaise. All over the place. And it's onl at around 3 1/2 mins now, but I'm expecting it to run longer than 5 mins. So that needs work. Also, I'm going to chick it on another site first, gauge the response, and fix up any issues, repost there, until it's all ironed out, and then post it here. So that process may take a few days, getting from here to there will probably take a few days, or one day of solid music making. So, to be safe, let's say it will take 1 week. Then if I get it up before, you'll get a pleasant surprise.
Also, I'm thinking of posting in the review request club, audio advertisments, and PM my fans. Does this seem like too much self promotion?

And on another note, Chaos Armageddon has passed 1 000 listens, so that's a nice little milestone for me. If a song of that quality can succeed to that extent, that makes me even more pumped to see how "Man in the Smoking Mirror" will be recieved.
~~[End UPDATE]~~

I have a gigantor track in the works that will hopefully bust through my writer's block for good. I've done roughly 2 1/2 minutes of kickass dark breakbeat, and there's much more to come. Also, this song as it is, desperately unfinished, lords itself over all of my other tracks making them look like terrible noobs, as it is just in a completely different league. So I'll be ultimately pissed if it gets a bad overall response when I post it.

I have a little issue in that my VSTs are starting to feel too restrictive, and I need to get my hands on some more good free ones that will expand my range. But at the stage the song's at now, it's ok with the instruments that I've got, 3X osc, detuned FL keys piano, basic drum samples, a couple of VSTs from tweakbench, a few sound effects recorded in from my keyboard (helicopter, I'll probably put in some ocean and rain from my keyboard later on, just for the ambience). I'll probably add DSK strings to the mix and maybe a couple of sytrus presets, but if they're no good, I'll have a hunt for a good synth VST that works for the higher frequencies.

Anyways, if all goes well, then I might have this finished tomorrow, or the day after, but I want to do a proper job of it, I see this track as a turning point in my musical life.

Cheers.

WB