I'm not dead. I know I've fallen silent for a few months. I just haven't had any real updates to post, and I'd hate to make an entire (or perhaps several) post(s) saying how I had nothing to post about. Not being a veteran of the art of blogging, I'm sure once I get in the groove of actually doing this regularly (when I have something interesting to say, at least), that I will update a lot more frequently, and contribute something interesting to the internet instead of posting about how I should post more often and waste everyone's time. Now that I've cleared up, let's move on to business.(hit the play button at the bottom of this post for a little mood music.)
Remember that NIN song I was in the process of remixing? (If not, it's at the bottom of the post right underneath this one.) Well, I'm still working on it, though I took a break from it for a time because I wasn't sure where I wanted to go with it, and I couldn't seem to put together a mix that I liked with that setup. I scrapped the majority of what I had and essentially started over from scratch. I've been working on it more lately, having been inspired by The Dear Hunter (I've never been more inspired by American music, ever. If you haven't heard of them, go check them out NOW. You won't be disappointed.) to take a much more orchestral approach than I had originally intended, while still melding that more organic, acoustic sound with the synthesized, electronic sound that I'm so fond of. The two are working very well together and I think in the end it will probably end up being my favourite mix to date (I'll have to get you guys up to speed sometime and post some of my older stuff). I won't yet post a preview of the track, because I want to get a little bit more done before I show you internet people anything. I want to blow your brains out with how different it sounds. I want to melt your faces off. Okay, maybe I shouldn't go that far... I don't want my claims to exceed your expectations only for you guys to be disappointed. So, if you'll kindly just be patient for a while longer, you'll get a sneak-peek at a (nearly) finished track.
Moving on...
EMBERS FALLING ON DRY GRASS
In light of the new film District 9, I've recently had a renewed fascination with the Undead and all other classes of the supernatural. Having not written anything in a very long time, I've also been longing to do so lately, but I've never been quite sure of what I wanted to write about (I could use some good reads for inspiration. If you guys have any suggestions, let me know, because I find it so hard to find a good book, lately). I've had a few ideas lately that I have been satisfied with, though there are two that stick out substantially in my mind.
1. For a while I've wanted to write some post-apocalyptic fiction. It's relatively new and unexplored ground for me, though I don't know why because I've always enjoyed some good post-apocalyptic literature, yet I have never written any of the sort (go figure). I had a general idea for a plot idea and setting for the whole thing to go down when a friend pointed out to me that there were a lot of similarities between my idea and Fallout 3. At this point in time, I knew virtually nothing about the game (honestly, I still don't really know much about it), and I had been satisfied with my idea up until this time; I didn't want to seem as though I was intentionally being overly derivative of the game. I want to do something different, something I've never personally seen or heard about, so I have decided it should be, without revealing too much, a fusion of the Steampunk genre as well as the Post-Apocalyptic genre (two genres I have always been particularly partial to). This is the main reason why I haven't already begun writing it. I've gradually been revising and re-envisioning it so it could be a similar concept, but without the many parallels it apparently had with Fallout 3. I've already rendered some concept art:
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2. Write a story involving the supernatural; to not only dabble in the subject, but to have the main (and most likely secondary, etc) character be a member of the supernatural while avoiding the obvious, generic, and I personally think, tacky Vampire/Werewolf combination (I'm sick of those). On top of that, I want to deviate from the familiar genres of Horror, Suspense & other typical choices when dealing with the metaphysical to instead go the route with less cliché, more original such as a Supernatural Romance, or something of the sort. Yes, I know, it may be a little odd, maybe even weird. Understand that the oddness for such a concept is what has me so attracted to it. It will be an interesting challenge to write such a thing but that will be half the fun. The other half will be monitoring the majority of the people react in horror and disgust. ...Nah, I'm just kidding. I'm sure there are people out there weird enough (like me) to enjoy it.
Well, that about sums up what I have to write about this time. I've probably forgotten something, but I'll update as it comes to me. Hopefully it'll be more frequently than it has been already.
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