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yelyah

3:07

Given the spirited twitter reaction to the question of whether SisterSavage should buy pitch correction software, I submit this. The pre-melodyne version of "spilt milk". It also retains my so-called "MST3K" vocals, which were removed in the…

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Guest said March 1, 2018 3:32pm

我就和大姐3

travelling the forgotten road 20100223

yelyah

2:24

lullaby featuring piano (but of course!) Notes: Today I learned how to add an insert effect to the master channel. The song was way quiet so it got boosted via a limiter. Hurray.

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Ed Craig said November 17, 2016 5:19pm

Beauty!

spilt milk (pre-melodyne/mst3k)

yelyah

3:07

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Guest said February 8, 2013 4:14pm

:‘DD Thank you!

solo piano 20100331

yelyah

2:42

Live improv. Minimalist piano. No edits.

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kirklynch said November 24, 2011 1:47pm

Lovely stuff! Where ya been?

take back the sunshine

yelyah

2:55

Vocal piece complete with fake accents!

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Guest said October 4, 2011 6:32pm

Yeah! :)

farmer's blow 20100209 (RPM/FAWM)

yelyah

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"Farmer's Blow" is redneck rap. Oh yeah, I went there. - - - If you're on the run And your nose has gotta go Don't grab a tissue Do the farmer's blow Just tilt your head To the side Then block one nostril And let it ride You may think That…read more

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lgh said April 8, 2011 1:11am

I’ll have to remember your good advice if I encounter any bears….

solo piano 20100201

yelyah

1:23

I excel at disappearing for long stretches, eh? I think with this I'm officially committing to doing FAWM. And R.I.P. my songwriting drought. August 27th, 2009 - February 1st, 2010.

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Adryan Rotica said February 13, 2011 12:29am

Beautiful…..should be a sound track in a movie~!!!!

reverse hypnosis (2002)

yelyah

5:14

You know those people who like to break out the family photos or something of that sort with which to bore their guests? This is my version of that. Most of what makes this song special to me is for all the same reasons that you won't share…read more

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Norm said January 19, 2011 6:49pm

Good heavens you have a lot of great tunes…

tell me I'm drunk 20090824

yelyah

1:06

Let us celebrate our failures and our successes! I submit my failure here for consideration. I actually want to do something more with this just because it's a lot darker than I usually write. Unfortunately, it never turned into something musical…read more

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Norm said January 19, 2011 6:44pm

Brilliant, indeed!

farmer's blow 20100209 (RPM/FAWM)

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Norm said January 19, 2011 6:17pm

Your accents are incredible… what a range!

ideas 20100210 (RPM/FAWM)

yelyah

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Oh yeah. The silly a cappellas are back. Ideas they are like water Just floating all along But you really can't hold on Ideas they are elusive You can chase 'em everyday In the end they get away So get that old idea And dust it off It don't…read more

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Norm said January 19, 2011 6:08pm

Oh this is very, very good. And any song that mentions “bacon” is a hit with me.

24h s12 blah blah song 20100314

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Norm said January 19, 2011 5:10pm

Brilliant!

my irish guy 20100317

yelyah

1:06

Oh, I had such big plans for this song. Acoustic guitar, tin whistle, maybe go and drag the bagpipes out of storage (cough, or as the case really would be: fire up Logic, so I can use an external plugin). I went to storm spotters training instead…read more

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Norm said January 19, 2011 4:41pm

This is adorable!

wake me up 20090510

yelyah

3:11

My final project required a vocal, so I made one up. "lucid traum" is the vocal-less version of this song.

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Norm said January 19, 2011 3:12pm

I hate those dreams. I have them too: The naked math class; foot stuck in the train tracks; the sudden discovery of a test that I haven’t studied for.

Ah, but also the great dreams - flying, etc.

Great train sample!

i am toast

yelyah

1:56

I am toast and you are bread

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c}{imps 8 my ears said July 22, 2010 4:31am

TOAST!

half life 20100407

yelyah

3:31

Funny how it's generally the songs that I spend the most time on, where I hardly write any story. So I'll just briefly say this is the [songfight.org](http://songfight.org) song that I hadn't even intended to write.

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c}{imps 8 my ears said July 15, 2010 10:14pm

relationship tensions make for great lyrics

solo piano 20100411

yelyah

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yelyah - “solo piano 20100411” semi live improv Semi live in that I had an idea of where I wanted to go, but never locked the melody in (as is probably obvious).

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Guest said June 28, 2010 1:13pm

so sweet, well done

escape from the county fair 20100305

yelyah

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kirklynch said June 19, 2010 1:51pm

Nice one!

solo piano 20100411

yelyah

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yelyah - “solo piano 20100411” semi live improv Semi live in that I had an idea of where I wanted to go, but never locked the melody in (as is probably obvious).

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kirklynch said May 12, 2010 2:47pm

Beautiful!

solo piano 20100411

yelyah

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yelyah - “solo piano 20100411” semi live improv Semi live in that I had an idea of where I wanted to go, but never locked the melody in (as is probably obvious).

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Galileo's Cough Drop said May 11, 2010 12:29pm

Good soundtrack for my vegetative state this morning. :)

solo piano 20100408

yelyah

2:04

yelyah - “solo piano 20100408” live improv piano Listen as I fall apart near the end of it.

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richardlaceves said May 10, 2010 10:18pm

well played

solo piano 20100410

yelyah

3:24

yelyah - “solo piano 20100410” live improv piano Sometimes I leave in the fumbling beginnings because they’re amusing to me. This would be one of those times.

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richardlaceves said May 10, 2010 10:15pm

also nice

solo piano 20100411

yelyah

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yelyah - “solo piano 20100411” semi live improv Semi live in that I had an idea of where I wanted to go, but never locked the melody in (as is probably obvious).

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richardlaceves said May 10, 2010 10:11pm

very pretty,,,, short visit into the beautiful world of solo piano

solo piano 20100409

yelyah

2:14

yelyah - “solo piano 20100409” simple piano melody I really should do something further with this some day. I guess I’m still on a semi-holiday after the marathon songwriting session that produced half life.

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Guest said May 10, 2010 8:15pm

Cool water. Very nice!

solo piano 20100411

yelyah

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yelyah - “solo piano 20100411” semi live improv Semi live in that I had an idea of where I wanted to go, but never locked the melody in (as is probably obvious).

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Guest said May 10, 2010 8:11pm

Wow, lovely autumnal feel to this!

solo piano 20100411

yelyah

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yelyah - “solo piano 20100411” semi live improv Semi live in that I had an idea of where I wanted to go, but never locked the melody in (as is probably obvious).

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vaisvil said May 10, 2010 8:01pm

Nice piano solo!

half life 20100407

yelyah

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Mr Sandbags said April 21, 2010 8:47am

Hey there. Thanks for the comment on my practice session. You’re right that we piano strugglers need a support & self-help group! Maybe something in the forums, a “practice” top-level topic might be good enough.

frosty mcgee 20100323

yelyah

1:20

Silly song. Silly lyrics. One live take. I recorded the piano and vocals simultaneously, though if you want to get geeky about it, the piano was via MIDI. However, if you listen closely you might be able to hear me hitting the keys in the background…read more

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Guest said April 20, 2010 11:56pm

This song is genius.

time stands still 20100330

yelyah

2:31

If you followed me back in August, you might remember how I spent several days porting this song over to Logic. Well, now that I'm using Reason+Record, I basically threw out all of that hard work and started over. I haven't yet had the time…read more

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Wildgeas Music said April 17, 2010 3:03pm

There are a few songs on this site that chill me. This is one of them.

frosty mcgee 20100323

yelyah

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Galileo's Cough Drop said April 17, 2010 12:35am

This is awesome. :)

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The Pond

vaisvil

5:00

In 2006 we visited a Japanese garden. In September of 2009 I wrote this piano piece in 17 ET and I hear a connection between the two. So I put together a video from pictures and video taken of our visit and married the two. Please visit the song…read more

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yelyah said May 10, 2010 8:39pm

As someone who’s only accustomed to the western tuning system (shows my ignorance that I don’t even know what it’s called), this was very different and very striking.

How are you going about getting the different tunings? Are you tuning an acoustic instrument or doing this via a plugin?

Evaporate (demo)

Visions of Nell

5:55

Love like a salt river washing away Love's like sunshine evaporate Love like floating candles blowing away Watch out for the way you'll compensate When I've seen all you have to give When I'm still hungry I need more than this Tell me how…read more

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yelyah said May 9, 2010 6:14pm

Love it!

Stride Blues 1a

Mr Sandbags

1:13

Okay so here it is, this is the blues piano piece I've been learning since **forever**. Tonight is the first time I've been able to play it through, twice, without making some kind of mistake. That said I had to slow to 80bpm which is too slow…read more

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yelyah said April 20, 2010 6:26pm

Dig this! Keep on posting these, because this is inspiring.

Maybe I’m nuts, but it almost makes me think that maybe those of us on alonetone who are trying to improve on the piano could form a group for mutual encouragement purposes, and post what we’re practicing.

Pure Land

dougsparling

2:00

Written and Recorded April 18, 2010 Some people accidentally delete tracks...I accidentally kept this one :) Details: Epiphone Les Paul (DADGAD, Capo III), Seymour Duncan Pickups, POD XT, Boss RC-20 Looper, Audacity.

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yelyah said April 19, 2010 6:37pm

Lovely! Keep on accidentally keeping these pieces! :)

Stolen Frames

Visions of Nell

4:11

I'm not going to wait till daylight The sunshine on your face Could give you greater credence In the absence of faith You could use that now In my own cynical way I call an end to this lover's war Where all the things you say is just talk…read more

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yelyah said April 3, 2010 5:30pm

Lovely!

More more more!

Grace

Visions of Nell

4:19

The chorus is adapted from "O Death Rock Me Asleep", by Anne Boleyn, while imprisoned in the Tower of London, probably already waiting for her execution. you cut the shape of a heart with a knife so dirty it would shame my sister if she…read more

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yelyah said April 2, 2010 3:00pm

looking forward to more!

Eight Or More Flavors Of Milk

Galileo's Cough Drop

5:19

This composition is a remix/reincarnation of a [previous tune](http://alonetone.com/gcd/tracks/seven-flavors-of-milk) I wrote a while back. I wasn't ever quite satisfied with it and had neglected to incorporate a nifty additional bit of melodic…read more

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yelyah said March 17, 2010 7:59pm

Dig all of the different musical bits going on in this one!

Let's go home

Sudara

3:56

A typical folk song. Written and recorded in about an hour for the 24 hour album (attempted on March 13th). Excuse roughness and vocal glitches, it was 2am and this was my first full take. Thanks to montgomeru for his chord suggestions…read more

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yelyah said March 17, 2010 7:49pm

This tune will always hold a special place in my heart for it was the perfect ending to the 24 hour challenge.

Just wish I had been the one to write it! :)

Borborygmus

mmi

4:44

Gurgling, bubbling, churning. This is the last track of the March 2010 24 hour challenge. The process... - find some interesting synth sounds (have collected many) - work out some basic chords - do some filtering - add two tracks of e-bow…read more

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yelyah said March 14, 2010 6:45pm

I dig all of these. A fantastic 24 hour effort.

And I second what Kirk said, I want to be a fly on the wall in your studio! :)

Mr Sandbags

10:03

This was a piece I made with Reichatron back in January and, at the time, didn't upload. I had the odd experience of momentary unfamiliarity, enjoyment, and a sense of "Did I make this?" Listening to it again I enjoy the way it drifts in…read more

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yelyah said March 14, 2010 10:53am

I always dig your crazy otherworldly sounds!

And yeah, don’t hold back on us, keep ‘em coming!

Fifteen (24H.3)

Mr Sandbags

2:02

I spent 15 hours composing and playing this or, I should rather say, this is the sole product of 15 hours of sitting with Live & my piano. I think there is the kernel of something good in it (and I intend to explore that later) but the 24hr…read more

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yelyah said March 14, 2010 3:33am

I dig this and really hope you do something further with it (though it’s also beautiful just the way it is)!

When Life Gives You Lemmings, Make Lemmingade

Galileo's Cough Drop

3:03

I mostly wanted to make music with a funky clav line I'd come up with, so this is it. For the voiceover, I unabashedly used an awesome monologue by Ken Nordine.

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yelyah said March 12, 2010 7:03pm

Lots of great stuff on this album. Enjoyed listening to all of it.

This was my favorite. Lots of fun and glitchy stuff here.

Winter Sky Blue

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yelyah said March 12, 2010 3:08am

So question for you.. how did you record the piano for this album?

And I realized later that you hadn’t specifically asked what I was using on one of my piano songs.. so to answer your earlier question: It was Reason+Record for that song, with “built-in” sounds as well some refills (notably the Reason Pianos that I mentioned).

Haiku Raindrop

richardlaceves

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yelyah said March 12, 2010 2:50am

Dig this one!

The polyrhythms (if that’s the term) really give me the sense of rain falling, too.

Desert Sunset

richardlaceves

2:20

From my 2006 RPM album,, I am working on eventually producing a collection of mystic/sufi, inspired pieces,,, for which this will be one

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yelyah said March 12, 2010 2:47am

Lovely!

To answer your question… currently I’m using the Reason pianos refill. I’ve also used NI’s Akoustik, Ableton Live Suite’s grand piano, and an Alesis QS7 in reverse chronological order. :)

blog: Post your RPM album on alonetone

yelyah said March 2, 2010 6:15am

Not really an album, because that would tend to mean that there was some sort of theme or coherent structure to this. Which there wasn’t.

So instead, here’s my FAWM/RPM song-a-day playlist:
http://alonetone.com/yelyah/playlists/the-hectic-eclectic

In Fear of Fright (RPM)

Wildgeas Music

3:00

Well, song 10 finally. A bit on the heavy side, some odd FX, strange vox, an Ibanez, The ever present harmonica, and some help from Illegal Alien Autopsy. This was the first song I tracked for RPM. But, since my pen has run out of ink this month…read more

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yelyah said February 24, 2010 5:28am

Another great one!

Bassment (RPM)

Wildgeas Music

2:50

I guess I knew this would happen. Talk about creating one's own reality Sheeeeesh. End of the month and my pen has been re-fueled and I added some vox to this one, plus some lead guitar, and a bit of synth strings. I also took a shot at some…read more

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yelyah said February 24, 2010 5:25am

Glad you got refueled cause this is freaking awesome!

I like the lead, but I’d definitely have a slower fade out at the end. It left me wanting MORE.

Basketti West (RPM Bonus track)

Wildgeas Music

2:47

Post RPM jammin'. I don't feel much like cleaning up after RPM. Not yet anyway. I think my little Casio took a beaten and went out of tune. I did this arrangement with just the Casio, guitars and harmonica, hence the annoying piano and strings…read more

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yelyah said February 24, 2010 5:20am

Dig the western feel of this one. Gonna have to see the movie again to get the full effect!

blog: RPM, Reichatron and a 24-hour challenge?

yelyah said February 24, 2010 5:14am

I’d be game for any weekend in March.

Though I think I’d try to “cheat” and pull off the 24 minutes in like 12 hours since I’ve never ever ever made it a full 24 hours without falling into a coma.

Old Paint II (RPM)

Wildgeas Music

3:15

Old Paint Ver.II Continued from Old Paint Version I............ So, I plugged in the cat eater, hit distort and it took on a whole new feel. I added bass(finger is tore up now), more drums, and low level fuzzed up leads. The ghost…read more

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yelyah said February 19, 2010 5:54am

I like both versions, but this is definitely my fave.

Ariel (RPM)

dougsparling

2:31

Written and Recorded: Feb 14, 2010 Details: Epiphone Les Paul (DADGAD), Seymour Duncan Pickups, POD XT, Boss RC-20 Looper, EBow, Audacity...all fingers, no picks.

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yelyah said February 15, 2010 6:19am

Another nice one! Always love the ambience you create in these pieces.

III

Mr Sandbags

11:28

I wanted to play more directly with noise of various kinds so this piece focuses less on techniques and fancy plugins and more on selection & arrangement of sounds. I spent many hours going through Reaktor ensembles I've downloaded searching…read more

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yelyah said February 14, 2010 8:45pm

Damn. How on earth do you manage to get all of these separate things to fit together so well?

And reading through the liner notes…. I am in awe of your ability to focus on one piece for so long and what must be an amazing attention to detail. Where can I get me some of that? :)

Mr Sandbags

2:16

I elected to pursue my theme for RPM 2010 even though, ultimately, I decided not to take part. So I'm going at my own pace, not trying to produce "finished" works, or to be governed by anything except my experimental muse. The theme I chose…read more

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yelyah said February 8, 2010 6:27am

Very out there man!

I’d love to see a walkthrough of your setup some time.

Lorelei (RPM)

dougsparling

2:33

Written and Recorded: Feb 07, 2010 Details: Epiphone Les Paul (DADGAD - capo VII), Seymour Duncan Pickups, POD XT, Boss RC-20 Looper, EBow, Audacity...all fingers, no picks. 2010 RPM Challenge

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yelyah said February 8, 2010 6:18am

Another lovely one! Looking forward to the next.

Somewhere In Space

kirklynch

1:53

I'm a complete idiot when it comes to all things midi related. Recently got myself a midi keyboard though and came up with this short piece just messing with sounds in Proteus. Really looking forward to the possibilities of combining this sort…

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yelyah said February 7, 2010 9:13pm

Really interesting to hear your take on electronica, if you will.

Definitely looking forward to seeing what hybrid electronic/acoustic songs you come up with!

Light And Shadow

kirklynch

3:27

Sitting around in my shop a couple of days ago with the Goodall and the Zoom H4N. First time I've really messed with using the internal mics on the H4N in multitrack mode

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yelyah said February 7, 2010 9:08pm

Enchanting.

Love all of the change-ups (if that’s the word) that you have in this piece.

Insomniac (RPM)

dougsparling

2:30

Written and Recorded: Feb 05, 2010 Details: Epiphone Les Paul (DADGAD - capo V), Seymour Duncan Pickups, POD XT, Boss RC-20 Looper, EBow, Audacity...all fingers, no picks. 2010 RPM Challenge

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yelyah said February 7, 2010 9:03pm

Dig all of the guitar layers going on in this one!

Mad Girl's Love Song (RPM)

dougsparling

1:18

This is the first tune for my 2010 RPM Challenge. A bit short...my first attempt earlier in the evening (completely different tune) I ended up scrapping at 1:30 a.m., so this one was done in just a few minutes... Written and Recorded: Feb…read more

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yelyah said February 5, 2010 5:04am

Dig this funky little track.

Leaves me wanting more!

K Beam (RPM)

Wildgeas Music

3:39

By no means the first song that popped out. It's just the first one I'm calling done beyond a remix. I think this will wind up leading in to a metal tune and will likely be shorter.

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yelyah said February 5, 2010 5:00am

I hear some cinematic themes here.

Lovely and moving!

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