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Topic: Full Version Of "Empath's Ballad"
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Vic George The ND Guy
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posted 10-16-2009 06:11 AM
A rough draft of the full version of "Empath's Ballad" is now on YouTube:
Empath's Ballad - Full Draft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agl-6iWR1Qc
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VIC GEORGE -- Westfield, MA, USA
"Cat and mouse games really aren't much fun for us mouse types" -- Empath from "Empath The Bandit Smurf"
Posts: 4103 | From: Westfield, MA | Registered: Mar 2003
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Vic George The ND Guy
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posted 10-17-2009 01:44 AM
Hello? Anyone actually bothering to check out this stuff? It isn't pictures or video, but music is just as important.
Anyway, here's
Empath's Ballad - Updated Draft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1O0z0JiUY8
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VIC GEORGE -- Westfield, MA, USA
"Cat and mouse games really aren't much fun for us mouse types" -- Empath from "Empath The Bandit Smurf"
Posts: 4103 | From: Westfield, MA | Registered: Mar 2003
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Smurfy1For2
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posted 10-17-2009 06:04 AM
Cool Vic George! It wouldnt play for me before but now it works. Very relaxing. I think it would work up-tempo too!!! Sounds like the right music for an Asian inspired level on a Smurf video game.
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u wished u rocked as i
Posts: 1970 | From: Fairfield, VA | Registered: Nov 2005
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Vic George The ND Guy
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posted 10-17-2009 11:18 AM
Just some notes on the song:
1. It was inspired by "Just When I Needed You Most" by Randy VanWarmer and was intended to sound similar to that song.
2. I was toying with the idea of an up-tempo version of the song, but given its lyrical content (it's basically Empath's thoughts addressed to Papa Smurf lamenting how his life turned out different from his fellow Smurfs' due to being separated from them), I think it would destroy the intended purpose of the song to make it up-tempo.
3. The Smurf song appears in parts in two places in this song. For the second draft version, I wasn't intending to close it out using an electric guitar playing out the second half of the Smurf song, but Mario Paint Composer doesn't have much choices as far as musical instrument selection, so I had to improvise.
"Asian-inspired level on a Smurf video game" Hmmm...interesting thought.
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VIC GEORGE -- Westfield, MA, USA
"Cat and mouse games really aren't much fun for us mouse types" -- Empath from "Empath The Bandit Smurf"
Posts: 4103 | From: Westfield, MA | Registered: Mar 2003
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Vic George The ND Guy
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posted 10-19-2009 12:23 PM
There's another slight revision of the song I've posted on my website on the Empath novel front page.
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VIC GEORGE -- Westfield, MA, USA
"Cat and mouse games really aren't much fun for us mouse types" -- Empath from "Empath The Bandit Smurf"
Posts: 4103 | From: Westfield, MA | Registered: Mar 2003
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swarlock
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posted 11-15-2009 09:56 PM
Cool music.
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Every day in every way I am smurfy!
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Squeaky Smurf
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posted 11-16-2009 10:15 AM
One can feel the song shows both his sorrowful and resigned feelings, Vic. ![[Frown]](frown.gif) And the added Smurfs la-la song excerpt also emphasizes them. Nice work!!
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Posts: 7507 | From: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Registered: Jul 2008
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GreenDay Smurfs
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posted 11-16-2009 04:53 PM
great music Vic!
wat happened to sammy? he seems to not be on that much.
Posts: 347 | From: E | Registered: Aug 2009
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