More downloads

Here.

About a third of these songs are identical to the blog versions. Most of the others had some small mixing/ editing/ volume issues reworked. One song ("♣ Noise") has a rewritten track (the piano solo). Another ("Effect & Cause") is a completely new recording.

I wanted to do every song; but I decided it was better to make as many as I can available now instead of waiting six months or tearing my hair out trying to rush and fix 30-something songs in a few weeks.

The songs that were left off were either weaker overall ("Beatbox 1," "LOST"), took longer to rerecord than I had time for ("Enter Sandman," "Sleep Now," "Grace"), or were reworked but I wasn't satisfied with the outcome ("Heavy Wood," "Sound of A Guitar Exploding"). Some of them ("Minor Thing," "Duel," "Teardop"), I had no idea where to start. And a couple ("Hayao," "Spellbound," "2-Note Shuffle") were basically cut for time or pacing reasons. It's a shame though, as I think some these, especially "Enter Sandman," "Minor Thing," and "Teardrop," could turn into really good songs. I'll probably talk some more about this later, if I can get back to them.

Oh, and please give me money. Or else

This is like the first post in six months that's not a song of the week

Here's the machine you use to make these:

Soundtracking Your Life is available for download--sort of

...OK, so it's not the final versions, just the demos* (i.e. the versions you've been listening to nonstop on this site and Youtube, with some modifications**), and it's not every song, just the eight that are finished so far, but it's free (but if you can please give me some money, they only give me like so many free downloads; also if it's less than thirty cents I don't actually get anything because of servicing costs).

As for the other songs, at least some of them will be up soon. Everything's in order, but it takes a long time to upload files. If you're impatient, keep checking here. It's easy to remember, it's the same as this site, but with "bandcamp" instead of "blogspot."

*Devotees may recall me mentioning this exact plan earlier.
**For more information on what modifications, I've written something up on the individual song posts:
1. "Dread"
2. "Rose"
3. "Two Warriors Meet on an Ancient Battleground"
4. "Leitmotif for X"
5. "Insanity in 9:8 Time"
6. "Rise"
7. "Fencing Wire"
8. "Angels Dressed in Black"

I'm leaving home for the first time to go to school in Austin tomorrow morning. I feel like Link about to leave Kokiri Forest. Possibly because I spent all day today doing fetch quests.

UPDATED, 1/18: I got back home late Sunday night. It's not that I lost so much as I realized I was playing the wrong game.