Tracks
- 01Beginning Of Something4:24Apple MusicYouTube
The first complete song I made with my XP-80, and named appropriately.
- 02As The Windmill Turns1:40Apple MusicYouTube
Composed before I got my XP-80, on a General MIDI tone generator, but it sounded better on the XP-80 so I recorded it there. Something about the note intervals or the rhythm reminds me of Dutch folk music, so I named it accordingly.
- 03Coastal Breeze1:51Apple MusicYouTube
Made me think of the Pacific Ocean and the calm breeze you find anywhere near the coast.
- 04Flight3:10Apple MusicYouTube
Composed soon after Coastal Breeze, it made me imagine a seagull riding those breezes high above the coastal foothills.
- 05Each Day3:42Apple MusicYouTube
My attempt at a lyrical "missing you" love song. I can't sing, so I wrote the lyrics but only played the melody. Read the lyrics.
- 06What If I Told You4:11Apple MusicYouTube
Also meant to be a lyrical love song, but I never wrote the words since there was no one to sing it. So it became a melody without words.
- 07March Of Martians3:25Apple MusicYouTube
Inspired by the Mars movement of Gustav Holst's The Planets.
- 08Space Theme3:46Apple MusicYouTube
Inspired by science fiction soundtracks, most of all Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Listen for the wire-like sound, a nod to a similar sound in that film's V'Ger themes. The note progression came from a song I wrote years earlier on a Yamaha PSR-500, refined and expanded here.
- 09Down Again2:35Apple MusicYouTube
An emotionally reflective tune. The title probably reflects my mood when I began composing it.
- 10In The Silence5:14Apple MusicYouTube
A contemplative piece reflecting my mood while composing it.
- 11The Brink3:13Apple MusicYouTube
Another emotionally reflective piece. The title describes the mood of the music more than my own, and suits the thunder and rain effects, which are synthesized with a patch I made on the XP-80.