'Azmarean Horizons' - New Original Music/Song Idea Inspired by Splinterlands! String-Based/Instrumental + Walkthrough!

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So this is my first time

uploading something to Dsound! I figured a Steemit-related/adjacent song would be appropriate, and I just started working on this last night, inspired by Splinterlands and the Oceans of Azmare. I used some new sounds from Spitfire Audio's LABS VSTs which were recently released, specifically the "Scary Strings", and went for some interesting and dark dissonances. Let's go through it!

Listen to Azmarean Horizons here.

Tracks 2 and 3 are both

the aforementioned strings, and have 3 main sections, Brown, Purple, and Green. We are in Fminor for most of the the tune, and also in 7/8, though it's not super obvious until we hear the arpeggiated instruments in the Purple sections. The Brown section uses some interesting dissonances, beginning on Fmin, then Emaj, then Bmajor. The 2nd time through, I substitute Fmaj, then Ab5, and finally, Bbmin. The Purple section is more straight-forward harmonically, playing a v, i, Vi, v progression. We also use the second group in the Purple sections, Toy Sounds, which provide some weirdness in tone, instead of harmony.

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Track 2, strings, Brown Section.
Listen to Azmarean Horizons here.

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Track 3, Purple section.

The final section is the

Green/Teal, which only happens once towards the end of the song. Here we change keys to Bbminor, though there are some more dissonances thrown in, such as a Cmajor, which give it a lot of tension. All of the tracks are grouped together, Strings, Toy Sounds, Cymbals, and Accents (the single bell, marimba, and 808 hits on the 1 of certain sections). As I continue working on this, I'll include some more in depth photos and descriptions of each group, but I'm not sure what's gonna make the final cut yet.

Hope you've enjoyed the song, I'll definitely update as I continue writing this! Thanks for listening!


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