@DAWGaMims I want you to know that I approve of puns.
@StephenFreer Haha thanks, dude. In the Pantry was pretty much what was playing in my head during that bear episode. It’s a very traumatic song 
@SteveAdamo Thank you very much and I appreciate all the encouragement. A lot! 
@paulsoaresjr Thanks Paul. Yeah absolutely; I have hundreds of these kind of tracks lying around and I made them to kind of experiment with composing and mixing. Never occurred to me to use them for background music but I’ve already gotten a few offers from some Stonehearth Alpha vid receivers to use these for their background music. They know my stuff isn’t official but they want to use it which is fantastic
I’d love to send you the original mp3’s if you’re interested. Email me at 1moretroubadour@gmail.com. Also, if you’d like something a specific length or maybe something new, give me a few examples and details and we’ll work something out. I do love doing this
@Rudy Hahaha thanks so much man! I appreciate the feedback and the breakdown and the kind words. Okay, I owe you a little explanation since we’re dissecting.
The idea was to not just have different genre of music for the different factions but different approach to songwriting. Almost as if each faction had its own composer to really give a feel for ‘coming from different worlds’.
Those of the North
This was less melody and more tone, inspired by Jeremy Soule or Jesper Kyd style of writing from the bass up. It’s meant to feel Nordic although I’m not sure I pulled that off. But I imagine these guys are very heroic and stoic and so that’s the direction that was meant to go towards. It’s a clip of a track about 8 minutes long so it was tough picking where to clip it!
Summer Solstice
This was written ages ago when, travelling, I met a violinist roommate of a friend and we got around to writing a celtic festival song. The longer version’s on my Youtube page if you’re interested! But the idea was to move towards more classical song writing for this neutral faction.
The Emerald Wind
I totally agree that the mixing was all over the place. In fact, I wouldn’t consider any of these final builds but instead, around 40-50% done. Lots more work to clean them up and finalize. I think this track would sound better longer with more time to build up this kind of balance of zen-like pathos and this driving imperial theme. Songwriting-wise, I see these guys as the most experimental with a lot of exotic and eclectic sounds coming together. Eastern-Asian Sigur Ros?
The Tale of Cottontails
Yes!! I didn’t think anyone would get that! That’s the first thing I thought when I saw the pics. Hmmm Peter Rabbit, eh? Haha. This was the toughest track since I didn’t have a clue what to do. Very simple and whimsical and I messed up the string section but this is one I want to work on regardless of whatever happens with Stonehearth’s music. There’s a really cool tune here
In the Pantry of the Mountain King
Hahaha thank you! So much fun doing this! Inspector gadget in there somewhere? I love Hall of the Mountain King and that’s totally what I thought when I see these guys. Plus I added a little heroic bit in the middle because, let’s be honest, I’m sure they think of themselves as heroes. Just severely misguided heroes.
I really appreciate the feedback and all the emails and offers guys! I never really saw myself doing this kind of thing but now I’m really starting to think I need to explore more options. Couldn’t have done it without you guys. Thanks so much
