I’ve noticed something recently – almost all of the music I listen to nowadays lacks vocals. I certainly enjoy music with vocals, but there’s just something more appealing to me about orchestral/instrumental/vocal-less music. Even without the use of words, orchestral music is able to communicate a more powerful message than most other vocal songs I have in my iTunes Library. I seem to feel more connected to orchestral music; as the listener, I’m able to give the song my own meaning, whereas vocal songs (in most cases) tell you exactly what the song is about. I love music that is open to my own interpretation. One of my favorite songs at the moment is Everyday (Carly Comando). Take a listen and you’ll see what I mean.
It seems as though most people these days are only interested in rap because of its “amazing lyrics.” Am I the only one that finds rap repulsive anymore? It saddens me that almost everyone I know would turn up their nose to orchestral music.
Long time no see, faithful reader(s)! I’m sorry I haven’t posted in months… no motivation, you know? It’s definitely not the first time I’ve written that on here. However, seeing as I just spent $15.75 on a renewal of this domain, I figured I might as well make some sort of attempt to stop being lazy and start blogging again.
So what have I been up to these past few months? Well, aside from school, not much. My teachers have been giving me a shitload of busy work (fail), and that’s occupying a hefty majority of my time. But that’s boring. I’ve been playing lots of violin as well. I’m in three orchestras at the moment, so that’s not exactly surprising. I actually have a recording of one of my concerts in December, which I’ll post later today.
As for my internet life, I’m currently homeless. There isn’t a single community out there that catches my interest – I just want Nintendo-Play back. This means I should have more time to do stuff on here (I suppose). But I think I should first concentrate on getting more than one or two readers.
So I herd the GaminForCharity marathon is starting up again TODAI. So ja, check out the shiz embedded in the post below this one (too lazy to repost it lawl).
Sorry I haven’t posted in a few days. I’m posting here to let you guys know about a gaming marathon going on right now to donate money for Child’s Play. As of my time of posting, they’ve been playing for 69 hours (lawl). The list of games they plan on playing is Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Legend of Zelda: Majora’s, Mask Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, Paper Mario Thousand Year Door, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Kirby 64, Pokemon Snap, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, Metroid Prime 3, and possibly some more. Last I heard they were going to try to play for at least five days. Show them some support by either donating or sticking around in chat and pushing them on.
Two weeks ago (random guess) I was sitting at my desk in the wee hours of the morning wondering what to do. I wasn’t tired, but there was nobody online to talk to. I went on Zelda Re-orchestrated (ZREO) to listen to some Zelda music (I’m a huge fan of it). While I was listening to some beautiful re-orchestrations, I decided to wander into the forums and look around. I found a thread that had the words “Zelda” and “radio” in the title. This caught my interest, and I decided to take a look in the thread. What I found is one of my new favorite things evar.
The thread contained a link to World Zelda Music Radio (WZMR). This radio station has remixes of Zelda music playing 24/7. These remixes are made by individual artists from Newgrounds, OC Remix, ZREO, and more. Most of them are fantastic. One of the nice things about WZMR is that you’re able to make requests. If you’re a fan of Zelda music, I highly recommend checking out WZMR.
I recommend requesting Child of Destiny by Setu-Firestorm (Other Individual Artists), The Ballad of the Windfish by Fox Amoore (Other Individual Artists), Kakariko Prom by Flik (OverClocked Remix Track List), and The Legend of Zelda Overture by Evan Arnett (OverClocked Remix Track List). There are many more great songs to choose from (over 500, if I recall correctly). Take a look around and see what you can find.