Castle Paradox

Artimus Bena

This could be called a release, but it's more of a relief. This 'album' of sorts is comprised of many of my midi compositions working with noteworthy, and although, as some have commented, it is a 'primitive' program compared to something like nuendo, I think it's important to learn how to use the hard program first. You can learn quite a lot.

Ok, so here it is. I'm not calling it a great work, or even a good work. It is my formal farewell to a certain phase in my composing, and, as well, an introduction to a new phase in my composing.

I'm giving this in .mid format, so be warned that there'll easily be some over-modulation at higher volumes (though I would still recommend high volume, for better enjoyment). With .mid it should take no time to download it.

Give it a listen. I think it's worth at least that.

Enchantae's Tower: http://bena.castleparadox.com/EnchantaesTower.mid

Please don't try to automatically associate this to rpgs; it is just music for the sake of being music.

The idea is a tower, and what happens around it over a course of years, and is also about its inhabitant. It tells the story of his life as a myth or legend. Bells ring from the top of the tower.

If you intend to leave comments, please tell me what part you're talking about:
[edit: pssst; the ending is pretty cool]

Violent Mind

Desert Horizon
Eyes in the Dark

Violent War

Enchantae's Tower
Wonder
Great Eye of the Dragon

Violent Death

The Peaceful After

Many thanks, should you decide to listen. It took me a lot of time, and killed what little social life I had : P
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LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:10 pm Post subject:

Sounds like you added more filler to the first one. Nice. Maybe you didn't, and my speakers are just working better than they were the first time I listened to this... meh. :o

I think it is neat, the way you wrapped all of the songs into
one sort of "sonata", if I may call it that. I liked some of the transitions, but a few were pretty shaky/abrupt for the next song to follow. I found that a brief silence is a good transition if else nothing works (and you have a few of these, so this isn't news to you). That's all the "advice" I can offer right now. Keep your ears peeled, and keep up the good work.

PS: That last one rocks my boxers.
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Artimus Bena · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:21 pm Post subject:

A couple of the weird transitions were kind of meant to be like that, but, yes there are a few I'm just too lazy to smooth out : P I'm already gathering up ideas for another album, this time totally from scratch, so I just figure, eh, it is what it is, no need to change it now. Thanks a lot for the listen : )
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LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject:

Good show. I'll be here when it's ready.
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Planning Project Blood Summons, an MMORPG which will incinerate all of the others with it's sheer brilliance...

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"Seriously James, you keep rolling out the awesome like gingerbread men on a horror-movie assembly line. "