Hopefully, if I have the time to dedicate to making a new rock album, that is what its title will be.

The first two tracks are up:

1) All the Same
2) We Believe

Grifon2014 of YouTube made a video of his performance of the lead guitars on The Fade. Just by listening to the song, he created his own tabs of the lead guitar parts and did a phenomenal job performing it.

So giving props where props are due, here's his performance:

BMB Finishes decided to release some pieces from the soundtrack (one MP3 a weekat a time periodically for the next several weeks) before the entire soundtrack will be released. That date is undecided currently, but for now I have uploaded the first piece that was in highest demand, "Music Box".

This track, featuring the beloved Song of Storms, is now downloadable both here and on the Hero of Time website: http://www.theherooftime.com

Enjoy!

First of all, I can't believe I NEVER RELEASED the MP3 of the "Hero of Time Dance Party". I so thought I did. Shows how much I pay attention. >.>

Also, because I hate only posting one song in a day, I added a slightly older Battle loop from my "Hoshima" RPG Maker XP demo (which if people want to play it, I may have to reupload it, as it was uploaded on Megaupload a few years ago, and probably has a dead link now).

So enjoy the new pieces. God, I still can't believe I forgot to post that Hero of Time dance party song. Sheesh!

First of all, I can't believe I NEVER RELEASED the MP3 of the "Hero of Time Dance Party". I so thought I did. Shows how much I pay attention. >.>

Also, because I hate only posting one song in a day, I added a slightly older Battle loop from my "Hoshima" RPG Maker XP demo (which if people want to play it, I may have to reupload it, as it was uploaded on Megaupload a few years ago, and probably has a dead link now).

So enjoy the new pieces. God, I still can't believe I forgot to post that Hero of Time dance party song. Sheesh!

After spending 5 hours performing a rough mix on the first episode of the anime we were given, then turning around and spending 3 more hours tweaking things, I brought it into the Cahills' home studio for QC (quality check), and ended up spending 4 more hours further refining everything.

Seems tedious, huh? From my experience in composing for people like BMB Finishes, one golden lesson I've learned in the entertainment industry is that the more refining you do, the better quality the product. I'm actually pleased with this refined mix, as it's far more true to the original Japanese dub than my initial rough mix.

The engineers over in Singapore are liking our work and our progress thusfar, so things are looking up. They're already talking about giving us a full-time deal of 200 episodes per year (17 episodes per month) to dub for them. If this works out, I have my side-job (aside from college) cut out for me. And the timing couldn't have been better since I recently quit my job at Target due to physical problems the job was causing me.

So I'm crossing my fingers. The refined mix is soon to be in the hands of the company in Singapore, for their QC session, before they send it off to the Japanese company for approval. The approval of the Japanese company will likely be the determining factor between whether we fly or fall as an Anime Dubbing Studio.

Today I received the first episode to start the mixing. This will easily keep me busy for the next few days (between life and my job at Target). I know all I need to know about Pro-Tools to do the mixing/Effects necessary to make these new English dubs work.

It's good to get experience in this sort of thing, because it can look good in a portfolio to get to say you did Post-mixing for Anime dubs, even if the dubs you're mixing will more likely be airing in English-speaking South-Asian countries.

I made this video, using a clip from Don Hertzfeldt's cartoon "Billy's Balloon". When I saw the original cartoon, this idea immediately came to mind (me being a WoW addict and all), but back then I didn't have the video editing software I do now.

also, this is a short that was filmed for the Calm-a-Sutra scholarship contest, and it was written by Raegan Quinn (the female vocalist for the "Hero of Time" score - who plays Bella, the lead protaganist in this video), and directed by George Cahill IV. I did the camera work (under Cahill's direction) as well as playing Mayor Simmons.

The recording for the 3-week anime project began yesterday, and I have begun getting a crash-course education in ProTools. We're doing 6 episodes for the base in Singapore, and if they're satisfied with our work, we'll get more to do, so hopefully all goes well. This could potentially become a much nicer job than Target if everything works out. =p

On the side, I have accepted a paid commission to score a game that is being made for a Gamestop-hosted contest.

Looks to me like I'm in for a busy couple weeks.

This evening (being Tuesday 7/14), I went to the orientation night to the recording job I will be doing. Basically, I'll be doing the post-mix to an English dubbing of an anime. I may get to voice act in it as well - time will tell on that one. We're pretty much going to be grinding it out in the next few weeks, and hopefully have a good turnout.

This'll also be my first real time using ProTools, but after watching the tutorial video I was given, it's very much like Nuendo in many ways; just a different interface to get used to.