Once Above, Now Below
By ViridianLoom on January 19, 2020 11:35 pm
So right after uploading last week's track I was messing around on the piano to come up with ideas for week 3 and I settled on an idea I thought was pretty cool. Sat on it all week deciding what I should do with it, tried somethings here and there but nothing stuck. Thought I was going to have to come up with something else in order to get something done this week. But you know, weeklybeats lights a fire under your ass, and I managed to write the rest of the song today and get this thing finished. Short and sweet but I'm really happy with the outcome. Fun music theory facts, the song shifts between 11/8 and 4/4 with two key changes. I used C minor to solo over one section and A Harmonic Minor on the other for a cool vibe.
As for the song title, this week I began playing that game Hades which is centered around Greek Mythology. It reminded me of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, the minstrel who's wife dies from a snake bite and he ventures to the underworld to make a deal with Hades for her return. Hades agrees to the deal under the condition that Orpheus lead her to the surface without ever turning around to look at her. But, as tragic tales would go, he looks just before he reaches the surface and she disappears forever and he's condemned to the underworld. Once above, now below.
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