music and tales
And finally we end with the full album. Fairy Tales for the Lost and Wandering is a series of short, melancholy, original fairy tale-esque stories set to music. They are sung, they are spoken, the music ranges from simple to […]
Well, we can safely assume the Americans in our audience will be out of commission today as today is the sacred Day Of The Mixing Of Beer And Explosives (and honestly, it’s basically as awesome as it sounds). We shall however continue […]
Let’s listen to something a little more upbeat today, shall we? As mentioned before, what started out as some simple piano and voice demos has now become a fully produced album. This week i shall play some selections from it […]
A little while back i posted a few demo tracks featuring original fairy tales made into song form with acoustic piano. I liked the idea, the stories but other than one song (Diedre) the tracks with only piano left me […]
Collected all together here in one post is a 5 song experiment in storytelling: telling 5 original, melancholy fairy tales using only piano and voice. How well it’s pulled off is up to you to decide. But not only can […]
For the next few days we’re going to do a track a day of a different dark tinted fairy tale. It’s a… it’s a series of tracks of a work in progress. I honestly have no idea what i’m actually […]
The next day the group of haggard fairytales resumed their trek across the chaotic and violent city of New Albion. New Albion was in the throes of a revolution. Led by a former police soldier known only as Soldier 7285, […]
(NOTE: Some of you may note that a few of the original fairy tales mentioned herein are familiar, and can be found on the album Fairy Tales of the Lost and Wandering. This story was written first and after writing […]
So a couple places on the net have held contests where participants submit art on the theme of Steampunk Fairy Tales, an awesomely excellent theme if ever there was one. We’ll be covering 2 of these contests. Today’s post is […]
You know, since this blog is about the making of a Steampunk Opera (1 song short of finishing the 2nd Act. There will be 4 Acts, and i am also taking a break to muse over what i’ve done and […]