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Dr. Horrible medley: 7 songs in 7 minutes + conspiracy theory

Hiya folks! Recorded a little something for Dr. Horrible fans. It's actually pretty bad in terms of music since I'm not much of a singer, but just hopefully entertaining for fans of the show/movie (hope there are some ya around here). c: Cheers~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_d7ymHEmRc

They're All So Freakin' Tall (anthem for short people)

I am relatively short for a guy (5'8), and when one day I suddenly noticed that most of the guys on campus are taller than me, I called B.S. and got the excuse to write this song. Hope you enjoy it regardless of your vertical measurement!

Click: mp3
They're All So Freakin' Tall

Reives


LYRICS:
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My best friend is much taller than me
He's 10 feet high I'm 2 feet tall,
he throws me like a basketball

I slide through the hoop and cannot help but think
One day I'm gonna rule it all,
I'll be the player and not the ball

I carry around a boulder to stand on
when we take pictures together (Boohoo)

When we go indoors he hits his head on second floor
as I breeze through the doggy door

Oh he's .. just .. so damn .. TALL!
(They're ALL so fricken tall)

It's no fair,
I pull my hair,
I drink my milk and say my prayer
Calcium-god,
dear laughing cow,
You can press my button now


I've never seen a running parade
Never got to drop an icecream cone
on an uncle's balding head

I spiked my hair to better compare
Then drew a face on my spikey hair
pretending to stare

Oh I should marry CN tower to
get some height in the DNA

Hugging her concrete may be cold in the Winter
but at least she's used to PDA

And they're still .. all .. so damn .. TALL!
(I'm not short, they're all just tall!)

It's no fair,
I pull my hair,
I drink my milk and say my prayer

Calcium-god,
Dear laughing cow,
You can press my button now

Any time now
Any time now
Any time now
..(+x4)

Any time now,
oh the world's gonna fade away
Any time now,
all our frailties will cease to weight

Any time now,
The laughing cow'll press my button

Any time now
Any time now
(+x4)

Any time. . .


So the laughing cow does not care for me, I say:
"That's okay, cause you just suck,
go get headshot by a puck"

Who needs to grow up to be Paul anyway?
I bet he had to pick up poo from
his blue ox Babe every single day

Maybe the reason I'm not growing is
I'm just not whining nearly enough

Whine, whine, whine whine whine whine whine whine whine whine..-
Someone please call the waaambulance

All I want .. is to .. be damn .. TALL!
(They're ALL so fricken tall)

It's no fair,
I pull my hair,
I drink my milk and say my prayer
Calcium-god,
Dear laughing cow,
You can press my button now

It's just no fair,
I pull my hair,
I drink soy milk and say my prayer
Calcium-god ,
Dear Mr. Bean,
Won't you press my button now



Reference: Laughing Cow cheese.

[Resource] Electronic BGM

I gave an attempt at writing a short electronic BGM earlier, and figured it wouldn't hurt to post it here in case someone'd find some use for it - I haven't posted any new songs in a while anyway. It's experimental and I'm still trying to get familiar with the genre, but here it is:

Slum Chase:
http://www.freebirdgames.com/sounds/Slum_Chase-KRG.mp3

Some parts are a bit empty as it stands now, and I might go back and add some things in the future. Free for use in non-commercial projects; credit goes to Reives. Hope ya enjoy, feedback appreciated.

External sources for game download.

This is somewhat trivial, but I think it might be nice to give the option of using an existing download source when creating a download for a game rather only being able to upload one. It doesn't even need to give the link of the original source. It'd save the site some bandwidth, and make it more convenient for those who have a direct download source where they can replace the file with fixed versions and the like in one place.

Again, quite trivial, but just putting it out there.

Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to Me

Reivesy
Download Link (Demo, 18mb, 20 min):http://www.freebirdgames.com/LM_Demo1.exe

The short demo can be played via either mouse-only or keyboard-only. Playing with mouse-only is recommended, but please keep the game at full-screen only (or read the .txt heads up in the folder). Cheers, and hope you enjoy.



(click to listen: Lyra's Melody main theme
)


When Ralle Peregrine was a child, he began to hear a mysterious melody in his head. Around the same time, his childhood sweetheart, Lyra Shire, began to lose her hearing.

As they grew up, Ralle became a guitarist to accompany the strange melody that only he hears whenever he closes his eyes. By then, Lyra had gone completely deaf.

He wrote many songs for her, but she could hear none of them.




One day, while Ralle was playing that particular tune at his usual spot, a wagon came by and stopped. Out came a man; a wanderer named Traviston Estel, with a piece of rye hanging out of his mouth.

That of which he soon spat out, as he took out a music box, echoing the very melody that Ralle has been hearing all these years.

Bewildered, Ralle questioned him of the origin of the song - but the man did not know. In fact, it has been something that has been stuck in his head ever since he was a child as well, so he had the music box custom-made to keep it inside.





Upon hearing about Lyra's deafness as they conversed, the man spoke of the possibility for means to cure her in the big cities far, far away. For the sake of the common song of unknown origin they shared, Traviston offered to take them with him, as he was heading there himself.

Thrilled at even the remotest possibility of curing her, the couple took up the offer. And so began a journey, filled with obstacles, that uncovered a mysterious past that spanned centuries.


But they only had one wish,
For that one day, Lyra would finally be able to hear the songs Ralle wrote for her.





<Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to Me> is a light, fairytale "RPG", with an aim of creating an interactive cinematic experience through a focus on story, atmosphere and music.

The main characters are obviously Ralle and Lyra. Here are their WIP portraits:

Lyra Shire:


Ralle Peregrine:


As Ralle, Lyra and co. travel through their journey, Ralle would try to write a song whenever they stop by at a town or notable locations, as a "journal" to capture their experiences from their travel - In hope of when Lyra is cured one day, she'd listen to them and be reminded of them in a way that she has never been before. Each of these locations will not have any BGM upon first arrival; but after Ralle finishes writing a song for the occasion, it'd then become that location's BGM.





P.S. Here is a little piano recording of its main theme, "Lyra's Melody": Click Me (Youtube link)


P.P.S.
I was originally going to release this as part of the Release Something event, but ended up being late. :-\ I understand that my projects don't exactly fit like a glove around here; but hopefully you guys could take a quick moment and give it a spin, as I do find the feedback from this side very helpful.

Thanks in advance, I really appreciate it.

Some Piano Recording Videos

Recently got a second-hand digital piano at a good price, so I am now making pretentious piano recording videos as an automatic consequence. :)

These are pretty simple for the most part. Hopefully you recognize some of them!

"Laputa" - Castle in the Sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LShaW9fEQtg&feature=channel_page

"Bloody Tears" - Castlevania
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wd0RGluIsQ&feature=channel_page

"Lilium" - Elfen Lied
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPvBa99ul7k&feature=channel_page

"Kaire" - Quintessence: The Blighted Venom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1E_O7kBOjc&feature=channel_page


Those who are real piano players will probably notice my awful fingering techniques and the like, acquired from learning piano by messing around and repeatedly playing the Titanic chord progression over and over. :x It works fine on easy songs, but makes it pretty impossible to play some of the more complex ones (especially on difficult keys, which I avoid like the plague).

Anyway, hope ya guys enjoy!

I have just finished my utmost heartfelt love song

One that I wrote while passionately singing in the shower last night / at 4 in the morning. I would like to share it with you all.

Its name is "Fly away to taco island". Hope you enjoy

http://quintessence-tbv.com/TIS.mp3

Lyrics:

Every day I wish that someday I could just fly away ~Whoa whoa~

To an island with just you

...

...and an unlimited supply of tacos

(and burritos)


That way I don't have to pay for taco after taco after taco
~Whoa whoa~

(and burritos)

And with the money we save, we'd go to Wal-Mart and buy some nachos

~Sweet sweet nachos~


...But we can't,

'Cause we'd be on that island with just you and I

and tacos

(and burritos)

whatever

[Dance with Me]

This song was actually inspired by the mood of the Define Dancing scene from WALL-E. Back then I was still using my old sound library, so the sound quality lacks a bit. I really like the build up to and including 0:55-1:00, but the half after that probably needs more development.

Dance with Me:
http://www.quintessence-tbv.com/Dance_with_Me-KRG-Q.mp3
Dance with Me © 2008 Kan Gao & <Q-tbv>

The intro takes a bit longer to take off than usual. It's not completely finished, and ends with a fade-off as of now. I'll complete it some day and re-record it with my new sound library in the future. :)

Hope ya enjoy!

Character sketches [Ralle & Lyra]

Just some character sketch progresses for Ralle and Lyra from Lyra's Melody and Quintessence as I struggle through them. I'm still pretty early into the stages though, so not much is done. :x


1. First concept sketch done for the upper bodies:



2. Update - Lyra with face:


3. Update - Lyra full body sketch:
Finished a little full body sketch of Lyra (Ralle's is still in the works). Clothing looks a bit plain now, I'll try to add some decorations later. She'll also be wearing a locket as a necklace, which contains little pieces of paper and a pencil. (For written communication in case of emergency and Ralle's not around, since she's completely deaf.)




A couple of screenshots with some 5-minute mock-ups just for fun and seeing a preliminary result for motivation:






Still need to edit the sprite a bit here and there, since parts of them don't match too well (e.g. Lyra's hair side bangs). I haven't drew in a long time, so I've been struggling to get things right, especially when it comes to perspectives. Inking a real outline's going to be hell. :-X


Most recent update:




Black Cape [Symphonic Rock/Metal]

I don't do these types of music often, but here's a short symphonic rock-esque song I just finished:

"Black Cape"
Composed by and (c) 2009 Kan Gao

http://quintessence-tbv.com/Black_Cape-KRG.mp3

Still trying to get a hang of the rock/metal style. This song has a rather sudden ending as it stands now; I do have plans to extend it in the future. c:

Thanks for your time!
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