So, I've been in somewhat of a weird funky mood lately, I feel happy, but I have the strongest urge to write the saddest music I've ever written. Maybe it's because I've been listening to a lot of very emotional music lately which I'll list off below for those that are curious as to what I've been listening to. Maybe it's just because that's how I write, I simply don't write "happy music"... I'm capable of it, but I have to force it, and I don't enjoy it nearly as much.
What can I say? The feeling I get from slower emotional songs is like I've died and gone to heaven compared to happy, upbeat stuff I'm like, "Hey, that was catchy.. moving on..."
Which is kind of odd, because I do listen to a fair bit of upbeat pop type stuff along side the slower stuff... Actually, the stuff that isn't slow and emotional greatly outweighs the slow and emotional stuff in my music library... Metal, Trance, Happy Hardcore, Dubstep, Jrock/pop, etc. Could be because I seem to have a hard time finding those certain slower songs that really strike a chord with me... but when I do find one, I grip it as hard as I can and never let go.
Anywho, here's a short list of stuff I've been listening to that has likely put me in this mood:
Sugao - Midori Tsukimiya
Had just finished watching Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka, and when this song played in the last episode, I just had to have it, I went rabid to find a high quality version of the song... Which I did, and I've been listening to it nearly non stop.
Last Night, Good Night - Hatsune Miku
This was one of the very first songs I heard after discovering Vocaloids, and to this day, is still one of my favorite songs... ever. This song also heavily inspired the creation of Them.
1000 Words - FFX-2 (English version Feat. Jade from Sweetbox)
FFX-2 was not a great game, but I will admit, when this song played in game, I shed a tear. I absolutely love the way it was orchestrated.
Aimo - Megumi Nakajima (Macross Frontier OST)
Believe it or not, the plot of Macross Frontier almost entirely revolved around this one song... But not in a bad way, it actually worked, and the show was awesome... As well as the song (Which I am currently learning the piano version of).
Shade - Draw The Emotional
Dunno what to say about this one... this is the song that basically inspired what I did with Dream Part One.
Lilium - Noma Kumiko (Elfen Lied OST)
You all already know how much I love this song, I have a piano/music box cover of it up on my profile.
City Lights - Motionless In White
Amazing band, amazing song. Metal bands that are capable of writing stuff like this instead of all heavy shit earn triple the respect from me than bands like Job For A Cowboy who are only capable of polluting the air with noise.
For Miles - Thrice
Ok, so this one isn't slow and emotional all the way through, but I still love it. I also tried learning the piano part to this one... Didn't happen... And probably won't anytime in the near future.
There's no doubt more that I'm forgetting, but those are the highlights.
And that concludes my random newspost of the week. Be sure to check out my weekly picks for this week as well!
PS:
I finally finished the main story of Disgaea 4... Took me approximately 63 hours game time to do so, and that was with minimal time in the item/chara worlds. Now time to unlock all the bonus characters in post game! Working on Etna right now... but she's kicking my ass.
PPS:
I have also just reuploaded my latest song Stay Thy Hand with a couple minor tweaks to the mixing, check it out if you haven't already and let me know what you think!