February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Candle

progress: 14

winner!
joined: 1 month ago
location: Ontario, Canada
website: www.reverbnation.com/candleexperience
influences: Queen, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Robert Fripp, The Tea Party, Pearl Jam, Explosions In The Sky, Enigma, The Beatles

Bio

Candle is something that needs to be experienced.

The music of Candle has been described as Progressive, Psychadelic, Space Rock, and even Experimental. But what Darby, the artist behind the sounds, is really trying to achieve is a connection with every listener. To make those who choose to listen to his music feel something deep within themselves. Something they might not have ever felt before. Or maybe some memory they cherish deeply. The frequencies and moods created with a single guitar are layered in order to paint vistas which hopefully will let the sensations & imaginations of the listeners rejoice in the experience and become an interactive part of the music itself.

So close your eyes, take a deep breath & relax. Let the music touch your soul.

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THE CHROMATICS CONCEPT

Fourteen songs…fourteen keys…following the Chromatic Scale (+2 notes)

1. Beginings
2. Causality
3. Cristal Shards
4. Dénouement
5. Delicate Shame
6. Edges
7. Forces
8. Fatal Shot
9. Graceful
10. Great Shah
11. Archetype
12. Archaic Shroud
13. Babylon
14. Conclusion

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Feb 26: The demos now posted for Archetype, Archaic Shroud & Conclusion are the raw recordings. They haven't been processed through Buzz yet & so probably don't measure up with the rest of the album posted so far. I hope to have cleaner versions up soon. Please bear with me until I can fix them…

Mar 3: A demo for Babylon has now been posted. Also, I have fixed the timing issue in Conclusion. Hopefully I will have cleaner versions of Archetype, Arcaic Shroud & Conclusion in the near future. Stay tuned!

Mar 4: Rough mixes of Archetype & Archaic Shorud have now replaced the raw recordings previously available.

Mar 11: I am currently working on a mix for Conclusion. I have added some texture at the end. Also, I am debating on whether or not I am going to add a little to this texture. I had an idea this morning (c/o The Tea Party) that I might experiment with & see how it goes. Once the mix is done I will post it here (& replace the raw recording currently available) & move onto re-mixing Edges. Stay tuned…

2010 Songs

1	Beginings	14 comments // 1 month ago
2	Causality	15 comments // 1 month ago
3	Crimson Shards	9 comments // 1 month ago
4	Dénouement	9 comments // 1 month ago
5	Delicate Shame - Dave Bowman Mix	7 comments // 1 month ago
6	Edges	5 comments // 4 weeks ago
7	Forces	9 comments // 3 weeks ago
8	Fatal Shot	4 comments // 3 weeks ago
9	Graceful	5 comments // 2 weeks ago
10	Great Shah	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
11	Archetype	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
12	Archaic Shroud	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
13	Babylon	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
14	Conclusion	1 comment // 2 weeks ago

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isaac quatorze 1 week ago

darb check your facebook messages!
yeahclickdancehit 2 weeks ago

http://fawm.org/songs/7465/
dreamscuba 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the comments on my song... I'm saving up for a drum program to put decent drums in...mmm... the hammond!! Nice idea too! Thanks.
looprication 2 weeks ago

Hey!! Great Shah isn't playing for me Thanks so much for your comments on "green"!

Let me know when it's available, hey?
Daddyschu 3 weeks ago

Thank you (an admittedly late thank you) for the comment on He Dreamt of Her. Busy Busy Busy!! I will give some of your tunes a listen...
Bruce H. McCosar 3 weeks ago

On "The Last Star Before Daybreak" -- well, it's the end for FAWM 2010. I'm going to start work on my 7th Jamendo album soon after . . . also, starting to look for other places to release my music. I've managed to come up with some pretty good songs, I think. A few just need a better mixing; some need slight remakes; a few need major overhauls

Still looking forward to more from FAWM, though -- waiting for Candle #7..14
Bruce H. McCosar 3 weeks ago

On "Strange Lights in the Sky", you're close -- it's a Leslie simulator. You have good ears!

In the old days, I used to like to play the heavy string guitar through the Leslie to get a Hammond sound . . . then of course I got a Hammond
Bruce H. McCosar 4 weeks ago

And by the way, thanks in general for all the comments today -- I'm going to try to finish up FAWM by the 14th or 15th, meaning I'll have more time to keep up with my watchlist. Thanks to the snow, I've had 7 full work days so far just to play music!
Bruce H. McCosar 4 weeks ago

Re: Dreams from the Shore

Thanks for the comment -- actually, the heavy strings killed one guitar. It was ok until I dropped it while restringing. The neck hit at just the right angle to cause a break. Jazz style guitars (hollow bodies or archtops) can usually be strung with monsterously heavy strings with no ill effects. Usually. But as I said on another thread, that's the reason I don't buy $3000 guitars ... I'd be too careful and never play them like I wanted to.
Happy Atheist 4 weeks ago

Happy Darwin Day, Candle! I enjoyed your remarks on philosophy in the amazing quotes forum thread. You can find some commentary on Nietzsche and Sartre over at my place, if perhaps you're interested...
Kevin Reid 4 weeks ago

you were the third person to mention the quiet vocals on City(e)scapes, so I turned them up.
Captain Vulpine! 4 weeks ago

Ha! You are too kind indeed, and I like the idea of having the track with and without vocals, that would be interesting for sure. You've got some lovely stuff here as well, I've been meaning to go through and give them all a listen, I will get to it I swear!

-Captain Vulpine!
ǝɯɐɹɟ ʎʇdɯǝ 4 weeks ago

okay I wiki'd Dave Bowman and I guess his mixes are still relevant.. did HAL make it through the kernal upgrade though?
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

darb! check this out: http://fawm.org/forums/thread/626/
ripped to pieces 1 month ago

Hi Candle

Here is a link to the podcast thing for soundtracking: http://roysmith.podbean.com/mf/web/a3esdp/me4birthdays1.m4a

Roy
Bruce H. McCosar 1 month ago

Hmm -- you may be on to something there. When I was recording "To Journey Over Ice", there was one part of the song where I thought I could hear faint voices. Most likely explanation: radio leak, that is, some part of the signal path on some instrument was picking up radio signals. I'll have to listen to the parts again and figure out where it happened.

On the other hand, not too bad of an 'accidental' special effect!
Lions Cub in the Boomerang Nebula 1 month ago

Yeah Venetian Snares is definitely something else
cts 1 month ago

Much appreciated...
cts 1 month ago

Re:Dénouement. Yeah, I get it. What's the web address? ...'course I could just google it, huh?
Bruce H. McCosar 1 month ago

Thanks for the comment on "My Secret Word for Dragonfly" -- you're right, and I've always loved the sound of the Hammond. I've featured it on a lot of my Jamendo albums, but I will say this -- it is not an easy instrument to arrange. Each of the drawbars represents a harmonic. If on the piano you play a chord like G9#11 as left hand B - F, right hand A - C# - E, it sounds pretty good. Because of the Hammond's full sound, the same chord -- in fact a lot of piano style chords -- sounds like a disaster. So you have to say the most by saying the least
ǝɯɐɹɟ ʎʇdɯǝ 1 month ago

That's exactly what I was hearing and I almost thought it sounded like it was two rooms away. The fact that it wasn't drums is even cooler methinks.
ripped to pieces 1 month ago

Hi Candle - send over an email and I'll post the basic mp3 file - not 100% Ill use music on all of it, maybe just in places....let me know what you think

Roy
Candle 1 month ago

Audio Controller fixed. I mixed Dénouement this afternoon and have the fifth song in the concept album recorded as well. I'm hoping to mix it & record some more tomorrow (my first day off of work in a while…). Stay tuned for more & thank you everyone for all your support & wonderful comments!
Candle 1 month ago

I think I've got it all sorted… except my Audio Controller has died & I'm trying to reinstall… arghhhhh! As such, it's put a kink in my M.O. and I can't hear if anything is working. So if someone could let me know, that would be great.

I hoep to have a few more songs posted once I fix this latest glitch…

See You In The Shadows…
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

check your email darb!
Candle 1 month ago

Still having hosting problems… Let me know if "Introduction" works for anyone… The two other songs are still being fed thru ReverbNation.

See You In The Shadows…
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

salut! my songs are hosted on a server called upyourlegsforever.com ... i have unlimited space and bandwidth there if you'd like to host your songs there, but you would need to know how to use FTP. let me know!
cheerios 1 month ago

Thanks for the comments. I don't usually play/sing/record acoustic songs outside of fawm and its a little scary to be so stripped down and not have my band to watch my back. I really appreciate the support.
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

hey darb.... some people are offering free hosting to anyone who asks for it. see this thread: http://fawm.org/forums/thread/333/
Candle 1 month ago

I have now moved the URL back to my ReverbNation Player. You should be able to listen to both my tracks now. Sorry about the technical glitches…
Kevin Reid 1 month ago

I still can't get your tunes to play. What a drag!
Kevin Reid 1 month ago

Thanks, candle. That's the nicest kind of compliment a song could get. I tried listening to your songs, but they're not streaming for some reason.
Bruce H. McCosar 1 month ago

Thanks for the comment on "Sailing Into Night Time" -- I've really gone over my limits today ... it's midnight and I've got to get up at 6 am tomorrow! Looks like we've both built up a 2 day lead ... I think I get to rest on my laurels tomorrow and catch up on my watchlist
Bruce H. McCosar 1 month ago

Thanks for busting my first zong -- I believe I just returned the favor. Also, I added you to my watch list. "Introduction" was indeed a good introduction!
Jeff Geissler 1 month ago

I look forward to hearing from you
kathy moran 1 month ago

I loved your post in the 'who I write for' forum and look forward to experiencing your music.
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

added you to my watchlist... i've noticed you posted on a couple forums, but you always seem to be on here at opposite times of day from me (i.e. while i'm at work or sleeping). we'll catch up eventually....
Billy Sea 1 month ago

Welcome to FAWM, glad to have you here
Face of Einstein 1 month ago

Hello Candle...welcome!
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

hey darb, if you haven't yet, go introduce yourself on the "first time fawmer" forum thread!
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

sweet!! i'm at work right now, but i'm always all over the forums and the chatroom in the evenings..... so perhaps we shall speak tonight!!
Burr Settles 1 month ago

welcome!
Candle 1 month ago

Looking forward to taking on this challenge!