Another one from the vault.
Back in 2009 I decided to try my hand at some progressive rock. It's a genre that readily lends itself to fantasy, so I chose for my theme “The Myth Of Er” from Plato's Republic.
Plato often liked to close out his argumentation with a myth, thereby appealing to both logic and intuition. For this myth he draws on then current Orphic eschatological imagery.
Sadly, I lost the original files to this oldie but goodie in the great Mac crash of 2011, so I was only able to do a little bit of remastering for this post.
It's not perfect, but some of you may appreciate what I was aiming at even if I did fall a tad short of the mark.
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The discerning ear will no doubt detect the influence of bands like Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, “Selling England By The Pound”-era Genesis, and the Moody Blues.
BTW, I play everything on this tune except the drums which—if memory serves—are good ol’ Apple Loops!
Hope some of you can enjoy this one.
Be well all!
Well that was fun. Now the all hearing ear is working on these and it makes a difference! Post production work on these older pieces, especially with the diverse instrumentation and textures, brings them to life. Imagine meeting the guy that created this piece and trying to explain to him why it is necessary ty equalize the works…
Daug
I think it still needs work Daug. I just haven’t had a lot of time of late, between babysitting and having re-entered the work force part time as well. (I’ve gone from retired to semi-retired…)
When I learn more tech I’ll likely return to this piece.
Thx for listening and commenting!
“Orphic eschatological imagery” sounds like the name of a Yes album. This is fun Mike and the sound is pretty damn good as well.
THX Charlie!
A lot of good stuff in this. @ 4:22 – 6:20…Nice.
Thought of you when I posted this friend. I know you have a taste for prog and for things on the epic side.
So glad you enjoyed!
It sounds like something from 1972 dug up from a time capsule.
Nice track. I like it.
Sigh… EVERYTHING I do sounds like the 70s! It’s my blessing and my curse. Ha ha…
Thanks for clocking in Art!
Very epic and ambitious. Sometimes I cringe when I go back to older work and sometimes it’s fun. This one sounds like it was fun to go back and revisit. Enjoyed it!
I know what you mean about the cringing. I did a lot of pieces that will never see the light of day again!!! But like you say, some are worth revisiting.
Glad you enjoyed this!
Like where you took this there are some great ideas here- I lost five years worth of tracks back in 2012 some ir re-recorded others I let go this sounds like it would be worth a redo
Hi Al,
Doubt I’ll ever attempt a re-do of this. Too much work for a lazy schep like me! Like you I have some tunes that I WOULD like to re-do. Just don’t have a lot of time.
Thx for the kind words though…
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