Written by Stefan Xenos AKA Cyclone
Copyright (c) 1997 Stefan Xenos
I wrote this mod as an excuse to try a bunch of new things. I think this
is my first mod ever to use speed 8. The slower speed gives this tune a
sort of mellow sound which I rather like. I was also playing around with
switching between minor and major keys. Until now, I've always favoured
minor keys. This is mostly because all my songs written in a major key
have always sounded like "mario brothers meet binky the circus clown". The
end result being depressingly cheerful.
I was also attempting to learn how to use proper instruments. Until
now I've always used raw samples, but when I downloaded IT v2.09, I
decided I just had to try out some of these cool new instrument gizmos.
I think the result was well worth the trouble. The instruments sound GREAT
and I didn't have to spend hundreds of hours manually entering all
the volume slides, vibrato, panning effects, and randomising the volumes.
I think you'll be seeing more ITs being written by me in the near future.
BTW, I think I've found a new favorite lead instrument! <grin>
The hidden track in this tune is a reproduction of an old amiga MOD called
"Select". It's always been a favorite of mine. I inlcuded it here because
it was simply the first thing I thought of when trying to decide on a
hidden track.
My coordinates:
I can be reached at the following locations:
- Hyper BBS at (613) 257-7636.
- Via the internet at SXENOS@CHAT.CARLETON.CA
- On any international Fidonet music or programming echo.
- I CAN NO LONGER BE REACHED VIA FIDONET NETMAIL.
You can pick up my most recent music from:
- Hyper BBS (613)257-7636. This BBS has all my music
posted the moment it gets released.
- The Hornet demo archive at FTP.CDROM.COM will generally
have most of my tunes within a month of them being released.
Greets:
I'd like to say a friendly "hello" to the following people:
- Will Schweizer, my excellent co-sysop, friend, and a kick-ass
musician. (AKA Bishop / Intra)
- Omega, Intra's great leader and the only guy on the face of
the planet who can code a decent demo entirely in Qbasic.
- Thinkofanaliasandstickwithitman, Intra's original musician
(he suffers from a sever case of multiple alias disorder).
I believe he's going under the alias "Psycho Chicken" at the
moment.
- Preacher / Intra, a old friend and excellent graphic artist.
- Robert Mohid, an unbelievable programmer in pretty much any
language you'd care to throw his way, and probably the only
person remaining who still listens to my music.
- ...all the members of Intra not listed here.
- David Mackintosh, the most entertaining guy I've ever met.
- And most of all my beautiful sweet girlfriend, Melissa.
Sample credits:
- Samples 9-11 were ripped from Necros.
- Samples 5-8 (the drum samples) were ripped from the 2nd place
entry at naid. It was called "Pain", although I don't know who
the author was.
- The remaining samples were ripped way back before I came up with
a system for keeping track of where my samples came from.
(sorry)
