I heard this little gem on the radio and it impressed me beyond belief! The lyrics are nice... talking about loving being in the presence with a significant other, but what mostly surprised me was the music.
It starts off with a beautiful violin melody that transforms into a synth with the same melody. Then the song progresses into the chorus with an amazing piano accompaniment. In my own compositions I love combining a violin solo part with an accompanied piano part and this song accomplishes both in an awesome manner. If this is the direction that popular music is going in, I am totally okay with it. I just hope that others take note of the success of this song and take up this style of composition. I just can't stop dancing in my chair!
The Verve tried to do something like this with Bittersweet Symphony in 1997, but it repeated the melody into the ground and became grossly overwhelming. The melody was fine for a few bars, but to repeat itself for the entire song? Come on.
Clean Bandit got the recipe right.
~ Melody♫
Monday, September 22, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Microsoft Vs. Minecraft
Minecraft for 2 billion dollars...
That's the price, Markus "Notch" Persson, the owner of Mojang has put on Minecraft, the international sensation. Microsoft has developed an interest partly due to Minecraft's success on the Xbox 360, but it's weird because Notch personally hates Microsoft as a company. Notch has made it very clear on several occasions that Microsoft is a terrible company. For example, he accused them of "trying to ruin the PC as an open platform" with Windows 8. It seems like Notch does not have any interest in pursuing Minecraft any further and sell it at it's high point rather than a later low point.
It's not the first franchise that Microsoft has bought, the most notable being Bungie's Halo series. Hopefully Microsoft will keep Minecraft alive, if Microsoft goes through with the deal.
This news troubles me though, mostly because you may be forced into using a Microsoft account. God knows what that will require or what hoops they will make you jump through. Only time will tell.
~ Melody♫
That's the price, Markus "Notch" Persson, the owner of Mojang has put on Minecraft, the international sensation. Microsoft has developed an interest partly due to Minecraft's success on the Xbox 360, but it's weird because Notch personally hates Microsoft as a company. Notch has made it very clear on several occasions that Microsoft is a terrible company. For example, he accused them of "trying to ruin the PC as an open platform" with Windows 8. It seems like Notch does not have any interest in pursuing Minecraft any further and sell it at it's high point rather than a later low point.
It's not the first franchise that Microsoft has bought, the most notable being Bungie's Halo series. Hopefully Microsoft will keep Minecraft alive, if Microsoft goes through with the deal.
This news troubles me though, mostly because you may be forced into using a Microsoft account. God knows what that will require or what hoops they will make you jump through. Only time will tell.
~ Melody♫
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