The Pokémon Snap Medley || insaneintherainmusic (feat. Ro Panuganti) insaneintherainmusic 2024-10-16 | The Pokémon Snap Medley || insaneintherainmusic (feat. Ro Panuganti)
My best attempt at a Western movie-style trumpet solo! insaneintherainmusic 2023-07-06 | Maybe it needs some more vibrato..."The Eyetaker" from the soundtrack of "Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane"Composed & Performed by Carlos Eiene (insaneintherainmusic)Get the game and soundtrack for "Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane" on Steam!: store.steampowered.com/app/1590230/Tyrion_Cuthbert_Attorney_of_the_ArcaneStream the soundtrack: https://album.link/us/i/1694059891Website: insaneintherainmusic.com#vgm #attorneyofthearcane #trumpet
When youre a trumpet player in a medieval kingdom insaneintherainmusic 2023-07-05 | When you're a trumpet player in a medieval kingdom"Wyverngarde" from the soundtrack of "Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane"Composed & Performed by Carlos Eiene (insaneintherainmusic)Euphonium by @Goofyeuph Get the game and soundtrack for "Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane" on Steam!: store.steampowered.com/app/1590230/Tyrion_Cuthbert_Attorney_of_the_ArcaneStream the soundtrack: https://album.link/us/i/1694059891Website: insaneintherainmusic.com#vgm #attorneyofthearcane #trumpet
Really glad I managed to sneak an ominous French Horn solo into a game soundtrack! insaneintherainmusic 2023-07-04 | "Call of the Unknown" from the soundtrack of "Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane"Composed & Performed by Carlos Eiene (insaneintherainmusic)Get the game and soundtrack for "Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane" on Steam!: store.steampowered.com/app/1590230/Tyrion_Cuthbert_Attorney_of_the_ArcaneStream the soundtrack: https://album.link/us/i/1694059891Website: insaneintherainmusic.com#vgm #attorneyofthearcane #frenchhorn
This accordion part is so fun to play (and dont ask me how I came up with that modulation at 0:14) insaneintherainmusic 2023-07-03 | Sometimes the key change just comes to you!"Noble Waltz" from the soundtrack of "Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane"Composed & Performed by Carlos Eiene (insaneintherainmusic)Get the game and soundtrack for "Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane" on Steam!: store.steampowered.com/app/1590230/Tyrion_Cuthbert_Attorney_of_the_ArcaneStream the soundtrack: https://album.link/us/i/1694059891Website: insaneintherainmusic.com#vgm #attorneyofthearcane #accordion
I Released My First Video Game Soundtrack! Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane insaneintherainmusic 2023-06-23 | Purchase Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1590230/Tyrion_Cuthbert_Attorney_of_the_ArcaneTyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane Soundtrack on Bandcamp insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/tyrion-cuthbert-attorney-of-the-arcane-original-soundtrackStream the Soundtrack: Coming soon!
The Secret to Making Seamless Video Game Music Loops insaneintherainmusic 2023-05-26 | Drums present some unique challenges when trying to make them seamlessly loop as a component of a video game music track. In this video, I share my method that I've developed for creating seamless drum loops!Wishlist Attorney of the Arcane on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1590230/Tyrion_Cuthbert_Attorney_of_the_ArcaneLINKS:Celeste FMOD Project: fmod.com/download#learningresourcesProject Octopath Traveler (Working Title) - Behind the Music - Nintendo Switch: youtube.com/watch?v=m2gICtRg2UQDom Palombi: twitter.com/dompalombimusicCHAPTERS:0:00 The Basics of Looping3:23 The Challenges of Looping Drums8:08 "Dramatic Revelation" Track Demonstration11:21 My Method19:44 Testing the Loop in FMOD22:33 Conclusion
The Wind is Howling - Breeze in the Clouds OST (Performance Video) insaneintherainmusic 2023-05-19 | The Wind Domain in Breeze in the Clouds is filled with big band jazz - and I got to perform most of it!Wishlist Breeze in the Clouds on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1823210/Breeze_in_the_Clouds"Breeze in the Clouds"Developed by Stormy Nights Interactive LLCPublished by Humble GamesTrailer Edit by Layer"The Wind is Howling"Composed by Carlos Eiene & Alan GarciaPerformed by Carlos EieneCasey Brefka - TrumpetDom Palombi - DrumsetMix & Video Edit by Carlos EieneMusic and images used with permission by Stormy Nights Interactive LLC.SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusicFacebook • • • facebook.com/InsaneintherainmusicInstagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusicPatreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane
A cozy town theme for the game “Infinite Guitars” using only* guitars! insaneintherainmusic 2023-04-11 | *I use the term guitar liberally LMAOInfinite Guitars is available now on Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC!
Infinite Guitars OST (Carlos Eiene Compositions) insaneintherainmusic 2023-04-08 | Here are all the songs I wrote for Infinite Guitars! INFINITE GUITARS is an Rhythm RPG about fighting mechs with Guitars Solos! Out NOW on Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC. Released March 30th 2023.Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1309080/INFINITE_GUITARSOST: store.steampowered.com/app/2237680/Infinite_Guitars_SoundtrackThe Infinite Guitars Soundtrack is composed by Nikko Ronsayro, Twinkle Park, Fat Bard, Daryl Barnes, Izuna Drop, Louie Zong, Ponpoko In the Distance, Shady Cicada, Skybridge, Carlos Eiene and 2Mello.All compositions in this video by Carlos Eiene.0:00 Jazz Breaker1:37 World Map Theme3:29 Town Theme
Octopath Traveler II Main Theme Big Band Jazz Version (insaneintherainmusic) insaneintherainmusic 2023-02-28 | Purchase Octopath Traveler II: bit.ly/InsaneinTheRain_OctopathTravelerIIThis video is sponsored by Square Enix.It’s been a while since I’ve made a video game cover on this channel, huh? Well, when Square Enix reached out to me and asked if I was interested in doing a cover of the Main Theme from Octopath Traveler II, I said “uh, yes!” The original Octopath Traveler is one of my greatest inspirations for JRPG-style video game music. The score feels so much like classic RPGs, but realized with modern recording technology and live players. Of course, the game is great too! I knew that a piece this complex and layered would need a large ensemble to capture all the layers, so I decided to write out this arrangement for big band! The first half of this arrangement feels like a more modern big band arrangement that has a bit of influence of orchestral music, but by the time we get to the second half, the swing kicks in, and it feels like a good ol’ burnin’ big band chart! I had a lot of fun recording all the horns for this project! I’ve been spending quite a bit of time working on my brass playing since choosing to stop making YouTube videos regularly, and I think it shows in this video! Thanks so much to my good friend @Dom Palombi for joining me on this recording and providing some drums to round out the ensemble!Drumset - @DomPalombiMusic ♫ “Main Theme” from Octopath Traveler II composed by Yasunori NishikiSOCIAL MEDIA:Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusicInstagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusicPatreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneDiscord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
What Happened to insaneintherain? insaneintherainmusic 2023-02-13 | I've been busy, but not on YouTube! Let's catch up.0:00 Intro2:23 Original Album5:12 Attorney of the Arcane Update5:53 Breeze in the Clouds (New game I’m scoring!)17:33 MAGFest 2023 (8 Bit Big Band Guest Performance & others!)22:43 Discocactus Music Video24:53 Reggie Fils-Aimé’s Book Sponsored Tweet26:07 Skies Forever Blue (with Toby Fox, Itoki Hana & FamilyJules)29:11 Skullgirls Second Encore Black Dahlia’s Theme32:08 Conclusion32:54 The Runaway Guys Colosseum 2023Insane In The Rain CD’s: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com Breeze in the Clouds: breezethegame.comBreeze in the Clouds Twitter: twitter.com/BreezeGameYou’re Lost (Discocactus Music Video): youtube.com/watch?v=7DM8vvufeTESkies Forever Blue (with Toby Fox, Itoki Hana & FamilyJules): youtube.com/watch?v=njgcjGojRKkThe Runaway Guys Colosseum 2023: youtube.com/watch?v=1iKy_tW0H6c
insaneintherainmusic - Insane In The Rain (Insane In The Rain) insaneintherainmusic 2022-11-18 | Purchase Insane In The Rain Digital Download / CD / Vinyl: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/insane-in-the-rain"Insane In The Rain" Sheet Music:insaneintherainmusic.com/sheetmusicAh yes, the song titled “Insane in the Rain” from the album “Insane In The Rain” by insaneintherainmusic… definitely not confusing, huh? Jokes aside, I knew pretty early in the process of writing the music for this album that I wanted to write a self-titled track. It wouldn’t have felt right to write a track called “Carlos Eiene'' since that just feels a little… self-centered and weird, but writing a track about the username I’ve used for many years feels good. It felt like a good way to reflect on what “insaneintherain” has meant to me, and how it’s changed since I first came up with the username.I reflected on what “insaneintherain” has meant to me over the years over the process of making this album. Obviously, creating this YouTube channel has changed my life dramatically. I’m not sure I would have met all the wonderful people I have as a result of sharing my love for video game music on the internet if I hadn’t made the channel. But during this period of reflection… the thing that stood out to me was that none of the videos I made were easy to make or effortless. I very much enjoy the work involved in creating a musical creation that I’m genuinely excited about, and that excitement helped propel me through difficult times, like learning to play difficult parts on a new instrument, or learning new things about music production. So to me… the essence of “insaneintherain” is pushing through those difficult times. In other words, when the rain comes… you go insane (in a good way!)So, that was the intention with writing this song! I wanted to write a song that was kind of like my “theme song” - if there was an insaneintherain game show, this would be the song that would play, I imagined. However, when I finished mixing all this music and listened through the final album with the band, I told the band that “I love the other 7 tracks on this album… and I only just kinda like this one.” Something about this track felt off to me, as if its true meaning hadn’t quite settled with me yet. Rob brought up a point suggesting that maybe I had ended up writing something that accomplished a different goal than my original intention, and then it hit me! The song Insane in the Rain isn’t really my own personal theme song… it’s a theme song for the insaneintherainmusic you all see on YouTube. Now, this isn’t to say that the insaneintherainmusic YouTube persona is not genuine. However, with any kind of social media, a creator must choose what is shared with their audience… those choices that they make are part of the art itself. I choose to mostly present myself in an energetic, positive, and uplifting way, which is what I think this song represents! I have my share of bad moments, for sure, but I usually choose not to share those. I want to perpetuate good vibes in others, which is why I portray that in my videos. So, this is all to say… once I listened to this song again with this perspective in mind, the song felt right to me!So THAT’s the complicated story behind Insane in the Rain! I recorded a full big band’s worth of horns for this track, and even squeezed out a high Eb on the lead trumpet part (high for me!), so I’m proud of how this track came out! Since this is the last track on the album, and the last description I’ll be writing for this set of videos, I’d just like to say… thank you so much for supporting this album! Making this first ever original album was a big experiment for me, and I’ve learned so much in the process of making it. I’m so grateful to have had the chance to work with this incredible band, and happy to have involved quite a few of my friends in this project. I hope to hold close both the lessons I’ve learned and the people I’ve worked with for whatever comes in the future! Can’t wait to see what comes next :)Trombone - Andrew Sumabat (@sumabatman )Tenor Saxophone, All big band horns and Percussion - @insaneintherainmusic Electric Guitar - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM )Piano - @robkovacsmusic Electric Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic Drums - @DomPalombiMusic Composed & Arranged by Carlos EieneCo-produced by Andrew Sumabat, Josh Vasquez, Rob Kovacs, Nico Mendoza & Dom PalombiRecorded July 12-13 2022 at Avast Recording Company in Seattle, WAEngineered by Cosmo RossiMixed & Mastered by Carlos EieneAlbum Art Photography by Sebastian Tseng (Alpha 1 Studio)Album Art Design by Carlos Eiene & Sebastian TsengCamera Operators - Peter Gillette, Ro Panuganti, Allison Martin, Katey RitcheyVideo Editing - Peter GilletteColor Grading - Peter Gillette
insaneintherainmusic - The Missing Piece (Insane In The Rain) insaneintherainmusic 2022-11-11 | Purchase Insane In The Rain Digital Download / CD / Vinyl: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/insane-in-the-rain"The Missing Piece" Sheet Music:insaneintherainmusic.com/sheetmusicEvery artist’s first album has got to have their own take on a breakup song in it… right? Well, here’s mine, haha! The Missing Piece is about the grieving process induced by a loss in your life. For me, it was processing the feelings of breaking up from a long-term relationship, but for you, it could be about losing something or someone close to you… there’s a lot of things that can cause us to grieve. I think it’s important for us to go through that grief so we can move on with our lives and ultimately feel better, but there’s no denying that processing those emotions is really hard and painful. For me, my music has always been what I’ve turned to to get my emotions across. I definitely struggle with expressing my emotions in words (though it’s something I’m working to get better at), but it has always felt much easier and impactful to say it through music! You’ll have to forgive me that this breakup song doesn’t have lyrics LOL (though maybe you’re thanking me for that)This slow 6/8 soul ballad feel gives off such a vibe of “yep, this sucks, and it’s going to suck, but eventually it won’t, so let’s just keep trudging through until we’re through all of this!”. This piece is definitely about a sad story, but I like to see it in a positive, reflective way. Despite how one might feel in a moment of grief, nothing can take away the great memories you have, and those are still worth holding and cherishing for what they are. I’ve learned it’s okay to move on from a sad parting while still holding positive memories for what they are. After all… we’re all just trying to live our best lives, and I think we should take the good moments we can get.So that’s the story of my song, The Missing Piece, haha. I think the sax solo at the end of this one is one of my favorites I’ve ever done. It’s not harmonically complicated or even particularly difficult to play, but to me it feels like it really says what I wanted to say emotionally, and that’s what’s important here. Hope you enjoy the song!Trumpet - Andrew Sumabat (@sumabatman)Tenor Saxophone - @insaneintherainmusic Electric Guitar - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM )Piano - @robkovacsmusic Electric Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic Drums - @DomPalombiMusic Strings - Budapest StringsComposed & Arranged by Carlos EieneCo-produced by Andrew Sumabat, Josh Vasquez, Rob Kovacs, Nico Mendoza & Dom PalombiRecorded July 12-13 2022 at Avast Recording Company in Seattle, WAEngineered by Cosmo RossiMixed & Mastered by Carlos EieneAlbum Art Photography by Sebastian Tseng (Alpha 1 Studio)Album Art Design by Carlos Eiene & Sebastian TsengCamera Operators - Peter Gillette, Ro Panuganti, Allison Martin, Katey RitcheyVideo Editing - Peter GilletteColor Grading - Peter Gillette
insaneintherainmusic - Flow (Insane In The Rain) insaneintherainmusic 2022-11-04 | Purchase Insane In The Rain Digital Download / CD / Vinyl: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/insane-in-the-rain"Flow" Sheet Music:insaneintherainmusic.com/sheetmusicI wrote this piece as a follow-up to my original song “Forward”, first released on the channel in 2019! Originally, I had a pretty detailed write-up of what each section of the song is supposed to represent, and I’ll leave that to you if you want to go to the video description of the original version and read it! In summary, though, this song represents the flow of energy over time. As we wake up and go to sleep, there is a rhythm present during our days that ebbs and flows. One commenter on the original Flow video also described their experience listening to Flow with certain sections of the song mapped to different points during one’s lifetime, which was really fascinating to me, since I hadn’t thought about this song with that sort of time scale before - though the song is definitely about the passage of time in some way.When I released the 2019 version of this song, my instrumental palette had been growing for a couple of years, but it wasn’t to the size where I thought it could capture all the colors that I wanted to express for a song like this. This song is supposed to be big and vast! After all, it’s describing something as big as the flow of time and energy… that’s pretty big to me. Because of that, when it came time to select songs to put on this album, I knew that doing a re-arranged, fuller version of Flow was high on my list. In this version, I was able to get so many more colors added that I had really wanted to previous: an expanded woodwind section, a full brass section (!!!), and a real string section, since the previous version only had MIDI strings! In terms of the horizontal arrangement of the song, I think the structure is nearly exactly the same… but to me, the tone colors and orchestration just feel so much more vivid and bright, and they tell the story I was trying to get across in a much better way!I’ll share with you some little bits of musical symbolism in this song! The octave Bb’s in the piano that start the song continue metronomically throughout the entire piece (though occasionally they do shift to B naturals, and maybe some A’s?), and are intended to represent the flow of time. They’re like seconds ticking away, though this song isn’t at a BPM where they line up to be exactly a second in length. I wanted this pulsating energy to continue throughout the entire piece to represent how time never stops, and just keeps marching. The brass chorale in the middle of the piece (previously saxes) is meant to represent a pause in consciousness. If we’re talking about the time scale of the piece as if it were a single day, this is when I would be taking my mid afternoon nap LOL - that’s why the music goes rubato, but the time in the piano keeps going!I hope these details and long explanations don’t come across as overly pedantic to you, the listener, haha! You’re free to completely ignore my explanation and listen to the song however you like! However, I know I like to read little backstories of the pieces of music I listen to, so maybe you’ll find some value in this. Please enjoy!Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Synth Programming, Percussion - @insaneintherainmusic Electric Guitar - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM )Piano - @robkovacsmusic Electric Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic Drums - @DomPalombiMusic Strings - Budapest StringsComposed & Arranged by Carlos EieneCo-produced by Andrew Sumabat, Josh Vasquez, Rob Kovacs, Nico Mendoza & Dom PalombiRecorded July 12-13 2022 at Avast Recording Company in Seattle, WAEngineered by Cosmo RossiMixed & Mastered by Carlos EieneAlbum Art Photography by Sebastian Tseng (Alpha 1 Studio)Album Art Design by Carlos Eiene & Sebastian TsengCamera Operators - Peter Gillette, Ro Panuganti, Allison Martin, Katey RitcheyVideo Editing - Peter GilletteColor Grading - Peter Gillette
insaneintherainmusic - Resistance (Insane In The Rain) insaneintherainmusic 2022-10-28 | Purchase Insane In The Rain Digital Download / CD / Vinyl: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/insane-in-the-rain"Resistance" Sheet Music:insaneintherainmusic.com/sheetmusicI have always had the hardest time writing battle themes - or at least, music that sounds like it could be a battle theme! I’ve always naturally gravitated towards focusing on melody and harmony when I write music, so I sometimes tend to leave rhythm behind. Since a strong driving rhythmic foundation is such a huge part of what makes a battle theme work so well (at least in my opinion, moreso than harmony and rhythm), it’s always been a big challenge for me to write a battle theme. For this original album, though, I knew that I wanted to tackle that challenge head-on, and force myself to write a battle theme!I’ve read the book “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield quite a few times. It’s a relatively short book that captures the creative struggles of being an artist. If you’ve ever made anything from scratch or done something most people would consider a “creative activity”, you know that sometimes, it can feel like pulling teeth, even though in your heart, you know it’s the right thing to do. Pressfield, in his book, calls this “Resistance”. Resistance is defined as whatever prevents you from achieving what your inner creative voice wants to produce. I think it’s a really interesting way of thinking about concepts like Writer’s Block, and it’s helpful to recognize the presence of Resistance when feelings like self-doubt and lack of motivation come up.All this to be said - I felt a tremendous amount of Resistance when writing this song! It was super challenging for me to tap into the level of intensity that I think a great battle theme requires. In the end, though, I’m happy with how things turned out. I had a few different working titles for this song in my head, but, in a very meta fashion, I decided to call this “Resistance” in the end. So this is a battle theme… all about how difficult it was for me to write a battle theme LOL. What a concept!I think a lot of inspiration for this track came from various JRPG battle themes I’ve listened to, such as various Pokémon battle themes, You Will Know Our names from Xenoblade, and the Decisive Battle themes from Octopath Traveler. This is the first track on the album where I added quite a bit of extra instrumentation (trumpet section, horn section) layered on top of the core band recordings, and I think it gives this track a bit of an orchestra rock hybrid sound, which is really cool! We had a heck of a time rehearsing this track and putting it together - it’s really challenging to play. As a band, though, I’m glad we were able to overcome our collective Resistance and bring this track to you! Hope you enjoy 😄Alto Saxophone, Horn, Trumpet, Synths - @insaneintherainmusic Electric Guitar - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM )Piano - @robkovacsmusic Electric Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic Drums - @DomPalombiMusic Composed & Arranged by Carlos EieneCo-produced by Andrew Sumabat, Josh Vasquez, Rob Kovacs, Nico Mendoza & Dom PalombiRecorded July 12-13 2022 at Avast Recording Company in Seattle, WAEngineered by Cosmo RossiMixed & Mastered by Carlos EieneAlbum Art Photography by Sebastian Tseng (Alpha 1 Studio)Album Art Design by Carlos Eiene & Sebastian TsengCamera Operators - Peter Gillette, Ro Panuganti, Allison Martin, Katey RitcheyVideo Editing - Carlos Eiene, Peter GilletteColor Grading - Peter Gillette
Insane In The Rain Full Band Album Listening Party insaneintherainmusic 2022-10-24 | Join the band that recorded "Insane In The Rain" for a full album listening party / Q&A live stream!Purchase Insane In The Rain Digital Download / CD / Vinyl: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/insane-in-the-rainSheet Music (Individual Songs & Full Album Collection):insaneintherainmusic.com/sheetmusicFull Band:Saxophones / EWI - Carlos EieneTrombone - Andrew Sumabat (@sumabatman )Guitars - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM )Piano / Rhodes - @robkovacsmusic Electric Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic Drums - @DomPalombiMusic Video - @RoPanuganti, @AllisonMartin, @petergillette8236, Katey Ritchey
insaneintherainmusic - Ubuntu (Insane In The Rain) insaneintherainmusic 2022-10-21 | Purchase Insane In The Rain Digital Download / CD / Vinyl: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/insane-in-the-rain"Ubuntu" Sheet Music:insaneintherainmusic.com/sheetmusicQuincy Jones is one of my big musical inspirations: he's someone from a jazz background who has managed to cross over into a ton of different genres and work with a ton of different artists, all while maintaining his sense of self and being a great human! So, when he put out a book earlier this year called "12 Notes: On Life and Creativity", I ate it up - it was such a good read. I've also read his book "The Quincy Jones Legacy Series: Q on Producing: The Soul and Science of Mastering Music and Work".In one of those books (maybe both, I don't exactly remember), Q talks about his experience meeting Nelson Mandela, and learning about what the term "ubuntu" means. Ubuntu is an African philosophy that generally translates to "I am because you are", highlighting the way that as humans, we are all intrinsically connected, and none of us can exist completely in a vacuum. I thought this term was so beautiful, and it struck me at a great time. When I originally came up with the idea for this song, I was attending PAX East in April of 2022, and it was my first large video game convention since the COVID-19 pandemic prevented these gatherings from happening. It was so wonderful to see so many friends again, and I realized just how much I missed the feeling of being connected to people. I think... that's Ubuntu :)I think there's no better genre than jazz at encapsulating Ubuntu. There are a lot of different definitions of jazz, but a commonality among most of these definitions is that jazz has improvisation, and thrives when members of the band get to interact with each other. This human interaction in the music is so much fun, and that's something I wanted to portray in this piece in particular. If you listen closely, you can hear a few great moments in this performance of this tune where the members of the band are clearly listening to each other and running with each other's ideas. It's so much fun, and that is the spirit of Ubuntu!Tenor Saxophone - Carlos EieneTrombone - Andrew Sumabat (@sumabatman)Electric Guitar - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM)Piano - @robkovacsmusic Fretless Electric Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic Drums - @DomPalombiMusic Percussion & Synths - Carlos EieneComposed & Arranged by Carlos EieneCo-produced by Andrew Sumabat, Josh Vasquez, Rob Kovacs, Nico Mendoza & Dom PalombiRecorded July 12-13 2022 at Avast Recording Company in Seattle, WAEngineered by Cosmo RossiMixed & Mastered by Carlos EieneAlbum Art Photography by Sebastian Tseng (Alpha 1 Studio)Album Art Design by Carlos Eiene & Sebastian TsengCamera Operators - Peter Gillette, Ro Panuganti, Allison Martin, Katey RitcheyVideo Editing - Carlos Eiene, Peter GilletteColor Grading - Peter Gillette
Down The Rabbit Hole - Skullgirls 2nd Encore OST (Performance Video) insaneintherainmusic 2022-10-14 | I had the opportunity to record some instrumental performances for Black Dahlia’s Stage Music for Skullgirls Second Encore!Stay tuned to official Skullgirls social media accounts for the final release of Black Dahlia's character and her stage theme!Trumpet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trombone, Baritone Sax - Carlos EieneHorn Arrangement - Carlos EieneComposition and Production - Darren MalleyVideo Edit - Carlos EieneMusic and images used with permission by Hidden Variable Studios.SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusicFacebook • • • facebook.com/InsaneintherainmusicInstagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusicPatreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane
insaneintherainmusic - Invisible Man (Insane In The Rain) insaneintherainmusic 2022-10-07 | Pre-order Insane In The Rain: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/insane-in-the-rainSign up for vinyl campaign launch notifications: insaneintherainmusic.com/iitrvinyl"Invisible Man" Sheet Music:insaneintherainmusic.com/sheetmusicSometimes, when you feel alone in the world, and you feel like nobody can understand or relate to what's going on with you, it's easy to feel invisible. I've felt invisible at many times in my life, and that's what Invisible Man is about. Invisible Man is about the story of feeling as if you're walking through life alone. Even though nobody is truly alone in life, it can sometimes feel that way, and that feeling of being alone can be crushing and painful. That feeling has to come out somehow... and that's why I wrote Invisible Man.Depressing story aside - this was a really difficult song for me to produce, both in terms of technically notating everything down on paper, and also mixing / recording in the end. Funny enough, this song came to me when I was having a hard time falling asleep one night after a bad day, and I got out of bed and just started noodling at my MIDI keyboard in front of my computer. I recorded my noodlings, and the idea for Invisible Man was what came out! I guess that part of the process was pretty easy, haha.I'm very happy to be able to feature the Budapest Strings on this track! I've had only a couple of opportunities to work with a live string orchestra on one of my compositions / arrangements before, and these players did a great job of bringing my vision for this tune to life! I really wanted this song to deliver on the sorrow that I tried to imbue into it when writing, and I think these players did a fantastic job at bringing that out (despite the fact that much of this song is in Bb minor - sorry string players!)Picking apart every detail of this arrangement would take forever and more characters than I have in this description... so I'll just point out Rob and Josh's solo spots throughout the tune. Rob's playing of the "anime moment" piano solo was spectacular, and Josh's guitar solo at the end sounds just as wailing as I wanted it to. So glad to have been able to work with these players to put together a production like this!Flugelhorn - Andrew Sumabat (@sumabatman)Tenor Saxophone - Carlos EieneElectric Guitar - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM)Piano - @robkovacsmusic Fretless Electric Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic Drums - @DomPalombiMusic Strings - Budapest StringsPercussion & Synths - Carlos EieneComposed & Arranged by Carlos EieneCo-produced by Andrew Sumabat, Josh Vasquez, Rob Kovacs, Nico Mendoza & Dom PalombiRecorded July 12-13 2022 at Avast Recording Company in Seattle, WAEngineered by Cosmo RossiStrings recorded August 17 2022 in Budapest, HungaryMixed & Mastered by Carlos EieneAlbum Art Photography by Sebastian Tseng (Alpha 1 Studio)Album Art Design by Carlos Eiene & Sebastian TsengCamera Operators - Peter Gillette, Ro Panuganti, Allison Martin, Katey RitcheyVideo Editing - Carlos Eiene, Peter GilletteColor Grading - Peter Gillette
insaneintherainmusic - Luminaire (Insane In The Rain) insaneintherainmusic 2022-09-23 | Pre-order Insane In The Rain: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/insane-in-the-rainSign up for vinyl campaign launch notifications: insaneintherainmusic.com/iitrvinyl"Luminaire" Sheet Music:insaneintherainmusic.com/sheetmusicHere's the first brand-new original song on Insane In The Rain (since Forward was originally written in 2019!) I am a huge fan of Snarky Puppy, and while writing a song that sounds like Snarky Puppy wasn't exactly the goal of this track when I sat down to write it... in the end it ended up sounding a LOT like a Snarky Puppy track and I am super okay with that!The name "Luminaire" comes from the game Chrono Trigger! In Chrono Trigger, the main character Chrono eventually gets access to a very powerful light magic spell called Luminaire. In the attack animation, he rises into the air, and lets out this big explosion of light that does big damage to all the enemies on screen. I thought this was a nice metaphor to capture the meaning of this song!I think every person has some kind of light inside of them - through everyone's differing experience of being human, we all develop different things that make us unique. When people find their way to share that unique light inside of them with the rest of the world... something special happens. That is the essence of Luminaire, just like how Chrono uses the attack in Chrono Trigger!When I told this story to the band, we started referring to anyone's solo section as their time to "Luminaire" all over the track (in similar language to throwing up... gross!) You could say that Dom Luminaired all over this track with his drum solo at the end... and Rob's piano solo beforehand was also a Luminaire. There's too much going on in this track for me to draw attention to everything, but some of my favorite parts are the fretless bass solo at the beginning, the way the guitar melody during the chorus interplays with the horn backgrounds, and all the percussion throughout the song :)Trumpet - Andrew Sumabat (@sumabatman)Tenor Saxophone - Carlos EieneElectric Guitar - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM)Piano - @robkovacsmusic Fretless Electric Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic Drums - @DomPalombiMusic Percussion & Synths - Carlos EieneComposed & Arranged by Carlos EieneCo-produced by Andrew Sumabat, Josh Vasquez, Rob Kovacs, Nico Mendoza & Dom PalombiRecorded July 12-13 2022 at Avast Recording Company in Seattle, WAEngineered by Cosmo RossiMixed & Mastered by Carlos EieneAlbum Art Photography by Sebastian Tseng (Alpha 1 Studio)Album Art Design by Carlos Eiene & Sebastian TsengCamera Operators - Peter Gillette, Ro Panuganti, Allison Martin, Katey RitcheyVideo Editing - Carlos Eiene, Peter GilletteColor Grading - Peter Gillette
insaneintherainmusic - Forward (Insane In The Rain) insaneintherainmusic 2022-09-09 | Pre-order Insane In The Rain: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/insane-in-the-rainSign up for vinyl campaign launch notifications: insaneintherainmusic.com/iitrvinylInsane In The Rain Sheet Music Collection: insaneintherainmusic.com/sheetmusicForward was one of the first original songs that I ever released on YouTube, originally uploaded to the channel on January 12th, 2019, and has always been one of my personal favorites! To me, Forward was the first “serious” attempt I made at experimenting with uploading original compositions on my channel, so I saw no better song to use as an opener on my first original album!I originally told this story in the video description of the 2019 version, but I’ll retell it here for sake of thoroughness. At the time of originally writing this tune, I had been getting a few comments suggesting that I try to write an original tune of my own, since I had almost exclusively been uploading arrangements of video game music. At the very beginning of 2019, I attended MAGFest, an annual video game music festival that happens in Washington, DC. On the flight home from MAGFest, I coincidentally ran into one of my Discord mods, Adkkid. As we chatted, we somehow got on the subject of what my next video was going to be, and I decided at that time to write a new original song.At the time, I was going through a rough patch in a relationship, and I was really struggling in my daily life. I think it was especially hard for me since it was my first time going through something quite so emotionally painful, as I was relatively young. I think some of those emotions I was experiencing needed to be let out, which manifested in me writing this song! This song “Forward” is about… well, moving Forward - It’s about keeping your head up and moving forward through the challenges that we all face in life. I think the uplifting melody, strong groove, and high energy capture that mindset.Between the 2019 version and this version appearing on Insane In The Rain, the arrangement did go through quite a few changes. The structure of the tune is pretty much the same (though the solo section after the guitar is a bit longer than the 2019 version), but the chorus is the part that I changed the most. The chorus originally had this offbeat oom-pah vibe that I never really liked after publishing the first version of the tune, so I decided to change it to something that gelled a bit better with the rest of the tune. I’m a huge sucker for big hits on beat 2 - can’t get enough of that, haha! I also added some layers of synths throughout the tune to beef up the production a bit. A few swooshes and reverse hits went a long way to really making this song as hype as I wanted it to be! My biggest inspirations for writing this tune were T-SQUARE (one of my favorite bands - they have an EWI!) and the various Megaman Battle Network soundtracks, which were some of my favorite games as a kid!EWI (Electric Wind Instrument) - Carlos EieneElectric Guitar - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM )Piano - @robkovacsmusic Electric Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic Drums - @DomPalombiMusic Composed & Arranged by Carlos EieneCo-produced by Andrew Sumabat, Josh Vasquez, Rob Kovacs, Nico Mendoza & Dom PalombiRecorded July 12-13 2022 at Avast Recording Company in Seattle, WAEngineered by Cosmo RossiMixed & Mastered by Carlos EieneAlbum Art Photography by Sebastian Tseng (Alpha 1 Studio)Album Art Design by Carlos Eiene & Sebastian TsengCamera Operators - Peter Gillette, Ro Panuganti, Allison Martin, Katey RitcheyVideo Editing - Carlos Eiene, Peter GilletteColor Grading - Peter Gillette
Announcing the next chapter of insaneintherainmusic on my 10 Year YouTube Anniversary! insaneintherainmusic 2022-09-08 | Pre-order Insane In The Rain: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/insane-in-the-rainSign up for vinyl campaign launch notifications: insaneintherainmusic.com/iitrvinylInsane In The Rain Sheet Music Collection: insaneintherainmusic.com/sheetmusic
The Neon Riverside - Magic: The Gathering Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (Original Composition) insaneintherainmusic 2022-02-15 | Stream this song and the rest of the Magic: The Gathering "Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Official Soundtrack" on 2/18! ffm.to/neondynasty #sponsored #KamigawaNeonDynasty #MTGNeonI'm so excited to have had the opportunity to work on this music for Wizards of the Coast alongside many other great musicians! Please enable Closed Captions for my Composer's Commentary on this track (I'm trying this out with this video!)Shakuhachi - Zac ZingerThis video is sponsored by Wizards of the Coast.SOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📘 Facebook • • • facebook.com/Insaneintherainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane⚙️ Gear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusic💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
Im Done Being a Content Creator. insaneintherainmusic 2022-01-01 | Thank you all so much for watching and listening over the years - my life would be nowhere as great as it is now without you all. I hope to keep developing, growing, and most importantly... having fun. No, this is not a joke.Contact: insaneintherainmusic.com/contact0:00 I'm Not Uploading Video Game Covers Anymore.2:23 Being a Social Media Personality10:31 Legal Reasons19:03 My Perspective on the Culture of Video Game Music24:45 At a Personal Level28:30 So What AM I Going to Do?34:47 What's Going to Happen with the Channel Specifically?35:28 To My Fellow CreatorsChannels mentioned:The Consouls: youtube.com/c/TheConsoulsBandEric L: youtube.com/c/EricLTromboneCharles Ritz: youtube.com/c/charlesritzmusicLuminousMusic: youtube.com/c/luminousmusic/videosThe 8 Bit Big Band: youtube.com/c/The8BitBigBandAnd a couple of others I didn't mention by name, but still recommend:Ruscel Torres: youtube.com/c/ImRuscelOfficialSean R Hanson: youtube.com/c/Sean081799Tyler Mire: youtube.com/c/TylerMire
Bramble Blast (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) Jazz Cover - insaneintherainmusic Collective insaneintherainmusic 2021-11-20 | The unofficial anthem of the Subspace Emissary!Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3DgcSJTSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneGuitar - Josh Vasquez (@XnarkyVGM)Piano & Synth Bass - Rob Kovacs (@88bit)Fretless Bass & Violin - Nico Mendoza (@NicoMendozaMusic)Drumset - Dom Palombi (@DomPalombiMusic)This song is so unique! There are a huge amount of remixes and arrangements of game music for Smash, but throughout the history of Smash, few have stood out to me as much as this track. This is a remix of “Stickerbush Symphony” from Donkey Kong Country 2, which is a masterpiece in and of itself, but somehow manages to construct an entirely new narrative out of the original track. While the original track is pretty calm and relaxing, this arrangement is much more driving and energetic, while retaining some of the lightness of the original. I associate this track most with playing the Subspace Emissary, one of my fondest childhood gaming memories 🙂 Overall, this track is a brilliant example of how a new arrangement or remix can completely change a source song, and give it a new meaning, or life of its own entirely! I definitely learned a lot from transcribing this arrangement, and hope you dig the arrangement for this ensemble 😄This was an arrangement I DEFINITELY could have not pulled off on my own, since there are so many moving parts and intricate little things going on in the background! Big shoutouts to all the band members for their awesome playing and contributions to the overall recording!♫ "Bramble Blast" composed by David Wise, Original Arr. Michiko NarukeSOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889#ssbb #dkc2 #insaneintherainmusic
The Roost (Animal Crossing) Jazz Piano Arrangement insaneintherainmusic 2021-11-06 | Brewster is home 😭Since the Animal Crossing Wild World soundtrack is not commercially released in the US, this track won't be available on streaming services.Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3wfaFvzSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneI was sitting at the piano one evening (that’s when all the arrangement ideas seem to happen for me these days, haha), thinking of a tune to arrange, and I randomly started playing The Roost! This was one of the first video game songs I ever covered on piano - there’s even a video of me playing it on the YouTube channel I had before insaneintherainmusic, so a very long time ago! I had an idea to turn this tune into a Disney-esque ballad, something that retained the quiet majesty of The Roost / Brewster, while also being triumphant to celebrate Brewester’s return to Animal Crossing New Horizons. This was a bit of a challenge since the original theme is relatively short, but with a lot of creative arranging, including composing an original B section based on the original melody of the tune, I came up with this arrangement - hope you dig it!I wish I had video of all the other orchestral elements in this arrangement to show, but they're mostly sample libraries! If you're curious, I'm using Spitfire Chamber Strings for this, and Vienna Symphonic Library for the harp, celesta, and timpani. ♫ "The Roost" composed by Kazumi TotakaSOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889#animalcrossing #acnh #brewster
A CYBERS WORLD? Cover (Deltarune Chapter 2) - insaneintherainmusic Collective insaneintherainmusic 2021-10-16 | This is a bop... that's all I have to say.Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1590959417Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3k7Lcz4Support my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature 3D Printed Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (This affiliate link supports me with your purchase!) syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eiene?affiliation=6147d201050302001e48abcdGuitar - Josh Vasquez (youtube.com/c/XnarkyVGM)Piano / Synth - @88bit Bass - @NicoMendozaMusic Drums - Dom Palombi (youtube.com/c/DomPalombiMusic)Video Edit - Pete Gilette (twitter.com/djSteamyPete)Just like running into Spamton for the first time, I had a similar “heck yeah” moment when I first heard this track in Deltarune Chapter 2 - it was like the “Field of Hopes and Dreams” of Chapter 2! This feeling is one of the best feelings in a video game, I think, when you enter a big new area for the first time, and you’re greeted with an awesome theme that sets the mood. A Cyber’s World is absolutely one of those tracks, and I instantly knew after hearing it for the first time that I really wanted to do something with it! I will admit I wasn’t really expecting a cyber-themed world in Deltarune Chapter 2, but it was fun to explore and held true to the Deltarune / Undertale spirit super nicely 🙂This is also my first band collaboration video in a LONG time! I’ve been itching to make music with some more VGM folks, and for some reason this track just seemed like the right opportunity! I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Rob (88bit), Josh, and Dom in person at various conventions (still haven’t met Nico yet IRL, we’ll get there!!!), and have really enjoyed hearing their own playing and renditions of video game music. I’ve always felt that there’s a real difference playing video game music with other folks who are also into video game music, as opposed to ensembles of people who can really play their instruments, but just aren’t into games / VGM for whatever reason. I think this theory has been proven by this group’s existence because MAN, I don’t think I’ve ever had an online collaboration that gelled as well, both musically and interpersonally as this group! We’re not exactly a band, but I think you can expect to hear more music from this group of musicians in the future, because this was a ton of fun!♫ "A CYBER'S WORLD?" composed by Toby FoxSOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889#deltarune #deltarunechapter2 #insaneintherainmusic
BIG SHOT Jazz Cover (Deltarune Chapter 2) insaneintherainmusic 2021-10-09 | HOLY [[Cungadero]] DO I LIKE JAZZ!Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1590080982Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3GPFdZzSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature 3D Printed Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (This affiliate link supports me with your purchase!) syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eiene?affiliation=6147d201050302001e48abcdThanks to @peanut3423 for helping me with the Spamton vocals! twitter.com/AlexRochonVAThe second I ran into Spamton, I got the same feeling I did when I first ran into Napstablook when I first played UNDERTALE: I LOVE THIS GUY. What a silly yet relatable character. It's so cool how many different melodies and motives were weaved into this battle theme, it's like Toby challenged himself to see just how much could get crammed into one theme! I've seen quite a few comment sections on OST uploads debating over just what motives were referenced, and what each of the references "mean". Regardless of who's right or wrong in those debates, it's so cool to see people dissecting threads that tie different pieces of video game music together across the game universe of UNDERTALE / DELTARUNE. Super cool to see!There are so many wacky harmonies in this battle theme, which was really cool to see (and also a pain to transcribe, haha). Most of it is based around constant structure harmony in which the melody is harmonized a minor third below, regardless of what the key actually suggests. This is pretty cool in this song in particular, since most of the melodic lines imply that this is in Bb minor, while the main riff in the tune starts on an F harmonized with a D natural a minor third below it, definitely not in Bb minor. A very fun and technical song to play :)Special shoutout to @peanut3423 for the performance as Spamton! I was initially unsure as to how I'd incorporate the vocals in this track, but I happened to run across his Spamton dub on Twitter, and reached out to him to contribute some vocals to this song! His contribution added a ton to the song :)DON'T FORGET TO [Like and Subscribe] FOR MORE [Hyperlink Blocked].♫ "BIG SHOT" composed by Toby FoxSOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889#deltarune #deltarunechapter2 #insaneintherainmusic
Route 113 Jazz Cover (Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald) [2021 Version] insaneintherainmusic 2021-10-02 | This place somehow made walking around in a field full of falling ash behind a volcano seem like it'd actually be pleasant!Stream this track • • • Soon!Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/2ZQqHQjSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature 3D Printed Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (This affiliate link supports me with your purchase!) syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eiene?affiliation=6147d201050302001e48abcdI've spent a whole year and some change covering Gen 4 Pokémon music... so why not spend a little bit of time with Gen 3? For those of you who don't know, I released an album WAY back in 2014 called "Back To Your Littleroots". It was my first ever video game music arrangement album, and started my trend of creating Pokémon-themed video game arrangement albums! I think it goes without saying that my music-making abilities in 2014 were WAY different than what they've turned into today in 2021, so I thought it'd be fun to revisit one of my favorite tunes from Gen 3, and see how my interpretation of it has changed... 7 years later. In the grand scheme of things, 7 years isn't a lot of time, but for me, it feels like forever. I was in high school when I covered this for the first time!With live music returning to a fuller extent across the United States, I recently had the opportunity to see Herbie Hancock perform here in Seattle, and seeing that show really reminded me just how much I love jazz and his particular style of music! I like music from a lot of different styles, of course, but there's something special about small jazz ensembles going at it and playing a tune together, and that inspired me to arrange this song in this way. There are times when the musical situation calls for a full expanded orchestration, and I think this is not one of those situations, so it was nice to just record some sax, piano, bass, and drums for this. I really dig how groups like the Yellowjackets use synthesizers along the typical piano sound - the long intro in this arrangement wouldn't be nearly as cool without that fluffy pad behind the piano sound :)Hope you all enjoy this! Will probably be uploading some Deltarune covers soon after this one - I've had a lot of stuff going on lately, but I feel like I'm moving in a positive direction, and that's always a good thing :)♫ "Route 113" composed by Go IchinoseSOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889#oras #gen3pokemon #insaneintherainmusic
Treasure Town Broadway Orchestra Cover (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time / Darkness) insaneintherainmusic 2021-09-18 | Nobody else was going to make the broadway-style orchestral version of Treasure Town I always wanted, so I decided to make it happen 😎Since the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers soundtrack was never commercially released in the US, this track won't be available on streaming services.Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3o2RrWpSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneThe Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series is one of my favorite series of all time for a lot of reasons, with the music being one of them! Occasionally I'll just let the a full OST playlist of Mystery Dungeon Explorers run on shuffle so I can be reminded of all the banger tunes that are in this game. I was doing this once, when I ended up on the Treasure Town theme, and I happened to find that someone had left these lyrics written in the comments section of the YouTube upload... and I loved them! They fit the song so well. A few years later, I came back to this YouTube upload and had the thought "why hasn't anyone made a full version with these lyrics?" So, I did it myself :)There's so much technical stuff going on in this arrangement and I don't really feel like it needs to be over-explained, so just listen and enjoy! This was my first time ever recording lead vocals for a cover (I've done choral stuff before but those don't count, haha), and it was a uniquely challenging experience. Hope you enjoy :)Lyrics:[Verse1]What a great big world, a sight to behold,What a perfect place to be!What a great big world for life to unfoldand it's filled with mystery!All my friends are gathered aroundand it's such a sight to see,and we work and play and get through the daylike a great big family!From the mountains to the praries,The heavens down to the ground,All the creatures great and small,Our song makes the world go 'round![Verse 2]It's a great big world, a sight to behold,An enormous place to explore,With the friends we make and treasure we takeWho could ask for something more?In this world there's so much to do,And so much we can't understand,But we work and play and get through the deayAnd we do the best we can!In the mornings when we wake up,And in the night as we lay,All our spirits join togetherIn song, to sing our tears away!(Repeat Verse 1)♫ "Treasure Town" composed by Arata IiyoshiLyrics by ScytheRider (Originally from their fanfiction: fanfiction.net/s/4298303/14/Pok%C3%A9mon-Mystery-Dungeon-Silver-Resistance)SOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889#pokemonmysterydungeon #pmd #insaneintherainmusic
What if Hollow Knights Soundtrack was Jazz? (Rescoring Challenge) insaneintherainmusic 2021-09-04 | Hollow Knight Jazz Rescore Inspiration Playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/0YryB9MT3SLBMGYm8Zy7o8?si=84a97389acaa4674Get "Songs of the Deep" (the music I composed for this video) on Bandcamp: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.comStream "Songs of the Deep" (the music I composed for this video) on all platforms: https://album.link/us/i/1583960590Sheet music: bit.ly/3q6mXVQMatt Sellick's channel: youtube.com/c/TheMSellickThumbnail art by InfernoSilentDragon: twitter.com/PyricInferno0:00 Intro3:23 The Video Game Rescoring Challenge!5:12 Choosing Musical Influences8:28 Greenpath (In Bloom)12:29 Forgotten Crossroads (Lonely Nomad)17:11 Hornet (Thread the Needle)22:28 City of Tears (Splashes of Sorrow)28:38 Conclusion
They let ME write music for an Attorney Video Game? insaneintherainmusic 2021-08-21 | Support Attorney of the Arcane on Indiegogo! indiegogo.com/projects/attorney-of-the-arcane-courtroom-visual-novel#Play the demo on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1590230/Tyrion_Cuthbert_Attorney_of_the_ArcaneSoundtrack Preview EP on Spotifyhttps://album.link/us/i/1582195143Soundtrack Preview EP on Bandcampinsaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/album/tyrion-cuthbert-attorney-of-the-arcane-original-soundtrack-previewDeveloped by Diamondhenge Entertainmentdiamondhenge.com0:00 Intro1:27 Attorney of the Arcane OST Preview EP2:02 Spotting the Game4:03 Courtroom Trial (Music & Analysis)6:50 Courtroom Lobby (Music & Analysis)8:28 Celeste's Theme (Music & Analysis)11:46 OutroSOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📘 Facebook • • • facebook.com/Insaneintherainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889#insaneintherainmusic #attorneyofthearcane #vgm
Rooted in Tomorrow - Video Game Hometown Theme (Original Song) insaneintherainmusic 2021-07-31 | Rest easy, there is always tomorrow.🎵 Free HQ Download on Bandcamp! • • • insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/track/rooted-in-tomorrow🎵 Stream this song on major platforms! • • • https://song.link/us/i/1586750776🎼 Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3mLpPp5❤️ Support my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane🎷 insaneintherainmusic Signature 3D Printed Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (This affiliate link supports me with your purchase!) syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eiene?affiliation=6147d201050302001e48abcdThis was a fun one to put together! I actually recorded this maybe a month ago, but hesitated on releasing it until now. When working on covers, there was somewhat of a sense of security in releasing them, kind of like “oh, I know at least someone is familiar with this game song, so somebody’s definitely gonna like this and get what I’m trying to say in the arrangement!” That safety net isn’t necessarily there with original music - it feels like I’m sharing a lot more of myself in the music… which I think is exactly what I should be doing! Still feels scary though, but I’m working to overcome that fear by sharing this with you all, so here you go!I’ve already written a hometown-y tune in “Feels Like Home”, but weirdly enough, I think this tune feels more like a Hometown theme than Feels Like Home does. Feels Like Home might be better suited for a town you come across either later in an adventure or a decent while in, while this tune definitely feels like a first town or two theme to me. It’s been really interesting to compare the two in how they turned out, since they were both based on a similar concept.I wanted to try something new for myself and do a day/night variation on these tracks! The two games I took most inspiration from for the day/night versions were Xenoblade and Pokémon DPPt - Sinnoh’s nighttime music variations don’t tend to be drastically different from the original, which is kind of how I like it! The night mix here is in a different key, slightly slower, uses a different lead instrument, and has a slightly lighter orchestration. Xenoblade’ s night themes tend to be really REALLY different (like Mor Ardain’s night vs day theme), and in retrospect, it might have been fun to go that hard on varying up the arrangement, but maybe I’ll save that for a future track!🙂Something I tried in this arrangement was experimenting with muting some of the tracks I had recorded to see how the mood might change. Looking back at my tune “Tactical”, I think it was pretty cool, but maybe just a bit busy for a piece of background music, depending on the associated gameplay. Part of it, weirdly enough, is the amount of high frequency content? I used a pretty generous high shelf in mastering for Tactical, and I think it made the track just a bit too bright and in-your-face, which might not be exactly what you want for background music. I kept the mix a little darker this one, and also dialed back the orchestration by muting some things. For example, the daytime mix had a whole drum part in it originally, and a few more trombone parts, which I ended up muting. I think it gives the theme a lot more space, and is easier to listen to! I definitely tend to be an “over-arranger” when it comes to writing music, so this is just a way for making up for my natural tendencies in the arranging process, haha!Hope you all enjoy this! I’ve got another medium-slow tune coming up, but then I want to try and dip my toes into writing some battle themes!♫ "Rooted in Tomorrow" composed by insaneintherainmusic (Carlos Eiene)SOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📘 Facebook • • • facebook.com/Insaneintherainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889#insaneintherainmusic #originalmusic #vgm
Tactical - Video Game Jazz Map Theme (Original Song) insaneintherainmusic 2021-07-24 | Choose your units, plan your strategy, and complete the level in the least number of turns possible for maximum reward!🎵 Free HQ Download on Bandcamp! • • • insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/track/tactical🎼 Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3BKyNY8❤️ Support my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane🎷 insaneintherainmusic Signature 3D Printed Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (This affiliate link supports me with your purchase!) syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eiene?affiliation=6147d201050302001e48abcdI'm back! Feels good to be making videos again. I've got a whole separate video on my second channel reflecting about my time off, so I'll spare you an explanation of why I took time off and what I learned, and instead get into talking about my new project!As previously mentioned, this original album I'm working on is going to be comprised of music based on video game music archetypes, and I happened to choose a map theme for this first tune! I imagined this being a tune that would underscore a strategy game like Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, and Final Fantasy Tactics. In retrospect, this ended up sounding a lot like a few different Fire Emblem tunes I love... but I guess that's just my influences shining through! The mood I was going for here was one of forward motion, but at a walking pace, not a running pace. Since tactical games progress on a unit-by-unit basis, and the actions are rather methodical, I thought it'd be best to give the music a constant medium tempo, to give the player a nice backdrop to think over. Plus, I think the chill vibes that this song and orchestration have are well suited for having the player think things through!I'm using a couple of new instruments in this composition: the rainstick and djembe! I picked up this rainstick a while ago (it's in my name, I mean, how could I not?), but struggled to find a place to use it in a song. I decided to incorporate it into this song to add to the "earthiness" of the texture. While the rainstick does imitate water, I think the sound of the beads inside the instrument are a really organic and earthy sound... and paired with the djembe, I think they add a lot of cool texture. It makes me think of the feeling you get when you run your fingers over a really old, dusty, dirty map, which totally makes sense for this style of writing, at least for me!I've also got to mention that little animation I put together at the beginning of the video! I've been wanting to learn After Effects for a while, and I thought this project would be a cool opportunity to try out some of its functions! I'm hoping to create short little animations like this for future videos to provide some context as to what scene / type of tune I'm trying to write. I had fun using Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator and adding some graphical elements of my own to create a grid system like something you'd see in a tactics game. I have played around with AE a bit before, but this was a really fun way to learn some new tools, or... tactics!Hope you enjoy this! Writing these descriptions out is something I always look forward to, and I've found that especially for original compositions, writing out a little synopsis like this helps me reflect on my compositional choices and better understand my own process better, so it's a win win! See you in the next one :)♫ "Tactical" composed by insaneintherainmusic (Carlos Eiene)SOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📘 Facebook • • • facebook.com/Insaneintherainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane⚙️ Gear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusic💬 Discord Sever • • • discord.gg/Ju97889🔊 Distrokid VIP Link • • • http://distrokid.com/vip/insane
Battle!! Torna (Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna The Golden Country) - Big Band Jazz Arrangement insaneintherainmusic 2021-06-05 | Jazz-influenced battle themes in RPGs are one of my favorite things ever. Xenoblade 2's DLC absolutely DELIVERS! Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1573456872Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3CP02BYSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneGood lord, I love this battle theme. While many of you may know that I love the soundtrack of Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum, I think Xenoblade Chronicles 2 might surpass it for me! Sinnoh is absolutely home to my favorite childhood soundtrack, but Alrest is a bit more fitting for my current tastes - gah it's just so good! So many good themes, including music from the base game and the awesome DLC. Xenoblade 2's DLC "Torna, The Golden Country" is probably the best DLC I've seen in any game - such a full fleshed-out expansion of content from the base game, but with just enough twists to keep things fresh and interesting. Also, the music is notably jazz-influenced... so I'm super down with that, haha.This particular battle theme, though, is just so special! The piano riff in the beginning fits right in with the percussive, groove-oriented style of piano playing that I really like, and the energy is just so good! This is a track that I’ve wanted to arrange for so long, but just didn’t really have the right tools to pull off the ideas I had for it. Now that I’ve spent quite a bit of time on drums, bass, and brass instruments, I finally felt ready to tackle this monster of a theme!This is my first time posting a big band arrangement on this channel where I’m playing ALL the parts. Saxes, trumpets, trombones, and rhythm section… goodness, this took a lot of effort to put together, haha. Recording the saxes was a relatively easy process, but tracking all the brass took many hours! I’m not as consistent of a trumpet / trombone players as I like, so there were a lot of repeat takes, and a good amount of Melodyne used. All done for the sake of making the best final product I can, though! I’m super pleased with how this big band arrangement turned out! Not sure I’ll be doing too many of these “one man big band” videos since they take so much time, but maybe I’ll do some from time to time! Plus, not every song needs this kind of orchestration…I also enjoyed playing around with some lighting and different video editing techniques than usual! I had these LED light panels that I usually used in the piano room, and decided to use them as color lights for this shoot - I really like what they did to the video, especially on shots like the bass bone, drums, and piano! I also pulled out the motorized slider again for some cool motion shots, and added some subtle motion in post on other shots. Let me know what you think of this style of video - it was fun to put together! I always feel a little weird experimenting with video stuff, since I am most certainly a musician first and a videographer in a distant second… maybe third or fourth, haha.Hope you enjoy! I know a lot of folks have been requesting this one, so I hope you enjoy my take :)♫ "Battle!!/Torna" composed by Kenji HiramatsuSOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
The Descent - Original Composition by insaneintherainmusic insaneintherainmusic 2021-05-20 | An epic descent into madness...Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1568316282Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3BKyNY8Support my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneWell, this was a fun video to make! I wanted to write my version of a video game prologue theme, and this is how it turned out! I’m pretty sure I’ve never heard a big band + strings 7/8 fusion jazz video game prologue, but hey, I would be so excited to hear one done in this way! It’s always really fun to just let the creative mind run free for a while, and this is the result of that.My idea behind this song was some sort of “descent into madness”. This song starts with a solo piano arrangement and eventually progresses to intense 7/8 fusion jazz B over C polychord hits in the brass... so I’d call that a progression towards madness, haha. I’m curious as to see how you guys interpret this composition, so let me know what you thought of while listening in the comments below!This video is also the first video featuring me playing a whole big band’s worth of instruments! It’s something I have wanted to be able to do for a really long time now, and I’m happy to have finally made it there. While of course I’d prefer to record all this stuff with a real big band filled with a lot of other players, that’s sometimes just not practical with the amount of time it takes and space it requires. Having the option to do it all at home is really really nice! I’m certain I’ll be using all these resources in upcoming videos and other projects. I hope it means you guys can enjoy an increase palette of instrumental colors to listen to in my arrangements.♫ "The Descent" composed by Carlos EieneSOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📘 Facebook • • • facebook.com/Insaneintherainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane⚙️ Gear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusic💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
insaneintherainmusic Studio Tour 2021 insaneintherainmusic 2021-05-08 | Finally, an updated tour! I earn a small commission if you choose to purchase anything through the affiliate links below!0:00 Room Overview7:32 Wind Instruments19:40 Accordion, Upright Bass, Upright Piano22:35 Drums & Cymbals29:19 Guitars & Basses34:30 Percussion & Misc.44:28 Organ & Piano48:53 Microphones59:58 Desk & Audio Hardware1:12:44 Video Equipment1:19:16 Software1:27:30 General Gear Q&A1:33:48 The Most Important Piece of Gear & ClosingWind Instruments:Soprano Saxophone - Yamaha Custom Z* Vandoren Blue Box 2.5 Reeds amzn.to/3upzR0JBb Clarinet - Jean Paul Cl-400* Vandoren Blue Box 2.5 Reeds amzn.to/3er2iWxAlto Saxophone - Jean Paul* Vandoren Blue Box 2.5 Reeds amzn.to/33lQ3nIEWI 4000STenor Saxophone - Selmer Super Action 80 Series II* SYOS Signature Mouthpiece bit.ly/3em93IW* Boston Sax Shop 2M Reeds* Francois Louis UltimateLigature amzn.to/33lnDKz* Balam Back StrapFlute - Trevor James CantabileBaritone Sax - Yanagisawa B990* Francois Louis Ultimate Ligature* Otto Link Tone Edge 8 Mouthpiece amzn.to/3b5yLziBass Clarinet - Kessler Custom Low C Bass Clarinet * SYOS Signature Mouthpiece bit.ly/3vO4jSsTrumpet - Jean Paul TR-430Flugelhorn - Austin Custom Brass Doubler’s FlugelhornTrombone - Jean Paul TB-400Guitars & Basses:Johannes Kohr K64 3/4 UprightFender Deluxe Stratocaster http://imp.i114863.net/rnaBO3Ibanez Artcore AS-53 Semi-Hollow Guitar http://imp.i114863.net/qnzBZLIbanez SR505 5-String Bass http://imp.i114863.net/ZddZ0WMitchell T313CE Acoustic GuitarGiannini Classical GuitarIbanez M522 F Style Mandolin http://imp.i114863.net/P0OW4QFender Player Jazz Bass http://imp.i114863.net/5b5xYNKeyboard Instruments:Melodica - Hohner Instructor 32 http://imp.i114863.net/kjONZdAccordion - Hohner Hohnica 1305 72 Bass http://imp.i114863.net/e41bgzKawai Upright PianoCalifornian Theatre 287 Electric OrganYamaha C5 Grand PianoRoland RD88 Digital Piano http://imp.i114863.net/AoPG27Drums:Gretsch Catalina Maple 7-Piece Drum Kit http://imp.i114863.net/Vyx0BEZildjian K Custom Dark Cymbal Pack http://imp.i114863.net/JrKW4EMeinl Cymbals Byzance Vintage Benny Greb Sand Series Set http://imp.i114863.net/Zd6RBkYamaha Recording Custom Steel 5.5” x 14” http://imp.i114863.net/WDy0AXTama Soundworks Maple Snare 6.5” x 14" http://imp.i114863.net/EaEWOKZildjian K Custom Dark 10” Splash http://imp.i114863.net/OReWOnSabian Dave Weckl Serenity Flat Ride http://imp.i114863.net/3PJLydZildjian 22 inch A Zildjian Swish Cymbal with Rivets http://imp.i114863.net/4eGqyoPromark 5A Sticks http://imp.i114863.net/yRqBjWPercussion:LP City Congas http://imp.i114863.net/mgO0j1Meinl Bongos http://imp.i114863.net/qnzBmLDjembe Direct 50” Chilean Cactus Rain StickMeinl Didgeridoo http://imp.i114863.net/9WLrn3RhythmTech Tambourine http://imp.i114863.net/P0OWRQMeinl Medium Shaker amzn.to/3eXwLumLP Egg Shakers http://imp.i114863.net/a1O4jMLP Aspire Bar ChimesLP 8” Triangle amzn.to/3xU4OvWCosmic Percussion Sleigh BellsGeneric KazooFocalink Alto C OcarinaGeneric Train Whistle(s)Generation Bb PennywhistleConn Song FluteLP Guira http://imp.i114863.net/0J91RJLP Cowbell http://imp.i114863.net/b3O0jkPearl Bell Set5 Hole OcarinaMisc:MXR Talkbox http://imp.i114863.net/3PJLmdAlesis Samplepad Pro http://imp.i114863.net/RyGW2bMicrophones:AT4040 Large Diaphragm Condenser http://imp.i114863.net/NK9m22AT4041 Small Diaphragm Condenser http://imp.i114863.net/yRqB4WShure Beta98H Clip-On Condenser http://imp.i114863.net/MXAWRoShure SM57 Dynamic Mic http://imp.i114863.net/7maQ1QShure Beta52 Dynamic Mic http://imp.i114863.net/LPKWRYSennheiser e604 Dynamic Mic http://imp.i114863.net/x9LRzvAEA N8 Ribbon Mic http://imp.i114863.net/QOjW23Earthworks PM40 Piano Mic Bar http://imp.i114863.net/jWeBJ0Desk Setup & Audio Hardware:Focusrite Clarett 8PreUSB http://imp.i114863.net/qnzBOYScarlett OctoPre http://imp.i114863.net/DVyJR2Scarlett 18i8 http://imp.i114863.net/jWeBJPAZ Studio Workstations Spike 88 DeskNeewer Mic Arm amzn.to/3fefgpRAudio Technica ATHM50X Headphones http://imp.i114863.net/e41bkOVic Firth Isolation Headphones http://imp.i114863.net/GjK2EmYamaha HS8 Studio Monitors http://imp.i114863.net/159V29Mac miniiPad ProMouKey Bluetooth Page Turner PedalSonnet eGFX Breakaway Puck (eGPU) amzn.to/3usP1CdCameras and Video Gear:Sony A6400 amzn.to/2PVx6oRCanon Rebel T3iGoPro Hero 7 amzn.to/3ba1S4NGVM Motorized Camera Slider amzn.to/33ic9HMCayer Heavy-Duty Tripod amzn.to/3xMY8jrLS Photo Studio & Fovitech Softboxes amzn.to/3nUp38dGVM Led Light Panels amzn.to/3nRTAUlManfrotto Tripod amzn.to/33zo2t7Software:Evernote (Note Taking)Reaper (Digital Audio Workstation)Adobe Premiere (Video Editor)Photoshop (Thumbnails)Adobe Audition (Mastering)Miscellaneous:BAM Softpack Saxophone CaseLooker (Beagle Puppy)
Pigstep (Minecraft) Jazz Arrangement (feat. Lena Raine) insaneintherainmusic 2021-04-24 | How much gold do I have to give to a Piglin for them to give me another saxophone?Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1565093711Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/2ZYKDAMSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneSo happy to finally be sharing this video with you! Ever since Minecraft's Nether Update in 2020, Pigstep has been one of my favorite tracks to listen to in all of VGM. It's simple, groovy, and creates such a cool atmosphere. I always thought it sounded a bit like a Snarky Puppy tune, and I so badly wanted to expand it for a larger ensemble, so I finally got around to doing that! I'm also very pleased to have @LenaRaine, the song's composer (and of other games, like Celeste, Guild Wars 2, Chicory) join me in this video! She's a part of the VGM remix scene herself, and I've recorded saxophone for one of her projects previously, so I thought it would be fun to bring her on. This is a first for the channel, having the composer of a game tune come on and play my arrangement of said tune... feels like a weird full circle moment, but I'm here for it! It was cool being able to write for one of the original instruments used in the song (the lo-fi piano that plays the melody near the beginning).This arrangement has a LOT of layers in it! For one, I've added trombone to my arsenal of instruments, and am using it as part of a trumpet, tenor sax, and trombone horn section in this mix. The slide is still very new to me, but I'm certain it'll get easier to use as time passes and I use it in different situations! I experimented with some muted piano techniques in this arrangement by placing my palm on the strings of the piano to mute them, so you get a shorter, more pluck-like sound out of the instrument - pretty cool technique (although I think it makes the strings go out of tune a bit quicker haha, I already have to get my piano tuned again...) I'm also really happy with the percussion in this video, in particular, how I used them at the beginning to replicate some of that Nether ambience that's present in the original track. Some of the SFX in the original track to me sounded like jangling bones, and I was really pleased to get a similar sound by using my seed pod shaker! I could talk about this video even more, haha, but I think I'll leave it at what I've said so far. Hope you all enjoy this arrangement! ♫ "Pigstep" composed by Lena RaineMix by @JuliaHenderson Video Edit by Pete Gillette twitter.com/djSteamyPeteSOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📘 Facebook • • • facebook.com/Insaneintherainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane⚙️ Gear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusic💬 Discord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
Gangplank Galleon (Donkey Kong Country) Jazz Arrangement insaneintherainmusic 2021-04-10 | You need abs like King K Rool to be able to play high notes on trumpet... that's how it works, right?Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1563027543Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3CMP545Support my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eienePirate-infused jazz is something you never knew you needed until today! I played through DKC as a kid, and I think I do remember beating King K. Rool! I actually knew him from DK64 first (the N64 collectathon game that I grew up), so I was used to seeing him with boxing gloves!Gangplank Galleon has long been on my list of tunes to cover, and I randomly came up with a cool reharm that I thought would be really useful for writing an arrangement of it. Gangplank Galleon's harmony, at least after the opening march section is pretty limited (mostly just staying in D minor), and while that works well for the original tune, I wanted to spice it up a bit! In a Twitch stream of mine, I spent some time comping up with a couple of different reharms for this tune, using both in this arrangement - one is the "main reharm" that the melody and solos are over, and the other is used at 4:24 underneath the build back to the main melody at the end.Most notably, this arrangement features the most usage of trumpet yet in any one of my arrangements! I challenged myself with some fanfares during the march section of the video, and a whole trumpet solo. It took a lot of takes to get the parts right (and a lot of what you hear apart from the solo is comping of mulitple takes aided by some Melodyne), but I'm pretty happy with how the brass inclusion shaped up in this video. Sometimes, I find it funny how my channel icon is still the white saxophone on the blue background, when in actuality, that's not so much the focus of the channel anymore, these days! Of course, tenor sax will always be my primary instrument, but bringing in other instruments has really helped me get some additional cool colors!♫ "Gang-Plank Galleon" composed by David WiseMix and Video edit by me!SOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📘 Facebook • • • facebook.com/Insaneintherainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane⚙️ Gear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusic💬 Discord Sever • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
Dire, Dire Docks (Super Mario 64) Jazz Arrangement insaneintherainmusic 2021-03-27 | Can any video game music cover artist do Dire, Dire Docks too many times? I don't think so! Oh also, I got a soprano sax.Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1560886511Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3GS8AdHSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneI love Dire, Dire Docks! In my first year of making music videos, I recorded a piano and soprano sax version of Dire, Dire Docks, using a soprano sax that I borrowed from a friend at my high school. I also arranged a version of Dire, Dire Docks for the Mulitplayer II Charity Album that I participated in back in 2016. If my new trend is making a cover of Dire, Dire Docks every 4 or 5 years, I guess that means I'm due for another one come 2025 - 2026 :)Since then, I've never had the chance to play soprano sax... until now! I decided to complete my saxophone family (the 4 most common ones, at least) with a soprano sax! This is a Yamaha Custom Z, and oh my goodness, does it play well. Pretty much all saxes have intonation issues (soprano sax especially), but this one manages to play pretty well! Really looking forward to using it more in the future, possibly for some sax quartet stuff!Dire, Dire Docks is such a beautiful melody. It's one of my go-to melodies when I sit down at a new piano I haven't played before, just because the melody is so great, and the harmony has just the right amount of lushness to it! I took it up a notch with this arrangement, adding a decent bit of reharm and meter changes, nothing too crazy, though! The duet combination of soprano sax and flugelhorn was a really interesting one to try (somewhat inspired by Quincy Jone's big band tune "Grace"), and I think it worked out super well in this mix! I am also SUPER happy with the piano and drum sounds in this mix - I used some mics I already had in some different ways on the piano and the drum overheads, and MAN they added so much! This is definitely one of my favorite-sounding arrangements I've produced, for sure!Hope you enjoy! As a reminder, I'm still uploading every other week from now on. This gives me more time to work on outside business (of which I have a good amount of currently), and work towards cool opportunities for the channel... one of which you'll see in the next video!♫ "Dire, Dire Docks" composed by Koji KondoMix by @JuliaHenderson Video Edit by Pete Giltette twitter.com/djSteamyPeteSOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📘 Facebook • • • facebook.com/Insaneintherainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane⚙️ Gear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusic💬 Discord Sever • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
Feels Like Home - Original Composition by insaneintherainmusic insaneintherainmusic 2021-03-13 | Even though staying at home all the time is getting kind of old, I still love the comfiness of a familiar place!Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1555082409Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3q7HeKFSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneMore original music, woohoo! At some point, the idea of having original music on the insaneintherainmusic channel won't be so gimmicky and surprising, and that's a good thing! It means I'm moving forward and developing as a composer in my own right! This song is about home - it's nice it is to have a place to call home and be able to relax there, especially due to all the time I've been spending holed up at home lately! I came up with this melody while noodling around on the piano, and thought it would be a nice fit for a simple town theme-type tune. I really really love sweeping, simple, singable melodies, and I think this one of the better melodies I've come up with in that style! This music makes me think of places like Snowbelle City form Pokémon X & Y and Flamesgrace from Octopath Traveler, snowy places with a warm and cozy vibe! I think the snowy part is due to the sleigh bells in the arrangement, haha, it could probably suit another less-snowy location without the sleigh bells. This piece was composed to loop, and I think the loop turned out really well! The video goes through the loop just over two times, but with a different solo each time. This is something I'd love to experiment more with - using dynamic audio to include solos as part of game music! One of my ideas is use solo takes as a way to further introduce variation on a piece of area music that might get boring if it loops to many times, or use them to signal some important change to the player... I haven't thought about it quite that much yet, haha.I think this is my first time playing flugelhorn on a video for this channel! I don't play brass much, and I've still got a lot to learn, but flugel is probably my favorite brass instrument to play. It has such a warm sound, and is such a wonderful melody instrument! Full disclosure, this particular flugelhorn part you hear is the result of comping of a LOT of takes and some generous Melodyne, haha, I'm nowhere near good enough to track stuff like this on the first take as a soloist. I also tried a couple of new recordings techniques in this video, including using my AEA N8 as a bottom mic for the piano. I'm using a stereo pair of AT4040's on the soundboard and the strings, but adding a ribbon mic beneath the piano really helps warm the sound up, and add fullness! Probably wouldn't need it for a funk context or any other bright-sounding situation, but for an exposed classical-ish context like this, it works really really well. This is also my first time using Spitfire Chamber Strings in a video! I picked up this library recently as an upgrade over my previous Vienna Strings, which I wasn't very happy with personally, and I'm really pleased with how they sounded♫ "Feels Like Home" composed by Carlos EieneMix and Edit by me!SOCIAL MEDIA:🐦 Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusic📘 Facebook • • • facebook.com/Insaneintherainmusic📷 Instagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusic❤️ Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsane⚙️ Gear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusic💬 Discord Sever • • • discord.gg/Ju97889🔊 Distrokid VIP Link • • • http://distrokid.com/vip/insane
You Will Know Our Names (Xenoblade Chronicles) Jazz Fusion Arrangement insaneintherainmusic 2021-03-06 | Also known as the "Oh crap, I've been spotted by Rotbart" song.Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1556497903Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3GTTggUSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneFinally getting around to doing some more Xenoblade on the channel! This was planned well before Pyra and Mythra got into Smash (rest assured, I have some stuff planned from XC2 as well..), but it turned out to be somewhat of a nice coincidence! I played XC2 first, and actually picked it up on a whim, when I was in need of a long RPG game for some travel I was doing a few years ago. Somehow, it became my favorite RPG, and possibly my favorite game of all time! I then picked up Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition when it came out on the Switch in 2020, and absolutely loved that as well. I'm a bit more partial to XC2 over XC1, but just by a bit!You Will Know Our Names is one of many many great battle themes in Xenoblade Chronicles, but it probably has my favorite melody out of all of them! Ever since hearing this song in game, my thought was to take it in a Japanese jazz fusion direction, inspired by some of my favorite bands like H Zettrio and Fox Capture Plan, and bring out the intensity of the theme using acoustic instruments! The original track uses a lot of distorted guitar to drive things forward after the intro, so I had to figure out how to translate some of the guitar riffing to piano. It ended up working surprisingly well! The melodic parts, primarily played on horn and trumpet in the original track, translated pretty well to alto and tenor sax. I actually recently got a soprano sax (after filming this video, probably would have used the soprano instead of alto here), and I'm looking forward to giving that a whirl on some tunes!One other small addition is the snare drum I'm using - I picked up a Yamaha Recording Custom steel 5.5" x 14" snare drum, and I loooove playing it! It has such a nice attack and volume. Still definitely working on my drum technique, haha, but I'm happy with the progression here.Hope you enjoy this! As I mentioned earlier in this little writeup, I do have some XC2 stuff planned, and you'll see it when it's ready :)♫ "You Will Know Our Names" from "Xenoblade Chronicles" composed by ACE+Mix by @JuliaHenderson Edit by Peter Gilette twitter.com/djSteamyPeteSOCIAL MEDIA:Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusicFacebook • • • facebook.com/InsaneintherainmusicInstagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusicPatreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneGear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusicDiscord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
4 Hours of Sinnoh Music Covers / Arrangements (Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl) insaneintherainmusic 2021-02-27 | In celebration of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, here's a 4 hour collection of jazz covers from the Pokémon Diamond & Pearl soundtrack!All these tracks are from my Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum tribute album Sinnohvation, released in 2020!Digital album and full track list can be found here: insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.comYou can also stream the whole thing here:https://album.link/us/i/1541777121Art by Rachel E.B.! twitter.com/thunderesque0:00 Opening Movie2:19 Professor Rowan's Lab (Sinnohvation)4:27 Twinleaf Town9:46 Route 20114:34 Lake Theme (Lake Verity version, feat. Doug Perry)20:12 Sandgem Town23:24 Spotted! Ace Trainer24:10 Battle! Trainer28:17 Victory! Trainer28:53 Jubilife City (feat. Josh Vasquez)33:12 Poké Mart35:00 Route 20339:51 Oreburgh Gate42:10 Oreburgh Mine44:07 Oreburgh City47:43 Floaroma Town52:34 Route 20556:41 Eterna Forest1:01:49 Old Chateau (feat. Daniel Romberger)1:06:55 Eterna City1:11:54 The Underground1:16:01 Captured a Flag!1:16:42 Galactic Eterna Building1:21:16 Spotted! Team Galactic1:22:32 Battle! Team Galactic1:25:17 Battle! Team Galactic Commander1:26:44 Victory! Team Galactic1:27:13 Route 206 1:30:53 Bike Theme1:32:23 Hearthome City1:36:25 Poffins1:37:40 Route 2091:45:01 Solaceon Town1:50:00 Veilstone City1:55:52 Valor Lakefront1:58:33 Surf2:04:08 Canalave City (feat. TeraCMusic)2:07:28 Route 2162:13:13 Lake Theme (Lake Acuity version, feat. Julia Henderson & Samantha Ballard)2:19:02 Snowpoint City2:24:51 Team Galactic HQ (feat. Patrick Bartley)2:28:56 Battle! Galactic Admin Cyrus (feat. Julia Henderson, Spiro Dussias & Devlin McDermott)2:33:57 Mt. Coronet2:40:56 Spear Pillar Suite (Introduction)2:41:43 Spear Pillar2:43:56 Battle! Dialga / Palkia2:47:40 Distortion World2:50:01 Battle! Giratina2:54:08 Lake Caverns2:55:18 Battle! Uxie Mesprit Azelf2:59:24 Sunyshore City3:04:45 Pokémon League (Day)3:08:49 Pokémon League (Night) (feat. Adrisaurus)3:13:21 Pokémon Center (Night)3:16:43 Decisive Battle! Pokémon League3:17:58 Spotted! Elite Four (feat. Emily Gelineau)3:18:31 Battle! Elite Four (feat. Emily Gelineau)3:21:21 Victory! Elite Four (feat. Emily Gelineau)3:21:46 Cynthia's Theme (Slow classical piano prelude, feat. Kara Comparetto)3:25:51 Cynthia's Theme (Intense metal prelude, feat. FamilyJules, Adrisaurus, ToxicxEternity, Sab Irene & The8BitDrummer)3:29:13 Battle! Cynthia (feat. Serena Harnack, Julia Henderson & SungHa Hong)3:34:00 Route 2283:39:52 Stark Mountain3:44:39 Wi-Fi Connection Theme (with a twist)3:45:58 Credits Theme3:50:38 Professor Rowan's Lab (Reprise)
Laytons Theme (Professor Layton and the Curious Village) Jazz Arrangement insaneintherainmusic 2021-02-27 | A true gentleman adds the accordion to his repertoire so he can play Professor Layton's Theme!Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1554557289Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3CMdSVKSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneLayton content in 2021? Not the reality I expected, but I'll take it! I played maybe an hour of Curious Village on my DS, and enjoyed it! The Layton universe reminded me a lot of the Ace Attorney games (yes I know there's a crossover), but with more emphasis on interactive puzzle solving, which is a really really cute addition!I've wanted to cover this song on the channel for SO LONG, I can't tell you how many times I've listened to the live version of this theme. In fact, I finished writing a complete arrangement in June of 2018, but never got around to recording it! I think the accordion part was the biggest roadblock for me - I didn't know any accordion players who I could confidently ask to play the part, plus I didn't know anything about writing for the accordion! Now that I have one of my own, and have learned to play it at a somewhat rudimentary level, I understand it a lot better, and was able to use it to fill in the gaps of this arrangement (which is a completely different one than the 2018 one that I never actually recorded). Full disclosure, that run at 0:57 in the accordion part is SO HARD to play, and what you're hearing is a hodgepodge of a bunch of takes that I did of that melody. I'm pretty confident I could get it down well with enough repetition, but it would take a LOT of repetition that I wasn't quite willing to do for this video, hehe.This arrangement was influenced by some Brazilian rhythms, including batucada and baiao (not that this video is a perfect example of either of those two things lol). A lot of people think of calm bossa nova music when they think of Brazil, but man, I think of the big loud batucada street drum performances... would love to visit someday and hear one of those for real! The layers of auxillary percussion I added on top of the drum groove really help glue all the parts together. I've always thought that percussion is the most underrated role in the ensemble. It may look really easy to play something like the shaker or the triangle, and physically speaking, it is somewhat, but a good percussionist / percussion section adds SO much to a piece of music! It's just like... fun high frequency ear candy!Anyway, I hope you dig this arrangement! So happy to finally be able to do this one after a couple of years of waiting!♫ "Professor Layton's Theme" from "Professor Layton and The Curious Village" composed by Tomohito NishiuraMix by @JuliaHenderson Edit by Peter Gilette twitter.com/djSteamyPeteSOCIAL MEDIA:Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusicFacebook • • • facebook.com/InsaneintherainmusicInstagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusicPatreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneGear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusicDiscord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
Golden Battle - Original Composition by insaneintherainmusic insaneintherainmusic 2021-02-20 | I love jazz battle themes in RPG's so much, so I figured... why not just write one of my own?Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1554334699Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3wfq3I8Support my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneIt's been a while since I've written one of my own tunes and released it on the channel! Happy to be changing that with this new tune, Golden Battle! While playing through Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna, the Golden Country, I realized how much I loved jazz battle themes in RPG's (XC2 Torna, Earthbound, Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky). There needs to be more of it in the world, so I figured, why not just write some myself?I've been going on a lot of walks lately with my dog Looker (he'll be 6 months old in March!), which gives my mind a lot of time to explore and wander. That open mental space is definitely a huge boon for creative thoughts! I came up with this battle theme in my head on one of our walks a week or so ago. It started with the piano riff at the top (which is definitely inspired by XC2 Torna's battle theme, and also some percussive piano riffs from Japanese jazz fusion bands like H Zettrio and Fox Capture Plan), and then the melody came into my head. I decided to keep the melody pretty simple and singable! I think singable melodies are really important in memorable video game music - they help songs wedge themselves into the mind of the player and keep them humming it even after they're done playing! My friend Julia has been helping me mix some of my covers lately, and I've picked up quite a few mixing techniques that I used in this video! I've been using multiband compression (which helps on upright bass SO much), along with using vocal / bass fader riding plugins to keep volume levels of tracks consistent without relying too much on compressors, which can color the sound in sometimes unwanted ways. I'm really pleased with the sound! I picked up a Yamaha Recording Custom 14 x 5.5" Steel snare, which sounds AMAZING, and really pumps up the sound of my drum kit! I also got a ported front bass drum head, and experimented with tuning / muffling to get a punchier kick drum sound more suited for this hybrid jazz / rock kind of vibe.In retrospect, I think there are a few more things I could have done to make this sound more like a battle theme, but I'm overall really happy with it! Looking forward to sharing more original music with you all in the future :)♫ "Golden Battle" composed by Carlos EieneMix and Edit by me!SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusicFacebook • • • facebook.com/InsaneintherainmusicInstagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusicPatreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneGear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusicDiscord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
Kass Theme (Zelda Breath of the Wild) Jazz Accordion Arrangement insaneintherainmusic 2021-02-13 | So, someone want to tell me how Kass plays the accordion with giant Rito bird feather fingers? I have regular human-sized fingers, and it's already hard enough!Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1552444041Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3GSSL6vSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneWhen I started this channel back in 2012, accordion was probably one of the least likely instruments that I thought I'd want to learn... and yet, here we are. I played Breath of the Wild in the summer of 2017 when it came out, and like many others, took a liking to Kass' character. I love characters in games that are really musical (K.K. Slider from Animal Crossing, Ursula from Xenoblade 2, Big Band from Skullgirls), and Kass is another one of them! It's so nice to stumble upon the comforting sound of his accordion while exploring the wide-open Kingdom of Hyrule.I knew that I would't be able to do an arrangement of this theme quite enough justice without including a bit of accordion in the arrangement, so I took it upon myself to learn Kass' theme on the accordion. In retrospect, it was actually a really great tune to use for learning! The accordion has the right hand chromatic keyboard side, which I was already familiar with due to my experience with piano, but the left hand button side was a daunting task, since I've never played any instrument that had a system like that. If you're not familiar with accordion bass buttons, this one is the 72 Stradella bass system. It has 12 rows of 6 buttons each, which each row being its own key (organized by the circle of fifths, which is really handy), and each button playing a different note or chord within that key. Kass' Theme is very cyclical as far its harmony goes, so often, I'm just moving down a row each time the chord changes. The accordion wasn't exactly made to handle complex jazz chords with lots of tensions, so it was fun figuring out roundabout ways to get the accordion to play some simple jazz chords (for example, playing Bmi7b5 with the B bass button, and the D minor chord button!)I don't recall where exactly, but I know I've heard some jazz recordings with clarinet and accordion playing together. I decided to use this ensemble (plus piano, upright bass, and drums) for this arrangement to give it a really natural and airy feel! I've always thought that woodwinds sounded like birds, and clarinet is a good instrumental personification of Kass in my mind... apart from his obvious accordion skills, haha. Kass' theme is originally in 3/4, but I stretched it out to 4/4 for this arrangement to be able to give it a kind of a tango vibe! I've been really digging recordings of Piazolla's "Libertango" lately (especially the Hiromi, Gary Buron, and Yo-Yo Ma versions), which inspired this particular arrangement. The opening section is completely rubato (meaning there's no click track or metronome), so it was a challenge to get all the instruments playing together how I wanted them to. I soon figured out that the thing that was missing was a conductor, so I filmed myself conducting how I wanted the intro to go, and used that video as a reference for all the other parts in the intro! I miss conducting for ensembles, and this is probably the closest I'm going to get to that for a while at least, haha! Hope you enjoy the other little Zelda references I threw in towards the end! Normally I don't try and shoehorn a _ton_ of references to other songs in my arrangement, but I figured these were especially appropriate, since Breath of the Wild uses piano for a lot of its sound effects and stingers!♫ "Kass's Theme" from "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" composed by Yasuaki IwataMix and Edit by me!SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusicFacebook • • • facebook.com/InsaneintherainmusicInstagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusicPatreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneGear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusicDiscord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
Stal (Minecraft Music Disc) Jazz Arrangement insaneintherainmusic 2021-02-06 | This song is definitely what Minecraft villagers chill out to in their downtime.Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1551419080Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3wlGZNdSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneWhat a weird track for a game like Minecraft! I love Minecraft's ambient soundtrack to bits, and I get major nostalgia from it, like many others, but Stal and some of the other music discs tickle me in such a peculiar way. They remind me a lot of KK Slider's tunes from Animal Crossing - slightly quirky representations of real musical genres. Stal, in particular, is Minecraft's quirky representation of jazz... so it's only natural that I gave it a full jazz arrangement!While the original tune isn't exactly in the same style as something like a jazz standard, it does have the instrumentation of a standard jazz combo - sax, piano, bass, and drums. Since I finally have a way to record all of those instruments acoustically (no MIDI life is great!), I decided to give this tune a spin, with the intent of turning it into something you'd hear on Blue Note! Of course, I had to keep the quirky recorder part that pops in at about 0:50, but I'm not actually playing it on recorder in this video! After cleaning out a couple of closets here at home, I found this old Conn pennywhistle that I've had since I was a kid. Turns out, it's just grating enough to be an excellent replacement for the recorder part! It's in the key of Bb, which doesn't quite have all the notes of the melody that's written for it (which is in D dorian), so I had to use a little bit of Melodyne magic to get the B naturals in there, haha.One of the reasons I upgraded to all-acoustic instruments was to be able to nail a swing feel at this tempo. When recording with MIDI, it always felt like I couldn't really swing - probably something to do with the slight latency that comes with monitoring yourself when recording into a DAW through virtual instruments. With the real bass, piano, and drums, I finally feel like I can nail a super tight swing feel! I think the piano solo starting at about 2:38 is very representative of this. It's not complicated, but in my opinion, it swings hard! I'm also in love with the soli texture and the slight reharm I included in the restatement of the melody at 3:23! Typically in 5-part soli writing, you'll write the melody in the lead voices, add some harmonies in the 3 voices below, and then double the melody an octave below. For this particular melody, I decided to double the clarinet lead two octaves below in the bass clarinet, giving the texture a really earthy and dark feel... I love it! Did I mention that I like the clarinet? Because I really love clarinet. You'll be seeing it a LOT in upcoming videos, hope you don't mind haha!Lastly, I have to thank @Julia Henderson for her incredible mix on this track! As part of my efforts to make this channel more sustainable in the future, I've been bringing on help to help me with video project. Pete did a fantastic job with the edit, and this is Julia's first mix of one of my normal videos! With their help, I'm looking forward to taking the quality of the music / video on this channel to places it couldn't go with just my skills!♫ "Stal" from "Minecraft" composed by C418 (Daniel Rosenfeld)Mix by @JuliaHenderson Video Edited by Peter Gillette twitter.com/djsteamypeteSOCIAL MEDIA:Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusicFacebook • • • facebook.com/InsaneintherainmusicInstagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusicPatreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneGear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusicDiscord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
Bonetrousle (from Undertale) Jazz Arrangement insaneintherainmusic 2021-01-23 | I really hope this meets Papyrus' standards...Stream this track • • • https://song.link/us/i/1550396381Sheet Music • • • bit.ly/3k9WxyVSupport my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneAfter not touching UNDERTALE for many years... I think it's time for another UNDERTALE tune! This was a tune that I didn't arrange for my album Live at Grillby's, mainly due to me not really having any interest in the song. As the years passed, though, I realized how fun this song would sound as a jazz klezmer/polka/fast swing kind of tune. Learning to play clarinet was the icing on the cake, and finally enabled me to do this arrangement as I envisioned it! I, like countless others, played UNDERTALE around when it first came out, and fell in love with the characters. I think this song captures Papyrus pompous yet silly nature super well - the melody has a lot of ornaments that you'd find in classical music, and each phrase opens with simple arpeggios, but usually with a silly little turnaround. Fun tune!Bonetrousle, in its original state, has a more of a straight-ahead eighth note rock feel, but I decided to double the time feel and give it a faster jazz feel! This was a great opportunity to work on my double time swing chops on drums and bass. In hindsight, I probably didn't have to right hand pluck every single note on the waking bass part during the double time swing sections, but... it's fine haha. My fingers didn't bleed. I also picked up a Zildjian A Swish Knocker for this video (one of my favorite-sounding cymbals for a classic jazz big band sound) and a Zildjian K splash cymbal! I've been doing a ton of research into drum tuning and cymbal selection... it's a lot more fun doing it in real life than fiddling with settings in Superior Drummer, let me tell you.I'm also proud to say that this cover has no MIDI in it at all - everything is a live instrument! This has been a goal of mine for years now, to be technically proficient at staple instruments in a jazz combo to do a no-MIDI multi-instrumental cover. Now that I have these instruments and the mics to record them successfully, I can make it happen! Can't wait to do it with more songs!Lastly, I want to thank Peter Gillette for editing this video! I mentioned in a Community Tab post a few weeks ago that I'll be bringing in some more people onto the team to help me make videos more consistently - this is the first step in that. Pete did a great job editing, and you can expect to see his work on the channel in the future to hopefully bring up the quality of the videos to another level!♫ "Bonetrousle" from "UNDERTALE" composed by Toby FoxVideo Edited by Peter Gillette twitter.com/djsteamypeteSOCIAL MEDIA:Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusicFacebook • • • facebook.com/InsaneintherainmusicInstagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusicPatreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneGear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusicDiscord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
Mario Party DS Anti-Piracy Music Jazz Fusion Arrangement insaneintherainmusic 2021-01-09 | Piracy is no party... but it sure is a bop!Download this track • • • insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com/track/piracy-is-no-partySheet Music • • • bit.ly/3k8oya2Support my music on Patreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneinsaneintherainmusic Signature SYOS Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece (Use discount code "INSANESYOS" for $10 off!) • • •syos.co/en/artists/carlos-eieneIt feels great to be back creating covers from a variety of games again, and what a tune to start out with...! Sometime towards the end of December, my YouTube recommended videos sidebar became inundated with recommendations of these Mario Party DS Anti-Piracy videos - I'm sure many of you had a similar experience! I watched a few of them, and was left a bit unsettled by how it could be possible that something like this hadn't been discovered until now, and how the game designers were willing to put something in a game that could seriously scare young, impressionable kids. I did some further research and discovered that most of these Anti-Piracy videos were well-done fan creations, so kudos to the people that are making these creepypastas!But then I listened to the music for the first time... and OH MY GOSH this song is so much more of a bop than it ever needed to be. I've been craving doing a cover that's really really out of left field compared to most stuff I upload to the channel, and this tune certainly fits the bill. Transcribing it was a really challenge (especially the part after the "drop") since it's such a dissonant and chromatic tune. That being said, this tune is a great example of how a solid groove can hold a tune together that is otherwise very dissonant and jarring!I have to talk about the new gear that I'm using in this video, because I have made a LOT of upgrades since finishing the Year of Sinnoh. You'll probably notice first and foremost that I'm using a live drum kit in this one! I've been using MIDI drums for the majority of the past 8 years that I've been YouTube, and I decided to end this streak in 2021. Drums are very loud, but I'm currently living at home with my parents, and they're kind enough to let me set this up in their basement, haha. Recording and mixing live drums is a huge challenge (there are about 9 mics on this kit in this video!), but it's so much more fun and satisfying to play compared to an e-kit or MIDI drums. Another elephant in the room is the new grand piano! I've dreamed of owning a grand piano since I was a kid learning to play piano on an upright, so my parents and I finally got together and invested in a grand piano. It's a Yamaha C5 from the 80's, bought used, and it sounds fantastic! I am still experimenting with mic techniques for it and how to mix it, but having a grand piano is SO nice. I can't wait to use it in more exposed contexts - this video doesn't quite do it justice, haha!Also, let me know what you guys think about the new intro format I'm trying out! I'm expanding on the arrangement preview timeline I added a few months ago by incorporating a few more visual elements. The goal is to succinctly tell viewers what they can expect as the video progresses, without actually spoiling what happens / what the music sounds like. Thanks for watching everyone, and I'm looking forward to bringing more great stuff to you in 2021!♫ "Piracy is No Party" from "Mario Party DS" composed by Joey Perleoni**Listed as "Composer Unknown" in the opening video credits text as to not spoil the uninitiated!SOCIAL MEDIA:Twitter • • • twitter.com/insanerainmusicFacebook • • • facebook.com/InsaneintherainmusicInstagram • • • instagram.com/insaneintherainmusicPatreon • • • http://bit.ly/supportinsaneGear • • • amazon.com/shop/insaneintherainmusicDiscord Server • • • discord.gg/Ju97889
Sinnoh Fusion Ensemble Live at Berklee Caf (October 11 2019) insaneintherainmusic 2021-01-02 | The second and final recorded live show with the Sinnoh Fusion Ensemble!🎵 Sinnohvation, my 50-track Pokémon DPPt arrangement album is available now! https://album.link/xmprhz5rwbj3j🎵 Order Sinnohvation CDs and Sinnoh Fusion Ensemble Vinyls • • • insaneintherainmusic.bandcamp.com0:00 Introduction1:14 Spear Pilar Suite10:27 Route 22817:54 Sinnoh Trainer Battle Medley26:00 Snowpoint City32:24 Who's that Pokémon?34:50 Route 20340:00 - Band Introduction45:59 - Mt. CoronetElectric Violin - Emily GelineauTrumpet - Lachie DayTrumpet - Richard StanmeyerTenor Saxophone / EWI - Carlos EieneTenor Saxophone - Trace ZacurTrombone - Auden DurantSousaphone - Ian LazanElectric Guitar - Spiro DussiasPiano - Yoko SuzukiKeyboards - Somesh DasElectric Bass - Alan “Speedy” PeraltaDrumset - Francis PeñaPercussion - Ricky MatuteMix - @JuliaHenderson Videography - Carlos Eiene, Peter XiongVideo Edit - Peter GillettePerformed October 11 2019 at the Berklee Caf (160 Mass Avenue) (Well before times of COVID and social distancing!)#insaneintherainmusic #sinnohvation #live
