I am quite glad to have gotten the opportunity to do a collaboration with the glorious DigitalBeef, and although this didn't quite make it onto the Ponies at Dawn album, I'm still really happy with what we came up with. :)
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I am quite glad to have gotten the opportunity to do a collaboration with the glorious DigitalBeef, and although this didn't quite make it onto the Ponies at Dawn album, I'm still really happy with what we came up with. :)
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Questions, comments, concerns, or just wanna talk? Email me at darkcrystaldata@gmail.comZephysonas & CrystalData - Canterlot ChristmasCrystalData2017-12-25 | I had the wonderful opportunity to work with the amazingly talented Zephysonas, and this beautiful composition is the result! It was such a pleasure working with him, and I learned very much from him along the way, so I hope you enjoy the song and check out his channel if you somehow haven't heard of him already!
Here's just a cute ambient piece I've been working on for the past week or so, which is much faster than usual for me, and I have a couple more that are pretty much ready to release in the next couple weeks.
Unfortunately I'm kinda stuck making music with a really low-powered computer, so I can only use a few instruments at a time without having to write it section by section. Tell me in the comments if you prefer me to upload music more often but more mellow and with less instruments (like this), or less often but with a full orchestra. And don't say "your choice" because I'm fine with either way. :P
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I realized that I spend quite a bit of time coming up with many different melodies for each song, so this one focuses more on minimalism in the melody and instruments, though it does seem repetitive until about halfway in. I tried a few things to make it a little more interesting, like adding more notes to the lower piano part, but it just felt like this was the least cluttered approach. Hopefully this sounds good to you all!
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Lycan suggested that this version dragged on for too long, but I feel like I could've done more with it than what I submitted for the Building Bridges album. Also I think I wrote this one as kind of a "sequel" to Edge of the Sky a couple of years ago, if you can hear the similarities. More (actually new) music to come soon!
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Thanks for being patient, everybody! I have a couple more songs that should be ready pretty soon, too (just waiting to hear the results from another album). I tried to get this one on a couple different albums, including Ponies at Dawn and Balloon Party, but alas, no dice. I started working on this one well over a year ago, but it just sounded too synthetic, so I tried to go for a little more realism once I picked it back up.
Also I'm on summer now, so I'll have plenty of time to work on more music. ^.^'
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Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season! :D
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Hello my relatively small fanbase! Thanks so much for being patient while you wait for me to resume slaving away at a computer for hours on end. This is my first piece written in FL Studio since I slowly backed away from Logic Pro X. Windows just has a wider, better variety of available instruments, and it was easier for me to get it running with Kontakt and Vocaloid (not to say I'll be making any Vocaloid songs in the near future, but we'll see). Unfortunately I won't be able to upload regularly, since I'm deeply involved with a few other things, plus my computer is very very slow, but I'll do what I can.
I'd really appreciate any feedback, particularly about things that you think I can improve on. :)
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So it looks like I've finally exhausted my reserve of quality music to regularly upload, so while I'm writing more (MUCH more realistic) music, I'm going to go on a bit of a hiatus. It should only last a few months, so don't worry, I'll be back soon. ^.^ In the meantime, I might be uploading a few songs every now and then, since I'm working on quite a few collaborations with other musicians, and I also have a few songs to submit for a couple of albums before I can make them public.
And it's very difficult to spread my music on my own, so I really appreciate any help I can get. :)
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Questions, comments, concerns, or just wanna talk? Find me on Skype as CrystalData, or email me at darkcrystaldata@gmail.com. I'm a very sociable person, I promise. :DCrystalData - Hello, AspenCrystalData2015-12-25 | "...wolliW raeD"
Merry Christmas, everybody! And of course, happy other holidays as well!
My intention was to upload a different piece called Christmas Park, but it just felt like it was kind of slapped together, so I decided to upload this one instead. Maybe it'll be ready for next Christmas. ;)
It's funny, this one actually took me longer to write than Dear Willow.
And if you wouldn't mind sharing this video, it would really mean a lot to me. :)
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If you would like to make a donation to help support my music, I ask that you please take that money and donate it to water.org instead. They need it more than I do. :)
Questions, comments, concerns, collabs, or just wanna talk? Email me at darkcrystaldata@gmail.com or find me on Skype as CrystalData.CrystalData - Beyond the Lunar Eclipse [Building Bridges Version]CrystalData2015-11-26 | "The future is all we have."
I'm thrilled to be a part of this fantastic album for such a great cause! It was an honor to be involved in Seeds of Kindness alongside so many talented artists! You can download the entire album in the link above, and while you're there, go ahead and leave a donation to help end malaria! Or just jump ahead and click on the checkbox. But then again, every dollar counts. :)
I was planning on uploading this next month, but I was fortunate enough to have this get accepted into the album, so here it is early! Next upload will be on December 25th, with a Christmas special! XD
Oh, and enjoy there's a full moon tonight. It was meant to be!
And as always, if you wouldn't mind sharing this video, it would really mean a lot to me. :)
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Questions, comments, concerns, or just wanna talk? Email me at darkcrystaldata@gmail.comCrystalData - Through Sweet Apple AcresCrystalData2015-11-14 | Download: http://bit.ly/1QGKDsb
Over 120 people were killed today in a series of terrorist attacks in Paris. Hatred is a disgusting thing.
This was actually one of the first pieces I ever wrote, so forgive me if it doesn't sound as good as any of my previous songs. It's kind of nice and peaceful, though. It's a good change, I suppose.
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And if you wouldn't mind sharing this video, it would really mean a lot to me. :)
MATH ALERT The time signature in the beginning is 20/8 because the space between every high note on the intro piano part is in correspondence with the Fibonacci sequence. And since that portion was inspired by the golden ratio, I just HAD to make the length of the song 3:14, just to include tau/2. In the math world, the war between pi and tau is about (10^1,834,097)! times more heated than the war between the Solar Empire and the New Lunar Republic! ...Well, maybe not quite that much.
[Clarification: The Fibonacci sequence is 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8.... So starting at 1, one number in the sequence and the previous number are added together to create the next number. And the ratio from one number to the previous number gets closer to the golden ratio (an irrational number (or a never-ending decimal, like pi) that is approximately 1.618) as the sequence progresses. Tau is literally just 2pi, which is about 6.28. Pi is the ratio of a circle's diameter to its circumference, and tau is the ratio of the circles radius to its circumference. People tend to find tau easier to use than pi, particularly when first learning trigonometry, but pi seems to be the status quo, and apparently schools think that pre-calculus students are too stupid to learn a new constant, even if it will make it EASIER in the long run. However, pi tastes better than tau. (10^1,834,097)! is the amount of possible ways in which the books can be arranged in the Library of Babel, which is a digital library on the internet that contains everything that can be written. There is a biography about you in that library. THERE IS A BIOGRAPHY ABOUT YOU IN THAT LIBRARY. Countless biographies about you, in fact. There is a book about literally everything in that library. Literally. Everything. But since everything is completely randomized, most of the books are completely useless. I first heard about it in this Vsauce video: http://bit.ly/1Mqy16S and the library is here: libraryofbabel.info ]
I submitted this piece to Ponies at Dawn, but it didn't quite make it. But there's always next time. :)
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So I decided to jump on the bandwagon with this one. I hope I was able to do it some justice. And of course, this song was just screaming for a picture of Derpy. ;) I'm putting the link to the amazing Pinkie Rose and BassBeastJD cover, because I used that as a general template: http://bit.ly/1hZRaPP
And I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me spread my music around. :)
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Sorry if the title on this one doesn't sound politically correct. Allow me to explain. It was inspired by how different the MLP we all know and love could've been if Lauren Faust would've had complete creative control. I could've called it "Lauren Faust Never Intended For Scootaloo To Be An Orphan" but that doesn't sound quite as interesting. As to how this notion is reflected in the actual music.... Well, I'll let you be the judge of that. Out of my list of ideas, this was the one that I happened to like the best, but if enough people want me to change it, I'll gladly do so.
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I am personally disappointed by the outcome of this piece, and I humbly apologize if you feel the same. I don't believe that this matches up to the standard that try to uphold, and if the reception is overwhelmingly negative, it will be deleted from the album, when the time comes. I have much better things planned after this, so keep an eye out.
Parts 2&3 coming soon. ;)
Tell me what you think down in the comments (I know this one isn't too good, so please be friendly about it), and if you wouldn't mind sharing this video, I'd greatly appreciate it. :)
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Go ahead and voice your opinion down in the comments, and if you wouldn't mind sharing this video, it would really mean a lot to me. :)
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I just want to give a big THANK YOU to all of my viewers for supporting me from this recent beginning. All of your encouragement means so much to me, and it feels really nice to hear that so many people enjoy my music. DFTBA. :)
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All Remixes/Derivatives: Dose Remix: http://bit.ly/1fYVONsCrystalData - In My Endless WorldCrystalData2015-05-30 | "Immortality can be a scary thing. Sleeping it all away can be even scarier. But when your dreams are your reality... the world could be as beautiful as the mind creating it."
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