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Adagio of Life – A melancholic trance tribute
Adagio of Life is an epic trance tribute about the beauty of life and transience. I have written this epic trance hymn in 2005. This melancholic masterpiece contains a theme that consists of sixteen measures. Its background is very interesting since it intentionally reminds of the golden era of trance.
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Dark Fan Art – From Comic to Realism
[Advertisement] Have you ever failed drawing a realistic digital portrait? I bet you did. Drawing realism is hard. But here is something, that may embolden you: It is more about observing nature and light than matching the exact shapes and details. In this post I will turn a comic-like illustration of Dark characters Jonas and Martha to a realistic portrait.
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Dark Fan Art Jonas and Martha
[Advertising] After watching the third season of Dark on Netflix, I had to draw a fan art of Jonas Kahnwald and Martha Nielsen. In this post, I will present my artwork and tell, why Dark is a science fiction series I will never forget.
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September – Songwriting and Arrangement
The alternative rock song “September” of The Verge uses interesting songwriting and arrangement techniques. Each step was carefully planned. I would like to present them in this blog post. An exclusive insight to songwriting and music arrangement of alternative rock music.
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Let me go – Writing a song in a dream
Have you ever heard about songwriting in dreams? In 2007, I dreamt about a rock concert of a fictional alternative rock / post grunge band called The Verge. Their song Let me go and stuck in my mind. In the next morning, I did my best to reproduce chords, lyrics and riffs of the song I dreamt of. This ain’t a simple task, if you never played guitar before.
