Evermore (M8 + Synthesizer V)

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First off I want to give a huge shout out to the major inspirations for this track, @laamaa and @azu, as their deep, emotional music reminded me of this side of myself. Second, an honorable mention to @impbox for using Synthesizer V in his tune last week, which was the final push I needed to finally give it a try.

I wanted to make something slow, and emotional, and attempt to incorporate vocals, and even lyrics. My approach was to start on M8 to get the chord prog/vibe (using exclusively from-scratch fm, aside from the drums), then use synth v to build the vocal melody, then figure out lyrics that matched the cadence etc. I know this is a bit backwards to most lyricists, and I am in no way a lyricist let alone vocalist, so it ended up kind of awkward, but in a way I actually like, and I think fits the not-quite-natural sound of the ai vox (using the Maki database if you're curious). Then I sampled that directly into M8 to mix in, with copious reverb. The lyrics were directly inspired by the emotions I felt from the music; a forlorn unrequited love; of someone trying to let another down gently.

I think this is the wb I'm most proud of so far, despite the fact that it's (ironically) one 4 chord diatonic minor progression used throughout the piece. The goal here was for the variation to be in the dynamic energy/production etc. And really, some of the most emotional music imo is just diatonic minor after all (movie scores et al)

Youtube vid: youtu.be/C6HtAyhguZw

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Don't you know
I tried loving you
but you just don't understand
Sometimes things can't last
Evermore
and there's nothing to become of it

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from L8est M8 Gr8s, released December 3, 2021

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