barryvan

Category: Pop/rock

  • [Music] Ventilate

    Well, it’s been a fair while since I last uploaded a piece of music — over two months, in fact! So here’s my latest piece.

    This piece actually started out as an experiment — I recently got my hands on all sorts of shiny new toys, and my DAW got an awesome upgrade, so I couldn’t resist seeing what I could do with them.

    I managed to use all but one of the products that came with Komplete to make this track — FM8, Massive, Reaktor, Guitar Rig, Kontakt, and Battery. Much fun. 😀

    [audio:http://www.barryvan.com.au/music/Ventilate.mp3]

    Hmm… For some reason, the version of this uploaded to thesixtyone gets some distortion on the bass during the intro section. I’ve tried uploading at various bitrates, multiple times, but it still keeps on happening. I think they must be doing some re-encoding. :/ Very annoying.

  • Songpack #1

    [Download archive]

    I’ve uploaded an archive of my music for easier download. This archive currently contains eighteen tracks, eight of which are no longer available anywhere else! The tracks included in this pack are:

    I may well create other ‘songpacks’ for download, so keep checking back. There’ll always be a couple of exclusive tracks in each pack, so it’ll be worth your while. I hope. 🙂

    Download all eighteen tracks now!

  • Just to say

    I would die a thousand times,
    cross the deserts, tear the skies;
    oh I would do it all

    I would do it all for you
    just to say that I love you,
    that I love you.

    [audio:http://www.barryvan.com.au/music/JustToSay.mp3]

    Download

    Comments transferred from Trax In Space and Modplug Central.

  • Quiet Rituals

    Completed: Thursday, April 16, 2009 (Download)

    Finally, after quite a while, I’ve got a new track out. 🙂 It’s been sitting on my computer for a couple of weeks now, and there are still a few things in it that I would like to iron out, but my inability to get the time to do so means that it’s just been bugging me. So now I’ve decided to just put it up as is.

    Anyway, the track itself is quite a simple piece: I did, in fact, try to make it simple. It’s somewhat influenced by Ravel’s Bolero and the Newsboys’ The Orphan, in that it is constantly building by both adding and removing layers. It’s also, perhaps, influenced a bit by some of Coldplay’s stuff: I was listening to Viva La Vida and Prospekt’s March recently, and I was interested to note that in lots of those tracks there’s the same ‘kick on every beat’-type thing going on.

    Let me know what you think.

    [audio:http://www.barryvan.com.au/music/Quiet%20Rituals.mp3]

  • Alone

    Saturday, July 5, 2008 (Download)

    A simple piano track with a few pop elements, too.
    [audio:http://test.pbc.wa.edu.au/music/Alone.mp3]

  • Heart and soul

    Composed: Saturday, July 5, 2008 (Download)

    I decided to take a break from my more serious musical projects (and my studies) and write a piece based around the very first duet I learnt on the piano. I wanted to make something fairly cheesy, but still fun to listen to. It kinda morphs from cheesy chip into cheesy fifties jazz.
    [audio:http://test.pbc.wa.edu.au/music/Heart%20and%20Soul.mp3]

  • Standing on the brink of forever

    Composed: Friday, June 13, 2008 (Download)

    Reflections on what’s going on in my life at the moment. I feel as though I’m on the threshold of not only a new chapter, but a whole new book. I’m finishing uni this year and getting married soon after – I can see the landmarks up ahead, and I feel as though I’m on the brink of forever. Whilst everything ahead is positive, there’s always some sadness in losing a lot of what I have at the moment. But part of living is making sacrifices and moving on.
    [audio:http://test.pbc.wa.edu.au/music/Standing%20on%20the%20brink%20of%20forever.mp3]