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SoulSecure
I am a Christian, composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist.

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Posted by SoulSecure - February 19th, 2014


I am now allowing fans to download my album and single songs for free on bandcamp.com.

My family and I have been on this long slide deeper into debt and poverty and we are at an all time low, exclusively dependent on others. This has made me think of my fans, most of whom tend to be younger (interestingly enough) and can not pay for my music, even though I am in great need.

I've been thinking and I've come to the conclusion that I don't care if I get paid for my music at this point as long as I make my fans happy. The reason I was selling my music in the first place was only because other people insisted I shouldn't take less for my hard work. Yes, it was a lot of hard work and I'm still improving some of the songs, but what does it matter if no one else can enjoy it? People say my music is unique and impressive, but that album has been inaccessable to these people until now. It's causing a disconnect with my fans.

So, come on over and have a listen and download if you want. Donations are definitely welcome, but please don't feel obligated to give.

If you want to use my music for a project or anything, please ask permission first and give me my due credit.

Y'all have a good one!

 

 


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I enjoy “Voolu Lidsete” quite a bit for its atmospheric and dreamy quality. Although brief, I like the eastern instrument that gets added to it toward the end. I really don’t want to show my ignorance by trying to guess what it is exactly. What does the track even mean? Tried googling it, but to no avail.
The synth for “They Came and Left,” although has a nice timbre to it, was a bit cryptic to me mostly because the piece started as a rock piece. The drums dropped off along with the guitar and comes in the synth. After it was over, it got me thinking whether this whole thing was meant to be conceptual or not. The titles of your tracks gives me a clue that it is, but the music challenges me in figuring out what they may be.
Not the best review I know, but I’ll most likely come back to listen to these just so I can perhaps gain a bit more insight. While listening, boring is certainly not a word to describe it.

Voolu Iidsete is probably the worst way I could have named the song. The song is comprised of a very Mongol-Turkic sound, using a bowed Sanshin in place of a Morin Khuur and I played my Cogur Saz as the Turkish element along with bells and a sample of me percussing on my Saz. The words, "voolu iidsete," are Estonian for, "The Flow Of The Ancients." Think about that. Why did I name a Mongol-Turkic song in Eesti?? It wasn't a very good decision, as I should have named it in a Mongolian dialect, or Turkish, but I named it in Estonian because I love how the language sounds. I knew that I wanted to name it 'The Flow Of Ancient', but I wanted to name it in a different language and didn't think well enough about it and picked Eesti.

Yes, the album is sort of conceptual, but I don't really advertise it that way. The album is about the degradation of humanity, the general loss or lack of appreciation for old ways, each other, and good morals. Also, it's against the governments and their stupidity.

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I was not aware of this album of yours, and if you don’t mind I would like to give you my thoughts upon first listening to it. Again this is just a first impression.
You got a lot going here. It’s indeed a blend of different styles and that’s good. Why be concerned with restricting yourself in a particular genre?
“Where Abominations Lay…” is a good prelude, and at first I didn’t even know it was separate from “Gone Astray.”
“Gone Astray” probably is more like a Hip Hop song, but the instrumentation was a bit unconventional to which I’d say is quite refreshing and different. Another thing you going for this is the syncopation of the synth at parts. It’s indeed strange, but to me it is quite fun listening to it when I choose to just embrace it.
“Narcoleptic Tragedy” is perhaps the easiest to figure out of the bunch as it’s pretty much straight up Industrial.
My favorite track is “Ayaklanma Bok” as I love the eastern qualities and arrangement of the different parts.
The following track, “Faith in Motion,” sounds as if an exorcism is taking place, but then again that could just be the different perspectives that you and I have. At the end of that piece, though, it turns to be more ambient which is was an interesting and nice contrast from the beginning.
“Sunken Temple” is quite calm and your choice of delay is a good one.
“Falling”-- Eh, you’re not going to like what I have to say about the piano, but it was straight up MIDI sounding meaning that it sounded too fake for my liking. It shouldn’t surprise you since I told you I was a snob when it comes to the piano. I just listen to a lot of classical, piano music that are recording live. So yea, that’s a bit of a biased opinion. I like whoever’s voice was rapping in the middle of the track. Again, this track isn’t necessarily a rap song as it seems flow freely into whatever it wants it to be as it isn’t concerned to define itself in a particular genre in my opinion.
“The Unknown Solitude” just reminds me of how unique sounding this whole album is. Every track has something that keeps my ears and brain awake throughout not knowing what to expect within the track but also the next one that comes up.

Ayaklanma Bok was my 1st place winning entry in the RAC 2012 contest here on NG.

In Falling, that is literally a MIDI standard piano, lol. I've been working on a version with a new VST. I was kind of forced to use that piano at the time as that was literally the best sounding piano I had :(

Also, everything on the album was done by myself. I'm thinking of having my wife sing in the song, though.