lost

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‘Lost’ – Idea for a Game theme

I created a theme for a game called ‘Lost‘ in early 2014 to test out ideas and experiment with what I could do with the technology available to me. I created it using Cubase and ProTools and a Roland FP7F keyboard.

‘Lost’ came about because I wanted to test my composition and mixing skills to see how much I could enhance the tension in the music. I did not compose to a brief. It is called ‘Lost’ because it sounds like someone who is scared and running. It would work better as a theme for a game because it is linear – starting quiet, getting louder to the climax and ending quiet again. From this I learnt many new tricks in the mixing world and I will keep improving on these skills more and more with each new project I take on.

All Music by Oliver Daniel Nicholls 2014

 
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‘The Big Day’ song

I composed this song at about the same time I wrote ‘Do You Love Me‘ when I was 15. I recorded it during my first year at University. Like the song ‘Upside Down’ I uploaded recently, I still feel that much more can be done with ‘The Big Day’ in regards to mixing. The main problem I have with it is that I don’t know exactly how it should sound, so I keep changing all the settings of all the tracks and the master mix to see if I prefer it or not. I could spend forever on this so I decided the last mix I’ve done is the final version and it is as good as it is going to get. If I re-recorded it I would take out a chorus or something because I feel it does get a bit repetitive at times. Anyway give it a listen below! 🙂

The song is about somebody who can’t sleep and is up all night worrying that something might go wrong at their wedding the next day.

Lyrics and music by Oliver Daniel Nicholls (OllieDN) 2010
Lead vocals, Backing vocals, Piano and Synths by Oliver Daniel Nicholls
Lead and Rhythm Guitar and Bass Guitar by Michael Price
Drums by Mark Vincent
Recorded and Produced by Oliver Daniel Nicholls (OllieDN)
(Drums recorded by Michael Price)

 
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‘Upside Down’ song

This is one of a few of my own songs I recorded during my first year of University. I hadn’t had much experience mixing or recording at this point. The first song I mixed is a song called ‘I don’t really care’. I spent hours and hours mixing this one although it was all experimenting… I listened to it the other day and I can do a much better job of it now. I plan to come back to it at some point and start the mixing again from scratch. I still think ‘Upside Down’ can be improved but I can be too much of a perfectionist€¦ And there has to come a point where I sit back and say it is finished. So this is the final version.

The song is about somebody who was in a desperate situation in their life. However their world was turned upside down when they met somebody who brought them hope, and laughter too. They were brought out of their sadness and learnt to appreciate life again.

Lyrics and music by Oliver Daniel Nicholls (OllieDN) 2010
Lead vocals and Piano by Oliver Daniel Nicholls
Lead and Rhythm Guitar and Bass Guitar by Michael Price
Drums by Mark Vincent
Recorded and Produced by Oliver Daniel Nicholls (OllieDN)
(Drums recorded by Michael Price)