Wind Walkers (Space Music)

[Benedict]

This is "Wind Walkers" from my new album "Falling From The Floor"

"Floor" becasue most of it was made all scrunched up on the floor, first as my furniture sold and then as I waited for new furniture in my new home across the country.

This piece is about passing through a wind farm where these huge things rise above the landscape like Martian tripods from H.G.Wells' "War Of The Worlds". Kinda beautiful, kinda frightening. We have a wind farm close to my new town. There is even a fan blade on show outside the information center in town. Huuuuuge thing.

Official: https://benedictroffmarsh.com/2026/07/0 ... the-floor/
Bandcamp: https://benedictroff-marsh.bandcamp.com ... -the-floor

For the synth spotters, everything was done in Reason 14 using mostly stock devices for everything.

No AI - No Loops - No Samples.

[Ciderwell]

This was very enjoyable listening and always good to hear keyboards played live. I could really visualize the rotating blades and the churning turbines. It would have been cool to hear the choral synth made more prominent giving the leads an added accompaniment and lift, raising the bar into the outro.

However it is what it is, and far more than I've done myself. I've also been working on a piece of space music but have only managed one minute's worth - spending too long I guess chopping and processing drum loops. The American author Stephen Donaldson once said that learning to write stories meant he had to study pacing very closely as many myopic hours of work would often fill only a sparse page or two. I need to rethink music in much the same way as arrangements of expression can easily whizz by all too quickly, and miss the mark. It would be nice to finish something this month as I'm starting to feel like a (different website) one hit wonder.

[Benedict]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed.

Getting stuck, or the Fear Loop, is Thee most common thing I see/hear in every group/forum/venue. Talent is a dime a dozen; ability not so far behind; tools we are drowning in, so that leaves fear. I had that when I was a tacker too. Only when it got to the point where I stalled - almost tossed my gear out the window - I realized that I was here to do my thing, not to try to be a clone of [insert band name] (for me Front 242 at that moment). There was only pain in that path, esp if it meant I gave up on my passion, my self. Sooooo, I put aside expectation - over & over I admit - and got on with being Stephen Donaldson, sorry Benedict

The single most powerful tool in the arsenal of moving forward is the act of Variation. Don't fret over drumses or splaturation but simply create another variation and vary the idea or two into an Arrangement. Usually drums come after for me as they are the least important part of a unique composition, even if the 909 is at the front of the mix


BTW thanks for thinking I played anything in this one, it is all mouse to MIDI. But I do work on phrasing and that is probably what you felt which means I did my job ok

[enroe]

"Wind Walkers": A beautiful instrumental, expansive and yet somewhat
eerie. In the middle, a surging sound kicks in that makes the song even
more eerie.

Very well done – a great song!

[CrystalWizard]

Good image provoking piece. I had a similar experience once with giant high voltage towers on rt 37 in CA, US.
Cool piece.

[jcub]

I enjoyed this piece and loved the sounds and arrangement (I used to a Reason user). It had a bit of a Vangelis mood to it. Nicely done!

[Ciderwell]

Getting stuck, or the Fear Loop, is Thee most common thing I see/

This gave me a lot to think about. I decided the Fear Loop is when the fun part is over and the logical work of arranging and processing kicks in. The dread of ruining the work created by fun and inspiration can be overwhelming. As you say, Variation is the key. I might start a song plan journal or some form of written record on how to complete a music composition. Thanks, you've been very helpful.

BTW, listening again to 'Wind Walkers' I would like to have heard more of those Ozzy animal sounds that vanished too quickly in the outro. 'Walkabout' happens to be one my all time favourite films mostly for all the diverse, weird and wonderful, creatures Australia has to offer.

[Benedict]

Thanks, guys.

This I made a few months ago for a group where everyone was whining about a lack of music. It is not a recipe, but I wanted to show how anyone can get at least a working piece/song, and that with the right approach, I "made such a little go a very long way" (thanks PSB).

[Ciderwell]