APPROXIMATELY THIS FLABBERGASTED:
I WOULD PROBABLY SELF-DETONATE ON THE SPOT
*SOFT SCREAMING*
so, a couple of people have messaged me asking whether I would be okay with them having a copy of Light on the Horizon.
The answer is absolutely totally and unequivocably YES.
In order to post the song to Soundcloud (and from there to tumblr) I had to squish the file a lot, and a little bit of the quality got sacrificed as a result.
So, here is the full uncompressed mp3. It is big, no lie (19MB). But it is all yours, if you want it.
I’m just so, so grateful you like it.
oh help, my entire face is on fire…! heck, my MIND is on fire!!!
I’ve spoken before of how I love to write, sure, but music is my entire life: making it and giving it to others and showing young folks different ways to make it and love it and a;lsdkjfghljahsfa
so Katya, you must understand, when you say things LIKE THIS about my music, I am so overcome, I am utterly and totally undone, I am crying openly here.
especially as you’ve mentioned here that it feels like a blend of Elven and Dwarven music – and that is EXACTLY what my aim was, EXACTLY – and to hear that, for you, I have succeeded…
I’m really a mess, and I can’t thank you enough.
from Sansukh, Chapter 45
The sheet music for download is here!
The lyrics are here!
(I have also reproduced them below, for you to follow along)
Included but possibly not audible in this song!
– five months of work omg
– lots and lots of swearing
– over three hundred separate recordings, both vocal and violin
– lots of learning how to do stuff in Audacity
– the spring lorikeets returning in the garden outside my house
I hope you enjoy it!!
LYRICS
Though my heart may be heavy,
Though I wander afar,
I will come to the morning
Over sea and under star.
Where you go there will I follow,
For you are my guiding star.
I will never fear tomorrow.
There is comfort where you are.
Though the starlight is fading (I am lost in the dark),
Though the night gathers fast (take my hand).
There’s a new world awaiting (with you here by my side)
Lay your burden down at last (at last).
There’s a light on the horizon,
There’s a voice that calls my name,
There’s a place that I belong,
There’s an ever-burning flame.
Far from hope and from home (far from all that I knew),
Full of sorrow and fear (meleth nîn),
You are never alone (ghivashelê I’m near, I am near)
I will always be here (I am here).
Out of dark to the day’s rising,
Death itself will I defy,
For the road goes ever on,
To your arms will I fly.
I was worn, I was weary (annon ûr, nîn angin),
With suspicion and shame (Âzyungel),
Now I stand in the sunlight (now I stand in the light)
And my heart it calls your name (and my heart calls your name).
And the road takes me onward,
Takes me far from my door.
Never now will I falter,
Since you taught me how to soar.
I will wait for you forever,
I will be here when you call,
And if ever you should stumble,
I will catch you if you fall.
There’s a light on the horizon,
There’s a ship upon the sea,
Now the world is so much wider,
For you wander it with me.
And the sun shines out the clearer,
Golden glory in the blue!
There’s a light on the horizon,
And it’s guiding me to you.
…
Aaaaaaah I am so glad! SERIOUSLY so so glad – it’s my passion, music, and my livelihood, and so the pressure i put on myself when it comes to it is probably a bit too much but yeah, I am so SO GLAD you enjoyed it and that you emotionally connected with it!
*yodels joyously* THAT’S THE BEST FEEDBACK ANY MUSICIAN CAN HEAR TBH
One is an old and crusty lady, and has seen Monty Python far too many times, that’s how 🙂
(thank you, beautiful Nonnie! I am taking a break on it while I have family staying over. I am getting too anxious and frustrated with it!)
*lies facedown on the floor*
i’ve worked for two and a half days straight on recording all the string parts for ‘Light on the Horizon’. I’ve re-recorded and deleted and re-recorded and adjusted and prodded and tweaked, deleted and then done the lot all over again… and it still sounds like
augh why do i suck
Back at it again with the cello music! This one’s also from @determamfidd‘s Sansukh, Gimli’s Jig from Chapter 42. It’s an arrangement, actually written out and not just done by ear this time, because learning things by ear is hard. Also arranged because can I play the part written as is in treble clef? Technically yes. Would I enjoy it? No.
This was fun. (even though listening to it a day later i can hear how many mistakes I made, yeeeeeeep…)
Dets’s provided sheet music is here, the original violin audio is here, the bass clef arrangement I made is here. This is a video again because, once again, my computer refused to be cooperative in regards to sound files.
OH MY GOD
*dances madly* YESSSSS THIS SOUNDS AMAZING ON CELLO HOLY HECK..!
And a bass clef arrangement…! *gibbers in happiness* AHH THE DOUBLE-STOPPING SOUNDS SO AWESOME DOWN LOW, andhblajshdgaljh aaaaah the first jig sounds so? KICKASS? AHHH
*hugs and hugs* YOU MUSICAL FABWIZARD THANK YOU SO SO MUCH, this is awesome!
(lmao less mistakes than I made, and in one take, also! :DDD )
Awwww, thank you Nonnie! I’ve posted two lullabies, so here they both are 🙂
My mother’s lullaby (based around Toora Loora Loora… we guess)
Broadbeam Cradle-Song (from Sansukh)
The Forge Sits Silent (from Azhâr)
I wrote a song for harp and voice, for Chapter 12 of @yubiwamonogatari‘s brilliant fic Azhâr!
It was a joy to compose for you, dear. Your words are gorgeous.
Lyrics by @yubiwamonogatari, composed and performed by me.
Sheet music pdfs for download:
The Forge Sits Silent (G minor – High Voice)
The Forge Sits Silent (E minor – Alto/Baritone)Dets wrote and performed a GORGEOUS piece of music to fit the words of a very special song in the newest chapter of Azhâr! Thank you so much for this amazing piece of art!!!
*blushes* It was my absolute pleasure, thank you Yubi! I am still just so glad you like it!!
Aw Yiss 