So, four years ago, I discovered this song right when it came out. I had never heard anything like it, and, as an avid reader of fantasy at that point, I fell in love with it. I listened to that track over and over again, but for some reason I never at the time looked up more songs like it.
Later that year I learned guitar (and have been playing ever since), and then the next year I was taking music theory classes in high school. About a year and a half ago I discovered Two Steps From Hell and learned the term contemporary classical and discovered what music production was. I started listening to people like Adrian Von Ziegler, Brandon & Derek Fiechter, Peter Crowley, that crowd. I really wanted to try my hand at production but wasn't confident enough/lacked the skills/thought I would never be able to pull it off.
Then, in quite recent history, I remembered that one song I heard 4 years ago. I looked it up, and I had the perfect combination of nostalgia, inspiration, and love for music that I decided I would try my hand at music theory. I then discovered that holy crap, software is expensive but HEY! Lmms is free, and after some searching found a pack of free sf2s as well. And now that I have completed a song, even if short and not great, it feels as if it got me over the mental block in my mind telling me I would never be able to make music of my own.
Later that year I learned guitar (and have been playing ever since), and then the next year I was taking music theory classes in high school. About a year and a half ago I discovered Two Steps From Hell and learned the term contemporary classical and discovered what music production was. I started listening to people like Adrian Von Ziegler, Brandon & Derek Fiechter, Peter Crowley, that crowd. I really wanted to try my hand at production but wasn't confident enough/lacked the skills/thought I would never be able to pull it off.
Then, in quite recent history, I remembered that one song I heard 4 years ago. I looked it up, and I had the perfect combination of nostalgia, inspiration, and love for music that I decided I would try my hand at music theory. I then discovered that holy crap, software is expensive but HEY! Lmms is free, and after some searching found a pack of free sf2s as well. And now that I have completed a song, even if short and not great, it feels as if it got me over the mental block in my mind telling me I would never be able to make music of my own.