Traffic explosion
07 Mar 2010 Leave a Comment
in Let's Talk... Tags: a million tears, music, nuwrayn, nuwrayn @ last fm, nuwrayn on facebook, nuwrayn on twitter
Well, posting up my music like that caused my web presence to explode, and tons of traffic to the site that I’ve never had before. I guess it was all worth it, you know, all the social networking sites and what not.
On the music front, it seems the new album is going to be slightly delayed. Now I know the reason why it’s so hard for artists to meet a release date. If you can show me ONE artist whose album is not delayed, I’ll pay you a million dollars. 
It’s just not happening. There will always be some type of delay.
At any rate, I just wanted to state that A Million Tears will remain up for at least another week, so if you haven’t got around to listening to it, you might want to go give it a shot before it disappears into 30 second clips again. 
Just a reminder. Oh, and here’s the link again in case you can’t find it. http://wp.me/pBmut-5y
I just finished piecing together another track for the new album this afternoon, so I will spend a few more days touching it up, composing the rest, arranging, and then mixing and mastering. This one is a straight instrumental, and is definitely inspired by Yanni’s “Until the Last Moment”. You guys will love this one.
Until then, take care, and stay tuned for ever more music.
Sometimes…
16 Aug 2009 6 Comments
in Let's Talk... Tags: cold, inspiration, music, nightmare, wish
You know, sometimes, things just happen the way they do. Don’t you just wish sometimes when something happens, that you can wake up from it and it was all a nightmare?
What if you wake up and the nightmare doesn’t stop………………?
Or when you walk in the 90* sun and still break out in a cold sweat?
Alone...
These are all things that are ripe for inspiration for some of the best music. It’s always been like that since the beginning of time: the best of man comes when he is in the worst possible situation.
I can’t possibly tell you what nightmare I’m going through, but it’s going to be this way for a long, long time. I wish it weren’t like this. I wish I could wake up and it would all be a bad dream.
Over the next few months, I will continue to push forward with the release of my album, including videos, in addition to pieces of my previous album, “Whispers of Winter”. In the meantime, such pain that I experience will only serve to fuel the next chapter in my musical history, which I’ve already begun. This one is going to be good from what I hear already.
Never give up hope…
Music as a language…
07 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Let's Talk... Tags: motif, motif xs, music, nuwrayn, yamaha, yanni
In the studio
I’ve always thought of music as a language. A way for us to communicate. Sometimes, I call it the “universal language”. Right?
Well, I am new to making music professionally. My weapon of choice? The Yamaha Motif XS. All my new music is created, arranged, composed, and mastered on this wonderful piece of equipment.
My main influence? Yanni. Back when he was doing “real” (non-vocal) style music. I love his instrumentals; always have, always will. The new stuff? Not so much.
Growing up in the 80s, I have all the influences of the big artists at that time: MJ (RIP), Journey (back when they had Steve Perry), Toto, you name it. I like to dip into an eclectic nostalgia time to time and get some inspiration.
Well enough talk for now. Hang tight with me while I find a way to upload my music to this thing…
"Any magnificent musical expression cannot come from anything but a powerful emotion and passion. I feel that so many people will be able to hopefully relate to my music, not because of the way that it sounds, nor the way it has been constructed or played. It is because the message that's behind it; it's important, it's true, and it's clear. This is what we all understand and know." ~ Nuwrayn