BEFORE MY EYES
This Single was my return to recording after a long hiatus. I was listening to a lot of The Killers and Stuart Price remixes and productions at the time. I wrote, performed, and produced all the arrangements on this song including the remix. It’s called the Stripper Remix because I tested it at a strip club and had good reaction from the dancers. I must say it was a lot of fun through the entire process. I’ve always liked mid-tempo dance music that was musical and song based.
DREAM IN STEREO (DELUXE EDITION)
I was listening to a lot of trip hop acts like Hooverphonic, Delerium, Morcheeba, and Recoil at the time. The song Dream In Stereo was sung by Wendy Emerson. The first question EVERYBODY asks is “Who sang this?” Well, now you know. The lyrics and music all came to me in a lucid dream hence the name. I like the mix of both female (various singers) and male (me) to balance things out. One of my favorite tracks is Passport since it has such a nice melodic trip hop groove to it but towards the end doubles the tempo with heart pounding drum and bass. When I Close My Eyes is another Enigma influenced song that is very orchestrated with atmospheric electronics. The songs have a filmic element to them and all were naturally placed in commercials or film. All my songs are gratis for independent films with legitimate download. Simple eh?
GONNA HAVE YOU
This was my experiment in the urban pop and R&B world under the QL persona. It wasn’t meant to be anything serious in terms of a creative venture but I liked how it turned out. It was written by myself, Yung Tae (rapper aka Lil’ Droppa who did the theme song from the show Jail), YouTube phenomenon Redd Stylez, and David Abraham (producer). This was one of my most enjoyable recordings since I collaborated with such wonderful talents in a completely foreign genre to me.
SELECTED MUSIC FOR FILMS VOL. 1
The album features 12 songs written and recorded within a 36 hour marathon studio session. It was very creatively liberating. The tracks are very cinematic and driven by pounding and intricate industrial beats. I was inspired by Nine Inch Nails “Ghosts I-IV” and Moby Gratis. Independent or student filmmakers may use any of the songs for non-profit films without need of a master or sync license as long as they purchase a legitimate download. That is the reason why the song titles were deliberately “untitled” so you have no pre-conceived notions as to how they should fit to your films. Their use is up to you.