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How Producer Q: came up with the groovy tunes for Blood of the Dragon...
The first thing we did was really delve into a lot of world music that's out there. Monks singing on mountains, wind instruments from Australia, and some really freaky alternative stuff coming out of Africa. We probably went through hundreds of hours of material and took some notes. I did this because I was looking for some influences that were a little more tribal or pre-renaissance since most of the novel takes place at this different technology level.
We saw the main characters as the type you might see at a U2 concert or rave so I then constructed some songs using two very different points of view within the context of the same tune. An electronic music composition meets a naked singing lion god sort of thing came about. Why? I thought, that as the main characters, Joel, Spree, and Sara went through the worlds of San-soon and Tan-tar they would try to relate to something they were familiar with, when seeing something strange to them. From these early demos, I got the OK from Matt. He sent me a batch of lyrics that he started working out. I would later go and touch up the lyrics but I decided I needed some help fleshing out the more musical ideas...
Enter Dave. Dave and Eugene had done some earlier work together on a project we called Mutant. Cool stuff that I am currently remastering. Dave has a different perspective in general on music but we dig a lot of the same bands so we worked almost perfectly together. Dave came up with some really driving guitar and bass lines. His vocal impersonations came in handy too. Most importantly though, Dave is an anything goes kind of guy in music with no preconceived notions of how things should be. His input and great ear were a godsend.
| Through My eyes | in her face as
she stands before me seeing twice what I've seen before crystal blue as the flames of virtue satin soft as the purest pearls in her heart the rage of thunder races forth its reins withheld passion red as the veil of wishes stunning lush as dreams will tell through my eyes I see her face an open heart as it's bared to me am I worth of this beauty as reveals all to me in her soul like windswept candles songs rescind love's burning tide violet bright as the wings of wisdom caressing cool as the deepest blue in her touch as she reaches for me a thousand thoughts long to be born silver prisms as the shards of solace brilliant blasts as the brightest stars
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| An Oasis of San-soon | like a dream
in a deep green ocean the oasis of the Sang-ma-ban see Bacca standing in the sun waves crashing upon the beach and Spree's hand in her reach see the blue stretch to the sky or the world in a dreamer's eyes feel the warmth of her soft embrace catch a waterfall lost in the race tell the tale of a thousand dreams watch love rise from the flames tempting fate with a single kiss asking for one simple wish |
| Catacombs of Shadow Keep | into the
castle, lost in the keep braving the catacombs where demons sleep through the shadows into the mist where whispers hide and words are surprised then dungeons cry consuming despair chained for so long no one cares walk the wire from Nirvana to Hell a wicked web with the Eldin-gar's spells many figures in the shadowy mist where whispers hide and hope is a wish welcome to misery and stifling plight at tunnels end there's a Novena of light we're a pride of lions taking the den A new regime conquers this now crimson glen you've scaled the wall now make the leap fight all night and sow what you reap grant no quarter there's fear on your side you've sacked the palace near dawn's light the motte! the bailey! lay siege to the keep across the chasm where the Eldin-gar seethes into the courtyard you can feel the light beware the per-lac's deadliest strikes through the gateway down to the mines where the price of life is defined
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| Ban-dra-kan | like the
breeze that comes with the dawn fear fades until its gone the silence in the setting sun foretells what's to come stoke the fire that comes with the storm burning eyes of the living hell borne like the plague that wreaks from within a harsh wrath from the devil's den on the trail waiting for me is that fate that I can see? is it hope disguised as an omen or a curse thrust down on me? relentless, unforgiving powerful against the living last breath is never taken the face of death; the ban-dra-kan like the sands that shift with the tide you can run but you can't hide the thunder that screams from the sky is a warning sound and not denied like the dragon that hunts with the moon sharp talons predict your certain doom there's a terror that hides in the gloom Ban-dra-kan waits for you
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| Guiding Light | star's dust
across the sky magic's sweet delight exploding like the desert moon shards of light the deepest blue silent whispers that dance on air leaving hope in their brilliant flare exploding like the desert moon shards of light of the deepest blue trails of light across the sky the burning hope that love's alive like an angels velvet touch the guiding light of love exploding like the desert moon shards of light the deepest blue like a signal flare in the night love's message takes off in flight in a vision that clouds the mind fiery strands of heaven unwind trails of light across the sky the burning hope that love's alive
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| Pillars of Stone | shot from the
heart of a burning sky a message of fate from the light from the hearth that holds no home a message from beyond pillars of stone the heart of light and the fate of the sky rest on pillars of stone fight. fall. breath and return to the pillars of stone strike the match to ignite the lame to a bible of secrets darkened from age god holds onto heaven's sash sends down judgment with a hand of wrath struck with rage send dark secrets to the grave chronicled on pillars of stone fight. fall. breath and return to the pillars of stone select a story because time's no tail trappings of sight from the shadows of veil drink from the failures that dreams repeat drown ever after in a somber sleep drink from the dreams you're trapped to repeat witnessed by pillars of stone fight. fall. breath and return to the pillars of stone
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| Wrath of Tir-nan | one lonely
night would take all I had to give one hopeless flight with odds just to great to live as she stood there and cried my blood flowed like water and the tears in her eyes mixed with blood on my shoulder one last goodbye was all I could afford her one last goodbye, a wish blown in the storm in the blink of an eye my light turned to darkness falling through an blackened sky no I'm floating conscious she stood there right before me and pressed her hands to my chest what could she say? as I took my dying breath in the shattered dreams that drown beneath the thunder judgment released his grasp and cast my soul down under her soft skin caress was all I could remember was sealed with t kiss that had to last forever
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| Children of the Tan-nac's moon | see the
children of the Tar-nac moon as danger circles around the room see their veils in flight with the dance of a 1000 lights like shadowed pirouettes upon the night sky weaving between
the clouds
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| Mines of Tan-tar | within the
halls, the walls, and ways our fate is etched from solid rock as its read and said in prayers bless the path we can never walk pass your hands along the stone hieroglyphs from long ago instructions how to pass our days watched by a Gerbin's gaze within the halls and walls, these days our cells are locked, lost with the keys words through the door we hear and feel bless the hearts that are revealed we will wait for fate here we wait for fate within the halls, the walls, our lives our souls are torn as we spill the pain there's a will that drives the tears we feel bless the balance we can never cross
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| Down | I feel the
heart of shadows behind your eyes, in your mind those Gerbin eyes that burn me down set me loose release these chains for freedom the breaking path holds me down grinds me down burning fields of fate like fire running through my veins I feel the endless stirring sound as my heartbeat pounds I hear the sound of sorrow shaking in the leaves, in the trees to my knees, down to the ground to feel the reins of terror slipping on the noose drag me round, pull me down, keep me down I see the dreams that I seldom see what will tomorrow bring? darkness or death? as the shades forever rest drowning down, pulling down burning down, beating down crashing down in the dawn
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| Joel's Quest | I've been cast
down into the waves of darkness left for dead, just some forgotten one risen up to face this madness tell your god that I've come my fate lays in the hands of strangers passing days on a steadfast run my heart follows a face that's nameless my soul dying until the deed is done to the dungeons that bear no witness through the channel to the Tan-tar mines bowing down to the tricks of Tir-nan swallowed whole by death divine my fate lays in the mouths of dragons passing days on a steadfast fun my heart follows a face that's nameless my love lives and is growing strong into the dungeons of flame and fury into the castle of an elven god face those who would dare oppress me pass these tests in the name of love
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| Bar-ten-ba | love. bar-ten-ba
it is the love that drives all the very source that feeds the soul it is the light that guides us home the true path that is always known like the waves, the sea, the sand, the spinning world where we stand like the sun, the moon, the stars, heaven's kiss in your open arms like a song that never ends it is the music that your heart transcends love is a whisper, the touch of an angle's hand a call from the mountains it is a never ending song the light that guides us home it is the touch of an angel's hands caressing soft without demands it is a whisper that hangs long after you have disappeared its a call from mountains high thrust down upon forever's skies |
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