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SentineLEX · Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:03 pm Post subject: I play keyboard pretty fast

Don't know how much of an audience I'll find on a metal forum with a few dozen regulars but might as well try it out!

So I've been working on neoclassical piano stuff and power metal stuff, but I haven't produced any of the latter yet. Which leaves the piano stuff. I've just released my fourth album, "Love Stories Aged Yellow", and I'd like to share it with you guys:

http://soundcloud.com/mikhail- garrievitch-soumar/sets/love-stories- aged-yellow

My style is heavily influenced by power and symphonic metal in general, and Jens Johansson, Timo Tolkki and Jari Maenpaa specifically. On the classical side I draw a lot from Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninoff. I've been trying to get away from sounding like I'm trying to do piano covers of metal songs, but still rely on trying to get my single instrument to simulate the more "whole" sound of a rock band or symphonic orchestra.

So check out the album and let me know what you think!

If you're in a hurry, check out the third track, Flamedance. It's 57 seconds long and gives a pretty good impression of my style as a whole.

fuck · Sr. Member Joined: 08 Mar 2015 Posts: 661

Wow holy shit! Sounds incredible! Good job! Bigok

fuck · Sr. Member Joined: 08 Mar 2015 Posts: 661

Are you using a real grand piano? I could be wrong but to me it doesn't sound digital. Anyways great stuff.

rikkertje · Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:51 am Post subject:

Really nice! Fellow keyboardist over here. We've got quite the similar style!

fuck · Sr. Member Joined: 08 Mar 2015 Posts: 661

SentineLEX · Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:19 pm Post subject:

fuck · Sr. Member Joined: 08 Mar 2015 Posts: 661

Nice! Any realistic orchestra plugins you have? I heard east west Hollywood strings is pretty good.

SentineLEX · Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 6:17 am Post subject:

I'm currently just using Sibelius Sounds for all my scoring needs. I might get an actual plugin later on but for now I'm just pulling people from my campus that play instruments. College students will work for peanuts.

fuck · Sr. Member Joined: 08 Mar 2015 Posts: 661

Wow. You should get an xylophone player to join you. Xylophone shred. Very Happy

SentineLEX · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:36 am Post subject:

I used to play mallets for a while in high school band, might be able to do it myself if I could get my hands on a xylophone

fuck · Sr. Member Joined: 08 Mar 2015 Posts: 661

Maybe I can give you xylophone inspiration with this sound clip. Very Happy

Made this in propellerhead reason, the mixing and mastering is bad though.
https://soundcloud.com/ bowhuntershamokin/floppy

SentineLEX · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:46 am Post subject:

Holy shit that's crazy

SentineLEX · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 12:33 am Post subject:

I put together a piano cover of "Veil of Elysium" from Kamelot's latest album! I tried to condense as much of the original instrumentation I could into this cover, as well as a few of my own flairs and improvisations throughout.

https://soundcloud.com/mikhail- garrievitch-soumar/veil-of-elysium

SentineLEX · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:38 am Post subject:

Another cover!

This time, I combined Yngwie Malmsteen's "Far Beyond the Sun" and Demi Lovato's "Heart Attack" into a single 7-minute epic! Had no idea the songs would sound so good put together xD

https://soundcloud.com/mikhail- garrievitch-soumar/demi-yngwie-piano- cover

fuck · Sr. Member Joined: 08 Mar 2015 Posts: 661

Genius mash up! Really like it. Try Dragonforce and Ellie Goulding. J/K!

Clyde · Jr. Member Joined: 15 May 2018 Posts: 1

doc_holliday · Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 4:52 pm Post subject:

damn dude! you're good! and I like your compositions too!