New Ambience: Ice Throne and New Google Action
Added 2019-08-08 14:00:36 +0000 UTCGreetings Patrons,
It seems as if this time each year I work on a 'cold' sounding track, as if that is enough to pull me out of the sauna that is New York City in August. I know my European friends are having it even worse this year so perhaps this will be some small comfort. This track is set in a throne room made of ice. I envisioned it as a kind Lich King version of the recent 'Royal Court' ambience. It's ominous and heavy and cold and could actually be just an ice cavern if you wanted.
The accompanying musical track is heavy orchestral atmospherics which I felt worked for creating a backdrop of foreboding. While I was working on this I had an image of a lich, eyes glowing, scepter in hand, staring down at me. It was uncomfortable and I hope this comes across a little!
I've included an ambience only version of this track for Patreon patrons. I decided to leave in the high synth sounds as I felt that the singing tones they provided were less musical and more magical, for lack of a better word. Anyway, I thought it helped sell the iciness of the setting better than without.
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In other news, friend of the site and Patreon Patron, Nick Felker, has undergone the heroic task of creating an action for Google Assistant enabled devices. I've added a new button to the homepage where you can read about it. Thank you Nick!
If you're the technical/coding minded sort, Nick has written a detailed article about the process which you can read about here
Thank you all for your continuing support.
Best,
Tim
Comments
Cool Track... (ツ). Sorry, had to. Big Thanks to Nick.
Myron Dietz
2019-08-08 15:13:26 +0000 UTC
