Eternity 96 - The making of the Demo

Parts 1 to 5 of this series of compositions were originally put to tape way back in 1990. Just between you and me (:-D) they are some of my earliest work and therefore not as complex or perhaps compelling as some of my more recent pieces. Maybe I’m just sentimental but over the years I found myself regularly listening to these tracks because they are (I realised) some of my all time favourites.

In 1996 I decided to reconstruct the collection to see if I could transform them, with a whole swag of new equipment, into something more acceptable to the "new age" genre. A decision which I look back on, questioning my sanity (no disrespect to "new age"). It was around this time that Part 6 was added to the collection - hence the slight difference in style. In the end I was never 100% happy with the results so the collection never progressed past what I called the "demo stage".

Earlier this year I decided that I really wanted to finalise the "Eternity Project". Rather than starting from scratch on a completely new version I decided that I would put the original 1996 demo online for others to scrutinise first. For better or worse.

I dug up my original master tapes, digitised them, chopped them up into individual tracks, and got them ready for upload. After some research I chose the Garage Band web site as my primary home for the demo but, after seeing how well MySpace can work for finding new music, I decided to go with both.

So this is where you come in. I’d really love to get your feedback on these pieces. Hopefully you’ll like at least one of them, maybe you’ll like them all, or maybe you can’t stand them. Regardless I’d still love to hear from you.