Link to Streaming Service
https://soundcloud.com/grunt7517/sets/self-explorer

Description
When the jam first started, I got some pretty conflicting ideas about the vibe that I wanted to go with for this submission. While I had quite a few ideas that ranged in genre and scale, I was unable to commit enough time to flesh them out so I focused on the two pieces found here.

#1 - Out There

This piece was written with the theme in mind more-so than the painting. When I first thought of "The Far Reaches" I wanted to give the piece a sense of adventure - that the listener is about to embark on some quest or personal journey that takes them away. There's an excitement to be partaking in this journey, but also a tinge of sadness or worry that can come from being away from one's home. Those are the emotions that I wanted to capture in this piece.

#2 - At Peace, Away From Home

I imagined the location in the painting as the "far reaches" that the listener is trying to reach after a very long journey. For this piece I wanted to capture some of the things I imagine that I would feel if I were sitting on the edge of the waterfalls - even though I may be far from my home I am still able to find peace. Hence why there are few instances of a strong resolution in this peace.

Equipment Used:

I used a mixture of physical effects pedals as well as digital plugins in this submission. All of the specific gear can be found in the comment section.

DAW - Garageband
Notation/Composition - MuseScore4