Japanese-Influenced Music (Personal Composition)

My name is Will Suriner and I am an IMGD Art student at WPI, class of 2019.

I did my practicum in music production. This class consisted of me learning the Ableton Live program, and improving upon my current music production, composition, and theory. The other audio programs that I used were Reaper (mastering), helm (Plug-in / more mastering), and Kontact 5(for instruments in Ableton). I learned a lot over this course both through the programs I used and the Japanese instruments and music that I studied. I plan to use these productions for my upcoming MQP project in Japan (IMGD / CS MQP). I made two songs, both dynamic in the sense that they can be looped, and changed slightly to act as background music for a game. The tracks can be slowly increased in tension or suspense, or decrease depending on the situation.

Making these songs was for sure a great learning experience and has really made me interested in further pursuing music production in my free time.