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This project is an EP called “The end of time” consisting of four separate compositions with a total length of around 13 minutes. The main goal going into this project was to have each song flow continuously into the next, whilst still making each unique. The EP is also meant to progress thematically whilst preserving some melodies, chord progressions, and tempos.

One thing that helped with this was FL Studio’s ability to switch through multiple arrangements of the patterns, meaning that the entire EP could be made in one single project file. This saved the hassle of having to copy over any melodies that were incorporated into multiple songs, and made the process of making each song much faster.


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The EP starts with an EDM-style track called "Everything, all at once".

<mp3player>https://vjmedia.wpi.edu/images/3/30/Everything%2C_all_at_once.mp3</mp3player>

This piece ends by gradually devolving in tempo and pitch, leading naturally into a swell that heralds the beginning of the next piece.

The second track is called "Nothing, Nowhere". It is an atmospheric track that is highly distorted and crushed.

<mp3player>https://vjmedia.wpi.edu/images/4/4f/Nothing%2C_Nowhere.mp3</mp3player>

This track progressively gets more tonally and rhythmically distorted, and ends with the synth carrying the main melody gradually becoming less distorted again, before cutting off completely and leading to the next track.

What follows is a track called "Afterparty". It follows a four-on-the-floor style beat, with the side guitar melody from "Nothing, Nowhere" getting the main spotlight.

<mp3player>https://vjmedia.wpi.edu/images/0/03/Afterparty.mp3</mp3player>

"Afterparty" ends with an impact that is played both forward and in reverse, swelling into the next track.

The final track in the EP is called "Just Getting Started". It follows more of a cinematic genre, expanding upon the original piano melodies from the first track and calling back to other melodies found throughout the EP.

<mp3player>https://vjmedia.wpi.edu/images/8/8f/Just_Getting_Started.mp3</mp3player>

The EP ends in a choir swell before the original melody is played at a high pitch on a singular piano.

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