First Muse, by zandraxofnebulon

First Muse

by zandraxofnebulon

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1.	Orchid Dawn 02:26	buy track
2.	The Lively Dead 02:01	buy track
3.	The Degenerate Aristocrat 03:08	buy track
4.	[OBSIDIAN OMEGA] 03:14	buy track
5.	Bluebell Aegis 04:23	buy track
6.	Prism Break 02:42	buy track
7.	Viridian Affliction 02:19	buy track
8.	Ice Cube 02:20	buy track
9.	Unfortunate Postman 02:44	buy track
10.	A Sheep's Wool-a-By 01:17	buy track

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Collected here are all the major songs I wrote in my first 2-3 years of composing music (plus a few bonus tracks). All of them were composed and arranged in Musescore, except for a few which feature real performance.

I'm putting this album out to have a record of where I began as a composer, and to pay a tribute to my younger self as they began a journey of creativity, inspiration, and love for the craft of composing. Not all of these tracks hold up to my current standards for my own work, but they all represent who I am and who I was, and why I make music.

There is so much in this world that I love, that gives me joy, meaning, and hope, and there is nothing I would like to do more than give back to that world in some way. It is my expression of love to the world, to every artist who has ever inspired me, my small gift to a universe that's given me many times more.

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credits

released February 23, 2023

All songs composed by Zander Davis (zandraxofnebulon)
Vocals on "Unfortunate Postman": Zander Davis
Guitars on "Unfortunate Postman": Mike Lauer
Strings on "A Sheep's Wool-a-By (strings)": The Chartreuse Trio (Violin: Myra Hinrichs, Viola: Carrie Frey, Cello: Helen Newby)

Special thanks to:
Eric Radloff, Randall Davidson, and Sarah Miller, for providing invaluable advice, insight, and guidance to me as I developed as a composer.

Junior Composers Summer Programs/Composers Online Institute, for providing the perfect structure I needed to actually get myself to compose enough to be any good at it, and for having a spirit of fun and comradery among myself and other young composers.

The developers of MuseScore, for providing an entry-level notation software that was easy enough to use that I could actually start making music with it.

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My name is Zander. I write cool, memorable music inspired by video game soundtracks.

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