Morganstudios Album #4 "Have Some Epic"

The new album is out on iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby and many other places:
MP3s: http://www.soundclick.com/Store/digital/01_Shop_Album.cfm?bandID=209309&a...
Physical CD:
http://cdbaby.com/morganstudios3
Thanks to my wife Emily Morgan for the zany album cover!
Thanks to her sister Lauren Dobbs for the vocals on "Omega Prime"

Thanks to all the people who provided me with awesome projects to write music for!
"Duel of Champions" written for Navajo Joe Films
http://www.youtube.com/navajojoefilms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW1fQ6NgMUk

"The Rebel Clone" written for John Richardson
http://www.vimeo.com/groups/beyondthestill/videos/10342309

"Land of Ice" written for "Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans".
Thanks to Trixen01 and xThayetx
http://www.dragonflickz.com/blog/2009/12/29/part-two/

"Battle of the Supers" written for Hakima TV
http://www.youtube.com/user/HakimaTv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hkJzXQD05k
The 1941 "The Mechanical Monsters" footage is public domain. Z Music album cover and character design by nominee84
http://www.youtube.com/nominee84

"Dawn": written for Empires, Dawn of the Modern World by Stainless Steel Studios (now closed)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empires:_Dawn_of_the_Modern_World

"The Cycle": written for East Wests Scoring contest in 2008.
http://www.soundsonline-forums.com/showthread.php?t=12974
Animation by ZENNOR ALEXANDER and FIONA SOE PAING
Full video with story annotations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFcfVZEQnUY

"Fear Frequency": Written for a paranormal radio show by Stephen Lancaster and Steven Lachance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50deOPrtkw8

"The Fifth Power" written for the EAFP as a SSJ5 transformation theme.

Art and animations in "Have Some Epic", "Empire of Sand", "Darkness Falls", and "The Fifth Power" by Morganstudios using Blender and Vegas.

"World Tree" image from http://www.royaltyfreepictures.in

Thanks especially to East West for their amazing instrument libraries!
http://www.soundsonline.com/home.php

And of course check out http://morganstudios.com

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[Vegeshin]

Hey dude; this album/CD sounds sick. I like it. You're 'Z' inspired tracks are really tight, but...I'm enjoying this albums sound overall. It's nice to see that you're getting out of the monotony. But, ha, in my opinion, don't quite forget about the roots. All in all, I like it. I'll be sure to get a hold of this CD any way I can, ha ha. Take care man, and keep up the 'Epic' work.

[M0rganstudios]

@Vegeshin Thx man, actually my roots are in metal =) Check out Shrubbery of Darkness!

[JesseProper]

Hey there. I noticed the quick strumming of the string instruments early on in the tune. How did you pull that off using a MIDI controller? Or did you manually place the notes via DAW?

[M0rganstudios]

@JesseProper Oh the string runs at the beginning? I slowed the tempo way down and played it in, then sped it back up. I had this pattern that I ran up the whole keyboard. Had to cut it short though and skip a couple octaves cause it was too long. I do things a variety of ways really, sometimes it's all live, but edits, others slowed down and played in, other times, just entered manually. I try to only do manual entry with electronic parts that are supposed to sound inhuman.

[volar]

WTF is that a froot loop

[M0rganstudios]

@volar Yes! good eye!

[Vegeshin]

@M0rganstudios Hell yeah, I love metal. I'll totally check it out!

[jacobXshinobi1]

AWESOME STUFF...ICE N FIFTH POWER R MY FAVES

[MrWWFattitudefan]

Too sweet, if I had a movie studio you would compose my pieces!

[JesseProper]

@M0rganstudios Thanks for the info, dude, we've talked once before. I just got a midi controller so the velocity editing isn't as tedious as before, but it's pretty much the same formula, never thought of inputting at a slower tempo as i try to avoid the Dragonforce editing technique. But as long as its midi, i suppose it's okay.