BURNER IS DEAD ! LONG LIVE SKETCHYY

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As you know this is my last project ever (and first EP ever), so I'm letting you know it's finally out now after two years worth of work. The main theme is 80s movie scores, new melodies, and odd time signatures, "synth-prog" if you will.

Let me know what you think =]

~Burner

As you may know, one month ago I've announced my departure from the music world, all the while still uploading left-over songs that I thought would interest you, so I hope you liked it.

My newest and last single "HETERODYNE" is up on YouTube, Soundcloud and Bandcamp and soon to be up on mainstream music platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.

As for the artwork, I was inspired by Metallica's "Ride The Lightning" album cover and as a big metalhead, I love how electricity, lightning and thunder were expressed through heavy guitars and big drums. That album was a big inspiration for the song as well.

Additionally I also took inspiration from The Weeknd's "Dawn FM" (I'm a big fan) which sounded cinematic and had really amazing textures, so naturally I tried to give more ambient textures and sound effects which I usually don't use in non-downtempo/ambient songs. I'm really satisfied with the 80s horror mood expressed throughout the track.

As for the song structure, I was drawn to progressive house and how it's essentially multiple build-ups in a dance song, it's emotions layered on top of each other and conveys new feelings that were lost to time.

As you may have noticed, there's no melody. It's too vanilla, boring and makes it sound too much like a "video game" tune which isn't meant to be disparaging, as some of the best work I've heard comes from video games.

The grooves were inspired by synth-funk, especially the basslines and licks. To make the track more 80s I needed one thing, and it was A-minor pentatonic guitar riffs (playing in pentatonic always sounds good, and I'm not a good guitar player, took me around 50 takes to get it right), processed and re-processed.

On top of that, my main pet peeve is if a song sounds good sped up or slowed down, it's pretty much perfect.

Like Daft Punk, you have to make electronic "organic" and "human", else it sounds too flat and boring.

I hope you enjoy this ride into the unknown =]

Also, Stranger Things season 4 is right around the corner !

~Burner

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Tools used & credits :

DAW : FL Studio 20

• Bassline 1 : u-he Diva
• Bassline 2 : u-he Diva
• Bassline 3 : Fender P Bass
• Drums 1 & 2 : Linn
• Drums 3 : Tama Starclassic (played by a colleague)
• Guitar : Fender Strat (HSH) + DS1 pedal
• Every synth and pad : u-he Diva

Song key & tempo : A minor / 120

Writing, mixing and mastering done by BURNER.

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It is with a heavy heart that I announce the end of Burner.

I decided that it wasn't worth the effort and time to keep working on a fruitless tree, so I will be ceasing all production and work.

Music writing and producing has taken its toll on my mental and physical state. I can't pull all nighters like I used to and my ears started ringing. And that is not to say how demotivated I am due to the lack of ventures, the "starving artist" curse has really gone too far and if I keep it that way I might end up on the streets...

I'm leaving all released songs on their respective platforms and I'll make sure they won't get removed. I've also just released my final two projects on Bandcamp, entirely for free. Let me know what you think.

Newgrounds will always be special due to the way it promotes new artists and musicians, it is definitely the place where I've received the most feedback, and I wish I could say the same for other platforms. I will never forget the amazing messages and comments, they were really touching, as it felt like I was contributing to something for once.

If you need to use ANY song for a project just DM me =)

Thank you so much for your support, I wouldn't have evolved as a person without you ! Love y'all !

Truly yours, Burner.

Here !

xD

The new album's gonna be a new different style, in tune to my latest song.

Expect it to be completely different from what I usually do, it's gonna be bangers only =]

~Burner

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LET ME KNOW IF YOU LOVE IT ! =]

How's it going =]

~Burner