Island in the Rain

Oct.13 - Dec.23 2011 Oddly enough it wasn't raining when I first got this music stuck in my head. I seem to get the most ideas when exams and projects are coming my way; unfortunately I had to postpone this song quite a bit as a result of being much busier lately. I've been working on this since October but in actuality probably only put about a few days' work into it. I had more in mind for this one but decided to cut it a bit short, keep the melody simple (little repetitive but eh), so I can focus more on the quality of the sound. I thought I focused too much on the melody/notes on my last song Cloudlessly and found the overall sound rather hollow (lacking power/quality). Of course, now I'm focusing primarily on just improving the sound; hopefully I'll put the two together one day lol Primary focus was the strings and background. Initially I had a lot of trouble giving the strings a fuller sound; they always came up too sharp or thin. There's a lot of blending of multiple different string VSTs to get the effect I want. The last bit I threw in that really brought out the sound in my opinion was adding a very subtle choir to support them. First time using choir/voices, so hopefully it doesn't sound out of place. There are influences from other songs I've heard from Newgrounds, so parts of this song may sound similar but hopefully not the same. Elsewhere: Newgrounds: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste... Soundcloud:   / island-in-the-rain   pftq.com: http://www.pftq.com/islandintherain/