Grave Robbing

TobinMueller

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A collage of gear and thoughts and genres. Using some understated grooves created on my Korg Wavestation and turned into loops, I created a rambling tour of a grave site, complete with dashing ghosts and ethereal lights and rising souls. Guitar, GB synths & a Roland JZ-1080 supply the rest of the sounds. My favorite part comes at the end, when I play without meter and pile on synth after synth. I can never tell where a composition (or cemetery) will lead me. (Artwork: Liminal by Brian Froud.)

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Song Stats

Hits: 3894
Comments: 24
Fans: 7
Plays: 520
Downloads: 209
Votes: 21
Uploaded: Mar 29, 2004 - 01:32:54 PM
Last Updated: Oct 24, 2005 - 10:59:23 AM Last Played: Oct 28, 2009 - 03:20:03 PM

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Keywords:

art rock (32), experimental rock (3), keyboards (37), instrumental (564), synthesizer (50), contemporary classical (5), ambient (613), epic (43)

Hardware:

Tons of layered synths, modules, plugins

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Comments

fosod	fosod said 2066 days ago (March 29th, 2004)
	Mr. Wizard in an Evil Mood nur nur nur nur bur nur nur nur SMEOW! nur nur nur bur nur nur nur nur SMEOW! SMEOW! nur nur ting tang SMEOW! ting nur nur nur tang nur SMOEW! I really light the crystal fairies of sci-fi paradise ending a LOT! Great job, Tobin. Isao Tomita would be pleased. :-) ---Kind regards, TT -- www.fosod.com Check out my latest song called Totally Hoany

TobinMueller	TobinMueller said 1730 days ago (February 28th, 2005)
	Mr. Wizard in an Evil Mood Thanks. Lots of electronic sounds into the mix. Your comments reminded me of that short wise cat on Thundercats who spoke your language. This ending is one of the favorites things I've ever done. Glad you lasted to the end! Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

Suzanne	Suzanne said 2066 days ago (March 29th, 2004)
	mind blowing this is all great, but some of it is amazing. that beautiful section (belle waltz) toward the end mrohping into that giant end is one of the best things i have ever heard in my life. incrediblely mixed, crystakl clear production, fantastic playing. mind blowing.---morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

macapa

macapa said 2066 days ago (March 29th, 2004)

Thanks!
Well, I'm glad you obliged! :-)

Very nice sounding piece. The mix is good. The variety of
the sounds is interesting. I had a good time listening to
this one. I'll keep it and listen to it regularly to get a better
feel for it.

This is good work, and I'm really interested in listening to
it's evolution. Thank you, Tobin!

(Btw, I wish it was easier/legal to post some copyrighted
songs. This one reminded me of two very different pieces
that I like and which I'd like to exchange/comment on, if
other people could have a chance of listening to them. Oh
well...)---
Thierry Daigneault

TobinMueller	TobinMueller said 1730 days ago (February 28th, 2005)
	Thanks! My next step is to add lyrics to this. A challenge, even tho I arranged it to have singing included. I had a quartet sing over this once but was not satisfied with the sound. I'm going to try for a prog sound soloist next... Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

	Anonymous said 2065 days ago (March 30th, 2004)
	great stuff! Superb song structure Tobin! The majority of people out there don't have the capacity to write so many transitions, the end of the song is very well done

TobinMueller	TobinMueller said 2064 days ago (March 31st, 2004)
	great stuff! Thanks everyone. I worked very hard on this one so I appreciate the listen. I continue to edit, solo, and fix it. Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

DeputyDoofy

DeputyDoofy said 2064 days ago (April 1st, 2004)

I loved it.
Most people who have listened to my tunes know that I have a dark side. This piece was absolutely spectacular. You really can hit every genre, can't you? I have added this to my GB collection. Yes, I've started "acquiring" GB tunes. After all, my 200gb external is just begging to be used. :)---I told you not to bother me while I'm cleaning my room.

Check out my latest song called Sweet Smell Of Success

TobinMueller	TobinMueller said 1730 days ago (February 28th, 2005)
	I loved it. Thanks. It is so cool that folks can download stuff, exchange ideas, pass along tracks. Thanks to macjams, too. I dig that you can dig this stuff even if you normally like other kinds of things... and use it all to clean your room by! Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

Ringo

Ringo said 2051 days ago (April 13th, 2004)

Vangelis meets Rush
That last bit with the pedal synth part is very reminiscent
of something Geddy Lee would come up with, until then it
really reminded me of Vangelis with a bit more edge.
Being a drummer I did imagine Neal Peart doing an
enormous dugga dugga dugga vrrrrrooomm type roll after
the pedal part had been introduced and some wild guitar
solo taking off but it's great as it is.

Fantastic.

Check out my latest song called Real Slow

TobinMueller	TobinMueller said 1730 days ago (February 28th, 2005)
	Vangelis meets Rush Thanks. I didn't have a guitar solo in mind when I arranged this and should have. But now I can do another one...! Yes, Vangelis was a model when it came to potential for electronic music, but I was trying to do something different, at once more edgy and more operatic. Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

chikoppi	chikoppi said 2002 days ago (June 1st, 2004)
	Inside Your Head I don't know how you think musically, but I wish I could get such a good grasp of stucture. Do you write front to back (beginning to end), bottom up (rhythm to melody), or some other approach? Check out my latest song called Loop It or Lose It 9

TobinMueller

TobinMueller said 2001 days ago (June 2nd, 2004)

Inside Your Head
I write differently for different occasion. I write musical theatre mainly from
lyrics/character/dramatic context, and so it is about melody and the
emotional context of the accompaniment figures. This piece was about flow,
setup, evolution; most definitely not about normal structure. In fact, I try to
ignore the rules of harmonics and structure when doing this sort of piece. It
is about letting sound and emotions flow out spontaneously, without
justification; and letting intuition rule. I was actually seeing events occur as I
wrote, and the audio follows the mind's eye to illustrate in music what I am
seeing/feeling.

Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

mulletsrock

mulletsrock said 1993 days ago (June 10th, 2004)

every lesson learned
its like you took every kind of music (except maybe contry western) and figured out how to meld it all together into a fresh and unique sounding style. your jazz chops show through, and classical training, and theater drama sensibility, and storytelling, and love of progr rock, and folk music roots... what a trip life is; and this song.

Check out my latest song called Frankenfun II (with iGStudio, Tobin, Suz...)

TobinMueller	TobinMueller said 1684 days ago (April 15th, 2005)
	every lesson learned I find it difficult to stick to a genre when creating music. When just writing for myself (and not a specific audience or client), it is what I enjoy most. I lave that all sorts of styles not only can co-exist, but can complement and nurture. Thanks for you thoughtful comments. Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

bloosman1	bloosman1 said 1951 days ago (July 23rd, 2004)
	Gr8! Very well done! Check out my latest song called Broken Wing

Epileptic Gibbon	Epileptic Gibbon said 1818 days ago (December 2nd, 2004)
	All eights from me! Good stuff! Definitely fits in more with the electronic end of the prog spectrum (Tangerine Dream and Vangelis), and quite an impressive example of that genre it is too! Check out my latest song called Fiddler Off the Roof w/Komrade K & Caroline

TobinMueller	TobinMueller said 1730 days ago (February 28th, 2005)
	All eights from me! TD, yes, I thought they were one of Windham Hills better finds. Thanks for then comparison. Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

thedeadends	thedeadends said 1815 days ago (December 5th, 2004)
	Grave Robbing warm, progressive tune pushing the limits of modern music from a talented artist. Great title as well. Check out my latest song called Heads You Win

	said 1807 days ago (December 13th, 2004)
	Very nice I quite enjoyed this.

thetiler

thetiler said 1731 days ago (February 27th, 2005)

Love the suspense of it
Quite a nice built up. That is a sign of a great composer,
to have the gift of suspense.

Like how move into another level in the middle.
Wow, bells - cool.

Then softer towards the end. I am finding many times the
most powerful part of music can be the most delicate
part.

But then you go stronger towards the end, that part is
powerful though like the picture. Wow, wow and more
wow.

Nice going Tobin - what an ending that totally relates to
the picture.

Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

TobinMueller	TobinMueller said 1730 days ago (February 28th, 2005)
	Love the suspense of it Thanks. I will eventually fill some of those slower parts with singing, too. Some parts of the song are merely music beds right now. This is still a song in progress. Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

SpasmodicMan	SpasmodicMan said 1686 days ago (April 13th, 2005)
	Flew by For a long piece, it sort of flew by. I can hear the spaces you're leaving for singers, but dig the spaces, too. The ending is WoW. Check out my latest song called The Androgyne

FEEL

FEEL said 1552 days ago (August 25th, 2005)

This is so Yes
One thing that I just love about your music is the Yes feel.
It's like you were one of the members. I like the way the
sound travels through the room though I look into that
room and it sit there in front of me. As far as guitar. I felt
it more at the start and it sounded like Trevor was there
heavy on the effects. Have you heard 3 Ships. Just
reminded me of that a little too.

Check out my latest song called Pigs Fly

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Artist Info

Name: Tobin Mueller

I am a professional musician, composer, playwright and director. I lead a charmed life. I'm married to fellow MJer Suzanne and MJer Twonicus is my son. See my Spotlight Interview - Tobin Mueller: Talking With Myself in the Macjams Music Blog. You... [see more]

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Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other "progressive" genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early

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