Felipe Carasso: Music

Music

MP3

The following MP3s were recorded by me. I sing with my MIDIs playing in the background:

The following MP3s are original songs made by my brother:

Dreadful: Power Of Their Bomb (2004/05/08)

Dreadful was one of my brother's former garage bands. They recorded a few tunes for a demo tape and this one is my favorite. Unfortunally the record was copied over and over until reaching me through this MP3, so the quality is not a wonder. Besides, the band got some timing issues in two or three moments. But in the overall, I think it's a nice tune. My brother Joseph performs the lead guitar and backing vocals, Marcus does the vocals, I think that Alexandre is the drummer, Armando's in the bass, but I don't remember who was the base guitar.
Joseph & Marcus: Beyond the Tears

My brother Joseph performs the guitars, the first voice and the backing vocal, while his friend Marcus performs the chorus voice.
Joseph & Felipe: Nova

My brother performs the guitars and I made the drums with MIDI. He now has a newer version shown below. It's a progressive rock experiment.
Joseph Carasso: Alone

By the beginning of 2003, my brother started to make use of a small multi-channel recorder and synthetizer and recorded this music all by himself.. nothing to do with the music's title : ) This new version sounds more like a hard rock tune than progressive.
Joseph Carasso: Senegal

The second "published" record made with his home equipment. A pop/rock music in portuguese, dedicated to his beloved wife Gabriela.

MIDI

NOTE: Linux users with Timidity may want to check if it got more than the default instruments assigned. Compare your /etc/timidity/freepats.cfg with mine. I just assigned the missing instruments to "similar" ones. Otherwise some MIDI tracks will just not play and it will sound like absolute crap.

The following MIDIs were sequenced by me, note by note. Do me a great favor: use the Feedback Form to tell me if you liked them or not or if you intend to use them:

Ayreon: Valley Of The Queens
Dire Straits: Down to the Waterline
Dire Straits: Single-handed Sailor
Dire Straits: Telegraph Road (studio) (+)
Dire Straits: Tunnel of Love (studio)
Marillion: Childhood's End? (**)
Olivia Newton-John + Electric Light Orchestra: Xanadu (*)(++)
Renaissance: Black Flame (updated: 2004/05/08)
PC Game - Eye of the Beholder II: Meet Dran Draggore
PC Game - Eye of the Beholder II: Ending Credits(2004/05/08) (+++)
Galaxy Rangers: Ending Theme first season
Pokemon: Intro Theme first season (++)
Pokemon: Intro Theme first season (2004/05/08) (***) (+++)
Wolf howl (2003/11/28) (+++)
MSX Game - Guardic: Phase Theme(2004/05/08) (+++)
MSX Game - Hype: Main Theme(2005/06/18) (+++)
MSX Game - Kaleidoscope Special: Intro Theme(2004/05/08) (+++) (##)
MSX Game - Kaleidoscope Special: Phase 1(2004/05/08) (+++) (##)
MSX Game - Knightmare: Intro Theme(2004/05/08) (+++) (##)
MSX Game - Star Soldier: Shield Theme(2004/05/08) (+++) (##)

Notes:
(*) may sound a little weird in MIDI systems with lack of simultaneous voices.
(**) By avoiding most Midi systems' simultaneous voices limit, doesn't sound so great with Wavetables.
(***) Changed to sound better on MS G Synthetizer.
(+) Have not been tested on AIX.
(++) Some important instruments seem to be muted on UMP/Solaris.
(+++) Have only been tested on MS G Synthetizer and maybe my Motorola C333 mobile.
(#) Based on original MIDI by unknown author, changed to sound better in my mobile.
(##) Co-authored with or received great help from Claudio Coutinho de Biasi.

Here are some modified versions of the MIDIs above for use in mobile phones. Nokia phones are specifically touchy with MIDIs, but in the other hand some allow special effects such as light and vibration control. In fact, discovering how to do that took me *many* hours, but it was worth the trouble:

MSX Game - Guardic: high scores (mobile remix) (2004/05/08) (+++) (#)
MSX Game - Guardic: high scores (Nokia mobile remix) (2004/06/23) (+++) (#)
MSX Game - Guardic: high scores (Nokia mobile remix with light&vibra effects) (2004/11/13) (+++) (#)
Eagles: Hotel California (mobile remix) (2004/05/08) (+++) (#)
Galaxy Rangers: Ending Theme first season (mobile remix) (2004/05/08) (+++)
MSX Game - Star Soldier: Shield Theme (Nokia mobile remix with light&vibra effects) (2004/11/13) (+++)

The following MIDIs were captured by me and received a few personal touches:

Lands of Lore I: Throne of Chaos

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