Above Destiny

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Lyrics:

A rooftop landscape, seen by the light of a thousand 
neon signs.

The sound of a saxiphone rises from the alley below.

Nobody comes up here much, so I'm suprised by the sound 
of footsteps behind me.

I turn and see the face of an old friend.

He tells me: "The future is what we make of it."

I say: "Sometimes we need to go where destiny sends us."

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Total play time: 3:30
      File size: 999,999 bytes (approx)

This song represents several firsts:

  - I've always despised drum loops as being repetitive,
    unoriginal, and wasteful of space. A friend teased
    that this was because I didn't know how to use them.
    I took this as a challenge, hence the drum loop.

  - This is the first time I've ever written a song with
    lyrics. Is there a way to record a sample while 
    listening to an IT?

Instruments

Mystic

Drumloop
MetalFlute
Piano
Astrovox
Lyrics1
Tom
Lyrics2
Lyrics3
Sax
Lyrics4
Lyrics5
Lyrics6
Lyrics7

Samples

Mystic

Drumloop
MetalFlute
Piano
Astrovox
"A rooftop landscape..."
Tom
"The sound of a sax..."
"Nobody comes up here..."
Sax
"I turn, and see the..."
"He tells me"
"The future is..."
"I say sometimes we..."

Credits:
  Music and lyrics
  by Stefan Xenos
  AKA Cyclone

  Thanks to Will
  Schweizer AKA Bishop
  and my girlfriend
  Melissa for their
  support and
  suggestions.

Sample credits:
  The drum loop was
  taken from StOtE's
  LOOP SET volume 1, by
  Andrew Sargeant.

  The tom and the sax
  were ripped from tunes
  by Necros.

  All vocals were
  recorded by Stefan
  Xenos.

  All other instruments
  were taken from the
  Ensoniq sample pack,
  but have been edited
  somewhat.

See the song message for
the lyrics. (Shift-F9 in
Impulse Tracker)

This song is copyright
(C)1997 Stefan Xenos.

You may distribute this
file free of charge.

This tune was written
for the multichannel
music competition at
the Crash '97 demo party
in Calgary.


Special thanks go to
Mauricio and Candy for
letting me use their
computer to finish the
song.