Sorry I has taken so long to update, but I have been so busy! It is nearly Christmas now, and I have finished the 30 episodes for Zac Plays Minecraft Survival! Now I am more familiar with the whole recording/You-Tube things.
It has been at least 2 months since I had purchased my mic, and it has been a long journey from episode one, to episode thirty.
I have downloaded Bandicam, a screen-capturing application, and purchased a headset-microphone. If I can master the arts of You-Tube, I can use this software to record Minecraft. I can make my own survival series and tutorials.
I will send links in my posts to the videos or playlists.
Sunday, 7 June 2015
Volume Beta Soundtrack Review
1: Moog City 2
This is a lesser known song, as it only features in the main menu. It is my favorite song that plays during the menus.
It starts off with an electronic distorted chorus of whirling, whooshing noises and high pitched beeping, forming a beautiful chorus that continues for the first quarter of the song. A piano joins the chorus playing a comforting melody. The chorus ends with the whirling noises played faintly in the background. A piano plays several slow notes. The chorus begins for a moment, than stops. The piano, in total silence, plays a solemn, depressing lullaby, then leaves, allowing a distorted, echoing version of the chorus to finish off.
2: Mutation
Mutation is basically a reprise of "Minecraft" from Volume Alpha, however it is nowhere near as popular. It has a few changed melodies as well. It features in the menu.
It starts off with the famous piano solo, however, this version is more "cold", slow and distant. A soft, treble melody in the background starts. This continues through the whole song with a few changed melodies. The piano and strings finish it off.
3: Beginning 2
This is more of a reprise of "Minecraft" and "Mutation" with changed melodies, for the first half of the song at least. It features in the menu and is a comforting lullaby song.
It starts with a bass beginning for a few seconds. The famous piano solo starts with it's changed melodies. An electronic background starts with echoing, deep vocals. This fades off, and the piano plays some soft melodies for the middle of the song. The famous solo plays once more and the song ends.
4. Floating Trees
Another menu song. Probably the least played, but soothingly likeable and incredibly low-key.
It starts with a soft background, that sooths the nerves and makes you forget all your troubles. Occasional electronic notes are played. This continues on, and before the end of the song, soft chorus notes from Subwoofer Lullaby occur.
5: Blind Spots
This is one of my favorite songs in the album. It is a bouncy song with different emotions in different melodies around the music. When me and my sister first heard the song, we thought: "Oh great! New music!"
The song starts off with a distorted, quite vocal and a main, echoing, piano solo beat, that continues for a quarter of the song. As the piano keeps playing, an electronic melody plays for a bit. In the middle of the song, the piano beat changes, and drums start to fade in, as the main chorus fades out. A deep, secondary chorus follows with drum beats in the background. This stops with a high ukulele playing. The ukulele tune is electronically enhanced into a soft background melody, as drums come in. A piano joins in for a more solemn tune, and echoes in the original beat as it fades out with the distorted vocal.
6: Biome Fest
This is another one of those songs with those distorted background vocals. A calming, haunting song that makes me feel, like I am alone in a vast landscape, this is a song that I like moderately.
It starts of with that beautiful, quite vocal that gets louder over time. A second, higher vocal joins in, allowing a calming melody to occur. Several soft bells join in, adding to the melody. An electronic, high-pitched chorus comes in with drums. All elements come together to form a beautiful song. The chorus and instruments fade out, allowing the original deep, soft vocal to conclude the haunting piece.
7: Haunt Muskie
As suggested by the name, this is another hauntingly beautiful piece of music. It is probably the song I hear the most of in my game from Beta.
It starts with a soft melody, including quick beeping and a lovely violin playing. A quiet interval occurs with several strange, electronic beeping groups. After these intervals, a bass, echoing piano starts to play a solemn lullaby with drum beats. A treble piano plays a catchy chorus, that is the main tune of the song. After yet another interval with the strange beeping fits, the chorus continues with that violin playing. This ends with a soft piano solo concluding the song, and fading out on a distorted note.
8: Aria Math
This is my sister's favorite song in Beta. The song sounds like it came from a foreign place, and sounds like a lot of wood instruments were used.
An echoing series of drum solos starts the song. Bells and shakers join in forming a bouncy chorus. An electronic melody starts, forming the meat of the song. After this, there is a quiet moment with nothing but drums. A second bell chorus begins. This continues throughout the last half of the song. At the end, the drums leave off with a final echo.
9: Taswell
This is the Crown Jewel in my list of songs from Beta. I love this song. It is a beautiful, haunting piece of music that I enjoy with a my enthusiasm. This is my favorite song in Beta.
The song starts off with the most beautiful, haunting, quiet echoing vocal. After a while of this, strange high-pitched buzzing noises occur. A high melody starts at this point. After this, there is an interval with strange static noises. A chorus occurs, featuring drums, piano, and an electronic background. After a while of this, it becomes an electronic song for the last quarter of the piece. At the very end, there are more static noises, before a barely audible vocal finishes this haunting song.
10: Dreiton
Another beautiful song, this is one of the longer songs in the album. It never ceases to amaze me, the way C148 composes his music.
This song starts with static noises. Several electronic notes join in. This builds up to an electronic chorus with high beeping. Drums start to play. After a while, a piano starts off a second chorus which continues for the last half of the song. At the end, after the chorus ends, a guitar plays against a quiet background. A low electronic notes concludes the song.
Thanks for reading my review. I hope you enjoyed it.
Saturday, 16 May 2015
Volume Alpha Soundtrack Review
1. Key
This is the first song. It rarely is heard or played in the game, but it is still a beautiful piece of music. It is a very sad song and feels so lonely.
The song is pretty basic. It starts off with distorted flute-like instruments playing a nicely paced melody. Some sharper, but still soft notes are played. This goes on for at least a minute before a final note wraps the song up.
2. Subwoofer Lullaby
This is one of the softest and quietest songs in Alpha. It reminds you of walking near a stream at dusk, and hearing the water trickle.
The song starts with a soft yet strong, piano solo with an occasional melody that continues for about a minute. This is arguably the most well known part of the song. This changes into a haunting, slow, echoing melody. This part sounds as if it's coming a long way away. For half a minute this continues, than starts into another soft piano lullaby with strings that echoes in the original beat. This starts to fade out with a violin playing a low, almost creepy bass note, however the final notes of the violin is higher and more comforting.
3. Living Mice
A soft lullaby-ish piece of music, this is one of the calmest songs in the album and I love it. With sad yet beautiful melodies, this is a song I won't forget in a hurry.
The beginning is silent at first, the main chorus coming in slowly and softly, as a quiet, continuous piano solo. After several beats of the piano solo, a melody joins the chorus. The melody is mainly a distorted, stretched out keyboard solo. After more of this progresses, some strings join in with the chorus. This leads up to the main meat of the song, a soft group of violins joining the crew. After several verses, the violins and distorted keyboards leave the song, allowing the strings and the piano-chorus to finish it all off.
4. Haggstrom
This is my sister's favorite song out of the Alpha soundtrack. It is a cheerful, bright and bouncy song that encourages you to mine, or build, or fight.
Haggstrom starts off with a continuous xylophone piece that repeats rapidly. After a moment, some bells join in that same repeating tune, giving the song a more full feeling. More xylophones and bells arrive bringing the song to the main chorus of it all. Suddenly the song goes quiet, with only some distorted bells bringing in the tune. At this halfway point, the song changes it's main beat and tune drastically. More bells and pianos bring in a loud and bouncy, but sad and more depressing tune in. This fades out slowly, leaving the distorted bell to bring in the original beat to finish the song.
5. Minecraft
This is one of my personal favorites. It is probably the most played and popular song in the game. It is well known throughout the Minecraft community and is the key song in the game.
The song starts off silent, with the famous repeating piano solo that drifts in slowly, as if from a long way away. This solo continues on throughout the entire song. A quarter way through, some violins start to play a slow, yet calming and comforting piece. This joins the piano, forming the main section of the song. At the last quarter, the violins stop playing, and strings join the famous piano solo, playing the same tune. The tune fades out, bringing an end to the most famous Minecraft song.
6. Oxygene
This is another song that isn't played as much as the others are, but it is most certainly one of those trademark Minecraft songs.
It starts with a soft, barely audible melody, playing one note. A high pitched electronic chorus joins it and this continues for a minute before ending.
7. Mice On Venus
Another favorite of mine, this is an interesting song. The first half of the piece is slow and sad, yet the second half is bouncy and goofy. This is a true, trademark Minecraft song.
The song starts of with a slow, soft echoing vocal that goes on for half a minute. It sounds distorted and far away. This is joined by a piano solo that plays into a melon-chaulic chorus. The "first chorus", I call it. This is joined by bells and short violin notes. The piano and bells stop, leaving the violin to play faint, short notes for a few seconds, barley audible. At this point, the song changes it's beat, tune, and theme completely. It becomes bubbly and cheerful, with piano, bells, and drum-beats, forming what I call, "the second chorus". This goes on for the second half of the song until it fades out, with the piano to conclude the piece.
8. Dry Hands
This is the shortest song in the album. It is a sad, lullaby-like song. It reminds you that, in a singleplayer world, apart from mobs, and villagers and animals, you are well and truly alone.
The song starts with several soft, quite piano notes, barley audible. There is a pause. Than the main song begins. It's a soft, sad lullaby that continues from about a minute. The main theme is featured once more, and a piano roll finishes the sad, lonely song.
9. Wet Hands
Sister song to Dry Hands, this is another lullaby. It reminds you of walking through a river biome near your house.
The song starts with a soft piano chorus that continues through the whole song. A treble piano adds a melody that continues through most of the song. For several seconds a higher lullaby is added before the song ends.
10: Clark
This song is one of the game's more well known songs and is a trade mark Minecraft song. Whenever I hear it, I think of me standing at the top of a hill, looking down on a plains biome.
It starts off with a large group of violins playing in long, slow rhythmic beats that continue throughout the whole song. A bass piano starts to slowly join in the melody too. Treble notes are played too, as a chorus starts. This progresses out through the whole song. The piano stops, and the violins slowly fade.
11: Sweden
Another trade mark song, this is one of the songs that is played the most in the game. Another lullaby song, this is more-or-less another famous one.
It starts with a slow, quite bass piano playing a catchy rhythm that progresses basically through the whole song. A treble piano joins it with a different tune, and the two play a lullaby that plays until halfway through the song. At the halfway point, it all goes silent. Than a slightly bouncy piece of music plays the same tune. After that, the two piano melodies continue to finish off the song.
12: Danny
This my least favorite song in the collection of songs that I have chosen to review. A quiet song, it reminds me of a dark forest of pine trees.
The songs starts with another, quiet piano lullaby. An electronic melody joins the piano, making a temporary meaty chorus. This goes quiet after a while, to be replaced with a slow, distorted, rolling lullaby. After a few moments, the piano and electric chorus continues. The electronic chorus leaves, allowing the piano to finish off.
I hope you have enjoyed reading my review and listening to the songs.
Next I will review, Minecraft: Volume Beta.
Minecraft Soundtrack
Minecraft is a beautiful game. Packed with colourful graphics, strange and creepy cave noises, animals you can adore, villagers you can befriend, monsters you can kill, objects to craft...........and, of course, the music.
Weather you're in a cave, standing on a plateau, sitting in front of a fire in your home, or fighting monsters, the music is always in the background to keep you comfortable and calm.
Ranging from haunting, slightly creepy piano verses, to full on songs with violins, bells and even a drum-beat, the soft music of Minecraft will always stick in my mind.
The creator of the songs, is Daniel Rosenfeld, or C418, a German computer-musician. He also creates the ambience music (the cave noises) in the game.
He made two soundtrack albums: Volume Alpha, and Volume Beta.
I will review both albums and their songs. However, I will only review the pieces of music that appear most in the game (not the music disks).
I will also place video-play of the songs under the reviews of them, There-for you can read the review and listen to the songs after.
Let's start! WOO HOO!
ZAC'S MINECRAFT BLOG!
Hi everyone. I am new to Blogger so forgive me if I do something wrong or make an error.
My blog will be about Minecraft.
Do you guys play Minecraft.
I do!
My blog will be about what I do on Minecraft, highlights of my playing time, things I have built, and crafted. I will even review a Middle Earth Map. I will also review other stuff.
Enjoy reading my posts!
My first posts will be a review of the Minecraft: Volume Alpha Soundtrack.
