released May 23, 2022

Gidong Kim, Someday I'll go home
The ebbing tide of life always takes me to unexpected places. I always wanted to go home among strangers. After long wandering for nothing, I finally got the place called home. Surprisingly and unexpectedly, however, when I lay my weary body in my own nest, I still felt I want to go home. I realized that I have no place to go back anymore at that moment. I was lost by myself and became belongings without the owner in lost and found, therefore I decided. I decided to start my endless wandering again, repeating to myself that someday I'll go home.

Lyrics:
Someday I’ll go home
Now I know I gotta go it alone
Cause they broke down the little dome of chrome
There is no way back to the comfort zone
Someday I’ll go home
Drowning place unknown
Made with bone and stone
I heard the bugle-horn
I saw they took my throne
Their curse made my soul moan
Oh moan and roam
Someday I’ll go home
Drowning place unknown
Made with bone and stone
Nowhere but my own

Samuel Castro, Into the Chimes
In this piece, I took a completely different approach than I have been taking with my other projects. I took a more contemporary style of a song and I mixed electronic music with acoustic instruments. I recorded some chords on the guitar and mixed it with a melody I did on my MIDI controller. I also did the same thing for the rhythm section; I recorded some bongos and mixed them in with the drum pads I had. I did this to create a different vibe that feels warm but catchy at the same time. Introducing the guitar first, it immediately takes you on this warm path that even when the beat comes in, you're still vibing with a good beat following the warmth. I hope you enjoy!

Jaylen Brissett, Summer
For my project, I mainly layered synths on top of each other, used drums, bass, guitar, piano, keys and viola. I mainly used these sounds because they bounced off each other pretty well. A lot of the sounds are layered on top of each other. I wasn’t really inspired by any particular style or genre of music or artist when making this. The mood of the beat is very chill and laid back. In terms of imagery, I’d imagine myself listening to this beat in my room during the summer. This stems from me imagining what a beat would sound like if you geared it towards the theme of summer.

Ashley Ortiz, hallucination
My piece is made up of different sounds that makes you feel like you are in a different place. At first, it sounds like a normal song but it changes drastically. I want this piece to feel like a journey or an escape from the real world. This piece could make you feel different things and it is chaotic but I would say the good kind. Most of the instruments I used were plucks, lo-fi piano, and bass. Most of the melodies I came up with were all improvised and even though they all sound different together they are chaotically beautiful.

Andrew Poccia, Apollo
Throughout the semester I was inspired by the many artists and experimental music techniques that push the limits of not only what can be done from an electronic music perspective but also with the use of traditional instruments. Apollo aims to do the same by showcasing some of the unconventional sounds that can be attained using an electric guitar. Overall, this piece combines my own approach to creating music with the new sounds I've learned to create this semester.

Katherine Whitlock, Rainfall
This is an experimental piece, exploring various sounds and textures that evoke feelings of rain and water, using both samples and generated sounds.
I grew up in Tampa, Florida, and one of the things I miss most about it is the rainstorms. Downpours could last hours if not days, and the rain sounds ranged from light tapping on cloth all the way to fat, heavy droplets beating away and the window-shaking crack of lightning and thunder. I can remember sitting on my house's porch for hours, just listening to the sounds, and I wanted to bring a little of that to life here.