Archive for December, 2006

Happy Winter Solstice!

Posted by Eric P. Metze On December 21, 2006 ADD COMMENTS

Looooong before the words “Christmas,” “Hannukah,” “Kwanzaa,” and “Festivus” ever entered humanity’s vocabulary, we have been celebrating the winter solstice. And why not? Without modern technology and capitalism making us fat, warm, greedy, and complacent, we’d be hunkered down in our holes, caves, and huts trying to make it through the brutal winters. As many  [ Read More ]

Counting Bodies Like Metzae to the Lullaby of the Pet Drums

Posted by Eric P. Metze On December 14, 2006 ADD COMMENTS

So, it occurred to me recently that there are four different versions of the same song that I had on my computer, but it’s not immediately obvious that this is the case. I just thought it was so weird that I wanted to share it. And, besides…I wanted to share my remix anyway. A Perfect  [ Read More ]

Symphoniacal

Posted by Eric P. Metze On December 5, 2006 ADD COMMENTS

This is a musical collage, so to speak, an homage to dark and powerful film scores. It is a single piece of music, with an emphasis on the more powerful or dark moments produced by great musical minds throughout the soundtrack genre. I have not composed any of this music, but I have been editing,  [ Read More ]