woooooo nice one Eddy. Is indeed deserved. Your passion for what you do is clear to see.

Here ya go, man.

http://www.mtv-music-generator.com/index.php/topic,4278.0.html

what everyone else said... congrats 

Man, this tune takes me back. This is straight out of Sega Genesis greatest hits. Love what you've done with the drums. Starts out sorta low key, then boom, straight up front. Love it. This would have fit nicely in the soundtrack to an Earthworm Jim game. (You know, one of the more serious songs) 

Excellent work. I love the string work in this. Very pro sounding piano, too. Reminds me a bit of Coldplay. Great stuff. Two thumbs up!

Keeping a promise to Zodiac, here. This is a song that I've held back for a little while, partly because I think the mix might be a little bit... I don't know what the word might be... eccentric? I kinda took the framework of the original and threw whatever I thought might sound cool at it a'la Jackson Pollack to see if it would stick. What I ended up with is a mishmash of synth, overdrive guitar, pizzicato strings, and synthesized wind effects. I also tried, and ultimately failed, to get the synth lead in the chorus to sound right, so I scrapped it entirely. I've been wanting to find a multitrack of the original so I could place the vocals into the mix but, alas, it doesn't seem to exist. Also, just so you know, I DID sample the iconic snare sound for this track, but everything else is original.

Anyway, I hope you all like.

Ooh, as an after thought, this is the first track I've managed to record strictly digitally in it's entirety. I happened to remember that my PC has a digital S/PDIF input built onto the motherboard and, somewhat of a surprise to me, I can record from it through the software that came bundled with my Soundblaster X-FI Fatality card. True digital, baby! 

@Arcane. TMBG have been around since the early 80's and have an unbelievably massive discography. Birdhouse sort of fits what I'm talking about, but only in that the subject matter is really the invention of the lightbulb, and not one of any spiritual relavence which is usually the misinterpretation. Check out a song called They'll Need a Crane, which is a very peppy mid-80's rock sounding track, the lyrics of which seem to be describing a man who built a house for his wife, only for her to leave him.

Another good example is a song called Destination Moon which is, again, kind of an optimistic sounding 16 beat rock song about a bed ridden man who is possibly dealing with Alzheimers. He either was or believes he was once an astonaut. He is consumed with escaping the hospital because he believes he is about to miss a mission to the moon which his orderly has secretly (and deviously) convinced him is real.

My Man is another optimistic sounding song about a man who is being informed that he will never walk again. There are a ton of these. I could literally fill up a whole page.

PROBLEM SOLVED!! And in a big way! Just realized that I can record from my PS2 through an optical cable directly into the S/PDIF port on my PC. This means all of my future recordings will be strictly digital! Freaking sweet! 

@arcanefuture - u were right the first time ("Yeah, can see why you disowned the track..") lol.  i have every reason to disown this...this...BLASPHEMY .  its just not the dark, twisted, zodiac style im known for and it hurts...it hurts so fuckin bad lol.  but anyhoo, thanx arcane, glad u like it.

Hi, I'm not sure how the samples are actually stored on the CD, so it may not be possible to take them off without actually sampling the sounds...
On the legal side, I think you're probably okay - see this topic:

http://www.mtv-music-generator.com/index.php/topic,3992.msg18280.html#msg18280

I've never heard of a samples pack either, I'm afraid.
Good luck!