Today an individual this site knows as deValmont came over and our conversational thread went like this:

I started talking about aircraft which convert into cars that can be driven on standard roads. I was thinking specifically about this one:

We then talked about the tolerances of aircraft, and how a mechanical failure in one is generally catastrophic. We imagined such a car with only one parachute, and the father of a family taking it, with his reasoning being "you can always have more kids".

We then followed this thread to its logical conclusion in song. Morally, it was not our proudest moment, but if you enjoy dark humor, bon appetit.

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Mike: erf came to visit. We recorded this. There's something much "better" in the pipe.
erf: I wouldn't say that it is necessarily "better". I mean, this is a subjective measure, isn't it?
Mike: ...
erf: Fine. We did this very quickly, wanting to record a second thing before the conclusion of our first in-person collaboration, which spanned the course of two days. Do you remember how we stumbled upon this song in the first place?
Mike: You were playing the organ patch on my Roland EP-5 and you happened to do a chromatic walk down just like in this song. Then we found a midi version of the song here.
erf: Yes! The Angelfire site. That really takes me back. I decided we should download this midi and record an "interesting" vocal cover. I think everyone should do this with a midi file from this site. Somewhere along the way the straight cover was abandoned in favor of...
Mike: ... PHANTOM DANCE PARTY OF THE OPERA - IS INNNNNNNNNN YOUR MIIIIIINNNND

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Like a world of robots or something. I thought it would be neat if there was a game like, say, Chrono Trigger, but everybody's a robot. If I ever make a game like that it would sound like this.

Fl studio has a few project templates. There's one called "Rock" that has a nice drumkit included, so I went with that. I also used Tweakbench's Peach for lo-fi sounds. I was lazy and let the built-in compressor/limiter mix the track for me.

robotworld1

Either Katy Perry or Twista could murk this...

Bromington

A friend of mine said they were going to make a song incorporating the Amen Break and the Wilhelm scream, but I thought they were just joking. I decided to up the ante.

Amen, Brother Wilhelm