To All The Soldiers (2010)

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Be Enouraged

Your value is in who you are, not in what you do.

The Story Behind Common Grace

WHY:

"Thank You for your service" is not enough. I pray I can live a life worth you fighting for.

This is a remake of the song I did back in 2003. I used a couple of samples in the original song, but I wanted to have track with my own original composition. So, here it is.

To All The Soldiers - Make Beats In Reason - A Personal Tribute to US Troops

HOW:

Created with Propellerhead Reason, Akai MPD32, M-Audio Oxygen 8 MIDI controller

WHEN:

9/25/2003 2:35:17 PM

WHERE:

Layton, Utah, USA - Hill Air Force Base

WHO:

Produced and Performed by TaurusBeats (Taurus M. James)

Moods

You already know that I create moody instrumental music, but you may not know that I always want to hear how what I create affects other people.

Here is how I attempted to describe the moods for this music:

dramatic, dark, emotional, reflective, sentimental, thoughtful, sad, mournful, strong, anthemic, bold, confident, determined, patriotic, powerful, sophisticated, victorious

Your feedback is very important to me me. What do you thin?.

What mood does this mood put you in? How does this music make you feel? Please, let me know in the comments section below.

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Themes

I think about my music in story form. Every song or beat I make is telling a story or part of a story. Here are some Music Storylines or Plots for this song.

Overcoming the Monster: Hero and the bad guy.
Voyage and Return: Boldly exploring.
The Quest: Seeking and finding.
Tragedy: The price of fatal flaws.

Overcoming the Monster

Main character travels to unfamiliar place, meets new characters and overcomes a series of trials, while trying to get home.
The new friendships and new-found wisdom allow them to find their way back home again.

Voyage and Return

Main character travels to unfamiliar place, meets new characters and overcomes a series of trials, while trying to get home.
The new friendships and new-found wisdom allow them to find their way back home again.

The Quest

Hero sets out in search of a specific prize, overcoming a series of challenges and temptations.
Hero has hindering flaws to overcome to succeed.
Hero is accompanied by a group of comrades with complementary, supportive skills.

Tragedy

Main character travels to unfamiliar place, meets new characters and overcomes a series of trials, while trying to get home.
The new friendships and new-found wisdom allow them to find their way back home again.

Music for Movies

Do you think my music would fit in one of the movies below? Let me know what you think in the comments section below.

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Movies Now Playing

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The Tax Collector

David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to Los Angeles that puts everything David loves in harm’s way.

Inception

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

Scoob!

In Scooby-Doo’s greatest adventure yet, see the never-before told story of how lifelong friends Scooby and Shaggy first met and how they joined forces with young detectives Fred, Velma, and Daphne to form the famous Mystery Inc. Now, with hundreds of cases solved, Scooby and the gang face their biggest, toughest mystery ever: an evil plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this global “dogpocalypse,” the gang discovers that Scooby has a secret legacy and an epic destiny greater than anyone ever imagined.

Made in Italy

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Parasite

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Use Suggestions

I would love fo my music to be used in films, commercials, videos, video games. But I can also see my music being used in elevators, waiting rooms and lounges - you know, the background music in those places.

What do you suggest? Where can you picture my music being used? In what ways and what venues can you see people using my music? Tell me in the comments section.

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Lyrics

"TO ALL THE SOLDIERS"

To all the Soldiers overseas in a land that ain't home/
Staring Death in the face in the many war zones/
Realize, I recognize the courage you've shown/
And I'm praying that God will grant your safe return home/

Dear Soldier, I know you're on your job, I'll make this short/
I just wanted you to know that you got my support/
And the prayers of my wife and I are staying on you/
And the thoughts I'm having lately, are focused on you/
You're on the front lines of battle out to get the job done/
Keep your spirits up, keep your focus, til the battle's won/
I for one, support you in the things that you do/
Accept these words from my heart as my thanks to you/
You may have thought twice, but you still made the sacrifice/
Leaving family and friends to live the "Combat Life"/
I know it's hard, but I won't pretend to understand/
All the things passing through your mind in those lands/
As you march across the grounds I only see on TV/
As you control the airspace and dominate the sea/
I pray, for your protection and your efficiency/
And the ultimate safe return to your family/