Mark Lambert Music

I've finally been playing around with the music from "Silent Hill f". It's a challenge for me because it obviously has much different vibe from classic Silent Hill music, which was mostly a guitar-focused post-grunge rock thing. So whatever music from Silent Hill f I do, it will wind up having an old Silent Hill feel to it. That's my wheelhouse, and I'm sticking to it. lol

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 14

Mark Lambert Music

So who has played Silent Hill f? I plan on playing it, but I've not yet. Is any of the music worth covering?

2 months ago | [YT] | 8

Mark Lambert Music

Just an update, but I can now play pretty much as well as I could before. Actually, maybe a bit better in some ways. It could be that my hands and brain needed a rest, as all I did prior to the injury was play, play, play.

But I cannot play as long as I used to, at least for now. My shoulder really starts bothering me after banging on the guitar for a bit, but I can play a little longer each time.

What I'm trying to figure out now is my next move. Just to get into the groove of things, I'll probably do another couple of Silent Hill songs, since that is my old wheelhouse. Still, I've done all the most well-known songs, so there isn't much left to explore there.

I'm still trying to figure out the future of the channel, aside from the injury. In recent months, AI has exploded and overran Youtube. I spent my entire adult life building my music skills, and to just have them written off instantly as AI would be incredibly demotivating. I remember seeing a comment on of my videos where the person asked if it was AI, and it felt like a gut punch.

3 months ago | [YT] | 14

Mark Lambert Music

I now have a dedicated recording space to use once I'm back at it. It's still a mess as you can see. Though it's funny, moving stuff—even on the heavier side—is easier than playing guitar. Shoulder mobility isn't the same as strength, alas. I'm getting there, though.

6 months ago | [YT] | 9

Mark Lambert Music

Just letting y'all know that I'm back playing guitar. Playing my big fat acoustic is a bit troublesome on my shoulder, but I rarely use it in my recordings anyway. I can now start thinking about recording again.

7 months ago | [YT] | 12

Mark Lambert Music

What's everyone's thoughts on the "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night" game, and in particular, the soundtrack? We're going back a few years, obviously, but not much more than the original Silent Hill.

1 year ago | [YT] | 10

Mark Lambert Music

Just a quick update. "Cradle of Forest" from SH4 is almost done, which will be my next release. I've also started on "Die Toteninsel (Emptiness)" from the SIGNALIS soundtrack. I'm also looking at doing "Tender Sugar" from SH4, though I'm not yet sure how I'm going to approach it.

1 year ago | [YT] | 11

Mark Lambert Music

I thought I'd share some data about which of my Silent Hill covers are the most, and least, popular. "Promise" and "Not Tomorrow" are the two songs which consistently get the most daily views. "Theme of Laura" and "Silent Hill Main Theme" are runners-up. None of these are surprising, because they're the most popular SH songs in general.

"Killing Time" and "End of Small Sanctuary" are the two least popular. "Killing Time" isn't a song I see discussed much by SH fans, so that doesn't surprise me. "End of Small Sanctuary" is kind of a surprise, though, as that is one of the more well known and most beloved SH songs. Maybe my cover of it just sucks. lol

The song that has the most views of all on my channel is one of the few non-SH songs I've done: the "Airwolf" theme cover. While it still gets consistent views, these days the number of daily listeners is pretty low. The reason it has the most views overall is because the YouTube algorithm was pushing it hard a couple of years ago, which put it well ahead of my other songs.

The song with the fewest regular listeners is "Auld Lang Syne"". No surprise there, as it is a song most people only listen to one night a year, just so they can drunkenly sing along to it.

1 year ago | [YT] | 17

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I'm currently working on the other version of "Rain of Brass Petals"—the "Three Voice Edit" version. I want to give it an Alice in Chains vibe while keeping some of the industrial feel. "Cradle of Forest" is still in the hopper as well, but I want to finish "Rain" first.

1 year ago | [YT] | 14

Mark Lambert Music

"Cradle Of Forest" is almost done, but I got a bit sidetracked working on "Dance With Night Wind" from SH3. Silent Hill music is like a blackhole I just cannot pull myself away from it seems.

1 year ago | [YT] | 12