This is the official Xavier Xerxes YouTube profile.

Xavier Xerxes is a multi-instrumentalist recording artist. He is an accomplished guitarist, bassist, vocalist and a clever lyricist. He specializes in a hard rock/heavy metal sound with unconventional frenetic guitar work. He has released 5 albums to date including Xavier Xerxes (1996), Back To The Basics (2014), Integrate (2017), Dark Energy Lab (2021) & eXplore (2024).

His debut album features lyrics that are based on puns, oxymorons, & physics and was designed to engage the listeners' intellect. His "Back To The Basics" album is designed to engage the listener emotionally with powerful & moving heavy metal songs with lyrics that deal with social issues. His "Integrate" album is his most eclectic album to date. His "Dark Energy Lab" album is an experimental music album that introduces "Nerd Metal." His eXplore album has experiments with polymeters, swing feel, exotic scales, & odd time signatures in prog/avant-garde rock tracks.


Xavier Xerxes

Thank you to Wave Potter for reacting to my song, "You Are Enough."

I did program the drums using EZ Drummer 2. When I was developing this song, I made a video of the drum track being played on EZ Drummer 2 with the time signature changes noted (see video below).

There are 3 time signatures in the song: 4/4, 3/4 (or multiples thereof - 6/4 is probably a better fit though) in the verses, 5/4 in the solo section.

I did make some sheet music from the midi file to a pdf and put it on my Google Drive. The sheet music isn't perfect, but may be helpful.
Sheet music link: drive.google.com/file/d/1QqqOU1KTicfiT_35az7DCvJex…

Thanks for your interest in my music. I appreciate it.

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Xavier Xerxes

Image Credits for the Redshifted Starlight by Xavier Xerxes Official Lyric Video:

Aleš Tošovský - Redshift/blueshift graphic

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team

Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/MIT/D.Dewey et al. & NASA/CXC/SAO/J.DePasquale); Optical (NASA/STScI)

By Judy Schmidt from USA - NGC 4826, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88116433

Jane C. Charlton (Penn State) et al., HST, ESA, NASA

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Leiden Univ./A. Botteon et al.; Radio: LOFAR/ASTRON; Optical/IR:PanSTARRS

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Michigan/K. Gültekin; Optical: NASA/STScI and NAOJ/Subaru; Infrared: NSF/NOAO/KPNO

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC; Optical: NASA/STScI)

X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/M.McDonald et al.; Radio: NRAO/VLA; Optical: NASA/STScI

X-ray: NASA/CXC/RIKEN/L. Gu et al; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRT; Optical: SDSS

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Geneva, D. Eckert. Optical: SDSS provided by CDS through Aladin.

X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI; Radio: NSF/NRAO/AUI/VLA

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Chicago, I. Zhuravleva et al, Optical: SDSS

X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. van Weeren et al; Optical: NAOJ/Subaru; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRT

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Université Paris/T.Wang et al; Infrared: ESO/UltraVISTA; Radio: ESO/NAOJ/NRAO/ALMA

(Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/G.Ogrean et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI; Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF)

X-ray: NASA/CXC/University of Missouri-Kansas City/M.Brodwin et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: JPL/CalTech

X-ray: NASA/CXC/University of Bonn/G. Schellenberger et al; Optical: INT

X-ray: NASA/CXC/UA/J.Irwin et al; Optical: NASA/STScI

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Hamburg/F. de Gasperin et al; Optical: SDSS; Radio: NRAO/VLA

X-ray: NASA/CXC/INAF/P.Tozzi, et al; Optical: NAOJ/Subaru and ESO/VLT; Infrared: ESA/Herschel

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Michigan State Univ/G.Voit et al; Optical: NASA/STScI & DSS; H-alpha: Carnegie Obs./Magellan/W.Baade Telescope/U.Maryland/M.McDonald

NASA, ESA, J. Jee (Univ. of California, Davis), J. Hughes (Rutgers Univ.), F. Menanteau (Rutgers Univ. & Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C. Sifon (Leiden Obs.), R. Mandelbum (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), L. Barrientos (Univ. Catolica de Chile), and K. Ng (Univ. of California, Davis)

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford/J.Hlavacek-Larrondo et al, Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/M.Postman & CLASH team

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Caltech/A.Newman et al/Tel Aviv/A.Morandi & M.Limousin; Optical: NASA/STScI, ESO/VLT, SDSS

NASA, ESA, CFHT, CXO, M.J. Jee (University of California, Davis), and A. Mahdavi (San Francisco State University)

X-ray: NASA/CXC/ITA/INAF/J.Merten et al, Lensing: NASA/STScI; NAOJ/Subaru; ESO/VLT, Optical: NASA/STScI/R.Dupke

Credits: X-ray(NASA/CXC/SAO/A.Vikhlinin et al.); Optical (SDSS)

X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/M.Markevitch et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI; Magellan/U.Arizona/D.Clowe et al.

X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/E.-H Peng et al; Optical: NASA/STScI

X-ray(NASA/CXC/Stanford/S.Allen); Optical/Lensing(NASA/STScI/UC Santa Barbara/M.Bradac)

X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/M.Markevitch et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI; Magellan/U.Arizona/D.Clowe et al.; Lensing Map: NASA/STScI; ESO WFI; Magellan/U.Arizona/D.Clowe et al.

NASA/CXC/UMass/Q.D.Wang et al.

Credit: HST/NASA/ESA

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Gemini/CARMA

NASA/ESA/STScI

NASA/ESA/Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

NASA Goddard

NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/Yale/CNRS

Credit: NASA, H. Fort (JHU), G. Illingworth (USCS/LO), M. Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), the ACS Science Team, and ESA

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Newman, M. Akhshik, K. Whitaker

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Pacaud, D. Coe

Image Credit: NASA, ESA and M. Montes (University of New South Wales)

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Coe

Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; optical: Rolf Olsen; infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech; radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/Univ.Hertfordshire/M.Hardcastle

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Allam et al.

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully; acknowledgment: Gagandeep Anand

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Frye

Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Teplitz, M. Rafelski (IPAC/Caltech), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University) and Z. Levay (STScI)

Credits: NASA, ESA and E. Rivera-Thorsen (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics Oslo, Norway)

Credits: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz and the HFF Team (STScI)

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Jha; Acknowledgment: L. Shatz

Credits: NASA, ESA, J. Mack (STScI) and J. Madrid (Australian Telescope National Facility

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, P. Cote

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, I. Karachentsev et al., F. High et al.

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gladders et al; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Credits: NASA, ESA and M. Montes (University of New South Wales)

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt

Credits: NASA, ESA, A. Koekemoer (STScI), M. Jauzac (Durham University), C. Steinhardt (Niels Bohr Institute), and the BUFFALO team

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)

Credits: NASA, ESA, P. Oesch (University of Geneva), and M. Montes (University of New South Wales)

Image Credit: ESA (European Space Agency)/Hubble & NASA, RELICS

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, RELICS; Acknowledgement: D. Coe et al.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Postman (STScI), and the CLASH team

Credits: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz and the HFF Team (STScI)

Credits: NASA, ESA, Suyu (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics), Auger (University of Cambridge)

Image credit: ESA (European Space Agency)/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, NRAO/AUI/NSF, STScI, and G. Ogrean (Stanford University), Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz (STScI), and the HFF team

Image credit: NASA, ESA and the HST Frontier Fields team (STScI), Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, NRAO/AUI/NSF, STScI, and R. van Weeren (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz (STScI), and the HFF team

Credits: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/Yale/CNRS

Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Missouri/M.Brodwin et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: JPL/CalTech

Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/University of Bonn/G. Schellenberger et al; Optical: INT

Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UA/J.Irwin et al; Optical: NASA/STScI

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