Back in my early 20s whenever I was reading I would listen to atmospheric music to heighten my experience. Often it was albums that were primarily instrumental in nature and that fit along with whatever I was reading at the time. Since I’m a huge horror fan a lot of it was creepy, Halloween-esque music done by artists such as Glenn Danzig or Eerie Von. Uneasy Listening by Eerie Von always puts me in the mood to read Lovecraft.
For years I wanted to make my own music to read to. Something creepy yet epic that would add to my vivid visualization of the printed word! After several attempts using a borrowed keyboard and a karaoke machine or fifteen year old programs on a sixteen year old computer I finally have the technology and I have made my greatest instrumental album since Pure Goth was eaten up in the tape player of my 1993 Ford Escort!
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