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Remix: Sarene (inspired by Elantris)


Here's a cool remix of my song "Sarene ". The lyrics of "Sarene " are based on Elantris, a great novel by Brandon Sanderson. This remix was created by Briareus , a remixer who posts his material over at ccMixter .

This remix is quite interesting. Briareus pitch shifted my vocals into oblivion, the melody is completely different than the original. The backing track is moody and very musical.

Check out more of Briareus' music here .

Check out my original version of "Sarene" here .

Hope you enjoy it,
John Anealio
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Sci-Fi Songs Podcast #7


In the podcast this week I babble about writing a song for Lou Anders and Pyr (Mike Resnick's Starship Series), collaborating with author Tom Marcinko on a new side project,recording Mr. Roboto, and the Art of Frequency.
  • Last.FM Top 5 artists of the week:
    • William Fitzsimmons
    • The Kings of Leon
    • The Decemberists
    • The Mother Hips
    • Kix

If you have any ideas for the podcast contact me at 27summers@gmail.com or via Facebook or Twitter .

I hope you enjoy it,

John Anealio
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Summer Glau: "The Remix: Part 3"


Here is a really cool remix of my song "Summer Glau" This remix was created by teru , a great remix artist who posts his material over at ccMixter.

"Summer Glau" is my most remixed song. This is one of the most creative and musical versions of the tune. teru really has a great ear for combining various sources into a interesting and cohesive whole. Check out a mash-up that he created using my song "Rachel Rosen ". This Mash-up/remix also uses tracks from Nurykabe and DoKashiteru.

Check out more of teru's music here.

Related Posts:

Summer Glau (original version)
"Feel Fine" (a different Summer Glau Remix)
Summer Glau (In the Hear of Autumn Remix)

Hope you enjoy it,
John Anealio
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Lyricist Wanted


One of my musical friends and I decided to start a recording side project as a duo. We plan to get together every few weeks and knock out a song in an afternoon's worth of work. One thing that would make this project more efficient would be to start with some pre-written lyrics.

I take great pride in writing my own lyrics and it is a process that I really enjoy. However, it is the most time intensive part of running Sci-Fi Songs. I plan on continuing to write my own lyrics for my monthly Sci-Fi Song, but for this side project, I'd love to have a lyrical collaborator or two.

I know that many of you are creators in your own right; you are novelists, short story writers, editors, podcasters, blog authors, and songwriters. Would any of you like to contribute some lyrics to this project? It could be a lot of fun. They don't necessarily have to be Sci-Fi or Fantasy based, but that would certainly be a plus.

If you are interested, contact me at 27summers@gmail.com or via Facebook or Twitter .

Hope to hear from some of you,
John Anealio
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Sci-Fi Song #16: Mr. Roboto (Styx Cover)





Sci-Fi Song #16 is a cover of Mr. Roboto by Styx. It is really more of a re-imagining rather than a cover. Basically, I took the lyrics of Mr. Roboto and wrote a completely different melody and chord progression.

This song was inspired by Ray and all of his readers at the Cover Me blog . I was their March Cover Commissions Artist and this was the song that they chose in a poll of different Sci-Fi themed cover songs.

I had a great time putting this together and I hope you enjoy it.

John Anealio

By the way, I had the great fortune of being interviewed over at SF Signal this week. Click here if you'd like to read more about my creative process.

Here are some of the tools that I used to record this track.
  1. Yamaha Acoustic Guitar in Open G tuning (My Martin recently suffered an unfortunate accident)
  2. G&L ASAT Telecaster Style Electric Guitar in Open G tuning
  3. Washburn Electric Bass Guitar
  4. Rode NT-1 and NT-3 microphones
  5. Apple Logic Pro 8 recording software
    1. The ES2 software synth and the EXS24 Sampler for the glockenspiel sound
    2. Logic's included compressor, delay, and reverb plug-ins
    3. The electric guitar parts were recorded through Logic's Guitar Amp Pro plug-in
    4. The drum parts were created using Beta Monkey's Drum Werks V loop collection

Related Posts
  1. Sci-Fi Songs Podcast #6 : I talk about recording Mr. Roboto in this episode
  2. Sci-Fi Song #6: Rachel Rosen : inspired by Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
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