MP3 download: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/s21t1ocjckbanm2/Wide_Open_World.mp3

It's been about a year or two since I've made a real effort to touch music. Freelance work and internet commissions kept me glued to my computer, crippling me with "freelancer's guilt" and the constant fear of coming up short on rent or the many bills we had. After going through some of the hardest years in my life, my new job brings my wife and I a much needed break. For the first time in years, we are living comfortably, and I finally have time to do some music again. I hope you enjoy it, I really had a good time working on this, and I hope it encapsulates to you the same feeling of openness and freedom that I now feel.

Troubled days always come to pass. But pass they do, and in their wake comes joy, always. You cannot savor the sweet if you never taste the bitter.

Background painted in Photoshop (at the bottom)
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/GX1J3

Software used:
Studio One 2 (workstation)
Kontakt 5 (virtual instrument)
iZotope Ozone (mastering)

sound libraries (for kontakt):
Cinematic Strings 2 (aren't they lovely?)
Cinebrass
Albion I
Embertone Chapman Trumpet
Truestrike