Hey, this is Step on my alt account. I'm using this account for submitting works in progress, unfinished songs, ideas or old songs which suck too much to be submitted on my main account.

A few months ago, Echo and I submitted 'Beams of Hope' to our shared account Raven-Guard (you can see it here: http://www.newgrounds.com /audio/listen/358114). To our surprise, it got frontpaged, and received some great feedback. That being said, while some people said the drums were good, some people didn't, so I decided to submit this without the drums.

Personally I think it lacks the emotion that the version with drums had, especially around when the horns come in, but it still sounds great. It sounds much softer and probably a bit sadder than the version with drums too. In the other version, the drums gave a sense of hope, while this version gives a sense of sadness in my opinion.

Well, it caters for different opinions I guess. I hope you enjoy it!