Hello. I cannot begin to tell you all how I am grinning from ear to ear as I announce this.

So, this is a fragment of a cover of Phyrnna's song, A Breeze From Home, which is going to be used in Epic Battle Fantasy 5! However scant its usage may be, I am grateful for the opportunity and I can't contain my excitement over this.

This song was requested of me in April(?), and I was happy to deliver it nonprofit as my circumstances demanded. It became a labour of love, something I was proud of when it was finished. There are two separate mixes: mine, and Phyrnna's, for use in the EBF5 soundtrack. The mix in this fragment is mine.

Now, about the making of the song: Phy and I talked at length about the feel of this song, and we both agreed that it should start sparsely, and build up into an orchestral swell as the piece progresses. I wrote the lyrics over a month; they initially were hard to come by but flowed naturally after some time. I attempted to play this on guitar, and struggled and almost tore my hair up in frustration. And the one take I DID manage to record was riddled with errors that I felt I was running out of time. See, I know my chords, but I do not have the muscle memory to play them to perfection yet -- but I was determined to do this on my own. So I decided to cheat.

And cheat I did. I layered my poor Epiphone Les Paul playing with a MIDI guitar track. And I crooned with all the emotion I could muster for this track. The finished track almost made me cry. And I guess now it's almost making me cry that it's going in EBF5 proper, however small the track time might be. I am eternally grateful. Thanks, Phy. <3

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Track cover artwork is part of the title screen of Epic Battle Fantasy 5, courtesy of Matt Roszak a.k.a. @matt-likes-swords.

Any requests to use this track should be directed to BOTH Phyrnna and myself.