Epic gets it's title from the fact that it was a truly epic journey to make it. It started off with the idea to make a progressive piece of about ten minutes long with just a few parts that would repeat it self. The idea of Epic is that it is a journey visiting different styles that are somehow connected. 

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I guess the best thing to do is to explain the making of the different parts 

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The intro is made up of various violin samples and some electronics that I put together forming a melody. 

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The first part consists of a 12 string guitar melody made up out of eight different samples that I edited until they formed a melody together. Next I created the drums, played the bass and added the guitar melody which I played on the Jackson guitar. 

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The second part is based on a guitar theme with a pseudo Pink Floyd feel to which I added various keyboard melodies and a synth bass. That flows into the third part that is quite melodic and a little bit funky. The guitar parts were done on the Stratocaster and the free solo that I added contrasts with the free wheeling bass line. 

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The fourth part starts with a distinctive piano sample and the drums building up. A little bit the feeling of Mike Oldfield. Every time a new instrument joins the band lol. The drums were all created in MIDI and played on my MIDI keyboard. 

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The fifth part starts with the repetition of the guitar theme of the second part and once joined by drums and bass sounds momentarily like a three piece band. 

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The final part sounds a bit old style with traditional rock guitar picking and a Hammond B3 played on the MIDI keyboard. The first two melodies are played with an E Bow (see picture). An electronic bow for guitar is a sort of a magnetic element that lets one string vibrate so you can play a melody on that particular string with your left hand. This part is followed by traditional double guitar solos.

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The end part is a repetition of the piano theme from the fourth part with birds singing in the forest. It slowly fades away at the end of the tune. 

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