this is a collection of little ideas i record. i am trying to form a habit of making things and moving forward. i plan on revisiting some of these one day. for now, they're just post-its sitting on my hard drive. when it comes to naming them, i tend to not put much thought into it. it’s usually whatever pops into my head when i go to save it.
track listing
intro (0:00 - 0:28)
- i grabbed some audio from a yotube video. the music is some pitched down japanese jazz from the 1970’s. thought it would be fun.
a. 5_4 - korgin it (0:28 - 1:16)
- definitely feeling some radiohead here. i was learning how to make my own patches on the microkorg.
b. 5_5 - repurposing 2_25_19 beat (1:16 - 1:46)
- i was digging through some older ideas and i liked this drum beat i had made so i added some guitar/bass loops.
c. 5_7 - lost guitar (1:46 - 2:24)
- this is a fun riff off a minor scale on starting on the A string. i find myself recalling this riff often.
d. 5_7 - some medieval vibes (2:24 - 2:49)
- this made me think i was sitting in the woods with armor on and i had a sword. i don't know.
e. 5_11 - feeling the drain (2:49 - 4:02)
- based on the title and sound, i imagine i wasn't feeling great.
f. 5_13 - funk in your funk (4:02 - 4:41)
- this started with the bass line. i was trying to push myself to write more complex bass lines. reminds me of some old video game music.
g. 5_18 - acoustic sins (4:41 - 5:05)
- i honestly don't know why i named this track acoustic sins. i might repurpose this one for tmojc project.
h. 5_18 - bossa nonna (5:05 - 6:03)
- i am a sucker for this sort of drum best so i wanted to try to make one of my own. the chords came naturally. i tend to try and write parts for cello and trumpet since i have friends who play both instruments and i'd love to have the real sounds. this is something i will definitely come back to
i. 5_25 - nu keyz (6:03 - 6:32)
- i got a new midi keyboard (novation impulse 61) and i guess i was excited and needed to make something. flagged for tmojc for sure.
j. 5_26 - live sounds + microkorg (6:32 - 7:03)
- this was my first attempt at trying to record live sounds. i have a mixer setup with lot's of synths and a microphone.
k. 5_27 - 99 red balloons vox test (7:03 - 8:17)
- i keep forgetting i have a vocoder on my microkorg. i had just learned the chords to this song and i thought it was appropriate. the ending reminds me of something i'd hear on a broken social scene album.
l. 5_27 - take what i finish (8:17 - 11:29)
- i put a lot more work into this track. it's got a quote from one of my favorite movies, the thing. this was another attempt to do recorded drums instead of midi. the drone is me on a harmonica with some vibrato on it. i'm super proud of this bass line, it's one of the cooler ones i have written. i have really fallen in love with my casio sk-1. it's how i get the voice samples. it's limiting, but i love that about it. the overall recording is a little sloppy. this one will be fleshed out more for sure.
m. 5_28 - nobody trusts anybody now (11:29 - 13:34)
- a late night recording. it actually started with the toms on an 808. i never use toms so i figured i'd give it a shot. i used whatever was in my room to make sound. more quotes from the thing. the clicking in the beginning is a lighter. there was a siren going off in the background and it got picked up with the lighter. this song also features the following: a pringles can filled with crumbs, scissors, hand farts, and a polaroid camera.
n. 5_29 - let’s go back (13:34 - 14:38)
- i just can't help myself with the sk-1 and sampled this ridiculous dude complaining about pokemon. this song was 100% a vessel to hear this idiot say "let's go back to pokemon". more patches that i created on my microkorg as well. really trying not not use midi/software instruments as much as possible.
o. 5_31 - reggae; going down to congress (ft. blake & nick) (14:38 - 15:30)
- this is an excerpt from a 20+ minute jam with my two friends. we let a drum machine go. blake was on bass and nick was on guitar. i was pulling up random youtube videos and sampling (blindly) them and playing it as we went. the sample was from a school house rock video. this was also part of testing if i could have multiple people making noise and record it. it was a success.
those were the ideas i had in the month of may. thanks for listening! let me know what tracks stood out.
- fire on the bqe