Day 475: Listening like a boss

A glitch hop piece.  Laid-back and groovy.

Am going to start on seriously licensing some music after I get done with this project.  24 more days left.

Day 298: Pirates!

Was thinking about the scene in Pan when Capt. Hook (Dustin Hoffman) is playing the harpsichord.  Then again, I might be getting that confused with Interview with the Vampire when a very decomposed Tom Cruise is playing harpsichord.  Whichever it was (or both) I then added glitch and electronic-ness to the mix.

Cheers.

Day 260: Disquiet 3D

In creating this piece I really wanted to create depth in every way possible, in addition to giving it a "human" sound.  The biggest challenge for me was depth.  Creating distance is quite a challenge and really requires skillful manipulation of volume and filters.  Since this piece was only 90 seconds long I didn't get to explore that portion as much as I would like, but there's a little of it there.  Past that, there's a ton of panning and playing with reverbs and a couple of effects that I don't use as much as I should.

More on this 88th Disquiet Junto project, which explores 3D sound, at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/09/05/disquiet0088-3d/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Day 221: Conexshunz

My one German friend, Frank, is about to release a refill on the Propellerheads website.  I got a sneak peek since I've been working with his sounds for awhile.

Day 216: A Brief Moment in Peace

Having two small children can be really stressful sometimes.  Especially when you're outnumbered and have 8 - 12 hours alone with them.  Every once in awhile I'll catch a break and they'll both nap at the same time.  This happened today.

Cheers.

Day 199: This is 200.

When you start counting from zero you get to 100 at 99.

Just a little vignette of a piece for this landmark occasion.

Lyrics:
The Monster lurking under the bed is you.
The Monster lurking behind the door is you.

Day 129: Get a Little C-c-c-closer

Still learning how to use Beatchop by Quadelectra.  It's similar in many respects to Buffre by Peff, but seems to arrive at certain types of sounds easier.

Beatchop

Buffre

To me, Buffre seems to be great at quickly creating glitch style anything, mostly due to the built in bitcrusher.  Beatchop is more of a stutter/jitter type effect.  Are they related? Yes.  If you add a bitcrush effect to Beatchop many people would be hard-pressed to tell you which is being used.  There is a fair amount of overlap, but I know that I'm getting some different results when experimenting with the two. Just as with Sugarbytes Slice Arranger or Ochen K's Glitch - the outcomes are all slightly different.  Slice Arranger is kind of an auto-mated version, but still creates some pleasurable results (to my ears).

Slice Arranger

Glitch

Lyrics:
I just want to see you smile.
Can you get a little closer to me?
I just want to hold your hand.
Can you get a little closer to me?

Day 125: Aspersions

When I started this I thought the hardest thing about keeping it going was going to be finding the time and not running out of ideas.  Turns out it's the feeling that I'm annoying people.  Part of me wants to say "Don't listen!" then the other part wants to shut it down right now.

I'll see if I can't keep it going for a little while longer.

Day 107: Chop It Up

Just a little experiment with Beatchop by Quadelectra.

Day 98: 99 Problems But a Glitch Ain't One

Little experiment with:

Neutron

Buffre

and loops by Nine Volt Audio.




99 Days of Music!!!!

Day 64: When I'm Sixty-four

If I was more clever I would have made today's piece related to the Beatles song, but I'm not that clever.  It's probably for the better.  I wouldn't have come up with what you hear below.

Originally, I wanted to use a non-cleared sample and just completely mutilate it so that it was unintelligible copyright infringement, but then I thought "Rhodes!  This thing needs a rhodes!" and then  I started mumbling a melody and next thing you know, it's a sad bastard jam-a-thon.

Lyrics:
We have.
Now there's no blood on our hands,
But we give you weapons and we take all our your lands.
To be sure that we have a leg to stand.
To be sure that you will meet all our demands.
and we know you will.

Not likely that you'll give anything back.
But, sure, if you want to, you can look forward to attack.
To be sure that you can't defeat us all.
To be sure that you certainly will fall.
And you will.
We know you will.
And soon, you'll surrender to us.

Day 63: Back to the People

If you missed the last post with the refill from Malcos, here's another one.  Some pretty deep lyrics.  Shout out to Malcos, Peff, and Sugarbytes for their help!

Lyrics:
Life is how I go back to the people.
If you want to have time, talk to the people.

Day 62: Bye, Curious

A random sampling of a children's show with "curious" in the title was the impetus for today's work.  After that it just spiraled out of control.

Day 56: Valentine Hangover

So if your Valentine wasn't the most romantic of days (mine certainly wasn't) then maybe you can enjoy this track.  It's ambient and is one for someone who just wants to chill after celebrating the martyrdom of St. Valentine.

Happy Post Valentine people.

Day 31: On Inauguration Day

This track isn't political or inspired by politics in any way, it just happens to be the one that got posted on Inauguration Day.

An experiment with glitch, stutter, reverse, whole tone scales, piano, and delay.

Lyrics:
What kind of pain do you know?
Why don't you show me?

Day 12: Totally Suite

Learning how to abuse sound via the CV Suite Line Processor by Quadelectra.  Other items of note include Glitch by Ochen K. and the RE-2A Leveling Amplifier by Cakewalk (owned by Roland).  Drums are from the RDK 2.0 Refill.
"Melody" and "harmony" components began with a default Malstrom patch.
Cheers.