Day 458: Like Plastik

An unintentionally influenced track that reminds me a lot of Plastikman.

Had a good day at the Nashville Zoo today.  The dinosaurs are back.  The kids loved it.  Only one meltdown, and that was when we were leaving (to be expected).

Just trying to to keep it together for another 41 days.

Cheers.

Day 457: Keep It Simple Stupid

A simple, minimal techno track today.  Maybe it's electro... I can never guess with genre's.  Whatever you call it, it's a track.

Day 456: Electro Experiment

Getting over illness, may be able to focus a little more intently on what I was doing before I got sick.  Have felt spread too thin lately.

Even without the illness I'm coming to the realization that I just need to call it on the One-a-day project for now.  It feels like I could put out some top-notch quality stuff now and need the time to focus on it.  The OAD project prevents that from happening.  As much fun as it is and has been, I've got to come to terms with ending it in another 43 days.

Day 451: Such Doge Much Power

So, I've decided the name of the band will be SUCH DOGE MUCH POWER, and yes, the music will be on iTunes.  I'm already paying for the ability to upload as much as I want to iTunes thru Distrokid so I figure I should take advantage of it.  Won't be any worse than that Paris Hilton album.

LYRICS:
We stand on a pedestal, 
10 feet above all, 
The children try to touch our feet, 
the children can't touch our feet.  
We allow the people to come and view our form, 
the people try to touch our feet.
The people can't touch our feet.  

WE ARE ALL GODS IN OUR OWN EYES, 
NOTHING HERE THAT SHOULD BE A SURPRISE, 
ONLY EXPECTATION AND INVOCATION.

We dream small, we dream big.  
It doesn't matter our dreams are reality.  
The slaves, they try to make it real.

THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN YOUR STORY IS YOUR OWN, 
EVEN THOUGH YOU STILL DIE ALONE.

We are generous gods, 
you may please us as you wish. 
yes, you please us as we wish.

Day 449: One More Project

I'm going to take a stab at creating an album within an album.  For the next 12 - 20 days the tracks will feature (mostly) the same instrumentation and the songs will be a concept album, or something like that.  Today's track is the first track, hence the title: Introduction.

Day 447: Sickly

So I'm looking after two sickly little boys today.  I believe they also may have infected me with
whatever virus they have.  Stomach is torn up, am not hungry, felt feverish earlier.  Being sick is shit.


In other news, I'm trying to continue and make patches for the New Atlantis Audio User Library.  This track features a glitchy drum kick from the Glas refill.

Day 445: Hothouse

A nice, warm day today.  A good day for Indian Electro Weirdness.

Day 440: Glitch Electro Ambient Noise Recording

Still working with NAA stuff and creating patches.  Here I wanted to try and create a patch that had a lot of the same effects that are created using Buffre, by Peff, but without actually using any rack extensions.  With a little bit of thinking around the problem I managed to come up with a close approximation.  A fun little experiment.

Day 423: In the blood

Maybe something original.  We  don't know what our story is.

Lyrics:
You've got drive, but you spend it all the time.  
Why don't you just give up?
You've got love in your heart, 
but there's a chance you're just full of shit.
Wipe the blood off your mouth.
Clean your teeth. 
We're going out now.
And you're not who you think you are.

Day 419: One Minus One

Playing with the subtractor.  I have a lot of patches now.  I should probably organize then and put them out in the world.

Day 418: Dream is a lie, just like the cake

As promised, today is a return to weird shit.

Lyrics:
Our dream is to be one of you.  
Our dream is to be a lie.  
Our wish is to be on the inside.
Where you won't let us see.

Day 409: Cause

Here's an experiment I've had sitting on my phone for awhile.  I wanted to flesh it out, add some length, and get a little more creative, but honestly it felt like it didn't need it.

I decided to stick with the stripped down version straight from my iPhone. I did end up doing a little bit of mastering in Reason and adding just a touch of reverb to soften it a little.

Hope you like.

Even if you don't it's a quick listen.

Day 406: Dance, Dance, Smell-o-vision

A wicked little dance number full of piss and vinegar.

Wanted to play with some instruments that were kind of "out of tune".  The bass was the only one in which it was really noticeable, but I think the mission is accomplished either way.

Now shake dat booty.

Day 399: 400

This is 400 days.  Maybe it should be said more like this:

THIS IS 400 DAYS.

400 days I've been making music every day, releasing music no one has ever heard, trying to keep it fresh and interesting.

Over 13,000 plays on Soundcloud, new connections, beta-testing for a developer, a couple of people have even bought an album.  I've learned a lot, I've honed my skills, I continue to learn and get excited about new songs daily.

There's a forthcoming video, if I can ever find the time to actually record it.  The script was written by friend and author Colin Fox.  He also did some voice-over for it.  It's just kind of about making an effort to do a project like this, what it can take, what comes from it and other non-sense.

Lyrics:
We're all in the basement, hiding from the light.  
We're all in the basement, hiding from sight.
We're all in the ceiling, hiding from your eyes, 
We're all hiding from you.

We've all got a secret that you can't find.
We've all got a secret that you can't find.
We've all got a secret that you can't find.  
Secret of mine.

Day 371: Christmas Knock-Off

A strange one that combines Indian female vocals with German quasi-industrial beats.

Day 333: 3 is the Magick Number

Here we are at day 334, but it says 333?  That's cause we're counting from zero.

This is a weird one.

Lyrics:
You're not a part of this world.

Day 331: Instrumental

Late night instrumental grooviness.

Day 328: With Fingers

An early effort using Figure (by Propellerheads) as a live instrument recorded into Reason. Added some additional instrumentation to the beat in post.

Day 327: Leave Me Alone (Follow Me)

Some people are annoying on the internet. Some people are annoying in real life. Some people have the special skill of being both.

Lyrics:

lyrics

Stop following me, I'm not gonna pay you.
I don't care what you do, I don't care what you say.
There's a million other people in the world you could bother so please,
Look one of them up.

You know I don't think you're God's gift to anything,
I don't think you're so great, no matter what you say.
I can hardly stand to be next to you.

Where do you get off?
What did somebody say to make you go on about you anyway?
If we were on a cliff I'd push you off just to watch you fall down.

What are you doing next?
I'm all pins and needles waiting for your next move.
What are you doing next?
I'm dying to see what you'll do.
What are you doing next?
Your audience is waiting.
What are you doing next?
Your mediocrity is a blessing to us all.

Day 325: Downtempo

This tune started as a commentary on success in the music business, but somehow it went off the rails and turned into a track about drug addiction. Maybe it's both. Most musicians would say that music is very much like a drug for them. It definitely is for me.

lyrics

How do you measure success?
What is a win to you?
What sins would you not confess?
When is a lie a truth?

I keep going back,
I keep going back to you.

How high is too high?
How low will you go?
When do you give up your name?
Does rock bottom just sound the same?

I keep going back,
I keep going back to you.