Day 220: Drugs are Bad

Song about drug addicts.  Excuse to play with Now and Truth.

Lyrics:
Why'd you have to be such a liar?  
Why did you call me your friend?
Why did you have to be such a liar? 
Why couldn't you walk away instead of forcing this end?

Got a call last week from your mother. 
She was just calling to check in.
It's been a long time since you called and she's a little worried about your drug habit.

Day 140: Now, Later, Truth

As a continuation of yesterday I started a piece that was going to be Thor Only, but ended up being Thor + Now, Later, Truth, Divisor and some other things.  Plus I used a couple of loops/patches from Nine Volt Audio.  Now, Later, and (just added) Truth are some interesting rack extensions and I'm kind of using them as a "plug it in and see what happens" type device.  I was pleased with the result and the piece over all.  The Chronologists have some interesting things happening, go check 'em out.

A few days ago, while working on music during my lunch break at my day job someone walking by and said "Looks like a circuit board."  I chuckled to myself at the comment and that the guy clearly didn't know what a circuit board looked like, but then started to think about it.  The rack, for someone uninitiated, is pretty damn complex. One might be looking at a hundred different knobs, sliders, graphs, windows, and lights and each one does something unique.  It's nice to look at them all and know what they do.

Here's today's offering.

Day 134: Now, now, NOW!

Trying to learn to use Now by the Chronologists.  It's getting there.  Maybe I should read the manual?

Day 72: How the Other Half Lives

If you saw what it takes to keep this thing going every single day you'd probably say "Why? That's too much work."  I'll just say there's a thin thread by which my sanity hangs and on some days this is the biggest fiber of that thread.  I want to keep creating so I have to keep creating cause I need to keep creating cause I want to keep creating... ad infinitum.

This started off as a simple experiment with Now and Later, but ended up being a bit more.

A few of today's contributors include:

Nucleus Soundlab (Celluloid Beats)

The Chronologists

 Black & Orange

Cakewalk

Lyrics:
Where is my pen?
Where is my sword?
How can I sit by and watch?
What do I say?
What do I write?
How can I defend?

 

Day 65: The TV Can Inspire

Someone in my house really likes "Snapped".  As a result, I've learned all the mistakes NOT to make when planning/executing a murder.  Some seem obvious (don't bury them in your backyard) others are less so.  Anyway, I have no plans to kill anyone ever, but it did inspire the following lyrics.

They charged me with murder.
25 years.
No parole.
No escape.
But I didn't do it, no I didn't do it.
I was framed.

They charged me with murder.
Behind bars.
With intent, 
No delay.
I can't see a way,
No, I can't see a way.
No return.

Day 59: Better Living Through Experimentation

A shout out to a few really great developers today.

First, goes to the Chronologists for their Reason rack extensions Now and Later.  I'm also a fan of Divisor, but haven't yet purchased Truth.  I'm using Now, Later, and Divisor in today's piece.  They are very unique pieces of software that have taken me a little bit of time to wrap my head around.  I'm still figuring out how to incorporate them into my workflow, but quickly found that when you start routing them in meaningful ways you will get some very interesting effects.

Next we give a nod to Ochen K.  His modular synth series are really just awesome.  I've purchased the A-Series One and A-Series Two and don't regret it for a second.  Anyone who has a background in true modular synthesis (read: real routing on analog machines) will either say "what's the big deal?" or "OHMYGOD!THAT'S THE MOST AMAZING THING EVVERRR!"  No chance of their reaction being anywhere in between.  Other than a drum loop and some wind instruments from the Reason Factory Soundback everything harmonic on this track was made with those two modules.

Third, is the one and only Peff.  Buffre is like no other.  If you use Reason and ever have a need for tape stops, stutter, glitch, or many other variations of these things then accept no substitutes.  I very much feel like I'm just scratching the surface on this guy.

I hope you have a few minutes to check out today's work.  Have a great week and check back tomorrow for more!