[Audio clip: view full post to listen] 2009_04_26_fucking_danger Concept: I added vocals to the Space Ballad song that I had made a couple posts ago. I was actually worried I wouldn’t be able to come up with any lyrics because I was having major writer’s block, but somehow I pieced it together. When I started [...]

So thanks to Paulie for lending me his bass. It is astonishing the degree to which my setup relies almost completely upon his and Rob’s generosity. And I haven’t even used the condenser mic yet. Anyway. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This song started with the line “Hold to the line” and progressed [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Da Mystery Of Cheeseboxin’ This is just a quick sketch that I did over a couple of days. I was experimenting with the slice to MIDI function of Ableton 8. It takes a selection of audio, cuts it up based on some parameters you select, and then puts [...]

This is my fucking fucking danger idea. I am going for a sort of sexy dismay. lots of arpeggiators.  efing-d [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

I attempted to make an arrangement of Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie, an ancient piece credited to Thoinot Arbeau who published it in the 16th century.  I was thinking of using it for my game because it has a very distinctively renaissance sound. I haven’t decided if I’m actually going to though. For one, I’ve [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] ajourneythroughthecirculatorysystem For this song I busted out my old groove box, and after playing with it for a while I was able to get some really cool sounds out of it. The drums are the only digital instrument in the song, everything else is either the groove box [...]

Ok, sorry for the late post! This is the first successful test of ChucK -> MIDI -> my new keyboard, a Roland VA-3 that I bought from a coworker. Everything seems to work rather smoothly. This proves that the problem in the earlier setup was not caused by ChucK or the MIDI system of my [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download (3.2 MB) I have a few things coming together all at once, unfortunately none of them are in a really finished state, so I cobbled this together from something I threw together in Live 8 a few days ago. I was consciously trying to come up with [...]

 [Audio clip: view full post to listen] kanye-dis-track   I generally like Kanye West’s music. I think he has done some really great songs. His production is often both catchy and interesting, and his raps can be very clever and enjoyable. That said, when I listened to his most recent album, “808s and Heartbreak,” I [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] abandoned-fog-tower hey guys here is a new rap instrumental i made on reason.  it samples heavely from the bert jansch ‘angie’.  i added some synth bass and drums gotta run enjoy