I just saw Nausicaa: the Valley of the Wind for the first time, a few weeks ago. It’s one of those Miyazaki movies. Big budget animated feature. Awesome movie. The animation is a bit more primitive than some of his later films but still pretty amazing. I don’t usually do this kind of thing lately, [...]

bread-and-buter1

This song is a reaction to being a waiter and how bad people want bread and butter.

This is a bonus beat because I missed my last turn.

I just got a new computer. My older one bit the dust during the big blizzard here in athens. I discovered this when coming home after 5 days without power and turning everything on again for the first time. Fortunately I have a back-up hard drive so I didn’t really lose any important data. But [...]

I HAVEN’T POSTED IN SO LONG and I’m sorry to be a flake. unproductivity/ business combination. here is a song I made a while ago for a previous post.

space-ghost

believerse
This is something that me and a friend have started working on for a new project. It’s just the part with my verse. We’re still working on it. Thanks for listening!
-Donny Jarko

nyro_rough
Here’s a rough track. I just pieced it together, so there are some unwanted pops and the mix is not as smooth and tight as I would like it to be. I made it as a collaboration between records, Korg ESX-1, my mind, and Pro Tools. I experimented with some creamy side chain compression, [...]

Here is a track of a piece I wrote several years ago for a video game I never made. I’m thinking about reusing it for another project. The original was simply a midi file called “swing.mid” because of it’s rhythm.
This track of music represents a tranquil place. The hero finds a location that is magical [...]

   My initial idea for this blog was simply “a beat a day.” I was going to challenge myself to produce and post one instrumental music track a day. I soon realized it would be more fun to invite all my musical friends to post along with me.
   Every day one of us will post [...]