Journal Entry #49
December 16, 2011 9:31 PM
“The Holly & the Ivy/Carol of the Bells”
Synth, bass, piano, drums, and more synth. I would love to hear what you think. Merry Christmas y’all.
Journal Entry #46
September 28, 2011 6:11 PM
Been working on this one for a while, finally feel like I got it right.
Simple piano chord progression with some strings and electric piano support. Making use of dynamics and my MIDI - USB cable with this entry (Read: Hooray for touch sensitive keys!)
Be smart, use headphones.
Feedback always welcome.
Journal Entry #46
Sept 6, 2011 2:00 PM
“Everlong/No Cars Go”
This is actually a couple of months old, but I never felt satisfied enough with it to post. I tried adding another guitar track, a bass line, a synth track… nothing ever fit. So today I just got tired of trying to add things and just fine-tuned the drum and acoustic tracks to sound nice together. Simplicity wins the day.
The acoustic track is based off of the Foo Fighters’ song “Everlong,” and the beat is inspired by Arcade Fire’s “No Cars Go.”
Enjoy.
Journal Entry #45
Aug 27, 2011 1:14 PM
So I watched Tron: Legacy the other night (which was awesome, by the way), and the soundtrack got me thinking about making beats out of drum tracks with echo effects. So I sat down, played with echo effects for a little bit, and wrote a relatively simple drum track that sounds relatively complex just because of the echo. Threw in some pitchbending blips and a synth track for good measure, and came up with this track. I’m really pleased with the result.
Headphones (or a good sound system) recommended. If you’re listening to this, or any of my works, let me know what you think. I’m always open to feedback, good or bad.
Enjoy!
Journal Entry #44
Aug 21, 2011 6:14 PM
I’m back at UNA, and thus have an abundance of free time before classes start Wednesday. Wrote this one last night, cleaned it up today.
Two synth pads, a synth lead, some crunchy drums, and the acoustic in Open-D playing the 12th fret harmonics with echo+tremelo effects.
Feedback is always welcomed. Enjoy.
Journal Entry #43
July 18, 2011 4:01 PM
Playing the acoustic today. Drop-D tuning, with D shape chords around the neck. Added in a separate track with some single strum, 1/16-note filtered chords and some reverb, and another track of some acoustic-body percussion. Snaps and claps to tie it all together.
Enjoy.
Journal Entry #42
June 30, 2011 2:28 AM
*gasp!* I’m still here! I know it’s been a while since my last post, but I’ve been busy with camps and generally not being productive enjoying my summer break. Alas, I’ve been playing with this for a little more than a week now. Possibly going to expand it later…
Journal Entry #40
May 14, 2011 2:19 AM
In my previous entry I talked about a project that I had gotten tired of, and I’m at the point where I’m not really inspired to flush it out or finish it more. I began this project at the end of April and haven’t worked on it since. It started out strong with a good creative base, but it ran it’s course too fast without any long-term goal to aim for.
So tonight I simply wrapped up the ending so that I could document and post what I had come up with here.
Headphones recommended, as always. Enjoy.
Journal Entry #39
May 7, 2011 10:42 PM
I’ve been working on a project other than this one for the past week or so, but I’ve hit a rut it. I needed a break from it, and I had very little to do today, so I composed this piece instead.
If you can’t tell I’ve been experimenting with longer styles lately; trying to achieve more of a standard verse/chorus setup with my works. What do y’all think? Do these get too drawn out and boring?
Journal Entry #38
April 12, 2011 7:40 PM
It’s so nice to type that again.
I’ve been playing with some sweet looping delay stuff in Garageband today, and came up with this little doodle. I love how nicely the “Wish you Were Here” arpeggio fits in. All tracks recorded on the Tele.
Enjoy.
