dacca

Celebrating 220,000+ plays and 12,000+ downloads today (29th June 2018).

I started the track with the electric bass guitars, then added various modern rock guitars, all from Apple loops. The drums are a customised Apple rock drummer track. Then I added the backing and harmony vocals, again from loops. Then I added a couple of manually played synths. All done in Logic Pro X.

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Drama Queen Image - Bea Serendipity, Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/simplybea/7431533588

Once again Paploviante and Friends have excelled themselves with an open collaboration offer called "Seabed" which you find here:

https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/seabed-paploviante-open-collab-offer

I've added a number of synthesisers including pads played through Logic Pro X. I was aiming for a gentle, bubbly number - let me know what you think!

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Image: Venus flytrap sea anemone

Jacked In = connected to my hacker rig

Run = attempt to hack and steal hidden data

Megacorps = every evil international corporation ever

ICE = Intrusion Counter Electronics (in other words, defensive software such as firewalls, aggro tech, anti-virus software, trace software etc)

Rezzed = installed and resolved

Flatlined = braindead, or a successful trace lead to you taking too much meat damage and being killed the old fashioned way

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Image: Shibuya Night, Wikimedia Commons

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For a totally different take on a hacker attempt listen to:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/netrunner

I don't know about you, but I'm off to the stars. Care to join me?

All synths played by me in Logic Pro X.

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Image taken from : NASA JPL - "Pointing a Finger at Star Formation" March 2011.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia13904

I used two Logic Pro X synths to create a deep and infinite track in which I could then use a quiet and almost lyrical synth to be the "small voice" alone in the vastness of the universe.

Paploviante and Friends https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends made an excellent open collaboration ambient track available here:

https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/gobi-paploviante-open-collab-offer

I find it very intriguing, full of possibility, so here is my version of the track. I hope I've done it some justice.

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Image: Gobi Desert, Mongolia - by Christopher Michel, Flickr

Another of my Apple loop compositions. This one's pretty simple, just three instruments - piano, electric piano and electric bass.

It felt very light and thoughtful to me...wistful.

It was previously available for open collaboration. If you used it please credit me - David Coutts aka dacca, and link to the original track (this track) using the Soundcloud url.

Thanks.

David

This is a retitled recut of my track Force Majeure https://soundcloud.com/dacca/force-majeure, done in Logic Pro X. I've added a bunch of dub loops and dub bass synths (played manually).

I like it, because it has attitude and says...I don't care what you think.

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The photograph is me doing a Maori haka back in 2015, in New Zealand.

The reggae/dub mix was laid down using Blocs Wave, with added GarageBand FX over everything.

The vocals were done using Voice Synth, some on "normal" setting (so, my normal voice) some on "evil" setting or "announcer" setting, and double-tracked/staggered for effect.

The two guitar tracks were created using ThumbJam electric guitar played through two different metal guitar amps from Ampkit.

The whole track is a play on the use of the term "dread" as used in the word "dreadlocks". So, I was mixing reggae/dub sounds with metal in order to create an atmosphere of dread. Then I improvised some vox to reinforce that concept.

It won't appeal to many, but I don't care that much. I have fun creating these kind of tracks.

Paul Racle and friends (aka Paploviante @paploviante-and-friends) invited us all to explore with their latest open collaboration track:

https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/explore-paplovianteopencollaboffer

I was very grateful to accept their generous offer! Thanks!