dacca

This is one of my Apple Loop compositions. I was thinking of Friday nights, and Melbourne laneways.

It could be any city that embraces freedom and liberty, not just Melbourne.

I created the backing track in Novation Launchpad, added GarageBand roots guitar on high reverb and a little echo, and some slow deep P-Bass, then played saxophone via iFretless Sax with a lazy freestyle feel.

I hope you enjoy it.

This came together very quickly, only an hour or so. I found this deep rich synth arp and just played around for a few minutes, then created the first track in one take. The other synth (sounds like humming), track pan off centre, I also played in one take to compliment the first track. It felt complete, so I stopped there.

It felt very emotional and personal, and all I could think about when I created it was our universe.

Just me, a couple of Logic Pro X synths, and our universe.

I hope you feel that connection too.

A highly successful species (oh, they existed for around 290 million years) in their day (they went extinct around 250 million years ago). But the crucial scientific question is...what did they dream?

Just kidding, except I really was thinking about trilobites and what they might have dreamt...

I used a mix of loops and manually played synths and GB upright bass on this one.

Loved Fiji when we went years ago. The photograph is not mine, but does remind me what a great relaxing holiday that was.

This is one of my Apple Loop compositions.

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Romantic Dinner At Turtle Island, Fiji. uriouskaa5786, Flickr.

Any Lovecraft fans out there? What do you think? Is this dark ambient piece a good match for "The Colour Out Of Space"?

Created in Logic Pro X.

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For some cool art: "The Colour Out Of Space" LudvikSKP, DeviantArt

http://ludvikskp.deviantart.com/art/the-colour-out-of-space-340467711

The dam bursts and the tears flow.

For this track I use a mix of GB smart instruments and manually played GB instruments and one loop (crunchy bass, towards the end).

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Image (slightly resized): Tears | by Megyarsh Tears | by Megyarsh, Flickr

After 'Not My Best Idea' https://soundcloud.com/dacca/not-my-best-idea I thought I'd follow up by exploring the idea of full metal guitars but with intense African drumming.

See what you think, and let me know! It felt truly tribal to me, and I enjoyed the metal sound I was creating!

I must confess, I've always had short hair. But I love metal, and used to enjoy the mosh pit in my younger days!

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For more inspiration see:

Headbangers at Club Omega: Gothic Nightclub at the Vampire: The Beast party on 2002-09-28 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nightwatch DL.

https://uz.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayl:Headbangers.jpg

I haven't done a "soundscape" style track for a little while, and was drawn to these dark ambient sounds. I imagined a bleak and desperate dystopia.

Here's an earlier Dystopian track of mine:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/a-dose-of-dystopia

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Art: https://www.flickr.com/photos/94725359@N06/13799295904/

"escaping the dome" - yumikrum, Flickr

I wanted to create a a doom prepper track that wasn't heavy in mood or musical style. Hence, I've deliberately used warm guitar tones and vocals to contrast with the dark message.

I hope somebody enjoys it!

"Bye bye, bye bye!"

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Image modified from the following show available on vimeo:

https://vimeo.com/145059958