Donald Merand

🎵 Output before Input #70 - 2022.03.24

I can’t escape the 90’s pop music with which I grew up. I accept that.

🎵 Output before Input #69 - 2022.03.23

Kind of an Album Leaf or Papa M vibe to this one.

🎵 Output before Input #68 - 2022.03.22

Jumping from one branch and hoping the next one will support my weight.

🎵 Output before Input #67 - 2022.03.21

This short, nomadic interlude was all that came by the window this morning.

🎵 Output before Input #66 - 2022.03.20

The tone is really beautiful in moments here - with a little development it could be really menacing.

🎵 Output before Input #65 - 2022.03.19

Listening back to this, I think I stole part of a phrase from R.E.M. (and probably others). The overall thing sounds about like I feel this morning - like there’s some ability for ease to exist, but I missed it by going the hard way.

🎵 Output before Input #64 - 2022.03.17

This riff reminds me of Pinback.

🎵 Output before Input #63 - 2022.03.16

I almost have an aversion to playing full-on barre chord shapes in traditional harmonic structures; this is me confronting that.

🎵 Output before Input #62 - 2022.03.14

This might sound weird or obvious, but it’s been an interesting challenge making something that’s improvised actually sound like things were planned along with any kind of consistent tempo. I can already see it having the effect of tightening up my guitar playing and composition in general - things are less rambly than they were when I was just playing this stuff by myself without hitting record. Which is not to say that there aren’t tons of flubs - don’t worry, there are still tons of flubs.

🎵 Output before Input #61 - 2022.03.13

Sort of a chord inversion study.