Donald Merand

🎵 Output before Input #50 - 2022.02.27

I’m not sure how far I thought I was going to take this, but 50 seems like a milestone! I’m celebrating with this incredibly soft, rounded, understated melody. Look: I don’t control what comes out - when you roll out of bed + pick up a guitar, what happens: happens.

🎵 Output before Input #49 - 2022.02.26

Woke up with a melody and turned it jazzy. Feels kind of frantic though.

🎵 Output before Input #48 - 2022.02.25

Experimenting with related tonality through close harmonic structures. Which could probably be the title of the entire series.

🎵 Output before Input #47 - 2022.02.25

Gradually degrading what should be a pleasant two-chord rhythm.

🎵 Output before Input #46 - 2022.02.24

The tremolo sound here was inspired by Noga Erez' “You So Done” from “Kids (Against the Machine)” which was in my head when I woke up.

🎵 Output before Input #45 - 2022.02.24

I was thinking about Mattias Eklund’s “single-string” horizontal soloing on this one - although this sounds nothing like him.

🎵 Output before Input #44 - 2022.02.23

🎵 Output before Input #43 - 2022.02.23

🎵 Output before Input #41 - 2022.02.22

🎵 Output before Input #42 - 2022.02.22