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DADDY'S FIRST JUNGLE. Actually first thing I did with breakbeats in a serious way entirely.

This week's post brought to you by the RMR Discord Challenge, of which I am a helper puppy, and June's challenge was Jungle (Jungle June, get it?)

I grew up on jungle, alongside techno and trance, like literally I was in my early teens when the first jungle tracks were appearing out in the wild on the rave scene and underground compilations. It's not in my blood like other genres, but it's got its own set of distinct musical memories for me because there was a real energy of excitement when it first hit and it was pretty awesome.

I love jungle, love listening to it, dancing, and it's unbelievably fun music to make but I'd be lying if I said it was something I felt passionate about making, at least, right now. But - you don't have to be passionate about a genre to make it and give it its due honours, give it the attention it deserves, the deep listen, and put in the work to "do right" by it, and thus it gets no less attention than any music I make.

I knew I wanted to work this on the M8 for the chops and effects, and I got the "vibe" right pretty early on but definitely sensed there were missing parts. When I jump into a genre I usually saturate my brain with it by listening to as much as possible almost constantly, and I gotta admit - this was a challenge to parse. I could hear where the music I was listening to did amazing things that my track was missing, but I couldn't quite define the how.

Which is usually when I bring a track to Jeremy for a lesson, not just to fix the track, but to learn all those things that are missing and get a map for "stuff I don't yet know but can learn". Mostly my issues were with how I was chopping breaks - too many beats 2 and 4, too many 16th notes, not enough 8ths, and a bridge section that couldn't decide if it was a build or a bridge. Also a kick. Also I missed a lot of things in my preoccupation to not make DnB by accident. My sound selection was on point tho!

Anyway, it came out pretty good, though I think it trends towards PS1 racing games a little more than proper jungle.

Any questions, ask away - also, this would be my monthly plug for the RMR Discord (link above), which is a fantastic and diverse community of musicians. Discord access is available at any level of the Patreon (the lowest tier is very affordable), and this keeps the community safe from the open-chaos that "free" discord servers can experience. The people there are invested and welcoming and it's an awesome place to be if you're a musician.

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I'm trying to simplify my sound a bit more. Obviously doing less means we can focus more on the individual sounds and their quality, and hopefully mitigate clashing of things. It's hard for me to do though, I have this natural pull toward making everything as complicated as possible.

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Here's my quick n dirty track for the week, made on Polyend Tracker and finished in Bitwig. I managed to get something going here but there's not enough time to develop it. Enjoy the week!

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Started with the MPC and finished it in Ableton where I added a lot of synths, fx´s etc.

Thank you for listening!

Have a nice week

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A direct followup to BURN_IT_ALL.

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Modern submarines rarely have rats or mice due to strict pest control, airtight hulls, and carefully sealed logistics. However, historically, rodents were not just stowaways but officially served on board as live gas detectors.

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Worked on game trailer music. Minor edits, eager to work on sound design. Fixing up the lighter song and want to focus on battle music. 

Gear Used:

8bitdo Pro 2

Software Used:

Openemu

Ableton

Blackhole2

Fors Romb

Quick FMS jams made between work. Ran in computer emulator while testing 1.30 update. FMS has been a lot of fun to tinker w/ and keeps getting better. The noise reduction introduced in latest version is great. Will need new batteries for GB SPs. DN gave me my old on from college last week.

Mild edit at the end of recording for fms1_30 2, otherwise kept pretty raw in both recordings. Emulator audio failure during second song while tweeking synths during playback. Probably not an issue on hardware. All in all nice easy sessions between production work.

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Again, I could not think of a better title. Samples and beat made on the P6, mixed on Logic.

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I've been taking some time to travel this summer across the US and Canada.

Video from a boat trip visiting Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Music

m8 tracker - 0RGANIQ0KRA

made during travels in Madison Wisconsin

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