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Been a little bit burnt out on music lately, but want to keep to the challenge! I spent a little less time this week on it and work, and that extra free time made me appreciate my kitty's bids for a attention for what they are versus as annoying disruptions - truly just a pretty lil gal that needs love. Spent some time playing with her, petting her, and generally just enjoying other things in life, like chores and painting my little Warhammer figurines. I guess there's a bit of healthy stasis returning? In short, just a rough little quickie featuring my cat's meows! I guess a reflection on our relationship since my week 2 piece.

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I've been exploring my little Roland Aira J-6 a little bit more and found that I can have a lot of fun with it, even though it is a super limited device. While fiddling with the J-6, I saw there were a couple of chord banks titled "Pop Min". So I loaded them up and found a few chords that sounded super nice together, one of which worked as a particularly pleasing closer and resolution to the progression.

I then started messed around with the individual notes of a few of the intermediate chords to make things flow a little bit better and then sent it all to the M8. There, I added a little twist on the second repetition of the final chord just to make it even more pleasing. I then started adding a melodic line. Once that was done, I added a second harmonizing melody that would sometimes play with and other times against the main melody. Lastly I added the saw and noise tracks that provided some more grounded anchoring to the tune.

All the voices are from the M8's WAVSYNTH engine. The only embellishment here is the reverb added on the saw wave.

### Diary and Chatter

Hi there, people! This week I was able to actually get some musical work done early!!! I started working on this in a waiting room on Monday (or maybe Tuesday, I can't exactly remember). I also had the chance to comment on a handful of weekly beats songs, too, which felt great. This weekend I also took some time to catch up with old comments from the M8 Community Jam, which I help run.

The idea of safety has been in my head a bit lately. For multiple reasons, actually. And there was something about this chord progression that, to my ears, emanated tenderness and protection.

Anyways, I hope y'all are doing well and that your loved ones are all safe and sound.

Peace!

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We're back it it with the chill dnb. A little marimba and flute on this one makes it feel like a beach level.

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My version of a Soulful type modern west coast rap beat

Played chords and melody on Electra X

Vox sample, guitar sample from splice.

Played beat and bass then added a west coast lead synth from nexus2.

Enjoy.

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Second part of this long form ambient I'm writing for listening in nature. This time it's about the winds that flow through the plains and the waves that roll on the sand.

Made entirely on the Deluge and recorded as a single take.

Thanks for listening and have a great week.

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More of a loop with some live chords and sparkles over it than a song proper, but that was what I had in me this week. I do like this loop; I just didn't particularly do much "composing". I was feeling frustrated due to unrelated matters as I was working and just decided this was as much as I was ready to do.

Flute-esque sound is a staccato Prophet 6 tone with a modulated attack which I was enjoying. Drums are a combination of Digitakt II and Pulsar 23 as per usual; I like having two bass drum tones play against each other. Pads are done by a layer of ESQ-1 and a newcomer: I got an OG Digitone! I was lusting after some better FM capability than my Volca FM/DX27, both of which are fine but just not exceptionally accessible, whereas the Elektron workflow is pretty good for me. Truth be told I had been eyeing the Leviasynth as an FM beast for a while, but that is very pricey! and I have already spent a lot on music gear this year, so really it's like I saved $3000 by getting the Digitone (though I need to play with it more and decide if I'm good with the original or I want to upgrade to the II). The wooden marimba-esque clinks are also Digitone.

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Trying to get back to it after missing last week (first miss :( ). A little trance beat

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short speed trash again. heavy on the arps. started on the m8 but basically remade it when I transferred it to the computer. I love the m8 but I have yet to gel with it.

hope your week was full of magic.

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Watched some Baki Hanma with Musashi in it. Linking the anime to the Musashi book had my mind envisioning a bleek battle field. Enjoy!

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What is the sound of a color? Is it the same as the color of a sound? If so, it must be both bright and dark, rich and dry. It must sing its hue to the world, and paint its pitch across the sky.

Featuring bass clarinet.

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