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Went back to a sample project in FL Studio I made a million years ago. Kind of my go to on tiresome weeks, and I'm pretty tired this week (new puppy). A bit repetitive but I don't know how to do all the stuff in an old version of FL Studio that I do in Cubase.

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this song has been laying aroung for a while. i mean by that two weeks. just recorded vocals for it so I can put it out here. soon it will be finished though. i feel like there is more shoegaze-ness possible and this needs to have real drums.

this week was just kinda busy for me because i was mixing songs for other people so i had to throw this together. as much as i like this track

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Week 25

Goal at start 6/16:

Repeat goals from week 23, with an emphasis on assessing genre as the song takes form, and sound selection based on how the sounds work together with each other.

End notes 6/19:

I’m starting to notice how much the rhythmic aspect of my melodies is a weak spot, so I’ll try to have a greater awareness of this moving forward.

Plan for next week:

Another thing I’m starting to understand is that one beat a week just isn’t cutting it.

I need to start doing rough sketches of melodies for practice in addition to my main project for the week. Therefore my goal for next week will be to make one rough sketch, melody with only practice beat.

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edit because people: Please note that the title is a joke and is not a declaration that this track belongs to any particular genre.

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I'm feeling the time crunch again this week, but I had productive jam session pairing the Roland T-8 with the Bastl Kastle 2 FX Wizard and paired it with some extra drum parts in the DAW since most of the T-8 drums were drown out (but still present in the mix for background flair.) The kick part is all T-8 through the Wizard.

I could go on a whole rant about the shortcomings of the T-8 (comically tiny knobs, limited selection of drums, the 303 voice sounds "digital" to me, you can only save patterns -- not presets) but it's hard to beat the sheer convenience of having a tiny 303 + drum kit with a built-in battery. It's easy to make room for it in a tiny desk setup and so I often find myself trying it out with different effects units. If you haven't seen the Mylarmelodies video where he pairs the [T-8 with the Boss ODB-3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOQl-2sSugs), well, I recommend it.

The T-8 is also just so freakin easy to use. I'd wanted to do a Volca Drum + Nubass jam (and maybe will get to that yet) but I find that there's quite a bit of fiddling to get those units sounding the way that I want them to, whereas I have a lot less friction with the T-8. That's probably just personal preference, though -- I think I've also had more hands-on time with Roland stuff than the Volcas.

Aaaanywhoo, enjoy the jam.

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Changing things up - went for a more upbeat, in-your-face simple rock tune. big guitar sounds, power chords and some punchy drums. nothing too flash.

Finding some new plug in chains and trying some different things out - I'm enjoying the use of saturation to things... trying to get balances right, but enjoying the process.

Nothing too complicated in terms of structure or songwriting... I do like a 'big finish' though!

Have a great week! Thanks for Listening!

Lyrics:

Turning up to try to turn it around

Set it all up just to knock it down

Pulling you back just to push you away

Wasting your time with the thoughts you save

I've been running

So long that ive lost count

I've tried to make my peace

I've tried to bow out

Thinking out loud and then taking it back

Spilling a lie and stating its fact

Calling you up just to put the phone down

Coming up for air, but still you drown

I've been running

So long that ive lost count

I've tried to make my peace

I've tried to bow out

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There are some obvious references in this one, but I'll leave them up to you to figure them out. Minimalistic house, slow, just a few elements dropping in and out.

Didn't spend a ton of time on this one but love the end result.

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lack of time this week and a nagging frustration over the fact i never finished this old track led me to fully fleshing it out and finally letting it be complete. originally from 2023, produced in the same project file as my track "morning ferry", this was just a loop for years up until now. i can't shake the feeling that it feels like cheating to not make something fully new for weeklybeats, but at least i have another finished track.

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MPC + Digitone II

Thank you for listening!

Have a nice week

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