This one started out with the bass sound and me messing around, then some droney sounds and it started to gain some atmosphere.. fleshed it out from there between Friday and Sunday, early mornings, a little bit at a time.

Seems like soundtrack music.

"Sands of Time"

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Wrote the basis of this quick on a break in work, sort of a mad scramble but I liked it. Ended up keeping it short and as a sort of interlude piece in an imaginary album.

Written on the M8 mainly as the chord part, then added small drums so they hopefully didn't overwhelm that part.

Enjoy.

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Weeklybeats has been my tiny version of online therapy.

I’ve always felt comfortable letting my feelings come out in these descriptions because of this awesome community.

I was in a bit of a dark place last week.  Everyone’s supportive comments last week meant a lot to me. Thank you for that.

Feeling comfortable enough to express what is effecting me and the music process has been very much appreciated.. 

I do realize I’m not alone in this.  It’s just sometimes the outside light gets blocked and all I see is what’s behind me.

I know I have to break that.

I’m trying to get outside of my mind a bit so that I don’t overthink things.  Focusing on music and the WB community has been a lifeline for the past 12 years.

I am eternally grateful for the kindness and support this community provides.  I will be ok. 

This week was better mentally but physically well the Afib decided to rejoin the band after being on vacation for 68 days.  I can’t complain.  The new meds have helped but apparently my dosage needs to be re-evaluated… Even though I’m on 3 days straight fibbin now I’m hoping things even out eventually.   

Thank you for stopping by and listening <3. Hugs to you all

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Produced on the DirtyWave M8 model:02

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(Treasure III) - Dissolution of the Body

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I tried a little emotive piece this week. This is much harder than dance tunes. :) Huabun, Tone Matrix, and a number of others have been crushing it with the emotive stuff. This influenced me to take a stab this direction. I may have murdered some of the humanity in the melodies by overtightening MIDI in the piano roll. It came out a bit too dry but it was good to get out of my comfort zone.

The opening vocal is Orson Welles via LOC public domain thing. There are one shot samples for the drum, the sub stab, and the random guitar pluck. The main synths are Zenology and Analog Lab plus some reverbs.

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On Easter Sunday last week, I experimented with the sidechain compression that was released on Roland’s SP-404 Day. I didn’t fully understand the process, but the beat turned out quite well and worked nicely with the guitar loops I created. I also spent some time jamming on the guitar, which led to a very relaxed session with a fading ending. Later, I discovered a children’s audiobook on magnetic tape, which I was able to incorporate into the track.

Overall, the track is evenly split 50% beat and 50% chill.

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life ain't shrimple　頑張りましょう

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So this was kind of Saturday night speedtrash - if you see this this means I didn't come up with something better on Sunday :). Fair warning - there's an (intentionally) very loud/abrasive section in the first minute, but it is quite short.

This is way more experimental and a lot less musical than I normally make (and if I'm honest, share, but I'm going to try to continue to be real). I had a number of initial ideas this week, but I struggled to take anything past that stage. I decided to make something specifically designed to reflect an common experience and practice for me, where I experience disregulation and have to recenter and regain control.

The opening section represents the context in which this experience often begins. I (by default) tend to rigidly compartmentalize, and when I get tired and overwhelmed, the strength of those walls weakens and fails. At that point, painful thoughts can start to 'leak,' and that can hit me like a ton of bricks (you'll know that part when it comes, lol, sorry). Even before I started therapy, I naturally had developed a practice of mindful breathing (as a bit of a survival strategy if nothing else), and that's something I continue to employ. The rest of the song is meant to represent that process of my mind and body slowing down and starting to re-regulate. It's not like everything suddenly is fine and I feel all better, but things settle and what I call "rat brain" gets under control.

Anyways, I have a lot of feelings about putting this out (I have arbitrarily high standards for myself that are hard to define and I struggle to feel like I've met them), but I promised myself I'd make every week and I don't have anything else and it's Sunday so wheeeeeeeeeee. If nothing else this is still authentic and maybe reflects an experience others have. Be well!

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Hope you enjoy this week's appetizer & my attempt to try writing midi for instruments (guitar in this case).

These past weeks I have been only what stock ableton has to offer and I'm learning to get by with just that, it's quite fun!

-Seal

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