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Entwined, betwixt and twisted - beneath a silken sheet. A before and an after, with a coupling on the beat.

Fertility is but assured, as opposites will meet. This is a fecund evening, where creation is complete.

Featuring alto saxophone.

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This week I broke out the sequencer and plugged a SoundCanvas on the end of it. This particular one being an SC-88, it always gives me Final Fantasy vibes. So this track was clearly inspired by that.

Actually, given the frequency with which the soundtracks of Final Fantasies IV and VI run through my head on loop, it’s probably not a stretch to say all my music is inspired by it ;-)

The way I listened to these as a kid was off a cassette tape from a recorder that I, like, held up to the TV speaker. Often times when messing around with one of the SoundCanvases I’ll do it through a Generation Loss to get back some of that feel. I keep thinking about putting the gen loss or some sort of FX chain at the end of these JRPG tracks, but usually decide against it. It feels a little too much like taking sand paper to a guitar to “pre-relic” it. Maybe if I get enough of these together I’ll put out a cassette release to get that sound honestly.

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As always, another week another beat, I hope whoever listens enjoys!!!! Already almost week 20 I feel like that's an accomplishment all in itself. As for this track I focused on giving it depth and layering textures into the background, just to give it a bit more atmosphere. Overall, I'm happy with it.

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another dungeon synth tune/sketch that becomes extremely comfy synth for a bit at one point

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I played around with the ableton move and sounds and athmosphere and at the end resulted a little piece of ambient music.. Listen and if you want, try to capture whatever comes into your mind. It's your fantasy..and if you like, tell me :-)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsdGEsIaaWk

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When I met my wife, now almost 19 years ago, we were opposites.

I was a loner with agoraphobia, dealing with depression and PTSD, and I felt like the world was against me. More than that, I feared the world.

Suzanne, however, was social. She loved going out, had many friends, and saw both the world and the future as an adventure.

My very first dream about her was of me as water and her as frying oil, two things that just don’t go well together.

She thought of me as strange, but interesting. I thought of her as kind and caring.

And while I was working on myself through therapy, and through life itself, I floated along on her dreams, her being, her evolution.

I saw her for what she was. Someone who never backed off, who faced her fears, who kept going. Her perseverance. Her strength.

As I started to learn more about myself, and about who I wanted to be, I realized more and more how beautiful those traits were. How beautiful she was.

And as our lives together continued over the years, we became more entangled. There was no longer only a me and a her. There was an us.

I count myself lucky that I was able to float along on her dreams until I was ready to find my own.

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So, last week I finished a track in just a few days. Afterward, while playing around, I found a particular sound and loop that I liked. It touched me on a more personal level, made me think about my life and Suzanne, and I wanted to try to put that feeling and emotion into a track.

Often, I just grab some sounds I like and make sure they work together somehow. This time, though, I sometimes spent up to half an hour just listening to one particular sound, trying to figure out whether it actually added anything or if I should find something else.

I kept doing this for a few dozen hours until I felt somewhat satisfied.

Before last week was over, I had the whole track laid out, but I wanted to put in as much effort as I could muster. So during this week, I went over every little second, every little bit of automation, every sound, every synth, every return channel, and every frequency, over and over and over. Probably so much that I might have gone overboard and messed things up.

The only day I didn’t work on the track was Thursday, because I was really fekking up my ears and couldn’t sleep due to the tinnitus ringing loudly. So on Friday, I lowered the volume and listened to the track through the speakers of an old car, my TV, my phone, and a few Bluetooth speakers, all while taking notes.

I also sent it to a few friends, and each of them had their own comments on it. I spent the majority of the day fixing what I thought was wrong and incorporating my friends’ suggestions where I thought they were right. And I'll take the rest of their criticism and suggestions with me for future tracks. I truly appreciate them for listening to my work.

Then I didn’t listen to it again until half an hour ago.

It’s good enough. I don’t know what to tweak, what to add, or what to remove.

I might in the future, but at least from a technical standpoint, this is my current level. My plateau.

Onto the next one!

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Sometimes you gotta act like a pup to dance with the dogs.

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some dnb with a preset i done up on the microkorg 2 from scratch

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A weird techno track with lots of odd time signatures. And some 4/4, as well. In my quest for making an album of tracks to play WipeOut to, I thought I'd try something different this week. I set out to make something inspired by The Chemical Brothers...but the tune had other ideas. So  I didn't get anywhere near that. The tune wanted to go a different direction. I haven't been feeling all that well lately. And prior commitments conspired against me this week. So I only had 5 hours to make this track. 5 hours plus a lifetime of making music, that is. I like the overall journey of this piece. Though, I feel it could use some more love. Maybe a good, hooky melody. And a proper mix. But it'll have to do for this week. Nonetheless, any and all feedback is welcome.

Anyway, I'm feeling a lot better than the last few weeks. So hopefully I'll get around to listening & commenting on all your tracks again!

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