Initial Experiments :: R2 Unit

This track has been around in one form or another for many years for me.  It has never been properly called "finished" and released.  For me, this is me finally laying this track down for now.  I need to be done with it. 

This started with a sample of a mistake.  I was trying to play something else, made a mistake.  The other song remains in a folder on a hard drive, but I copied the mistake to another thing, and started messing with it.  After awhile the organ line ended up again as a sample on my Maschine, and then finally into Ableton.

Most of the current form of this song, was discovered on the Maschine.  The drums especially were done with this.  These are just stock libraries, but really paired down, then combined with other kits.  Multiple midi parts  were doubled, but as I said, it did end up in Ableton.

For awhile, things were going very well, adn then I started to hit a processor ceiling on the laptop I was using at this time. I bused a ton of midi tracks down to audio, to try and save space. 

Then a new PC, so some new things, try and revert to some older versions to "save" a few things, but at some point, you just have to stop.  I have put too much time into this song probably.  

I can still hear how early this song is in my production learning curve.  There are so many things I would like to redo with new things that I have learned, but time to move on.

krugman

Very important to learn the lessons of the past.  Large focus on knowing your history.  There are many comparisons in his class.  

I liked his explanation of 2008.  His dive into shadow banking was helpful.  

"Daddy's Home" St. Vincent :: Review

Sitting on too many drafts. Forcing myself to publish some things even if not fully complete. 

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Finally sat down and listened to St. Vincent's newest album "Daddy's Home". Right from the beginning, I like the piano, but the moans with the title, and the erotic moans. Is this some weird thing or are you trying to show your intellect with an homage to Zoot Allures?

"Pay your way in pain"

The bass is dope, but my old butt thinks of Sweet Dreams by Annie Lennox in the first song. Reference? Tied in Title wise? Over abstract? Orchestration is deep. Dope. I can still rock this. Reverb/ Echo? Both? Lots of Compression of many sorts. Wow. Lots of it. Thick. (How can I type this drunk and still not look at the keyboard?) Tough Vocals.  Shame.  

"Down and out downtown"

Wow. Love the lush vocals. So thick. Again very lush orchestration. The bass is thick, smooth, and warble.  The twangy guitar.  Down and out. Choke at the end. Then Question?

"Daddy's Home"

The Keys part carries the tune at the beginning.  Yeah, you added some echo. reverb. compression to a lot of tracks. Ow. Ow. The dynamics are forced. 

Oh please.  Really?  Daddy's Home? Davero?

"Live in the Dream"

Wish you were here much? "Don't do anything that Randall "Pink" Floy d wouldn't do".  At this point is this originality, or banal copycat-like.  Almost too many references.  Like, look how much music I have listened too. 'Fix it in the mix'?

Burn Out & Overworked

How A Freelance Music Career Can Support Your Mental Wellness

Wow. This hit close to home. Especially looking at my short stint as a working musician in early 2000s.  The relentless need to work harder to prove something to all of the "naysayers" in my family.  There is so much of this article in me.

It also sound like some "burn outs" I have seen/ witnessed/ heard about in the Computer Incident Response field.  Especially those that work in a Security Operations Center or SOC.  As this role changes with work from home, some of these habits could be beneficial to those folks as well.

Digging the new DAW

Have to say, that I am really enjoying Ableton 10. It has been quite many months since I was able to do anything musically on the PC, so the program has been installed and not really used in the past few months. Anyway....

A couple of you tube videos, and I am off and running.
Thanks Antonio & Reverb

So far so good.
Ableton fits nicely with my previous experience with Sonic Foundry/Sony Acid & Native Instruments Maschine.

Hopefully some out put will be coming soon.

Welcome to the new blog

hopefully this one sticks around for a little while. I will be making changes to the layout to get things in order. stay tuned!