This was my first attempt (in 2005) at writing a song in 7/8. It's... well, it's different. It's not really great at sticking to any particular meter (except the drum track), and it wanders all over the place, but it's still kind of fun. I actually sorta like the synth voice I came up with, too.

Seven

This is, I think, the second song I made in Logic (at the very beginning of 2005) while trying to figure out how the synthesizers worked. It was, as these things often are, about a girl (I don't remember if the title was intentionally suggestive or if I just went with it). There were lyrics! They were dreadful and, fortunately, lost. Also, they didn't start until 48 seconds in, which is ENTIRELY too much prelude for a 2-and-a-half-minute song.

I believe the first stanza started with:

  "Ubiquitous" is the word that I spell
  For a hundred and thirteen points,
  Landing on a triple word score
  But it's useless without someone else

Be glad the rest of the words got lost in a long-forgotten notebook somewhere. The chorus was something about a Scrabble Queen. I was a lonely kid.

The harmonies are occasionally pretty meh here, it is way too busy, and the tonal balance is all off, but it's not altogether unpleasant to listen too.

It's No Fun To Get Triple Word Scores By Yourself

This is the first song I made in Logic (in late 2004, after a few false starts playing with the software instruments). It's... not terrible, actually, aside from my absolutely atrocious rhythm (I learned that you could write directly in piano roll shortly after this, which was a real revelation).

The base song (for the first part) is from a South African song called "Think of Me", which I learned from this arranger, but only half remembered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm_Sjy4DPw4

The rest is from my own scattered brain. I don't remember why it's called "Gregor" other than that was a thing we called one of our roommates for some reason. His name was not Gregor. College was weird, man.

Gregor

This is my second attempt (from 2006) at writing a song in 7. It fares somewhat better than the first one, but it is definitely still ADHD: The Musical! There are a few things in it I like a fair amount, even if some of the harmonies are clashy and the middle part is a bit muddled. Still, it's fun, and someone once said it reminded them of the Gummi Bears cartoon theme song, which isn't altogether wrong.

Questionable Stropharia

I feel like the track name deserves some explanation.

I had gotten a new cat (this was in early 2006). He pooped. A LOT. I was just looking for something to name my file, and that was what came to mind.

The song, such as it is, is full of a bunch of interesting things. I don't know why I made it in 5, especially since it doesn't seem to follow any particular meter well, and the drum line isn't all that interesting. But it has some interesting melodic ideas, and I was starting to get a better feeling for the way the synths worked.

My favorite part, though, is the trailing Vibra-Slap at the end. Why.

My Cat Is A Poop Machine

Honestly, of all these older tracks, this one (early 2006) is probably the one I'm happiest with. It's short, but fun and isn't trying to do too much.

I set about trying to write something with the limitations of the basic NES sound hardware (2 square waves with variable duty cycle, one triangle wave and a white noise channel) and it came out pretty OK!

It's only 40 seconds, but the triangle-wave kick drums and the white-noise snares worked out all right and I thought the square wave melody and harmony weren't too bad.

One of these days I'll try to throw it up in a tracker and see how it goes.

Tracks by Dave