It is hard to disconnect our self worth from our productivity, but we have other qualities. First recorded on 2022-01-15

my Idol is Idle in an Idyll

My brother in law and I finally making a song. First recorded on 2016-03-05

Chloroform Dream (with Gideon van der Kolf)

It plays like a Spanish scale, but somehow the song just sounds like a pop instrumental.  Makes me feel very alone when I play it, kind of like a felt when I was listening to "The Band CAMINO - I Spend Too Much Time In My Room" on repeat.  Also influenced by TwoFeet. First recorded on 2022-09-04

Two Feet on the Camino

A song about my girlfriend moving to America and me trying and failing to do the same. The song is in the style of Brand New's The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me album.  First recorded on 2012-05-27

Experiments

the Turn is too Sharp

This song was playing just before my proposal to my wife. I took two days off from work, so I could compose this song and the following song "In celebration of proposal" in secret. First recorded on 2013-11-13

In Anticipation of Proposal

This song has got my brain firing on all cylinders. Do you remember when all the cool kids wanted to play piano? 

First recorded on 2014-08-09 in Stellenbosch, South Africa

Nostalgia

Pianos were made for Percussion

A short story in Afrikaans with some music. This short story was translated by Andre Muller who also does the vocals.

First recorded on 2014-05-03

vertrapte prikkeldraad

Ritteltit se assegaaie

A Dutch poem with some music. Read by Andre Muller.

First recorded on 2014-08-30

Verlaten Forten

A Xhosa story about a woman who gets eaten by a bird. Read by Andre Muller.

First recorded on 2015-02-21

Umfazi Nentaka Yehlathi

A voice, a guitar and all the other instruments are sounds we sampled from the room.  A poem written and performed by Andre Muller.

First recorded on 2015-11-21

jou opgediep golwende tee-gelowige

Sonic Pi is a very easy way to start coding some music. I did the great tutorial for an hour (up to chapter 4) and got stuck creating this song with loads of randomness for about another hour. Here is the Sonic Pi Source Code:

in_thread do
  use_synth :dsaw
  loop do
    if one_in(8)
      play 50, amp: 0.5, release: 2
      play 53, amp: 0.7, release: 3 if one_in(2)
      play 57, amp: 0.8, release: 4 if one_in(3)
      play 60, amp: 0.9, release: 4 if one_in(4)
    end
    sleep 1.5
  end
end

in_thread do
  loop do
    if not one_in(4)
      use_synth :fm
      play (choose [50, 57, 53, 60, 69, 72]),
        amp: rrand(0.7, 1)
    end
    sleep 0.25
  end
end

in_thread do
  loop do
    use_synth :fm
    play (choose [62, 65, 72, 62, 65, 72, 81]),
      amp: rrand(0.3, 0.7),
      release: rrand(1, 1.5) if one_in(2)
    sleep 0.125
  end
end

in_thread do
  loop do
    sample :drum_cymbal_closed, amp: rrand(0.3, 0.5) if not one_in(4)
    sleep 0.25
  end
end


loop do
  sample :drum_heavy_kick, amp: rrand(0.8, 1)
  sleep 0.5
  sample :drum_heavy_kick, amp: rrand(0.8, 1) if not one_in(4)
  sample :drum_snare_soft
  sleep 0.5
  sample :drum_heavy_kick, amp: rrand(0.8, 1)
  sleep 0.5
  sample :drum_heavy_kick, amp: rrand(0.8, 1) if not one_in(4)
  sleep 0.5
end

First recorded on 2020-05-10

Playing Sonic Pi

Kingdom Game has a sound track that I love. I tried to reproduce the style by playing around for an hour with Ableton Live 9's Random and Scale tools. First recorded on 2020-06-16

Tribute to Kingdom Game

Wrote my own song, but replicated a Blink 182 sound using Travis Barker's Splice Pack and an adjusted Amplitube 4 preset for Enema of the State's guitar. First recorded on 2020-10-11

Take Off

This song was played on the guitar, only using my middle finger. I recorded it for my YouTube channel's trailer.

First recorded on 2022-06-11

The Finger

the Moon is an Albatros (with anyoung)

My second test of Ableton Live on 2013-10-03

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Originally from South Africa.  I am influenced by punk, emo and indie music.  I play guitar and make music using other instruments on my computer.

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