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Blobby

I put a bunch of my music together to play for Jim Dreier's seminar class at the University of Iowa. 

Brian Lewis Smith - "So It Goes"
Koplant No - "Distants"
Joel Vanderheyden - "Tanzania Life Project"
Koplant No - "Baby (With a Monocle)"
Brian Lewis Smith - "Blobby"
Brian Lewis Smith - "Pendarnent"
Koplant No - "Hello"
Slip Silo - "Birds (Remix)"
Koplant No - "Trio Reprise"

Jim Dreier Seminar Class Set

i'm trying to finish a track each month in 2018. this is what i came up with for april. 

the idea for this one was to create a track where all the sounds are created with one synthesizer. awhile back i got a korg minilogue synth. it's an affordable 4 voice analog synthesizer that i liked immediately but more recently got the idea of creating an entire track just using it as a way to learn more about the instrument and more about subtractive synthesis in general. 

what i did was composed most of it in MIDI with software instruments in ableton and then routed that MIDI into the minilogue and then kinda just played the knobs. i used the kaoss pad for some effects and also routed the drums and some other things through the cassette tape recorder to add saturation. i then did some arrangement and mixing in ableton with minimal effects plugins. 

it's a departure from what i'm used to making for sure and it was a very different process. but it ended up being a lot of fun to get away from using the computer so much for making tunes. i certainly learned a lot more about the synth -- it's strengths and it's limitations.

four

as part of my commitment to releasing a new track every month in 2018 i'm releasing my track for the month of may on my birthday. download button is active. i worked on this one as spring hit in iowa city and it kind of has a spring time vibe to it i think. the photo is of our cat stellie.

cardinal tone

three

Trumpeter/producer for https://soundcloud.com/jacklion and https://soundcloud.com/koplantno

brian smith

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