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Valentine's Day

Collection of Live performances,  demos, ideas.... 

Live Performances/Demos/Ideas

This song was created using acoustic guitar, a Nintendo Entertainment System using MidiNES, synths, samples, and excitement about a blooming relationship. It was recorded in Ableton Live and mixed to a Tascam reel to reel to help warm the sound.
lyrics
Don't it feel good me and you 
We got the kind of love that is true 
Late at night when the people get lonely 
I got you to call my one and only 

Oh baby, man it's going to be 
B and C down in history 
We'll take a boat to a private island 
So it's only just you and me 

Hold me 
Baby 
All through the night 

Oh honey the feeling I get 
When I see you is never second best 
Makes me wanna dance and sing so loudly 
Grab my guitar and play it proudly 

Don't it feel good me and you

B and C Down in History

Live acoustic performance by AfroDJMac and SuperKid of "All of My Life."

All Of My Life (Live Acoustic Cafe)

This is a little song about the crazy lengths one might go to to prove their love to their girl. 

I would rather throw my money in the fire
And all of my things to show I'm no liar
I would drive my car right off of the highest bridge
I would let my body be bashed into a billion bits.
I'd rather take my life
And cut it with a knife
I would rather die than ever leave you
I'd rather get a gun 
And prove to everyone
That I would rather die than ever leave you
I'd never leave you

I tried to recreate the beautiful Univox bass guitar on this track by sampling it and building this Free Ableton Live Pack.   

I'd Never Leave You

Chilled, noisy, instrumental music made from a collection of ambient sounds and sampled instruments.  Recorded in Ableton Live to a Tascam 388 8 track reel to reel.

Made with the follow AfroDJMac Ableton Live Packs: 

Ambient Noise Collaboration:
http://bit.ly/freesynth108

Space Forest Ableton Live Instruments: http://www.afrodjmac.com/blog/2011/11/17/space-forest-synth-for-ableton-live

Korg Volca Beats:
http://www.afrodjmac.com/blog/2013/10/24/free-ableton-live-pack-92-korg-volca-beats?q=volca%20beats

Sub Bass:
http://www.afrodjmac.com/blog/2012/08/22/free-ableton-live-afrodjrack-63-easy-sub-bass?q=sub%20bass

With The Stars

This song was made using Teenage Engineerings OP-1 and Ableton Live.  It started by turning on the OP-1s FM radio and randomly sampling the drum breakdown from "Head to Toe" by Lisa Lisa (lucky!) and bits from a classical piano performance (I may never know what it is called).  From there I built the beat, made a bassline from my Nintendo Rack ( http:bit.ly/freesynth6 ), used the OP-1 for some synth sounds, layered on vocals and even played a little melodica.  Big shout out to G$ and Big C! 

Yours Tonight  -Ableton and Op-1 jam

This track was recorded on the OP-1.  I realized last  night that you can use the mic to record anything into the tape recorder, so I played guitar and sang right into it.  

Come on Home OP-1

This track was written and recorded during a snow storm. It contains acoustic guitar, drums, electric bass, lap steel slide guitar, Korg MS-20 and Sequential Circuits Prophet 6.  
I've sampled the Prophet 6 patch I created and built Ableton Live Instruments that you can download for free at http://bit.ly/freesynth139 . 

Snow Day

A mellow, sparse instrumental made by resampling an arpeggiated chord using the new Max for Live Kasio instrument and the AfroDJMac Operator Glitch Drums.  

Praying Mantis

Here's a track I made using samples from the Commodore 64 drum kit I put together recently with http://www.BedroomProducersBlog.com  I decided to make some music using those drums after the passing of Jack Tramiel.  It's  little tribute and a welcoming to the next phase of life...

 You can have a free Ableton Live Download of those drums here:  http://bit.ly/freesynth51

Thanks and enjoy!

Jack Tramiel Tribute

Live run through of the song "Substitution" by AfroDJMac.  Recorded on 8.9.12 for use in the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8xGm3KkCPw

Substitution (Live 8.9.12)

"All of My Life (I Have Been Waiting For You)" was recorded outside in a screen house around midnight 8/18/12 on Long Island, New York.  Written and recorded by AfroDJMac and SuperKid.  Recorded on the Teenage Engineering OP-1, using its internal microphone for guitars, vocals, and percussion.  Keyboard added inside Ableton Live with the AfroDJMac CP-35 Pack (free download of that instrument here: http://bit.ly/freesynth9)  

Lyrics:

It's alright Tonight
You'll be home before long
All of my life I have been waiting for you
When I'm alone I dream of you
Before you go make sure you know
All of my life I have been waiting for you

http://twitter.com/superkid_3d
http://afrodjmac.com

All of My Life (with SuperKid)

Wu Wei is a piece of music inspired by the Daoist concept of effortless action. It was made by sending a sequence to the Behringer Neutron and Model D, while running the sounds through Echo devices feeding back into each other. There's a heavily processed field recording  of rain and thunder in the background to add texture and ambience.

Wu Wei

This is a live performance I did, on the air, for WUSB (Stony Brook University Radio) in December.  I played five songs and did a short interview (which was not included here).  All music performed and recorded using Ableton Live.

Live Set @ WUSB Fundraiser

Musician, Producer, and Educator from New York. 
Host of the Music Production Podcast. 
Author of 5-Minute Music Producer. 
Berklee Online teacher. 
Ableton Certified Trainer.

Come on Home OP-1

Brian Funk