The Weekly Music Mission!
Prompts to help you make more music!

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Weekly Music Mission

Music in this playlist use sounds from my Casio MT65 Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/casio-mt65

Casio MT65 Ableton Live Pack

Weekly Music Mission #1
Use a few household items as instruments.
Theme: Resourceful

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This track was made with my Meld Ableton Live Presets - https://brianfunk.com/meld

I recorded some banging on paint cans and ran that through XLN's Live plug-in to get the percussion. Then I played the Meld preset, followed by acoustic drums, Fender Bass VI, and Fender Telecaster. All were completed in an hour during a Music Production Club Live Meeting.

WMM1 Resourceful

The Prey

MPC Weekly Music Mission - Week1.  
Prompt: Use a few household items as instruments.  
Theme: Resourceful.  
I used a book as my kick sound, two cd cases as my snare sound, and metal measuring cups as my hats.  I also used a sequence from the MiniFreak titled "thinker slide" and my Gibson Les Paul.

On the Phryng

Music Production Club - Weekly Music Mission Week 1
Brief: Use a few household items as instruments.
Theme: Resourceful

Created using samples captured in my kitchen (sink drain, coffee grinder, chopsticks, coffee thermos, etc.)

Samples mangled using Ableton Live's Simpler. Snare and Kick drums from Soniccouture's AC-DR drum machine.

Overflow

Ken Chase - WMM1: Backflow

The Weekly MPC Music Mission is a challenge led by New York-based musician, producer, podcaster and Ableton Certified Trainer Brian Funk.

Weekly Music Mission #01
Use a few household items as instruments. 
Theme: Resourceful

chip acid house / weekly mpc #01
synths / jupiter-8 + TB-303 + plogue cheepsounds
drums / TR-707 + juno-6 generated white noise
vocals / 10yo Jackmaster Jookz
sounds / my daughter toy piano + chewed gum + pen on paper + XLN life

WEEKLY MPC / ACIDE MAISON FEAT. JACKMASTER JOOKZ

This track was made only using sounds from my Casio MT-65 Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/casio-mt65

The music was made while following my Weekly Music Mission #19. I rolled some music dice and came up with the notes G, E, D, Ab. 
I decided to work in the key of G major, except I made the VI chord major to accommodate the Ab. You can hear how that note occurs in the rising lead melody, which features alternating notes from two different presets from the Live Pack.

Looking Out the Spaceship Window

This track was made only using sounds from my Casio MT-65 Ableton Live Pack: brianfunk.com/casio-mt65

No Cares At All

Easy Walking

This song was made for Brian Funk's Music Production Club Monthly Music Mission in November, 2024.

Remember When...

17 Digital Distortion

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.