All tracks in this playlist are made using the Accordion and Beyond Ableton Live Pack. Get it here: https://brianfunk.com/accordion

Joyous Accordion

All sounds in this track are made with my Accordion and Beyond Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/blog/accordion

Every Sound from an Accordion

From the album Rectangles by Brian Funk. 
Available August 9th, 2023.

Can we get a little peace sign on the side, you mind
I’m looking back and seeing that it’s a part of you I know
Well I had a little in and out of body experience tonight
Where I had to float around drying off and cold, alright

Try and Find Me Will You
Try and Take me with you

Get a little bit closer to the road 
I figure if I’m not there yet then I can go back alone
Is your human nature awake today
Looking back I guess we’re all a fraud, oh no 

Try and Find Me Will You
Call Out to Me 
Try and Take me with you
Try and find me will you go
By me and decide that there’s nothing here for you

Try And Find Me

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

All sounds, except drums, come from my Cassette Tape Synths Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.gumroad.com/l/lukxws

Cassette Dream

Made with Cassette Tape Synths Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/blog/cassette-tape-synths

Drums:

VHS Drums Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/blog/vhsdrums
Super Tape Drums Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.gumroad.com/l/tdrums

Mysterious Night

Music made with:

Cat Piano Ableton Live Pack:  https://brianfunk.com/blog/cat-piano-ableton-live-pack

Toy Synths Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/blog/toysynths

VHS Drums Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/blog/vhsdrums

Unsupervised Cats

Started with a sound I don't like, which is a sample of a train ride.  

Day 1 Setting Forth

The sound of the port in Dominican Republic slowly being fed into Spectral Resonator and Delays.

Day 2 DR Port

Music made with Micro Cassette Ableton Live Pack:  https://brianfunk.com/blog/2019/3/15/micro-cassette-ableton-live-pack

Day 3 Micro Storm

Music made with my...

Go-To Beats Ableton Live Pack:  https://brianfunk.com/blog/gotobeats

Electric Piano Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/blog/electric-piano

Magic Kalimba Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/blog/kalimba

Day 4 Swirling Around

Day 5 Returning Unprepared

Day 6  Make it Better

#jamuary2026 day 8
Music made with COIN-OP Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/blog/coinop

I wanna play my video game

My mother told me that I gotta get out
My father said I gotta go get a job
My teacher gave me too much homework today
Everybody everywhere get in my way

I wanna play my video game

Day 8 i wAnNa pLaY mY ViDeO gAmE

This is the first complete play-through of this song. The first anyone, including myself, ever heard it.

Day 10 I Can't Wake in the Morning

AM Radio and Casio MT 65 Ableton Live Pack:  https://brianfunk.com/blog/casio-mt65

Day 12 You Can Say That Again Ben

The blue light shines - on my face all day
But you’ll never hear me - get back to you on time
I found It’s better to stay - moving in secret
I can’t have anyone - blowing up my spot

I’m under cover
I’m not your real friend
I’m under cover
I’ll leave you in the end

Underneath my shirt - I wear my wire
Everything you say - Goes in my files
Even still you want to believe - this could be real
I’m always lying - This not how I feel

I used the Orchid behind the Fender Bass VI and Telecaster and Drums.

Day 15 I'm Undercover

Made with 16 Bit Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/16-bit

Day 16 16-Bit by Bit

Welcome to my rave. 
Started this one on Push 3 standalone. Then moved to Live. Trying to make little silences count in this piece.

Day 17 Universe

All tracks recorded with built in laptop mic. Little dog feet performed by Audra. I probably don't need to mention that there was no grid or click track used on this one. Free flowing.

Day 19 Let's Dream

Day 20 Walking on Shakey Ground

I used the Juno 106 Ableton Live Pack for the bass and pad: https://brianfunk.com/blog/juno-106

Drums are Ableton's Drum Synths DS.

Day 22 Don't Call Me Over Tonight

Day 27 Power Walk

Prompt- put extreme FX on the Main Channel. 
I used EchoMelt by Psychic Modulation and Chroma Console by Hologram on the Main. I manipulated Chroma Console in real time during the export process to create fills at the end of the progression. I forgot how fun that was!

Ableton Live Packs used:

Telephone Voice - https://brianfunk.com/blog/telephone-voice
HAZE - https://brianfunk.com/blog/haze

Day 29 Voices

Day 30 If You Understand You Understand

Day 31 Never Say Goodbye

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

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

All sounds, except drums, were made with the 16 Bit Ableton Live Pack.

The 16 Bit Ableton Live Pack has 105 instruments made from samples of the Sega Genesis's sound chips.

Learn more about 16 Bit Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/blog/16-bit

Streets Of Anger

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.

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