The Music Production Club's Monthly Music Mission is a challenge to make a new song every month.
Each month we get materials, prompts, exercises, etc. to help jumpstart a new song.
Imagine finishing one song per month. That's 12 per year, a full album's worth!
A new album every year is a worthy goal for any artist!
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MPC Monthly Music Mission

Small dog encounters a whale while running along the beach. Here they communicate to each other. Enjoy!!

November MPC Troubadeck Challenge

Dog Meets Whale

This track was made for Brian Funk's Music Production Club Monthly Music Mission in October 2024.  I used sounds from a preset pack that Brian curated using samples of his dog, Vera.  I also used the chord progression off the 7 of Hearts "Perseverance" card from Charlie McCarron's Troubadeck.

This track is dedicated to Brian’s dog Vera, my dog Charlie,  and all our dogs who are no longer with us but will always be in our hearts!

Best Friends Forever

I wake up really early, and the idea here was to try and soundtrack what my am's feel like. Got close!

Improv jammed a bunch of loops and samples collected over the past few of days along with 3 Ableton Move synths. Added an arp from an op1f, all fed thru and into the sp404 mkii. Resampled a couple times, and here is the result!  
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©alpha juno llc + jd torian
swu22_04

Point West _pass 1

lofi hiphop + synthwave demo
©2024 alpha juno llc + jd torian
20241113

hiro_demo

My November 2024 MPC song/beat challenge. Theme: Remember When.... Disco Was King

See You On The Other Side

Remember When Disco Was King

Tell Me the Answer was written during the October Monthly Music Mission for the Music Production Club: https://brianfunk.com/mpc
Using the Troubadeck cards from Charlie MacCarron to generate chords: https://troubadeck.com
Here's a full breakdown of the creative process: https://youtu.be/RILXatjqFR0

It's dedicated to my late dog, Vera. 

"Tell Me the Answer"
They say one day we'll see each other again
But can you show me a sign
I don't know if I can go for another day
I need peace of mind

Tell me the answer
Tell me the answer
Tell me the answer
Don't leave me behind

I try to carry on and move on with my life
But I've had a problem ignoring it
If you could throw me some kind of sign
I might know where I'm going next

Everywhere I go and everything I do
Barely hanging on and holding out

Tell me the answer
Tell me the answer
Tell me the answer
Tell me the answer
Don't leave me behind

Tell me the answer
Tell me the answer
Tell me the answer
Tell me the answer
Don't leave me behind

Don't leave me behind

Tell Me The Answer

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

Remember When...

Walk with me out of hiding.

Gray and green visions, heavy with worn out feelings,
Such a long time living in alternate realities.
Broken mirrors, shot-through glass, sounds so fierce and piercing, 
Shake the foundations, the anchors are gone, all gone. 

Under radiant skies, dawning over and over, 
Aching, restless nights, sinking lower and lower. 

Let’s do what we want, do it afraid,
Break ourselves open trying. 
The older we get, finding our way,
Walk with me out of hiding. 

Your mind is a crystal prison—delicate, sharp, and revealing,
Such a long time betting on finding inner solitude.
All of the voices calling you out crack the walls and ceilings, 
Shadows collapsing, the boundaries are gone, all gone. 

Rainfall, blistering sun, moon phase waxing and waning, 
See how far you have come,
Finally, something is changing. 

Let’s do what we want, do it afraid,
Break ourselves open trying. 
The older we get, finding our way,
Walk with me out of hiding. 

Let’s do what we want, who cares what they say,
Break ourselves open trying, 
The older we get, becoming more brave, 
Walk with me out of hiding. 

Hiding

Passion

Composition, Production, Mixing & Mastering by Hunter Wiley
Composition & Vocals by Nicolette Tura

Reclamation - Hunter Wiley x Pacho Nico

Please don’t let the truth in,
I’m too tired to hear it, 
It’s not that I don’t know it,
Sitting under a halo of lies. 

It’s not my profession, 
No I don’t even have one, 
Because I never grew up, 
My expertise is being alive. 

So many things are just a matter of opinion, 
And honesty could lead to feelings of rejection,
Let’s move the conversation in a good direction, 
Partial omission’s not the same as deception.

Don’t ask me how I feel, don’t ask me what I’m thinking,
Who even knows what’s real, who says it without winking?
I’m panting up the stairs, I’m sleeping six feet under, 
Sweat creeping through my hair, caught halfway through a blunder.

Where are the multiples of me?
How do they speak, how do they breathe?
Inside some galaxy of just a bit more courage,
Do they express themselves completely, do they flourish?

Please don’t let the truth in, 
I’m to scared to hear it, 
It’s not that I can’t see it, 
My vision is mostly fine. 

I guess I have conditions, 
The way I hold you to them,
It’s not fair, it’s misleading, 
I’m just worried you’ll leave me behind.

Please Don't Let the Truth In

Lonely Frog

Vorfreude

“keep hearing that voice” loops like a phrase you can’t forget—seductive, spectral, and strangely familiar.
Gritty synth textures meet warm, breathy vocals in a tight two-minute montage of late-night spiraling.


Keep Hearing That Voice

Here's a track made with my Telephone Voice Free Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.com/blog/telephone-voice

They Will Never Know How You Feel

This is my submission to Brian Funk's Music Production Club for the month of April.  The theme was to use sudden changes in the track.  Brian gave us his Magic Kalimba Ableton Live Pack to use.  I automated the Magic Kalimba selection knob and put an arpeggiator on it to create sudden changes in the soundscape.  I also added a few pads and recorded a lead guitar melody near the end.  Thank you for listening!

Lost in Space

MPC Monthly Music Mission May

Goals for this music mission:

1 - Use an infrequently used resource
2 - Use a spring reverb impulse
3 - Use guitar chord sample

I used the Arturia MiniFreak, a synth I rarely use and wanted to get to know better, for all the synth sounds. I used the spring as a send for my general mix reverb. Gave it a touch of swing to get a groove.

MMM May - Freaky

Created during the Music Production Club Live Meeting. 45 minutes of music making and then we share our work with each other! Be part of the fun: https://brianfunk.com/mpc

Everything Feels New Again

My electronics are consumer grade,
Designed to keep you up and entertained, 
Compact disc, A to Z, VHS, laserdisc, DVD,
Betamax, Radio Shack,
Wanna see the future?
Let me take you back…

Let’s keep it digital and be discreet,
Quantize and synchronize our clocks to meet, 
CD-ROM, floppy disk,
What’s your alias?
Mine’s ‘Nyquist’
Press play, record at the same time, 
Let it roll and then rewind. 

All this emotion, 
Electrons in motion,
Let it take you for a ride,
Let’s get closer to the speed of light,
And be my…

Game Boy,
Promise me that you’re not gonna Walkman, 
This could be the Genesis of something real,
Using all my cheat codes so my heart can feel,
So tell me…

Game Boy,
Promise me that you’re not gonna Pacman, 
Leave me at the checkout feeling obsolete,
Will you find me in your memory?

I’ll be your message to the great beyond,
That golden record spinning all night long,
Electroplated, calculated, and dated,
I play a universal song.

Game Boy!

Monthly Music Mission for July. Used only the Brian Funk Cassette Synth pack for all instrument sounds, and for the theme of "On the Go" I produced the track only using my performance laptop. Got a glitchy vibe early on so rolled with it.

MMM July - Walktop

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.