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!
Join the Music Production Club to participate: https://brianfunk.com/mpc

MPC Monthly Music Mission

Recorded live at the Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina 30th October, 1992. 

Territorial Pissings

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

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

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.

Tell Me The Answer

Brian Funk

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