This is the first (very) rough draft of a new experiment I'm conducting with context free grammars and algorithmic composition. It's completely arranged in the form of a Haiku (5-7-5 Syllables). 

Each of the song sections is given a number. Those numbers are then used as values for words. If a word has two syllables, then the section repeats a second time. Here is the Haiku for this song:

Awake we can't see
dreams are custom messages.
Nighttime is coming.

You can view (and contribute to) this and other Grammars on my GitHub repository (https://github.com/cerkit/musical-grammars).

Dreams are Custom Messages

Dreams Are Custom Messages (a haiku) - 130 BPM

All is vanity as we chase after the wind. Seasons come and seasons go, but the stars remain as a distant reminder of our existence.

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DL-227-A

A relaxing journey through the cosmos.

This track was created with Native Instruments' Stradivari Violin, Arturia CS-80v, and the Korg Wavestate synthesizer.

Mercury 6.21

I felt a groove in the air last night, so I thought I’d try to capture it with my Akai MPC One. Mastered using Adobe Audition.

Abstract Motivation

This is my first attempt at "music" with the new Softube Modular plugin.

First Softube Modular

I wrote this song back in 1992. I used an old Roland LAPC-1 MIDI plugin card on my computer and a software program called "Ballade" to compose the song. It required that I place the notes on a traditional staff as if I were an actual composer. I could not afford the $125 MIDI adapter to use with my MIDI keyboard, so I would play the notes on my keyboard and enter them into the program manually. I spent many long hours on this song and the others on this "album".

In 2000, after moving to Arizona and being inspired by the beauty of Arcosanti (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcosanti) north of Phoenix, I renamed the song "Rainwater Harvest", named after a device used at Arcosanti to capture rainwater and reuse it around the grounds.

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Rainwater Harvest

This song was named after a little chipmunk that lived in my front yard named "Spec". 

He made three holes about 5 feet apart. I took bricks and other materials and made a "house" on top of the holes so he could enjoy life above ground. 

One day, I fed him an "undesirable" morsel. I dreamed that he got angry with me and sneaked into my house and killed me in my sleep as revenge. 

This song was composed in 1992. It was originally named something else, but it was boring, so I renamed it "Spec's Revenge" after my dream.

Spec's Revenge

I wrote this some time between 2005-2007.

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Mellow Majoo

Hailing from Atlanta, GA, USA, cerkit began making music when he was a preteen using his Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard. He explored the sounds of his environment and learned how to push the limits of the device to accomplish sounds using undocumented features of the instrument.
 
Today, he creates music using a combination of hardware and software and is even experimenting with electronics to create a "Weather Music Machine", which converts measurements from weather sensors into control messages for his Digital Audio Workstation.

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