Inhale, Exhale - Chapter 1 - “Homeground Sounds” - We join CSP in his ongoing quest to create new and fresh beats. For years, he’s made use of sound libraries as a convenient database for his samples and synth presets. While these are an excellent tool for putting together quick and practical beats, it has caused CSP to become overly reliant on them. He believes that by creating his sounds from scratch he can gain more knowledge of the design process while opening opportunities to uncover new previously undiscovered sonic gems. 

This week, he set forth on a quest to create a beat using completely original drum sounds designed on the OP-1. He faced many hurdles - a day job, a malfunctioning digital camera, a cat that doesn’t like going to bed at 7:30pm, and more. Despite all the struggles he somehow overcame and now he’s another step closer to discovering that new sound. 

Homegrown Sounds

Inhale, Exhale - Chapter 2 - “Curious George” 

We join CSP again on his journey to build his original sound library so that he can learn to make his own sounds and deepen his artistic self expression. In this week’s adventure CSP builds a new beat from scratch using fully original sounds created using his trusty OP-1, his wonderful 6 string bass, and who could forget about good old piano? 

It’s a rugged climb to reach the unknown and this story has still only just begun. CSP has made 2 new beats and 12 new sounds in the last 2 weeks, which is cute, but he still has a long way to go . . .

Curious George

Electric bass and production - csp
Drum sample from "Ain't No Sunshine" by Michael Jackson
Cover art by Azania Curling-Wright (IG: @azaniarashidart)