Indestructible Panic

Short story: I had a demo lying around when Z Tapes Tweeted that he wanted songs for his next compilation. I finished the demo in five days and released it.

Long story: I wrote this song a month or two ago; it was just a basic chord progression, bassline, and lead that I really liked, but never went anywhere. (The chords and bassline that you hear in the song were final in the demo; the lead was different but had the same melody.) On August 7, I saw a Tweet from Z Tapes saying that his next compilation would be for new artists, so I jumped in and quickly wrote a demo with a lead and harmony. ($5 patrons can listen to the demo.) Right after I rendered the demo and sent it to Filip, I had a rather ambitious idea: to record every track single-take. I recorded all but the main lead track later that day, since I just couldn't get that lead down. (If you listen closely, you can hear that I left all the errors in to get that single-take sound.) I tried on and off for the next five days until I finally got it. At one point, I made a mistake and pitched it down, but I kept it in. That's the only edited part you'll hear in this song. There are some modern touches (for example: the track is EQ'ed and compressed) but it's minimal. I wanted that warm, timeless feeling that you get when you record it on an analog four-track tape recorder or digital equivalent, and I really think that feeling came across on this record.

Les Paul Standard / Focusrite Scarlett Solo / Ableton Live 10

gazing at the stars

gazing at the stars (stripped mix)

PLEASE don't send Scoop Records bots after me. Any likes on this are fake.

This is the test file I use to make sure everything's working properly in my DAW and interface. Feel free to use it.

This work is public domain.

audio test

A creepy song

just to prove that the solo was an improv, this is the take from which i improvised on

Originally recorded August 9, 2018 at 11:34:11 AM EDT

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