There wasn't a way to organize using one track, but I did use only the "Basic Nylon Concerto Guitar" sound from Ableton's defaults.

I kept things pretty straightforward, not really adjusting settings too much, and used an Oxygen 25 MIDI keyboard to play about 75% of it. A few parts were done just using my mouse because I was away from my desk.

I quantized by hand but thankfully I wasn't too far off with the help of Ableton's metronome most of the time.

There are a few different pieces of inspiration that I pulled from, including Truth Hurts by Lizzo for the baseline and Dark Horse by Katy Perry in a couple of the melodic sections, but nothing in here is too close to either of those, honestly!

STS 349 - Assignment 1: Whimsy

An ode to J.K. Simmons. Includes samples from the Sam Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy, MCU Spider-Man movies, the Amazon Original Series Invincible, and the movie Whiplash.

STS 349: Assignment 2 - Libel

This piece was effectively the "606 and Pads" show. I started it with a real basic and sparse beat, some pads that form some chords, and then dropped the melodic parts in favor of a 40-second long drum solo that progressively builds and changes.

STS 349: Assignment 4 - Padded Droom

When trying to think of a language to create, I was in the middle of binging Rush. The song "Trees" came on and I was inspired to make this. The noises are sampled from crinkling paper, plastic, as well as a paper towel dispenser, all recorded in a single session in the Kitchen of 21 Greek Way. I considered including noises I recorded from the refrigerator and microwave but couldn't quite get them to fit.

STS 349: Assignment 7 - The Voices of the Trees

This one happened by accident but I like how it turned out. I went for an ambient fantasy vibe and I'm proud of how it sounds. I decided to avoid percussion in because what drums would you have in the middle of a fairy forest‽

Interpolates part of a melody from Lady A's "Bartender" and part of a melody of Post Malone's "Feeling Whitney." We're all stealing from each other, after all!

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