Love it! The guitar chords sound really nice in here. And it's cool when you take them out at this point. Their return is very satisfying. Very nice work on the rhythm section! Beautiful work with that MiniFreak!!

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Imagine finishing one song per month. That's 12 per year, a full album's worth!
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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

Last Dance

An idea from a while ago that just needed that one thing to make it close enough to finished to post. I still feel it's a bit messy, but ... eh.

The Night Was Sultry

Bangin' track I've been rinsing out around in San Diego all year. Finally got around to recording it for all to enjoy!

COLD

All sounds, except drums, come from my Cassette Tape Synths Ableton Live Pack: https://brianfunk.gumroad.com/l/lukxws

Cassette Dream

It’s a wonder how we last
When we never learn a thing from our past
Ancient man was just like you and me
The same mistakes playing on repeat

Isn’t that a shame
Every day’s the same
Nothing ever changes
It wears me out let’s tear it down

I had a master plan
But I forgot it all
I had it all figured out 
But I forgot it all

I had a master plan
But I forgot it all
I had it all figured out 
But I forgot it all

We shouldn’t be surprised
When we never open our eyes
We should have seen it all before
We can’t go on like this anymore

Isn’t that a shame
People never change
Just pointing out the blame
It wears me out let’s tear it down

I had a master plan
But I forgot it all
I had it all figured out 
But I I forgot it all

I had a master plan
Maybe you wrote it down
I had it all figured out
But I forgot it all
I forgot it all
I forgot it all
I forgot it all


Master Plan

This is a pretty old track I pulled out of storage and updated. Gist of it was pretty well written, but gave it a stronger chorus and a bit more structure.

Analog Dream

Seeing you brings my head down,
Are you lost inside your final dream?
We don't know how to get out,
I don't know how to be. 

Being angry won't bring you back,
It won't give us one more day,
It's the knife that cuts into the past,
My only escape. 

Final Dream

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Music made using my COIN-OP 8-Bit Ableton Live Template: https://brianfunk.com/blog/coinop

Part of the Music Production Club Monthly Music Mission, August 2025: Create music for an adventure video game.
Music Production Club: https://brianfunk.com/mpc

Hot Pursuit

Back in Town

In a galaxy not far away, around a dying star, lies the orbit of a feline fortress- a planet just for us!
In a race against the expanding outer layers of our sun, we must open every portal until a brand new world is won. 
What evil may come?

Cloaked claws, powerful paws,
Veiled in magic mystery, our incantations rise.
Cloaked claws, this is our cause!
Be it fate or destiny, our future is in the sky.

Cloaked Claws

A song about times when I feel outside of myself. It can be unsettling or weird, but also sometimes freeing. Other than vocals, kick, and piano, all instruments in this song were made from sounds recorded in a span of 10 minutes around my apartment. Thanks to Brian Funk and Ableton for a cool found sounds speedrun challenge! The photo is my feet in slippers from a hotel in Madrid. 
Lyrics:
I'm living someone else's routine,
I'm living someone else's life,
I messed up essential parts of me,
I messed up the way I feel inside.

I woke up and thought I died,
I was just sleeping on my good side,
And as cold water falls over me,
I'm rearranging my beliefs.

I won't answer at this number,
I don't live here anymore.
If you need to reach me,
Just send out a postcard from where you want to be,
Maybe I can meet you there,
Maybe, we'll see.

Trapped inside of someone else's mind but they don't know that something's not right,
It's not too late to start over,
It's not too early to lose myself in the past,
I'd like to think the future is mine to choose.

I don't need another second,
I'm gonna buy them all!
If you don't believe me,
I'll send out a postcard from everywhere I'll be,
Now I'm feeling better,
Now I feel free.

Postcard

Endless Blue, a trip-hop and downtempo fusion duo, was formed in 2003 by Minneapolis-based musicians Nick Mitchell and Laura Hillman Mitchell. Endless Blue's music blends sultry and soulful melodies with vintage synths, jazz-filled bass lines, bluesy guitar riffs, and lo-fi beats.

Over the last 20 years Endless Blue has collaborated with numerous musicians and has recorded 13 albums and EPs with a combination of original tracks and covers in Endless Blue's signature style. Listeners can expect song themes tackling everything from relationships, identity, loss, and mental health.

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.

MMM May - Freaky

Endless Blue

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