FreeLookMode - II

Keys lead to RISER

This is the first track I have ever created.  Its my first production in my tiny beginner home studio, and my first work with Ableton.  I know that it is noobish, but it was extremely fun to make, and just the same, for only having one week of experience under my belt, I still feel kinda proud of it. 

FreeLookMode - Afraid to Bleed

Today marks 30 days since my investment in a small beginner digital home studio.  This track, like my first and probably like most to come for the next year or so, was a learning exercise for me.  While it's still driven by mixing samples and loops, it includes a fair bit of my own original stuff including the bongos, lead keys, and some percussion and kicks.  Experimented with compression side chaining, frequency cuts to help give sounds their space, stereo spacing (for the same purpose)  This was a tough track to mix... it kept sounding muddy OR thin.  I think I finally got close to a good middle.  I hope my friends enjoy it!  Thanks for all the support. 

FreeLookMode - Handle This (Like Businessmen)

I'm proud to announce my first track, made completely from the ground up.  This was the result of a month of tutorial work.  The track is as much an object lesson (or Etude) and learning more about the vast complexity of creating sounds, mixing and putting it all together.  Many, many hours went in to the process.  Huge thanks to Tom Cosm for his excellent "Introduction to Digital Audio Production" series!  

The track begins as a model of his tutorial track, and evolves over time.  It IS a derivative track, with me grabbing whatever melodies fit, some borrowed right from popular music today.  It's not meant to be 100% original music creativity, it was meant to teach me how to use my production instruments more fully.  Regardless, I hope you enjoy it! 

FreeLookMode - Etude

The name "FreeLookMode Productions" is a joke.  In the original Counterstrike game, when you were killed by an enemy player, you could then watch the rest of the round via free floating camera.   This was called "Free Look Mode."  I named my player FreeLookMode, and joked to my friends that I was such a terrible player that I spend all my time dead, so I might as well have an appropriate handle. 

While I have old musical roots in music theory in college and self taught piano and guitar, I am brand spanking new to the world of digital music creation.  Music has always been something I am passionate about, and I've decided I want to invest a little more seriously in the tools to allow me to be creative.  I know that I have no talent yet, and I know that its not simple to make quality music.  But I completely enjoy the learning process.  My hope is that in a years time I'll be able to produce music that I am personally happy with, and which could be described as "quality amateur" work. 