This was my first time recording live analog loops in Ableton on the fly, I had a lot of fun (and frustration) practicing the logistics in button pushing and tap dancing. (when other musicians aren't immediately at hand, this is what we must resort to, no?)

For this version, I ended up going back and touching up the levels a bit.  I figured while I was at it, I recorded a bass track to complete the cover.

Watch my live antics with my midi controller here: http://youtu.be/iFmm3FZJAUk

"No New Kinda Story" by Starflyer 59

A cover of Amy Winehouse's song "I Heard Love Is Blind", featuring Adrianna Ivory on flute


I Heard Love Is Blind v.2

A remix of the acoustic song by Teddy Roberts (Hampshire), "Let's Be Cliché"


Let's Be Cliché (Remix)

Just woke up with this in mind.  It seems to describe my mornings pretty well.

Melancholy Mornings

Quick cover of Hillsong United's "Say The Word", off of their album "Empires".

Say The Word

Cannot Hide My Love

I was starting to experiment with dubstep sounds with my Line 6 M9 and a frequency generator, but I ended up with this.  Enjoy!

Canned Heat Instrumental

My first attempt at ducking with a live bass guitar.  My goal is to eventually totally create EDM live, as synthesizers and adjusting mids for transitions would be relatively easy.  Up next, using live drums as the controlling master track!

Also, I can't remember from this melody is from, do you recognize it?

Ducking and Risers

You have to start somewhere.

All keys recorded live via midi.  The riser was done with a waterfall sample from my phone through a mixer.

The percussive sounds were done in one take, with a little delay and a bunch of reverb:
-hitting a cymbal stand
-stick click
-"science" :P
-slap-stick effect with two 2x4s
-ride cymbal with a sizzler, made out of an old chain and thread
-stick click
-slap-stick

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