not sure why i upload these.  something to do i suppose :)

practice/works in progress

working on some dynamics, removing repetition, etc.  funny how i like repetition until it becomes repetitive :)

roll sinister (wip 2)

beta beats...  i've been holding onto this for a while but i haven't developed it any more.  there's a technique/algo behind this but i just haven't got around to spending enough time with a session to make something non-trivial.  so this is just a sample really...

awesome artwork is by: (thanks for CC)
   http://gilberto-mattos.deviantart.com/ :  
   http://gilberto-mattos.deviantart.com/art/Circu-de-Soel-91552932

beta gear slur

first attempt working with guitars: power chords, good old fashioned plinking... etc.
just starting...beats here aren't ridiculously aweful but didn't spend any time working that angle.
thought about structure.
artwork is some random thing/dude i drew a long while back.
i always thought "dude with no hat that needs one."


mo no hat

i was working on a chord progression and this happened.
this is probably the closest i get to "trance" on purpose.
it's short... i won't likely develop this any further but
i thought it interesting enough to post for posterity :)

eta crinkle (WIP)

trying breakbeat-ish.
the mix doesn't totally suck but i can think of a few more things i'd like to hit it with before calling it finished: some panning headphone candy on one of the perc tracks, some cut-up vox maybe, and a bit more polish on the transitions.


break specie

just messing about with some favorite sounds...

riding vignette

getting freaky with distortion and drums and violins.  all the while trying like hell to pay attention to song structure instead of getting lost in picking textures and the like.  it's like trying to write a book instead of choosing your background color and font.  as such i had to resist putting even more in here... i'm surprised the mix sounds as balanced as it does.

roamer

motif development or something like that.
my usual sort of sounds.  i tried to weave dynamicism amonst the parts.  not sure it worked. :)


ah dee ah da

i kept seeing fours.  practice with my phrase generator and some instruments.  building guess what? :)


untitled 4 ( a reason )

intro work up...  i like the rhythm or at least some parts of it.
(note: the audio spectrum artwork doesn't represent this track any longer)

sorry for any confusion as i tweak and re upload this.  the latest one ~jun4.


untitled intro 4

monkeying around with envs/filters.  this was generated with 3 tracks each being driven by a separate filter env... each of those was driven by the same midi track repurposed to be a parameter automator.  don't ask why i did that... i was just monkeying around with trying to create a monster parameter driver in ableton w/o having to resort to putting it all into max.

fun with envs

this is a little snippet from something else i'm working on.  a few stems stitched together...  i've been trying to pay attention on how to make extended length drum/kit segments not sound too repetitive.  especially w/o resorting to glitchery/scratching.

drummies

slowly

On a Hill (pad+remix)

kinda interesting.  tried to clean up most of the incongruous stuff.  playing bits on top live-ish.  working on a more "live" session capturing vs. line-em-up clips.

sawing

ring the bells

exercise with a rhythm i can't get out of my head.


drum launch sketch one

drum + piano + fx groove intro/sketch
slightly polished derivative or parent (don't recall) of drum launch sketch one
where i remember that i should do something besides piano :)
and percussion.  well all of it :/

drumish intro one

sort of a low/hi c drone with a melody build-up in the middle.  i was using phrase repetition and interpolation with slight modification as a way to help me learn to create interest.  i have more to work with here so a few more sequences to go.

practice/works in progress

kfractal