I made a little song to accomopany a timelapse that my partner did for a painting (https://www.tiktok.com/@ayun_ya/video/6931050432789875973?sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6919040289245529605&is_from_webapp=v1&is_copy_url=0).

music for a timelapse

Another song to accomopany a timelapse that my partner did for a painting 

More info at https://marcohamersma.com/music/forest-creek

forest creek

For a while I've been playing some imrovised ambient guitar music for myself and recording it. Here's an excerpt of one of these recordings, more info here: soundcloud.com/marcohamersma/sets/ambient-guitar-sketches

During a thunderstorm recently, I was playing some (weird)guitar through a volume pedal, compressor, and a lot of reverb + delay. I put my phone in the door opening to my balcony.

Thunderstorm guitar Swells

I thought it might be fun to make a fancy alarm sound, so I made this tooth-brushing alarm. Now I feel guilty for snoozing it.

Sometimes, brushing teeth in the morning is one of these things that gets forgotten or delayed because of work, halfway-drunk coffee, or other causes.

Toothbrush Alarm

Fizzy Water

This is a longer version of a small ambient piece I originally made for a sound design contest in March. I did not spend too much time on it, but felt it was worth sharing anyway

Aurora Borealis

An experiment in making a generative music piece inspired by some of Brian Eno's works. Especially his last album and the apps he made in collaboration with Peter Chilvers.

It's built in JavaScript using Tone.js and the Web Audio API, so it runs in the browser.

I've tried similar things like this many times the last 10 years or so, but I never really got this far. There's still plenty of things I want to tweak, but this current state sounds nice and I wanted to share it.

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Other versions:
- https://soundcloud.com/marcohamersma/generative-music-v3
- https://soundcloud.com/marcohamersma/generative-music-v2

Generative Music Experiment

A new iteration on https://soundcloud.com/marcohamersma/generative-music.

This time around, the tempo is a slower and the main instrument is a bit more pleasant. The next step is to add more instruments, so there is a bit more atmosphere without it getting too crowded.

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An experiment in making a generative music piece inspired by some of Brian Eno's works. Especially his last album and the apps he made in collaboration with Peter Chilvers.

It's built in JavaScript using Tone.js and the Web Audio API, so it runs in the browser.


Other versions:
- https://soundcloud.com/marcohamersma/generative-music-v3
- https://soundcloud.com/marcohamersma/generative-music

Generative Music Experiment, version 2

Wasn't able to make a smart song, so I made this. Contains some informative penguin facts.

real penguin music (with real penguin facts)

A track I worked on recently, but never really “finished” to my satisfaction. Still felt like sharing it, though :)

crunch time

Another track I worked on recently, but never really “finished” to my satisfaction. Still felt like sharing it, though :)

Swirlies

Dreamy Bubbles (previously ‘untitled’)

Another track in the category of “worked on it once, never really finished”. 

What can I say, I played a bit with Ableton's follow actions to automate some parts of the song. I used a lot of weird automation. I don't know what I was doing.

The bass is not real, it's just a regular guitar (Pitched down, I think). I have a bass guitar, but it's on another continent 😢

Weird Tape

An experiment in creating a generative music system, inspired by some of Brian Eno's works. Especially the album Reflection and the apps he made in collaboration with Peter Chilvers.

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I went on vacation recently and finally spent some more time working on my generative music project. I rewrote a lot of things since the last versions, but never managed to tie it together in a pleasing whole.

Although previous versions were generated completely in the browser, I found that it was holding me back a lot in its current form, so for this version I decided to run the script via Node.js and send MIDI data to Ableton Live.  This also gave me a lot more tone control.

I would like to reintroduce the option to run the code in the browser, but for now it needs a DAW and/or software synths to function.

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Other versions:
- https://soundcloud.com/marcohamersma/generative-music-experiment-v2
- https://soundcloud.com/marcohamersma/generative-music-experiment

Generative Music Experiment, version 3

My First Concert: Radiohead

Some more semi-generated music: This is what it sounds like if you tell Ableton Live to play random notes, and then try to make it sound like  Boards of Canada, but fail a bit.

Broken Random Space Tape

Playing with a looper and lots of reverb

First song with a real instrument in a long time. I had some latency issues while recording, but I think I sorted that out. 

Inspired by regularly messing around with with a looper and lots or reverb, post-rock and other stuff.

No amp or effects pedals btw, I used Guitar Rig and other plugins for that.

Air Travel

Rainicorn Forest

Got fed up a bit with computer stuff. Mostly dabbling in making ambient guitar music at the moment

Marco Hamersma

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