proof of concept idea dump sketch put people to sleep

Sketch1

Late night simple 1 hour track after a few glasses of whiskey.

Wonder how people can keep pushing and swimming against the current. How much are we supposed to pay and sacrifice to achieve a little glimmer of hope.

Recorded with a Lakland 55-02, into a Darkglass B7k, into a Line 6 M9 for reverb and delay before being mixed in logic 9.

resol/v/e

For an assignment. 

It's all sequenced in Logic 9. Thing eats up RAM like F#$!. 

For Old Times [instrumental-rock]

This was for a songwriting assignment. I'm thinking of re-doing this for my portfolio, if lecturers permit, and make it kick-ass. 

Thanks to my dear friend, Deborah, for recording the vocals when she was already yawning like a boss. 

Lyrics:

Verse 1; 
I won't stay 
your words burn me like
fire, it stained 
my heart won't be the same. 

Verse 2; 
i won't fight 
your words again and
I won't stay 
don't plead for me today

Chorus; 
No, not this time
I won't lie 
I won't try 
To save us from this mess. 

And when I'm gone 
you won't find 
these lies I made
we're doomed from the start 

[SHITTY 3/4 ON 2/4 INTERLUDE]
 
Verse 3; 
When these eyes stray 
It won't be the same. 
If I may 
leave this forsaken place
 
Prechorus; 
I'll try
to mend this again
i'll try
to make it right now 

chorus. 

[SHITTY BREAKDOWN]

[SHITTY INTERLUDE] 

chorus. 



Love/Light v.1.0

An instrumental about love, and how it will last if both hearts are beating as one. This version is without a monologue at the bridge. 

Mix 1.0. Critique and comments are appreciated. Thanks for listening.

Stars watch over you.

While It Lasts 1.0

All instruments sequenced in Logic Studio 9, including the guitars. Badly mixed in Logic Studio 9. Badly mastered in Protools HD 9.

Remixed by yours, truly. 


REMT 3 Free From You (originally by Maia Lee) Remix

Superego. 

POD 2 first draft mix and master. 

Lacking depth is what I would say. 

Generic alternative metal song. 

It's about wanting to eat a kit kat, while on a diet, and you're in a dilemma. 

supe/r/ego 1.0

"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever." 
Carl Sagan.


They say the world's coming to an end. The romance side of me revels in its entirety. The way things end to make room for new things, or none at all, but is nothing, something? The way things end with sadness, with anger. With closure, with the prospect of a new dawn. 

Nothing seems to stay constant. Arguably, you are your own best friend and worst enemy, that's what feels the same. To me, anyway. 


Consider this. This is a song about the stars. How they seem to stay constant. How they seem to be so steadfast. Yet, they don't have feelings. They don't care. They just shine. And shine bright they do. 

Consider this. This is a love song. To the lovelorn. To the lovers. May you find your way. 

Consider this. This song sucks. It is not a song. 


Recorded via Focusrite Saffire 6 USB. Drums are sequenced. Using electric bass only. Yes you saw that right, using bass only. Thanks Nigel. 

P.S. This is obviously a 'demo'. It is not seriously mixed, or is it seriously arranged. I dumped the ideas together, and agar agar mix. Serious opinions are seriously considered. Serious. Seriously. 


the/cupboard/under/the/stars

For final POD. Mixed and 'mastered'.

There's this roti prata shop called Prata House at upper Thomson area, I really like the prata there. It's so crisp and retains the curry so well. Though the bomb prata isn't as nice as the one at Peninsula plaza basement, it's pretty decent. 

I also like the prata at the shop just down the road from my house. I forgot the name, but the prata is quite tasty. It's not as crispy as Prata House, but the softness is pretty damn boss. 

I also like tau huay. I really like the traditional tau huay, the pudding kind is a fad, just you wait, in a few years, people wouldn't know who is lao ban tau huay. Selegie Soya Bean, Beancurd City, Rochor Tau Huay, and everything in between. They're the gods of the white curd. 


Thanks to; 
Nigel, for lending me his hands, guitar, and pedalboard. (I want to buy your Strymon Blue Sky.)
Spencer, for lending me his hands, drumsticks, and Darkglass B3K when I did not need to use it. 
Selegie Soya Bean, for being there when she was not. 


while/it/lasts

For final POD. Mixed and 'mastered'. 

I like to read books. Novels, especially airpot novels. Those fast paced, easy to read, devoured within a day kind of novels. They're like the Macdonalds' of books and novels. They're not exactly literary pieces of art, but they get it done. They fill your mind with obnoxious plots that can span entire continents. Or that all governments are bad and trying to kill all the good guys that all look like Tom Cruise. 

I also like Neil Gaiman's Good Omens. Funny piece of Brit humour, that. 

I have a reading guilty pleasure. I like reading Artemis Fowl. I like the fantasy of being rich, and magically endowed. Like woah money and power. Ain't that the shit? 

Alas, we live on a mortal plane. Reality is what we see, and what we believe is what we feel. There's no doubt about that. 

Thanks to;
Adan Lambbird, for lending me his hands, his guitar, and signal chain. 
Cash, for lending me a studio slot. 
Leo kor kor, for singing main vox.
Deborah, for super last minute backing vocals, and sibeh 1337 protools skillz.
Ianlex, for ginna beng shouting. 
The Pirate Bay, for giving us hope in times of trouble. 

supe/r/ego

I forgot to turn on my amp in a gig. Once. 

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