Written and exported with GuitarPro6.

A collaboration between myself and Marco Zeh http://soundcloud.com/inc2708 .

Michael Currin feat. Marco Zeh - Metal Wasteland

An old song of mine I reworked.

For 1/8th notes on a guitar, the delay is dotted 1/8th, to keep the effect of playing 1/16th notes.

It modulates from Eminor to G#minor and back again a few times.

Photo accompanying my track is taken by me of a local band in Cape Town, Black Market Riots.
My photography portfolio: www.michael.currin.co.za

Rock Eminor (GP6)

Made in GuitarPro6.

In my own Dropped B based tuning (yes, that's really low).

0'00 Starts in 4/4.
0'33 turns into 12/8
0'42 Chorus
  | 12/8 | 12/8 | 12/8 |10/8 |
  | 12/8 | 12/8 | 12/8 |10/8 |
  | 12/8 | 12/8 | 12/8 |128 |
1'08 back to 4/4
1'25 again to 12/8
1'39 in 3/4
2'10 in 4/4
2'16 in 3/4
2'21 in 4/4
2'38 in 3/4



Metal Drop B July 2011

A simple riff with many dynamics and melodic lead sections.

A song I composed in GuitarPro5, converted to GuitarPro6, then added effects and changed a lot of the tracks. Exported MIDI tracks with GP6's instrument simulation.


3 Acoustic guitars
7 Electric guitars (crunch, rhythm OD, lead, phaser, tremelo, delay...)
Strings
Bass
Contrabass with phaser
Drums
Jingle Bell



The chords throughout are
|: D | D E | F#m | F#m E :|
with power chords used mainly.


Older version
http://soundcloud.com/michael-currin/hard-rock-f-m



Influences for this song:
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
Bullet for My Valentine - Hearts Burst Into Fire
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You
Seether
Staind
Linkin Park - Iridecent



Hard Rock F#m updated August 2011

I haven't recorded and uploaded anything for a really long time, so here goes.

I broke a string and then invented a new tuning [B-F#-X-E-B-B].  It's similar to Double Dropped D but 3 semitones lower and with two high strings the same. I came up with a few chords I liked to string together then improvised something with them.

Details:
Fender steel string acoustic guitar
Samsung smartphone's built in mic
RecForge II app
Mixcraft 4.5 (for reverb and EQ)

Improv acoustic rhythm 2015-12

An improvised track done in one take. I used the Boss ME-50 with a long delay (max 2,000ms) and high feedback, to give the effect of using a looping pedal. But the loops don't stack as a mess, since they fade out gradually. Then add a loop section back in or go in a new direction.

What I also like about the looping method is that I can choose to leave some parts out of the loop, so I can play chords that don't clash with each other.

Details:
Ibanez SZ-50 electric guitar
Boss ME-50 multi-effects pedal (for OD, reverb and delay)
10W Vox amp with valve in pre-amp
Samsung smartphone's built in mic
RecForge II app



Improvised ambient prog rock 2015-11

I wrote this song in the style of Seether and Staind. The part towards the end is more like Bullet for my Valentine.

Details:
Fender steel string acoustic guitar
Samsung smartphone's built in mic
RecForge II app
Mixcraft 4.5 (for reverb and EQ)

Acoustic grunge 2015-10

This is an original live song recorded at an open mic night around 2011. 

Lyrics by Kirsten and music written by myself.

Michael Currin & Kirsten Foster - Starry Skies

Written in GuitarPro6 and exported with MIDI instrument simulations.

Metal Dminor dropped D

Written in GuitarPro6, exported with the MIDI instrument simulation.

I can't really play drums but I have figured it out theoretically how to play.

Metal Dmin dropped D

I spend most of my day at worked plugged into Soundcloud playlists and recommended lists. I save what I like to a playlist for each month. I have a some uploads from Guitar Pro or from recording my guitar.