I'm not a great guitarist by any means... but you know what? I'm not too bad either. 

I think I need to start overcoming my fear of "public playing," and sharing some of my jams publicly would be a step.

Sunday Evening Jam In E

Fact: On my phone, I have 300+ ”voice memos“ of me playing, jamming, looping, and riffing on different melodies and chord progressions. 300+ musical ideas that have gone nowhere.

Until now, that is. I got a MIDI controller in January, and I've been learning how to use a DAW (Ableton) for the last couple of weeks. And today I finally got an audio interface which has allowed me to put all the pieces together and produce my first ever... hm... track?

Here it is. It's FAR from great. It's half-baked. THE GAP (vimeo.com/85040589) is very real.

But it's done. It's live. And the next one will be slightly better.

April 27, 2017 - First One

Channeling my inner "Baby Driver" and playing around with two samples from a recent trip to Oregon: 
- one of a tumble dryer at an airbnb, 
- and one of a bunch of sea lions roaring.

P.S. I swear to god I wasn't high when I made this.

Young Dryer x MSea Lion

i still don't quite know what i'm doing
but finishing is part of doing the work

mon1009

The industrial elevator in our office building was broken, making a repetitive noise for a solid hour. That noise became the snare on this track. My goal was to make something in three hours, start to finish.

Elevator1216

Spent more time on this one. The most prominent challenge was the arrangement; after numerous attempts, I just couldn't figure out how to move beyond the original four-chord sequence.

Nonetheless, I fully enjoyed experimenting with layering, the white noise, auto filters, and automation. 

Lots more to learn. #CloseTheGap #DoTheWork

Misha Abasov

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