This playlist features a selection of music created by the talented individuals from the Melodics community who took part in the Beatmaker Bootcamp. Specifically tailored for beginners, the Beatmaker Bootcamp provided these artists with a 14-day intensive course, culminating in the creation of their very first musical pieces.

Melodics Beatmaker Bootcamp – Apr-2024

Beats and breaks

This track was produced for the Melodics April 2024 Beatmaker Bootcamp.

My family is Sri Lankan. One of my favorite places in the world is Dambulla Temple in Sri Lanka. The temple is full of caves containing massive gold statues of the Buddha, with ancient skeletons of the original people who lived there before Buddhism's arrival to the country. I created a song that tried to capture the ethereal, frenetic energy lingering within a silent, echoing cave - the memories of the dances of ancient golden bones.

My biggest inspirations were both video games - Final Fantasy 6's World of Ruin theme for chords that reverberated through a haunting, empty space, and Sly Cooper on the Playstation 2 for the glockenspiel evoking a sense of motion in the night.

The album art is my modernized rendition of another nearby Sri Lankan landmark - the Lion Rock, Sigiriya, an ancient, crumbling palace atop a massive rock in the jungle that awakes millennia later and finds itself in a world that has left it behind.

The Temple of Golden Bones

My first track, this is for the Melodics beatmaker bootcamp, it's not great and Lo-Fi isn't my favorite genre but I figured Lo-fi would work best since I would be following along with TAETRO.

lonelyonasundayafternoon

Winter Stroll

An upbeat hive vibe for you to nod your head to and get busy with!

Viscosity

Take 2 

Entry song for the Melodics Boot Camp Project and my first completed track.

Was quite intimidating in the beginning and my first attempt was not sounding so good, which left me considering not continuing with the bootcamp... So I slept on it, practiced a few melodic lessons, deleted the first attempt and started take 2.

Was looking for a grungish mood yet also something more uplifting. I didn't have specific inspiration for the song except just to explore the relationship of some sounds...  and an expression session to release some tension.

Been a fun journey and ended up surprising myself, even though it's not perfect. In the end I am grateful I gave myself a take 2 to give it another shot.

Take 2

Lofi 3

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Take 2

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