Been a while since I opened FL for fun, so here is Chopin's Prelude Op.28 No.20 in C Minor.

0099

I know this sounds stupid, but I suppose uploading this is just something to prove to myself. For some reason I've developed some sort of 'superstition' that whenever I upload a preview track or whatever that'd mean the track itself will never be finished (Yeah I know that sounds stupid, blame my twisted mind for that).

Obviously that's not true, rationally thinking-- but I can't help it. Every single preview track that I've done (save for two) is either a.) still a loop or b.) scrapped or c.) recycled into another unfinished track. I've been trying to make this album for years and I hate that I still couldn't finish it. Turns out making a track with a good song structure out of a simple loop isn't so simple after all! Suprise suprise.

I've decided to hold off this one album and start small first. Like maybe 3-4 tracks, and finish the actual songs by focusing on them one by one-- instead of trying to finish them all at the same time.


God I hope it works this time.

Oops

A little track I did between revisions.

I know that no one reads these descriptions, but I'm gonna continue writing anyway: I've managed to make a little EP of sorts! I just need to add the album artwork. It feels great to actually finish something of this scale.

Yeah it's not a full album, but you know what? It's a start.

STANDBY

Hey there, been busy with work lately as usual. I did get the chance to make music for myself for once which is pretty nice. (Enjoy.)

FRACTURE (PROGRESS 01)

Since instaud.io is shutting down, I'm moving most of the things I uploaded there to here. This is one of those tracks from there. It kinda sucks, that place was hella convenient to use.

Anyway this track's pretty different from what I'd usually upload here or on my Unlogic page. I managed to extract the acapella from one of the songs in the game Nier: Automata and just played around with it, not realizing that I was having too much fun with the whole thing. It was from the track called The Tower. The only thing that I had based from the original song was the bass line, everything else was just me fooling around with the acapella.

I had to remove the vocals for the version uploaded here though, don't wanna get hit with copyright violations, haha. You can look up the original song on Youtube if you wanna know what the original vocals sound like.

N_0001

Another track that was uploaded originally on instaud.io. At the time I was binge-watching Twin Peaks and it probably influenced this track to some extent. I originally tried adding my own heavily-processed vocals (emphasis on processed) to it, but then I realized that it didn't really fit since it tended to overpower the whole thing, so I just shelved it until I could find the right song to place it into. Ah well.

This song could really use some airy vocals to complement the instruments though.

0009

Yet another track I originally posted on instaud.io. Nothing much to say on this one. I think I was trying to make a track that didn't involve compressing the track until it collapses onto itself, lol. I still haven't bought proper replacement headphones since I made this one, so mixing, especially on the low ends may be crappy.

0015

Another track originally from my instaud.io account. I've always felt that I am waaay too ham-fisted when it comes to composing music and shaping the sounds within those tracks. I've been trying to make more ambient pieces for quite some time now, and it's still quite difficult for me to pull off. Ambient tracks often involve subtle sounds, but the way those sounds are created and sculpted are complicated-- I still couldn't wrap my head around it. Sure I could use existing samples but it just doesn't feel right for some reason, at least for me anyway. I think I'll feel this way until I manage to create a complete, evolving ambient track that consists purely of synths that I usually use.

Although I'd probably be using my own recordings on these kinds of tracks if only my recorder wasn't stolen.

0018

The last track that I'd originally uploaded from instaud.io. A little ditty I made during my spare time at work. I liked how the drum patterns came out, so I kept on working on bits and pieces of it from time to time.

This track was created in one sitting on December 7, 2019 from 10pm to 4am (I think).  The song was made in one night for a prompt by soundcloud.com/maaliw for me. The prompt was:

DAY 1
BPM: 67BPM

#082 BASSLINE EMPHASIS
#484 ONE LOOP HAS TO PLAY FOREVER
#547 KEEP IT A BIT LOOSE
#159 ABRUPT PAUSE/ENDING

I interpreted the "Keep it a bit loose" as playing with the keyboard for a while, then using the initial sketches I made as the final melodies for the synths (Although I did tweak them just a teeny-tiny bit). The "Dump score log to selected pattern" option is a godsend in this regard.

Unfortunately I've forgotten where I got the looping sample from, since it's been with me for years and I never found the right track to put it in until this one got made. I do vaguely remember that this came from a 1950's art exhibition about technology and the future, though. I'll look for it again some other time.

I've been itching to actually make this track for two months now (since he gave me the prompt in October) but I never really had the time to make it in a single day, until now. This is a really neat exercise for me to quickly make ideas within constraints and actually finish them without fussing over small details to no end.


Welp, back to work!
Happy listening.

NONCOMMA