This is based on a chord progression/melody I came up a few months ago. Added a few arpeggios and field recordings, and pushed everything through some nice moog-style ladder filters and saturation plugins.*

The footsteps you hear are taken from a field recording of me walking through Finnish snow :)

*Arturia Filter MINI and Klanghelm SDDR

...like glaciers

A track consisting of around 75% silence interrupted by bursts of noise from an original field recording made by the shore, a little reverb added.

More on this 606th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Three to One (Compose a piece of music with three times as much silence as sound), at: https://disquiet.com/0606/ 1

Thanks this week to Jason Richardson and Klaus-Dieter Hilf.

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Broken Silence (disquiet0606)

Created with AUM and various plugins on iPad, mastered in Cubase 12 with Ozone 10

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 510:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/10/11/naviarhaiku510-in-pre-dawn-darkness/

Photo by zenbytes (2023, near Pathfinder Dam, Wyoming, USA)

darkness of rainfall - Naviarhaiku 510

Grainy vs Gritty.

Made with Polyend Tracker and Yamaha Reface CP.

More on this 616th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Definition Jam (The Assignment: Explore, in music, the nuanced differences between two closely related words), at: https://disquiet.com/0616/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1

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Little Pick (disquiet0616)

Given all that is going on in the world at the moment, I thought "anxiety" would be a good word to choose for the first half of the track. Of the many words conveying the same thing, I chose "botheration," mainly because I liked the sound of it, but also because it also captures the annoying aspects of our current time. So, "botheration" takes over at about the half way mark. As for process, I began with a nervous and somewhat chaotic drum sequence and then augmented that with a  few mournful strums from the Terra and then fired up my Landscape Stereofield for a bit of noise. Halfway through the drum beats give way to some darkness, again thanks to the Terra and ends with a flourish of pure noise.

disquiet0616

This was my contribution for Disquiet Junto Project 0616: Definition Jam

Here’s a copy of my post on the Disquiet Junto 0616 discussion thread:

Chose to work with the words "calm" and "placid".

Created in Ableton Live using Fors Chiral and Slate+Ash Choreographs with Strymon Big Sky and Aqusmatiq Dedalus Delay for effects. Not sure whether I'm 100% satisfied with the result since I had a more quiet and subtle ambient vibe in mind when I started. Maybe I’ll re-visit this sometime in the future.
 
More on this 616th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Definition Jam (The Assignment: Explore, in music, the nuanced differences between two closely related words), at: https://disquiet.com/0616/
About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1
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Strangely Calm and Placid Days [disquiet0616]

[disquiet0616] Contrast

https://youtu.be/HLjhwYJeJc4
Naviar Haiku 511

in dark autumn nights
dew and the new bamboo shoots
reaching out to moon

Shubham Dasgupta, hailing from the picturesque city of Guwahati, India, introduces himself as a student of law. However, his true passion lies in his enchanting affair with words and the mesmerizing world of poetry. With an innate ability to discover beauty in the most ordinary aspects of life, he finds solace in daydreaming. Mastering the art of crafting Haiku poems on a daily basis, he effortlessly weaves emotions into syllables, creating captivating pieces of art. Occasionally, he ventures into the realm of painting, giving life to his vivid imagination.

To participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
 
Haiku by Shubham Dasgupta https://www.instagram.com/poetry.bysdg

Picture by naraa .in.ub https://unsplash.com/photos/Qf-5KCZduV0

Touch the Moonlight

Touch the Moonlight (NaviarHaiku511)

naviarhaiku512:
Endless echo
footsteps on an empty house
once full of life

haiku: Marco Sebastiano Alessi
image: Raya Mal https://unsplash.com/photos/closed-window-ggeI8TyPeZM
for the Naviar Records Haiku Music Challenge www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

An Empty House [NaviarHaiku512]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
517
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/29/naviarhaiku517-early-dawns-pale-light/

2023-11-30

Early Dawn’s Pale Light  ( Naviarhaiku 517 )

This lovely haiku inspired a gentle improvisation on VST synth (LABS). Recorded in Reaper. Mastered with CloudBounce.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Winter Sky (naviarhaiku520)

I'm a composer, working from a 3' x 5' studio (some may call it a dinette) in a 5th wheel camper, while traveling the United States. I've been on the road for six years, so most of my recent work will have come from a different state (of mind and location) during my travels.

Music makes me feel better about everything. I don't know that I'm ever happier than when I am creating. I sometimes wonder if creativity isn't one of the primary keys to happiness. Do you ever feel better than when you say, "Look what I did."? This phrase magically conjures the purest sense of childlike joy.

Music works for every part of our lives. We all have music for when we are sad, happy, celebrating, meeting others, when we are alone, and even when we are lonely. Did a song come to mind as you read each of those situations? I remember the first song I ever heard on the radio, on my first bus ride to kindergarten. One of my favorite musical memories is playing in a band for steel beach on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.

I love telling stories with music. Everybody loves John Coffey in the Green Mile, but Mr. Jingles should have a song commemorating his reaching and joining the circus at Mouseville. If you agree, join me for this and similar journeys. The music here is synthetic, but as real as you would choose to have it.

My music most often lands on Soundcloud first and is inspired by one of my favorite communities, Naviar Haiku:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
I find writing to a Haiku prompt sufficiently limiting and exquisitely inspiring.

Touch the Moonlight (NaviarHaiku511)

Raymond Stull