My first attempt using the iPad to make electronic music with two samples taken from the Web of Nelson Mandela on Oprah and Hugh Masekela with Paul Simon live in Soweto.

Backaround

Nelson Mandela

Experimenting with the iMPC software on the ipad to create a few beats with samples from one of my favorite 'Larry Sanders Show' episodes 'Hanks Sex Tape'.  

In essence a rough sketch with the hope this will lead more towards more finished and stylized works of music created using the ipad and with hopes to performing live.

Hank Kingsley

The third track, of an initial experimentation, of making music on the iPad while I was living in the dust bowl that was Ojai, Post Thomas Fire (the previous two being ‘Hank Kingsley’ after watching the documentary on Gary Shandling and ‘Nelson Mandela’ after watching YouTube videos of the man). 

‘The End’ is actually euphoric for me - although I have yet to fully capture what I feel in music, often because I am impatient or lacking the energy to complete a  track)this seems to have the essence of a feeling.  It’s a loop that somehow got tweaked and I created other sounds over the top using GarageBand, TC- Performer and iMPC.

THE END

One of the first tracks I ever made, using Propellerheads Reason and samples from the Folkways Recording "Sound of North American Frogs".

Inward Bound

Toad Loop

I made these tracks a number of years ago.  
At the time I was experimenting with making beats set to words spoken by Prem Rawat, someone who I have listened to at various points in my life.  I thought it was time to share these tracks.

Answers

Peace is a feeling

Enjoy the Thirst

Look Within

15 minutes Mix of 13 tracks.

These tracks where made in Various locations across Los Angeles.  Representing a period in time, living, working in and around Los Angeles. It's a big city and you might think you would make a lot of friends but often I felt like a number.  Making music helped me in those times when I felt I was part of the grind, needed an escape to express myself, from the Isolation I sometimes felt.  

Years lates I have gone through some of these expressions, and although these were experimental, I am not a trained musician and don't pro-port to be one,  there is an essence here that has re-inspired me to get back into expression through music.

Isolation LA

'Me and You' - a loop about my experience versus yours.

'Messy time' - what happens when you try to make music in Garageband.

Who am I

Messy time

Me and You (instrumental)

Solo Experiments in Electronic Music by Jerome Holt

Jerome Francis Holt