Recorded this quick sketch/idea earlier on

The road ahead

An ambient track to have in the backgrouund :)

A Place To Go Within (Initial mix)

(The description is as intense as the music, but feel free to scroll by)

Depending on how you approach this song, you will have different results; it is an experience. 

If your heads always overwhelmed with thoughts, here is some "none narrative" sounds which have no correlation to spoken thoughts. This is a tool to "fight your internal demons" (although consider your internal demons are within... so they are technically aspects of you, however influenced by external sources... and might've just been misinterpreted), if they are overcrowding your mind, then here are some sounds to distract you from your thoughts temporarily, to show you that you can stop thinking.

This was composed on a launchpad, using the "Drum" screen as a canvas, as well as finger painting using the two fingers which never conflict one and other. Think of it like holding two pencils on a piece of paper (which represent an individual person, their emotions), dancing with the pencils around the page, however they never "hit" each other, its never malicious. Similar to the Tau, the closer you try and get, the further away you get. Maybe you're chasing someone because you think they have the answer, and they keep getting further away because they know they don't have the answer, and in this getting further away it is misinterpreted to you as thinking they know more than you think, and might simply think they're trying to hide it, when in reality... its a dance... life is a dance

This is a representation of the "chase" between the yin and yang, something that is different for different perspectives, however follows the same basic fundamental functions.


I have also EQ'd things roughly so that things aren't too over-crowded, as well as applying panning to allow room for each complex, yet simple idea to breath; it seems overcrowded when you try to flatten the sound in your own head, but everything has depth.

It is complex in the movement and speed that things happen, but the idea behind the expression is actually really simple; don't crash, keep moving. If its too much to follow, then you don't need to follow it, that's the point...

I in no way think that this is "Good", I in no way think that this is "Bad". It's just a bit much isn't it... as it's purposefully intense, yet still relaxing as it's a performative expression, representing the absolute absurdity of certain aspects of 21st century life, contrasted with some aspects that make up for it.

This specific composition sounds chaotic, because of the timbre of the sounds used. In my development of this piece, I will adjust the types of instruments used as well as the dynamics of individual notes/sections.

XD

Planned Randomness and Unplanned Precision (Automatic drawing with music)

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Tom Matthews