Photo: Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 2024.

This one took quite a while mainly down to inertia and faffing around on bass trying build some lines using higher registers while working in a Herbie Hancock piano voicing I found on YouTube, (A minor 11th). The 5-note sequences at 02:38 is something I've been messing about on guitar with for years and the guitar line was doubled / harmonised on guitar again and some keys. I kind of like the effect and did something similar on another track with an 11-note sequence (https://soundcloud.com/ubo-music/talk-it-up). The fingerstyle funk guitar that comes in at 03:40 was going to be played on bass originally but I liked the guitar and added some chords to it using a ring modulator resonator chord patch in Guitar Rig🤘.

If you get a chance listen to this the whole way through, proud of the outro bassline 😉 🙏

Drums: Ableton sample pack, Loopmasters Mixtape "AW_80_Massive_1", removed the reverb using a transient tool although there's some original crackle on the sample, it's blasted through Baby Audio IHNY-2 compressor in a couple of places with fills created DJ Shadow stylee shifting a duplicate fragment of the sample 1/64 or 1/32. Some other random Ableton loops through Arturia Efx-Fragments for the intro/outro sound design textures.
Bass: Warwick Corvette 5-string through NI Guitar Rig.
Guitars: all guitars Suhr Custom Classic through NI Guitar Rig apart from PRS CE24 for the end solo and the random noise that sounds like a 'seagull massacre' at around 05:25.
Keys: various NI keys and Spitfire Cinematic Strings.
Mastering: Ozone 11 Standard.
DAW: Ableton 12.

Bandcamp

Song for Yesterday

Let go, breathe deep, in the crisp, cool air, Autumn's lesson: be here, be aware.

Autumn's Descent

Forms

Photo: Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 2024.

Like most of my tracks this started as a sketch of ideas that were gradually melded together starting with the guitar progression at the start. I was going for a textural kind of sound in this and in the intro there’s an effect approach to ‘grab’ a note from the guitar in a couple of places, sustain it and effect it – seemed to work okay and something I had wanted to try for a while now.

As ever, if you get a chance listen to this the whole way through 😉 🙏

Drums: NI Kontakt sample pack, through Baby Audio IHNY-2 compressor and Arturia Efx Motions for the intro/outro. Some sample editing for fills.
Bass: Sandberg Elektra 4-string newly strung with flats through NI Guitar Rig.
Guitars: a little PRS CE24 but mainly Godin Montreal thin-line jazz strung with flats including the solo. All through NI Guitar Rig and Archetype Tim Henson and warmed up with UAD Verve Analogue Machines.
Keys: various NI, Arturia keys and Crow Hill R+D Strings. Used Crow Hill Piano Rack for the first time on this as well for processing.
Voice: Dot Allison’s Crow Hill Dulcet Voice 
Mastering: Ozone 11 Standard.
DAW: Ableton 12.

Touch

Photo: my home studio Jamo speaker, 2024.

This one started almost with a Bristol influence with the drum intro and bass line, seemed to need some energy so it moves into a kinda lofi jazz house vibe before revisiting some of themes from the intro again on the way out.

It’s a bit of a journey so as ever, if you get a chance listen to this the whole way through 😉 🙏

Drums: NI Kontakt through Baby Audio IHNY-2 compressor. Some sample editing for fills. NI Session Percussion for the congas etc.
Bass: Sandberg Elektra 4-string strung with flats through NI Guitar Rig.
Guitars: Suhr Custom Classic into NI Guitar Rig. The pad sounding guitar is the same line through two different effects chains panned left and right.
Keys: various NI, Crow Hill, Spitfire and Arturia keys.
Mastering: Ozone 11 Standard.
DAW: Ableton 12.

Overfall

Walk Tall

Chin Up

Magma Reef

A clean and emotional #Trap beat featuring a soft violin melody, deep bass, and minimal drums. Less is more—pure vibes and raw emotions. #ViolinTrap #808Deep #MinimalTrap #RapInstrumental

Strings & Bass

Blue Moon

BLUE MOON

TIME

instrumental | soundscape | future_guitar

Guitarist & 33.3^% of Glasgow's finest power-trio, Imperfect Product. Work in Ableton, record guitars and bass. Member of Music for Cars collective.