Song Info:
Remastered and ready for action!
I unironically and unapologetically LOVE Letterkenny. I had to make this little homage of some of their classic lines, with two others from another Canadian gem thrown in! Thank you Jared Keeso and Jacob Tierney for this incredible show.

If you haven't seen it yet, it alone is reason enough to subscribe to Crave or Hulu!

I don't own the rights to any of the vocals, and the melody line is, of course, the Canadian National Anthem.

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    Crave
    Hulu
    New Metric Media
    Bell Media
    WildBrain Studios
    Play Fun Games Pictures

Album Info:
Last week on vacation, I was talking with my (much more talented) musician friend about the things I was learning in Ableton. Being that there are so many plugins, AI helpers, looping clips, etc. out there, I said "Heck, it would be dead-simple to make an entire 'meh' quality album in a week"

So, I decided to do it. I bridged two weekends, but worked full hours on my regular job, so I think it balanced out.

On the drive home from vacation, my family and I wrote down over 40 musical genres. I then narrowed it down to 20, assigned numbers to them, and rolled two twenty sided dice. The results: Lo-Fi Chiptunes. Great excuse to buy the software synth I've been looking at for a while!

I got just over 31 minutes done, so 9 minutes shy of my goal. Still, I'm fairly happy with these songs! A lot more work could have been done, but I learned a lot.

Shoutout to Rory Given, the *incredibly* generous and *super talented* individual who gifted me a copy of Ableton! Follow him here:
https://soundcloud.com/rorygiven

O How Are You Now, Canada? (explicit lyrics)

Song info:
OK this song was made almost entirely by using free lo-fi samples from Cymatics. They had just enough samples for me to make about 1/2 a song... I have a feeling if I bought the rest of their goodies (which I might do someday soon!) I would have had enough to make the rest.
The one thing that is frustrating with loops is that if I want to take a song somewhere else than what is prerecorded, it is challenging to match the overall EQ and feel. These loops were all pre-baked with lo-fi textures. So warm and yummy! That's why this one kinda doesn't do anywhere and just wanders. When I get more skill, I should be able to do more with this.

Album Info:
Last week on vacation, I was talking with my (much more talented) musician friend about the things I was learning in Ableton. Being that there are so many plugins, AI helpers, looping clips, etc. out there, I said "Heck, it would be dead-simple to make an entire 'meh' quality album in a week"

So, I decided to do it. I bridged two weekends, but worked full hours on my regular job, so I think it balanced out.

On the drive home from vacation, my family and I wrote down over 40 musical genres. I then narrowed it down to 20, assigned numbers to them, and rolled two twenty sided dice. The results: Lo-Fi Chiptunes. Great excuse to buy the software synth I've been looking at for a while!

I got just over 31 minutes done, so 9 minutes shy of my goal. Still, I'm fairly happy with these songs! A lot more work could have been done, but I learned a lot.

Shoutout to Rory Given, the *incredibly* generous and *super talented* individual who gifted me a copy of Ableton! Follow him here:
https://soundcloud.com/rorygiven

Homey Moser

Song info:
This one was a ton of fun to make, but has too many loops from Ableton for me to say it was anything original by me. That's the point. It sounds mediocre and decent. Too easy to make. To fit the challenge, I shoe-horned in some SID chip sounds as well as the low level hum from a Commodore 64.
At least I did one of the solos on my own :)

Last week on vacation, I was talking with my (much more talented) musician friend about the things I was learning in Ableton. Being that there are so many plugins, AI helpers, looping clips, etc. out there, I said "Heck, it would be dead-simple to make an entire 'meh' quality album in a week"

So, I decided to do it. I bridged two weekends, but worked full hours on my regular job, so I think it balanced out.

On the drive home from vacation, my family and over 40 musical genres. I then narrowed it down to 20, assigned numbers to them, and rolled two twenty sided dice. The results: Lo-Fi Chiptunes. Great excuse to buy the software synth I've been looking at for a while!

I got just over 31 minutes done, so 9 minutes shy of my goal. Still, I'm fairly happy with these songs! A lot more work could have been done, but I learned a lot.

Crystal Falls

Song Info:
I came up with the chord changes on my own, but relied heavily on loops to make this song.

Album Info:
Last week on vacation, I was talking with my (much more talented) musician friend about the things I was learning in Ableton. Being that there are so many plugins, AI helpers, looping clips, etc. out there, I said "Heck, it would be dead-simple to make an entire 'meh' quality album in a week"

So, I decided to do it. I bridged two weekends, but worked full hours on my regular job, so I think it balanced out.

On the drive home from vacation, my family and I wrote down over 40 musical genres. I then narrowed it down to 20, assigned numbers to them, and rolled two twenty sided dice. The results: Lo-Fi Chiptunes. Great excuse to buy the software synth I've been looking at for a while!

I got just over 31 minutes done, so 9 minutes shy of my goal. Still, I'm fairly happy with these songs! A lot more work could have been done, but I learned a lot.

Shoutout to Rory Given, the *incredibly* generous and *super talented* individual who gifted me a copy of Ableton! Follow him here:
https://soundcloud.com/rorygiven

Air On A Sweaty Hand

Song info:
I had a ton of fun making this! Big shout out to @8bitbandit for the Bit Crate Vol.1 samples for Ableton! This song came about when I was trouble shooting something in Ableton, so I randomly typed out some notes, and realized they sounded pretty good. That's how the first sound and bass-line was started! 

Dedicated to my friend Neal.

Album Info:
Last week on vacation, I was talking with my (much more talented) musician friend about the things I was learning in Ableton. Being that there are so many plugins, AI helpers, looping clips, etc. out there, I said "Heck, it would be dead-simple to make an entire 'meh' quality album in a week"

So, I decided to do it. I bridged two weekends, but worked full hours on my regular job, so I think it balanced out.

On the drive home from vacation, my family and I wrote down over 40 musical genres. I then narrowed it down to 20, assigned numbers to them, and rolled two twenty sided dice. The results: Lo-Fi Chiptunes. Great excuse to buy the software synth I've been looking at for a while!

I got just over 31 minutes done, so 9 minutes shy of my goal. Still, I'm fairly happy with these songs! A lot more work could have been done, but I learned a lot.

Shoutout to Rory Given, the *incredibly* generous and *super talented* individual who gifted me a copy of Ableton! Follow him here:
https://soundcloud.com/rorygiven

2 Pronged Attack

Song Info:
It's called money hoser, based on the Robert Rodruiguiz term 'money hose' (aka the entire Hollywood system of solving problems by throwing money at them)

I bought a composition helper plugin to help give me ideas for this track. I bought InSIDious to get the sweet sweet Commodore 64 sound... for $64!  https://impactsoundworks.com/product/insidious/ The chord changes came from a puzzle app. They happened to be the solution to one of the puzzles!

I'm happy with the end result! I'd like to hear it in a retro video game (ping me if you want to license it)

Album Info:
Last week on vacation, I was talking with my (much more talented) musician friend about the things I was learning in Ableton. Being that there are so many plugins, AI helpers, looping clips, etc. out there, I said "Heck, it would be dead-simple to make an entire 'meh' quality album in a week"

So, I decided to do it. I bridged two weekends, but worked full hours on my regular job, so I think it balanced out.

On the drive home from vacation, my family and I wrote down over 40 musical genres. I then narrowed it down to 20, assigned numbers to them, and rolled two twenty sided dice. The results: Lo-Fi Chiptunes. Great excuse to buy the software synth I've been looking at for a while!

I got just over 31 minutes done, so 9 minutes shy of my goal. Still, I'm fairly happy with these songs! A lot more work could have been done, but I learned a lot.

Shoutout to Rory Given, the *incredibly* generous and *super talented* individual who gifted me a copy of Ableton! Follow him here:
https://soundcloud.com/rorygiven

Money Hoser (Remaster3d)

These tracks were made by me in 1992 in the University of Oregon Synth Lab, taught by Jeffry Stolet.  We had no drum machines, no loops.  Just 16 tracks of MIDI that could be mixed down to stereo on a 24 track mixer.  I created all of the instruments, either by sampling or via FM synthesis.

Copyright © 1992 Troy McFarland.  Contact me before using in your own work. (Will most likely grant it, just want to hear your stuff first!)

DJ_TMC