Beautifull chorus... Simple but efficient.

such a cool rendition KimBo. So liking how crisp and clean the recording is...

Such a crisp and clear sound...great work!

Here is something quite different. :-)  

I've been messing around with Blender 2.92.0 and specifically the 2D Animation feature. One of the add-ons to Blender allows you to import 2D images as planes so I created a little character called Vector Owl and then I needed to create  some music to go with the animated intro, all of 10 seconds in length.

If you want to see the completed animation it's on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qScmOz-YdaQ

Instrumentation Used

Piccolo / Sousaphone / French Horn / Trombone / Woodblocks / Celtic Harp / Upright Bass

The sound of a Tawney Owl that is classed as Public Domain is used at the end of the track was sourced from www.freesound.org and is classed as Public Domain.

( creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Music for my animated project Vector Owl

Fool for your stockings

The Problem was visiting from Portugal so we cranked this one out with the help of Doug Grean 

All this Wondering                  
Janine and the Problem 2019

song, vocals, buzzy zap keys, "drums":  @JanineLevinson
vocals, bass, squeezy keys: Jose Freitas
percussion, ding dong keys, mix & master: Doug Grean @terpsichords, @janinelevinson

I’m preoccupied with what is not --all this wondering
Pissed that I can only have one life, oh oh oh
While some Eskimo is warming up his toes
Taking down a chunk of blubber
I will never know, oh,oh,oh  
All this wondering

So aware of what I don’t know and I’m wondering. 
Mad that I can only hear my thoughts, oh, oh oh
As a special boy is shooting sparks of code
out of his nose into a tin box --all this wondering       
And I can’t know oh oh oh!!        
all this wondering, 

I’m in love with what I can’t see --all this wondering            
Starts with red and ends with indigo oh oh oh                                                                    
From a ladybug reflected in a drop of water
All this wondering and I won’t know --all this wondering, 
     
what’s your experience?  what do you know?
where I’ve never been keeps me wondering
 
I’m preoccupied with what it’s like -- all this wondering
To live another time another life, oh oh oh
Probability is surely thrilling me 
we could be in the next dimension and I will never know, oh,oh,oh  --all this wondering

All This Wondering

This is a collab with CN12 (also here on SoundCloud). We recorded this tune together years ago, was a lot of fun. We want to share it with you ;-)

Partly sad partly glad

A song dedicated to my son who turns 17 today.  At least musically as close as I can get to some of the bands he listens to. 

Son 
you look so sad
Do you stand
on a pedestal
waiting to look up?

The world
it seems so small
from the outside
Do you sail alone 
with loneliest of lights?

Well people like us
just beat a broken drum

In some suburban space
Do you feel
like an atom bomb
waiting to escape?

Cos like people like us
still beat a broken drum
still beat a broken drum
(don't rain on my parade
people they don't change)
(don't rain on my parade
people they can change)

Beat a Broken Drum

We recorded this song twice recently, this is the slower tempo version. We collaborated with our friend Chris Whelan, who added the harmonica tracks. Thank you Chris!!

Oh Sister - Bob Dylan slower tempo (with Chris Whelan)

Black Cockatoo

The tried and tested little motion
I guess I really should have put some clothes on
The icicles that hang are souvenirs
I'm far more shallow than it first appears

CHORUS
Internal character assassination
Put myself down before you can
Whose the most mighty man?

Kick back and let me tell you a short story
Its a tome of all my former glory
Are you listening?  I'm letting out a secret
There's nothing captured so don't read it

CHORUS

Internal Character Assassination

It starts with a guitar piece. 𝗪𝗼𝗱𝘄𝗼 creates this ethereal guitar loop, creating this cicle of emotive fluidity. After some work on this guitar loop (doubling, warping it to 5ths or 3rds), 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺 feels the call to record some Sitar, inspired by this cyclic swril of notes, helping him reach this blissful state with how sounds come together. And like a cherry on top of a cake (vegan one, please) 𝗷𝗼𝗲𝗿𝘅𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘅 just flys over this amazing scenery, blowing the most sweet notes, bringing a jazzy feeling to this priceless meditation.
I am so happy to share with you one of some collaborations that started with em and Wodwo, and especially to start sharing this one.

WODWO @user-364196783-552705040 : guitar, mix
SVAYAM : Sitar, mix, master
JOERXWORKSX @joerxworx : Tenor Saxophone

Ethereal Reach | 𝗪𝗼𝗱𝘄𝗼, 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺, 𝗷𝗼𝗲𝗿𝘅𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘅

Folkdans

This is the result of yet another jam session with Maxim Lichtenwald (@maxim-lichtenwald) and Leo Cuznetov. As per usual, the jam session took several hours, and we experimented with many sounds, settings and ideas. This time, we used several pre-recorded samples by ourselves and also two jam sessions by other artists, which we incorporated into our jam session and can be heard in the second half of this track:

1) Development in C minor 76 BPM  by Federico Marchionda, https://youtu.be/FJAyveFgzz4
2) C Minor again... Drum Machine, Drone, Bass, Guitar & Sequenced Synths by Nigel Honney-Bayes (@mr-honney-bayes), https://youtu.be/dajflYp26HE

We recorded the result of this jam session in Audacity, which was used in post-production to extract the best parts from that jam session in order to create this track. As always, only basic audio editing techniques like simple crossfades were used. Only a touch of soft limiting was applied, no elaborate approaches like mastering were used whatsoever. Thus, the result is raw and highly dynamic in nature, so put on your favourite headphones and turn up that volume knob, because the Loudness War is for losers!

MAB logo by @maxim-lichtenwald, check him out!

We hope you enjoy!

- Boss RC-300
- Korg R3
- Arturia Microbrute
- Korg Kaossilator Pro+
- Eurorack
- Various guitar pedals
- Various samples

Fool for your stockings

KimBo

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