Mare Anguis

Note: This post was written in 2025 and backdated to appear on the day I wrote and published the track. This visit to the Mares is another drone. Once again, the Slate + Ash libraries are the stars here, and I began warming up a bit more to Spectres. It’s still my least favorite of their libraries, but as I poke more through the content, I’m finding usable things. In this case, the main drone … Continue reading

Give it to Me

Note: This post was written in 2025 and backdated to appear on the day I wrote and published the track. Ohhhhhh what to say about this one? It’s one of my “swing and a miss” tracks – what I had in my head was pretty cool, but the final result is definitely lacking. On the positive side of things, I think the riff of the hook is pretty solid. Maybe not crazily original, but it … Continue reading

Raggedy Man

Note: This post was written in 2025 and backdated to appear on the day I wrote and published the track. I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I’d started a track but knew it would be too involved to complete with the time available. But today is a new day, and I’m starting early. Part of what I knew would make it time consuming is it’s based around an old spoken word recording. And when I … Continue reading

Mare Australe

Note: This post was written in 2025 and backdated to appear on the day I wrote and published the track. Back to the moon. This one is much more ethereal. There are moments where a sense of time emerge, but for the most part it’s something to sink into. The sounds are already quite complex and programmed, but I added a bit of motion or granular processing here and there to just give it a … Continue reading

Demitasse

Note: This post was written in 2025 and backdated to appear on the day I wrote and published the track. If you’ve read my posts from past years, you know that I love writing waltzes. They’re fun and relaxing exercises. With few exceptions, though, I write them for either  piano, a string quartet, or an orchestra. I rarely come to them with a melody in mind, but that’s one of the reasons I think I … Continue reading