Will be played tonight by Ben Vereen.
The last few days of Song-A-Day are always unpredictable. Sometimes I’m just dragging across the finish line with whatever fumes are left in the tank, and other times I’m rushing to get several final ideas out before the clock hits zero. This year seems more of the former than the latter. Yesterday’s track was probably the low point. When I was listening back to it today, it struck me as being on par with 90s … Continue reading
After a semi-cathartic morning of writing, an extended stay at the dog park, and various small chores, I was in a neutral-positive mood when I sat down in the studio. A recent thread on VI-Control had been on the topic of Lo-Fi and appropriate libraries for that, so I shrugged off that nagging angel and gave in to the other one that said, “Hey, yeah, Lo-Fi is easy. You should do that!” One library mentioned … Continue reading
It’s already late in the evening and I need to get started on the next piece, so I’m going to try and limit my diversions. This one had a really weird process. I think the end result is decent, and one that I suspect I’ll listen to more than I currently think I will. Let’s back up to yesterday, though. After posting Stet, I had dinner and hung out with Mary who’d gotten home from … Continue reading
I started the writing session by playing with XO, intending to do a beat thing. I played, but didn’t really get any traction with anything. Then I played with various instruments, focusing on some of the synths that I don’t use very often. Again, nothing really stuck. I went through the random finds playlist and became more distracted than inspired. Lots of things that I’d be interested in doing, but none of my initial attempts … Continue reading
After getting home from coffee with Darin and Lizzi, I was both in a good mood and over-caffeinated (Mary and I had already had coffee with a friend earlier in the day, plus what I’d had before that…). I went to the studio and did a final listen-through to Mare Undarum and posted, we ate dinner, watched a movie, and then I went … Continue reading