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Grant
February 21, 2017
Grant’s Music Diary Feb 21 2017 (FAWM#4)
Well I’ve been beavering away this last week or so trying to write words that I can use, and trying to find aways to incorporate guitar into my iPad Soundscapes etc. Trying to find some ‘Songs’.
And largely failing in that endeavour. The song part of it anyway.
I have enjoyed trying to focus on writing words (which as I have mentioned before I find really difficult) and though I have mainly found poem/texty sort of Spoken Word things rather than ‘lyrics’ which might be sung, I do quite like the results.
I have also enjoyed reacquainting myself with my old guitar playing self and thinking about how differently I approach music through different instruments and techniques. As well as what that might mean in the long run.
I have 9 tracks so far with a few more coming up, so here is a link to the entire playlist so far, I hope you enjoy them.
Grant
February 9, 2017
Grants Music Diary Feb 9 2017 (FAWM #2)
I’m struggling with this. Number two is another spoken word set this time in an ambient soundscape which I hope suits it.
Words are difficult to get as usual and I want to experiment with more song type forms and with using guitar but I keep coming across barriers, sometimes technical and sometimes of my own making.
Oh well it feels like a learning experience so lets soldier on. I have two or three fragments building so hopefully I’ll have more soon.
Grant
February 3, 2017
Grants Music Diary Feb 3 2017 (FAWM #1)
I have decided to participate in FAWM this year. That’s February Album Writing Month, I seem to need some thing to focus on, perhaps this will help me clarify my direction and bring things together.
I’m going to try and write words for each track, perhaps experiment with song form a little more, I also have in mind something sparse, but quite what that means I an unsure.
This first one is a spoken word piece over a minimal beatscape, so not really a song. But you have to start somewhere đŸ™‚
Grant
January 20, 2017
Grant’s Music Diary 20 Jan 2017
Another duo of tracks, one from Gadget and one from iMaschine 2.
If I’m feeling uninspired I can open both these apps and be almost guaranteed a result. Interestingly they both lead me in slightly different directions.
Grant
January 18, 2017
Grant’s Music Diary 18 Jan 2017
I have still been in a quiet phase these last two weeks; not many tracks to show for my efforts and some days I haven’t even been able to muster the energy to even try. Today saw two tracks emerge however and I present them both below.
I’m trying to get back into the habit of going into the workroom at the start of each day no matter my mood etc.
Grant
January 1, 2017
Grant’s Music Diary 1/01/2017
Happy New Year Trackers. Lets hope we all have a good one.
The days are short and the nights are long here in Norway but no snow in January is a sad sight to see.
I’ve only done two tracks this week which is the quietest week in a long long time, but my mind has been contemplating sound the whole time, and I hope that contemplation will bear fruit soon.
This is one of those tracks: it is my most complex Gadget piece ever and though quite long it does go through several stages or sections and I hope it is enjoyable throughout. For some reason I have gone very ‘synthy’ lately.
Grant
December 24, 2016
Grants Music Diary 24 Dec 2016
Merry Christmas, God Jul, Happy Holidays trackers.
I’ve made several tracks since last I posted, this beatscape is the most abstract of them so I thought I’d share that.
Grant
December 9, 2016
Grant’s Music Diary 9 December 2016
It’s been quite some time since I made a video though I have been thinking about it a lot.
The soundtrack is a slow Soundscape made by combining two jams: The first was made with Xynthesizr, AudioShare, Dedalus, and Flux:FX. The second used Model 15, Dedalus, AudioShare, AUFX:Dub, AUFX:Space, Emo Chorus, and AUFX:Peak.
The artwork was done in iColorama.
The video was made in Pinnacle Pro and treated with CinemaFXV.
Happy Birthday My Love.
Grant
November 30, 2016
Grant’s Music Diary 30 November 2016
Back to Gadget but still without horns, I got the new Korg app Odessei (based on the Arp Odyssey synth) recently and decided to have a play with it’s Gadget version Lexington. I must say that I am enjoying this synth much more than I usually enjoy subtractive synths.
I got 4 instances of it in this track before it began to strain my iPad. Also used were 5 instances of Darwin for the bass drone (I often craft one sound in Gadget from multiple sounds) and Bilbao for the drums.
I hope that you enjoy this gentle track.
Grant
November 26, 2016
Grant’s Music Diary 26 November 2016
Hi Trackers, sorry for the lack of posts this month.
I have been having one of my recurring depressive episodes (which often happens with the onset of winter) and therefore have been full of doubts and self loathing, not to mention being unable to concentrate or focus for long. All of which has left my music floundering a bit; I have several unfinished pieces that I don’t have the energy to revisit (which is not like me), and I’m having difficulty sorting through my options and projects to decide what to do next.
Thank goodness for iMaschine! It’s relative simplicity and it’s comfortable workflow means that I can still produce tracks with it.
This is my favourite from this month, it has a soothing quality which may explain that.
Cheers