12 Songs
12 Songs in 2010: April Project
Yes, I am late. It is a reccurring theme. But goals I have set, so goals I must try to meet. This one took a while to get to a point where I felt that I had a solid enough idea to warrant stopping jumping through every last possible preset and sound. This one I like well enough, but I find that it is maybe a touch boring, or needs more of a developing melody, vocals perhaps (vocoded of course), something. But for the sake of progress and moving on I decided to call it done, "mix" it a wee ...
12 Songs in 2010: February & March Project
So I spent a good chunk of February fiddling with Reason as a slave within Ableton, which lead to countless hours of noodling and no real results. And then I spent the other chunk of February with Molar VST and the Monomulator patch that turns the APC40 into a monome-like device and had a lot of fun with that (although I have a lot to learn about interfacing with Molar VST).
My February experimentation did not lead to a complete song, but it did lead to an idea that was the birth of the March song project. So I'll take that ...
12 Songs in 2010: January Project
First actual full song I've ever completed. I don't love it, but it's not too bad. The real goal is to get over that hump of coming up with a half-baked idea and then abandoning it, which is what I did most of last year as I learned the ins and outs of Ableton.
Take 1: January (First Attempt)
Notes:
- Used Analog Warmth rack on master track
- Too much low end
- Sounds way too muddy, basically unlistenable
- Removed Analog Warmth rack
- Sounds better, but still too bassy
- Improved low end
- Snares and hats too loud
12 Songs in 2010
A goal I've set for myself for 2010 is to create a song per month, I'm already a bit behind, but I aim to catch up and get on with it. I decided to keep track of this project on my new and improved website/journal/blog. So here goes nothing...