Ways to Continue (#12/1000 2.29.12)

I was hoping to actually do the Kino’s Journey song that I’ve been trying to accomplish for the past couple of days, but I keep noticing that I’ve been making more ‘thinking doodles’ rather than the ‘story songs’ I wanted to do. D’: I might even start tagging them differently if it keeps on going like this, lol.  

Anyway, my feelings about today is summed up in this simple tune. My sister told me that I should polish and work on it more, but I can’t say I want to continue it. Once I vent out my emotions, I’m completely done with it, and I probably won’t look back on it. I’m not “there” yet — It’s not a song that I’m willing to dish out hours for the sake of achieving perfection. There will be one someday though!

Other than my personal feelings about it, I think that it’s better than the one yesterday. Again, I was feeling pooped out and confused what to do but I worked out a basic format and built upon it to make this. I’m starting to get into plucky + string sounds too, if that isn’t obvious enough. And btw, I know that my beginnings and endings could be done much better. I’ll get into that very soon. Today’s challenge was arranging all the sounds into one wholesome one, whoo. Though this is probably better described as a tune rather than a song… 

Sounds used: ‘watery pipe,’ ‘petite mandolin,’ ‘ice ballad’ (plucked), ‘piano,’ and ‘sweeper.’ I’m probably happiest with the subtle synth sound in the background, since I got to do a bunch of experimenting and tweaked it so much that it didn’t even sound like what it originally was. The piano sounds a little awkward but the tune was made stream-of-consciousness. (I literally sat down, thought, “fuck it, I’m using whatever I play in 10 seconds.”) 

Time: 2-4 hours, with lots of distractions in between. 

Sway (#11/1000 2.28.12)

Sitting and telling myself “Think! Think Alice, think of what to do,” resulted in this song. It wasn’t made much with a story in mind (like I said I’d do) but it is an unexpected piece created from my feelings of a lack of productivity.

What I probably like most is that the piano’s not alone anymore (!!) and sure, it’s not as electronic and synth-y as I want it to be, but it’s nice. It started off really simply (with 5th intervals) and then I just kept building it. Added one guitar sound, then another, then two synths, then a cello, and then finally a piano. I know there’s this “shaker” sound, but fun fact: that’s actually a vibraphone. Tweaked some settings and got it to have that percussive feel, it was interesting. I’ll probably come back to it and write some constructive feedback later — it’s those type of “I learned something, but I know I can do better…” type of song. The bass from the vibraphone bothers me a bit. 

But I guess all in all, it sort of feels like something fresh and nature-y. I like it. Glad my sis does too. I should like, play this outside where the birds are singing or something. :D

enduar:

hatewizard:

kitten-tits:

youwillneverhavethisbagel:

ladies and gentlemen, for your listening pleasure, I give you

Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance, with the vocal part replaced with a single pitch shifted sample of a duck quacking

haw

wowza

what the hell did I just listen to and why does it sound like it was recorded from my old Casio

> ducks? oh I love ducks!

> ducks in bad romance?

legit laughing here