19.06.11 - DAY 170 - 17 Layers

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An A Cappella track tonight. 17 separate vocal tracks. I cut everything up in distinct sections or riffs, to make it feel a bit more rigidly arranged (almost like I would with synth riffs or electronic elements) and the 'beat box' vocal beats were chopped up and put into a sampler so that I could play them like a drum machine. Aside from that, there's only reverb, EQ and compression used (oh a tiny bit of chorus effect on the 'bassline').

Enjoy

Cheers ^_^

11.05.11 - DAY 131 - Phuzz City Five

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Kaoss Pad One Take Wonder. OK. Gotta go now. Byeeeeeeeeeee....

Enjoy

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16.04.11 - DAY 106 - Epic Drama Finale

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This is sort of an attempt at making something "film score-y". It's big and epic and there is lots of reverb! It's been constructed entirely out of my voice recordings, except for the huge boomy bass sound at the very start and end (which is a drum loop put through FFT stretching stuff + effects). This is another piece where, when I started, I had no idea what I'd come up with. I am quite pleased with where the creative journey ended.

Enjoy

Cheers ^_^

07.04.11 - DAY 97 - Palms

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Today's been pretty busy and pretty stressful. I haven't had a chance to put a lot of time into SADFAY, so I've gone for another, Kaoss-Pad-One-Take-Wonder! Today's theme: Ain't Money A Bitch? Damn Straight! I iz tired of workin' for nuthin' be-atch!! ... And so forth.

This one is very much like "I can" from the other day. I apologise for the very obvious similarities / lack of new ideas, but you know, the Red Nex / Lou Bega / Eifel65 / 2Unlimited / were allowed...

Anyway, I want a chilled beer and a cigarette right about now.

Enjoy

Cheers ^_^

05.04.11 - DAY 95 - I Can

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Diary of Day 95 of SADFAY:

• Woke up at 10am.
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• Watched a bit of crap TV.
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• Checked email, facebook etc.
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• Seen a challenge for me, laid down by the inimitable Rachel Austin: "... a catchy, pop, kaoss based tune... your challenge for today."
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• I mulled this over for a few minutes and then went back to bed.
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• Woke up at 5pm.
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• Showered, dressed, jumped on a bus up to studio.
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• Arrived at studio 6:45pm.
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• Made some ridiculously spicy chilli con carne (it came out of the can like dog food with kidney beans).
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• Devoured said "food" while writing some lyrics. Theme for today: "I can do this".
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• Set up Kaoss Pad, hit record in Ableton and banged through my first take about 7:30pm. Hit stop. Yep, Kaoss-Pad-One-Take-Wonder... Done. No mixing, mastering, edits, other processing or effects.
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• Started uploading finished song at 7:45pm.

Job done!

Enjoy

Cheers ^_^

18.03.11 - DAY 77 - What Are We Gonna Do?

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An a capella piece today. All sounds are voice samples, beat box style voice hits and voice loops. Recorded in my bedroom and arranged in Ableton. This one is a little bit tongue in cheek and maybe giving a bit of lip.

Enjoy

Cheers ^_^