This is another one that came through from a jamming session in GarageBand on iPad, it wanted to show a tense atmosphere and the feeling the something is going to happen, so I chose vocal samples that could add to that.
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This dark trap beat came from a random jam session with my bass, just playing whatever and recording, then trying to build up ideas with any interesting bits that came up. Curating ideas from the universe or something like that.
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This one started out very differently as a rough idea, it was more of an aggressive atmospheric suspense movie kind of thing, but it somehow evolved into a pretty chill beat. I slowed down the bassline and added sparse piano runs and a mysterious dreamy vocal pad.
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This is an experimental electronic track with an emphasis on percussion and an ostinato bassline, surrounded by an ominous piano theme and a tense atmosphere.
This one started from an idea session (“splurge” in Mike Monday MMYL terminology) in Garage Band for iPad. It’s a neat little app, but moving projects from it to Ableton Live is too much of a pain so I haven’t used it much since then.
After the very first session the track really knew what it wanted to be, this one would have been finished much earlier but I wanted to find new sounds for some of the parts. I think the sound changes made it better so It was all good in the end.
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This one wanted to be a nostalgic, dreamy beat from the start, so I chose the vocal samples to match.
This week I’m continuing to notice a theme with my releases. I loved this track a few weeks ago when I finished it, but now I’m not so sure about it. I’m thinking that this is normal insecurity and the process of getting used to putting things out to the world.
My path to mastery is going to be long, I know that well, but I have set up a good system that will allow me to release my work and learn from it. Just have to trust the process.
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Week 3 of my challenge to release one track per week.
It’s strange how I was very excited about this track when I finished it a few weeks ago, but now I’m not anymore. I think there are two things happening here ata the same time: self doubt and improved quality control. Either way, it is not up to me to decide if this is any good, as long as one person enjoys it, it is worth releasing.
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You just need to start, then you need to keep moving. the more you move the more your ideas start to click and connect.
You just need to start and you need to finish, the more you do the more you learn. Your output will get better and you will hate your first efforts. Accept this. throw your creations into the world and let them be a living archive of your process.
You just need to start.
You have to notice your progress in order to keep going. One thing that I have been noticing lately is that resiliency becomes easier and I’m able to keep going more and more.
Resiliency feeds itself, I can get more and more done in the same time frame and I am able to continue for longer, and since I notice it, I get more motivated to go on. A good feedback loop, an upward spiral.
I have millions of things to do today. Preparation for a new blank slate. A year ago I would have been an anxious wreck by now but this time it’s different.
It took many years but I finally understand that the finish line will come, I just have to walk towards it consistently. Trust the process, move along and choose well along the way.
It happens all the time, we carry a task along for days, weeks, months. We focus on absolutely anything else that is not the task, we don’t want to do it. Many times the task is inconsequential, send an email, go to the bank, put a picture on the wall. But we don’t do it and days and weeks go by and we drag the task along.
Why do we do it? I would take a relatively small amount of time to just do it and get it out of the way, but we prefer to leave it hanging on our minds, spending our precious cognitive energy to keep it on our subconscious to-do list.
Beat the resistance, get it out of the way, it will be worth it.
