Upon Completing This Track I Learned of Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death
By Chris Dotson on February 2, 2014 8:12 pm
The gear used this week was my current standard set-up:
Samplr iPad app w/ homemade samples
Korg EMX w/ two parallel guitar fx chains (reverb & compression/distortion)
Korg MS2000
This track was made by editing together a number of live recordings right from my mixer into Ableton. There is very little post-processing except for a bit of reverb and compression on the back end.
Also, this track is part of Theme Week 5 which was to make a track using anything other than 4/4 time. Since my last rhythmic track was in 15/16, I felt that I could be a little simpler this week. This track is either in 12/16, 6/8, or 3/4 - depending on how your ears hear it. ... FWIW, I hear 6/8.
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While listening to this track one last time and trying to think of an appropriate title, I learned of the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. This has fucked me up more than I would have expected, and the only consolation is that I made a track this week that feels about as angry as his death makes me.
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