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WeeklyBeats.com / Music / Jim Wood's music / Roadkill
Inspired by a recent viewing of "Cane Toads: An Unnatural History." In particular, the scene of the driver swerving his van wildly back and forth on the highway in order to hit as many toads as possible. Also an experiment in creating "melodies" using only gliding tones. Fragmented voices: me & friends.
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The synths sound really cool, and some of them appropriately enough given the toad inspiration have a "ribbit" like quality to them. Nice job.
The synths sound really cool, and some of them appropriately enough given the toad inspiration have a "ribbit" like quality to them. Nice job.
That was doubling the bass with a reversed copy of itself -- kudos for noticing 
So much groovy. I love the synths and the pitch bends and, well, basically the whole thing. I also really like that "ribbit" thing, though if it weren't for the above comment I'm not sure I'd have made the association. Did you know that in Queensland and NSW it's quite common to use cane toads as golf balls?
I feel obligated to post a gif again after so many weeks of gif-deprivation 
and ipaghost is not here so he can steal the show!
I feel obligated to post a gif again after so many weeks of gif-deprivation
That image is going to be in my nightmares.
So much groovy. I love the synths and the pitch bends and, well, basically the whole thing. I also really like that "ribbit" thing, though if it weren't for the above comment I'm not sure I'd have made the association. Did you know that in Queensland and NSW it's quite common to use cane toads as golf balls?
I did not know that. There's a related species found at the bottom of the Grand Canyon that was the subject of a (pre-Murdoch) Wall Street Journal article titled "Toad-smoking gains on Toad-licking."
This is awesome editing--great riffs from the speech clips, and I dig the queasy glissandos in the synth as well. Great stuff!
Nice groovy work. I also like the glide-y pad synth. Can't really do that with anything else.
the gliding tones are really weird and awesome.
This is awesome editing--great riffs from the speech clips, and I dig the queasy glissandos in the synth as well. Great stuff!
Nice groovy work. I also like the glide-y pad synth. Can't really do that with anything else.
Many thanks for the kind comments. The gliding tones were also a reference to doppler shifts (something that has fascinated me for years).
I like how you create rhythm with the short voice snippets. Well done!
hmmm.... delicious ... dreamlike substances with numerous facettes ... good rythm variations! ... really Jim Wood style ... cool!
Excellent use of the voice samples, and a great track!
I like how you create rhythm with the short voice snippets. Well done!
hmmm.... delicious ... dreamlike substances with numerous facettes ... good rythm variations! ... really Jim Wood style ... cool!
wow. just wow. super cool!!
Thank you all!
Nice groovy work. I also like the glide-y pad synth. Can't really do that with anything else.
Well, not with a lute for sure.
nicE!
Really great stuff!
Thanks for the feedback!
Wow, I missed this one last week. I really dig your experimental style. And these GIFs... amazing.
Wow, I missed this one last week. I really dig your experimental style. And these GIFs... amazing.
Thanks! I lived in Brooklyn for 6 years, still miss it sometimes.
Great idea and approach, brilliant track yet again!
Thanks!
