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B Series Funk

By RawTicks on March 22, 2014 5:11 pm

After last week's struggling, I decided to go with the flow, stick to what I was doing instead of flushing it all and starting over everyday, and see where it gets me. So Monday I started with guitar loops taken from a sample bank as a basis. From there I found a good drum break and sliced it and reorganized it, added a bass synth, some simulated Wurlitzer, electronic beats, improvised with granular synthesis, etc. By the middle of the week I had all these composition segments that were working on their own but not that much with each other. The challenge was then to try to make them work together... I had to change some parts and repeat some others. The result is a bit weird, with the track shifting in unexpected directions in some parts, being groovy and kind of sad and robotic at the same time in others. I think it turned out ok though!? I learned and had fun doing it, so it filled my top priorities at least!

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Love reading the little narrative about your process over the week there - this is perhaps the most interesting and unique privilege of being here, right? Access to the inner workings of hidden geniuses around the globe! wink


This is suh-weet! The Wurlitzer passages, both overt and subtle, are just terrific and flow very nicely indeed into the rhythmic breaks. And I love the sudden change from busy scale-like melodies to the sustained chords with the bass taking a little step forward to tap on my eardrums for a spell! Lush Oxygene-style hues to the string/pads too - great tune!

I really dig the tech breakdown a third of the way in!

This sounds like video game music. The different feels that the different sections have (funk, mellow electro, ect.) could each represent a different level or depth that the player travels through.

Really cool song every part sound great, only remark i have out of personal taste is that i feel the parts move on to quickly.. by the time I get to enjoy a certain segment it has allready moved on. I think the song could linger on the parts longer! Cheers!

Ipaghost wrote:

I really dig the tech breakdown a third of the way in!

Stephen Funk wrote:

This sounds like video game music. The different feels that the different sections have (funk, mellow electro, ect.) could each represent a different level or depth that the player travels through.

Thanks for the comments|

drmindflip wrote:

Love reading the little narrative about your process over the week there - this is perhaps the most interesting and unique privilege of being here, right? Access to the inner workings of hidden geniuses around the globe! wink


This is suh-weet! The Wurlitzer passages, both overt and subtle, are just terrific and flow very nicely indeed into the rhythmic breaks. And I love the sudden change from busy scale-like melodies to the sustained chords with the bass taking a little step forward to tap on my eardrums for a spell! Lush Oxygene-style hues to the string/pads too - great tune!

Thanks for the comment Dr.!
I think it might be interesting for others to read that they aren't the only one to struggle, and its also a way for myself to document my slow progression. I find that putting my struggling in words might make me realize some of the mistakes I made and help me not repeat it.

Cut me in shark wrote:

Really cool song every part sound great, only remark i have out of personal taste is that i feel the parts move on to quickly.. by the time I get to enjoy a certain segment it has allready moved on. I think the song could linger on the parts longer! Cheers!

Thanks for the comment! I agree about the parts length. This is something I have a hard time feeling, after listening to parts of my song in loop for hours. I'd probably be better at it if I hadn't listening to my track since a couple of weeks and came back to it. I do note your point though and will try to improve on it!

This is amazing! Keep going with the flow. That Wurli sounds perfect in there and the switch up between digital crunch and funk is just great

very catchy and funky! the bass is a little to heavy for my taste, but overall great stuff!

Nice and funky, in my opinion the different parts of the track work very well together.

Niiice! Cool tune, dude.

Yeah nice mix up of elements .. love the slidey synth that comes in about 1/3 of the way in.

I like how it hits the different sections and yet has the sort of recurring synth that ties it all together.    The beginning is ultra funky and the mood changes quite a bit, but I feel like it transitions pretty seamlessly through the different parts.  Nice job.

The wurlitzery line is really cool and then towards the middle the crunch of the drums is even cooler!  I love that almost fluttering insect wing sound towards the middle.  I have no clue what that was but I liked it smile  Funky bassline as well.  Good job!

Fascinating and very very creative composition. For my taste the mix is super slick and every element sits right. Congrats, awesome!

Great job getting all the elements to work together, different styles going on here but they all sound coherent and complement each other

funkayyy

This is great although not sure about the the casio toy style bits its just my personal opinion otherwise really neat.

hmmm oups I am listening to this again and the bass actually sounds good wink must be my monitor set then

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