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By Drum Bender on July 5, 2026 11:58 pm

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So I've been meaning to try to make really "bendy" music. Not sure this really got there. It feels more like "sad and alone on a beach" music to me.

Anyway. I used an SP404 for the first time and stared with a bunch of vocal samples for the foundational melody and song structure, but it ended up getting pretty buried after I added synth for texture and low end, two drum takes and lyrical vox. I guess the synth is kinda bendy... but not the way i hear it in my head.

Did two drum tracks... one for the left ear and one for the right ear. I really like how the drums turned out.


LYRICS

Last time.
1000 miles of calm, they wave goodbye and what we really need is kinda hard to fold. If everything was clear, would we even know? Nice try. Until we choose to go.

Last time.
Unfortunate is all dissolving in the end. Holding pretty thoughts intended for the air. The current came around a perfect undertow where we hide a lovely place to go.


I used to know the way (denial). Full years, fist in page. Mouth spilling over with smiles and dirt. In isolation. Hot fudge fuck me. I  just want to I just wanna fall forever. Right into the art of place we cannot see. I hope you'll meet me there sometime.

sad & alone {and bendy} on a beach
gd beautiful

your drum sounds are so inspiring. i mean, you are the Drum Bender, so that tracks
but HOW

ok, please make more (please)
saving the video for a rainy day ((tomorrow))

Very cool track!

I really love the drums on this one. I hear Radiohead influences for sure here. Well played.

djippy wrote:

Very cool track!

I really love the drums on this one. I hear Radiohead influences for sure here. Well played.

Thanks. Have you seen this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxHgmAFkNyI&list=OLAK5uy_l_TdLxKL_211IhwnYfwKmCDXQ-uxBDJ-4&index=5

jwh wrote:

sad & alone {and bendy} on a beach
gd beautiful

your drum sounds are so inspiring. i mean, you are the Drum Bender, so that tracks
but HOW

ok, please make more (please)
saving the video for a rainy day ((tomorrow))

Thank you so very much. When's the last time you went to the beach?


I really like the way the drums are panned, the two takes really work. Rad.

Drum Bender wrote:

When's the last time you went to the beach?

well, if we're talking a beach on the ocean it has been WAY too long. like prob 7 years, wtf
we aren't too far from lake michigan, which is gift

theagainagain wrote:

I really like the way the drums are panned, the two takes really work. Rad.

Thanks TAA. It was super fun to play them with that in mind, trying to plan for what would work well.

jwh wrote:
Drum Bender wrote:

When's the last time you went to the beach?

well, if we're talking a beach on the ocean it has been WAY too long. like prob 7 years, wtf
we aren't too far from lake michigan, which is gift

7 years. Ooofff. Lake Michigan though! Awesome. Never been there before but would love to.

This song is mad, and sounds bendy to me. All the glitchy vocal instruments and reverse envelope sounds are hypnotic and just unsettling enough, sounds like you were having a good time putting it down. Despite the drums being melodic the track still carries a kind of groove.

Glad I read about the drums, I was listening with one headphone initially and missing out, so effective.

You should be proud of this one.

waziam wrote:

This song is mad, and sounds bendy to me. All the glitchy vocal instruments and reverse envelope sounds are hypnotic and just unsettling enough, sounds like you were having a good time putting it down. Despite the drums being melodic the track still carries a kind of groove.

Glad I read about the drums, I was listening with one headphone initially and missing out, so effective.

You should be proud of this one.

Thank you v much for the comment and for listening. Looking forward to checking out your music.

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