Just stumbled across this! Something I should have done long ago but happy to start now
After all Weeklybeats has been a more consistent presence in my life over the last decade than most of the other things I've tried my hand at.
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Just stumbled across this! Something I should have done long ago but happy to start now
After all Weeklybeats has been a more consistent presence in my life over the last decade than most of the other things I've tried my hand at.
The past few years I have given myself an additional challenge on top of the weekly upload and this year I am going to choose something different to challenge myself with.
In the past I have done the song within an hour, streamlined the workflow to a single session and this year I want to bring back some of what I had to let go of to make those songs so quickly.
This year I will be using at least one recorded audio element in each song! I'm hoping to ween myself off these midi instruments a bit :-X
I suppose I actually did accomplish this. Neat.
I used my MS2000 for most of the tracks but I did end up branching out a bit with my sound source. Over the course of the year in addition to my synth I used live guitar, melodica, tambura, rhythm samples, field recording and my own voice. I believe I included some audio sourced element in every track this year and I learned quite a bit about incorporating audio into my workflow. I'm not nearly as intimidated by using and cleaning up audio sources as I used to be. I'd say mission accomplished
Much love to everyone in the WB community! I know we don't always have the time to interact and listen to all of each others music but I feel like we share something unique and special here even so
The past few years I have given myself an additional challenge on top of the weekly upload and this year I am going to choose something different to challenge myself with.
In the past I have done the song within an hour, streamlined the workflow to a single session and this year I want to bring back some of what I had to let go of to make those songs so quickly.
This year I will be using at least one recorded audio element in each song! I'm hoping to ween myself off these midi instruments a bit :-X
when should we contact Trash80?
If you or anyone else is acquainted with him or any of the other mods, can we reach out?
aaayyyy yo we doin this?
So I can only assume that as per tradition and ceremony, weeklybeats will be taking a break in 2019. As such are there any plans for another round in 2020?
This project has been an inspiration to me over the years. I have been very fortunate to have been able to participate and push myself to completing the year for 4 runs now and I would maybe like to look forward to doing it again if my life circumstances will allow it once more. Maybe some of you feel the same?
It might also be nice to promote it somehow ahead of the start of next term because I know it could offer a lot to musicians everywhere. Just some thoughts on what has been a really positive experience in my life for 7 now going on 8 years.
Huge thanks to the mods and webmasters of the site for making this happen! ^^'
Cheers to another 52 tracks! What a fruitful and interesting year XD I can't believe this is the 4th time I've done this!
neat! i wonder if we came out on top this year ahead of the rest for total numbers!
stoked!
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sprymusic
bandcamp: https://spry.bandcamp.com
band facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ssdengage
band bandcamp: https://ssdengage.bandcamp.com
label facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2smokingmirrors
label bandcamp: https://smokingmirrors.bandcamp.com
wooot! thanks
Annnnnnnnnnd here it is!
WEEKLYBEATS 2016 FINAL COUNT AND STATS
If I processed this correctly,
- 5567 SONGS WERE MADE!>!Congratulations, so long and thank's shoutouts to Trash80, Phil Harmonic, little-scale, for the behind the scenes awesome and upload links thoughout the year!!
thats beautiful :'D
I really got so much out of this year learning to refine and be precise with my choices in music and workflow. after being part of 3 years of weekly beats ill take the customary year off and here's hoping to see many of you again in 2018 :X
sup 42%ers 3rd time ive been in the 52 week club! every time ive learned so much!
holy crap the year is almost over! 8D
it is perhaps too much for me to ask, but this thread was super cool in 2014. a wb16 stats thread would interest me but i do not have the mad skillz.