I'm trepidatious about doing this at all, but we'll see. It would be good to finish.

1. Hardware.
2. Live Coding
3. Weird programming shit I dunno.

Reality:

1. Bang out some shit in Ableton close to the deadline.

Finish a one-man-metal-EP that I started early 2019 (I'll probably release the tunes as a WeeklyBeat each week that I "finish" one, hoping the project gives me the push to finalise these tracks and release them unto the world. It's kind of a follow up to CyberFunk Radio!)

Make some beats for my Twitch channel as an excuse to experiment, also release some YouTube videos mainly video game related and music project file deep diving etc, I also plan to stream my WeeklyBeat sessions on Twitch whenever possible! https://twitch.tv/tweaklab

Get better at live instruments! Slap the bass. I finally bought myself a bass. Epic. And, replaced the 8-string with a 7-string so I'll be playing a lot of metal riffage again.

I'd love to collaborate more this year, but work and kids will be a challenge to get all of these things done... which is why I love WeeklyBeats so much, it seems to just happen anyway

Last edited by Tweaklab (January 1, 2020 12:45 am)

Damn! I missed that WB started 29th and now i have only 4 days for the first track.

2020 is 20’s so we should do Jazz and Swing

Hmm, I think my goal is to rid myself of this self-imposed notion that every song idea is precious, and a potential amazing life-altering song in hiding (I just have to "perfect it").

I want to try making lots of shit songs (and some good ones) rather than a very small amount of good ones. I want to practice being kind to myself when I struggle and fail at this, also.

Best of luck, everyone!

Yeah. This is exactly what I love about WeeklyBeats. Prior to 2012 I would NEVER "finish" a song, after making beats for almost a decade by that time. Since WB2012 I've made hmm, 250 tunes or so and consider 95% of them "finished" as what they are, where there's always been a few key tracks from each round of WeeklyBeats that I bookmark to come back and make a more fresh version with more time and skill gained etc. On the flip side, WB is a great excuse to grab one of those project files that has been haunting you for years in the "never good enough" stash and to just go right. This week I'm going to make a "VERSION" of the track I'm happy with and upload it. That's worked well for me in the past as well!

Monthlybeats for me!   If I average 1 a month by end of year that's juuuust fine.  I did the whole challenge in 2012... it nearly killed me (lol).  Things to do:

- More OPL3 (and playing on hardware - just got a PCI SB16 for old computer again!)
- Make use of Dave Smith synth I bought last year and have only turned on about 3 times (too busy)
- More guitar looping jams
- Some more vocal stuff (maybe, it's a bit time consuming)

Honestly, I've got so many projects on backburner atm I'm not sure I'm gonner have time to even monthly beat.  But will try.  Good luck all!  Remember - it's about having fun and we're all on board to support and appreciate whatever you come up with... even in those "uninspired weeks".  xo

I'm not going to be too restrictive and set myself harsh goals for the year, but I'd like to do more .mod/.it/.xm tracker tunes, use Ableton Live a bit more, er, live, and not get too bothered about feeling I'm making the same old stuff. That 'same old stuff' is my sound, I should cherish it. Having said all that, you know it'll be Renoise Renoise Renoise.