Love is a wee beastie
By horatiuromantic on February 15, 2026 11:54 pm
I made this crazy banger of a song in two days! Yesterday I came up with the bassline and groove, and today I made the drums with the help of Levi the drummer, plus my hand-made fills and kick drum pattern, and some other tricks. I had to tell Levi to not play the kick, and I played it separately on a track. This way, it was in line with the bass, and thus more funky and tight.
The bass is a fake moog, and the piano, clavi and strings are from the Korg SV-2S and my vocals, as you can see in the video. I wrote the lyrics inspired by Valentines day (I was home alone but it was nice) and some sci-fi I've been reading, where nanometer-sized robots were called "wee beasties". Love that expression!
By the way, this morning I realized that I subconsciously ripped off the beautiful song Dear Limmetz by Azymuth, but since there are only so many basslines, I decided it's probably fine. The chords and melody are not the same, and they don't have lyrics anyway. I can recommend it, it's an incredible song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q7kcDgd7v4
About the process: I wanted to compose something more jovial again, and do my thing where I improvise lyrics. But still I wanted to continue playing bass and keys at the same time, maybe also singing - this was not possible. I cannot play this song yet with all 3 instruments ahhah. So I did a bass take, a keys take, and a vocal take. But at least those are one-takes! And I think it will be possible someday once I practice more!
This song was also inspired by lots of japanese 70s and 80s funk pop, which I am so in love with for quite a few years. Check out Jiro Inagaki, Hiroshi Sato and more if you need recommendations.
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