Nonstop Crimes
By jegasus on March 16, 2026 12:01 am
Alright, I'll be totally honest, this submission is several levels of cheating.
First off, I completely missed the Weekly Beats deadline. Second, I'm submitting the same song to Weekly Beats and to the M8 Community Jam. Third, this entire song revolves around the main melody from the theme song from Beverly Hills Cop's Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer (yes, and also the Crazy Frog song). The thing is, not only is the melody super catchy, but it was probably the first thing I learned how to play on the keyboard. That melody is basically how I learned about scales - I noticed that if I just moved one note up or down, I could still play the whole thing perfectly - I just needed to memorize the new order of the keys. This was the first thing I knew well enough to almost be able to play blindfolded. So much so that earlier this year, I noticed I could play the main melody with my right hand and do some bass notes with my left. More interestingly, I noticed I was so familiar with the tune, I could actually do some fun improvisation with the right hand while keeping the bass notes on my left.
My goal for today was to actually record myself doing exactly that on my Osmose while adding some fun flourishes on the M8 after the fact. However, I completely ran out of time and was totally out of my depth when it came to handling long audio samples, especially some that had mistakes in them. So I took the easier route and just tracked everything and started mixing pieces of the melody with itself and noticed I was having WAAAY too much fun with that.
Anyways, I hope y'all like this weird Frankenstein of a tune. I am 100% going to return to this Axel F melody before the end of the year. Definitely want to get at least a few snippets of an improv session going!
I hope you'll forgive me for my many, many crimes and breaking so many rules with this submission, hahahahaha...
Peace, folks!
PS: I know covers aren't allowed, but in my eyes, this isn't a cover per se. This is me just taking a well known melody and doing my own thing with it, which I've done a few times before. Having said so, I know that the melody itself in this case is such a huge part of what makes this so recognizable, so please feel free to let me know if this crosses the line.
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I like the exploration of the theme and how you use the lower bass notes to give it some new life. 