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They Mostly Drone at Night...Mostly

By lament.config on December 29, 2024 9:41 pm

I'm finding this kind of difficult to be honest, that when I hit the submit button it's over.  I want to say thank you to you all.  WBs has been one of, if not the best part of this year and that is in no small part thanks to the people I've met doing this.  I'd never written music before I started on week 1 and now, 1 year and 52 tracks later, I cannot imagine a possible future where I am not making music.  Hell, I'm not even thinking about taking a break but rolling into next year with plans of learning music theory, field recording and seeing what noises I can force out of an SH101 a friend has lent me.

So thank you anyone who has listened, commented and offered feedback to the spooky noises made by some sad old goth on the other side of the planet.  Truthfully, it means more than you could know.  If your Bandcamp isn't in your bio please message me it - I don't have one yet but am in IG at lament.config.

So yeah, I made a drone in Ableton.  Surprised?

First, congratulations on week 52! And what a track to end on, the subtle electric hum drone, the more acoustic/resonant elements, sub-bass echoes, and just that whisper of crackle that for me, at least, brings it all together - there's such a complete atmosphere here, and then it changes, evolves, shifts through movements in a fundamentally musical way. It has such character and identity - intention. These are challenging things for a piece that relies on drone and atmosphere, and it's a tremendous accomplishment of which I am honestly envious - what a skillset to develop over this past year.

Also envious of your SH101.

And I had no idea you'd never written music before the start of this year - what an incredible journey, what progress! I'm in awe. When I've said in the past you could make a whole album and I'd listen to it on repeat, I was deadly serious - and I think you should send said album to Cryo Chamber because you would fit right in.

So yeah - please set up a Bandcamp. Let me be a follower. I'm excited for your album and the music you make in the future.

Also damn. Your sound design skills are top notch, you have tremendous musical sensitivities for structure and movement, you will be a monster if you push into music theory and field recording. In the best possible way.

Awesome to listen to your stuff and connect with you this year, congrats again heart

Put me in the had no idea you’d never written tunes before camp too. Zero percent chance I would have guessed.

This has Godspeed! vibes. Or that might just be me associating them with zombie movies hahaha. Either way, super cool. The crackle and the dissonance is wonderfully unsettling. Like y’all they got the budget to kill us on screen with this kind of soundtrack, we need to go haha

woah! i too neveeeeer ever ever would have guessed you hadn't written music before week 1.  Right there with everyone else's comments.. Your sound design is awesome and creates such a mood that it always transports me to a place to forget about everything else.  Love the breathing aspect to this and that trailing high synth in the distance that is making the few remaining hairs attempting to grow on my head stand!  Thank you for recommending Cryo Chamber this year as well.  Def get that bandcamp up, mine be on my profile smile  and keep on creating music! neva stahp! \m/

The title made me think of the Smashing Pumpkins. But I can't complain with what I got instead, nothing wrong with a good drone. No notes, five stars!

Congratulations on keeping the streak alive. WB24 is over. We did it! Hope 2025 treats you well.

Wait, hold on... WHAT THE F???? You didn't have ANY musical writing experience before jumping into this?!?!? Holy shit, man!!! That's wild, I would NEVER had guessed it!!! You've really got a lot of talent, that's for sure!

Speaking of your talent, this tune is SOOOO EERIE!!!! Greeeat job setting that tense vibe and keeping it going. The listener has to keep on his feet, it's like there's a monster about to come but you can't see them in the fog, but it's DEFINITELY there.... Isn't it? =P

Congrats on the awesome milestone. Really curious about your next steps, I'm super interested in following where you go!!!

Wishing you an awesome 2025!!!!

ok first - this track is gorgeous and deep and spooky and just really... REAL. like in headphones i feel like can inhabit it, walk around, nightswim...

second - like the others before me, just kinda blown away that this is a new thing for you this year! please keep going.

lastly - very much relate to your post, it was so bittersweet hitting submit on the last song. i'm very happy for a break, but also - joining WB this year was life-changing and it's going to be an adjustment. i hope to carry forward the goodness that came from this.

thank you for all the music you shared and for listening and sharing your thoughts on my stuff.
best to you and yours! heart

Dude.

DUDE.

This is your first year making music? Let me add my voice to the choir and say that I am in awe. Just starting making music is making a commitment, but to jump in on a weekly basis - to say nothing of the quality of your tracks every week. Astonishing. Stellar. From one aficionado of spooky music to another, I am in awe.

And this track - what a way to end the year. This is a full-fledged environment. Like key was saying, I could walk around in this. Complete in every way, such amazing texture.

Congrats on making it through, and it’s been great connecting with you this year! Looking forward to more music in ‘25….and even thinking ahead to WB ‘26! heart

Wow... I'm mean like many above, I'm absolutely shocked that this is your introduction to making music.  You have a real gift.  I hope after you have invested some time in studying Harmony, that you come back and analyze some of the things you did this year, because you really nailed the harmonic relationships in a TON or your work.  If you're looking for a good starting place for music theory, I highly recommend this course.  It's basically the same as most "Harmony I" courses, but it's all in the context of actual music (and not just western European classical art music)... and you know, you can go through all the content for free.  Though I will advice caution... I started my academic study of music by auditing that course like 4 years ago, and now find myself in the final semester of an M.A. in composition, so you know... music theory can be like...

Congrats on the accomplishment. Thank you for sharing your music, perspective, and kind word.  I look forward to hearing the things you make in the future. 

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