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3am Accidental Classical

By Lyons on January 8, 2014 4:06 am

All recorded double bass, no midi. Sunday night I had a wacky dream with some music in it. I consequently woke up at 3am and immediately hummed all the melodies/harmonies I remembered into my phone voice recorder.
2 days later and I finished and developed it quite quickly into an accidentally classicalish piece.

Some things I tried/experimented with:
- All recorded further away from the mic.
- Cleaned up the mix heaps.
- Minimal use of click track for a more natural, legato feel.
- Track panning. The harmony and melody pans from left to right with a call and response style.
- Chord inversions and voicings.

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This is fucking beautiful. Well done. Your playing has improved so much. Kinda Arvo P

damn, I should do that humming thing too. I have a fucking cellphone. sometimes I am trying to sleep and BAM an idea strikes me. it is infuriating sometimes to be in a situation where you can't grab and store that idea wink

loving those slightly off-tune basses. keep it up!

oh yeah and...3am, that's usually the time when I sit at my piano. best composing time ever!

Very lovely piece with strong contrasts.  There's a dark grungy vibe about it too due to imperfections yet this adds to the piece.

This is really fantastic

beautiful piece smile very soundtrackish!

Very lovely - I misread the title as '3am Eternal' (as in KLF) but wonderful work here!

Brilliant. i really like the space in this piece!

Beautiful stuff!

really nice feel to this, the double bass sounds great.  I wish I could remember my dreams musically, that's awesome smile  Well done!

Cheers guys! smile Really appreciate it!

You just get more and more sophisticated Pat! Wow!

Sweet like apple pie during a chilly fog!

Your music is great. I'm an upright player too, but it's been years since I've practiced classical music like this. I think you're egging me on to do something more bass related.

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