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Preparing

By miraclemiles on October 13, 2024 9:56 pm

Decided to keep it simple this week. I was focussing my energy on preparing for a short gig that could lead to more opportunities. Will be sitting in on drums with a band for a few songs later tonight. Kind of jazzy funky stuff which I enjoy playing. Practicing the songs a lot, I want to nail it, but still a little anxious about it.

So I decided to do a jam, hope for the best, and make a track out of just that. This setup is something I'm exploring to see if I could turn this into something to play live. Not there yet, but has some potential perhaps. So what you see on the video is all that's in the track: handpan, handsonic through the 505 looper. All sounds from those instruments, and only edits were cutting parts out for length since it was 20 minutes long. The looper can be a lot of fun, and with some happy accidents on loops and the FX chains led to some happy accidents and parts I liked, thinking more as basis for building upon, but I stuck to the plan and only kept sounds from the jam. Recorded video for posterity, added some quick video FX in CapCut.

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October 14, 2024 11:11 pm

Cosmic Cairns

Good luck on the gig!  It's cool to get to see a little bit of your process.  Things start getting pretty trippy at times when that looper gets involved.

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Yesterday 10:43 am

Q-Rosh

Oha, now I see what magic tricks you are using for your music. It is a simple but very effective setup. It is fun to listen and obviously you are having fun too. The gig will be no problem to survive. Good luck and many happy accidents.

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Yesterday 9:28 pm

Tone Matrix

That's a fun looking setup.  I've always wanted to try playing a handpan and I've always wanted a handsonic lol!  The looper looks like it def helps with the process of bringing your complex grooves together. I agree there's a trippy effect to it towards the end.  Hope the gig goes well \m/

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