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reading stories, telling stories

By miraclemiles on November 17, 2024 11:42 pm

I read, watch and listen to a lot of stories, and occasionally I tell some. But this week I was thinking about how I miss reading stories out loud to my kids. Stories form our realities. It's nice when stories make our lives better and help us make sense of things. I think I read something somewhere (maybe the book Sapiens) about how it is our species (sapiens) ability to agree on shared stories (myths) that set us apart from the other human species and helped us become what we are today (the only human species remaining).
Maybe some of the chaos and confusion we have today is that there are so many many more stories accessible to us than ever before. It's hard for us to agree on anything. But we still like our stories.

So. Maybe an ironic title for a song with no words, but instrumental music enables us to create our own stories, and that makes for a good moment or two.

The working project title for this was "Odd Groove", which is more on the nose. There are some "odd" grooves in here. I started out by playing the e-drum kit along with tracks from DJ Lycox album and recording that as midi. Used the midi notes to make some drum and percussion parts. Played some bass and keys on the Push. Used some new sounds: Kontakt Lo-Fi Glow instrument and some Puremagnetik synths which was fun. So many sounds at our disposal these days, it can be overwhelming, but inspiring. A diverse palate for our audio storytelling.

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Good background for this track. I think our fascination with stories is linked with how they deeply resonate with our subconscious, our archetypes, and speak directly to the psyche. We need more stories to help the large amorphous ocean of our subconscious to take shape and help us travel the land.

With that background, I love this track as it has the tribal percussive element that may be a reminded of more ancient times where the music was a way for our ancestors to open the doors of perception and move across different worlds. Thank you for sharing this one!

I know exactly what you mean with instrumental storytelling. Also, there is a good functional dance factor in this song activated.
I like the samples and the odd grooves you have picked up. Well done. I have missed your sons sax.

I really like those vinyl pops and the percussive elements were very cool.

Fun listen.

I am a big fan of stories, but I think you're onto something here.  A lot of conflict throughout human history has come when people can't agree on their stories.  And today we have access to so many stories.  I think it can feel overwhelming and makes a lot of people cling to their stories.  And anything that disagrees or threatens the reality of their stories causes anger and fear.  I think the world is in need of a better story. 

But anyway the track itself definitely tells a story, which I think a lot of music does with or without words.  The grooves may be odd, but they are quite tasty, and there are some choice sounds and textures to dig through.

I feel like each motif here could be expanded into a longer set - theres so much dynamics and variation, and the way each story transitions into the next is magically musical - theres all these little passages and stories in between. Wonderful piece!

so many cool and inviting elements mak8ng up this deep story.
for example: the rim hits (?) that come in @ 1:45. like those just took me into a new room where I was given the next important secret.

may you continue to tell stories for many years heart

The irregular rhythm really keeps it going, and I really like the chimes. The comeback around 3:00 after a slowdown is really nice too!

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