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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