Garageband iOS added some "world" instruments a few years ago, this one is the Erhu, a 2 stringed Chinese bowed instrument.  It is super expressive, in large part because of the touch interface.  It is amazing to me that anyone with an iPhone has access to these sounds for free! Thanks for uploading our jam, it was a great time!

Garageband iOS added some "world" instruments a few years ago, this one is the Erhu, a 2 stringed Chinese bowed instrument. It is super expressive, in large part because of the touch interface. It is amazing to me that anyone with an iPhone has access to these sounds for free! Thanks for uploading our jam, it was a great time!

Nice jam track ya got going here.  Between the hypnotic synth loop to the Erhu and the drums.  You guys had a sweet groove going on. 

Nice jam track ya got going here. Between the hypnotic synth loop to the Erhu and the drums. You guys had a sweet groove going on.

oriental and deeply interesting. well done, sir.

oriental and deeply interesting. well done, sir.

Sounds like a fun jam session.  The Eastern vibe and instrumentation is really cool.

Sounds like a fun jam session. The Eastern vibe and instrumentation is really cool.

What a great blend of sounds, the eastern strings sound so good, incredible what can come from an iPad, drums have a nice low end with the layered 808

What a great blend of sounds, the eastern strings sound so good, incredible what can come from an iPad, drums have a nice low end with the layered 808

Awesome mix of the Erhu and electronic music. I'll need to check it out on Garageband! This is really a cool space jam. I like the percussive synth like lines, the bell like sounds. The bass is hypnotic as well. I'd love to experience that music live in a dimly lit club.

Awesome mix of the Erhu and electronic music. I'll need to check it out on Garageband! This is really a cool space jam. I like the percussive synth like lines, the bell like sounds. The bass is hypnotic as well. I'd love to experience that music live in a dimly lit club.

This is actually a super cool combination of stuff!  I love those Eastern strings and aesthetics.

You killed it!  Wow!

This is actually a super cool combination of stuff! I love those Eastern strings and aesthetics. [quote=Monstrosus]Garageband iOS added some "world" instruments a few years ago, this one is the Erhu, a 2 stringed Chinese bowed instrument. It is super expressive, in large part because of the touch interface. It is amazing to me that anyone with an iPhone has access to these sounds for free! Thanks for uploading our jam, it was a great time![/quote] You killed it! Wow!

Ah yes, ye old Erhu! I don't even know what those look like lol, going to have to look that up, but it sure sounded good, your playing on that was awesome! So great that's free in GB, we're in a golden age for musicals makings. Thanks for the jam, can't wait for more!

Thanks! glad you like the groove, yeah I think it was a hypnotic, glad that came through, cheers.

Thank you, hope it did hold some interest even without a lot of changes, thanks for listening!

Thanks for checking it out. Always fun to jam, One of my fave things to do ever. So grateful I have people to jam with and people to share it with.

Thank you! yeah those strings are so good, feel like I could, sample those for another track. I think I may have to try this layered drum approach again.

Awesome, glad you liked, thanks. I feel like we land on this vibe often more and more these days in the jams, glad it landed ok for a listener too. I really want to try and play live some day, haven't figured out how. Do you ever play live?

Thanks for checking it out, I'm glad you liked! Yeah monstrosus always kills it. A monster on the keys, and many other instruments too. Drums are his main instrument, we actually met in junior high drum line, marching around with snare drums. Going to get some songs up with his drumming some day too.

[quote=Monstrosus]Garageband iOS added some "world" instruments a few years ago, this one is the Erhu, a 2 stringed Chinese bowed instrument. It is super expressive, in large part because of the touch interface. It is amazing to me that anyone with an iPhone has access to these sounds for free! Thanks for uploading our jam, it was a great time![/quote]Ah yes, ye old Erhu! I don't even know what those look like lol, going to have to look that up, but it sure sounded good, your playing on that was awesome! So great that's free in GB, we're in a golden age for musicals makings. Thanks for the jam, can't wait for more! [quote=Tone Matrix]Nice jam track ya got going here. Between the hypnotic synth loop to the Erhu and the drums. You guys had a sweet groove going on. [/quote] Thanks! glad you like the groove, yeah I think it was a hypnotic, glad that came through, cheers. [quote=Q-Rosh]oriental and deeply interesting. well done, sir.[/quote] Thank you, hope it did hold some interest even without a lot of changes, thanks for listening! [quote=CosmicCairns]Sounds like a fun jam session. The Eastern vibe and instrumentation is really cool.[/quote]Thanks for checking it out. Always fun to jam, One of my fave things to do ever. So grateful I have people to jam with and people to share it with. [quote=Jason Nijjer]What a great blend of sounds, the eastern strings sound so good, incredible what can come from an iPad, drums have a nice low end with the layered 808[/quote] Thank you! yeah those strings are so good, feel like I could, sample those for another track. I think I may have to try this layered drum approach again. [quote=Kedbreak136]Awesome mix of the Erhu and electronic music. I'll need to check it out on Garageband! This is really a cool space jam. I like the percussive synth like lines, the bell like sounds. The bass is hypnotic as well. I'd love to experience that music live in a dimly lit club.[/quote] Awesome, glad you liked, thanks. I feel like we land on this vibe often more and more these days in the jams, glad it landed ok for a listener too. I really want to try and play live some day, haven't figured out how. Do you ever play live? [quote=orangedrink]This is actually a super cool combination of stuff! I love those Eastern strings and aesthetics. [quote=Monstrosus]Garageband iOS added some "world" instruments a few years ago, this one is the Erhu, a 2 stringed Chinese bowed instrument. It is super expressive, in large part because of the touch interface. It is amazing to me that anyone with an iPhone has access to these sounds for free! Thanks for uploading our jam, it was a great time![/quote] You killed it! Wow![/quote] Thanks for checking it out, I'm glad you liked! Yeah monstrosus always kills it. A monster on the keys, and many other instruments too. Drums are his main instrument, we actually met in junior high drum line, marching around with snare drums. Going to get some songs up with his drumming some day too.

I have played live in a few bands and also in a lot of jam sessions - very different animals. Considering the crazy jams you guys are doing, it sounds like there could be cool open mic/jam session places where you'd fit right in. I am not sure of how things are where you live but where I am there are a lot of "open mic" nights in bars, where people are extremly open minded and you can get very weird free jazz meets heavy metal meets hip hop beats meets yoko one style screaming. So yeah, it's just to hop in, join the players and go for it. And drummers/percussionists are always the most important there! I'd play with this guy who is super influenced by traditional mongol music and he'd have all these sick tribal beats - super cool to riff off them. Playing live is really cool.

[quote=miraclemiles][quote=Kedbreak136]Awesome mix of the Erhu and electronic music. I'll need to check it out on Garageband! This is really a cool space jam. I like the percussive synth like lines, the bell like sounds. The bass is hypnotic as well. I'd love to experience that music live in a dimly lit club.[/quote] Awesome, glad you liked, thanks. I feel like we land on this vibe often more and more these days in the jams, glad it landed ok for a listener too. I really want to try and play live some day, haven't figured out how. Do you ever play live?[/quote] I have played live in a few bands and also in a lot of jam sessions - very different animals. Considering the crazy jams you guys are doing, it sounds like there could be cool open mic/jam session places where you'd fit right in. I am not sure of how things are where you live but where I am there are a lot of "open mic" nights in bars, where people are extremly open minded and you can get very weird free jazz meets heavy metal meets hip hop beats meets yoko one style screaming. So yeah, it's just to hop in, join the players and go for it. And drummers/percussionists are always the most important there! I'd play with this guy who is super influenced by traditional mongol music and he'd have all these sick tribal beats - super cool to riff off them. Playing live is really cool.

Great to read about the process and what went into this piece. Makes me miss the days of playing regularly with people, so good for the soul. Definitely some intriguing sounds going on. Went somewhere really nice when the drums kicked with all the other semi-disparate layers that all hang together well. String part quite beautiful as well. Very much enjoyed the listen.

Great to read about the process and what went into this piece. Makes me miss the days of playing regularly with people, so good for the soul. Definitely some intriguing sounds going on. Went somewhere really nice when the drums kicked with all the other semi-disparate layers that all hang together well. String part quite beautiful as well. Very much enjoyed the listen.

Thanks for this. Yeah, I've gone to some open mic type jams of the years as drummer, it's fun. I think we could go do something now with our electronic gear and improvise, but for songs we've made, haven't yet sorted out how to do mix of playback, and playing live, and making feel like interesting live experience. That mongol music tribal beats sounds amazing!

[quote=Kedbreak136][quote=miraclemiles][quote=Kedbreak136]Awesome mix of the Erhu and electronic music. I'll need to check it out on Garageband! This is really a cool space jam. I like the percussive synth like lines, the bell like sounds. The bass is hypnotic as well. I'd love to experience that music live in a dimly lit club.[/quote] Awesome, glad you liked, thanks. I feel like we land on this vibe often more and more these days in the jams, glad it landed ok for a listener too. I really want to try and play live some day, haven't figured out how. Do you ever play live?[/quote] I have played live in a few bands and also in a lot of jam sessions - very different animals. Considering the crazy jams you guys are doing, it sounds like there could be cool open mic/jam session places where you'd fit right in. I am not sure of how things are where you live but where I am there are a lot of "open mic" nights in bars, where people are extremly open minded and you can get very weird free jazz meets heavy metal meets hip hop beats meets yoko one style screaming. So yeah, it's just to hop in, join the players and go for it. And drummers/percussionists are always the most important there! I'd play with this guy who is super influenced by traditional mongol music and he'd have all these sick tribal beats - super cool to riff off them. Playing live is really cool. [/quote] Thanks for this. Yeah, I've gone to some open mic type jams of the years as drummer, it's fun. I think we could go do something now with our electronic gear and improvise, but for songs we've made, haven't yet sorted out how to do mix of playback, and playing live, and making feel like interesting live experience. That mongol music tribal beats sounds amazing!

Thanks for listening, glad you enjoyed! These jams sometimes are really about just trying to get some disparate layers to hang together, nice when they do. Yeah playing with people really is good for the soul.

[quote=Autovessel]Great to read about the process and what went into this piece. Makes me miss the days of playing regularly with people, so good for the soul. Definitely some intriguing sounds going on. Went somewhere really nice when the drums kicked with all the other semi-disparate layers that all hang together well. String part quite beautiful as well. Very much enjoyed the listen.[/quote] Thanks for listening, glad you enjoyed! These jams sometimes are really about just trying to get some disparate layers to hang together, nice when they do. Yeah playing with people really is good for the soul.

Love the drumming! Great beats and sound.  The lead violin really brings the track to life.  There is a repeating sound throughout that sounds like a big electric cat purring to the music.

Love the drumming! Great beats and sound. The lead violin really brings the track to life. There is a repeating sound throughout that sounds like a big electric cat purring to the music.