Terrafreeze Shoreline
By miraclemiles on January 14, 2024 9:28 pm
Week 2, how we doing? This week felt smoother to me than week 1. Shook off the cobwebs last week.
I sat down and started this song based on a tune in my head. It may have been someone else's tune, or maybe the universe dropped it in there. I appreciate it when this happens. Had a general style direction in mind based on some music I had been listening to this week. As things usually go, parts of that tune and style stayed, but after jamming for a while, then editing, this went where it wanted.
Started with bass parts and tried out a Native Instruments Kontakt bass guitar instrument I hadn't used before. I like the sounds of good old electric bass guitars a lot. Maybe from so many years of playing drums along with bass guitarists. Then played some drums along with that. Then a long session on a Hydrasynth I borrowed from License, but only kept some pad layers. Then other bits and pieces, playing around having fun. Guitar also a Native Instruments Kontakt instrument, I think I just dropped some midi I played for synth or bass part onto the guitar track and it worked out well after making notes longer. Sounds like a guitarist playing a real guitar for the most part. It amazes me how these sampled instruments can be so good. They record so many samples, that with a good midi controller (I'm using a Push 3), they can sound pretty authentic. Maybe not a true substitute for someone playing a real bass or guitar, but a fun stand-in who's easy to get along with, and a great way for non-players to enjoy the sounds. We're in a golden age of music production for sure.
Title - it's below zero (Fahrenheit) where I am in the Pacific Northwest this week. Hunkering down, mostly, but I did look at the river today, which was flowing below a layer of mist. Ducks and geese non-plussed, attending to instinctual business. Ice has built up on the jutting rocks and along shoreline. Watch out.
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