Lizardbrain
By MRDRCAT on June 23, 2024 10:02 pm
I had this thrown together in 2 hours and spent another hour fiddling with some phrases and the mix. This is right out of the M8 with no mastering or anything, just a little of the M8's limiter.
After the last week's sprawling 5-minute dungeon crawl I wanted to do a bright, simple track where things kept changing. I did that by varying the note phrases in each chain, adding new instruments, and iterating as quickly as possible. It had to go fast and I didn't want my brain to get in the way. The drums/percussion are all very simple and don't change much because I wanted something consistent to balance out the instruments. The instruments could only repeat if there was change or an additional instrument somewhere else. Any melodic structure is an accident, since I was keeping whatever notes worked first and moving on. If one instrument was moving quickly, its counter had to slow down. Two similar patterns couldn't sound at the same time, and there's one part of the track where two of them do a loose quarter note call & response specifically so they can't play at the same time.
It was made to see how fast I could make something coherent based on restrictions in place to keep the whole thing moving forward. It's formulaic, sure. But I kinda actually like it, and maybe I can get ahead for next week!
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nice work.
Especially with the high note playfulness (that turns into a full melody at around 2:08). Nice!