The Fates
By Paisleyfrog on Yesterday 5:36 pm
Let's do something random.
Because of course I have frog dice!
Came down to another Friday night and I didn't have anything started. Wasn't sure what to do, but hit upon a couple ideas - one was going back to my cheap theremin. I got a clue as to why I haven't been able to pipe it into Logic yet, so I can record now (phase cancellation problems). The other was something I had thought of before, but never tried: making a track with random instrumentation that I get by rolling dice. Played with the theremin, but dice is the winner. (We’ll revisit the theremin later.)
I saw the idea a while ago from a creator that was playing off the whole "Roll For $X" thing, and was doing "Roll for Song". His thing was to roll for instruments for each section - rhythm, percussion, lead, etc, and then roll for a song to do a short cover of. Fun, but not chaotic enough. Nevermind that the whole "cover" part is a no go for WB.
So, on Friday night I listed out instruments - figured a list of 36 would be good for now, so I could roll 2D6 and figure a tens roll and a ones roll (11-16, 21-26, etc). Had to do a bit of figuring on how to list things, lest I end up with a list that is 75% flute/wind instrument. I also worked on how I listed things to give more entries to guitar/bass, and less to flutes and whistles (guitars and basses are listed separately, while Recorders are given "any" (soprano, tenor, etc).
Anyway, my instruments for this week:
22. Soprano ukulele
45. Electric mandolin
21. Synth bass
36. Silver flute
64. Hulusi (Chinese free-reed instrument)
61. Hand percussion
That is a VERY favorable list for a first random try!
Figured out a quick pattern on the uke, and then tried the hulusi. It's a diatonic instrument, and I didn't remember what key it was in. Played a little pattern - holy cow, does that fit with the uke?!? Yup! Go with it. The mail melodic theme that sounds a bit like a clarinet is that initial idea. Finished the whole thing in three hours or so.
If you're curious,
› here's the list, and more thoughts.
On to week 24! I continue to be amazed at what everyone is posting, y'all are crushing it
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