UNLOVED
By PeterM on September 10, 2024 2:57 am
This week's song was influenced by U2's Love is Blindness. I'm using the same chord progression and the synth solo was somewhat inspired by the guitar in that song. That being said, this is by no means a cover and I don't think it borrows too much.
Most of the synth parts are Hydrasynth presets this week. The "choral" part is a patch called Minions Lullaby, which when I first heard it, I was pretty sure I'd never use it. However, after sequencing the bass part, I was just cycling through some presets, trying stuff out and something about this sound really worked for me.
I spent a bit more time this week working on including some variation on the percussion parts instead playing the same pattern for 4 or 8 bars. I'm pleased with how it turned out as I haven't spent much time learning out making drum rhythms.
For the synth solo, I recorded it live while listening to the rest of the parts. It's really the first time I feel I've used the pitch bend effectively on my synth. I was pleased with how this landed too ... hence why it gets repeated! I probably should have recorded a second solo though, now that I'm hearing this again.
I've got to spend a bit more time learning about and working on smoother and more varied transitions. I've been relying on noise risers almost 100% since I started this Weekly Beats thing. I'm starting to get tired of them lol!
Anyway, overall I'm pleased with how this all went! Yeah.
Congrats on another week and looking forward to hearing your songs again this week!
Cheers!
Audio works licensed by author under:
CC Attribution Noncommercial No Derivative Works (BY-NC-ND)
