I kept my streak going of working in non-standard time signatures, this week working in 9/4. I am not as excited about this one as I am with my tracks from the few weeks prior, but I am glad I tried. Having to come up with beats and melodies outside of the normal 4/4 context has been a good challenge that has helped me learn.

I also listened to Jason Timothy's Ableton & Music Habits Podcast this week and one thing he said stuck with me - that every track can benefit from more texture. He suggested taking ambient noise or a field recording and adding effects then placing it low in the mix. So, one of the pads on this track is a field recording of rain sounds with a filter and a resonator on it. The tip about adding texture also inspired me to go back to a technique that I have used before where I create a drum rack with glitchy percussive elements and arrange them randomly in a loop. Adding these extra layers of texture made me much happier with the track as I was wrapping it up.

Tags: electronic, week 40 2024, View by:thgirwnhoj