Draw Close
By Tone Matrix on August 14, 2022 6:11 pm
This week I'm proud to say was probably thee most fun I've had working on a WB track in a very long time. Emily and I started throwing files back and forth to see if it sparked anything. She sent over some ambience recorded from her noisy neighbors and a synth track to see if anything came to mind. Being the pianer noodler that I ham, I hit play and jumped on the old Roland RD700GX keys and plunked on some chords. Sent a rough idea to her which got approval and then I almost broke my tiny brain trying to fit in certain chords I thought I was hearing. Til I finally realized that I was overthinking it and should adapt a bit more then things started to fall in place. After I had the piano down she worked on vocals and the overall mix you hear. Then she had the awesome JWH contribute some sweet sounding bass/vocals. We both seem to have our own versions of noisy neighbors. Mine decided to erect a bouncy house right next to my backyard and enjoy the "THIS IS TRAP" playlist. Either way I like to think this track was the therapy we needed and the soundtrack/score to the feelings we were having throughout the week.
99.9% of my tracks lack a true bassline. It's mainly just me plunking on a root note. But this was awesome to hear real bass in tune with what I was hearing. In fact after the bass and vocals were added and Emily's mix was sent over, I almost thought someone else was playing the piano. It sounded so much better than what I'm used to. I'm not trying to sugarcoat it either, it was such a cool experience working on this and also just hearing ideas get developed and flourish without having the usual sole anxiety/procrastination fit I have the day or so before deadline. Before I ramble another novel here. I'm really proud of this track and thank Emily & Josh for their awesome creativity/musicianship and inspiring me to enjoy the rest of the WB year.
If you haven't already please stop by Emily's page. Without her and JWH I probably would have released another 2min noodle
Thank you for listening and reading, I hope you are all having a nice day/night where ever you may be.
photo courtesy of emily ⓒ 2022
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