In Sound I Confide
By Tone Matrix on May 12, 2024 4:53 pm
This week was the latest I've submitted a track or at least the latest I've gone without having a clue what I was going to do.
It's been a weird week. The music world has lost some very influential minds in the past few weeks. Steve Albini being the most recent that hits a bit. I wasn't as familiar with his entire discography but I knew of his unique approach to being a engineer/producer. More than just a producer though, he didn't get in the way of the band and was there to capture what the essence of the band was which was usually against Mr.RecordExec's wishes.
I had some social outings this week for a change. That's a big change for this hermit. It made me feel alive.. A bit more myself than I have felt in awhile. That feeling doesn't always last of course. Somehow it seems like though when I'm at my lowest and struggling and needing some sort of distraction. Something happens. A friend reaches out. A friend lets you know you're not alone in so many words.
I had nothing that satisfied me as being good until this morning when I coffeed myself to the keyboard. A few takes later I had something that at least felt therapeutic to me. The low notes.. especially this piano sound.. I really wanted to hit the crap out of my keyboard. But I obviously was in a lurching mood noodling my way around. You'll see that actually in the 97 video. I was so into Tori Amos during that semester.. I may have even been straddling the bench like she does 
The 97 ending was def her fault foot pedal stop and all. Thank for reading my babble. The point is I really wanted to bang the crap out of my keyboard this week. I didn't quite.. but hopefully those low notes get the point across.
i am grateful for this website and the music I've discovered because of it.
thank you 
Hopefully I did the YT link correct. If not here is a copy/pasta link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blZSRRsP8zI
This was the second of 3 pieces I wrote while attending New World School of the Arts in Miami (1997). It's funny how I can't shake certain memories from the past. Usually the ones that you wish you could have a second chance with. So I sometimes forget things I've done recently. Like a fragmented hard drive I guess? For example I forgot I had already digitized this for Instagram a few years ago before I ran out of doom_scrolling_batteries. So thankfully #ReleaseTheTapes was just a search on my harddrive The original was filmed by my Dad on his camcorder (tapes no digital). No cell phones obviously, no other parents did it so thank goodness for my documentarian Dad 
But the sound quality is a bit hissy and actually a note sharp because of the warping quality. Aminor became ACharp The video explains the rest. My proudest "pretend your a composer" moment tbh. Thank you for taking an interest in my forgotten past
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