Naive Aspiration
By Tone Matrix on February 23, 2020 6:25 pm
I fought the doubt monster this week. Combined with some real life thangs and the self doubt, I kept talking myself out of working on anything. I even opened Ableton at one point and just let it sit there hoping to trick myself into working on something. I'm not exactly sure why I do this more often than not but it's like I have a fear of just putting in the time to work on something. Thank goodness for Ableton's midi capture feature.
Saturday night I finally started noodling along to a drone. I played the main piano part once and was like "cool there's my idea, let's see if I can play it better after dinner". Long story slightly short, I couldn't re-capture the same feel and melody as well as that first Ableton capture. So of course that meant the bpm with Ableton and the notes were not exactly on the grid. Hence it's a sparse track with no percussive elements. But this is why I love Ableton so much. Had it not been for Ableton's brain saying "oh did you want that last take but forgot to hit record, cool here you go" I would have been working on this for much longer or possibly even scrapped the whole thing. Yay Ableton *claps for those smart Germans!* The piano is from Spitfire Audio's LABS and the synth pads are from the free vst, Helm (highly recommended). Thanks for listening! 
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seems that a lot people knowing are afraid of starting something. I know this to and i always ask myself what holded me back afterwards