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Nascer é só o princípio

By xavier marques on September 29, 2024 11:53 pm

September was a month full of celebrations in the family. It was my kids (3 and 6) and my grandmother's(94) birthdays. Getting everyone together and seeing how far apart in time each generation is, gave me some prespective on time. So this week's WB is called "To born is just the beggining".

Still missing the m8 and missing some time for these WB.
I was listening to some old sketches I had on the opz and found this synth line that opens this track. Recorded some synths over it and sketched an idea for the rhythm. Sure it could use some more time spent
on it, but it's uploading time!

See you next week!

so this week's WB is "to born, is just the beggining"
Cover photo by fran.cesca

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Feels like rain washing over your face, after doing something of questionable resolve.
- Devieus

I'm so happy to hear your two kids get to meet and hang out with their biza, that's super precious and special.
This feels like a combination of uplifting, glitchy and vaguely melancholic. De fato, nascer é apenas o começo ❤️
VERY chill, super cool.

I'm so happy to hear your two kids get to meet and hang out with their biza, that's super precious and special.
This feels like a combination of uplifting, glitchy and vaguely melancholic. De fato, nascer é apenas o começo ❤️
VERY chill, super cool.

OUTSTANDING. The space left by the initial synth, filled by shimmering reverb; the warm, evenloping bass; the found-sound drums that hit WAY harder than I thought they could... This is fantastic, and in particular the mix is really, really good. You could release this.

Devieus wrote:

Feels like rain washing over your face, after doing something of questionable resolve.
- Devieus


I assure you, I've never done anything that questionable. Maybe it's just the rain washing away my worries.


jegasus wrote:

I'm so happy to hear your two kids get to meet and hang out with their biza, that's super precious and special.
This feels like a combination of uplifting, glitchy and vaguely melancholic. De fato, nascer é apenas o começo ❤️
VERY chill, super cool.


Obrigado pelo comentário! It is amazing to see my kids look up to my grandma with the same love I've always had for her, and feeling her love back, it just fills my heart!
Thanks for the feedback! I was a bit hesitant to revisit some of these old ideas and if it wasn't for the broken m8, I probably wouldn't have done it!
There's always a silver lining I guess! "Há males que vêm por bem!" Could be a future title! tongue


sansashark wrote:

OUTSTANDING. The space left by the initial synth, filled by shimmering reverb; the warm, evenloping bass; the found-sound drums that hit WAY harder than I thought they could... This is fantastic, and in particular the mix is really, really good. You could release this.


Thanks for the feedback! I kind of rushed it a bit to get the submission on time, but I wanted to get those drums a bit tamed and the bass more present. They do hit hard and it made controlling the dynamics of the whole song a bit challenging, but I feel it's in the right direction.
I'm surprised nobody commented on the drifting tempo... It's the one thing I was trying to fix but coming back to it after not listening since uploading, it doesn't bother me that much anymore and kind of gives it extra movement.
Thanks for listening!

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