I set out today to create an "epic orchestral electronic" track that might invoke images of a final boss battle in a video game.
I don't know if I quite got the "epic" down but it has a bunch of tension and stuff. The song is in A minor, it's 136 bpm, etc. etc. I don't really know what else to say about this yet.
if you do want to see the making of video, you can check it out at https://twitch.tv/emeraldarcana and look out for the May 2 video.
A kind of Eurythmics-inspired track that doesn't have quite the same catchy synth lead. I think I need to keep working on this a bit more, you might hear a re-recording next week.
Done live in Eurorack.
Bring me from life, bring me back to where I came to be.
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i v7 VI III v -> VII (em/B G/B)
am em7j F C em/B G/B
i VII->VII VI v iv i V(maj)
am Gsus4—>G F em dm am/E E
Started this in One Hour Compo (Thursday 21:00-22:20). However I messed up and uploaded late by around 8 minutes.
I started another song and worked on it on Tuesday but it isn't very promising so I might do this one instead because the foundation is more solid and may lead to some more interesting things.
Sat Feb 11 11:30 - 13:20. A bunch of touching up bad sounds, adding some sections, redoing things.
This song needs a LOT more time. I might have to upload it because I don't have more time this weekend… but it.. you know how it is.
Sat Feb 11 22:05 - 22:40. One problem with analog synthesizers: if you take a break and come back to the song, the song sounds different because your instruments aren't quite warmed up.
I need to upload this. I'd like to spend more time on it but out of time this week. It needs more production touch ups, better mixing/compression, and some phase correction work, as well as more consistent drumwork and a stronger B section. So much to work on.
Total time: 3h 55m (including OHC time)
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(Previous notes of an abandoned song)
Tuesday, Feb 7, 19:55 - 21:05. Starting early this week because my weekend will probably be busy.
I would like to work on song structure - specifically phrasing and transitions. A lot of my current work has really abrupt transitions and doesn't tell a solid "story".
Luckily there's a chapter in this book (The Everything Music Composition Book by Eric Starr) called "Telling a Story" that I can read.
Verse:
E D A C
So far, I'm not really feeling it as far as the "song structure". I like the retro vibe so far but I can't seem to get the lead part sounding right.
