I k now it's been taking me a little longer to finish these things with everything going on, but I'm pretty happy with this one.
Continuing with using the sax as the only sound source- I sampled, pulled into the sampler in Logic and resampled, which allowed me to play chords and a bassline with my sax. I'd say this is probably the most complex I've gone into sampling my sax to create a song.

I'm looking at dropping an EP of these songs after the beginning of the year if anyone is interested. Thank you for your input as always.

Going back to where I left off before my hiatus and continuing creating songs that use only my sax for the source for samples. This includes programming beats in DM-1 using key tapping samples I recorded using my sax, then running those programmed sequences through various effects in Logic Pro. Not as much melodic playing on this one, just a couple lines to break it up a bit.
Overall I'm pretty happy with how this came out. Definitely going on the planned EP of songs created in a similar manner.

Really having a hard time this past week or so getting back into music. Hopefully I can find my pace and muse again soon..
Just wrapped this one up a few minutes ago. Not really a song, more of an idea that got weirder the more I delved into it. Sort of lost my footing here... not remotely close to the idea I had in my head when I started...lol.
Quirky synth-hop?

Continuing with last week's challenge of using only my sax to create all the source sounds, I've decided to take what I learned last week and push it even further. Hopefully you guys dig it as much as last week's.

Working on more 8bit influenced music this week because I was supposed to do some busking outside PAX today with some chiptune homies, but that sort of fell through, so I just used that time to finish this song. Feeling very self-reflective these past few weeks...

I had a little more time this week to work something out. Toying with different experiments on my drum tracks. Also going through some personal shit that's kinda got me down and it appears to be reflected a little bit in this song.

For this song I used the following:
-DM - The Drum Machine
- Logic Pro (DAW/various effects)
- Alto Saxophone

Yet another jam... I swear I'm going to get back into writing studio tracks. I've just been trying to do more live streaming, so I figure I'll kill two birds.
I like the sounds/settings that I used in this jam a lot, but I'm still unhappy with the mix. This time the sax seems too quiet in comparison to the rest of the mix. Also, I recorded it a bit hot, so there's a little digital distortion, which I actually kind of like, but definitely not my intention.
My intention with these jams is to release the best (my favorite) ones on bandcamp as free downloads named after the people who "vote" or "react" the most during my performance. I like the ideas presented in this jam, so I'll be re-recording this before I release it on bandcamp.

Not my best improv jam, but not my worst (close). Adjusting to being back to work after vacation has been more tiring than expected, plus I had a gig with my other project, so I just got around to doing any of my own music until today.
Some cool ideas in this, but I feel my mix is off. The sax is a bit louder than I like it in the mix and the drums don't seem as blended with my backing synth lines. I was determined to get something posted to, so here it is. Made some alterations to my jamming rig.

Was on vacation this past week with no time to work on music, so here's an outtake from last week's submission. I'll be back on my game this next week... hopefully.

Been busy prepping for shows and working on an album that I don't want to leak anything from yet, so another live improvisation will have to do for this week.

Once again, I just start with drum programming and sort of went from there with no real idea of where I was going to go with this week's song. I ended up with this chill step/post-vaporwave hybrid track, which I'm actually diggin' on. I'm actually pretty happy wit how this turned out.
Definitely has some influence from the direction the other project I'm involved with has been going lately.

For this song I used the following:
-DM - The Drum Machine
- Logic Pro (DAW/various effects)
- Alto Saxophone

*This week also has a movie sample, can you guess from which movie?

This week I sat down again with nothing really in mind and just started working on drum sounds and built the song up from there. Overall I'm pretty happy with this track, so it may see an official release on a future EP.

For this song I used the following:
-DM - The Drum Machine
- Logic Pro (DAW/various effects)
- Alto Saxophone

*This week does a have movie sample, can you guess from which movie?

Threw this together Saturday afternoon in about 5-6 hours. Not a all the type of song I had intended to write, but it was a little sunny out earlier and there was some afterthoughts left over from last week's submission I guess. Is this reggae? Is it dub? Jazz? I'm not a huge fan of reggae (don't hate it, just don't listen to a lot of it), but I do dig dub and dubby sounds. I would have liked to done a little more change ups on the drums maybe. I'm back and forth. Your thoughts and feedback are much appreciated.

For this song I used the following:
-DM - The Drum Machine
- Logic Pro (DAW/various effects)
- Alto Saxophone

*There is a movie sample, but it's pretty mangled, so I don't think anyone would guess it. The other samples are more like foley sounds ran through delay.

[UPDATE] Picked a cover image (see below), this one seemed to be the most popular. Also finished tweaking the mix, but if anyone has any further suggestions feel free to drop them in the comments.

Happy Star Wars Day and May the Fourth be with you! How would you describe this song? Dubtronica? Jazztrap? Pretty happy with how this track turned out, though I'm not really sure what genre you would call this.

For this song I used the following:
-DM - The Drum Machine
- Logic Pro (DAW/various effects)
- Alto Saxophone

*I think it's pretty obvious where this week's movie sample come from.

Not sure if this is the final title or not... or the final sax part, but the beat is pretty much where I want it. I may also add some scratching during the polyrhythmic section in the near future (if I spend any more time on this track). The vocal sample comes courtesy of VenusLove, pulled from looperman.com. I basically put this together for a friend's video he's editing of footage from this year's SAS Ladies Day.

For this song I used the following:
-DM - The Drum Machine
- Logic Pro (DAW/various effects)
- Alto Saxophone

*No movie sample this week, but one may get added later. ;)

Took this week's submission back to my jazz roots. Overall I'm really happy with this song other than my scratching, which need some work (I haven't practiced scratching in about a year). So other than tweaking/re-recording the scratching I'd say I've got a complete song here.

For this track I used the following:
- Logic Pro (DAW/various VST/FX)
- Alto Sax
- Traktor on my laptop for the scratching

Can you guess where this week's sample comes from? It should be pretty easy for fans of the show...

Okay, so I sorta squeezed this one in last minute. Been preoccupied this past week with trying to find a new place to live due to my landlord selling his condo, so I kept it pretty simple. I've been wanting to explore more ambient sax sounds for the other project I'm involved in, Kylmyys and decided to invest in a new reverb/delay pedal for that, which I tested out on this track.

Basically this song is a two track mix, one simple, more ambient sax line and one lead sax line, both recorded through the Afterneath Reverb pedal from EarthQuaker Devices into Logic Pro on two separate tracks. Next, I EQ'd the ambient sax line to give it and even more pad feel and layered further reverb over it. I used my standard sax eq and reverb settings on the lead track to help it cut through the ambience of the backing sax. Finally, I ran a vinyl warp filter on the main bus out to give it a little "Boards of Canada" vibe.

While not my best track this year, I feel I got some good ideas out of this experiment that I'd like to explore further on other songs down the road.

For this track I used the following:
- Afterneath Reverb Pedal
- Logic Pro (DAW/various VST/FX)
- Alto Sax

*Another week with no movie sample...

For week five I had originally planned on going back to the aggressive noisier side of this project, but never quite got as noisy as I had intended. For reference, I've been simultaneously producing the new EP for my other project Kylmyys and I think some of that influence leaked back over into what I'm doing for Weekly Music. Not in a bad way of course, just not the vibe I had originally planned on creating. Overall I'm pretty happy with how this song came out. Not sure if it's going to fit on one of my intended upcoming EPs or maybe for a compilation.

For this song I used the following:
- DM - The Drum Machine
- Logic Pro (DAW/various VSTs)
- Alto Saxophone

Can you guess which film this week's sample is from?

UPDATE: I put slight variations on the volume of the hh hits and switched the hh sample (per multiple recommendations, as well as used a side chain compressor from the kick to the bass and the snare to the main backing melody. I'm relatively new to using side chain effects, so I hope I'm using this correctly. Can anyone notice a difference in the mix from the original? Feel free to leave advice on this.

This week I really wanted to push myself further out of my usual element and decided to shoot for a jazzy drum n bass type song. I found I had a lot of fun producing this track and will most likely try my hand at more drum n bass production in the future. That being said, I would appreciate any feedback from heads with experience on drum n bass production. If you have any pointers or things you think I might try different on my next DnB track, please feel free to let me know. I'm pretty happy overall with how this song turned out. There's a couple little things I'd tweak before I'd consider officially releasing it.

For this song I used the following:
- DM1 - The Drum Machine
- Logic Pro (various VSTs)
- Alto Saxophone

As with my previous entries in weekly music, I've sprinkled spoken word samples throughout the track. Can you guess which film this week's samples are from?

So I really did try to follow the winter/cold theme this time around, but as I was working on this song, found it pulling me in another direction. And once I found the perfect sample to find into the beat, it was over. Guess I'll try for it again next week.
Eventually I may re-record the sax parts, but all in all I'm pretty happy with this one.

The recording of this this track was pretty much the same as the last, just went for less noisy and aggressive this time around.
Here's what I used to make this song:

DM1 (Drum Machine)
Logic VSTs (various)
Alto Sax

Can anybody guess which film the spoken word sample is from?