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author | Steph Enders <steph@senders.io> | 2024-03-07 15:17:29 -0500 |
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committer | Steph Enders <steph@senders.io> | 2024-03-07 15:17:29 -0500 |
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This is a huge messy commit but :) sue me. I'm not at work I can do
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diff --git a/posts/tracks.html b/posts/tracks.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea9caa3 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/tracks.html @@ -0,0 +1,191 @@ +--post-date: STATIC +--updated-at: 2024-03-01 +--type: music +--tags: music +--path: /music/ +--pinned: true +<article> + <h1>Tracks</h1> + <h2>Assorted Tracks</h2> + <p>Sometimes web playback doesn't work in apps so I don't really + have a good place to show my music to people… so this is it!</p> + <p>These are all just scratch recordings I made for myself. Some tracks + are accompanied with text. Others are not. They're all instrumental + and most are also mostly improvised.</p> + <h3>Untitled No°1</h3> + <figure> + <figcaption> + <details> + <summary> + Poem (CW: suicide) + </summary> + <pre> +I step into the ocean. +An unending blue, a scene serene. +I hear nothing but the waves. + +I walk in deeper. +The cold water tickles my chest. +I put my head beneath the water. +I scream. + +I stand back up. +Water runs down my face. +I can't tell which are tears. + +The world looks the same outside. +Everyone standing, playing, happy. +The pain is still here. +And I struggle what to do. + </pre> + </details> + </figcaption><audio controls="" + src="./audio/untitled-1.mp3"><a href= + "./audio/untitled-1.mp3">Download Track</a></audio> + </figure> + <h3>Unspoken</h3> + <figure> + <figcaption> + <details> + <summary> + Poem + </summary> + <pre> +My fingers say what words cannot +Chords I play when I'm distraught +A heart that aches +A hearts that's broken +Say the words that are unspoken + </pre> + </details> + </figcaption><audio controls="" + src="./audio/unspoken.mp3"><a href= + "./audio/unspoken.mp3">Download Track</a></audio> + </figure> + <h3>Terraforming Spring</h3> + <figure> + <figcaption> + <details> + <summary> + Track Details + </summary> + <p>This track was a lot of fun. I was still early days at the drum + machine so its got very little variation in velocity and stock + samples… but I think it adds enough color to the track. The panning + tremolo effect was added in the DAW but the rest is all recorded + from my DigiTakt (drums), Alesis Micron (pads), Behringer Model D + (bassline), and my Fender Stratocaster (guitar). When recording the + guitar I put my vocal microphone up to the strings to capture the + raw sound as well which I mixed in along side the clean guitar. It + gave it this twang that it was missing. I also used some EQs all + around in my DAW to help things sit better.</p> + </details> + </figcaption><audio controls="" + src="./audio/terraforming-spring.mp3"><a href= + "./audio/terraforming-spring.mp3">Download Track</a></audio> + </figure> + <h2>Collab Tracks</h2> + <p>I participate in a Discord group from <a href= + "https://www.patreon.com/jayhosking" + rel="external noopener noreferrer" + target="_blank">Jay Hosking's Patreon</a>. <a href= + "https://www.youtube.com/c/jayhosking" + rel="external noopener noreferrer" + target="_blank">His YouTube channel</a> is great and he makes a lot of + hardware and some in the box synth music! Please check it out! About + twice a year or so he runs a collaboration community event and we all + make tracks and then he streams them and collects them into a Bandcamp + release. Each of the tracks in this section will defer their copyright + to whatever is stated on bandcamp. Every release was for charity.</p> + <p>I seriously recommend listening to the rest of the tracks on the + album! They're always so fun! So many talented musicians contribute + and collaborate!</p> + <h3>As tears snuff the embers, I scream</h3> + <figure> + <figcaption> + <details> + <summary> + Track details + </summary> + <pre> +track name: as tears snuff the embers, I scream +artist: senders +featuring: Jay Hosking + +instruments: baritone guitar, model d +provided samples: Ambient wash 1, Ambient wash 2 + +-- song notes + +this year has been the hardest year of my entire life. +this song is all of my pain, regret, and sadness. + +thank you all for listening. + +-- warning + +i kick the gain on after a quiet part around 3:07. +the volume is normalized, but it can be surprising. + </pre> + </details><a href= + "https://friendsofjayhosking.bandcamp.com/track/senders-feat-jay-hosking-as-tears-snuff-the-embers-i-scream" + rel="external noopener noreferrer" + target="_blank">Bandcamp - Song Link</a> and <a href= + "https://friendsofjayhosking.bandcamp.com/album/volume-4-the-ship-of-theseus" + rel="external noopener noreferrer" + target="_blank">Bandcamp - Album Link</a> + </figcaption><audio controls="" + src="./audio/as-tears-snuff-the-embers-i-scream.mp3"><a href= + "./audio/as-tears-snuff-the-embers-i-scream.mp3">Download + Track</a></audio> + </figure> + <h3>In Session</h3> + <figure> + <figcaption> + <details> + <summary> + Track details + </summary> + <p>This was a really fun one. I stumbled into this idea. Basically + a Maggot Brain style fuzz guitar solo with the samples providing + basically the backing track. It was a lot of fun. Fully + improvised.</p> + </details><a href= + "https://friendsofjayhosking.bandcamp.com/track/senders-feat-luis-alves-in-session" + rel="external noopener noreferrer" + target="_blank">Bandcamp - Song Link</a> and <a href= + "https://friendsofjayhosking.bandcamp.com/album/volume-3-the-meantime" + rel="external noopener noreferrer" + target="_blank">Bandcamp - Album Link</a> + </figcaption><audio controls="" + src="./audio/in-session.mp3"><a href= + "./audio/in-session.mp3">Download Track</a></audio> + </figure> + <h3>Ancient Signals (Intermission)</h3> + <figure> + <figcaption> + <details> + <summary> + Track details + </summary> + <p>There isn't much to add with this one. I recorded the pads + using the <a rel="external noreferrer noopener" + target="_blank" + href="https://conductivelabs.com/ndlr/">Conductive Labs + NDLR</a>. Which formed some just amazing chords. I used some + samples from my collab partner in the opening and end and as a + base for the entire track it's mostly just like noise and + things like that. It's subtle in the final mix.</p> + </details><a href= + "https://friendsofjayhosking.bandcamp.com/track/senders-feat-this-valve-controls-ancient-signals-intermission" + rel="external noopener noreferrer" + target="_blank">Bandcamp - Song Link</a> and <a href= + "https://friendsofjayhosking.bandcamp.com/album/volume-2-sonder" + rel="external noopener noreferrer" + target="_blank">Bandcamp - Album Link</a> + </figcaption><audio controls="" + src="./audio/ancient-signals-intermission.mp3"><a href= + "./audio/ancient-signals-intermission.mp3">Download + Track</a></audio> + </figure> +</article> |