Tracks

Assorted Tracks

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!

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.

Untitled No°1

- Poem (CW: suicide) -

-              I step into the ocean.
-              An unending blue, a scene serene.
-              I hear nothing but the waves.
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-              I walk in deeper.
-              The cold water tickles my chest.
-              I put my head beneath the water.
-              I scream.
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-              I stand back up.
-              Water runs down my face.
-              I can't tell which are tears.
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-              The world looks the same outside.
-              Everyone standing, playing, happy.
-              The pain is still here.
-              And I struggle what to do.
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Unspoken

- Poem -

-              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
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Terraforming Spring

- Track Details -

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.

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Collab Tracks

I participate in a Discord group from Jay Hosking's Patreon. His YouTube channel 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.

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!

As tears snuff the embers, I scream

- Track details -

-              track name: as tears snuff the embers, I scream
-              artist: senders
-              featuring: Jay Hosking
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-              instruments: baritone guitar, model d
-              provided samples: Ambient wash 1, Ambient wash 2
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-              -- song notes
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-              this year has been the hardest year of my entire life.
-              this song is all of my pain, regret, and sadness.
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-              thank you all for listening.
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-              -- warning
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-              i kick the gain on after a quiet part around 3:07.
-              the volume is normalized, but it can be surprising.
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Bandcamp - Song Link and Bandcamp - Album Link -

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In Session

- Track details -

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.

Bandcamp - Song Link and Bandcamp - Album Link -

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Ancient Signals (Intermission)

- Track details -

There isn't much to add with this one. I recorded the pads - using the Conductive Labs - NDLR. 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.

Bandcamp - Song Link and Bandcamp - Album Link -

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