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--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&#39;t work in apps so I don&#39;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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;m distraught
A heart that aches
A hearts that&#39;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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;s mostly just like noise and
          things like that. It&#39;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>