February 2022 Archives (all archives)
February 28
Xanax Paychecks
Kind of a slightly twee sadgirl pop song, of the very trans variety. [more inside]
posted by transitional procedures at 5:11 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by transitional procedures at 5:11 AM PST - 2 comments
February 27
Hull Ruptures
For the "minimally viable music" Disquiet Junto prompt, I made a piece built entirely from a recording I made of popcorn popping.
posted by ignignokt at 4:22 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by ignignokt at 4:22 PM PST - 5 comments
Cascades (AO)
Ambient Office project that features some just intonation intervals and granular noise. [more inside]
posted by q*ben at 3:09 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by q*ben at 3:09 PM PST - 2 comments
February 18
Offline
Pretty Hate Machine style b a n g e r. [more inside]
posted by transitional procedures at 10:37 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by transitional procedures at 10:37 PM PST - 2 comments
À travers le pont d'Einstein-Rosen (Echoes from Jupiter)
Please listen to it while looking at the sky,
While making incredible plans,
While thinking about the past, the future, or both.
Please listen to it while working,
While calculating equations too complex for me,
While speculating, while hoping.
posted by fmg at 1:51 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by fmg at 1:51 PM PST - 1 comments
February 14
frogs jamming in a swamp
I heard a vocal sample and imagined three little frogs were singing it and so I had a little fun. [more inside]
posted by wellifyouinsist at 6:51 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by wellifyouinsist at 6:51 AM PST - 4 comments
February 12
Ask your body
Another AO jam - this time using a cellular algorithm to derive a melody and a few drum triggers that I mess with and layer under some drones. [more inside]
posted by q*ben at 8:44 PM PST - 6 comments
posted by q*ben at 8:44 PM PST - 6 comments
February 11
Two Robots Loitering at Guitar Center
February 10
Not A God
Wrote this in the morning, made it into a quick TikTok, recorded the demo this afternoon. Figuring out this whole magical "pre-chorus" thingie
posted by Maaik at 11:44 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by Maaik at 11:44 AM PST - 0 comments
February 8
Tuesday
A short one that fell in my lap while warming up.
Yeah, it's Bob Pollard length. [more inside]
posted by transitional procedures at 10:55 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by transitional procedures at 10:55 PM PST - 2 comments
February 6
Vampire Castle
#3 song for FAWM 2022. Tip of the hat to Exiting The Vampire Castle for inspiring the title. This one's about cancellation, and the toxicity of the queer community. Thankfully for all of us, neither of those things exist. [more inside]
posted by transitional procedures at 11:48 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by transitional procedures at 11:48 PM PST - 1 comments
February 5
This is the Season
This is the second of my FAWM 2022 pieces. Kind of a doom/prog/folk thing. Witch rock. Momcore. [more inside]
posted by transitional procedures at 4:11 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by transitional procedures at 4:11 AM PST - 1 comments
February 4
Break Me In Half (demo)
My journey of writing pop punk songs from thirty years ago continues apace. This one started as a TikTok and then I banged out this demo in my living room today. I'm trying to get better at writing choruses and actually using my voice.
posted by Maaik at 5:51 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by Maaik at 5:51 PM PST - 0 comments
February 3
Winding Down
Basically, I wrote a tool to graph this into midi. Fun fact: It does not actually slow down.
posted by ignignokt at 10:03 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by ignignokt at 10:03 PM PST - 4 comments
February 2
Message from Afar
My second Synthruary song is Message from Afar. It's another low song. [more inside]
posted by ignignokt at 9:25 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by ignignokt at 9:25 PM PST - 3 comments
churchCover_Jan28_2022
Here's a cover based on a song by The Church that I recorded in Logic Pro. Drum track is from apple loops. This is a pour-a-glass-of-wine or pack-a-bowl and kick back kind of song.
posted by gt2 at 3:53 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by gt2 at 3:53 PM PST - 1 comments
Lend Me Your Car (instrumental)
I'm doing February Album Writing Month, or FAWM.
My music career has been mostly as a bassist and engineer. I play a ton of instruments. But I never really wrote songs. Once in a blue moon when inspired.
But I wrote one in six hours tonight. Tracking vocals and guitar feedback tomorrow. But here's the instrumental version, because I'm too excited not to post it anywhere.
Is it a masterpiece? No. Is it good? No. But I had zero inspiration and dug in anyway. And I made something!
So go me.
posted by transitional procedures at 2:44 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by transitional procedures at 2:44 AM PST - 2 comments
February 1
Synthruary
Is anyone up for Synthruary? It's one of those things where you take a shot and making something for most of the month. It's very open-ended, and you can drop in and out as you please.
posted by ignignokt at 4:11 PM PST - 3 comments
Energy Ladders
This is a piece that I recorded by triple-tracking myself playing an FM synthesis patch (the "twist" being that it has an extra cosine applied to the modulated signal) written in Pure Data. [more inside]
posted by ignignokt at 2:41 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by ignignokt at 2:41 PM PST - 1 comments