• 20240919

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  • Jazzanova – Live Streaming Session

  • House of Protection, Doug Hammond

    Two very different musical discoveries on one morning

    First: House of Protection

    Electric Gorillaboyz. Lots of energy, great workout song to get fired up on, distortion, metal riffs, great combination of sounds, super tight drums (though another song I listened to from them has more interesting drum sections).

    Second: Doug Hammond

    And now to the polar opposide. Smooth as silk jazz. I opened the bandcamp frontpage and, as I often do, I just click on a thumbnail of something that was recently bought. I hit play without knowing anything beforehand, other than that someone had just bought the album. Time flew past. I worked and found myself regularly pausing just for a moment to enjoy the music, and then continued. It’s fantastic. I immediately played through the whole album a second time and then bought the album for myself. I feel a small smile of contentment when listening to this album. It’s a small joy, a ray of sunshine. Love it.

    https://doughammond.bandcamp.com/album/its-born

  • 20240910

    Geez, I’m a bit out of practice with something loose and cartoony.
    The book series I’m currently reading in the evening is a bit dark, I felt like I had to find the time to doodle something lighthearted for balance.

  • 20240904

    A friend mentioned that for his liking the last track didn’t have enough tonal variety. I tried to do better with this one. But now my wife says it’s too much.

    Also check this youtube-channel if you like piano, patterns, syncopation and other stuff. Most of what I do is directly inspired (if not just lifted) from Chris’ channel.

    https://www.youtube.com/@ImpliedMusic

    Example:

  • 20240902

    Maybe it’s because my interest in music making started on a drumkit, but even when I’m playing around with a piano-sound I often end up experimenting with syncopation. Or patterns more in general.
    I planned this track as a “beginner”-piano piece for myself to practice. The pattern starts relatively simple and evolves over time.

  • Fiona Apple – I want you

    Haunting performance, so intense.

  • 20240822

    I tried a new approach today. Usually I jump into the DAW immediately and fool around until I have something that I like. Today I instead started on a piece of paper. I restricted myself to something very simple and tried to work more like I’d work on any other non-musical project.
    Only after the individual building blocks were there I went by gut and ear.