Unexpected

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Huh. Last I checked, it was 6:00.

I finished the other track I was working on. It lived up to its name twice over, as I really didn't expect to get it done already, and I also didn't really expect it to become what it became. Fucked up kind of a lot of stuff, but rather than being frustrating, it mostly just made me figure out software better. So.. took longer, but was ultimately better in terms of brainstuff. I have to say, editing on the lappy on the couch once I have everything in there really kicks ass over being tied to a desktop computer in the studio. A lot.

Unexpected.

comments welcome.

I've been staring at a screen for a long time and now that I'm done working and all restless, it's time to try to sleep. Damn.

Maybe next time I'll try something not in C minor, or something other than 120 bpm. I'm wild and crazy like that.

Comments

[sarendipatree.livejournal.com]

I just downloaded your last track last night. I'll have to grab this one too and give'em a listen at the same time. I listened to the other one, but yaknow, work speakers, so I couldn't really give it adequate consideration to comment.

I'm trying to get out of the G/136bpm rut, myself.

I totally know what you mean about editing not at a desktop 'puter. My little hardware multitracker box sits very nicely on the lamp-table next to the comfy chair. Form-factors that move with you are much better than those centrally tied.

[teffers.livejournal.com]

I like it.

Having it at 120bpm without a driving bass kick gives it an easy to follow movement without seeming rushed. Like floating down a river rather than riding a train, if you get my analogy.

I know next to nothing about different keys, so I don't think I can comment anything other than to say that I like it, and I think it fits well for this piece.

[gunn.livejournal.com]

I should have mentioned this to you yesterday. I really like this. I, for one, happen to adore C minor, and believe that composers should have a C minor quota to fill, though I'm also more than happy to have some A minor goin' on, too.

But earnestly, this is beautiful, and I've come to expect nothing less from you. You know what you're doing when you blend your instrument types- the slow, organic sound of the woodwinds and the desperate, driven sound of the digital instruments. If I wanted anything from it, I'd want a little more variation from the clarinet.