Today's song begins a new album (Week38_Connection Status: Nearly Active). This week's music will be all instrumental, and the goal is to create rhythmic and melodic atmospheres. There will be lots of percussion, lots of synth, lots of reverb, lots of repetition.
I created this song (Song260_Arrows in the Sky) by layering a variety of drum and synth sequences to create a foundation. Next, I wrote and recorded 5-6 different bass guitar progressions (all in the key of 'C'). The electric guitars were two of the final elements, but it was creative editing that made this song work. Instruments are consistently entering and fading away, but they do so in a layered manor...rarely two at once. I like the mood that this song creates. Also, I like the challenge that creating this style of music presents. It will force me to find new sounds, new rhythms, and new ways of connecting them all into something new. Also, songwriting (this week) will be less about chord progressions and formulaic structuring (i.e. verse, chorus, bridge, etc), and it will be more about movement, melody, rhythm, etc. It should be an interesting, fun week of recording.
-Matthew
http://www.anewsongeveryday.com/
matthew@anewsongeveryday.com
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