Weekend in the Studio

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I had some good sessions in the studio this weekend. I didn't have much of a plan. I fired up drum machine and just jammed. One piece took shape on Saturday evening that started out as a retro-computer game sounding piece. But after writing the main melody riff on keyboard using a distorted analogue synth sound; I decided to find out what it sounded like played with an electric guitar. The piece suddenly took a turn into the realm of an anime soundtrack or something from a Power Rangers show. The riff was catchy and I ended up wanting to play it through several different amps and in different harmonies which ended up creating a huge wall of guitars. I may still go back and lay in some of the original analogue synth playing the melody. I brought in my 6 year old son to see what he thought of the song since it was the type of music and TV shows he watches. He loved it! Guess I'll need to download it to his music player.

I don't like to pound away to much on one composition so I let Saturdays session rest for a while and started a new composition using the same drum and synth combo from Saturday which was a drum machine with analogue synth bass and a Mini Moog counter arpeggio. I started layering in some support synth pad and planning on some orchestral elements when the session was cut short by me needing to run some errands before it got too late.

In other business; sales on Pond 5 has increased in frequency. Waiting to hear from a friend who may need some music for a demo reel. Quiet on the TV music production front; however I usually don't hear about those things until they cut the check. :-)


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