Like the last Castaway, this was also a piece that came about during an RPM Challenge. In this case, it was February 2009. I spent the first few days recording improvisations with various instruments. Later, I’d examine these, pick out bits I thought had potential and work them into songs – by writing things based […]
After hastily knocking out a couple of shambolic covers and rounding off a series of masturbatory essays on my old songs, I shall continue my vain attempt to distract from the fact that I haven’t written an original piece of music in nine-and-a-half months by raiding the vaults once again. At least this time, I’m […]
so, last week, i took attempt 1, split it into four, and expanded each part, adding electronic elements created with the roland mc-303 i used on the 2007 rpm thing. much progress was made – though in the end, two of the four just weren’t up to scratch. but two were – and these are […]
i made my first attempt at building something from the achievement test samples. it’s a short piece – nothing too radical: just assembled loops [some treated with effects]; no additional recorded elements …yet. the track, in .aif format, as well as the piece split into its component channels, can be downloaded here. if you’d like […]
quick link: if you already know the score and just want the files click here. the score: the school at which i work is holding its achievement test(s) for incoming students. this means i have little/nothing to do this week. so, i decided to develop a project. the initial plan was to record some […]