Hey guys!
So I thought it might be fun to have a thread where we can record ourselves performing something and then share it with the community.
Maybe this thread should've been in the Secret forum, but whatever. We can move it if we need to.
Here's my own contribution to start things off. Sorry about all the "uhms.." and the yadda-yadda. I actually got a little nervous doing this 😅
Anyways, here's me playing an untitled song:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sOpT_5wMGtD2hxIGLkIbSjuHf-NkrmoP/view?usp=drivesdk
I'm not much of a piano player, but it lets me play the chords with melody on top.
I tried producing it once, but it was just a little too boring and perhaps not very original sounding. I might try again at some point.
So whatcha got? 🙂
Ooh! I love this thread idea! And your piano composition was absolutely lovely.
I record so many little noodles that aren't really proper songs or compositions and this is an excellent way to share them with you all! I was so excited that I turned on the synths just now and recorded this little thing with my phone mic, because when inspiration strikes, who has time for polished audio. This is real, raw stuff. No video because I couldn't get a good angle :(
So I just sequenced two little ideas on the Moog, played some Jarre-esque phased chords on the Ultranova, looped those and did my best Kitaro impression with the melodic Moog solo.
I hope you enjoy!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Frhz86_QobW-zNZInJm8Kzh_pVeARreC/view?usp=sharing
Quote from: Guybrush on Aug 01, 2023, 06:41 PMHey guys!
So I thought it might be fun to have a thread where we can record ourselves performing something and then share it with the community.
Maybe this thread should've been in the Secret forum, but whatever. We can move it if we need to.
Here's my own contribution to start things off. Sorry about all the "uhms.." and the yadda-yadda. I actually got a little nervous doing this 😅
Anyways, here's me playing an untitled song:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sOpT_5wMGtD2hxIGLkIbSjuHf-NkrmoP/view?usp=drivesdk
I'm not much of a piano player, but it lets me play the chords with melody on top.
I tried producing it once, but it was just a little too boring and perhaps not very original sounding. I might try again at some point.
So whatcha got? 🙂
I like your piece a lot - very melancholic and melodic. Feels like a fog bank rolling in.
This is a little old but I've recently been reworking it and might use this opportunity to record something new
https://soundcloud.com/stepheniedarnielle/babymay?si=24da9da6665f494ba7c5b05985d78baa&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
This is the last piece I completed - a song for my niece once I found out my sister was pregnant.
@Mrs. Waffles hey, that's really fun! Definitely puts me in mind of Jarre 😊 There's something fun about synth and using their arpeggiators and stuff. It's this flow which is very fun to ride along with.
We had a Jarre / Kraftwerk parody band 20 years ago which was called Cosmical Tranquility 😄 just 3 guys and 3 synths. No recordings have survived, fortunately.
Quote from: degrassi.knoll on Aug 04, 2023, 08:13 AMI like your piece a lot - very melancholic and melodic. Feels like a fog bank rolling in.
This is a little old but I've recently been reworking it and might use this opportunity to record something new
https://soundcloud.com/stepheniedarnielle/babymay?si=24da9da6665f494ba7c5b05985d78baa&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
This is the last piece I completed - a song for my niece once I found out my sister was pregnant.
Thanks for your compliment 🙂 sea fog sounds fitting. A lot of my inspiration comes from that sort of imagery.
Also, I love your song 🥰 so nice! And I really like your voice too and wish I had your confidence and daring.
Maybe I'll sing something here? But my voice is like a cat passing a kidney stone. Anyways, thanks for this 😊
Here's me playing some Zappa:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uJau8y0Vp9VGUx7YM2HBmXykNCHHDCIK/view?usp=drivesdk
@Mrs. Waffles also I feel you on the noodles. I got oodles of them. Might be fun to share for creative feedback / input 🤔
@Guybrush Thank you for listening! I would have loved to hear that band haha, my old high school band's recordings have been lost as well, and I'm similarly glad for that fact. I could probably go through my archives and upload some other highlights of my electronic music, both noodles and more complete tracks, as well as future noodles. You making this thread really inspired me to get creative, so thank you once again.
And that was a very lovely rendition of Uncle Remus! Really brought out the beauty in Zappa's composition.
Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Aug 04, 2023, 10:53 AMAnd that was a very lovely rendition of Uncle Remus! Really brought out the beauty in Zappa's composition.
Thank you so much for your wonderful compliment 🥰 A little undeserved maybe?! But that's probably just my own insecurity :laughing:
Just for fun, here's me playing Milano Per Caso while fumbling quite a bit on the piano at work. It's not that it's so difficult to play, but this is a cheap piano someone's storing temporarily at work (it's been temporarily stored for about a year) and some of the keys are sticky, some hardly make a sound unless you hit them real hard and they're all a little awful.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-xY2pz9aLTSRIhXZaTONVrahtz5cDTgB/view?usp=sharing
I love the Aksak Maboul version which is technically a cover, but I don't think people in general are familiar with the source/original.
Not undeserved at all! I think it works really well stripped down to the basics like that.
And that was a cool piece you played at your work as well, sounds very ominous yet sophisticated.
I'm pretty bad at playing stuff meant for acoustic piano beyond really simple compositions, most of my work on the keys is my own improv-heavy pieces where I'm holding down some pad chords with the left hand while doing some right hand prog rock soloing and such. I'm self taught so I learned the styles I like to play, haha.
Thanks
@Mrs. Waffles 🙂
Here's me playing (sometimes badly) one of the unfinished original songs from our folk band Gladlaksene. Our front man/singer is also the composer and his compositions are a huge inspiration for me. He is my muse.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D6h4pJPj7cYVIHW0OwoLaCsrl_RdhOch/view?usp=drivesdk
This song is slightly contentious (although we're very amicable) in that the other two guys are adamant it should only be released with vocals and lyrics (which have been uncompleted for 10 years or so) whereas I have wanted to make an instrumental version (because I think it works and our composer never finishes writing it).
I made a demo to convince them which I quite like, but it failed 😅 It wasn't good enough. I could share that too, but I don't want mp3s of my demos out in the real world. However, if anyone's curious, you can send me a PM 🙂
Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Aug 02, 2023, 02:49 AMOoh! I love this thread idea! And your piano composition was absolutely lovely.
I record so many little noodles that aren't really proper songs or compositions and this is an excellent way to share them with you all! I was so excited that I turned on the synths just now and recorded this little thing with my phone mic, because when inspiration strikes, who has time for polished audio. This is real, raw stuff. No video because I couldn't get a good angle :(
So I just sequenced two little ideas on the Moog, played some Jarre-esque phased chords on the Ultranova, looped those and did my best Kitaro impression with the melodic Moog solo.
I hope you enjoy!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Frhz86_QobW-zNZInJm8Kzh_pVeARreC/view?usp=sharing
That was very cool! Living up to your MB username.
About noodles, here's a spooky noodle that's been rattling around my brain for years.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ELkH1gDwGyIzr71bysK42zxsRO4ivrGa/view?usp=drivesdk
I think I've sometimes played it as a spooky sorta interlude at a concert or two, like background music to some talk, but I've yet to develop it into a fully fledged song.
Here's me playing a spooky song that I've named The Sea's Embrace (Havets favn). It's about drowning :)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UO91w6QvrIb6EQInxp4AgMa3rj5AWwKS/view?usp=drivesdk
It has a melody line which you can't hear here, but you can hear it in the published version below played on violin. It comes in around halfway.
I do feel like the production was a little rushed, but basically it was a song / tune that had been in my brain for years and years.
The story behind its publication is I was going to release another song, Havets Have (Garden of the Sea), which is about two friends out in a boat where one of them gets his foot tangled in the rope for a crab trap. As he sinks into the sea, he sings this upbeat song to his friend, urging him to one day take his boat out to sea and find him in the garden of the sea. I imagined this garden to be a place of anemones, crabs and starfish where you could live an afterlife with these sea creatures, so the theme was a bit like let's drown together and spend eternity in the ocean.
That song is very upbeat, so then I had the idea to juxtapose it with an intro song illustrating in music the drowning and sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Then the upbeat song comes afterwards, kinda signalling the arrival at the garden of the seas.
Because it was just an intro, I didn't spend much time on it so now there are already some things I wish I'd done different :laughing: but I guess that's how it is.
Edit:
Google drive didn't like the video it seems? Re-uploaded!
Quote from: Guybrush on Sep 07, 2023, 12:00 PMThanks @Mrs. Waffles 🙂
Here's me playing (sometimes badly) one of the unfinished original songs from our folk band Gladlaksene. Our front man/singer is also the composer and his compositions are a huge inspiration for me. He is my muse.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D6h4pJPj7cYVIHW0OwoLaCsrl_RdhOch/view?usp=drivesdk
This song is slightly contentious (although we're very amicable) in that the other two guys are adamant it should only be released with vocals and lyrics (which have been uncompleted for 10 years or so) whereas I have wanted to make an instrumental version (because I think it works and our composer never finishes writing it).
I made a demo to convince them which I quite like, but it failed 😅 It wasn't good enough. I could share that too, but I don't want mp3s of my demos out in the real world. However, if anyone's curious, you can send me a PM 🙂
I love this, especially the studio version! Is there an album?
An old Russian song
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hotQBPo1iUC4nTeC6 (https://photos.app.goo.gl/hotQBPo1iUC4nTeC6)
Translation:
Everything is ghostly in this raging world,
There is only a moment, hold on to it.
There is only a moment between the past and the future,
And it is it that is called life.
Eternal peace is unlikely to please the heart,
Eternal peace is for the gray pyramids.
But for the star that has torn itself loose and is falling,
There is only a moment, a blinding moment.
May this world fly into the distance through centuries,
But I don't always share its path.
What do I cherish, what do I risk in this world?
Just one moment, just one moment.
Whether I'll meet happiness or misfortune,
There is only a moment, hold on to it.
There is only a moment between the past and the future,
And it is it that is called life.
Quote from: grindy on Oct 25, 2023, 05:24 PMI love this, especially the studio version! Is there an album?
Thanks! Did you quote the wrong post, though? Studio version.. seems like you might've meant the Havets Favn song 🙂
It's not an album, just a mere 2 tracks single. The main feature is the title track, Havets Have. You can hear it here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nRP4ztw7dxN1MVpgiwZEcAIgBgFLLC8fo&si=TC1Sp7YVnGXqLNif
Or on your streaming service of choice 🙂
Quote from: grindy on Oct 25, 2023, 05:39 PMAn old Russian song
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hotQBPo1iUC4nTeC6 (https://photos.app.goo.gl/hotQBPo1iUC4nTeC6)
Nice! I also like your deep voice 🙂 thanks for sharing!
Quote from: Key on Oct 27, 2023, 07:18 PM
This reminds me of some of C418's score for Minecraft (which I love btw) 🙂 thanks for playing!
What's your instrument?
Very flattering thank you. It's a casio keyboard with over 900 built in instruments
@Key , that was a lovely improvisation! Very wistful, I picture a movie scene like looking up at the moon longingly.
Quote from: Guybrush on Oct 27, 2023, 07:29 PMThanks! Did you quote the wrong post, though? Studio version.. seems like you might've meant the Havets Favn song 🙂
It's not an album, just a mere 2 tracks single. The main feature is the title track, Havets Have. You can hear it here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nRP4ztw7dxN1MVpgiwZEcAIgBgFLLC8fo&si=TC1Sp7YVnGXqLNif
Or on your streaming service of choice 🙂
Nice! I also like your deep voice 🙂 thanks for sharing!
This reminds me of some of C418's score for Minecraft (which I love btw) 🙂 thanks for playing!
What's your instrument?
Yeah, quoted the wrong one.
Too bad there is no album, I'd buy it.
And thanks!
Very kind thank you Mrs. Waffles. I've just gotten comfortable recording myself this way so I figured improv was a safe bet
A much more complete sounding traditional piano piece from the top of the noggin
Quote from: degrassi.knoll on Aug 04, 2023, 08:13 AMI like your piece a lot - very melancholic and melodic. Feels like a fog bank rolling in.
This is a little old but I've recently been reworking it and might use this opportunity to record something new
https://soundcloud.com/stepheniedarnielle/babymay?si=24da9da6665f494ba7c5b05985d78baa&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
This is the last piece I completed - a song for my niece once I found out my sister was pregnant.
the secretary glasses omg <3
I wanted to do something more for this thread, so here's a short vid of me playing one of my songs from some years back called By the Brook. I made it for my english folk music inspired project called Nature's Gnomes.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ukQAB7mpxc9Y8ZSWpzYyzbnRwuEAEm8k/view?usp=sharing
Unfortunately, I had to resort to whistling the tune and the sound quality is a bit shitty :) If I ever properly produce it, I'll swap my sweet lips for a flute or something.
Quote from: Guybrush on Nov 20, 2023, 12:51 PMI wanted to do something more for this thread, so here's a short vid of me playing one of my songs from some years back called By the Brook. I made it for my english folk music inspired project called Nature's Gnomes.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ukQAB7mpxc9Y8ZSWpzYyzbnRwuEAEm8k/view?usp=sharing
Unfortunately, I had to resort to whistling the tune and the sound quality is a bit shitty :) If I ever properly produce it, I'll swap my sweet lips for a flute or something.
@Guybrush, that's a really beautiful melody and it's become an immediate earworm to me. Well done on the fingerpicking too (are you using lighter gauge strings there?). You're an adept whistler :) and no need to replace with a flute, the whistling seems to suit being "by the brook"!
Quote from: ribbons on Nov 20, 2023, 05:59 PM@Guybrush, that's a really beautiful melody and it's become an immediate earworm to me. Well done on the fingerpicking too (are you using lighter gauge strings there?). You're an adept whistler :) and no need to replace with a flute, the whistling seems to suit being "by the brook"!
Haha, thanks for your comments. You're much too kind 😊
The strings are very old, dirty 12s which are awful and should be changed immediately. It's just I play it so seldom these days, so can't quite be bothered!
The guitar, otherwise, is lovely (my Yamaha FGX3) 🙂
Quote from: Guybrush on Nov 20, 2023, 06:09 PMHaha, thanks for your comments. You're much too kind 😊
The strings are very old, dirty 12s which are awful and should be changed immediately. It's just I play it so seldom these days, so can't quite be bothered!
The guitar, otherwise, is lovely (my Yamaha FGX3) 🙂
I thought they were lighter gauge because they looked kind of bend-y to me.
And I am not being "kind" - I sincerely love the melody and it's actually stuck in my head now. So there! :D
Quote from: ribbons on Nov 20, 2023, 06:14 PMI thought they were lighter gauge because they looked kind of bend-y to me.
And I am not being "kind" - I sincerely love the melody and it's actually stuck in my head now. So there! :D
Well, thank you so much! Maybe I should give this one a proper go. If I produce it, I'll send it to you 😊
My preferred strong gauge is usually 11 or even 10s, but I've assumed 12 may be better for studio recording, so.. I sacrifice comfort and ease for sound. My assumption might be off, though. I haven't actually done thorough testing.
A little embarrassing, but hey 😅 it turns out I'll probably not have a band for the upcoming Christmas party I'm arranging, so I've quickly throwing together some backing tracks so that I can cover some songs on my own.
It won't make much sense to you guys as this is Norwegian music, but here's me playing a somewhat messy cover of Gartnerlosjen's Kinosangen which should be a duet, but it seems I'll be singing both parts 🙂
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-3Ywq5LOgkHNgf7QkuBC9zlUATY5cutt/view?usp=drivesdk
The original sounds like this:
I'm considering playing four songs from that album if I can find the time to get it all done 🤔
So I had promised myself and everyone that I would try to post something in this thread. I'm pleased that we finally did our first semi-improv recordings! (This is jsut audio but maybe we'll try to do some video in the future if we can get hold of the tech).
Just like the Workout thread, we all have to start somewhere. This is my 11 year old son on the drums doing well trying to keep it tight, with me on bass basically running up and down the bottom E string trying to give him something punky funky to drum along to. The recording is raw directly from a phone so enjoy the racket and congrats if you make it to the end.
And we liked those riffs a lot so we did a second take:
Quote from: Saulaac on Mar 21, 2024, 11:00 PMSo I had promised myself and everyone that I would try to post something in this thread. I'm pleased that we finally did our first semi-improv recordings! (This is jsut audio but maybe we'll try to do some video in the future if we can get hold of the tech).
Just like the Workout thread, we all have to start somewhere. This is my 11 year old son on the drums doing well trying to keep it tight, with me on bass basically running up and down the bottom E string trying to give him something punky funky to drum along to. The recording is raw directly from a phone so enjoy the racket and congrats if you make it to the end.
And we liked those riffs a lot so we did a second take:
Nice,
@Saulaac 🙂 it's the school of rock!!
How cool that you two play together like that. I used to play drums way back and would love to have a kit, but I don't think we have space, unfortunately.
True that a drum kit takes up half a room. But at the moment the kids are OK to sleep in the same room in order to keep the other one free for drums and bass and xylophone, so I'm like well yeah let's see how this works out.
I've peaked, but they can only get better :band:
Try and get back on the drums GB!
Quote from: Saulaac on Mar 22, 2024, 01:02 AMTrue that a drum kit takes up half a room. But at the moment the kids are OK to sleep in the same room in order to keep the other one free for drums and bass and xylophone, so I'm like well yeah let's see how this works out.
I've peaked, but they can only get better :band:
Try and get back on the drums GB!
I've thought about buying a midi kit because they take up less space and record easily (I'd probably just use the midi out to control drum VSTis), but then I never played one that I actually liked the feel of.
With an acoustic set, I'd probably lose what little hearing I have left 😄
I do slap my thighs a lot, though.
You're right about the hearing aspect. For the younger ones it could be wise for them to wear ear plugs or something. I'll speak to his drum teacher about it.
Here's another improv we did a couple of weeks ago. A bit grungy morphing into light rock. I felt we were getting possessed by the spirit of Gordon Sumner at one point, as there's no way I could play those sliding octaves again like I did :devil:. Glad we recorded it.
Also I'd just like to mention that as/when we get better, I'd like to have a go at adding basslines to the other live posts by other members of the community. When I listen to them I often wonder what kind of harmonies could fit. We could have a virtual joint performance in a few years!