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Produced by: Madmusik
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3:47; free; abstract, sparse, eratic; piano, processing
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What is interesting about the regime of daily composition (and/or improvisation), is that it tends to be cyclical, depending on time constraints, mood and for all I know the phases of the moon.
So I'll find myself getting bored with one aspect of composing and production and then find myself switched on to something else entirely the next day. This, I think, is one of the benefits of this practice: the constant challenge to produce something of worth, coupled with the realisation that along the way there will always be some disappointments but these feed back into whatever it is that makes the whole thing work eventually.
Listening to today's output, I can hear that my experiments with various processing plug-ins has yielded mixed results. For one thing, I have used a form of saturation that is intended to mimic analogue recording and provide warmth. It has also created hiss and distortion, which in many circumstances would not be acceptable. I've coupled this with some aggressive compression and I think that was really a mistake. But, once again, until you push things too far, you don't know where the boundaries are. Rather risk and fail than always play safe.
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Composer's Blog
What is interesting about the regime of daily composition (and/or improvisation), is that it tends to be cyclical, depending on time constraints, mood and for all I know the phases of the moon.
So I'll find myself getting bored with one aspect of composing and production and then find myself switched on to something else entirely the next day. This, I think, is one of the benefits of this practice: the constant challenge to produce something of worth, coupled with the realisation that along the way there will always be some disappointments but these feed back into whatever it is that makes the whole thing work eventually.
Listening to today's output, I can hear that my experiments with various processing plug-ins has yielded mixed results. For one thing, I have used a form of saturation that is intended to mimic analogue recording and provide warmth. It has also created hiss and distortion, which in many circumstances would not be acceptable. I've coupled this with some aggressive compression and I think that was really a mistake. But, once again, until you push things too far, you don't know where the boundaries are. Rather risk and fail than always play safe.