Aubade
Sunday, February 21st, 2010Every once in a while I stumble onto something I adore. That’s what’s great about IRCMT time. It forces me to sit down and explore GarageBand and make music, and in so doing I occasionally happen upon some beautiful sounds, some interesting melodies, some something something. For instance, I think that reverbed-up glockenspiel that appears in our IRCMT 2009 version of Blood Bank is totally gorgeous.
So, here’s what has happened. This is some ambient (read: quiet, minimal, and doesn’t go anywhere) music that was written and recorded over the space of about thirty minutes or so:
Aubade - The Life and Times of YouThis reminds me that I want to be able to write songs like this. Of the three songs I discovered on the way to finishing Blood Bank, this is the most complete, and in fact maybe it’s completely complete. I will probably make a different version that has strings and builds up in some classic slow-core kind of way. In addition, I’m working on the first great dance song of the 201X’s:
The First Great Dance Song of the 201X's - The Life and Times of YouFinally, and to complete the three-course meal of two-chord songs, here’s a song with reverb, my new passion:
The One Chord Song With Reverb (Working Title) - The Life and Times of YouI guess you could think of it as having one chord. Don’t pay attention to the words. They were random things that were coming out of my mouth as I was figuring out the melody.
- B
