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Under the Eclipse - iOS-only indie rock album
This is my 7th album since starting SOTMC back in 2015, although I've deleted the first two (they weren't very good), so I have 5 albums out on Bandcamp and Spotify etc...
On this release there's one post-rock instrumental, and nine songs with vocals, all recorded between April and November last year. The styles of the music vary quite a bit, from upbeat post-punk to ambient-influenced downtempo.
I think the vocals have improved enormously over the last year or so, my singing seems much smoother and less harsh-sounding (and more in tune!) compared to previous releases.
It's a mixture of guitars and synths, with drums either hand-crafted, or courtesy of the Logic drummer. Eight of the tracks were created in Logic for iPad, with the oldest two being tracked and mixed in Auria, prior to Logic's release last May.
It's currently in the queue for streaming services, but the Bandcamp page is up now:
https://richardyot.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-eclipse
As always I'm grateful to any and all who take the time to listen.
Comments
Congratulations Richard! Don't have time to listen to it right now, but will take the time as soon as I can.
Thanks! You'll notice that I didn't include our collabs, because I'm hoping they can have an album all of their own
Cool! I just listened to a few of HotStranges quite abstract songs from his album release. Talk about opposites.
This is the third album released too close to each other by the people I respect most. Well, I’ll take the day off, there is no other way, haha.
But some songs are too familiar for me already, my favorite one is “Nobody” by far, and I doubt it will be dethroned soon.
Congratulations on the release! 🤩
Listening right now. The visual is great, I’m only 30sec in, but it sounds really good.
You have an effing haunting voice. There is simply nothing I don’t love in this album, and I’m only half way in.
Thanks, yes there is a lot of variety on the forum, lots of different styles.
Thanks for listening, I totally understand how hard it is to keep up with the Creations section on the forum, it can be really time-consuming.
Thanks, that's high praise indeed coming from one of my favourite creators here.
So I'm just over ten years into iOS music. It started when I innocently downloaded Animoog back in 2013 and then stumbled onto this forum shortly afterwards. I had very little idea how deep this rabbit hole would go.
I am a little obsessive, so I kinda of knew that downloading that synth might be asking for trouble, but really I never thought this thing would grip me quite as hard as it has.
I vaguely knew about music software, but only very superficially. What I didn't know before I started on this journey was that an iPad was the equivalent of a whole actual studio, complete with mixing desk and every effect you could ever need. For a few hundred pounds you could buy the equivalent of a multi-million-pound studio, and carry it around with you.
Of course none of that is news to people on this forum. But there is another, more subtle consequence to this that only dawned on me later: having your own studio means having all the time you'll ever need to feel your way around and grow into your music.
When I was young I played in a couple of bands - we didn't get anywhere but one thing we did get to do was to record in an actual studio. The overriding difficulty of being in the studio is that the clock is always ticking. It puts a lot of pressure on you and if you don't get things right you can't really fix them later.
And the problem with this is that art usually takes time. You could record something, and it might even sound OK to you at the time. But give it a few weeks to come back to it with fresh ears, and suddenly all the flaws that you missed the first time around all jump out at you. Well, unless you have an actual budget to go back and re-record, good luck fixing that.
Art needs time. We grow slowly. It takes us years to practice all the different skills that are required to create songs. Ideas need time to ferment. Your own individual voice might even emerge, but slowly, over a period of years.
So really it's a fricking miracle we have the power to do this, with minimal equipment and cost. Because we have the luxury of time, by virtue of owning our own studio that fits in a shoulder bag. Even with full-time work and family commitments, it's possible to grab 30 minutes here, an hour there, and work on music. And come back to it again tomorrow, and then the day after. Add it all up, over the years, and it's enough to create a lot of music.
So really this is just a long-winded way to say I'm grateful for this forum. Because iOS music is the cheapest and easiest means for me to do one of the things that is most important to me: to be creative, without constraints, and with total freedom to please no one but myself.
So aside from the iPad, all of the equipment I've used to make this album is pretty modest.
A guitar:
A microphone and an interface:
And a pedalboard:
It could easily be done with a cheaper guitar, a cheaper mic, and apps instead of the pedals, but even with these minor indulgences we are talking peanuts compared to what you would have needed even 20 years ago.
As creative people, having all this at our disposal is kinda like magic. Hope to see you all making the most of this in 2024.
The album is out now on streaming platforms:
Listen on Spotify
Listen on Apple Music
Landing page
As ever I'm grateful to those who take the time to listen.
Gave this album a lot of ear, it is a major accomplishment. I’m totally in love with all the tracks, there is just nothing I dislike even remotely. I hope this album will get the success it deserve and can’t wait for your next work. If you keep staying on that progress slope, the next album will be even more awesome!
Nice guitar btw ❤️
Thanks for listening, much appreciated. The progress slope is very much what I am working on, every year gets a little better.
Thanks, it's now got a little brother, currently tuned to open G:
In an other life I used to craft guitars and basses. Wish I had kept one for you.
@jo92346 OMG these are absolutely incredible! Wow. Beautiful craftsmanship. I would love to play one someday.
@richardyot if I manage to get out my immense laziness and monumental lack of motivation, I’d be willing to make you one and deliver it for a copious amount of British beer.
Sounds excellent my friend! I love hearing how/why people make what they make. iOS was and is a game changer for me as well. I don’t have space on our tiny home for my guitar so all I have is my midi controller and iPad right now but I’m buying the 404 in a couple of weeks to have 1 little piece of hardware. I’ll give you a follow on Bandcamp as well later tonight. Tried just now but it’s making me sign out of my artist account and into a fan account and I forgot my fan password 😂 Congrats on the release!
That's a lovely thought, and I don't think any amount of beer could ever be enough.
Thanks for listening! It sounds like your studio is even smaller than mine
What's a 404? I'm not familiar with the various electronic boxes on the market.
The Roland SP404 MkII. It’s a hardware sampler. The early versions were made famous by guys like Dilla and Madlib. And later indie acts like Animal Collective. It’s a super cool little box and has usb c for direct connection to my iPad for audio and midi.
And yes definitely a small setup. After I get this it’ll just be MC101 (groovebox), 404, ipad, and midi controller.
It honestly keeps my inspired though
and once the wife and I upgrade places I’ll break the drumset and guitar back out lol
Thx for writing this, Richard. It reflects my own feelings as well. I would only add the ability to publish, free or at small cost, on a multitude of platforms. I use Bandcamp to mainly archive my work, totally free, and SoundCloud costs $12 a month. Add in the forum for info, guidance and feedback, and the whole process/experiencr is pretty seamless and complete. Fifty, even thirty yrs ago, this was a monumental, costly effort. Sure, you have to share the limelight with many thousands of other creators, many more talented than myself, but the benefit of the global reach more than eclipses the egoism injury. Lately people in Cairo, Ho Chi Minh City and Riyadh have been listening to me. I mean, wtf!
I’m looking forward to listening to your album, Richard. I just want to find the time and a gummy to listen to the entirety at one go. I’ll be sure to comment. I admire a lot of things about you, Richard, but your commitment to excellence, even if it takes weeks or months, is really impressive. I don’t have a fraction of that patience, congrats on the album and your musical journey.
In that case, put me on your waiting list. I definitely want one!
I have a bad addiction to Japanese whiskey….
I'll treat you right ! 😉
Eventually found the time to listen to the album from start to end. I don't really know what to add I haven't told before. I hope you know by now how much I love your music. Great cohesive album in terms of songwriting, production. You went a long way, patiently and relentlessly and eventually built a beautiful house at your image. It is the greatest source of inspiration.
My personal favourites: Humming Wires, Nobody, Kaleidoscope!
Let's finish our collaborative album soon !
Thanks for the thoughtful post, and no pressure to listen (I know how hard it is to find the time to keep up with the Creations section here).
But yes, the cost of entry is very small, anyone can play at the table now. The challenge is curation and discovery, but that's a marketing problem, not a creative one.
Thanks for taking the time to listen and share your thoughts - and yes we must finish that collaborative album - 3 tracks down, we just need 5 or 6 more.
I enjoyed listening to this on a Sunday afternoon, Richard. Very well done. My favs were the last two tracks, Kaleidoscope and You see what You Want to See. I like hearing your voice against contrasting sounds… the woman’s voice, for example. I also like the slightly dissonant harmonies you sometimes employ. It enhances the low key lyrics of loss and distance you express. I hope you do produce a collaborative album with @JanKun sometime. Thanks sor your solid presence here, as always.
Thanks for taking the time to listen and to share your thoughts. I’ve co-written 4 songs with @JanKun, 3 of which are unreleased and which I am saving for a potential album of collabs between the two of us. Maybe we can finish it this year 😀
I don’t think you should save them, Richard. As we both know, folks don’t have time to listen to whole albums. They’ll get, at least, some of the attention they deserve if you post them one at a time and the. Include them in an album.