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Monk
About a year ago a family member went to Thailand. One of the items sent back was a short video of monks chanting in a temple. Being as culturally ignorant as I am, I would have expected chanting to be slow, calm and meditative. No. It had a constant strong steady beat around 120. Thai rap? Not quite. But I did think it would be a fun basis for a totally westernized piece of music. It’s orchestral and maybe cinematic. No idea what to call it. Lots of sample manipulation using Sample Alchemy in Logic. And lots of pain recovering from its many crashes and lost files. Hope you enjoy.
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This was really energetic, cinematic, and had moments where it reminded me of some of Justice’s work. All in all, this was well worth the listen.
@jwmmakerofmusic - Thank you sir. I much appreciate the listen and the comment. But, pardon my ignorance, who is Justice? I like to know who I am stealing from
These guys. Although, upon second listen to your amazing track on airpods, it doesn’t sound as inspired by Justice as I initially thought listening on speakers. My bad, lol.
@jwmmakerofmusic Cool. Thanks for sharing. I like it. Gonna listen to more of them. Maybe find more to steal
Those two are incredible. Justice have four albums out, and a sort of fifth one on the way (they're working on the soundtrack for GTA VI).
When I saw the title, I was expecting Thelonius Sphere! Pleasantly surprised with something completely different. I think both orchestral and cinematic describe it. Orchestral in that it appeared to be arranged in sections or movements. Cinematic with those huge, unexpected tympani hits. I like how they hit hard and immediately trailed off to silence. On the third time I was expecting it to go into a frantic techno frenzy, but you brought in the chanting instead, with that nice atmospheric pad in the background. I like that “flute” sound at 3:40. So many cool things about this. I could “analyze” it for hours and hear new things every time. Sounds great in my headphones. Very well put together to hold interest.
I never heard of Justice, either. I listened to the track and heard some similarities, but I found it to be “dark” sounding, designed to appeal to a certain crowd. Your music is more family-friendly and could be enjoyed by a wider range of listeners. Just my two cents.
@Paulieworld - ya know, i almost opened the description with “Not Thelonius”. Should have. Anyway, as always thanks for the listen and kind remarks. Take care my friend
And here I was expecting an obsessive compulsive sleuth. Lovely! The harpsichord was unexpected. And the flute sounds organic. Actually a flute? The orchestration and development through the piece certainly takes you on a world trotting journey. Virtuoso stuff.
@boomer so impressive how this moves through so many emotions, but never loses that intense world-music feel (I don't think I've ever heard that Thai Rap sound before, that's super cool).
With the many instrument features, how are you writing those parts? Improvisation, formal scoring, something in between?
Ahh yes. Forgot about that Monk. Thank you so much for the listen and kind words. As one of the most creative people on this forum, your opinion carries a lot of weight. flute is Swam VariFlute played with a wind controller. I set Swam for maximum overblow response, hit record and let loose. Those instruments are extremely realistic, especially when played with a wind controller.
@endlessdisarray thank you also for listening and your kind comments. I guess I would describe my process as a combination of piano roll entry and improvisation. It’s really pretty disorganized. there is no formal notation involved. Most of the process for me is like the sculptor chipping away everything that doesn’t look like the thing he wants to sculpt. I start with an idea, in this case an 30 second video, and listen to it over and over and over. Then I change what I don’t like, and expand on what I do like. I don’t do things the way most people do. E.g. I don’t decide on a genre or form ahead of time, or have a composing phase, then a performance and orchestrating phase then mixing. I do everything at once and then redo later as things evolve. I know I’m done when I listen a gazzilion times and can’t find anything else I don’t like. It’s a very iterative and inefficient process that is absolutely the wrong way to get anything done.