Here's the list of my finished music! These are chronologically ordered, from most recent to the oldest at the bottom. Your one-stop place to see my whole journey!
// THE RIPPER
Nostalgic memes and dubstep... what's not to love?
// TEMPERED (Coalescence)
Good ol' Subby-T as a reference track... I learned some helpful tricks here.
// FROG RAVE (wet bog ver.)
My partner's idea... frogs as instruments, frogs as fx, frogs everywhere. This is the fixed up version of the original, with more punch and better clarity.
// SPACE
Had a great time with layering and absolutely crushing the bass into a square.
// BEES IN MY KITCHEN
This was a song I wrote two years ago, but never finished. My partner liked it a lot, asked me to work on it, and a year later it became BEES IN MY KITCHEN. The name came from one of the original instruments, that sounded a lot like a bunch of bees flying around.
// BASS FISH
This actually started as an experimental bass instrument, then I wrote a song around a single loop which turned out pretty neat.
// BEATSMITH
It's an older song, reworked to have more punch and clarity. Was very much still learning, but the track turned out really interesting. The main instrument is made to sound like tenor marching drums.
// OORT CLOUD
This was my deep dive study in stereo imaging, timing and some new mixing techniques. Laid back, chill and catchy.
// FIRED UP
Sample manipulation exercise... I had to think about things very differently to make this one.
// GLOW UP SUMMER
Nice summer vibes. :)
// WAITING 4 U (Supercharged)
A reworked version of an older song that I used to apply for a scholarship. Didn't get it, but was a runner up with 9 other artists out of a couple thousand apps. Very proud moment.
// MATERIA
My mixing skills improved a lot around this point. Still rough around the edges, but the vibe of the last half is spectacular. A personal soft spot.
// ARTIFACTS
Some fun music theory went into this. It's squashed and compressed to an absolute brick, however I like it a lot.
// I WOULD STAY
This was a big leap forward in my creative vision towards the A/Q project. I discovered so many tricks and quality of life improvements to my workflow. I was also in Oregon to fell giant trees as part of a class when this came out. Good times :D
// PHASE SHIFT: GASEOUS
I really wanted to make a series of songs that represented different phases of matter. Gas, solid, sublimation, evaporation, liquid, etc.... It didn't pan out but it was fun to work on and I think the final product came out very interesting.
// CHROMATIC DREAMSCAPE
An honest attempt at some dubstep. Cool concept, but didn't really understand OTT or clipping at this point so it's a little watered down. Enjoyed making it a lot though.
// SPIRALS AND SPARKLES
Wrote this guy in 7/8. I'll likely revisit odd time signatures in future works, but this was a big confidence booster when it came out.
// SAY IT LOUDER
The song that brought it all back and revitalized my love of making music. The spirit never really died, but it dwindled for a while. Got a lot of good feedback on it and it made me feel like "maybe I can do this."
// STAMPEDE
This song and its sister track, OPAL WASTES, were written in a very dark point in my life. I poured my heart and soul into just making something, with less focus on quality and more effort in learning. They're here because even the darkest parts of yourself deserve love.
// OPAL WASTES
The sister track.
// -null-
My first 'EP' lol. It was a blast to put together with what limited knowledge I had at the time. It was made on a very old laptop. The songs in it are: AB, SD, and Bit Overlord
// HOPEFUL ENCOUNTER
An upbeat classic of mine. Part of the original list of tracks from my first year.
// DISCOVERY IN MIND
An attempt at dubstep in my first year.
// EXPEDITION OF SELF
The beginning was literally just me playing around on an instrument with record on. Got in the zone and decided to make it a future bass track. It has the fundamentals at least.
// JOURNEY
The very first album. I released this as a promise to myself that I would keep trying no matter how difficult it got. There are never ending roadblocks on the journey to making music that resonates with the ideas in my head, but the process is gratifying and personal. There will be more challenges, but one thing is certain: I'll never give up.
