Music is a big part of who I am. Despite the fact that I did not listen to music for years, I have grown to love a very diverse collection of genres over the years. Primarily, down-tempo, nu-jazz, and similar music has been a big part of my last two years.
This music, of course, influences my music tastes and talents. When I try to make some music, I look for inspiration in my favorite artists. Maybe real musicians do as well.
Intua has made an excellent sequencer application for the iPhone / iPod Touch, called BeatMaker. This app lets you create music on the go, using the included set of samples and pads, or your own custom selection you created. There are also three effects, and many other settings available in the package, and a desktop application to mate your tunes to your iPhone... all for 20$.
Enough advertising. I have started working on some little things here and there. They'll be short, but hopefully intesting and enjoyable. So, Enjoy.
Back in 2007, I created a list of goals for the year. My hope was that having this list would cause me to accomplish more than I would IF I did not have such a thing. One of the activities on the list was to create music weekly, using Garageband, or similar software. I hoped this would help me learn to express my musical side a bit better. With no prior experience, I got to work.
I began in January, creating one new piece of media weekly, and named each file after the week number (first week's was 01, and so). I progressed quite well all the way through mid-April. Other things began to take away my time. Leading me to eventually abandon the pace.
In all, I produced 17 compilations over six months. Some are better than others. All are original, and use no samples (fully synthesized using the built-in wavetables in garageband).
Yes, they are mostly terrible. And, short. I mostly made loops, and expanded on some when creativity allowed. Some in between were not even worth posting.
Enjoy.