Bionic Cheesecake
Here is the result of a new multi-layered performance piano setup I tried out. The piano is not only filled out with long, sweeping synth pads but also accompanied by a pulsating arpeggiator creating a steady bass line. All following a dark, heavy drum loop that sounds like a mechanical heartbeat.
Shchedryk’s Choir of the Bells
Here’s another winter holiday-themed tune built upon a delightful bells loop by Looperman artist Minor2Go from Germany, and featuring drum loops from Marcco500 and Aplesos6.
The Jewel in the Eye of the Robot
This tune is built upon a looped sample of my bff Julie, from a band rehearsal in which she was playing the drums for “Honkey Tonk Woman”. This song is nothing like that song, but the drums sound very much like Julie. 🙂
Pulsatronic Maize
A steady-thumpin’, popcorn-popppin’ piece featuring a delightful free VST virtual analog synth called SuperTron (from Solcitomusica), framed by a cool breakbeat from Looperman.com user “2nick8”.
Hypercycle Sunday Drive
This song grew out of some experimentation with a delightful little VST called Hypercyclic, available free for Windows, Mac and Linux from Plugin Boutique. It’s not a regular arpeggiator, no! One of its stated features is “for mangling…MIDI”, and eventually I ended up with a pulsating little white noice rhythm which blossomed into this piece.
Sojourn of the Starman
Inspired by a recent viewing of the 2017 movie “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” starring Karen Gillan and some other potentially familiar actors. Tribal rhythms wrapped in synth drones, accented by piano and climaxed with brass.
A Hundred and One
This song was built on the Yamaha TX81Z’s most identifiable sound, the Lately Bass. A steady breakbeat splashed with some Yamaha TG33 bell strings and a little sprinkling of piano.