Drumworks

During past two days I went all the songs through, 10 songs per evening - and tweaked the bassdrum & snare all through. Also some tom works. And this drumworks session was not just sample editing and stuff (it was that, too), but also listening each song multiple times through and editing / changing beats where necessary, at times also where not necessary at all.

These two days were very good drum sessions, yeah. Really changed the overall vibe big time, and the music flows really nicely now. Much closer to my vision for how it should sound, yes. Feels really good, again.

Next up ... I think it might well be the guitar department. Will have to start doing some sound experiments next, and then some recording tests. When that's done, it's up to recording the real stuff for the songs. Some of these new songs feel like ... I already like them big time, but imagining how they will sound with guitars recorded, really makes me grin.

There. :)

Twenty + sound tweaking

Created the 20th song already on last friday evening (as I predicted I would, in previous blog post) but things didn't stop there. During the weekend I've done actually much more soundworkin' than I thought I would at this point.

During saturday I went through all the basslines and tweaked the bass sounds as well. Sweaty stuff, but in the end I truly enjoy the results.

During today, sunday, I've gone through all the drums and finetuned all cymbals and hihats especially. Major improvements, almost like going from demo level stuff into studio level stuff.

I also had time to listen the whole package through 2 times in its' current form - which feels quite ready already (thanks to work done throughout the weekend). I really, I mean really enjoy the material myself. It feels that going into recording guitars for the songs will be really exciting and rewarding, too. That might actually start happening during the coming week if nothing weird happens. I will have to do some guitar sound work / tests first, but depends how things go - might get into recording stage during 1-2 weeks already. We'll see how it goes!

Chippin' report

Things have continued under heavy inspiration & great vibes of creation. As a result since last blog post I've crafted 4 more new song bases. Current amount of song bases is now 19. I already know what kind of track the next one will be. I had a strong urge to do it yesterday already but I guess two new songs was enough work for yesterday eve. And man has to sleep, too! (especially when there's 1 year 4 months old kid in da house these days).

Actually, as I mentioned our firstborn I can also say that she's been part of creative process in about 25 % of the songs. Sitting in my lap while I've been composing and enjoying about what I've been doing. And she's also been a very active beta listener (or shoud I say beat listener) and a good sign when it's a really nasty song. Dancing and going crazy with certain "crazy" tunes. Such fun! :)

So, ... I have a feeling that I will craft the 20th song for the package tonight and quite likely it will be the last one I'm doing for this release. It's not the song number 20 though. You might think I've been doing the songs from 1 into 20, but that's not the case. First 5 songs went like that, but from that forwards it hasn't been like that, pretty much total opposite. Some songs have felt that they need to be song number this and song number that. Red line in the package, yeah. Certain things happening in certain songs.

I'm really looking forward to next stage, which will expand the songs quite a bit - with recording some rhytm guitars (metal style), some guitar solos possibly (well, certainly) and also some hard to describe soundscapes, too.

More stuff forming fast

I'm almost losing count with the song amount, which is not surprising (I guess) considering that I've composed 3 new song bases today alone. Ha! And I really like the stuff that is being formed. Some nasty chippers ahead, that's for sure. The album closer song was crafted yesterday evening after sauna session. All in all, it looks like I have 15 song bases currently ready for working them further.

I think it might well be that this package turns into 20 songs like it was on previous release. Some numbers as well as creativity / flow vibe, and the kind of musical storyline is pointing into 20. So, yeah, that might well be it again.

Anyway, the feeling is not just good, but awesome. It will be great little sequel to 'Toinen' release from 2018, I can already say that. In some ways it will be more stripped down this time, while on the other hand it might be more technical in some ways. Perhaps.

More chips and then some

Not too long from previous post this time, yet I've done 2 new song bases in the meanwhile, one crazy and other even more crazy, ha! And I've got actually ideas playing in my mind for another 2 new song bases so more material is certainly coming. We'll see where it stops eventually.

There is clearly kind of a red line forming with the new material. It might be noted just by me, but who knows, things could be noted by listeners as well. There are some elements, musically - and also with certain stuctures. It's at the same time different from "Toinen" album, but it has some of the same, too. Might be a cliche, but it's a process of continuation. Taking things forwards from previous release, in some ways. There seems to be also some hidden, twisted 'messages' within the music if you could say so.

Music itself, some of it is almost relaxed, borderline melodic - while some of it is (like I begun this post) crazy and somewhat lunatic. Overall it's going to have nice balance though, that's how my vision goes about it at this stage.

More baseworkin' with them chirpies

Some time has passed, and more song bases have been done in the meanwhile. If I remember right, the last time I updated this blog, I had 5 song bases done. Now I have 8 song bases, out of which the latest one was crafted tonight.

Not just chiptune composing, but I've finetuned some drum samples during past few days. Found the sound I was looking for, I think. It works good with both techno style beats as well as with metal style beats. Strong beats, goes without saying.

There is certain pattern forming with songs so completed so far - and it feels good to follow the flow. I can't say for sure yet about how many songs will there be in this package, but my bet would be something like from 15 to 20. Anyway, that's it this time.

Chirp!