Month: September 2015
Stringstep
This piece was written for a pole dancing competition (yes, apparently that’s a thing). The request was for “classical strings with dubstep,” and I think I did a pretty good job of integrating the strings with the glitches.
Read MoreUsing pentatonic scales to create major modes: Ionian
Today I’ve been thinking about the major pentatonic scale. It’s a scale that players in most styles of music know. If you don’t know the sound, think the bass line from “My Girl.” Most people approach this scale as root based to the key they’re in. For example, the song is in C major, you […]
Read MoreRemix #6
FULL DUBSTEP! I got to go full dubstep with this one. It has a wonderful sounding vocal, so I brought all the glitches, growls, wobbles, and beeps that I thought would work with the voice and chord progression. I enjoy working in this tempo as well because there’s more room for some tricky drum fills […]
Read MoreRemix #4
For this remix, I took a pretty understated, quiet track and sped it up, and then used some cutting sounds to give it more energy. The bass sound is a combination of sounds from Rounds, by Native Instruments. I’m finding that its ability to combine digital and analog synthesis into one complex sound makes for […]
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