Day 29: Troubled Road

It's difficult to write even a basic verse and chorus without the nagging feeling that it sounds exactly like another song.

I suppose it's that feeling that sits behind all of pop music, but I'd hope to at least create enough variation as not to bore myself.

Still far from the finished project, but every time I sit down to listen again, I still find new and inspiring ideas.

Day 23: Finding Sounds

I ended up scraping the first version w/o remorse. From the beginning I knew the first song would require a large learning curve while I figured out how to manipulate and utilize the softwares in the manner that I want.

Finding decent sounds has been the most difficult part thus far. I've had to accept poorer samples or synthesizers and simply trudge forward. Once I finish the song's basic structure, I'll be able to implement effects in order to create the sounds that I need.

So far I'm two verses and the chorus in. I know I want to add at least: a dissonant atypical pop chord, a bridge, and a dramatic finish.

The song is about perfume. Yes, perfume (but perhaps not in the way you're thinking).

And we press on.

Inspired: Day 14

Two weeks in and it's a struggle.

I had a few more interviews (so I was not in town too often) and had to compose a separate project for class. As such, I was only able to spend a few hours here and there on this project (Ahh, the life of a college student).

I've learned just how intricate the work becomes in order to turn a simple sound from good into "man, that's catchy."

There's a solid intro in place, although I wish I had a better drum machine. I might have to tweak some of the sounds myself. We'll see.

When I get a solid piece, I'll post a sample.

P.S. The other project was a re-creation of the commercial entitled "the lost generation." It's a palindromic work, so in the background I wrote a simple palindromic piece to match it. I'll bounce it to AIF/MP3 when I can.