tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45663357447740995392024-03-14T04:59:54.753+00:00some unpleasant musica means of eliciting opinion on a work in progress; this music will ultimately take the form of a full-length limited edition album.Darren A. Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958448355001342482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566335744774099539.post-988569744908165492007-10-05T16:32:00.001+01:002010-05-21T18:01:41.434+01:00knees-up at the BierkellerThis is a jolly one. I particularly like the bassline, although the dodgy edits grate. All I need is a splendid chorus, and I could tick the box next to this. The lyrics, however, as with almost everything here, are distinctly unsavoury.<br /><br /><a href="http://music.catalepsy.net/blogdemos/Senseless.mp3">senseless</a>Darren A. Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958448355001342482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566335744774099539.post-9338830743371387532007-10-05T16:25:00.000+01:002007-10-05T21:03:14.897+01:00oldest one yetI remember mangling a sampled drum machine part from a commercially-available CD for this, but little else about the recording apart from the fact that all guitar effects are courtesy of a Yamaha REX-100. A special prize to anyone who guesses the original track! I'm particularly interested in identification of other songs I'm inadvertently plagiarising, although I'm conscious here of marrying Goblin's "Profondo Rosso" and a quaaluded take on Killing Joke's "Change". I don't think anyone will notice.<br /><br /><a href="http://music.catalepsy.net/blogdemos/Spleen.mp3">histrionic churning</a>Darren A. Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958448355001342482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566335744774099539.post-3136649948924464322007-10-05T16:20:00.000+01:002007-10-05T16:25:07.603+01:00rickenbackers at dawnA surfeit of overloaded guitars here, but there's the seed of a song worth developing, I think. The current vocal tune features some entirely gratuitous yodelling, although good taste may intervene. I'll need to get my bass fixed before I can attend to it, though; I tried re-recording it using effects to drop the guitar an octave, with hideous results.<br /><br /><a href="http://music.catalepsy.net/blogdemos/diamorphine2.mp3">jangly posturing</a>Darren A. Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958448355001342482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566335744774099539.post-76390168879141739502007-10-05T16:11:00.001+01:002007-10-05T19:32:45.458+01:00a first look at reasonI had read so many rave reviews of Propellerhead's <a href="http://www.propellerheads.se/">Reason</a> software that I thought I'd give it a go. This was the result of my initial playing about, armed only with a 2-octave keyboard, and it doubled up as a tune made up of several easy-to-play parts I could use to teach someone a little bit about harmony. I liked it enough to want to use it as an introduction to the CD, although it'll need mixing, beefing up and mastering.<br /><br /><a href="http://music.catalepsy.net/blogdemos/ExplodingSheep3.mp3">orchestral interlude</a>Darren A. Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958448355001342482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566335744774099539.post-36785337593520358692007-10-05T16:02:00.000+01:002007-10-05T16:17:27.209+01:00eurosynth nonsenseI realise this doesn't have the most exciting structure in the world, but I liked it enough to experiment with different arrangements. It will definitely feature in some form, although a computer crash means it'll have to be completely re-recorded, which is unfortunate as the guitar parts in the fadeout are difficult!<br /><br /><a href="http://music.catalepsy.net/blogdemos/Olympic3.mp3">heroic monotony</a>Darren A. Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958448355001342482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566335744774099539.post-41131730100363069492007-10-05T15:49:00.000+01:002007-10-05T16:39:26.787+01:00guitar fragment 1I like the chord progression on this one, particularly the second to third chord transition. As you will hear, I don't take particular care with these demos, preferring each part to be a first take; I have so many fragments it seems inappropriate to lavish too much time on each until I'm sure I will develop it.<br /><br /><a href="http://music.catalepsy.net/blogdemos/amuseing.mp3">csi for savants</a>Darren A. Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958448355001342482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566335744774099539.post-57515648581807789722007-10-05T15:39:00.000+01:002007-10-05T17:01:00.376+01:00MOR extravaganzaThis one resulted from my testing out a Yamaha keyboard bought as a present. It was a PSR-290, featuring a huge range of disturbingly bland auto-accompaniments, and clearly I needed to check that everything worked before wrapping it up! I wanted the fragment to sound as anodyne and Claydermanesque as possible, as it will segue into a particularly aggressive guitar piece - it will, however, be a shame to lose the cheesy outro.<br /><br /><a href="http://music.catalepsy.net/blogdemos/MOR2pad.mp3">muzak for narcoleptics</a>Darren A. Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958448355001342482noreply@blogger.com0