I began working on this
a couple of nights back, and it's not anywhere near finished yet, but I figured it would cool to do this walkthrough as 2 or 3 part thing again, as I continue finalizing the track, and adding/removing various instruments. So far, things are pretty simple, mostly a single melody line, bass and drums, but I would like to add some harmonies and variations to spice things a bit, so when I do, I'll make sure to update you accordingly. For now, let's go through the song as it sits currently.
Listen to Unimorph here.
Track 1 plays our main
melody line, which will be mirrored by Tracks 4, 5, 7 and 8, adding various textures to the melody. Essentially each section consists of 7 bars of 4/4, so the first time we play the melody we have 2 bars of resting, but the 2nd only 1, totaling 7 measures in total. Easy little trick to make a straight 4/4 more interesting. We are in C minor, and play a C, then a C an octave up, G, Ab, and finally Eb before the measures of rest.
Tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, and 8, described above.
Tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, and 8, described above.Track 2 is our drums
which I made a little more interesting by offsetting the snare hits, giving it a sort of off-kilter feel, but still driving and rhythmic enough to feel the beat the whole time. Tracks 3 and 6 are our bass tracks, which play the progression pictured below in the screenshot. I thought this worked really well with the rest of the song, I love how some notes hold out for a while, and others are heavy/low staccato oompfs-of-a-sort.
Listen to Unimorph here.
Tracks 4 and 6, the bass, described above.
Tracks 4 and 6, the bass, described above.As mentioned before,
Tracks 4, 5, 7 and 8 all follow the same progression as Track 1, but using various other synth sounds, just to get some nice layering. I would like to add something playing some chords, and maybe a single lead instrument to play an ACTUAL melody, and turn the parts in these tracks into just accents to the main melody. When I do, you'll be the first to know!
Hope you've enjoyed the walkthrough and dig the song so far! I'll be doing more updates as I add/change things over the next week, so stay tuned and Steem On!
||| EP 1 - Bandcamp | EP 2 - Bandcamp | EP 3 - Bandcamp |||
||| EP 4 - Bandcamp | EP 5 - Bandcamp | EP 6- Bandcamp |||
I like the images attached to show how the process of creation is begun.
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Thank you! I appreciate the support!
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Super Good, man!
I really liked the process and the images to get a better idea of the recording.
I think the idea is solid, I like it. No doubt there are endless musical gestures that you could add. Creativity and imagination is infinite. And remember that monotony is a cancer.
Try making different unexpected changes to make it even more striking.
I liked it.
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Thanks man! Yeah this was a bit repetitive, was just trying out the different sounds. Definitely wanna expand the song, make this a verse probably and work in a chorus of some kind.
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