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Freesound Fun

Apr 28, 2009
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If you're a frustrated musician with a day-job (like me) enjoy experimenting and have been trying to find ways in which you can still explore musical ideas while at work. Here's one for you:
Goto www.freesound.org click on their search feature and type in a random word. You'll be presented with a webpage full of samples which you can preview. The fun thing is that you can play a whole bunch of them simultaneously. That's where the fun part of it comes in.
I'm sitting at work right now with an earbud from my headphones in my left ear listening to a melee
The 'metal' yielded:
Heavy Metal-overdriven guitar strumming
A sonar-like ambience
A clangy door-shutting
A chiming two-tone doorbell
A sword being removed from it's sheath
A musicbox rendition of Happy Birthday
A tibetan bell.

Lush New Ambient Music

Nov 29, 2008
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08.11.29 - Leaves in December

Here's the beginnings of a new ambient piece reminiscent of hmm..... I don't know who. The rich, organic sounds used in this were made with a the Arp2600V software instrument - see below. It's music nerd heaven. Enjoy.

Arp2600v

What do you think of this MP3?

Nov 7, 2008
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Sleep Pretty

A new, very watery and relaxing ambient piece I put together today. Be patient, it does change :-)

Peaceful Ambient Music

Jul 9, 2008
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08.07.09 - Cloud Water

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I've been learning to play the guitar recently so have been including more organic sounds into my soundscapes. While playing this on my PC I put together a .pdf slideshow of photos of trees against clouds which fitted quite nicely with this music. Very peaceful.
Tell me what you think.

New, Interesting Electronic Music

Jan 16, 2008
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071215 - Mischief

080114 - Reach

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Here are two new musical sketches. 'Mischief' reminds me a little of some of Pole's recent work but with a bit more of a funk/electro vibe. Nice and dirty. In spite of the fact that it's only a short snippet I really like the texture and rhythm of it.The whole thing was done using my new software Reaktor

The second track to your right ladies and gents, is an interpretation of detroit electro filtered through the more modern development of dubstep. It took me 30min to do this and I'm imagining (strangely for me!) adding slow soulful female vocal snippets interspersed with textural elements working with the main chord which is playing. Ableton Live did something funny in rendering the song out. I actually had a composition (ie change!) but for some reason it came out as a single 33 bar loop. Weird. Feedback appreciated.

New Ambient Piece

Oct 9, 2007
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Grant Overend - Wave

Here's a pretty little drone-y ditty I've came up with yesterday after experimenting with a simple chord and echo effect. It needs some other sounds to make it fuller but you get the idea. Probably a good idea if you listen to it on headphones or decent (non-computer) speakers to get the full dynamic range. Would be curious to get some feedback.

New Ambient Noodlings

Oct 2, 2007
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Grant Overend - Anex

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This is the beginnings of a new track I did this morning (couldn't sleep). Like always, needs a bit more detail added to it but I quite like the mood. Quite spooky.

New Tune: Toy Box

Sep 28, 2007
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Toy Box (22nd Sept 07)

This is an updated version of the previously posted track. It's just a sketch which starts out a bit aimlessly but then becomes a bit more coherent. Probably a metaphor for my mental state/creative process. :P

Ambient Experiments

Sep 7, 2007
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Like Water for Oil

Lately I've been experimenting, trying to create some more interesting ambient textures. 'Like Water for Oil' is much closer to the kind of texture/effect I've been envisaging for a while. It's stylistically close to a couple of my favourite artists Thomas Fehlmann & Marc Leclair. You'll have to turn up the volume on it because I lazily didn't compress the audio. There's also quite a bit more detail I'd like to add to make it more interesting but you'll get the idea.

Fold

'Fold' is the beginnings of another track. This one has a nice chug to it however it's stuck half-way between an old and new approach to making music. The basis I like I just need to work on my technique.

Expando

The third track 'Expando' was born out of another experiment and is put up for entertainment's sake. The sound is well produced I guess, but the atmosphere / imagery a little more derivative and dare i say it, 'new age-y'. Still, it's quite relaxing.

Current Favourite Music

Jun 19, 2007
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In no particular order.

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius - Thou Shalt Always Kill
Cornelius - Fit Song
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Trace
Marsen Jules - Aurore
Fenin - Shake
Pole - Dusseldorf
Battles - Atlas
DJ C & Zulu - Animal Attraction
Lawrence - Swap
Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu - Anywhere, Anytime