Creative Spurt

following on from last nights post I've uploaded a few tracks.

Maradolia: Cyclops Goat Nectar is up and ready. I'm not sure whether I love it or really fucking hate it. There's a bunch of overly complicated jazz chords using the key tone theory and what I call intersecting scales where the chords underlying specify not one mode but at least two. The chord progression uses two chords for each mode, the first set of chords underline the dorian/dorian harmonic minor equivalent, the second is the phrygian its equivalent, the third is the aeolian and the harmonic minor.

The guitar tone is pretty fucking shit, I'm gonna really have to experiment with cubase to see if I can get the one I used and gentle sniff back, and start writing down my settings bleeeuurgh.

The intro is intentionally dissonant using and array of overlapping chords, which is meant to hurt your mind before being subjected to some nice melodies (stupid theory I have).

The whole thing is improvised(poorly) in three sections, I don't know if it really works or if it needs to be scrapped but it was definitely an interesting idea, I know I need to work much more on improv of non standard modes.

Banana Split: Banana split is the intro to rape a purple zebra, it gained its name because it sounds like an out of tune ice cream truck. It's an intro to a much larger song which appears as if it has taken me months to complete (hopefully up soon)

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HithertoNothing: Stuck a bunch of other Audio Scrap Book tracks up which I like. Space tiger is a doodle about a bad day, for julia is... however you want to interpret it.

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Why is it that all the creative ideas come with bad moods? It means that they're not refined and sound maybe a bit out or a little wrong? Is that good? Of course you don't get things perfect the first time or when your in that state of mind. Are they worth refining and tweaking and making more musically pleasing, or are they fine in they're raw imperfect state that really capture an imperfect moment? Hmmm Food for Thought.

One more thing, should I rename the blog aspiring to pretentiousness?

welcome back

Why is it that I can only be creative when I feel melancholic?

melancholy = creativity

Burn the effigy

An effigy in the forest, created from dead wood symbolizes the self unbound by this one reality bound by society and culture. The effigy's form is constricted and tormented. The effigy is burned in an attempt to purge the one reality, the ashes are painted upon the flesh. It is the purity of an unbound self that is placed upon the skin.

maradolia

I've been working on the myspace for my soon to be (hopefully) band maradolia. I've knocked up some 3D models in maya that I've edited in photoshop.

Original maya render seen below



I wanted to text to kind of look scratched into the obelisk. The idea was taken from graffiti often seen in archaic tombs/architecture. Where normal people are as desperate to leave their mark as the ancients, although in a much more crude way. Without trying to sound too pretentious, this kind of resembles our music, as more often than not we resort tothe crude and gritty to get a point across.




The image below is the final(for now) photoshop version



I may still dick around with this a little and most definitely will continue to improve this kind of idea. I don't really want to go into it with too much detail interpret it how you like.










Hopefully will have the new track up soon, our drummer cinched and some sound art, which will really make this band come alive xD woot woot!!

Audio Scrap Book

Okay, so I've been speaking to a friend of mine about an ambient music collaboration. I'm a little late grabbing some audio files thanks to my home computer being a complete dick but I've managed to get hold of a bunch of scrap tracks that I've quickly sketched out. None of the audio clips are final, they are completely rough and the quality does vary, however for the kind of musical collage we're going to be creating they should be quite suiting.

I can't link them on here because blogger doesn't have the option, which is a bit shit, none the less, the links below should be suiting enough.

My Uploads named Audio Scrap Book"x" www.myspace.com/hithertonothing

The place where the final versions will eventually show up www.myspace.com/cheerupgothy
(Check out his music whilst your there, especially parenthesis which is a personal favorite)

Introduction

A friend recommended that I start a blog. Now that I've finished my degree and have a bit more spare time on my hands, I think I will.

Hopefully the blog will consist of lots of creative things I develop. Art, Music, Sound art and music visualization software and games.

I'll probably end up spilling my guts ranting about my personal problems, experiences and general bad luck.

I'm pretty sure someone will find the things I develop quite interesting - its all about innovation and pushing things forward for the sake of it and/or expressing myself.