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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the first track I did, when I was still fresh. I'd wanted to play around with Guitar Rig 3 since getting it at the weekend. The guitars are ableton loops mangled with guitar…
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Chris McGrath said

Thanks for the comments!

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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the last track I did, and it shows. I was pretty tired after finishing 3am chill, and had to mess round for ages mangling loops and trying out different things before…
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Chris McGrath said

Thanks for the comments everyone! Glad people have liked this because I nearly couldn't stand it when I finished it. It was so much effort to get it done at that time in the morning. It's funny that now that people others have listened and found something in the track I can go back and listen less critically.

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Okay I need to say a few things. Please read before listening! I did not do the 24 hour challenge but I did try and hang around in the chatroom as much as possible with Glu, SisterS, and ChrisM while they battled through it. At about midnight…
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kirklynch said

This will maybe sound crazy, but I can hear just adding low drone in places and then a big ominous synth wash over the top. Don't trash it- it's got a lot of possibility!

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Written, recorded, and mixed in 24 hours. August 01-02, 2009, from 6am to 6am. Instrumentation: Two acoustic guitars, electric guitar (picked and bowed), fretless bass, about 7 different flutes, two tabla drums, rattles, tambourine, didgeridoo…
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kirklynch said

At 20 minutes now and this is brilliant!

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Okay I need to say a few things. Please read before listening! I did not do the 24 hour challenge but I did try and hang around in the chatroom as much as possible with Glu, SisterS, and ChrisM while they battled through it. At about midnight…
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Mr Sandbags said

Hi Kirk. Thanks... I do have a crazy selection of effects these days which is responsible for a lot of the sonic mangling I can do. Over the next year or so I'd like to get more selective and more competent about the results :) I also think Yelyah's onto something. This might actually be a "track" if it had more structure. As it is the micro-structure created by automation isn't enough. Lots of things to work on! Thanks again. m/

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Written, recorded, and mixed in 24 hours. August 01-02, 2009, from 6am to 6am. Instrumentation: Two acoustic guitars, electric guitar (picked and bowed), fretless bass, about 7 different flutes, two tabla drums, rattles, tambourine, didgeridoo…
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kirklynch said

OOOH- 5 minutes in now and enjoying it. That mood shift right before the 5 minute mark is really cool!

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Okay I need to say a few things. Please read before listening! I did not do the 24 hour challenge but I did try and hang around in the chatroom as much as possible with Glu, SisterS, and ChrisM while they battled through it. At about midnight…
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kirklynch said

OK- I'll admit I didn't listen to the whole thing, but I did hear about 6 minutes of it and it's interesting stuff! If I knew a tithe of what you do about manipulating sounds in software I'd be a league ahead of where I am!!

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Okay I need to say a few things. Please read before listening! I did not do the 24 hour challenge but I did try and hang around in the chatroom as much as possible with Glu, SisterS, and ChrisM while they battled through it. At about midnight…
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Mr Sandbags said

Yelyah, thank you for the encouraging words. You're right that I have a pretty unsophisticated approach to what a "song" is. It's a facet I've begun to notice in everything I have done so far, that it is structurally uninteresting. Guess I need to figure out how to take the next step! Thanks again. m/

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Okay I need to say a few things. Please read before listening! I did not do the 24 hour challenge but I did try and hang around in the chatroom as much as possible with Glu, SisterS, and ChrisM while they battled through it. At about midnight…
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yelyah said

I listened to the full 24. :) I dig what you've done here and would definitely call this music and not noise. I would like to see you create some separate sections. Like, a breakdown for instance, where you go for something totally different rhythmically before returning to the original idea. Keep on experimenting! :)

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Going through the various things I had kicking around before the RPM Challenge and before I upgraded to Live 8, I found this unfinished Live 7 thing... Frenetic fun. Boring technical details: I honestly can't remember much about it which to…
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Guest said

aptly named. i love the 303 squelch. - @ahonoe

Chris McGrath's avatar
One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the first track I did, when I was still fresh. I'd wanted to play around with Guitar Rig 3 since getting it at the weekend. The guitars are ableton loops mangled with guitar…
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Mr Sandbags said

After several listens my only regret is that I can only favourite this track once :)

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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. I'd just finished the trance track, it was 3am, and I wanted something completely different. It's 110bpm, the piano is NI AkousticPiano Steingraber 130. The bass and organ are done…
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Guest said

And you got it. Nice track, I like this one the best!

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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. I'd just finished the trance track, it was 3am, and I wanted something completely different. It's 110bpm, the piano is NI AkousticPiano Steingraber 130. The bass and organ are done…
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Guest said

Very cool, very chill.

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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the last track I did, and it shows. I was pretty tired after finishing 3am chill, and had to mess round for ages mangling loops and trying out different things before…
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Guest said

This is so clever! And you captured the madness of 24 perfectly! I wanna go to bed too.

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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the first track I did, when I was still fresh. I'd wanted to play around with Guitar Rig 3 since getting it at the weekend. The guitars are ableton loops mangled with guitar…
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Guest said

Cracking stuff, Chris! Just what I need to shake me awake! Very cool! Your whole project is alarmingly shiny! Well done!!!!

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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the last track I did, and it shows. I was pretty tired after finishing 3am chill, and had to mess round for ages mangling loops and trying out different things before…
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glu said

the tempo changes are totally melting my sleep-deprived brain..seriously.. !!! It's making me fall asleep... aptly named tune there!! You captured it perfectly. congrats again.. great job!

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Okay I need to say a few things. Please read before listening! I did not do the 24 hour challenge but I did try and hang around in the chatroom as much as possible with Glu, SisterS, and ChrisM while they battled through it. At about midnight…
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Mr Sandbags said

Bethan you're very kind to even attempt to listen to this! The kick drum that runs through the track is the source of most of the sounds, just mangled, tortured, and beat into shapes & frequencies kick drums were never meant to reach.

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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the first track I did, when I was still fresh. I'd wanted to play around with Guitar Rig 3 since getting it at the weekend. The guitars are ableton loops mangled with guitar…
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glu said

Lovin' this one! What a great beat, and just the right amount of atmospheric sound and rhythmic noises. Congrats on your 24h!

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Written, recorded, and mixed in 24 hours. August 01-02, 2009, from 6am to 6am. Instrumentation: Two acoustic guitars, electric guitar (picked and bowed), fretless bass, about 7 different flutes, two tabla drums, rattles, tambourine, didgeridoo…
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Chris McGrath said

fantastic, well worth all the sleep dep!

Mr Sandbags's avatar
Okay I need to say a few things. Please read before listening! I did not do the 24 hour challenge but I did try and hang around in the chatroom as much as possible with Glu, SisterS, and ChrisM while they battled through it. At about midnight…
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Guest said

Full of fun, rhythm and interesting sounds. Trying to work out what some of them are, very cool!

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