I'm convinced that composing/recording daily is the best way to really find out if a DAW fits your workflow. And I think Ableton Live nailed its final nail in the coffin for me tonight. See, if I weren't writing so much, so quickly, I would be…

There's a note that sounds like it's getting abruptly chopped off somewhere in the song. Hopefully, you won't hear it, because I couldn't figure out what was causing it.

So I still hate Ableton Live with a passion for anything piano related. But things seem to go better if I head straight to arrangement view once I'm out of the improvising stage and do my recording there, rather than trying to think that session…

August 24 hour challenge.. I couldn't pass up on the name. =)

August 24 hour challenge.. Last track written, but I'm happy with how it came out.

August 24 hour challenge.. Audio footage from a local flood -- listen midway through, and the reason for the name becomes clear.

August 24 hour challenge.. Irving Finkelstein wanted to rap, but the 1 BPM tempo was just too much for him.

August 24 hour challenge.. Full name is Ray Bradbury's Cursed Bionic Orchestra, but it wouldn't fit. Lone improvised track (musically) during the session. Listen with headphones for best results.

August 24 hour challenge.. It was really humid when I wrote this one.

August 24 hour challenge.. Pretty cohesive tail for a 57 second track. [Compare to "Firecracker" recorded for RPM 2010. This was the initial kernel that led to that track.]