I decided to change things up a bit this week. I am waiting on new music softwares and new headphones (to replace ones I left on airplane) so I thought I’d try to do something all MIDI before I go back to past works. This song may or may not fit with the current work I am creating which is tending to be more singer songwriter oriented. It’s a bit too cosmic and psychedelic for that, so it maybe will work with another more sci-fi driven project in the works.
I have tracked lyrics for this but they (along with the title) could change if I decide to move away from said sci-fi project I have on back burner. I left out the lyrics for this round because they were sloppy, out of key and I wanted people to hear the music itself before they get preconceived notions on which project it should be for.
So here is the track currently titled The Silt of the Cosmos
[audio:https://hellocomein.com/soundbox/hellomusic_mike/TheSiltoftheCosmos.mp3]Questions:
1) what influences does this sound like its treading on?
2) what moods are evoked?
3) how is the structure? any motifs i want to repeat or lengthen…its a bit short now, but not too bad.
4) which direction (sci fi or other) should i go in?
Thoughts?
Notes from our chat for the record.
i like
especially when the melody comes in
you generally write really good melodies
you should redo this when you get live so you can get a better beat
i think in the beginning maybe lower the volume of the main chord synth in the mix
there’s a cool synth in there that has a rhythmic pulse like a heartbeat but it gets drowned out
i think changing from the quarter note bass drum beat to the stardard rock pattern beat sounds a bit off
I would do something more subtle
like keeping the pulsing bass drum and adding a snare
and then later adding a hi hat-ish type thing for a third layer if needed