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Disquiet Junto 0722 Spook Street

The Junto assignment is to "Make music for a haunted spy film."

My first step was playing with the "Black sabbath" sounds in the M-Tron, but it didn't go anywhere.

Next evening I decided to explore a spy theme and thought I'd start with a 5/4 time signature like Mission Impossible.

I don't think the result has that timing, but the idea was moving.

Added a few more parts and found the horror trailer, then thought I should finish before Halloween faded.

Anybody would like to say something?

 

naviarhaiku616 – whenever we meet

I thought to respond to the haiku shared by Naviar Records because it's raining.

This is my favourite pedal board at present, although the mix in the video has a lot of post effects too.

There were a few takes but the above version was concise and features a cameo from my youngest.

Dunno, the version below is longer and seems to work better?

So I said to him

Disquiet Junto 0721 Well Weathered

The Disquiet Junto prompt this week is to "Record a track in which you play along with the storm."

I found a wonderful storm on Archive.org by Brother Elias and played my bass along while it screened.

There were a number of takes, but I edited this part since it captured some of my favourite ideas.

I also thought I'd record a piece explaining my Junto process, since I haven't been giving it much reflection in recent years.

Era

 

Sonicake Portal with Noise Wipers

Portal is a useful mixer-style pedal by Sonicake with options to invert, stack or parallel the inputs. 

My initial idea to use it like a buss didn't go as planned, but I thought to try adding a gate in the form of the Noise Wiper pedal.

The result has been a lot more use of the Alexander pedals, Reverse delay and Space Race reverb.

With the Portal blending in those Alexander effects when my guitar play gets louder, it makes the experience so much more dynamic.

I'd been pondering dynamics and gated effects in recent months, and another moment was hearing the EarthQuaker Devices Data Corrupter through the gate on the Coppersound Triplegraph (not shown) -- which made an overbearing effect a lot more musical.

Anyway, as someone who is sick of seeing the word "freeze" on pedals, I've been wondering why more effects don't have a gate?

And, yes, I have started using an oven rack as a pedal board.

naviarhaiku615 – reminding me not to forget

The haiku this week was a reminder not to forget to record this pedal board. 

Things that make you

 

Omnichord chasing bliss

Suzuki Omnichords are like little time capsules. 

I've thrown a few things at this one over the years, particularly my Roland Boutique synths.

Similarly, the 505 drum machine is like hearing a beige version of a more famous Roland.

Somehow they pair nicely here, which was obvious when I substituted Roland for a punchier Alessis drum machine.

The arrangement of pedals has been changing and I like the quirks that get added.

Another quirk here is the tenor guitar, which has been tuned like a ukulele but from a low A.

That idea arose from learning about Keith Richards!