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Five Ways I use memories as a creative tool:

Revisiting old mix CDs I made as a teenager: I love to listen back to these mixes and find what inspired me then. What is it that I learned from liking these songs, what are the common threads that I can trace in music I like now?


Keeping every idea: I like to track or journal every creative idea I have even if I think it sucks at the time. I may hate it now but it might find its purpose later. As much as you can grow out of styles, you can also grow into them.


Using all the senses: When working on sounds, sometimes I will channel specific memories by evoking the other senses that were present at that time. What were the colors I saw? What did it smell like? What did things feel like when I physically touched them? What sounds do I hear when I smell, see and feel this?


Mixing both old and new tools: I like returning to more “primitive” tools I used when I started making music, like recording using my Tascam 4 track. Relearning how to use these machines reminds me of what it felt like using them the first time. Using my hands to physically shift knobs versus a click on a computer helps unlock different creative energies inside me.


Remembering: Nostalgia is never cheesy if it comes from a genuine place.

 

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“We are the composers of this huge, miraculous composition that’s going on around us. We can improve it, or we can destroy it. We can add more noises, or we can add more beautiful sounds. It’s all up to us.”

 

Disquiet Junto 0504 Transform Formula

The Disquiet Junto project this week asks participants to "Take a sound, change it, and contrast that with the original."

My mobile phone ringtone came to mind.

It's still a novelty, since I didn't have a phone before starting the job, and thankfully it doesn't ring very often -- so I don't often hear the ringtone.

To change the sound I slowed it down and converted in to MIDI, then used one of my favourite piano sample-based instruments.

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Disquiet Junto 0503 Sing Song

The Disquiet Junto prompt this week is to "Record a song using only your voice transformed beyond recognition." 

Maybe it was the image Marc picked, but my mind went back to the "vocal only" track 'Alright' that I recorded a while back that went on to be remixed by DJ Pnutz for my album Sing.

I've used it for a couple of previous Juntos, including a mash-up and a remix made from Ausgesuchtestenohren and mode.analogue.

I've taken those stems and run them through a variety of effects, particularly saturation.

For these kinds of Juntos I really like using Sinevibes, as their effects will quickly take the source material to a distant and alien place.

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Disquiet Junto 500 Humming to Your Selves

The Disquiet Junto project this week introduced me to the writing of Fernando Pessoa.

The project direction is to "Play a tune by yourself and as if by two people whom you invent."

I've thrown a few ideas at the track, which began with drums I recorded in April.

On Saturday I improvised a chord progression using the MIDI guitar, then struggled to remember the key as I added a bassline.

Then I remembered a video of a visit to a rock pool with my youngest, which had been on my mind after a haiku prompt from Naviar Records.