Final Composition

1. The name of my piece is Cruisin’(4:15)
2. This song is supposed to be something to play while relaxing with friends or “cruisin’” in your car. I also wanted it to reflect more of what I would listen to on my own time.  I attempted to rewire my Live and use Reason instead because that [...]

Country Roots

1. Country Roots (5:20)
2. This song what directed at capturing the feeling of my country roots if you will. I chose a lick from a favorite song of my because I don’t play steel guitar yet. I was hoping to write some lyrics to it, but by the end my beat and composition was to [...]

Justin_Cassel_ Final

1.       The Edge (5:04)
2.       The Edge is a Funk/Rock composition created in Ableton Live.  For the piece I began with a drum sample from Stevie Wonder’s song superstition.  From there I took a song I had created on guitar and recrded a bass and guitar track.  From there I chopped these tracks into the different [...]

The type of paradise you can’t kiss.

1.”The type of paradise that can’t kiss.” (5:03)
2. So I took a basic drum loop idea and based my piece on that. The first loop was an electronic one, used mainly for background noise, I composed it myself, and added some reverb to it. The second drum loop was one I made myself using the [...]

ryan jenkins

RYAN JENKINS
1. Shoe Stepper (4:41)
2. For samples i used very little, which is a big deal for me because i almost solely use sampling and cutting when composing most hip-hop/dance/house music. The samples i did use were the tried and true drum tracks that frequent baltimore club music. Drum loops from “it takes two [...]

SCV

Here is a video of the song “Electric Wheelchair”; it’s a drum corps cadence played by Santa Clara Vanguard. You can hear a version of my drum loop at around 0:57.
Where does your drum loop come from?

rewiring reason into ableton

theres a video of how to do it.

Hey All, I’ll be there early today…

For anyone who’d like some extra support using Live, or extra listening time or roadmapping help, anything except cooking or fashion advice, I’ll be there a little early today, probably an hour.  If you plan to come see me, please text me at 9175766166, or twitter me at digifiddler. If I know you’re coming, then [...]

No Class Today!!!!!!!!!!

See you guys tomorrow!  All best,  Todd

The Golden Mean

 An Exhaustive  look at The Golden Section is worth the look, Fibonacci and more.