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i/o - frequencies
ok this is my first official song finished with renoise. it’s called “Frequencies”, and yes, i know there are a lot of strange things about it, but it’s really just a learning experience for me and not a serious musical endeavor. and yet i’ve still managed to spend more time on it than i ever have on any other song.
so, a little bit of background on it…
a few weeks ago i asked my friend, " give me an idea for a song"…
so he says, “a breakbeat track that transitions into airy trance and ends in a funky house beat”…
well i figured i would give it a go, even though the genres don’t really mix well together. in the final cut i decided not to do the house part @ the end because the track is already REALLY out there as it is. it’s also the first song i’ve ever done that has proper verses and choruses… i’m just trying really hard to work on improving my songwriting skills, both with complexity of chord progressions and also song structures.
amount of time spent on this… more than i’d care to admit. estimated 10-12 hours. but i have learned SO much about renoise and about motivation, so it has helped me tons.
also i am not a vocalist, but i can hold a pitch so i wanted to throw some vox in there.
the vocals in the verses are sort of abstract/personal concepts. the vocals in the chorus are… political. a
nti george w bush to be specific. anti bush trance? ahaha
i tried to mix it and get all the volume levels and stuff just right but i’m still not 100% sure of myself on my skills , but that is why i am learning obviously. also i haven’t registered renoise yet so i had to record the whole thing in a .wav recorder instead of rendering directly to file, so there has been some fidelity loss there, but hopefully not too much. i will re-render it in a few weeks when i can scrap up the cash to buy renoise.
edit: i know some of the transitions between parts are kind of rough. that’s because i’m inexperienced at songs with this many different kind of parts and also because the parts are SO different. but next song i will be better
so. any comments? constructive criticism? like it? hate it? think i am completely wacko?
thanks for listening i/o - frequencies