For this I used an iPad, AUM, mLFO, Fugue Machine, the sounds of a bottle cap, ScaleBud 2, Glitchscaper, Enso, Bleass Motion, J_NO Chorus, Laplace, Other Desert Cities, Reverbium, Dubstation2, Amazing Noises Reverb FDN, ChowTapeModel, Bleass Delay
I recorded this for Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories & Blister Pop Unlimited.
Musical Prompt:
– Create a 3 chord progression that does not repeat any notes
– You can use diads instead of or alongside triads
– Build something from these beginnings
From there, do whatever it suggests to you – an intro, a chorus, a minimalist piece, vamping for a solo. Finish a musical piece from this starting point.
As part of the free portion of my Patreon/Discord, I try to post two prompts a month.
I bought this Aion FX Graviton kit for about $96 this summer. I do a quick unboxing in this video – not a build video. It is a clone of a Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal pedal.
For this I used an iPad, AUM, mLFO, MidiFlow Randomizer,
In the two file player channels, I used short excerpts from Butter On The Map Episode One, 08 Nov 2020, available elsewhere on this channel. That original recording included Volca FM, EHS Microsynth, TC Nova Delay into an iPhone.
I recorded this for Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories & Blister Pop Unlimited.
Music Prompt: Two rules for this one…
Compose an original music or sound piece that uses at least one reversed part and incorporates two forms of recording technology.
As part of the free portion of my Patreon/Discord, I try to post two prompts a month.
**Word Prompt:** finding something valuable in the trash
**Music Prompt:** Assemble something musical out of discarded and disparate parts. They can be things on your hard drive or things in your head. They can be a part that got buried in a mix or even things you’ve used before. Try to make something new from this. Don’t just post something old. Don’t overthink about whether the parts will fit together or not. If it feels uncomfortable, you are probably on the right track.
Overall, don’t get too hung up and have fun.
Inspired by my approach to music in general and specifically towards a recent Disquiet Junto challenge.
For this I used an iPad, AUM, mLFO, MidiFlow Randomizer, Beass Granulizer & Delay, a live mic in the backyard, a UPS guy, Rozeta Scaler, Ryan Robinson’s Zoa, AudioKit Digitalism 2000, Strng by Erik Sigth, Amazing Noises Gliderverb, K-Devices Shaper, Anthony DiFuria’s MoDelayrium ReverbiumUnus
I recorded this for Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories & Blister Pop Unlimited.
https://youtu.be/fot-FFRVfCE I’ve liked this album since I first heard it around 40 years ago. Testing some camera/video stuff here on YouTube too.
00:00 Intro
01:15 Previous albums
03:06 Album overview
03:55 Draw The Line
05:28 Wanna Know Why
06:47 Critical Mass etc
07:58 Get It Up
08:33 Bright Light Fright
08:59 Art Not = Artist
09:43 They Suck Now
10:30 Kings & Queens
11:39 Hand That Feeds
12:15 Sore Eyes
12:27 Saw Them Live
13:31 Yardbirds Things
14:34 Milk Cow Blues
15:29 Giorgio & Yardbirds
16:44 The guys in the band
20:12 Wrapping it up!
As part of the free portion of my Patreon/Discord, I try to post two prompts a month. Check this video or the free portion of my Discord to see more – such as a scanned example from Russo’s book.
Remember to use #Blisterpop if you post your entry anywhere!
**Word Prompt:** Any word associated with an animal digestive tract.
**Music Prompt:** Use the notes C, E, F in 3/4 6 note melody, not counting ties but counting slurs. Using your first note as the mid point and the last note as the end point for both lines, invert the melody in the same rhythm. You’ll end up with unison, dyad , dyad, dyad, unison.
I’ll screenshot an example using 7 notes in 4/4, but remember we only want five for this and in 3/4.
Then use that in a track or piece.
The example shown also gets into inexact inversion to keep it in key but that’s your choice, as is tempo and anything else I didn’t mention.
Easy way to do this is to write the melody on staff paper or in midi and look at the staff and count until you hit the next note, then count in the opposite direction for the “inverted” note. Just keep in mind that moving it up or down from that landing place is ok too. So if you count up two in the original melody, count down two for the inversion. If you don’t like that, go one more. You might like it now!
Overall, don’t get too hung up and have fun.
Inspired by an exercise from the William Russo book Composing Music.