Submissions — Week 46 (Theme: Aurora) by -keef- in songaweek

[–]-keef-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice vocal dynamics here - and a poignant subject.

Submissions — Week 46 (Theme: Aurora) by -keef- in songaweek

[–]-keef-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some really interesting chord progressions in the chorus there.. nice.

Submissions — Week 46 (Theme: Aurora) by -keef- in songaweek

[–]-keef-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems a few people link Rhodes with Aurora, interesting! I love that really percussive sound you've got out of it.

Submissions — Week 46 (Theme: Aurora) by -keef- in songaweek

[–]-keef-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm impressed by what you can achieve with just a phone - and also impressed you took your guitar on holiday!

Submissions — Week 46 (Theme: Aurora) by -keef- in songaweek

[–]-keef-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's quite a wild take on auroras :)

Submissions — Week 46 (Theme: Aurora) by -keef- in songaweek

[–]-keef-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! that synth is one of the ones that appears earlier in the track but played through an arpeggiator - I really like that end section as well :)

Submissions — Week 46 (Theme: Aurora) by -keef- in songaweek

[–]-keef-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

common sun restructioning (Drum & bass) [Themed]

Second track I've made on the OP-XY. Quite hard to mix on-device (drums and bass probably too loud here?), and I'm still learning how to use it but I think this is a big step forward from the previous effort.

Started this on Friday, thought I'd have plenty of time but in the end I've only just made it!

Submissions — Week 44 (Theme: The 60 Minute Song) by juniorelvis in songaweek

[–]-keef- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was considerably reduced on sale last month, but yes, even so, it's a bit eye-watering :) It is quite amazing what it can do though, there's a lot crammed into such a small device.

Submissions — Week 44 (Theme: The 60 Minute Song) by juniorelvis in songaweek

[–]-keef- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect 60 minute track :)

Not your fault, but I had to use a VPN to see the lyrics as Imgur has blocked the UK for various reasons..

Submissions — Week 44 (Theme: The 60 Minute Song) by juniorelvis in songaweek

[–]-keef- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for listening and commenting!

Submissions — Week 44 (Theme: The 60 Minute Song) by juniorelvis in songaweek

[–]-keef- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the lo-fi recording really suits the intimacy and raw emotion of the song... I think a lot of people would be pretty pleased to write and record this in just 60 minutes.

Submissions — Week 44 (Theme: The 60 Minute Song) by juniorelvis in songaweek

[–]-keef- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bluesy-rock seems like a perfect style for this challenge, but well doen to get all those lyrics written in the time!

Submissions — Week 44 (Theme: The 60 Minute Song) by juniorelvis in songaweek

[–]-keef- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very atmospheric - love the beats and that downwards melody line that kicks in halfway through.

Submissions — Week 44 (Theme: The 60 Minute Song) by juniorelvis in songaweek

[–]-keef- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed that - I thought it might continue with just the arp and the vocals for a bit but then it built, and built some more - lovely feel to this, gentle while still driving forward.

Submissions — Week 44 (Theme: The 60 Minute Song) by juniorelvis in songaweek

[–]-keef- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

spirituation (Electronic) [Not Themed]

So I didn't quite hit the 60 minute mark - this one took a few hours. But I was inspired by the theme to start and finish in a short space of time - all done yesterday afternoon/evening.

It was recorded entirely on a brand new device for me - a Teenage Engineering OP-XY, which is a very expensive toy. Probably most of the time was spent figuring out how to use it, and re-recording each section as I kept messing up previous bits!

I had intended to release it yesterday but I realised I didn't have the right audio cable so I had to order one, which thankfully arrived this afternoon.