It’s week 2 in my summer-long push to create as much music as possible—at minimum, two tracks per week. That means written, recorded, roughly mixed/mastered, and published.

This week I was able to complete three.

What’s Working

I like the textures I was able to coax out of Paul Stretch X app in Anger Relief Area and Paleozoic. That was a success. Paul Stretch is a great tool for stretching samples to extreme lengths and essentially turn them into pads.

What’s Not Working

I put a lot of time and energy into Beautyway. I wanted to try to do a pop song a la Magnetic Fields. It’s material I’ve listened to a lot over the years, but have only tried producing in that vein sparingly. So I’m going out on a limb here, a bit. Feeling pretty vulnerable here, especially with the vocals.
Now that a few days have past, I must say… it’s pretty cringey. The vocals are too far back in the mix, the effects are wrong and there’s no sparkle. It all sounds uninspired TBH. But that’s why the series is called Imperfections.

💬 Open Invitation

If you’re making imperfect things too—music, writing, whatever—I’d love to hear about it. Drop a comment below and link to what you’re up to.