It’s week 3 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 2.

What’s Working

I like that I was able to meld my particular ambient sound with a more prominent, traditional sounding guitar on Golden Chumash Silence. I’ve always used guitar in my music, but in the past I’ve always treated more like a synth: slow attack, drifty release, lots of effects. Ringing out. This time I actually started with the guitar. It felt right. After visiting Lake Cachuma, this particular Strat > Fender Amp sound felt right. I like how the Korg Polysix pads sounds here, too (soft synth emulation FYI).
The field recordings I used here are actually from Lake Cachuma and Chumash Painted Cave site.
Pizza Lawsuit was the result of delving deeper into the capabilities of the Elektron Syntakt. Aside from being a great drum machine, that little box has a ton of potential just in the synth zone. Great sounding machine. I’ve always been a big fan of groove boxes. I love sitting down with just one machine and seeing what you can get out of it, rubbing up against its natural limitations.

What’s Not Working

Nothing comes to mind this week.

💬 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.