Vespertine Noise

I’ll release the tracks over the next several days, holding my favorite for last because I plan to expand upon it.

I just noticed that I never did this, i.e., I never posted my favorite track from the most recent 48 Hour Film Project, SubGroveBreath. I played with it for a couple of nights sure enough, but I didn’t make any recordings worth releasing. I find myself running up against the limitations of Garage Band and my laptop, so I’m dreaming of an improved rig with Logic Studio.

A few observations.

The percussion is tuned: it is in the same key as the other instruments. This is easiest to notice toward the beginning just as the breathy track comes in.

It is monotonous as hell. Which perhaps isn’t so great for you the listener, but that’s not always my first concern. I often find long tracks fertile for improvisational practice, particularly when the tempo is medium to slow. When a piece is fast I often break into well practiced riffs, and this is lazy. When a piece is slow, and when I’m in the right frame of mind, improvisation becomes…and I’m not really sure of how to say this…it becomes a quest for melodic and harmonic opportunity. You find a melodic line, maybe work in a harmonic line, perhaps something dissonant or even out of tune, bend a few notes, just to see how far you can take it.

So here it is, SubGroveBreath, for future expansion, or not.

SubGroveBreath.mp3