Reminded me immediately of The Pillows, which is high praise in my book! Chords, lyrics, arrangement, production, all have clearly been thought out carefully and executed wonderfully.
Had me right out of the gate. The main motif shines throughout while still exploring all sorts of other possibilities along the way. Be sure to read the artist’s notes to put the both the tension and excitement of the music into full context.
[LUCA] - Invoking Fairies - @Mondgesicht
Another primarily vocal piece, with some gorgeous little bits and bobs to help this song sweep you away to places unknown. Close your eyes and let it carry you off!
Jazz made by a bassist? Yes, sign me up. Minimal (but highly effective!) drums and some funky walking bass lines lay a foundation for a beautiful piano and plenty of chill vibes
The third track on my short list in 6/8! Soft vocals and a shaker capture the rainy atmosphere, with a relatively simple beat and a fat bass holding everything up, it all works well together!
[BELT] - Fire Me Straight Into a Shooting Star - @Sakti
Damn if this didn’t get completely stuck in my head for days. The robotic vocals are the showpiece here, but it’s the bass line that plays alongside them that really elevates everything.
The best sort of 70’s prog rock, and very silly lyrics. Guitars, synth leads, choirs, and everything else all come together beautifully. I will be singing “now the aardvarks are aligned” to myself for months to come.
It's a good way to prep for the next #BandcampFriday, or just meet some of your musical neighbors. Read it here (and be sure to actually listen to some/all of the list!):
So much great music here! I'm especially enjoying @gahlord 's work on the double bass, makes me want to pull mine out out of the storage room and see if I can knock some of the rust off of my own playing
I've been recently looking for a budget reverb pedal (under $300 CDN/ $225 USD) and settled on the GFI Systems SKYLAR pedal. I haven't received it yet, and so I'm wondering what all my #synth and #guitar friends on here use for reverb? All price ranges are cool, no judgement! :)
@yougenius I use apple music for general listening, but YT has become my go to for discovering new music, as its algorithm does seem to be genuinely good at recommending artists and streaming channels that I actually like
Here the full video of my performance at TEMOM Monday night! It was a blast playing live. I had a prepared patch and sequenced lines, and the fun thing that happened was when I triggered the drum machine it was set to a different pattern than I expected! 😬So it really went in a different (and good, I think) direction. Than anticipated.
@yougenius This was cool! I could probably put together a set w my deluge and wavestate, but I don't think I could work up the nerve to play it live like this. Nice work!
I would love to know more about how other #linocut / #blockPrint / #stampCarving artists transfer their drawings to the carving medium. My current method is imprecise and slow and I'm looking to figure out a better one (ideally, that doesn't end with me needing to buy a printer - I can access laserjet printers at the library and inkjet at the local copy shop for now). Google is giving me tons of SEO spam with a few valid answers mixed in and I'm sick of sorting through it all.
@inherentlee I have tried a lot of different things, and the most consistent has been using carbon paper to trace the main lines onto the lino, then go back over it with a pen to clean up and fill in detail.
This is partly bc the lino can only do so much detail, so I also tend to just gesture toward the detail in the tracing, and trust that I will figure out how best to render it once I actually have tools in hand