Our Strange Music

 

Our Strange Music was expanded from a 58 second thing did a couple of days ago for a short animation. No Singing. No Speech either.  Starts with a synth swoop up, has a weird guitar riff in the middle and ends with a sweep down. No Bass and no guitar solo. 

Isn't a standard song structure at all.  Has a few repeating melodic phrases, and variations. Actually doesn't have any place to put words or singing. But that is okay this time.

Guitar is all 8 String, and one riff is in the bass guitar region. Did consider putting some synth bass thing in it, but didn't come up with anything worthwhile.  Playing with low 8 string riffs and coming up with something interesting is a recent endeavor. 

When I have a memorable melodic phrase, something I want to hum to myself, it needs to be repeated, BUT NOT TOO MUCH!  So instead of the same phrase have similar phrases, and use those as well.

The way this is now, there isn't any room for singing, and to make way, would replace some of the melodic lines with vocals sing the same melodies. Probably not coming back to do that here though.  

Is it interesting?  I think it is interesting enough. 

And the next day we came back and turned it into this, Looks Like It's Ganna Be a Good Day with a few lyrics:

Looks like a great day

Looks like a great day

I hope its ganna be a good day.

Looks like a great day

Looks like a great day

I hope its ganna be a good day.

  Trying to have a positive feel about it. Much better for my mental health.

So is it a song? Not really, Has some vocals, but more a spice to that part of the track. Maybe makes it more uplifting, as the words indicate that too.

But is it really just a different version of one of the previous 4 tracks we did? In a way it is, as they are all this same Lydian/ tempo project I have been working with.  They all don't sound like the same song though, but do have a very consistent style and approach.

Have put this, and two other recent tracks in an EP here: Three in Lydian @ 143BPM on Bandcamp so you can make up your own mind.  As an artist, you want to find your own style/ voice, and I think this is mine at the moment. It doesn't sound like someone else.

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