60 second music is what I have been mostly playing with in the last few years. Something for X, YouTube Shorts and X. Anything longer than that becomes a YouTube standard video or Bandcamp track where almost no one will hear it. 60 seconds or under will get at least 2 digit views, which is a triumphant success for me. Even if I do it just for myself anyway.
Everything starts as an adlibbed recording that is much longer than that though. Sometimes I set out to make a new piece of music, but somedays what I do isn't worth keeping. It just doesn't have that something I need to finish it. If I do manage to record something I like, that forms the basic musical structure. Making no more than 60 seconds isn't easy.
In the above image the music to the left of the selected bits are the early version of a complete track, and is about 90 seconds. Has the heavy guitar and synth feeling I am after.
It is an interesting exercise to make something very short. It is also interesting to make a 3 ~4 minute song too, for my own entertainment.
It is about all I use my gear for now, and that is fine.
I also put it in the Assorted Bits 2 album on Bandcamp.
It will now be a few days before I need to do it all again with a new theme... and at the moment, I have no idea what that would be. I will be doing something like walking around in the Supermarket, or in the shower, and get an idea about something.
That is not just a variation of an previous music + comic:
Concert Thoughts
The audience hall and stage of the live house Kyoto MOJO is probably the smallest I have ever been too. Then I see pictures of the Osaka Smashing Pumpkins gig and the huge hall there, and I am glad there are smaller venues like MOJO or even the larger CLUB QUATTRO Umeda. Makes for a much more intimate concert, where you can see the performers close up.
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