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Music Video for Midnight Monologue
So here finally, is my first music video. This is a track named “Midnight Monologue” which wound up becoming the title track from my 2007 E.P. entitled Logue (download it for free from QED RECORDS) http://qed.valdellon.com/?p=50
New Track: Everything Will Be OK
“Everything Will Be OK” is a gloomy little tune that spouts optimistic lyrics — but has nothing bright or sparkly supporting any of the vocals. Even the melody is in a minor key. The vocal melody line is taken straight from a dream I had back in 2007. I woke up with the tune in my head and sat down at the computer right away to get it recorded into my Reason software.
New Track: Tributary
Tributary is basically a house music track done with some jazzy percussion, latin keyboard and bass parts and mixed in with some floating pads and ethnic male chants. I imagine a raindance in the middle of a busy urban area. But that’s just me. This track has been in my computer for some years but never released. I’m not exactly sure why. Maybe I’m just waiting for a good collection of songs that fit well together.
New Track: Filipino Folk Song Turned Downtempo
“Bahay Kubo” (Nipa Hut) is one of those Filipino folk songs that every elementary child in the Philippines used to learn early on since it was a lesson in naming your vegetables set to a catchy tune. I used the folk song as inspiration for this track.
Experimentum Crucis: An Album in a Month (and 2 years)
Last February 2010, I joined and completed one of the craziest community challenges the internet has ever conceived: the Record Producing Month also known as the RPM challenge. I’ve known about it for three years now, and even signed up for it last year, but I never actually pushed myself to complete the thing — [...]
Remix: Porta – Loser (Acid42Remix)
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Back in January 2005, QED Records released a short, alternative rock/industrial EP called “Porta” by the band called Porta — one half of the band was guitarist-vocalist Rann Golamco and the other was electronic producer Emorej. I decided to try creating a remix for their first track “(I’m [...]
Track: Magenta Breeze
Here’s an ’80s-inspired synthpop tune made entirely in Propellerheads Reason which mixes a typical pop beat with some ethnic instrumentation and a lot of soaring synth pads. The result is a bouncy, positive, feel-good theme for a Friday morning. I dug this one out of a backup DVR I created for all my past work [...]
Remix: Aguilera’s Aint No Other Man
Back in 2006 (I think), I put together a remix of Christina Aguilera’s “Aint No Other Man.” The acapella track was well done, inspiring me to sequence a some bouncy beats and semi-aggressive synth lines. I put the mp3 up on Imeem a while back but since Imeem’s been bought by MySpace, the playlists haven’t returned. So here it is again. Where it belongs. Enjoy!
Remix: Jemex – Palma (Acid42 BreaksMix)
Here’s a remix I made for Jemex’s track “Palma.” Combining some of the piano melody with a big, booming breakbeat, this remix tried to create a gritty, urban atmosphere to the ambient, melodic parts in the original track.
New Remix: Slow by Kylie Minogue
Here’s a big beat remix for Kylie Minogue’s smash hit of 2005(?) “Slow.” Created it using Acid Pro 5, and a whole buncha loops and VSTi’s. Always had an affection for her music. Possibly it’s the beats in her tracks, but also it’s the perky personality of the singer. Gotta love someone with the panache [...]
New Remix: My Parasol – Spacetalk (Acid42 GritMix)
This is a remix of a lovely tune entitled “Spacetalk” by the duo My Parasol, (one half of which is Spazzkid). I slowed it down to 100 BPM, and added a whole bunch of dirty, gritty drum loops, distortion, and a few softsynths for bass, electric piano and organ pad.
Holy Weak- my free electronica album- can be downloaded on Jamendo
Just released the contents of my 2004 EP, Holy Weak, on the Creative Commons music site Jamendo. Which means its freely available for download, and can be embedded in websites, blogs and anywhere on the Net. Happy listening!
"Stars"- My lyrics set to Emorej's music
I wrote some lyrics to a typically jangly pop song back in 1996/1997. The original tune sounded like a Letters To Cleo song (I was listening to a lot of jangly guitar pop rock then). I recently dug up the lyrics and thought it might be interesting to get someone else to write and produce [...]
Track: Riding On A Beach (Battlemix)
Here’s an old track – a remix of a track by Moon In The Man. This track was done back in 1999/2000 when I was first learning the Acid Pro software and sound editing tools.
Collaboration with Cocolulu on the “Panda Extravaganza” Remix
The beautiful thing about hi-speed internet connectivity and upgraded music-making technology is that, one user working from a compositional tool like Reason, and stationed in Hayward can send his working Reason file to another user in Mandaluyong, based on the former’s composition posted on his own website, and come up with a whole brand-spanking-new tune [...]
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