[LAU] [music] The frozen alone (acoustic song/ballad)

[Brandon Hale]

> Since Linux is such an integral part of my workflow, I gravitate towards
> things that I can do.
Are there many things that you feel like you can't do so easily on 
Linux? I think I tend to use the sounds that come with Linux as part of 
my sound, if that makes sense. I wonder if others on here do that too. I 
tend to also "cheat" and get some of my favorite plugins in with linvst, 
like the Korg Wavestation (gotta have it! :) ) and the ProteusVX. As far 
as orchestral sounds, the one I use is the free Sonatina orchestra. It's 
not perfect, but with some Dragonfly reverb, it can sound pretty good 
and full.

I think synths are usually better than fake orchestras anyways, though, 
since the quality of sound tend to be more full.

> In Csound it's different. OK, no GUI, but many Csounders work without
> one. Well, they certainly used to. :) There it's a question of style,
> genre, skill and school of thought or approach. I'm sure, with your CLM
> experience, you can easily sympathise. :) 

The csound stuff is so cool, I want to learn it badly, just for the 
instruments and unit generators and effects that come with it.

Thanks for explaining your process. It seems very structured! :)

Brandon Hale

On 4/13/21 3:26 PM, Jeanette C. wrote:
> Hey hey Brandon!
> Thanks for the compliments. The solo is my Behringer Neutron.
>
> The rest of this mail will be about my "song writing".
> Apr 13 2021, Brandon Hale has written:
> ...
>> I would like to hear more about your song writing process, especially 
>> with how it relates to your Linux workflow!
> ...
> I will try to give an overview, if something in particular arouses your
> interest, feel free to task, either on or off-list.
>
> My song writing as such is usually quite naive and in the moment. In
> this case, I tried the ShinyGuitar and the first chrods came to me and
> one or two lines of the lyrics. Well, the inception happens that way.
>
> Then I usually quickly construct a song, hear it in my mind. I take that
> as a commitment. So there is a lot of linear thinking. My Linux
> environment is rather linear. My DAW certaqinly is, in the MIDI
> sequencer I sort of emulate a more loop or clip based workflow.
>
> Put together my being a keyboardist in a small village (when I began),
> not having many friends close by and starting out with a rather
> non-realtime environment: I became a very studio oriented person, not
> much for live jamming, recording sessions.
>
> Since Linux is such an integral part of my workflow, I gravitate towards
> things that I can do. Sometimes I feel challenged by certain techniques
> or styles, then I'll attempt to mimic them. I usually don't try big
> orchestral (no up-to-date orchestras). What we have is improving and the
> things I know are free! But compare them to real instruments or
> commercial libraries... I also got bad feedback on my few orchestral
> efforts, to some extent due to my shortcomings, but a typical phrase is:
> sorry I can't listen to that plastic in-the-box stuff for long.
>
> So I try to play to my strengths both in sound and style. No orchestra
> and, normally, no other difficult acoustic instruments, no non-linear,
> clip-based stuff, no sample slicing and dicing or stutter-edit like
> effects. And still I go into recording a song with a very strong idea of
> what it will be. Imagining something, even during the production, until
> I can realise them properly. Pro: quick production, working towards a
> definite result. Sometimes even developing new tricks to achieve the
> song in my head. Cons: not going with the flow so much, not letting an
> idea lead from that stage, bad/no adaptation towards change.
>
> In Csound it's different. OK, no GUI, but many Csounders work without
> one. Well, they certainly used to. :) There it's a question of style,
> genre, skill and school of thought or approach. I'm sure, with your CLM
> experience, you can easily sympathise. :)
>
> Best wishes and thanks again,
>
> Jeanette
>