ChristopherMakesMusic

Christopher has been exploring the Skoog this week. He has been recording samples into the touch device and then playing them back as sounds for his new song.

We're off to a great start this week, Christopher has been playing a new ipad app called 'Spacestation' which is a granular synthesizer that can change your voice. Also, Christopher wanted to lay down some Kalimba for a new song called "Ready For Summer'.

There's a real buzz in the studio today! it may be grey outside those doors, but Christopher and I have been planning his "Road To Christmas" album launch. Plus we have been working hard on the April Showers track which is almost ready, so in Chris' words...'Watch Out and Look Out". 🎶🪘🎹🌅

The Sun is shining, and Christopher and I are making some wonderful music this morning!

A great week with Chris and Benny making a song called 'April Showers'.

Christopher really wanted to make an uplifting song today, so we pulled up a track that we stared a while ago which initially starts off with a slightly subdued and somber mood, but then we completely turned it around and turned it into a kind celebration of Spring and Easter in a carnival style...super fun! We should be mixing and mastering in the control room tomorrow as we currently have 4 tracks to put on an EP.

Joe joined us today as he is doing work experience with Beat This. It just so happens Joe is an excellent drummer so he played with Christopher on a new song today, another bluesy number, great!

We had a noisy output today to the speakers, so Chris learned about how to eliminate the hum using a transformer box - getting technical!

Last week we recorded piano using an old Fender guitar amp with the reverb which sounded really fantastic. We also had a gat a piano piece with the sheet music and some guidance.

Christopher wants to start working a new track for the E.P using guitar as a starting point. We're currently working on an A minor > F major intro.

This week we have started to work on a new collection of pieces entitled: "I feel relaxed". We are incorporating the sounds of nature together with some solo piano, synth and various world percussion to generate some ambient, evolving music that makes us feel relaxed and calm.

Well Christopher's new song is almost ready folks!

Today Christopher has been experimenting with the ipad app called the Novation Launch Key which is a great app for generating sequenced melodic lines and an old Korg drum machine that we blew the dust off and cranked up. A good start to the week we think. 🎼🎹🥁⚡️