Write What You Feel

I hope everyone had a great Easter. This was my first holiday away from everyone I know so it was a little rough, but I decided to use all that time to write a new piece of music just for myself; something I haven't been able to do in quite a while.

Art in general, whether it be painting, music or dance is a highly emotional medium. Works of art seem to take on a life and meaning of their own when the artist puts the powerful emotions they're feeling into that piece of art. I wanted to do that with this piece. This weekend I was feeling some powerful emotions, namely sadness, love and hope. Rather than sit with those emotions, I wanted to pour them into this piece of music, and this work is the result. I recorded a 30 second sketch late Friday night and the piece was done by sunday evening. It felt really good to slave away at some music again. I hope you can hear the emotions I threw into it. This piece is entitled 'Goodbye'.

Goodbye

Soundscapes

This week I was asked to write some music for a 15 second Bailey's Creamer commercial. The commercial is a very visual experience displaying the blending of the creamer with the coffee. So for this commercial, the agency wanted more of a soundscape. A soundscape is a piece of music that blurs the line between music and sound effects. The agency didn't want to go full out soundscape, but wanted a very textural piece of music with only a hint of melody. Some could have a rhythm attached to it, but they were looking for a very clean and modern sound. I've never done a soundscape or anything close to one, so I was excited for the opportunity to try it out.

I used a plugin for Logic called Sculpture. It's a synth engine that lets you build your own sounds. The interface is very visual based so you can see what you're doing to the sound, hence the name.

This would also be one of the first times I've used synths since the dreaded hip-hop main title I did for Mike Post. This one was actually fun, as I was able to blend synths with traditional sounds for a unique feel. I did 5 versions of this commercial and I think I may want to incorporate some electronic elements into future projects now. I hope you enjoy these.

Baileys 1



Baileys 2



Baileys 3



Baileys 4



Baileys 5