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album: Plankton
track 1: 5:26 Drop
track 2: 4:46 Ocean Lady
track 3: 4:48 L'Heure Bleue
track 4: 3:31 Sink Into The Sea
track 5: 6:08 Steps
track 6: 6:36 Seven GHs
track 7: 2:32 Nautical Twilight
track 8: 12:48 See
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Song Description
Life is all around you. In so many ways that we can't begin to fathom the complexity.
Each moment now takes a long while.
Each moment reveals a new way to see the big picture.
~~~ notes ~~~
This piece is in five sections. I used GarageBand's "Evolving Atmosphere 02" to begin the opening section, and to open the last section, as a hint the ending is near. (I also thought that "evolving" was apropos.)
"Evolving Atmosphere 01" is used to separate each section, it sounds like breaking glass, which is nice for the idea of breaking into the next moment. And there are unintelligible voices, again, just the thing.
"Evolving Atmosphere 04" is used as the main sound of the first section and fifth section.
"Evolving Atmosphere 05" is used as the main sound of the second section and fourth section.
"Evolving Atmosphere 10" is used as the main sound of section three. Some extra string notes, sinking downwards, were added.
The overall structure is:
02
===04===
01
===05===
01
===10===
01
===05===
01+02
===04===
01
04 fade
The drums follow this same symmetric form. "Relaxed Drum Groove 02" in section 1 and 5. "Hip Hop Beat 03" in section 2 and 4. "Deep House Dance Beat 05" in section 3. In section one, I expanded the drum loop length by 4, and switched around the end of each measure a bit, to avoid too much monotony. (The repeat in section 5 is just the original loop, to avoid being distracting.) The other drum loops were left as is.
The next layer is sounds of many humans blended to sound like an approximate ocean surf, or flowing water. The idea was to equate "an ocean of people" with the literal ocean. The countless lifeforms in the sea are like the countless kinds of people in the world. Or something like that.
"Beach Sound Effect 01" - with tons of filtering, compression, etc.
"Crowd Sound Effect 02" - with track echo and reverb
"Crowd Applause 02" - with some EQ and phase shifting, so the surf is flowing all around you.
Bass was added as needed to build a little tension. I created a bass loop using the "Tight Synth Bass" using the motif from "Sink Into The Sea." And "Disco Pickbass 05" was left as is.
"Smokey Clav" echoes the bass line in the middle section, and returns at the end to tie things up. The "Orchestra Steinway" doubles the same line at the end, for various reasons I can't explain, including to refer to "Sink Into The Sea."
And, finally, I snuck the Steinway in at the start of section 4, playing a reference to "Sink Into The Sea" yet again.
Seven Giga-Humans.
track 1: 5:26 Drop
track 2: 4:46 Ocean Lady
track 3: 4:48 L'Heure Bleue
track 4: 3:31 Sink Into The Sea
track 5: 6:08 Steps
track 6: 6:36 Seven GHs
track 7: 2:32 Nautical Twilight
track 8: 12:48 See
...more albums...
Song Description
Life is all around you. In so many ways that we can't begin to fathom the complexity.
Each moment now takes a long while.
Each moment reveals a new way to see the big picture.
~~~ notes ~~~
This piece is in five sections. I used GarageBand's "Evolving Atmosphere 02" to begin the opening section, and to open the last section, as a hint the ending is near. (I also thought that "evolving" was apropos.)
"Evolving Atmosphere 01" is used to separate each section, it sounds like breaking glass, which is nice for the idea of breaking into the next moment. And there are unintelligible voices, again, just the thing.
"Evolving Atmosphere 04" is used as the main sound of the first section and fifth section.
"Evolving Atmosphere 05" is used as the main sound of the second section and fourth section.
"Evolving Atmosphere 10" is used as the main sound of section three. Some extra string notes, sinking downwards, were added.
The overall structure is:
02
===04===
01
===05===
01
===10===
01
===05===
01+02
===04===
01
04 fade
The drums follow this same symmetric form. "Relaxed Drum Groove 02" in section 1 and 5. "Hip Hop Beat 03" in section 2 and 4. "Deep House Dance Beat 05" in section 3. In section one, I expanded the drum loop length by 4, and switched around the end of each measure a bit, to avoid too much monotony. (The repeat in section 5 is just the original loop, to avoid being distracting.) The other drum loops were left as is.
The next layer is sounds of many humans blended to sound like an approximate ocean surf, or flowing water. The idea was to equate "an ocean of people" with the literal ocean. The countless lifeforms in the sea are like the countless kinds of people in the world. Or something like that.
"Beach Sound Effect 01" - with tons of filtering, compression, etc.
"Crowd Sound Effect 02" - with track echo and reverb
"Crowd Applause 02" - with some EQ and phase shifting, so the surf is flowing all around you.
Bass was added as needed to build a little tension. I created a bass loop using the "Tight Synth Bass" using the motif from "Sink Into The Sea." And "Disco Pickbass 05" was left as is.
"Smokey Clav" echoes the bass line in the middle section, and returns at the end to tie things up. The "Orchestra Steinway" doubles the same line at the end, for various reasons I can't explain, including to refer to "Sink Into The Sea."
And, finally, I snuck the Steinway in at the start of section 4, playing a reference to "Sink Into The Sea" yet again.
Seven Giga-Humans.
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Schello
Hip hop & Deep house dance beat great idea!