GET OFF MY CASE!

So I said this would be a weekly blog, well that wasn't strictly a lie, just a lot of stuff has been going on in my little world the past few weeks.

I moved out and in with my parents, then out from my parents to a new place, then I fractured my toe by dropping a wardrobe on it (and then finished building it from an office chair, foot still pissing blood), and then I went to Gibraltar.

So, with all that in mind, it's been difficult for me to make any music or have any tangiable thoughts other than "ARGHSOMUCHNOISEINMYBRAINWHYWONTTHEVOICESSHUTUP?!" but the last few days I have been lovely and chilled.

And as such, the last couple of days, I made two new tracks, both of which I'm quite happy with. The first one was made by taking samples from the Batman Arkham City main theme, which is AWESOME, so I really didn't do it much justice to be honest, but some b-boys have taken interest in writing stuff to go over it, which is cool. It really feels good when other people get excited about my work.

Anyway, here's the link to that badger - http://soundcloud.com/woodsalt-soldier/tamban

The second track is actually one I've been meaning to try for quite some time. I wanted to make a similar kind of remix to Tamban (the Batman one), and so I set to thinking about orchestral scores I liked, and then I remembered I had the main theme from Gataca kicking around on my computer, which again, is a BEAUT.

I think the key with remixing stuff like this is to go completely the other direction with them, which I like to think I did by making a liquid drum and bass track out of it. It wasn't too hard, technically at least, I ran into a few problems and published a rubbish first draft, but now I've pretty much finished it and I much prefer it.

Here it is - http://soundcloud.com/woodsalt-soldier/garaticate

I think I've found a new style that I'd like to play with, so I'm going to think of some more soundtracks I enjoy and see what wizardry I can pull out of them. I was considering doing Pogo style vocals, that is to say, taking voice clips from the source material and chopping them up with pitch changes, but it's complex and honestly I think I'd rather develop my own sound.

Anyway, I must fly, I'm off to have a lovely day in the sun! HUZZAH!

Take it easy, readership of one. I love you x