It’s been awhile sine my last post. Haven’t had much time to work on music but I did manage to get a solid effort out. This song has a pretty long build up but has a good overall feel too it. Made it in about two days and there is much more work to do with equalizing and finishing touches, but for now I’m going to bench it.
I’ve been working on two songs where my focus has been creating nice textures and layers between the individual sounds. This first song completely lacks percussion and follows a simple arpeggio throughout the entire track. All the different saws really smooth together in this one and it has a good build towards the end.
Kadane’s Algorithm by MacMelto
This song is very similar but the focus was put into an interesting chord progression and working with percussion. Again, I really worked towards a big epic finish for this one so listen through till the end!
Hi everyone. Today is Valentines Day! Yesterday, at around 10:30pm I decided that I would treat my special someone right, and make them a song. Who doesn’t want a song made for them anyway? So, to show how much I care, I wrote this little rap for my girl Lisa. I had made the beat a few days prior but didn’t really have a use for it. I guess I lucked out! It’s very personal, which is why I’m sharing it with all of you guys. It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m spreading the love! Lyrics are on the soundcloud page; sorry for all the inside jokes.
Hey everyone. This year I did not have my annual winter holiday album release as usual. This was mainly due to college apps, visits, blah blah blah. Anyway, I’m planning on releasing a possible EP or even full length album depending on how much I get done over the summer to be released before next Fall. It’ll be a free download. Right now I’ve got some pretty nice tunes in the works and I’m excited to have some sort of finished project.
Enough of that, here are two songs I finished recently. More experimental, but interesting stuff. This first one I made to play around with some new filters. As well, I wanted to see how well I could emulate a really nice, rough sounding electric guitar. This one was a pain to get all the instruments equalized and really popping, and it still needs work, but have a listen!
This second song I just finished up today. It has a pretty lighthearted sound, and I just love the bass section throughout the middle and the end.
These two songs are pretty strange. I guess everything I’ve been doing lately has been experimental, but I do feel good about these tracks. I tried to make each song explore different techniques and have good build ups, so check em out!
Where My Beasts Are Bedded Part 1 by MacMelto
This is a new song I just finished up in about 3 hours total time. It was a nice experiment in which I tried making a classic 8-bit sounding tune, while mixing in modern digital synths. The result, I would say, is fairly successful. The song demonstrates the rough sounding edges of the 8-bit leading melody over the contrasting background music. I think it makes it sound quite lyrical; have a listen.
Name of the post pretty much says it all. I don’t usually make remixes, but I thought I would give it a go. This was actually tons of fun to make, especially working on the vocals to make new melodies and rhythms. While I don’t feel remixes are the most original form of work… I suppose I do like the new direction this mix takes.
Thanks for visiting my site! For those of you who’ve been here before, all of my old posts (pre 2011) are marked as private right now. They will eventually be back up on the site in a little archive section. I’m going to try to keep this site more constantly updated and have started with a few posts today to get the ball rolling.
Mac Melto
I recently upgraded my computer and I’m still working at transferring all my plug ins/sounds etc. What I’m saying is, I currently have none of the tools to make any music! So in the meantime, I downloaded an 8 bit vst and played around with it. Some of the restrictions that came with making a song in this style really forced me to make sure other aspects of the song, like melody, stood out. This isn’t the first 8 bit song I’ve made, but it’s a nice example of what I’ve been doing with my time.
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