My friend Stefan came over yesterday to jam and see if we could come up with some music together – and we did, interestingly. We were also able to record and make a complete tune out of it, with only a few takes of experimentation and practice.
The tune is a sort-of cover of the song “I Can’t Live in a Living Room” from a popular punk band in Belgium called Red Zebra. We made the underlying rhythm/thematic loop part a few weeks ago, and built on that. I gave Stefan the microphone, he sang the first few verses, and then we basically just improvised on the spot. (Hence some missteps along the way ;))
Jamming and recording took about two hours. Later in the evening I spent another 2 to 3 on editing parts (mostly cutting out some idle clutter), mixing and faux-mastering. This is the end result.
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Our “group” is called Godiva TKO (temporary name, but we’ll see if it sticks). Stefan plays the Groovebox while I do my parts with my Ableton Live setup (laptop + audio interface + MIDI controller + MIDI keyboard).
I am starting to get a feel of the music that we will be making. Perhaps a hybrid of punk and dance?