I tweeted a link today and ended up in a twitter dialogue with eminent mastering wizard @pure_tone. Anyway, long story short is that he, like my young lad who has too many hours experience to ignore, both drew the same (pretty instant) conclusion:

Here was a piece which lent itself to gaming.

Hadn’t occurred to me at all, but as soon as I listened again, presto. It’s also very easy for me to develop along those lines since each section is clearly discernible and self-contained. It needs “beefing up” and tweaking to fit the purpose, but I should be able to develop this into half a dozen completely interchangeable loops of eight and sixteen bars.

To celebrate, I’ve opened an account at Audio Jungle and hope to get the first set of files uploaded there by the end of the week.

Jonathan Scary has a new direction.

James’ goal to produce a new piece each day has me in awe and I often stop by his site when he tweets that another new tune is up. His Twitter timing is flawless, with delicate pieces so frequently providing a port in the storm of a busy day.

On 30 March, James posted Grey Space, a track which really caught my imagination. I could immediately hear all sorts of instruments – an “unplugged” treatment with acoustic guitars, a french horn or trombone and maybe a fretless bass to accompany the drifting piano.

James’ original allows the timing to float more than my arrangement (constrained somewhat by the drums) but I’ve tried to retain some of his freedom by letting the piano amble along behind the beat. I wanted to capture the apparent spontaneity of the original piano part – as if somebody was tinkering in a music shop.

OK, enough of the introductions. Hope you like it – though as ever this may not be the final mix!

I like the overall feel of this and can hear quite a lot building and then reverting to the melodic bass line every now and again. Let’s see where it goes…

I’ve reverted to the original voice for the melody line, a mellow jazz grand piano from the HALionOne VST instrument set in Cubase. I think this is much warmer than the synth voice from yesterday’s version and contrasts nicely with the overall electronic feel of the piece.

I’ve also added some arpeggios, done a little more work on the arrangement and begun to think about the overall direction. It’s getting closer but still needs some work yet.

Melody 1 [Solo]

I’m not sure if this piece will require more than one melody or whether soloing / featuring instruments such as the bass and percussion in the mix along with the introduction of the “haunted” pitch-bent voice from time to time will be enough. Anyway, here’s the work so far (still a way to go with arrangement etc):

All instruments and preliminary arrangement

For some time I have been looking for a home for my fat-fingered “creations” and I guess you’ve been unlucky enough to run across it. Still, now you’re here, let’s get acquainted.

My music is experimental. The approach may not be unique, but the compositions are original.  There’s seldom a plan. No end game. More likely, an unexpected sound created during a rushed edit, or a sequence vastly improved by the unplanned deletion of a rim shot. You could call it digital serendipity. But unless you were the lyricist in a 1960′s prog-rock band, you probably wouldn’t.

Whatever you call it, I don’t mind. The fact that you’ve clicked “play” is enough. If you decide to hang around until the end of a tune, that would be tremendous.

The first collection is (aptly) named Disarray. You can find tracks by following this link: www.jonathanscary.com/disarray.