1st
First day, first loop. This one is pretty simple.
looptober
I spent some time last month participating in looptober, a project where you generate a short bit of looped music every month. I used Strudel to write my pieces. Strudel is a JavaScript/Web-based tool for live coding music.
I took a class on live coding at SFPC this past summer and really enjoyed it. I've been playing with Strudel ever since, and so looptober was a good opportunity to focus on using it with a specific goal in mind.
There's definitely a range of quality here, there's some pieces I like a lot, some that are ok, and some that are pretty blah. I also really like the evolution of a piece of live-coded music, which is lacking here. But there's some good snippets in here for sure. I've included a video of each song playing and a link to the Strudel script as well.
2nd
I started messing around with using OBS to record these, and originally just recorded my whole screen, video feedback and all, which I actually enjoyed a lot. This piece is pretty messy, I sampled Seal's "Crazy" and sort of just messed around with it. For a lot of these loops I tried to get pretty close to something that was good without spending hours and hours refining.
5th
I'd been listening to a huge excavator with attached jackhammer hack away at slate for a day or two when I made this.
6th
For this piece I sort of went in the opposite direction of the last one, and used a cute bird tweet sample to make a simple melody.
7th
Guitar-ish noodling in Studel (stroodeling?)
8th
I sampled some trolley sounds from Mr Rogers, and also Mr Rogers himself saying "You ok?" and turned it into this. I actually like this one a lot, very basic but I feel like there could be something here.
10th
Another loud one. This uses the sample of a 3d printer from Sonic PI.
12th
I spent a week travelling without my laptop so made this on a Chromebook.
13th
I also made this on a Chromebook. I like the built in number samples in Strudel and they are fun to play around with but this is not much of a song.
14th
Another Chromebook piece, I actually like this one a lot, it was fun to jam on.
15th
I used the number samples again for this one and it's more interesting. Another Chromebook piece!
16th
I think this was my last Chromebook jam, it's ok.
20th
I took some samples from Thomas the Tank Engine for this one, it was fun to make.
22th
I think this is my favorite one from this project. I had an idea in my head, managed to hold onto it for a couple of hours while I was working/taking care of life, and then I was able to convert it into something that was pretty close to what I wanted. It's pretty simple but I like it a lot.
24th
I used some loon samples for this one #loontober.
26th
Messing around with the 'aahh' choir sounds from Strudel and some pad samples. It's easy to get lost in playing with samples like this.
27th
I like the older electronic sound of this one.
29th
Another electronic/vaguely industrial one. I'd seen Autechre perform the night before.
31st
Last one! I think this is my second favorite piece. I sampled Ash from Aliens for the weird talking.