The Next Song

So I just polished up a dnbish track I’ve been working on sparatically over the last few days. This one weighs in at 2:35 and has a harder sort of dnb sound going on. Next time I think I want to go for an ambient dnb sound. It’s only a matter of time now before I have to make a songs section. I don’t really like providing two versions of the same file, so if you can’t play my ogg files, you maybe SOL soon. This may be the last time.

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Another Tune

I had another few hours of boredom, so I churned out another track. It’s still a bit short at only 2:35, but it is yet another improvement on my previous work. I decided to call this one Student Drum ‘n Bass because even though I have a pretty good grasp on how to use Reason at this point, I’m still working towards making the evil drum ‘n bass sound that I desire. So anyway, here it is:

Amens are Fun!

Although I’ve been familiar with the “Amen loop” for some time now, I was not aware that it, along with dozens of other loops, actually originated from songs from the 60’s and 70’s that have been sampled from vinyl, used, and reused in countless jungle/dnb tracks. According to History, the Amen has been sampled from a song called “Amen, Brother” by the Winstons. CD rips of this and many other samples can be found at this great site, Bourbon Breaks.

My buddy Scottfro of Irie Way Records also is using Reason to produce his ragga jungle tracks. He says one of the key things for ragga style jungle music is to use a lot of samples. So, he usually turns to his vinyl collection as a source of inspiration. While half of his songs were never supposed to feature the Amen loop, he says the urge to just “see what it sounds like” is always too great. And apparently, it always sounds dope. Hooray for Amens! Here’s my latest 1:32 effort:

Progress with Plenty of Reason

So in the past couple weeks, I’ve made a short pile of 1-2 minute tracks, each produced in about one sitting. I think they are getting better each time, which is a good thing I guess. I like (and want to produce) a lot of different types of electronica, but mostly I just want to be making some wicked evil drum ‘n bass. Making the sound I really want requires … basically more experience and skillz than I have just yet. But today I decided to go for a hard, distorted sound, so here’s what I have so far. It’s a 2:02 industrial sounding track.