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Please Select Your Wash Package

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   track 1 time 2:41

a trip through a car wash - backwards

~~~ notes ~~~

entirely built of recorded sounds...


512 cymbals

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   track 2 time 6:20

a lot of cymbals


Rip Off!

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   track 3 time 7:04

It's time to dance! A blend of a whole lot of drums tracks, etc... (The title? Somewhere in there the drums sing "Rip Off.")


Three Key Round

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   track 4 time 1:29

The chord progression is

|: D / / C | Bb / / Ab | F# / / E :|

If you modulate this down a major third, you'll find that it's the same thing, just shifted in time. Ditto for modulating down another major third. Since three major third intervals equal an octave, this closes the modulation loop.

D / / C | Bb / / Ab | F# / / E ...

Bb / / Ab | F# / / E | D / / C ...

F# / / E | D / / C | Bb / / Ab ...

The song goes like this:

After the piano establishes the cycle, the flute comes in with a melody. Then a little later the marimba comes in, shifted over a measure and modulated down a third. Finally, the horns come in, shifted over another measure and modulated down another third.

It's sort of like a musical Mobius strip.


Squeaky Clean Luv

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   track 5 time 3:50

By Popular Demand: A slightly different version of "Luv" - without the ancient vinyl snap, crackle, and pops in it.


Small Setback - Under The Hood

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   track 6 time 4:30

"Small Setback" was created by starting from a few JamPack 4 GarageBand loops and modifying them.

This is an audio demonstration showing an A/B comparison of each of the original loops followed by my modifications.

the original Desire A Violas
the modified loop

the original Escape C Cellos
the modified and expanded loop

the original Desire A Cellos
the modified loop

the original Desire A Violins 2
the modified and expanded loop

the original Classical Piano Right Hand 100
the first modified loop
the second effected loop
the third modified loop

the original Capitol B French Horns
the first modified loop
the second modified loop

The Capitol C Orchestral Kit and Jazzy Rock Drums 06 were used unchanged, and do not appear on the demo.

I hope this demonstration provides a little insight into how I've created a few of my songs.


changermind

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   track 7 time 2:46

Two phrases, with common notes, but different "phase angles."


Ponder Then Awaken

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   track 8 time 20:00

This is a 20 minute "relaxation tape."


99

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   track 9 time 7:02

every trip we take is a personal trip...

LOL OMG ROFLMAO WTF?

grok it in fullness: Nine Lives

TTFN

lyrics:

we are
after all
the sum
from zero to omega
of our deeds

good
bad
or otherwise

(c)2007 Bill Grundmann


Pirate Cannon (LIOLI)

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   track 10 time 2:57

This is for the LIOLI6 Loop It Or Lose It challenge.

Submitted for your approval, imagine if you will, a pirate. From Mars.

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one song was used from this site of copyright-free loops: http://www.net4tv.com/net4TV/music/freeloops.htm


Fast Away The Old Year Passes

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   track 11 time 8:37

a year's-end collage

info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensleeves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_lang_syne

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sound effects used in this song:

NYC_street level.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=44797)
By gezortenplotz (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=11536)

file0006 Water Fall, Mill, Billerica.mp3 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=37816)
file0389 party horns.mp3 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=44917)
By smokeyvw (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=103206)

Party Sounds.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=23153)
Party then screams 2.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=23154)
By FreqMan (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=92661)

rocket report and scream.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=32984)
By cognito perceptu (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=57789)


RIP DR LIOLI7

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   track 12 time 1:10

This is for the LIOLI7 Loop It Or Lose It Challenge.

What can I say:


"...Though I've belted you and flayed you,
By the livin' Gawd that made you,
You're a better man than I am..."


0xdeadbeef

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   track 13 time 0:38

11011110101011011011111011101111 in hexadecimal


Inertial Frames Of Reference

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   track 14 time 2:37

This is a custom soundtrack for a short film.

The lengths of the sections here are dictated by the needs of the film - there's little wiggle-room on that.

This track is based heavily on Perhaps She's Channeling. In the latest discussion with the film maker, it was decided to use only portions of this track along with material from Perhaps She's Channeling and a modified version of Red.

I'd love to hear your guess on what the film's story is - its entire duration is the length of this soundtrack.

The link to the final film is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXnUoDiZRu0

thanks


Time Lapse Tide

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   track 15 time 1:40

A sound track for a short film "Time Lapse Tide at Moncton, New Brunswick"

A time lapse movie of the tide from the Bay of Fundy entering the river at Moncton. A very slight wave (the tidal bore) is visible in a few frames, but it was unremarkable. However, the river completely filled in only an hour.

The video is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdOyTcU5S8


Permutations

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   track 16 time 1:55

about insomnia

with a soundtrack

video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpQaKv3Ec_4

This was originally published as a poem here:
http://bill.kats22.com/writing/singularity/permutations.html

lyrics:


Permutations

123

not again.
i thought about my worries
and worried about my thoughts

132

you can't not think about things
at least, i can't
let's try free association

213

man, i need to get some rest
all these plans
what if i forget something important?

231

i have got to get some sleep
readjust the pillow
relax

312

one thing leads to another
to another and back
how do i break this cycle?

321

at last.
out of permutations
maybe now?

(c) 2008 Bill Grundmann


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