Lying Back Looking Up is a set of tracks based around the idea of lying on the ground and looking upwards at the world around. Much as in the same way Vah Gogh and many other Impressionist painters had of seeing the world in a dreamlike state. The pieces are daydreams. If you enjoy this … Continue reading Lying Back Looking Up
Author: Benedict Roff-Marsh
Imperfection is Beauty – the Dangers of Perfection
Imperfection is Beauty We went out for dinner the other night and the restaurant owner sat us under this message on the wall. "Imperfection is beautymadness is geniusand it's better to beabsolutely ridiculousthan absolutely boring" I don't normally photograph restaurant walls, but this was so topical for what I keep seeing and was already thinking … Continue reading Imperfection is Beauty – the Dangers of Perfection
FM Fancies – Algoritm ReFill
https://youtu.be/B2hCBvqXnXY FM Fancies is a ReFill for the Algoritm FM Synthesizer Rack Extension for Reason Studios Reason. As the name indicates (in my own special way) these sounds have an emphasis on being beautiful rather than that hard "paint-stripper" thing. PurchaseFMFancies$19 Reason StudiosShop The ReFill contains 88 sounds for Algoritm. Most of those sounds are … Continue reading FM Fancies – Algoritm ReFill
Weight of Memories
Weight of Memories refers to the way memories seem to gather and develop a kind of weight. Some memories lift us up, others drag us down. The album starts with the idea of a Zero Point of initial memories out of which repetition builds those feelings of weight. Musically I wanted everything to be simple … Continue reading Weight of Memories
think+sync – Speak No Evil
I played Musical director for a friend, Travis, who wanted to get a song out there. He has been doing the music thing for a very long time but felt unsure about doing this alone. I said I would let him focus on the core ideas and I would put it together for him seeing … Continue reading think+sync – Speak No Evil
Basics of Song Promotion
The Problem Too many artists don’t have any strategy when they go to release music. They simply think if they put it online (Spotifry maybe) that it is enough; that everyone will recognize their amazingness and next week they will be stars. Having been in this business for 30+ years I know this is not … Continue reading Basics of Song Promotion
Thortfulness ReFill
Thortfulness ReFill The sounds in the Thortfulness ReFill are focused on EBM and Horror Movie score patches. Thortfulness (thor-t-fulness: the act of being full of Thor) is a ReFill for the Reason Studios Reason platform. The only real technical requirement is Thor. Combinators are used to wrap some effects where vital to the sound. $19 … Continue reading Thortfulness ReFill
Janus IV Collection
The Janus IV Collection is a collection of ten Instrument & Effect VSTs. Janus IV - fully-patchable polyphonic modular synthesizerADs-8 - 8-part drum synth moduleDuoline 68 - polyphonic synth with a D-model vibeStruktur-4 - 4-Operator FM synth with modular routingEcholater - stereo modulating delay with tone control and cross-modulation for smooth Chorus & EchoesEchonest - … Continue reading Janus IV Collection
Goodbye 2020 – why do I never get sales?
2020 It is just 2021 today as I tryper this (no that ain't no spello). 2020 was an odd one, an interesting one, a downright infuriating one. But we can learn a lesson or two and let it go. Let ourselves get on. Most of the year I spent trying to sell myself. That meant … Continue reading Goodbye 2020 – why do I never get sales?
Sound Bank ’88 ReFill
https://youtu.be/xGO8S11lJAY Sound bank '88 - Europa Patches Sound Bank '88 The Sound Bank '88 ReFill is similar to the patch banks that you got for a synth around the time indicated (late '80s). This isn't an emulation of any particular synth but the kinds of sounds you may find in anything from a Juno or … Continue reading Sound Bank ’88 ReFill