Padding things out

I have put together a track with those cicada recordings I mentioned earlier. It's what you'd call 'classic ambient' - basically an augmented major chord sustained for about 80 bars with various phasing and reverb effects to make the chord shimmer and fill up space. I …

Pass the mic

In recent weeks I've been trying to put together a track for a comp. The pressure is on! It's a bit tough trying to assemble something 'good enough'. Whacking off (er, as it were) something efficient is easy enough, but making it count is difficult.

It's good to make …