Tag: music
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Jamuary 20, 2021 – Made up words – Iskis Gallickgus
This one was fun. Iskis Gallickgus! So, if you don’t know by now, I have a bit of training in different languages. Though I’m sadly only really fluent in English, I’ve learned enough in other languages (I’m working on Mandarin Chinese right now) to understand phonemes and word construction, that is, how words sound and…
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Jamuary 19, 2021 – Someone Else’s Voice – Beijing Knife Sharpener
For this one I had no inspiration. I thought I’d approach it the “normal” way of recording a track: lay down some drums, then some guitar or piano, and then do a spoken track over top as a start. And since today’s challenge was to use “someone else’s voice”, or something to that effect. I…
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Jamuary: What I’ve learned so far
A few weeks back I wrote a song of sorts instructing to “just get it done”. That song killed two birds with one stone: not only did I meet that day’s challenge requirements, it was something that I know I need to hear every now and then. One of the big problems with being a…
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Jamuary 18, 2021 – Start with the Chorus – It’s over
This one was fun and was originally a lot more vulgar than the current version. This is another jingle that’s been floating around my head for a long time, years, in fact. It’s typically something I think and sing at the end of the work week. I don’t even know when it first entered my…
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Jamuary 17, 2021 – Never Repeats – Endless Jamming
I know my weakness: guitar. Today’s challenge was to make a song that didn’t repeat. I knew I could do that with drumming no problem as that would basically be a drum solo but with some variations. I think you’ll agree the drums stand out here, and that would be my specialty. The bass is…