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Writing for full orchestra for the first time! This piece, "Beware the Giants", is for the Ryan Leach Fall 2024 Composition...

Writing for full orchestra for the first time!

This piece, "Beware the Giants", is for the Ryan Leach Fall 2024 Composition Contest.

The prompt was to write a 90 second piece inspired by this image by Ngan Pham. I tried to depict the giant moose thing moving past you.

A new piece, going for RPG overworld vibeshttps://youtu.be/lWtoyB6njbw#music #composition #vgm

A new piece, going for RPG overworld vibes

https://youtu.be/lWtoyB6njbw

#music #composition #vgm

I've heard different people say they are kind of mystified at writing music . So I decided to make a short composition timelapse...

I've heard different people say they are kind of mystified at writing music . So I decided to make a short composition timelapse video.

https://youtu.be/qEoN1LEYO5k

6000% speedup is pretty intense but I wanted the audio to line up.

#music #timelapse #musescore #composer

This is, in fact, the video I was talking about in the prior ffmpeg post

This is, in fact, the video I was talking about in the prior ffmpeg post

More working on the #Godot music visualizer, this time my first foray into a multi track version.I'm kind of bummed that the flute...

More working on the #Godot music visualizer, this time my first foray into a multi track version.

I'm kind of bummed that the flute vibrato tail gets picked up more than the beginning of the notes, but I guess all that's in the audio signal so I can't complain too much.

https://youtu.be/XCFHIIcJjPI

This is an #ffmpeg appreciation post. I was able to do a custom length fade out much more easily than in OpenShot or kdenlive (my computer...

This is an #ffmpeg appreciation post. I was able to do a custom length fade out much more easily than in OpenShot or kdenlive (my computer doesn't have the horsepower to run Davinci Resolve). Not to mention kdenlive couldn't take the input format to begin with:

ffmpeg -i input_file.avi -vf "fade=t=out:st=54:d=5" -af "afade=t=out:st=52:d=7" output_file.mp4

#linux

Finally figured it out: If somehow 'inf' (infinite) gets added as the y value of the points of the Line2D, it totally breaks the...

Finally figured it out: If somehow 'inf' (infinite) gets added as the y value of the points of the Line2D, it totally breaks the width curve, even though the line otherwise renders just fine.

#Godot

No time for anything recently! Just constantly working. Finally getting around to doing this #crowdstrike update so I can relax.

No time for anything recently! Just constantly working. Finally getting around to doing this #crowdstrike update so I can relax.

This did way better on YouTube than I expected, and no I'm struggling to get the code back into this state so I can reproduce it as an...

This did way better on YouTube than I expected, and no I'm struggling to get the code back into this state so I can reproduce it as an option.

Technically all the math is still there but for some reason the width_curve of the Line2D doesn't seem to be getting applied and I get a fixed width line instead.

#Godot

I was messing around with Line2D width curves in #Godot for my music visualizer and apparently screwed up the...

I was messing around with Line2D width curves in #Godot for my music visualizer and apparently screwed up the math.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVapyfVpuEQ

Those line segments are *supposed* to have a static width after they spawn. Instead, there's this kind of undulating effect.

Testing out my #music visualizer against a single instrument: bass. I think giving the visualizer one instrument (and a dry signal) makes it...

Testing out my #music visualizer against a single instrument: bass. I think giving the visualizer one instrument (and a dry signal) makes it more clearly readable and less chaotic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzyy241OjTg

#Godot #bass #linuxaudio

I wrote a short piece for this week's @musicweeklies This week's theme was "Upbeat / positive game music". I wanted to...

I wrote a short piece for this week's @musicweeklies
This week's theme was "Upbeat / positive game music". I wanted to give it a bit of bounce, and triple meter usually does the trick.

You can listen to it here, alongside the music visualizer (work in progress), themed to the vibe of the tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9dEErFIyK8

#mwmp3 #music

Near future plans:- make the width based on where you are in the wave, instead of random. And have the wider parts come out of one side...

Near future plans:
- make the width based on where you are in the wave, instead of random. And have the wider parts come out of one side instead of thickening in the middle, to give the pen a clear path
- use a texture instead of solid color
- simplifying analysis to just use total magnitude and see how that looks
- do the analysis on the reverb-less version, but still let you hear the reverb version. The reverb kind of makes the signal noisier and the results more spiky.

Finally got a version of my #music visualizer ready to show:https://youtu.be/CKUtdukomtMGoing for 'calligraphy x seismography' but...

Finally got a version of my #music visualizer ready to show:

https://youtu.be/CKUtdukomtM

Going for 'calligraphy x seismography' but not especially close for the former yet.

I built this in #Godot

Current listening: Unnamed piece by 'Ivan the Benighted' on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1I-r5D49C4In a word:...

Current listening: Unnamed piece by 'Ivan the Benighted' on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1I-r5D49C4

In a word: somber.

#music

Once again, getting humbled by trigonometry. This time while writing a #music visualizer in #godot

Once again, getting humbled by trigonometry. This time while writing a #music visualizer in #godot

Current status: Learning #godot 's GDScript by typing Python into the editor and seeing how it complains

Current status: Learning #godot 's GDScript by typing Python into the editor and seeing how it complains

I had the great opportunity to take a group improvisation class from Bill back when I went to Illinois State. It was a wonderful experience,...

I had the great opportunity to take a group improvisation class from Bill back when I went to Illinois State. It was a wonderful experience, being able to improvise with some skilled musicians without judgment.

Hearing this brings me back, and is an inspiration to my bass playing now.

A bass improvisation from Bill Koehler.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjoywqhXLjcIt's a great balance of listenable and out there....

A bass improvisation from Bill Koehler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjoywqhXLjc

It's a great balance of listenable and out there. Mystical, melodic, and jazzy #music

Found a piece I liked scrolling on r/composer. Prelude in G-flat Major by Luke Thering. Nice textures and...

Found a piece I liked scrolling on r/composer. Prelude in G-flat Major by Luke Thering. Nice textures and modulations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKRrfmahUJc

#music #piano