BRIDGE 4

Here is  a composition that took very much time to work through.

I had a very difficult time with the sound levels and compression; there may be other mixes to come.

The biggest problem is that I am using a specific pair of headphones and, I am not paying enough attention to other outputs. 

'BRIDGE 4' recorded by MPK in 2012

This is quite the 'all nighter', I still have a headache when I think about the amount of signal processing that went into this project.
There will be a mainstay of multi-tracking in the future.

BRIDGE 4 (2012-08)

'Sunday' recorded by MPK in 2012

"Who is to say what's a prayer,
I don't care if you're far or near."

I like that.

In The Studio

'What About Me?'
~International Travel Edition~ 
(Remix) recorded by MPK in 2012

'What About Me?' recorded by MPK in 2012

-multi-tracking in the future-

A Nighttime Bridge Song

Since early 2012, I have been attempting to develop some type of composition that would present my perspective of the world that exists before me as I am a part of it.
I often spend much of my time snapping photographs and video clips as I am busy outside.
Walking many miles is superb; I actually have oxygen in my brain, I can think a thought through to an extent.
As I have noticed, my compositions could benefit if I had greater throughput. Hopefully in time, there will be more.

These videos are the recently observed mile markers along the roadway of life; I tried to lay it out in a song.
The theme is reoccurring as does the reality of each passage. 

'Bridge Song Three'
MPK
2012-08

'A Nighttime Bridge Song'
MPK
2012-05

'A Nighttime Bridge Song (Reprise)'
MPK
2012-08

mile markers along the roadway of life

Broken World

In the ordinary progression,

I recorded a few songs over the last month or so.

 'Broken World'
MPK
2012

'Insincerity'
MPK
2012

'.....The Overall Thought In The First Place.....'
MPK
2012

 'Monday In The Catskill Mountains' 

MPK

2012

This was the fun project.

I applied the instrumental tracks more so toward a documentary as compared to a 'rock song'.

I wanted to use some of the audio tracks for other projects but, 

at the last hour, I started to throw everything in here.

I just wanted to 'make it go'.

 Theirs not much to say, 

all of this material has been online for a few weeks.

Christ Man

I really like the song,
I have a good 'got off the ground' feeling about this recording.
This is my 'type' of music but, I know other songs!!

-Christ Man tell me what you believe.-

-Christ Man tell me what you perceive.-

-Christ Man tell me what you will weave.-

-Christ Man tell me why you tell me I have to leave.-

Christ Man

MPK 2012

Where does the time go to?

Sometimes, I am impressed with historical recollection of the church.

Since this is the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the church, 

I composed a piece that I can live with. 

I think it is the one of the best recordings that I ever produced.

I must say, my musical compositional preferences are 

Native American; it is in the bloodline.

Native American; it is in the bloodline.

If I Knew I Was Correct, Would You Say I Was Wrong?

I finally came up with material that I enjoy although, I had to sing on two of the videos.
I really like the involved drawn out compositions that are of epic proportions for me; everyone else would probably change the radio station, URL or, whatever.

'If I Knew I Was Correct, Would You Say I Was Wrong?'
MPK
2012-07

I really like the way this composition came out.
The ending in as intense as I ever conceptualized it.
Perhaps, it is justifiably vivid in reflection of the destruction of Onaquaga.

Onaquaga, An Iroquois camp destroyed in 1778 was nearby.

'Continuation within the Expressed Semi-Truth'
MPK
2012-07

'Nutmeg'
MPK
2012-07

Better sung than not sung.
-Crunch, Crunch-
That is the sound of nutmeg.

'I Know It's True: Woman of The Brownfield'
MPK
2012-07

Yeah.............

After I uploaded the song, I realized that I did not make it clear that this is a song about a woman.

The truck has to be returned for another driver.

This song really doesn't do too much for any actual circumstances but, 

I do like the ending.

More music, sooner not later.

Trying To Work It Through

The collection of videos here represent a generally unusual yield of  music,
The results are varied.

'Always Thinking About It'
MPK
2012-06

  

'I Have To Leave (Remix)' 
MPK
2012-06

'Ambiguous Character'
MPK
2012-07

'Broken Karma Mutherfucker'
MPK
2012-06

OK, this isn't the song of songs to share with others.
I put this together to be as bad as bad can be.
It is really bad; this is the
most abhorrent and awful taste ever expressed in my work.
Excuse: It was a Friday,
I didn't have anything going,
I felt compelled to either grin and bear it or, channel it through here. 

'Short Road of Little Variety'
MPK
2012-07

Regardless, I really am trying to develop a sound that I like.

A New Album Theme Was Needed

Realizing that a new album theme was needed, I scribbled off a few thoughts and composed one song of what will eventually be part of a much larger collection.

'Here Tonight' recorded by MPK 2012-05-31

 

 

 -eventually be part of-

That Distance

It seems that I really do try to make the most of everything that I work with; although, it is not always welcome.
Regardless of how some others feel/believe, I do enjoy these projects and other constructive endeavors.
A composition such as 'Any Distance Is Greater' can easily take five hours to simply sit down and play a few passages on a musical instrument. As much as possible is recorded onto the hard drive and it is then played back and attributes are added to the desired tracks.
I generally will separate the left and right tracks and change the synchronization timing by a few milliseconds; that is how the wide 'stereo' effect is achieved, I will sometimes chance the pitch to the guitar tracks as well.

'Any Distance Is Greater'
MPK 2012-05-18

This actually turned out much better than almost all of my previous work.

I do like the distortion of the guitar that is overlayed, it reminds me of 

Ten Years After, the live album Undead in 1968.

I have so many other projects that require my time and yet, 

I see some promise in screeching out these tracks.

It is nice to be able to post content that is entirely composed by myself.

'I Call It Here'
MPK 2012-05-17

Well.....I got a kick out of the guitar work in this piece.
I won't feel too bad if it is compared to a cat screeching in the night.

-I see some promise in screeching out these tracks.-

The Lesser Threshold

This was not an easy audio project and, the results were not as good as I had wanted.
After uploading the final mix, I realized that it sounded terrible.
I have been asking myself 'How much compression should I use on Facebook and VK?'
Although I am not entirely certain at this time, I am leaning toward no compression if the overall mix is exactly as you want to hear it.
If you have background vocals, subtle passages, etc......, compression will increase in priority for the upload.
I will continue to experiment with different settings and of course, style.

There a few subtle differences in the processing that some of the social pages apply to these recordings.
I have included both Facebook and VK.

'The Lesser Threshold'
is my first album in design/production.
I am mostly at the demo stage with few plans to re-record,
I will introduce material until the album seems reasonable.
After I have enough material assembled,
I will name the next album and start to work under that title;
whatever it may be.

 OK...I don't really use these colors, I used the 'Heat Map' effect in Google Picasa.

Anyhow, this is a snapshot of the Audacity project files, a few wave files and, one open project file.

Only a very small amount of the recording sessions were actually used to produce 'The Lesser Threshold'