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2022
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2022·Electronic·Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Big Tired

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I made a 10 song "dawless" instrumental album, using guitar, a Deluge synthesizer/looper and a couple effects. Everything was recorded to the Deluge SD card. I made this mostly just to prove to myself that I could do it. It was pretty much done by the 2nd week of February. At that point I felt like I had run out of steam so I stepped back and never returned.

Favourite Moment

I had my first 4 tracks done on Feb 2nd!

Advice

Make a specific enough plan that will help you work fast at the start, and have a couple tricks up your sleeve if you run out of steam. For me, that meant resampling a completed song and mangling it into something else.

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