As the name partially hints, the inspiration to make this song was to use drum-set paradiddles. The paradiddles are arranged on the drumset on different pieces of the kit as well as other instruments in different sections. Here are a couple of variations on the drum-kit. Drumkit paradiddle 1 Drumkit paradiddle 2 The Stick also [...]
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AlgeRNon Explained
This one got it's beginning impulse from playing with the Antonio Blanca's Reaktor ensemble Nod-e. You can hear the resulting figure right from the start with a synth, later doubled with a filtered sound on the Stick. Arranging this melody for the Stick took a while and I finally settled on the variation where I [...]
Kaarleek Explained
The song began from an improvisation on the beatstep pro sequencer. Sorting through my “ideas” folder I found a drum rhythm that sounded interesting to me. Then edited it to the essential portion of it, also deciding where the the loop beginning and ending would be. It turned out to be a loop just 1/16 [...]
Exploring a Single Pattern – KaarLeek
This composition got started when I was sorting through my "ideas" folder and came up to an interesting rhythm made with beatstep pro.For the musos - the rhythm was just 1/16 shorter than 7/8 and because of that it started shifting against the basic pulse.I decided to base an entire composition around that. You can [...]