Morty-C-137 No problem, I find that stuff interesting too. We’ve started compiling tracks for a 2nd album and the process is different this time. I’m leaning heavily on the digitakt/syntakt combo to start tracks or add grooves to Stephen’s ideas. I try to change things up regularly, I find it helps me come up with new ideas so I’m not just making the same tracks over and over again.
Henry Thanks so much, I always respect your opinion. It really is a 50/50 effort, with maybe one of us doing more to get a track started, but it’s definitely both of us on every track. River Two was the first track we did together and he had 13 or so minutes of the arrangement sketched out when he sent it to me. I added the drum/perc grooves and some atmosphere/textures. I actually finished alive for my last album, but it didn’t fit with the rest of the tracks. That one took me 6 months to get the mix right, but I always liked it and wanted to finish it.
Our sounds compliment each other really well, plus (unlike me) he’s a proper musician so he comes up with things I couldn’t on my own. Stephen is really great with coming up with bass lines and chords that play nicely. Check out his album from last fall, I think you’ll like it too. I listened to it and thought it sounded great and fit well with what I do, so that’s when I reached out to him about working together.
