I'm back with the Apache Blackgrass. Had a quick stop on the left coast to watch the waves decay. Now I'm back at the control deck locked in with the MPC One, looking out a window facing west towards the Rocky Mountains. Using my imagination to visualize the whole house surrounding me is a spaceship traveling far. Come along for the journey!
The other day I bought a golden MPC One. The last MPC I had was a 1000 model, and it has been out of commision for several years. The 1000 had grey pads. These new MPCs have buttons that light up in a multitude of colors. It speaks to the early 90s translucent phone with green light up buttons side of me, and I like that.
Here's a fun loopable section of the first beat I made on the new MPC One!
The melody that comes in at 0:30 is a prayer to Eric B. and Rakim's "My Melody." I played it on a Casio MT-100 to get the vibe right!
Something about the effervescence of Hip Hop in the early days blended with the wondermint of students in science class circa 1979 really inspires me and moves my soul.
Written and performed by Oak Lonetree Produced, mixed, and mastered by Will C.
There are some instances of head-related transfer function (HRTF) spatialization techniques within this mix. Headphones are recommended to best experience the expanded stereo properties of this mixing technique.
original soundtrack music composed by: Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno this version performed, mixed, and mastered by Will C.
"Right Where I Belong" is a new song by Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) & Jim James (My Morning Jacket), released alongside the new Brian Wilson documentary "Long Promised Road."
A new Brian Wilson song is a real treat and cause for celebration. Yesterday I had a fun time picking apart the chords and singing a shortened version of the tune, piano and voice style. If you haven't yet, go watch the fantastic film!
"Right Where I Belong" Cover by Will C. Originally written and performed by Brian Wilson & Jim James "Long Promised Road" directed by Brent Wilson
This is "Dr. Andonut's Lab" from the Super Nintendo game Earthbound (MOTHER 2) soundtrack, only it's entirely played on acoustic guitar.
Extended to 30 minutes in length for studying, meditation, and / or zone out purposes.
At the beginning, you hear me pluck the opening chord. An acoustic guitar can't sustain infinitely, so I ran the plucked chord through a compressor with a long release and rode the gain dial, then I duplicated the resulting processed chord, continuously adding fades to make the chord sustain throughout. I was surprised how much the resulting sound resembled an organ drone. If you listen closely, you can hear an audio book on the immune system playing in the other room that accidentally was picked up on the microphone used to record the guitar.
"In an ocean or in a glass, cool water is 'El Shabazz'... The Beach Boys meet LL Cool J
The Beach Boys 'Love To Say Dada' Remix Beat Also contains elements of 'Cabin Essence' and 'Cool Cool Water' remix beat by Will C. As heard on "Sail On: The Beach Boys Podcast"
Portions of this edit are from the remix project "Adieu Or Die."