The melody for this one came to me waiting for a lift one day after work. I tried doing an orchestral thing with it, but that just didn’t seem to want to work — but this dance version fits it quite well, I think!
Category: EDM
Insoluble
It feels good to be writing music again; it’s been a while! It’s also fun to write a trance piece again.
I’ve tried a new compressor in this track; the Reaktor ensemble “Flat Blaster”. I’m pretty pleased with the results — it’s not too “sausagey”, but still nice and tight.
Insoluble by Barry van Oudtshoorn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.If you’re interested in using any of my music in your games, videos, or other multimedia productions, let me know!
Plateau
A great track to put on repeat while you’re working — it’s got enough interest to keep from getting boring, whilst being sufficiently repetitive to help you focus.
Plateau by Barry van Oudtshoorn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.If you’re interested in using any of my music in your games, videos, or other multimedia productions, let me know!
Fall for you
Another new track — and in 6/8! I love this time signature; it’s really well-suited to this genre and offers a little bit of interest in a world of 4/4, whilst still being “normal”.
With this track, I think I’m starting to properly find my feet with Reaper. My workflow is coming together, and I’ve nutted out how to organise plugins and tracks for automation better. There’s still a way to go, but I’m now well into “just make music” territory.
This is the first track on which I’ve used a multi-band compressor; I think I’ve found an OK balance between average volume and nice tight transients. If you have any tips, let me know!
Fall for you by Barry van Oudtshoorn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.If you’re interested in using any of my music in your games, videos, or other multimedia productions, let me know!
Reflections
Probably the last track I’ll write before 2015, this one is about looking back at life and everything that’s happened.
You can grab and listen to it on Soundcloud, or use the embedded player and download links below.
Reflections by Barry van Oudtshoorn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.If you’re interested in using any of my music in your games, videos, or other multimedia productions, let me know!
[Music] Old gum tree
Nursery rhymes have recently become a much more prominent part of my day-to-day life: a not unexpected development when you have a four-month-old son. 🙂 I don’t, however, see why they should always be quite so staid and boring — or, for that matter, distressingly cheerful. Out of these thoughts, then, came this piece — an electronic rendition of Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, put into a minor key for fun and profit.
I should, of course, also note that Ben, Ariel, and I have our own special version of the lyrics:
Benedict sits on his daddy’s knee,
counting all the monkeys he can see.
“None! Daddy, there are none!
Daddy there are no monkeys here but me!”You can grab and listen to it on Soundcloud, or use the embedded player and download links below.
Old Gum Tree by Barry van Oudtshoorn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.If you’re interested in using any of my music in your games, videos, or other multimedia productions, let me know!
[Music] Where you were
This track is a melange of orchestral, trance, dance, and chip. It’s also probably my “loudest” track to date — whilst I haven’t yet managed to put a compressor on the whole thing (or use sidechain compression), I have compressed Kontakt (for the orchestral parts) and the two basses, producing a much “tighter” mix than is normal for my music.
You can grab and listen to it on Soundcloud, or use the embedded player and download links below — whichever ensures your aquatic vehicle remains buoyant.
Where you were by Barry van Oudtshoorn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.If you’re interested in using any of my music in your games, videos, or other multimedia productions, let me know!
[Music] Unforgot
It’s been far too long since I published a piece of music. Part of the reason for that is that I was, for a while, without a sound-card in my computer — a problem which has since been remedied by a new Komplete Audio 6 interface. Another reason for the lack of music is that I’ve just been really busy at work — which makes it hard to come home and write music. 🙁
But enough with the explanations. Unforgot is a melange of dub, chillout, and orchestral styles. I actually wrote this nearly a month ago, but made a few changes at the suggestion of a friend from work. One of the changes was to make the bass much less “wobbly” — in the first version, it oscillated between the left and right channels, which sounded a bit off.
I’ve been told that all the cool kids put their music on SoundCloud now, so I’ve played the role of the compliant sheep and followed suit. To that end, you can listen to this track directly on SoundCloud. Of course, you can still grab it from here. 🙂
Unforgot by Barry van Oudtshoorn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.If you’re interested in using any of my music in your games, videos, or other multimedia productions, let me know!
[Music] Want to be
Want to be was a fun track to write. In the “chorus”, the melody sweeps across the the track in an almost operatic, Andrew Lloyd Webber-esque fashion. The “verse” sections contrast quite starkly: they’re much thinner, with a more subdued melody. I have to admit, I find the main melody quite catchy — hopefully, it’ll get into your brain, too. 😀
Want to be by Barry van Oudtshoorn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.If you’re interested in using any of my music in your games, videos, or other multimedia productions, let me know!
[Music] Desperate
Desperate flits between trance and almost-but-certainly-not-dub. There’s a mixture of various synths, the apparently almost-obligatory strings, and a cor anglais which has been twisted in on itself.
This is a somewhat experimental piece (albeit not too experimental!), inasmuch as it involves automating Kontakt a fair bit. This lead to the rather displeasing discovery that you can’t automate effects in the outputs, which quite frustratingly meant that I had to add the same effect to a whole lot of instruments, then tie them all to the same automation controllers. Ah well.
Desperate by Barry van Oudtshoorn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.If you’re interested in using any of my music in your games, videos, or other multimedia productions, let me know!