Come As You Are

song

https://soundcloud.com/570rm/come-as-you-are

step by step tutorial

New music. Partly inspired by a book (Mindset, by Carol Dweck) and partly inspired by this picture 

http://lesaventuresdelamode.tumblr.com/post/14008921960

It started out as this

And I think it ended up sounding like a weird mix of these 2 songs

#missingmymothership

Melancholic

I'm floating in the galaxy and I've lost my mothership
It's hard to breathe can somebody flip the switch
Cause it's too dark to see I fear I'm losing me and to be honest, it's getting lonely
I've got nothing to hold on to
Cause I'm out here without you
Not that I need you but I just want to see you because maybe I miss you a little bit.
It's me against the melancholic
I planned this out. I was trying to be an optimist about it.
It didn't look like this in my head, in my head.
All I can think about is my bed, is my bed.
We're in the relevance.

I could fall asleep if you were next to me
Let's get lost in my dreams or somewhere in the galaxy.
Flip the switch. Push the buttons.
Fly this ship I know you're all in.


https://soundcloud.com/570rm/melancholic

summer is bittersweet

you are the story, i am the canvas

tonight we cry but tomorrow night we dance a lot.
listen to it here:
https://soundcloud.com/570rm/the-canvas

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53774180@N08/10445879986/

slut

i make music. bad music but at least i try. anyway in light of certain recent events, I thought that half the human population needed some clarification on relationships... yeah. also screw labels.

https://soundcloud.com/570rm/slut

(i made it mostly on my iPhone using iMaschine)

every scar tells a story

here's a pretty basic/boring piano soundscape to accompany my musings :)
https://soundcloud.com/570rmxiii/every-scar-tells-a-story


Lately I've been fascinated by scars. Each scar is uniquely yours and symbolizes a time when you were stronger than whatever challenged you. Your skin grew back tougher, thicker- marking you as braver than before. Scars are second chances and also an insight into the human who bears them. Chances are you remember the stories behind yours because they've made you who you are. 

So tell me, what are the best stories your scars tell?

i love you

Finish Line

take a deep breath
say it out loud
think about it now
and then stand down

https://soundcloud.com/570rmxiii/finish-line

Runner

A pretty basic piano melody with meaningless lyrics and layers added in garageband.

https://soundcloud.com/570rmxiii/runner

NZT

http://5t0rm.tumblr.com/post/50400043678

There is way too much to be done these days. Stupid shit like studying which for some reason takes like 987764652x as much time and effort for me than any other human. And on top of that I'm lazy. So my only time left is pretty much reserved for sleeping and complaining how busy I am, kind of like I'm doing now.

I came across some new music the other day and for some reason really connected with it. Surprisingly it's borderline classical, but the lack of lyrics frees your mind to wander and by the end of it you've scripted the next Citizen Kane and feel like you're on NZT from Limitless. Since I usually only ever blog about my own stuff, I thought this by Einaudi deserved a shoutout:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq1hPXJPtto
See if it does for you what it did for me.

Aaaand there it is.
https://soundcloud.com/570rm/atmospheric
Don't tell me you didn't see that one coming :)

XXX
Storm

Update

I can keep this really short, there are only two things to say:

1) The song I mentioned in the last post didn't turn out. (Although that doesn't mean I won't keep working on it and trying to make it...)

but

2) Instead, something I had saved in the notes on my phone with just a bassline in mind did! So here's that: https://soundcloud.com/570rm/am-dont-talk-about-it

XXX
storm

Lester

I actually uploaded something!! It's kinda cool even though it's really bad because I kept the video of me playing it attached to the final, edited sound... if that makes any sense. Or, you could just go watch it: https://vimeo.com/56136170 Just make sure you listen with speakers or headphones with nice bass- trust me, it matters.

So hopefully I'll keep doing stuff since I have a couple weeks off. I'm working on something else that might turn out- or might not, depending :) Until then, maybe you'll actually like this?

and here's the soundcloud link:
https://soundcloud.com/570rm/lester

XXX
storm

http://soundcloud.com/570rm/this-used-to-be-the-future

So here I am. 1:33 am and more awake than I've quite possibly ever felt before. I guess I didn't know exactly how it would feel, despite all the hours I laid awake imagining it. I finally completed a song, recorded it, edited it, uploaded it, and amazingly, still liked it. Obviously it's not perfect, because my voice cracks at 2:55 and the "blinded by your arrogance" doesn't fit like I'd planned, but it's done. And so, even if you normally see naive, teenage DIY musicians trying to get people to listen to their stuff and are indifferent or slightly annoyed, I'm really, really sorry but it would mean the world if you commented. 

http://soundcloud.com/570rm/this-used-to-be-the-future

XXX
storm