This was a song I composed after a lifetime holiday in the Cayman Islands. I used Cubase as my main compositional tool and Roli Equator synth as my main sound source. I hope you like it. The picture is me playing my fretless bass. Picture is by kind permission of Niels Rasmussen
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Gambote?
A recent remix of a song I composed over 20 years ago. No idea what the word Gambote means. Just liked the word TBH. The photograph is courtesy of my bigger brother Niels Rasmussen
Bisonette Fnk
A recent song I completed after having been inspired by the great drumming of Greg Bisonette. I used a mixture of real and sampled brass for added realism. I hope you like it.
TidyFunk in Abminor
This is a track I’ve been working on for a few weeks now. Finally decided I like this mix (instead of a few others I did). This is a combination of loops, live playing and VSTi instruments.
Chillout in Fminor
Here’s a track I finished today. Interestingly every sound (including the drums) was created using a single synthesizer which I have shaped and changed using various tools at my disposal. I kept the chords really simple to add to the ‘hypnotic’ element I was trying to achieve.
FusionGarage27
This is a quick demo of a track that took me 27 minutes to write and record in GarageBand – hence the name. I did not use any loops as all the instruments are played using a Nektar 25 key controller keyboard (including the drums). To be honest I was quite pleased with the result and the process of writing and recording is streets away from my usual approach using Cubase – and was quite refreshing. Just thought you might want to hear it. If you get to the middle bit – this reminded me of a synth sound that Joe Zawinul from Weather Report used to use a lot.
Absolute Beginner Guitar soloing
Grace_2015
This is a track called Grace. The reason its called Grace is that when I heard the intro vocal ahhhh it sounded graceful to me – hence ‘Grace’. I decided to use a very repetitive bass synth track which I think really drives the track forward.
Waltz for Charlotte
This was the second piece of music I wrote for my beautiful partner Charlotte. It features a tenor sax playing the melody and solo.
Back to You
This is a small section of a track I have just finished with Amy Jo Clough. I arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered Amy’s track in my studio. Check out Amy on YouTube _ Amy Jo Clough Music