test mixes

here are a couple of the mixs i produced during the testing phase of the project.

by the window:

this track was created largely from scraps. it incorporates two major sounds from the paintbox (the sound of car keys rattling & the scratching of a key across a doona cover miked closely). i combined with this two guitar tracks that were intended for nothing more than testing levels, & two harmonica tracks (i cannot play harmonica) that were captured only for the fun of attempting to record an instrument i cannot play. the result is a kind of bedroom folk-pop somewhere between the album leaf, iron & wine & early elliott smith. it is thorougly shambolic & completely accidental.

the scene where:

i created this one from a loop of a modem connecting to the internet. i added to it some very simple cello (reverbed half to death) and the sound of a mobile phone face sliding up & down (both in the paintbox). the result is extremely simplistic & intended to be the kind of thing you'd hear in a tense scene of a b-grade thriller. i'm not happy with it, but it's an interesting documentation of my process.

crept wide:

both the title & style of this track are derived from the artist grouper. liz harris does it far better, but again it's fascinating how such a small array of sounds can be used to create something atmospheric. this one is constructed from four simple voice notes, ambience from an open drain, the rattling of car keys, a small string of improvised lyrics, protools' reverse function & liberal amounts of reverb.