Weekly Beats 2014 - Week 04! Minimalism!

So this week I did minimalism. Not because I particularly love minimalism (some of it's great, a lot of it is just okay) but because I didn't spend any time on writing music this week, and only had about 2 hours to get something done quickly. So here it is! Next week I'm going to do something more fun.

Made with/on/by/through:
- Logic Pro
- 6 tracks, all piano, all from an East West sound library.
- Me and my Axiom 61 MIDI keyboard.
- Quite a bit of editing, to fix my timing and velocity mistakes.
- No beer OR caffeine!

Weekly Beats 2014 - Week 03! I Recorded Something!

Okay, so I have barely any actual recording experience, and I just got my first two mics (SM57/58) like a week ago (should have bought a pair YEARS ago, not sure why I waited so long), so trying to record something for weekly beats was a terrible idea, and waiting until 4 hours before the deadline to even START was even more of a terrible idea. And my 1 bedroom apartment isn't the most ideal place for recording, what with ambient noise and all (central heating, computer fans, fiancé cooking dinner in the kitchen). That being said, I'm not entirely disappointed with how it turned out. Gotta get experience somehow, right? And I made it! With 8 minutes to spare! *phew*

[url=https://soundcloud.com/ryanleber/sets/weekly-beats-2014]Full Set (and Revisions) on SoundCloud![/url]
Made with/on/by/through:
- Logic Pro
- My new microphones! (Actually, just the SM57)
- Scarlett 2i2 (my USB audio interface)
- Some beer, towards the end. (It gets a bit sloppier ... can you tell?)
- My Taylor acoustic guitar, and me playing it.

Weekly Beats 2014 - Week 02! 8-Bit!

Still in it! Week 02's track is up! And it's goofy as all hell. For about half of it. Then it gets serious. And then goofy again. Check it out, and tell your friends!

Weekly Beats 2014!

So I've decided to participate in Weekly Beats 2014! It's a musical challenge, daring composers/musicians to create and release a new track every week for an entire year. How strenuous! Anyway, I managed to get past the first week (with only one hour to spare), and here it is:

You can listen to it directly here through soundcloud:


But you can also check out my Weekly Beats 2014 page here: http://weeklybeats.com/#/ryan+leber

Share, like, comment, and so forth! And stay tuned every week for a new track!