Last year, AI image generators were mocked for their inability to depict human hands. That hilarious deficiency has been fixed. On the bright side, it can't do brass instruments! I've been calling these impossible abominations "guzorplehorns".
The guys with the "Royal Bass Guzorplehorns" are quite possibly the coolest...
I spent a good 4 hours last night figuring out Adobe's new "human-voice-clean-up-o-matic" tool. It is good... If I had this years ago, my audio would have been better in many cases.
Good thing is... you can still fix your old crappy audio and give your project some new life!
After 20 years, I’ve pulled ads from incompetech.
Adsense has been de-listing page on incompetech week-by-week due to lack of content. There are few pages remaining that are qualified to run ads. I’m not mad at Adsense, it just isn’t working out anymore. We’ve both moved on, and that’s cool. 2023-08-03 14:41:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Right now, there are a lot of people going to web sites. In the next couple of years, that number is going to be eclipsed by autonomous agents. I worked with ChatGPT to make it easier for autonomous agents to access my music!
You heard it here first, my friends! Web sites are going to be less optimized for humans,...
2023-05-10 04:27:27 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1833, Chopin's Etude Op 10 No 4 "Torrent" was published.
In 2023, I put a ridiculous drum track on that etude.
This was a request I got in email a few weeks ago. I'm not sure how it'll be used, but I can imagine this being the theme to a timed video game bonus round.
Anyone can downl...
2023-05-04 16:52:25 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a super fun and free site that'll make songs. You only get 5 pieces per day.
You choose from 4 genres.
You enter the title of the piece.
It writes lyrics.
(You may revise lyrics or e...
2023-05-03 23:01:38 +0000 UTC View PostI've been working on designing the perfect panflute, so I've been getting into 3d printing all sorts of tests and learning how to tune these things.
Temperature matters. A lot. A lot more than I thought.
Enter the carnival organ. These often have percussion effects and mallet instruments that play along with the p...
2023-04-23 15:58:31 +0000 UTC View Post
This is just me playing around with Blues melodica. Highly undervalued and versatile instrument!
2023-04-06 15:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post
A lot of my time these days is spent working with the AIs; Stable Diffusion, Nyvox, Midjourney, Magenta (tone transfer), et al.
Right now I'm in the middle of getting new album covers for pieces. I was surprised at how long this process takes.
I am more surprised at the quality of the images.
Got an email asking for short somber piano clips.
So okay! Here you go! :-)
I love fast projects.
2022-09-17 20:50:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Working on some prototypes for a casual 3d Stardew-Valley-like relax-em-up game.
This is one of the tracks that loops in the morning.
2022-05-19 14:49:47 +0000 UTC View PostWARNING: MATHS
I posted the funniest post I've ever made on Twitter.
"Does anyone know a generalized continued fraction expansion of Khinchin's constant? ... asking for a friend."
Very few got the joke. I'm not surprised. It was pretty geeky. Today, I'm here to explain it. :-)
Whilst playing some horror game yesterday, I had the idea of 3 pianos swirling about the listener menacingly, each wanting their own part.
This is a quick proof of concept for the idea.
I can probably get it to swirl better.
Also, don't blame me for the notes.. those are random.
2022-04-18 23:59:57 +0000 UTC View Post
For those who remember the Wheels of Doom twitch stream, where I randomly smash together musical concepts, I give the you latest Fantasy / Southern Rock / Sea Shanty.
Lyrics and singing by CJ Guzan.
2021-08-05 15:52:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Got a request from a Patreon supporter for a fast boogie piece. This was completed in 24 minutes, and required a bit of recovery time. It was exhausting to play!
No MIDI keyboards were injured during the recording of this piece; darn close, though.
Expected full release is some time in July, 2021.
2021-06-19 12:51:47 +0000 UTC View Post
I just picked up a new sample library for banjo (Evolution Bluegrass Banjo). I've needed a good banjo for a long time. I'm glad someone finally made one I like!
Testing Round 1: Listen to every setting. Turn every knob. Find out where it breaks.
Testing Round 2: Try playing the new instrument with Heav...
2021-03-21 17:39:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm not sure if this narrative-style piece is going to make the cut for the new waltz album.
"Fox Tale Waltz: Part 1" is some sort of a takeoff on Peter and the Wolf.
Fox: Plucked Cellos
Rabbit: Flutes
Squirrel: Bowed Violins
Wolf: Viola
People will do things when they are convinced they should do a thing.
If you're convinced you should eat; you find a way to eat.
I was convinced to write a heart-wrenching slow waltz with fart sounds.
I do apologize for wasting everyone's patreon money, but I am convinced the world needs this!!!! ...
2021-02-28 06:08:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a sort of day-in-the-life of starting a project.
You know, like in those documentaries where folks are "doin' thar thang". It's like that.
2021-02-23 16:14:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I originally wrote this cue for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3p21FI9WBw
It was too big and got in the way, so I pared it down. But you can have it in all its glory for all your energetic holiday needs!
Cheers!
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2020-12-22 17:46:20 +0000 UTC View PostI've been jamming out to this new piece of mine recently. It isn't scheduled to publish until some time in January. Just sharing to you guys early!
Soothing and detailed; 20th time through, it is even better. :-)
2020-12-16 18:28:46 +0000 UTC View PostI got a request today for sheet music for "Dreams Become Real". I hoped I could do it easily, but... no. What I COULD do, it export the MIDI file so you can see all the notes.
What are you going to do with a MIDI file? I don't know. Open it in Garageband. Change the tempo or instruments. It is super easy!
Did a video game soundtrack some days ago, and I extended the pieces to make background for RPGs. If you love drums and ... deepness ... check them out!
2020-11-21 15:47:42 +0000 UTC
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Got a Patron request for a fusion of "Son of a Rocket" and "Quasi Motion" for a podcast intro. Here's what happened... as those weren't very similar. :-)
It'll take less than 15 seconds to enjoy.
I'm not sure if I'm going to make it into a full length piece yet. Happy Tuesday!
This piece is going to be published November 11, 2020 - but I'm too excited not to share it! The sax is played by AI. How cool is that!? You give it an example of what to play, and it just does it. So cool.
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The tenor sax performance in this piece was done by an AI musician. 2020-10-27 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
From what I know about the SCP, it is amazing. It is an open-source horror world that anyone can build on.
Want to write an SCP story? Do it.
Want to make an SCP movie? Do it.
I'm writing music for it.
This album is in two parts; The grating awful horror part:
I pull weeds when I walk. It is what I do.
Why doesn't everyone? I don't know.
I also don't know what to do with this video. Enjoy! Weed Pulling!!! WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Thanks everyone for writing in with your projects! I took a couple of them this week.
The "Gabe Chill Loop" is a 90 second repeating loop for a chill, nature-lookin maze game and it was accepted to the project on the first round! It seems like a neat little game, though I don't really understand its gam...
2020-09-28 15:47:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been working on a few pieces for clients recently, but I also have about 30 pieces set for release in the next weeks and months, with more on the way,
Dropped a major update to Freepd.com this week. Added 29 pieces of music from Bryan Teoh. There is some great quirky stuff up there. All 100% free!
