#Sketches

Music written without a grander goal in mind. This includes Disquiet Junto projects, and single tracks on SoundCloud.

Fire With Fire

Part of Disquiet Junto Project #0555: A Simple Timer, a prompt to create a minimal composition that is minimal, only uses simple waveforms as voices, at most 5 voices, and uses no effects or post-processing.

Delyrical 3

Inspired by the death of Vangelis.

2600

sing me a song of
crimes we get away with

Sidran

What if “Nardis” was written in the bass clef?

Lemons May Stay

What if dubstep but nostalgic?
What if wubwub but in the ‘80s?

Didn't Make It

3:15am, you sit at a dive bar.

Used To Be Simpler

What if FM synths but jazz?
What if synthwave but soft acoustic drums?
What if Disintegration but in 7/8?

Three Body

Inspired by multi-star systems like Alpha Centauri, and the book “Three-Body Problem” in particular.

2499

Between the motion and the act falls the Shadow.

jwelt02

Efficiency burns you out.

The Detached Observer

Total banishment of self-reference.

Passion/Obsession

Behind every successful trick is a period of near-constant failure.

Practical/Whimsical

Prudence is an oversold virtue.

You Catch It Breathing

Self-reflection goes beyond observation.

Grasping

The fact is, right now, you’re not special.

BCIV

A study of bass in long exposures. A communion with emptiness in poignant tranquility.

Exploration/Exploitation

Even the optimal algorithm doesn’t guarantee a perfect outcome.

Redshift

The distance between us is growing.

For Your Own Good

Overreact and overcompensate.

jwelt01

The long tail of the unknown.

Acrasine

Weakness, ambition, inner conflict.

Metafy

Ultimately, what is there?

Microbeats

Something is not quite right here.