Jamuary 2023 jam journal

[Ben Asaro]

Jam 22 -- home stretch now!

Piece of a song that's never existed

https://soundcloud.com/user-329043613-5 ... al_sharing

[Drew Stephenson]

Interesting glitching, deliberate?

[Ben Asaro]

Interesting glitching, deliberate?

No, I have no idea what happened but I liked it so I didn't bother bouncing it down again!

[Eddy Deegan]

Again, very reminiscent of the '80s and I like that a lot

[Martin Walker]

Again, very reminiscent of the '80s and I like that a lot

This times a hundred

[Ben Asaro]

Thanks, Eddy and Martin!

Today's jam is another excerpt from a song that doesn't exist, https://soundcloud.com/user-329043613-5 ... al_sharing

[Drew Stephenson]

Sounds like a TV soundtrack to me, during a late-night car drive along a coast somewhere.

[Ben Asaro]

Sounds like a TV soundtrack to me, during a late-night car drive along a coast somewhere.

LOL that's a very common reaction to this one, so I guess it must be so!

[Drew Stephenson]

California highway, at night, some dude probably wearing jeans and a jacket with the sleeves rolled up...

[Eddy Deegan]

In my mind's eye I see a tall cabinet containing a large CRT, big colourful sprites smoothly scaling from small to large, a playfield with stripes to indicate the velocity at which you, the player, are heading into it.

... and can I mentally manifest the slight smell of a hot pair of Motorola 68000s and/or a Z80 or two? Why yes... yes, I believe I can!

[Ben Asaro]

Jam 24; a bit more synthwave-ish stuff.

https://soundcloud.com/user-329043613-5 ... al_sharing

[Ben Asaro]

Jam 25; we're in the home stretch now! https://soundcloud.com/user-329043613-5 ... al_sharing

This one reminds me of EVE Online.

[Drew Stephenson]

This one's a bit more up my street.

[Ben Asaro]

I try not to do the same thing too many times in a row!

[Ben Asaro]

Today's jam is heavy on the atmosphere. I really like how this one turned out. The percussion is from the JV-1080 Bass & Drum expansion card; it's a tom sample played waaaaay down in pitch.

https://soundcloud.com/user-329043613-5 ... al_sharing

[Ben Asaro]

The last of the jams I stockpiled when I suspected I was coming down with something. I played the drums in real time on this, pretty happy how it turned out.
I call it Cyberpunk Casbah.

https://soundcloud.com/user-329043613-5 ... al_sharing

[Drew Stephenson]

Today's jam is heavy on the atmosphere. I really like how this one turned out. The percussion is from the JV-1080 Bass & Drum expansion card; it's a tom sample played waaaaay down in pitch.

https://soundcloud.com/user-329043613-5 ... al_sharing

Very atmospheric, and cinematic again.

[Ben Asaro]

Today's jam is heavy on the atmosphere. I really like how this one turned out. The percussion is from the JV-1080 Bass & Drum expansion card; it's a tom sample played waaaaay down in pitch.

https://soundcloud.com/user-329043613-5 ... al_sharing

Very atmospheric, and cinematic again.

Thx! Yeah, that's some of my bread and butter stuff. I was definitely starting to feel sick by then and needed something safe to get through the jam.

(Historical note: I was struck down by a cold/flu thing on Monday and my fever only broke this morning; so I've been using the stockpile I made right after one of the kids got sick, expecting I would go down soon after. Turned out to be very prescient of me, because that's exactly what happened!)

[Drew Stephenson]

Good forward planning but sorry to hear that, hope it clears up quickly and smoothly.

[Ben Asaro]

Good forward planning but sorry to hear that, hope it clears up quickly and smoothly.

Thx! Today was my first day being human again and I'm feeling better every hour!