May 2022 – MemRemix

Cobblestoned

My latest MemRemix song, an up-tempo psytrance-ish tune, all sounds of which are transformations of a field recording I made of cars on a cobblestone street in downtown Philadelphia while visiting the Liberty Bell and other local Americana…well, all sounds except the vocals. That field recording can be heard at the start of the song…

A First Birthday SoniSigil™

My girlfriend had a suggestion for a SoniSigil™ that beautifully blends the intention of a general-purpose MemRemix® soundscape (to musically capture an important life event) with the intention of a SoniSigil™ (to manifest a wish for the future). At the birth of a child, the parents (or others) could record themselves wishing for the child…

Cobblestoned

Oh Wow!

All sounds are based on field recordings of two friends saying “Oh Wow”, except for the drumkit, percussion, and bassline in the first section, and the drumkit in the second section. I’m not responsible for any sounds you might hear that I didn’t put into the song. I’m also not responsible for any spontaneous flashbacks…

Memories of Home

While MemRemix soundscapes are a great way to capture the memories of important life events, they are also a great way to capture the memories of a place, and one of the most important places for many people is the place we call home. For Christmas this year I field-sampled the big chimes outside my…

Almost MemRemix

I recently entered Yalcin Efe’s sample flipping contest “Four Producers/One Sample (aka 4P1S) “Community Edition”. The sample to be flipped was the sound of the old internet dialup connection sound: The contest doesn’t require MemRemix’s “extreme flipping” restriction—using only the sample as source material—but I decided to self-restrict and treat it as MemRemix client. Except…

Month: May 2022