Listening to whatever actually happened. Believing my ears. Trusting whatever just happened.

Balancing patterns.

Calm.

Blankets. Sensory burrowing.

Inspired by cavedurry

I like the video a lot. I like the distressed sound of the audio processing. I like the tempo and concept. The one thing I don’t like is the fidelity. You can’t hear the whole blanket of overtones or the viscosity of the bass.

Reactions from other people have been uniformly nothing – no responses at all. When that happens it means the piece doesn’t move the listener. It doesn’t bring joy and happiness.

At first, I thought the problem with this recording was the super-low sound quality and the lack of a melody, groove, parts, or arrangement. After thinking for a while I realized those problems are real but not the main thing, which is too little love. I didn’t have the patience to bring these pieces to life. I can figure out their shortcomings. I shouldn’t leave that to other listeners. My ears are attached as well as anybody’s.

This piece is fine as a work in progress. It is a snapshot on the way to something. So I changed its name from “Presence” — which it isn’t ready for — to “Work in Progress.”

Listening again from that perspective, what needs to happen is for the piece to go somewhere in the 5th bar. Maybe there should be a layer.

In case any friends want to add a layer or otherwise remix this, I have uploaded a lossless version to https://playingintongues.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Presence.aif