Boyinaband and I tried to fake each other out between obscure music genres and completely weird ones that we made up. See how many you get right!
I'm also in the midst of working on a few collabs with Cuckoo, the first of which is this little jam we had!
2017-05-19 08:55:15 +0000 UTC View Post
It's hard to sum up everything about this week's videos in the title 'cause they're pretty jam packed with fun stuff! I'm really proud of both of them though for the music in them, the video editing, the entertainment value, pushing forward my agenda of staying very well hydrated...
Here's video #1 - where I'm working on a sort of ambient IDM track, which I still want to add a bit to, but you can download the c...
2017-05-12 17:12:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Another slightly late post, sorry - I just got back from Playlist Live!
Had the chance to work with some much bigger channels, not to mention really kind wonderful humans!
Here's a rendition of "You're Welcome" from Moana that I did with Peter Hollens, using only our voices, pineapples, coconuts, seashells, a canoe, and some other watery tropical things... Watch here and download 2017-05-09 23:12:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy howdy!
This week's videos were a whole bunch of music-making fun.
I wanted to finally use a bunch of the music apps I've downloaded to make solid tracks, rather than just messing around in them for ten minutes at a time and having nothing to show for it. Two different approaches to that in this video!
The video I just uploaded yesterday is like an evolution from my 2017-04-29 01:02:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Well folks, I'm a silly billy, I started making this post for last week's videos and never got it out of draft mode until now as I'm working on THIS WEEK's post. Forgive the weird timing!
First up, I made a bunch of fun mini-tracks using my OP-1 through a basic loop pedal, just as a way of going 100% on creativity and not doing any of the less fun things like editing samples and and mixing and mastering and worrying if your ideas are good enough. Watch that 2017-04-28 19:42:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! We recently reached the GET A DRONE Patreon goal and that's what today's video is all about! Obviously the first thing I had to do with it was sample it. Watch here and get the music here.
In Monday's video "Hacking Jazz" I share some techniques I've used over the years when needing to produce music outside ...
2017-04-14 03:13:05 +0000 UTC View Post
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Adventure Time, and this week when we played Vote On What Music Andrew Should Work On we ended up in a folder of music inspired by the show (with a little bit of general video game influence thrown in as well). Watch the video here and download a 17-track unfinished version of the album h...
2017-04-07 03:17:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I think we have a fun new format! I posted screenshots of my work-in-progress hard drive on Twitter, and everyone voted on what song I should finish based on just the titles. I really enjoyed making this video and I hope you'll enjoy it too!
If you like the track you can download the full version here - exclusive to yo...
2017-03-31 04:03:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Not sure how to explain this one, and in fact it's probably better if I don't and just let you experience this MUSICAL ILLUSION that I came across a while back!
And my second video this week is chock full of ADORABLE DOGGOS (and one cat) because I was sponsored by a pet food company to make music with all pet-related...
2017-03-24 13:37:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy y'all!
I have another secret project in the works, this time in LA, and it happened to bring me to the studio where THRILLER was recorded. Yes. That Thriller. Was not expecting that. Check out the video here! And download the first track here - the other one will have to remain a preview for an upcomi...
2017-03-18 02:22:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy!
I thought I would try out a video that pulled from my back catalog to blaze through a ton of genres . There aren't a lot of ways to succinctly get across the range of music I love! Let me know what you think!
This week I was also finally able to reveal the project I was working on in New York last month. LG asked me to make some music involving kitchen sounds for part of a big installation they did...
2017-03-10 05:26:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! The time travel saga concludes!! (For now????)
In this video I finish "Quinoa Balls", and time travel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGZ_tCthT6U
And in this video I make some time travel music, and time travel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H_qO4-_zwU
And I have four exclusive tracks for you to dow...
2017-03-03 02:06:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
If you didn't already catch the GLORIOUS MIDI UNICORN, this got shared around quite a lot this week and I'm glad to have contributed to the MIDI drawing trend!
Watch here and download the music here.
I also just uploaded a video2017-02-24 04:02:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't even know what to call Monday's video but it's kind of an all-over-the-place music-packed vlog from New York!
Also, not all the music that I shared in it was finished, but you can download the working versions here if you like them!
And today's video just went up, it's me trying to reverse engineer these...
2017-02-16 23:05:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
Sorry for the delay in posting this week; I've been in New York working on a *:･ﾟ✧ SECRET PROJECT ✧ : ･ﾟ*
More on that later. Here are this week's videos:
In which I compare microphones that cost wildly different amounts of money.
Are they really that sick or did I just make them while feeling a bit under the wea...
2017-02-12 16:20:55 +0000 UTC View Post
I started this week sharing a thought that turned out to generate a lot more interest than I thought it would! What does it sound like when we invert all the notes in a piece of music from top to bottom? I did it with Beethoven, but if you search the #midiflip tag on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Twitter, you can find all kinds of other pieces that people have done.
Watch my video here!
And yesterday I release...
2017-02-03 17:53:56 +0000 UTC View Post
3 videos this week!
I bought this cool device that allows you to hear electromagnetic fields (WHATEVER THOSE ARE) so obviously I made some music with it and I also filmed the Ableton session where I produced the music. You can download the track here.
... 2017-01-26 18:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Heyo!
This week I fulfilled a long term goal of mine which was to make a beat using only the sounds of beets. Watch here!
And in the third instalment of what I'm now calling Superfast Beatmaking, I sample six videos found through search terms y'all suggested on Twitter and create a pretty hard-hitting (but still super weird) track called "Big Ol' Lips" - watch that 2017-01-20 21:33:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all!
I did a collab with Hannah Hart last time I was in LA and finally got the edit together - here's "Banana Pancakes" by Jack Johnson, played with sounds that we collected while actually making banana pancakes???
Watch that here and download the cover here .
I also put together this2017-01-13 02:00:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
This week's videos were very analysis-based while I hope still feeling pretty fun and fresh.
First, I noticed a parallel between the Chainsmokers hit "Closer" and the nursery rhyme "Mary Had A Little Lamb" so I did a bit of an experiment combining them in different ways to learn more about What Makes A Song Cool. Watch here!
You can also download all the music from this epi...
2017-01-08 22:02:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey team! I just realized this post has been sitting as a draft for a couple days - sorry about that!
My year-end medley of some of 2016's biggest songs played using household items is here, and I tried to take the production value up a notch this time around.
Earlier this we...
2017-01-01 16:11:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Molly and I met at this year's Buffer Festival and as she's always looking to share about the blind community and I'm always trying to find unique ways to make music, we thought this would be a great collab!
You can check out her channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/MollyBurkeOfficial
And you can do...
2016-12-22 14:22:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends!
This is a post that should've gone up last week! Just had a bit of a hectic weekend seeing family out of town. Thought I may as well include the video that's going up later today in which I make music with some RAVEN samples! Watch here.
Last week I posted a behind-the-scenes of my fast rap from the previous week, which included a new version of that song where I rapped even faster. 2016-12-19 20:43:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends, this is a big one! I think the title says it all really...
I also put out a video earlier this week about the three things I use to keep me motivated, and here's a download of the backing track for you as well.
It's another 3-video week!
I'm so excited, and extremely proud, to be releasing the music video for "Slow Down" which I've been working on since just a few months after the song came out on my album The Coldest Darkness at the end of 2013. The video involves some pretty extreme time lapse photography! There's also a b...
2016-12-02 11:18:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey team! Three videos for you this week and two exclusive downloads!
I did a quick walk through of a few ways to make music using everyday items, turning a kitchen pot into a kick drum, clap, shaker, Rhodes-y keyboard, and more. Watch here and download the track here.
I was also sponsored by Greyhound to m...
2016-11-25 13:12:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone!
I know normally I post to Patreon at the end of the week, but I'm really excited about this video and want as many eyeballs as possible on it while it's brand new. This is the music video for "Every Night I Dream Of Dancing", from my 2012 eighties-homage album Love & Desolation.
I spent over 3 years collaborating with 30 artists from around the world on this, all of whom I connected with through my YouTube channel and social media. Collectively they drew and painted 3,22...
2016-11-14 23:13:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
This week's videos are a little more behind-the-scenes-y but I think they're pretty entertaining nonetheless.
First up, to follow up on 24K Magic played with 24 carrots , I did a tutorial on how to make a recorder and a slide whistle out of carrots.
This week's videos are pretty intense! I just released a cover of Bruno Mars' "24K Magic" played with carrot sounds...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8_g5WXmMC0 (download here)
And earlier this week I put out a video where I transformed a single Donald Trump debate sniff into a full-on rap beat: 2016-11-04 03:09:19 +0000 UTC View Post
