Why three bass tracks?
Don’t know if you have seen a little movie called Spinal Tap, but yeah. I got the idea from there. I found a sound that doubled nicely. I used delay to make one outside, clean for one inside, and one just crazy all over the place. Used a looper. Had a blast. I will do it again. I love my fretless bass. It feels as good as it sounds to me. It’s therapeutic, even though I don’t like that word. That’s what that bass is to me.
The band I made is called Djembe Funk for a reason.
The break with djembe feels great to me. I am venturing into making trapset sounding patterns and I think it’s useful with a little additional percussion. I am not happy with drums most times. They remind me of metronomes usually and they are mixed as loud as a vocal. I am interested in patterns or elusive percussion. I don’t want to bang people in the face with the beat. I love percussive sounds, but I get bored with the snare on the 2 and 4 type thing. With the djembe, I can escape this, or even mimic it now. Learning lots about this drum. I love it.
I am having a lot of fun.
2 people in my life have expressed concern for me and my mental health in their own way. I wish folks would do that in a more acceptable manner easier for me to take. I have been told, “you probably would have gotten farther in music if not for mental health issues.” I was also told, “you do great considering your mental health.” These were friends. “Were” being the operative word. Look, if you need to tell me I’m mentally ill while I am having the time of my life learning new music, I’d say you’re mentally ill too. Now what do we do?
Update on Tardive Dyskenisia.
I am getting my fingers back, slowly. Guitar is getting better. Bass and djembe are a little easier than guitar at the moment. I’m able to move my whole hand the way I want, but the fingers can get dicey. Doing my best, and getting better.
Bandcamp is free, (so is everywhere else).
I am getting some codes for the weekend in the morning. I’ll be happy to toss you one if you like Get Music. I love their service. Still some codes for the Debut there too!
It’s really about the Djembe.
I’d say a lot of my learning is wrapped up in one drum. It feels good to move the way the djembe likes. My hips even get into it. I need these kinds of movements with my TD. I have a tendency to have herky jerky twitches but I can keep going on djembe for a long time. It is somehow fighting the movement disorder. It is invigorating. It’s all I want to do.
Oh, and protest.
We are in crisis as a planet. At least the djembe knows. I’m trying to help it tell y’all conflict is coming. Maybe not violence, maybe so. But for sure conflict. You are going to have to stand up for what is right for us all to get better. Everyone. The djembe is there for you.
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