'Creep Test' - New Original Music/15 Minute Writing Challenge, Something Super Dissonant! Orchestral/Instrumental + Walkthrough!
I gave myself a challenge
last night, to write something really dissonant and weird, in 15 minutes. I started with a single piano, then added some strings (all from Spitfire Audio's LABS), then the percussion (all samples of a guzheng, various bangs and booms and shakers), and finally the horn. I dunno how much I love the horn, but I was almost outta time so I went with it. Let's go through it!
Listen to Creep Test here.
Track 1 provides our basic
chords and the melody line, on a piano, as pictured below. The left hand begins on Bmin, then to Ab, G, Dminor, and Fminor, before repeating. The melody line is twice as long, ascending over the first half, then descending, before we repeat. Tracks 2 and 3 provide the strings, which do not play the melody line, but use the same chords. Track 2 plays a legato rendition, in a cello register, then Track 3 plays a staccato version of the chords, an octave up.
Track 1, full piano progression.
Listen to Creep Test here.
Track 4 is the horn that
comes in towards the end, and again, isn't my favorite part. I wanted to add a second melody line, but this horn has a kinda a weird effect, but I was at the end of the 15 minutes, so it has to stand as is. Track 5 is the guzheng, which is our drum track essentially. The kicks wound up being drowned a bit, something I didn't notice initially. Finally, we have Track 6, an upright bass from Native Instruments, which uses an arpeggiator to keep it moving. Again, a random last minute addition, but I think if I worked on it some more, it could turn into something cool.
I hope you've enjoyed the walkthrough and this little songwriting exercise! Thanks for listening!
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