Trying To Make Music
Benjamina journal of my attempts to make music (with Ableton Live and Push 2 on a Windows PC).
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Songwriting
So... been a little while... it’s been too long. Substack writer and up-and-coming composer Rita wrote this article How to Write A Freaking Song. It was late at night but that doesn’t usually stop me so I went and wrote a song. I’m on it ag...
Simplenote
Simplenote is a lovely free app for note-taking by Automattic Inc, the same company behind Wordpress. I have a huge collection of notes related to making music (with Ableton Live) from 2023 and 2024 on Simplenote that I never read. I like s...
My Guitar Study Syllabus
I guess I can play guitar a bit nowadays. I go on learning, which is good, and recently I’ve been studying intensively. There are different methods of learning: picking up the guitar and working it out for yourself by ear, having lessons wi...
Breaking the Back of Barre Chords
UPDATE: So I haven’t published anything on this platform for nearly six months. The crazy thing is I have been studying music a lot in that time. Daily guitar study and practice. My guitar playing is coming along, slowly I guess but it’s co...
Learning to Play Musical Instruments
It's a bit bonkers to be honest. I haven't been composing much (a few goes on Garageband - which is somehow pretty cool for making things that actually sound like proper songs - and Ableton Note - which is an iPad little sister to Ableton L...
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Hi, I'm Ben. I'm 52 years old. Still only that! Anarchistic in spirit on a good day but terribly boring on most days, you know. Planning to make some drum 'n bass!
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