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EP (CD) "Compose" available

The EP (CD) "Compose" is now available for purchase from my main site, www.puieunlimited.com (click on "Releases").It contains four tracks plus three animations covering the creative process between c...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:40:00 GMT

Extensive blog at http://puieunlimited.blogspot.com

On my more extensive blog (http://puieunlimited.blogspot.com), I write about my music-making-process. Right now, I'm working on a couple of tracks for a forthcoming EP. I post my ideas as well as the ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:04:00 GMT

A melody at last

Yesterday, I completed "Track B" by adding a melody, at last. I chose the low whistle for the melody and recorded the whole track in two takes. I like the sound of spontaneity, especially if there are...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:00:00 GMT

"Track A" now has a name

I have finally decided on a name for the beforementioned "Track A":"Numbingly cold brass"It's a reminiscence of winter gigs with my town's marching band at the square, in the morning, with a temperatu...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:01:00 GMT

A skeleton of a song

Bit by bit, track "B" takes form. Tonight, I added chords for a verse (played on the mandolin), a basstrack for the "refrain" (out of a melodicon downpitched two octaves) and the song structure (intro...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:29:00 GMT

The hidden qualities of boules

The work on track "B" continues. A few days ago, I added effects. First, a short ambience-reverb for the unison intro and then a long, proper reverb as the five oboes spread into chords.  I thoug...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:27:00 GMT

First attempt on track "B"

Due to the happy event of the birth of my two children, I have had a pause in my composing activity for about two weeks. The day before yesterday, I made the first attempt on turning the idea sketch f...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:26:00 GMT

Hypothesis for the "B" track

Just now, I started working on the second additional track for the forthcoming release, the "B" track. In the idea sketch, I want four or five separate instances of instruments, coming from completely...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:25:00 GMT

A time for subtraction

Listening to "A", version 2, I felt it was a bit too dense. Time for subtraction. In order to create a gentle climax, I muted the nyckelharpa and trumpet for almost a bar, while the oboe holds a high,...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:23:00 GMT

Second version of the "A" track

Just now, I finished the second version of the "A" track. I had quite a hard time to make something listenable out of it. As long as I didn't have a predetermined chord progression to improvise on, th...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:21:00 GMT