Stuck in the MIDI with you

kia ora tatou,

woo! first post and all the rest..  now, I don't have a home computer at the moment, so I won't be doing any mixing, acoustic recording or the like just yet.  I may on occasion record some short samples on my phone, but they always need tidying up.

What I have been enjoying lately is MIDI doodling - great for noting down little germs of ideas, or playing around with arrangements.  I've been using the freeware version of Anvil Studios, which is nice and easy to use, and not too buggy (the commercial version has proper audio recording and mixing features, I think).

Just for fun I've transcribed a few complete songs by other people, such as Franz Ferdinand, and several by Chris Knox.  For this collaborative project I can provide sequenced loops for anybody to do whatever the hell they like with..  or, when I have the attention span, more fully-realised sequences to be mixed down with samples and/or acoustic parts.

Heoi ano, here's a couple of scraps I found on the hard drive from last year:
a couple of bass lines, upright and synth;
and a funny little rock loop. Mmmm, cow-bell.

Here's something I made today, which started off with that insistent syncopated riff at the beginning and turned into a blues-rock jam.  I'd love to hear some vocals or harp samples over it..