As a certified Serious Artist™, I often find myself really bogged down in all the deep parts of music creation – arrangement, song craft, lyrics, orchestration, solos – and although it’s very enjoyable for me, it’s not always fun.
After spending the last few months bogged down in all the promo for the In Virtue album release as well as my super secret songwriting gig (more on that later) for which I wrote 11 songs in a month, I was ready to just have some fun making music.
So today’s video is all about just that! I got a wild new pedal (the Polyend MESS) and I put breakbeats, bass, and guitar all through it to see what I could make it do – for no reason beyond making cool sounds that I would like.
This is the first time I’ve tried using a step sequencer on guitar, and it was WAY too much fun. After syncing it to the tempo of my DAW, the possibilities were endless. The MESS’ ability to
How about you? Do you mostly play srs biznis music, or do you mostly just do it for pure fun?
