Apollo Lee 52 Tracks in 52 Weeks

52 Tracks

Defiance

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 30 June 2008 with no comments

Title: Apollo Lee - Defiance
Date: June 30, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 9:24 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

My chord progression was Gm7, Eb6/9, Fm7, C7. It contributed interesting consonance and beautiful dissonances.
I limited my use of too much processing.
Note diversity is good, with plenty of lows balanced by some highs and the [...]

Callisto

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 20 June 2008 with no comments

Title: Apollo Lee - Callisto
Date: June 20, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 8:36 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

I used a I vi ii V Rhythm changes progression in E (EM7, C#m7, F#m7, B7), which lent a gorgeous ethereal quality.
After a couple of false starts with other pads, this one grabbed me. I’ve [...]

Bitterroot

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 18 June 2008 with no comments

Title: Apollo Lee - Bitterroot
Date: June 18, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:54 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

The structure of the harmony is descending minor seventh chords until the dominant seventh chord (Bm7, Am7, G#m7, F#7). It lends some very interesting harmonic textures.
The instrument is beautiful and I’ve used it a few [...]

Antares

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 12 June 2008 with no comments

Title: Apollo Lee - Antares
Date: June 12, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 8:12 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

The structure of the harmony is the first four bars of Rhythm changes in D minor (thus: Dm7, Bm7b5, Em7, A7).
The instrument is pretty and I’ve used it before. I really like it.
The transitions flow [...]

Subaqueous

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 11 May 2008 with no comments

Title: Apollo Lee - Subaqueous
Date: May 11, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 8:00 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

Staying in the Eb Melodic minor scale allowed me to use harmonies that moved from consonance to dissonance easily.
The mod wheel effect on this patch is exotic and mysterious. Since I played this on my [...]

Driftwood

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 2 May 2008 with 1 comment

Title: Apollo Lee - Driftwood
Date: May 02, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:42 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

The harmony lends itself to haunting dissonances and beautiful consonant soundscapes (Cm7, Ebm7, Gm7, Bbm7).
The instrument I’m using here sounds like a space organ. At first, I was going to use another patch, but now [...]

Corona

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 17 April 2008 with no comments

Title: Apollo Lee - Corona
Date: April 17, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:24 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

The harmony is really simple and I used major chords for a change (CM7, GM7, DM7, AM7).
This instrument is really lovely and I love how the fundamental of the instrument enters after the harmonic overtones.
This was [...]

March Roundup

In 52 Tracks, Music on 1 April 2008 with no comments

In the third month of my 52 Tracks in 52 Weeks project, I crafted only five tracks. All, except for one (”Blue Diamond”), were ambient improvisations. I think it’s time to move on from the ambient stuff and back to house music.

As of March 31, 2008, the total number of tracks [...]

Payette

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 28 March 2008 with 3 comments

Title: Apollo Lee - Payette
Date: March 28, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 8:12 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

The harmony is pretty simple and lends itself to some interesting dissonances and consonances.
The mod wheel effect is very evocative.
I got to demonstrate my technique with improvising on the PadKontrol to my friend, Jay Def.
After searching [...]

Blue Diamond

In 52 Tracks, House, Music on 22 March 2008 with no comments

Title: Apollo Lee - Blue Diamond (Alpha Edit)
Date: March 22, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8 + Reason 4 (ReWire)
Genre: House
Timing: 4:02 @ 128 bpm

What I Like About It

I successfully slaved Reason 4 to Logic Pro 8 for the first time. Special thanks to SFLogicNinja for his tutorial video that finally led to my succeeding at [...]