Apollo Lee 52 Tracks in 52 Weeks

52 Tracks

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 [...]

Palouse

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

Title: Apollo Lee - Palouse
Date: March 18, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 8:06 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

I really like the instrument with the resonance sweep.
The harmony is relatively simple (Em7 C#m13 F#m7 B7) and based on Minor Rhythm Changes.
The music is not completely overbearing and didn’t require much adjustment on the mixdown.
Chords [...]

Corners

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 10 March 2008 with no comments

Title: Apollo Lee - Corners
Date: March 10, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 6:18 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

The pad instrument is quite evocative.
The harmony is complex and somewhat strange. I used a Korg padKontrol, so I had 16 notes. The corners spell Cm7. The outside columns on the center two [...]

February Roundup

In 52 Tracks, Music on 10 March 2008 with no comments

In the second month of my 52 Tracks in 52 Weeks project, I crafted eight tracks. All of them were ambient improvisations and a vast majority of them were created on Caltrain during the commute to and from work in San Francisco.

As of February 29, 2008, the total number of tracks I’ve written so [...]

Belmont

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 3 March 2008 with no comments

Title: Apollo Lee - Belmont
Date: March 3, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 6:30 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

The pad instrument (Blue Carpet) is beautiful and has lots of interesting potential.
The harmony is simple (Cm7 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7) and lends itself to lots of possibilities for different chord types, even with the 16 notes [...]

Iridesce

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 27 February 2008 with 2 comments

Title: Apollo Lee - Iridesce
Date: February 27, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8 + Korg Legacy Collection (Digital Edition)
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:48 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

Wine Pad on the Korg M1 (and, in this case, the M1 plugin) is beautiful and floating and very evocative.
I followed a simple chord progression (Ebm/M7 Cm7b5 Fm7b9 Bb7) in [...]

Cerulean

In 52 Tracks, Ambient, Music on 25 February 2008 with 1 comment

Title: Apollo Lee - Cerulean
Date: February 25, 2008
Software: Reason 4
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 6:54 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

Reason has some gorgeous instruments, evolving pads, and luscious patches and this is one of them.
I stayed in C Melodic Minor (C D Eb F G A B C). It’s an easy key to play in, [...]