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Title: Apollo Lee – Quinquaginta
Date: December 31, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:30 @ 40 bpm
What I Like About It
I returned to my favorite key, Bb minor (natural), and improvised simple chord progressions in gradual shifts.
There’s a good diversity of notes, including some atmospheric highs and immense lows.
Shifts [...]
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Title: Apollo Lee – Abstractism
Date: December 31, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 6:18 @ 40 bpm
What I Like About It
This harmonic structure is something I haven’t tried to improvise on before. It’s a scale consisting of only six notes, the whole tone scale in C (C, D, E, [...]
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Title: Apollo Lee – Zillah
Date: December 31, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:36 @ 40 bpm
What I Like About It
I’m using the full keyboard here, instead of a drum pad controller as usual (my Korg padKontrol’s settings knob that lets me choose note values broke off). The harmony [...]
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Title: Apollo Lee – Yoncalla
Date: December 30, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:48 @ 40 bpm
What I Like About It
The harmony is similar to what I used yesterday, except this set of chords descends the circle of fifths (Cm7, Fm7, Bbm7, Ebm7).
This patch has a nifty pulse in it [...]
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Title: Apollo Lee – Xenophilia
Date: December 29, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:00 @ 40 bpm
What I Like About It
The harmony is different, this time, four minor seventh chords ascending the circle of fifths (Gm7, Dm7, Am7, Em7).
I really like this patch, which shimmers and floats. I haven’t [...]
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Title: Apollo Lee – Winnemucca
Date: December 15, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 5:42 @ 40 bpm
What I Like About It
The harmony is easy to play with (Dm7, CM7, Bm7b5, A7).
The patch I’m using is one I generally overlook, but I like it in this piece.
Transitions are subtle and don’t [...]
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Title: Apollo Lee – Vicissitude
Date: December 10, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:24 @ 40 bpm
What I Like About It
I’ve used this patch before, but I love the subtle ringing aftertouch.
The harmony is in descending seventh chords, diatonic to Db (DbM7, Cm7b5, Bbm7, Ab7), making it easy to transition [...]
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Title: Apollo Lee – Umbriel
Date: December 05, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 5:06 @ 40 bpm
What I Like About It
This instrument is very unusual with strange bouncing filter effects, lethargically jumping around. I never thought of using this patch before, but it drives the urgency of the piece [...]
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Title: Apollo Lee – Tactility
Date: December 02, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:30 @ 40 bpm
What I Like About It
The harmonic structure is in minor rhythm changes (Am7, FM7, Bm7b5, E7). I’ve used it before, but it’s easy to get some nice tensions with this chord progression.
It’s very [...]
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Title: Apollo Lee – Siskiyou
Date: November 21, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:30 @ 40 bpm
What I Like About It
The harmonic structure is much different than the set ups I usually use. FM7, Am7, BbM7, C7. This made everything mostly consonant, while allowing for tensions that were [...]
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