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 […]

March Roundup

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

In the third month of my “52 Tracks in 52 Weeks”:http://www.apollolee.com/2008/01/04/52-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 I’ve written this […]

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 […]

Blue Diamond

In 52 Tracks, House, Music on 22 March 2008 with 1 comment

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

February Roundup

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

In the second month of my “52 Tracks in 52 Weeks”:http://www.apollolee.com/2008/01/04/52-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”:http://www.caltrain.com 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]