I've heard of Oblique Strategies, and they sound like a great way to inspire creativity. I have my own methodology but it's more constrained (it's a methodology after all ;-) The cards seem quite rare / expensive, I wonder if there are alternatives. Anyway, this has got me thinking about perhaps creating my own cards, using techniques learned over the years - pick a card, go create!
Thank you, this was brilliant, and I only wish I could make tracks at that speed! I’ve made something weird today myself, and I want to share it, because it’s weird, and because it’s also a bit Enoesque. I love playing with generative ambient ideas in Bitwig, especially with its modular grid. So typically you’d start with a melody and randomize it in some ways and see where that takes you. But today I thought: can it go in the opposite direction? Can I start with two different melodies of the same length, and by changing their notes at random, one note per bar, make them eventually converge into a single melody? Turns out, yes I could! Though in the end, with the gradual encroachment of rigidity upon the initial chaos, it reminds me more of Robert Fripp circa “Discipline” than Brian Eno. And oh, yours sounds better than mine 😊
I need to pick this up ASAP!!
I've heard of Oblique Strategies, and they sound like a great way to inspire creativity. I have my own methodology but it's more constrained (it's a methodology after all ;-) The cards seem quite rare / expensive, I wonder if there are alternatives. Anyway, this has got me thinking about perhaps creating my own cards, using techniques learned over the years - pick a card, go create!
Thank you, this was brilliant, and I only wish I could make tracks at that speed!
I’ve made something weird today myself, and I want to share it, because it’s weird, and because it’s also a bit Enoesque. I love playing with generative ambient ideas in Bitwig, especially with its modular grid. So typically you’d start with a melody and randomize it in some ways and see where that takes you. But today I thought: can it go in the opposite direction? Can I start with two different melodies of the same length, and by changing their notes at random, one note per bar, make them eventually converge into a single melody? Turns out, yes I could! Though in the end, with the gradual encroachment of rigidity upon the initial chaos, it reminds me more of Robert Fripp circa “Discipline” than Brian Eno.
And oh, yours sounds better than mine 😊
cool process. great idea.