The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #359: Musical Interlude – Adding to a C#m Chord Progression on Synth with Jeff Finley
https://archive.org/download/podcast-359/Podcast%20359.mp3
This week, I’d adding to the second repeating chord progression in C#m that I did with with past show guest Jeff Finley on the handpan. We started this track in episode 354. This track ended up having the repeating chord progression C#m B C#m B C#m B / C#m B C#m B A B at 100 bpm. In this episode, I’m adding to Jeff’s arrangement with a little synth layer to hopefully complement what is already there.
For the first track we did, Jeff did an amazing job with accompanying and arranging the track started in episode 352. That track is showcased in a music video on Adobe Premiere I started this episode with pixelart Logan superimposed over some stock fantasy landscape video I purchased off pond5.com. Here is a preview:
I’d like to try to figure out how to add some rainbow colored exhaust to Lighting’s tail like I envisioned in the book:
But that is for another episode or time, perhaps, since it requires me to, you know, actually figure out how to do that in Premiere (not the most user friendly program). Speaking of Lightning, by the way, the resin ones for the Thirteenth Hour action figures are almost done. I added a thin metal plate to the top of the resin to provide a surface for magnets to stick on (embedded in Logan’s feet). Then it was a matter of added layers of primer and lots of sanding and filing and more priming/painting to get a smoother and relatively smooth surface.
Stayed tuned for another video with the music track from today. This was the last collaboration Jeff and I did, by the way, based on some ideas originally conceived by Brent Simon:
You can find out more about Jeff on his previous appearances on the show (episode 101, 102, and 176).
- Jeff’s Amazon author page
- Jeff’s portfolio here.
- Soundcloud (as Starbound Renegade
- Spotify (as Starbound Renegade)
- Youtube
- Etsy
- And, of course, the film that started it all with Brent Simon.
Stay tuned for more soon!
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There are now Thirteenth Hour toys! If you’d like to pick up one of these glow in the dark figures for yourself, feel free to email me or go to the Etsy store I set up (https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThirteenthHourStudio) and get them there.
If the past few months have got you needing a break, you may want to chill out to this 80s synth throwback track for a upcoming LP with the accompanying music video:
Empty Hands, the synth EP soundtrack to the novella, Empty Hands, is now out for streaming on Bandcamp.
Stay tuned. Follow along on Spotify! There is also a growing extended Thirteenth Hour playlist on Spotify with a growing number of retro 80s songs.
As always, thanks for listening!
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