Jimi Peak Music: March 2016

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Jimi Peak Music: Songs Continued

Moving on with Songs

I'm ready to discuss more of the good stuff here... I've been working on one to two songs a day so, if you'd like to know more I'm discussing them from what I believe you may have missed to what's newer.

Note: My personal favorites are in the big Soundcloud player format... I have a lot of favorites... LOL

Hopeful Adventure

This song came around by accident, I was messing with reverb, delay and mixing on Acid music studio, I had like 10 different acoustic guitar loops playing, trying to figure out what I could piece together then I realized with the effects I had, all the guitars worked great together. I ended up losing that mix and had to start over, I couldn't get them to work the second time, it blew my mind... eventually I figure it out and it became this song which I still love listening to it.

Rock Out There and Back

I decided to find out what was capable with heavy metal samples after my success with Hopeful Adventure. Most of metal guitar samples were made for fast speeds, I decided to slow it down and see how it sounded. It was chunky, dense, and sounded great. I also got a bunch of funk rock, and reggae samples and I combined it all into one fat guitar song. I love the results...

The Mystics

In the name of experiment, I messed with the keyboard, organ, and electric piano samples. It's amazing how you can blend samples into a song and it sounds meant to be. I used 4 instruments together at all times here, electric piano, organ, bass, and drums. This song is nothing like anything I've done as a musician but it has my stamp on it... no one does music like me. It's my Jazz/ blues song and I love it...

Having a Crazy Time

There are tons of free samples available on the web, this song was born in a pack of free industrial pack... It was then when I figured out how to adjust the time signature, tempo and keys... mid-song, also how they blend together... not my best song but still very cool.

Smoke and Mirrors

After all those experiments, I had to get back to my roots... Smoke and Mirrors was so much fun to produce. I just had to get back to guitar sounds, this song came together quickly. I added effects to the heavy guitars, like delay, flanger and phaser, plus I have some guitar noises droning. I love the synth bass at the beginning it's so damn heavy. The synthesizer holds the song together. It takes many twists and turns, hence the title. The heaviest part reminds of Alice in Chains. I'm fine with that... :)

Interlude

When I put this together I was having a rough day. The emotion of the synth at the beginning spoke to my heart. The middle of song builds from one synth to more, I love the intensity of it. It ends with guitars overs synths and I was very happy with how it turned out...

Moving Onward

The first part I put together well before the rest of this song. I then added the rock guitar and just chorused the shit out of it. I decided to keep this song a strong rocker... I created this song as though there were two guitarists, a drummer, a bass player, and a synth player. I usually make a plan of how many people's parts are in a song... Old habit... I enjoy the overall feel of this one and listen to it a lot... One day, I'll probably add lyrics and sing it...

Breakthrough

It came out of nowhere, I decided to go for a Tool on Lateralus kind of vibe. I added the guitar almost as an afterthought. It was bass, synth, and drums to start. I have a droning synth in the background throughout it. I love the dark heaviness to it, I may add more to it and lyrics but for now this is it... Good tune though.

That concludes my song post for now. The next post I'll be discussing the newest songs. Also this song concludes the album I called, "Jimi's Acid Creations." I put my songs in collections even though I just stream them... The next album is called, "Work the Music," and my wife Leslie made the cover art that one, I did the first one...

Jimi's Acid Creation, art by Jimi Peak

Work the Music, Art by Leslie Peak

Thanks for reading, listening, watching, and returning...

Friday, March 18, 2016

Why Jimi Peak Music and Why You Should Listen...

Why I Make Music...

I started Jimi Peak Music for different reasons than I do it today. It used to be a place for me to get people to collaborate . That didn't work out, everyone I asked to collaborate on a recording backed out with little or no explanation. This time around, approximately two years later, I'm still open to collaboration but I'm not seeking it out anymore. With loops and samples I don't require a band or anyone else to produce great sounding music... and damn, it's a relief. I just create, mix, and release, which works out so quickly and so much smoother. Plus, I have no other personalities to clash or get along with during the process. I produce 24 songs in less than a month, minus vocals... that is my next step, I'm just a few items away from being able to record vocal and mic thing directly. So, I make my songs interesting enough to stand on their own which they do... The first 22 songs, I consider an instrumental album called, "Jimi's Acid Creations." While all the songs sound great, and all of them are different styles of music, I consider my learning curve on Sony Acid Music Studio 10. Now I can truly do amazing things with the program, the last three songs I created are quite good in sound, mix and quality. To me this is truly a way to take certain issues out of the recording process. I can make music any time I want and don't have to worry if people like it or not, I make music I'd want to hear and music that can be impossible to produce live without a 25 member band... I love what music has become and I feel like I'm on the cutting edge of something big. I'm unsure where it's going but I'll take this ride until the end and leave a ton of music behind me. That's why I do this....

Why You Should Listen..

The reason to listen is simple... I love and listen to my own songs. I produce music that I can't find anywhere else, I blend styles, sounds, and release it immediately on the internet... and will continue to do so. You can't beat that in this day and age...

facebook.com/jimipeakmusic

http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?AID=1343473

soundcloud.com/jimi-peak

Thanks for reading, listening, and watching....

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

A New Platform Brings New Music

A New Platform Brings More Music

I'm back with a much different point of view... and using a new program to edit music. Where I was using Sony Vegas Pro 12, I've started using Sony Acid Music Studio 10. The new program expanded my creativity, mixing abilities, and musical horizons... There's no style of music I can't do now because of samples, loops, midi and VST instruments... At first I was hesitant but after my first loop based song, I'm hooked... I've actually uploaded so much new sound, tunes, styles, beats, and effects using thousands of loops and sample... I must admit Sony has really created an amazing program for anyone to use. I'm just happy music is flowing from me once again. With that being said I have started a Pro Account on Soundcloud and an Acid Planet account. I will provide those addresses later in this post but for now, Jimi Peak Music has returned and it's not the same... I've restarted this blog and plan to continue on this path for the foreseeable future. Now on to some links and stories....

ACID PLANET

http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?AID=1343473

SOUNDCLOUD

http://soundcloud.com/jimi-peak

Rituak

Rituak was the first song I completed Acid Music Studio 10, I love the way it sounds... It was definitely enough to change my whole opinion on loops and samples. It's all synth and drums... huh? No guitars, and it's not rock or metal... I've been glued to Acid Music Studio 10 ever since this song. Take a listen for yourself, it's just music and the quality you just can't beat...

High Gravity

High Gravity is another synth-based song but this time I got to really explore my loops library and mixing capabilities. I can't say enough about the heaviness this song has even though it's not metal or rock. I started noticing that Acid Music Studio was not only an amazing program but it was fun as well.. I still love listening to this song... Listen for yourself... enjoy!

Low Down

Low down is the first song I did with Acid where I utilized bass dynamics and where I became comfortable with Loops and Sample library... I knew that even though I didn't play the instruments on it, it's still got my own personal stamp on it... I'm very proud of the way this song turned... Check it out for yourself.

Live at the Groove

Live at the Groove from Jimi Peak on Vimeo.
This is a compilation music video for one of my new songs... It's mostly of me playing guitar outside and some drums... The song was made on Sony Acid Music Studio 10... video completed on Sony Movie Studio Suite 13... Check it out!

This is the only video I have for these new songs, watch it today or check it out on Soundcloud...

Blood Moon

Blood Moon, the first song I used a pattern in order to write the beat... and it has some heavy guitars... The cool thing though is it also has synth bass and synth overlays... The guitar effect at the beginning just fit so perfectly... I love this groove... You will too...

Night Life

Night Life was something I heard and decided I'll keep it a very short song, at 1:24 seconds it's my shortest song but it's still got staying power... I still love it and you should listen...

Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher was another song that I put a few pieces together by accident and it worked... My wife told me that this song was catchy and I thought it was dreamy... It's another one I love to listen to when it comes on around me.

Well, that's all the music I'm writing about for today... I plan on writing this blog as much as possible so please bookmark it and come back... No matter what form it comes, Jimi Peak Music has returned and the sounds will flow.... Thanks for reading, watching, listening and returning....

-Jimi Peak

3/16/2016

Here's some new Jimi Peak Music artwork.... some by Leslie, my wonderful wife and some by me...