Aaron Parecki

#100daysofmusic

100 Days of Music

100 Days of Music is a project to write a short 30-90 second song every day for 100 days. My goal is to create something that's "finished" enough to be able to use it as a podcast or video intro song. It doesn't have to be long, but has to sound decent.
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Wed, Dec 28, 2016 10:05am -08:00 #100daysofmusic #music

Thoughts on the Resiliency of Web Projects

I just did a massive spring cleaning of one of my servers, trying to clean up what has become quite the mess of clutter. For every website on the server, I either:
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Sat, Aug 31, 2024 6:36pm -07:00 #indieweb #clutter #projects #100daysofmusic #biketheeclipse
Just posted another video of me working through my 100 songs to make them full length! This one involves cats 🐈

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Awoj6C7Lg

Portland, Oregon, USA • 60°F

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Tue, Aug 6, 2024 8:32am -07:00 #100daysofmusic
I've been finishing my 100 short 30-60-second songs by uploading them to an AI tool and having it extend them. So far I'm done with 60/100 songs! I also started making videos to document the process, and the first video is up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88aDTntYMmM

Portland, Oregon, USA • 67°F

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Mon, Jul 29, 2024 6:14pm -07:00 #ai #music #100daysofmusic
I've been using AI to extend my 100 Days of Music sketches into full length songs and it's been super fun! I upload the song I wrote and tell it to extend it, give it some guidance, then piece it back together in Logic Pro. I've finished 25 songs so far!

Portland, Oregon, USA • 78°F

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Mon, Jul 1, 2024 6:21pm -07:00 #ai #music #100daysofmusic
The Fortnightly Business Report: Episode 004 - YouTube (www.youtube.com)

Tue, Oct 31, 2017 8:51am -07:00 #100daysofmusic
Maniac Mayhem - YouTube (www.youtube.com)

Thu, Jun 1, 2017 10:41am -07:00 #100daysofmusic
Resubmitted my "Songs of the Morning" album with a few tracks combined, so the average length is longer than 60 seconds. We'll see if the music store overlords let this go through this time!

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Tue, Apr 11, 2017 12:02pm -07:00 #100daysofmusic
I spent most of the day today naming the rest of my #100daysofmusic songs, tagging and organizing them, and uploading them for distribution through all the online music outlets!

It turns out albums have a maximum length of 35 songs, so I broke the 100 songs into four parts, based on the time of day I finished the song. Every week for the next four weeks, one album will be released:

• Songs of the Morning
• Songs of the Afternoon
• Songs of the Evening
• Songs of the Night

Look for the albums on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, and half a dozen other stores I've never heard of starting next week!

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Sat, Apr 8, 2017 6:41pm -07:00 #100daysofmusic #music #release
Day 100 - Century

Day 100. As you can probably imagine, I was spending a lot of energy trying to figure out what to do for my 100th day. I had considered a few options, like "33 seconds of silence", or a bizarre mashup of the previous 99 songs. In the end, I decided to make the final song be just one note, a massive orchestra hit. It turns out it takes a surprising number of instruments to make this sound like anything still. Several layers of strings, various percussion instruments, a large piano chord, and I even snuck in a subtle hint of the electronic cello that's been featured in a few of my songs. And with that, I am done! I've published all the songs and videos on a web page if you want to browse through the archives! https://100.aaronparecki.com
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Thu, Mar 30, 2017 4:37pm -07:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 100: A Website for my 100 Days of Music #100DaysOfIndieWeb

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Thu, Mar 30, 2017 2:42pm -07:00 #100daysofindieweb #100daysofmusic
Day 99 - Penultimate

Day 99. Almost done. I had fun with the pizzicato strings in this one. The pizzicato cello and the snare drum hold down the rhythm, and I have a few different violins and violas playing the melody.
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Wed, Mar 29, 2017 10:19am -07:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 98 - Mushrooms

Day 98. Another multiple-layer piano track. Each piano has a different effect applied. Echo, reverbs, EQ to emphasize specific frequencies.
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Tue, Mar 28, 2017 9:22pm -07:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 97 - Unknown

Day 97. Further proving the theory that when I don't have a plan for the day, I end up finishing way sooner than I thought, today's song took less than an hour. As usual, I started this with the piano intro, and built it up from there. I considered using a drum set, but then opted for a light bongo track instead. The piano part is actually two overlaid tracks in the same range, which for some reason ends up working nicely together. I think the middle section could use a little more buildup, but the flute does an okay job at denoting the middle section.
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Mon, Mar 27, 2017 10:07pm -07:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 96 - Sunrise

Day 96. I always seem to spend a lot more time on these when there's a specific sound I'm going for. This one turned out to take way more layers than I expected. I'm still a little confused why I couldn't quite get the string section to sound correctly "on" the beat. I tried snapping it exactly to the beat, and that sounded too lagging in some cases, so I tried moving up a few of the notes in some cases. It's not quite right, but it's about as close as I can get it.
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Sun, Mar 26, 2017 6:50pm -07:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 95 - Travel

Day 95. I wanted to try something in a medieval style, so this is a quick sketch mostly experimenting with the instrumentation of it.
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Sat, Mar 25, 2017 2:46pm -07:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 94 - Windows

Day 94. I didn't have a great plan for this today. There's a lot of sounds going on here, but I tried to make a few of the highlights stand out. I think also after a few days in a row of doing piano-centric songs, I tend to try something in a totally different direction just to make sure I'm not getting stuck.
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Fri, Mar 24, 2017 9:06pm -07:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 93 - Signal

Day 93. I didn't end up finishing today's song before going to the studio for my last class, so I had to finish it here. I ended up doing something pretty simple just cause I didn't have much time. The video is some test footage we shot on the green screen earlier today.
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Thu, Mar 23, 2017 5:23pm -07:00
Day 92 - Bloom

Day 92. This is maybe a little more wander-y than I wanted, I wasn't expecting to bring in the orchestra in the middle until after I had started. I originally thought it would be just piano again. There's a couple little nods to some other songs in here if you listen closely.
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Wed, Mar 22, 2017 6:07pm -07:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 91 - Green

Day 91. I don't know why I'm on such a piano kick lately. This one was kind of fun because it's more notes than can be played with two hands, but doesn't totally sound like it.
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Tue, Mar 21, 2017 3:03pm -07:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 90 - Sixpence

Day 90. The final stretch! Didn't know what I was going to do today, so again I started by playing around on the piano until I hit something that I could use to build off of. After I recorded the piano track, I added a few other instruments on top. The drum track is a mix of my own tracks plus the Logic Pro drummer.
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Tue, Mar 21, 2017 7:29am -07:00 #100daysofmusic

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