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Little about me!

     Fractal- Hi I'm Steve and this is Fractal this is the website for my Music / Beets I make. Drummer by trade.   Been drumming for over 15 years set and percussion. I took drum lessons early in grade school, in college I took 4 semesters of Snare, Drum set, & percussion.  I always had an interest in sound and Foley, (sound effects in film) how sound effects were made. That's when when I found out they used synthesizers. Early on I learned they used them in Movies cartoons and other films, I loved growing up, I was hooked. I had to learn everything about these machines. The sounds, The awesome sounds they make. I had to find out who made them and who played, and programmed them. I learned about artists and makers From Raymond Scott, Bob Moog, Klaus Schultz, Rick Wright, to Richard D James, and more.  I ended up learning so much about synthesizers & midi, and who played and Programmed / made them. When I took exams for my recording degree. The professor in the midi & tech class had to change the answers on the tests I took. He didn't know about Dave smith and the committee to make midi jacks (universal) the same on all synths from then on. These songs were part of my obsession with keyboards, synths, and computer synths. these recordings were my experiments in electronic sounds. Enjoy!

Fractal- Experiments in Electronic Sounds

      The recordings on this album were some of the earliest recordings of electronic music I made. These tracks were recorded 2000-2015. Most of these songs were recorded with electronic instruments, some samples I made, along with circuit bent instruments, toys, and noise makers. some of it was the first times I recorded electronic music on a computer.  The later songs on this album, I started using the computer more.  The synthesizers, were more computer based, and I used computers to write and record the songs. Like the synths in some of the Chode project, I expanded to use Roland midi PCM sound module, as well as use computer programs like cool edit (adobe audition) and early versions logic pro, and Propellerhead Reason  DAW'S.  These songs were my first experiments in electronic sounds.  

Beats music and electronica

       After making some songs and experimenting, I started listening to how electronic music sounded in the 90's & 2000's. I would listen to it at the clubs, on radio, and to mix tapes I got.  I noticed that a lot of songs had the same drum beat.  Sometimes the same beat threw out the whole of an album. It was annoying to me, especially because I had been playing and Learning drums.  Electronic drums on lots of commercial stuff back then was quite a bit repetitive. Some times they would change it up for the chorus of a song, but back to the same beat threw the rest of the song. I thought I would change it up and keep it interesting. I understood why it might sound great in the club, but when hearing the same beat for most of the night got old really fast. I vowed to never make the drums on my songs that boring.  I will change up the beat occasionally, to keep the songs interesting. This is why I started making my own beats, sounds, and sound samples.  I have drum samples, and synth samples made from original sounds, and re-sampled sounds I make, and have.  I also have free sound samples up on my circuit bent page for the Electron Model Samples drum machine, reason and any drum sampler.    I'm always writing and learning new stuff, and recording music.  Check out Fractal on all streaming platforms!

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