Amp Driven - 13 Minutes 30 Seconds

61 beats per minute, piano driven, strings, organs and a chilled out vibe

music2work2 is constantly evolving and moving forward, I think this is why it works as background music for people who wish to create something.  Whereas a traditional song might refine a theme and repeat it in a familiar verse / chorus structure, music2work2 comes out in a continuous flow and goes where the muse takes it. 

Amp Driven is a good example of this but rather than have me write about it – why don’t you download it and see if it works for you.  Create a “Work” playlist if you don’t have one already and throw a bunch of tracks in there.  Add Amp Driven and see if you stay “in the moment” longer than normal.

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113 - 17 Minutes 43 Seconds

Session built around three different beats all at 113 beats per minute - love the "Teenage Poetry" voice from the Triton Extreme[audio:1132.5.mp3| titles=113 |artists=music2work2]

I like to have this on and just dream, come up with new stuff - if I'm tackling a particular problem this helps me work through it.

Problem solving is one of the things that fascinates me - the idea of how do you do something if you have never done it before. The idea that as kids we are taught basic tools and techniques and then we string those together, build on them, to develop even more complex techniques which we can apply to new situations etc. What I get excited about is true innovation - that moment when you make a little leap into the unknown and come up with something truly new and unique - that is what this music is for.

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Heath - 27 Minutes 59 Seconds

Classic music2work2 - pianos, strings, alternating time signatures and themes - oh, and it's long.

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2007 was the year that music2work2 really started to take shape. I was working with a Korg Triton and my recording and mixing chops were getting better. New gear is funny - there is just something about sitting down at a new toy and playing with it - experimenting with what sounds good and what doesn't. As usual the piano track was played first and then subsequent voices recorded on top - you can hear strings, electric pianos and even some funky frequencies as I got deeper into wave forms - Ooooh!

There are a number of different themes going on in this piece - Heath was a guy I met through the Kelli gig - he was a freelance template developer who also happened to be a musician. We collaborated on a couple of things musically but the tech work would get in the way. I learned a lot from Heath including how to manipulate photoshop and how to freestyle on beat tracks - it was fun while it lasted but we eventually went our separate ways.

There's a theme that comes in around 17 minutes - it's called "Andy The Barman" and is a theme that I have promised myself I will develop further. It reflects a particularly bizarre time of my life when I was indeed working a bar in London - strange times but all good grist for the creative mill.

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Heath is part of The Reader’s Playlist.