I know, it’s a little early.
I named this track “Summer Solstice” ultimately because I grew up in Pennsylvania and that’s where I learned what summer was supposed to be. To me, this track sounds like that hard, bright sunlight of June feels like, and the intensity of everything growing around you is visceral, when it’s hot but not oppressive and viscous like August often is.
Once again, this is one synth, one take. Enjoy.
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I have been on a total promo kick, lately. Not only is this promo the utter unalloyed bombast most podcasts wish they could get away with, it’s a bit of commentary on my other promos-which-I-refuse-to-edit. ( I consider it a mark of success in my plan to keep myself out of my podcast, honestly.)
The music was kindly provided by Jeremiah Pena, an enormously talented young man who makes media and puts it on his website, JeremiahPena.com. He’s got more that you should check out, so go to his site.
So, feel free to take this file, or any of my promo files, and play them on your show. You don’t need my permission, but if you let me know you’re doing it, you’ll make my day. I’ll go listen and tell my friends, honest, cuz I’m cool like that.
*thumbsup*
Also, by the time you’re reading this, hopefully, there will already be a link in the sidebar for you to directly access my promos. If not, check back soon.
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Here’s a little insight into my creative process.
Any time I open up a noisemaker on my computer, all I try to do is find a cool sound. That’s all, and keeping it that simple is harder than you might think. It’s very easy to fall into “trying to make a song” or get caught up in programming a beat or otherwise get distracted by some minutia from discovering great sounds.
My solution is to try to work as fast as possible. That’s why I post a lot of very simple stuff here, and it tends to be thematically singular. I find something nifty, I make it make sounds, and I export the sound before I can give myself a chance to fuck it up.
Tonight’s track is an excellent example. It’s just a kick, a clap and a hihat, two of which are processed, and fiddled around with in a step sequencer and sent straight to mp3. Cool, huh?
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Jesus, Mary and Charlie Chaplin, it’s episode 100!
This time, we have the inimitable Zach Ricks, known far and near as @madpoet, generously creating this Braindouche! promo with his most talented wife, who’s name I honestly don’t know. Why the heck would he do that? The story goes something like this…
Zach, about once a week, gets through the all the work he needs to, and comes up with what he’s referred to at least once as “a few spare cycles”. Then, he goes on twitter and offers to help. Anyone who has a request, he’ll try and help. I’ve seen him fulfill requests to write stories, finish his own projects, write stuff for other people, and create promos for podcasts, and I don’t even know what else because I’m usually too busy to pay enough attention to twitter to see what he’s up to. It’s a really neat experiment in making and in quick-fire creativity, and amazingly generous, and also one killer sort of promotional gimmick.
Thanks, Zach, you’re awesome.
Did I say promotional? Because Zach also does this fairly new podcast called The Mad Poet Files, and it’s just him reading his fiction, and it’s exactly the sort of simple, well-produced, to the point, bullshit-free podcast I adore. He also does other podcasts too, but I don’t listen to them. Stories from The Mad Poet Files are also for sale in ebook formats, and if you’re into that sort of thing, I suggest considering dropping a couple of bucks in his ehat.
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