500 Paths, by Gritty the Bear

500 Paths

by Gritty the Bear

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	1.	Ancient Machine Dreams 01:38
	2.	Marsh Lights 01:59
	3.	Tense Shoulders 01:50
	4.	J'a'Lp 01:05
	5.	Morning on the Porch 01:48
	6.	Seashell Ritual 02:32

about

And here is the story:

Something like five months ago I bought an MPC500. Weird machine, I was used to the speed of a computer DAW. Fast workflow, endless options on a distance of a mouse click.
Acquiring this MPC seemed cool, I was trying to move away from the computer but on the first tries, I hated the MPC. Sluggish, not many options and the weird workflow I couldn't grasp at first.

It sat gathering dust for two months. And I didn't even make any song on the computer at this time. I tried, but It was boring. I gave the machine one more chance and as I started to get how it worked I noticed I was zoning out of the stuff around me. I was in the music, concentrating. Zen style shit for sure.

I'm still learning but now I can understand people buzzing around gear. You can connect to it and it gives you back all the energy you put into it. It's a symbiotic relationship where you end up being filled with joy.

All here was composed using the MPC500, a Walkman and two shitty guitar pedals. EQ'ued and Compressed in Ableton.

This little tape is worth of a month and a half of actual beat making. Not golden disc material, yeah, but I'm proud of it and I hope it can make your head bump a bit and maybe a smile on your face :).

Thanks for the time. Take care of yourself.
Peace.

ps.: If you choose to help and buy the tape, it comes with all tracks actually recorded into a tape and bumped again to digital format :) It's not very different, but the flutter is subtly there ;D

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released May 6, 2019

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Gritty the Bear Brazil

I really appreciate you being here. Thanks for the support.

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Just a baisc dude making beats, watering the plants and gathering dust while drinking coffee.

You can also contact me on alexandreigferraz@outlook.com

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