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Found out, treasures are always lost
Pleasures and rage combined
I'm watching you, be careful with your moves
Tonight, I think the time is right
I think the blood has dried, it cries for more
So what are we waiting for?
Wires and Chains, I'm just tired of lookin' the other way
Starting to fade, I'm just tired of lookin' the other way
It feels like a game, I'm just tired of lookin' the other way
You have to play, I'm just tired of lookin' the other way
You can't escape, I'm just tired of lookin' the other way
Lights out, is this who you really are?
Can't look into your eyes
Your twisted mind, it's dark, so dark
We end it now, it ends right here right now
Please tell me you brought the iron
Let's light up the sky and fade into the night
The days when it was good are gone
I'm tryna see what it was for, but I'll never know
And though it's dead, I hear the call
Wires and Chains, I'm just tired of lookin' the other way
Starting to fade, I'm just tired of lookin' the other way
It feels like a game, I'm just tired of lookin' the other way
You have to play, I'm just tired of lookin' the other way
You can't escape, I'm just tired of lookin' the other way
I found out, treasures are always lost
Pleasures are long forgotten
Who are you now?
from Cyberpunk 2077 : Phantom Liberty ~ Deluxe Edition Tracks ~ (2023)
I've been in a bit of a funk lately. Work. Stress. Life. I got a few new toys, and I haven't really had a chance to play with them lately. That changed. I recorded this a few weeks ago, as you can see from the date on the jam. I was feeling like absolute crap at the time, and I didn't want to be seen on screen. (I also didn't want to bother putting pants on, so I'm sure the feeling will be mutual to anyone reading this) But I had managed to hook up my three new effects pedals to various synth outputs, and I linked my new Sonicware Liven XFM and Model D up to my setup in a way that worked for me.
Then I worked out a simple baseline and a couple drum beats on the Circuit. I have two analog synths doubling the bassline, and I don't remember if I also used one of the XFMs four voices to triple it or not. I think I did use the XFM at one point to double the Model D, where the XFM was doing some quiet arpeggios and the Model D was holding the first note of the chord. I know I had the Model D controlled by the Circuit, but the sound from it was running into the XFM because at a couple points I used the XFMs built in bitcrusher effect.
I've got another shorter jam that I did yesterday that I actually filmed, so I'll probably try to get that one up soon too. I hadn't actually listened to this one since I recorded it, so just for fun I decided to keep that same bassline and drums and hit play on the Circuit to see what I would produce from the same starting point when I was feeling completely different. When I post that one, I guess we'll all see what else I could do there.
This is one of the first jams I've done in a while that makes me feel like some of the ones I did when I first started trying to make cybergrunge soundtrack music in Nanostudio.