El post original: https://medium.com/music-thing-modular-notes/how-i-recorded-an-album-in-an-evening-with-a-lunchbox-modular-and-a-python-script-443ca08f34da
Pensando en sugerencias genéricas, como las que se hacen en algunos eventos de "Jamuary", se me ha ocurrido pedirle a ChatGPT que imagine ser un productor famoso que va a escribir sugerencias para cada día de enero, con un estilo, sentimiento, limitación, etc diferente, de la forma más creativa posible. Este es el resultado (en inglés)... ¿qué os parece? A mí me ha dado algunas ideas a explorar.
Alguien escribió:
# day 1
- Style: Deep house
- Feeling: abandoned amusement park at night
- Limitation: No more than five unique notes used in the whole track
- Composition: Build harmony through layering octaves rather than traditional chords
- Production: Use subtle sidechaining on pads to create a breathing effect
# day 2
- Style: Krautrock
- Feeling: walking through an endless hallway of mirrors
- Limitation: No chord changes—stick to a single drone
- Composition: Employ a motorik beat, allowing gradual evolution of the synths or guitars
- Production: Add subtle tape echo to create a sense of endlessness
# day 3
- Style: Breakbeat
- Feeling: digital raindrops falling on a metallic roof
- Limitation: Use breakbeat rhythms, but no traditional snare drum
- Composition: Rapid-fire basslines alternating between half-time and double-time sections
- Production: Distort and compress the drums for a punchy, raw sound
# day 4
- Style: Post-minimalism
- Feeling: the first sunrise after a long winter
- Limitation: No percussion, use plucked or bowed instruments for rhythm
- Composition: Use repeating arpeggios that slowly shift over time
- Production: Apply granular delay to one melodic element for added depth
# day 5
- Style: Techno
- Feeling: a crowded city in slow motion
- Limitation: Only use three percussive elements
- Composition: Focus on a hypnotic four-bar loop, introducing subtle changes throughout
- Production: Apply a low-pass filter sweep to the bassline, gradually increasing intensity
# day 6
- Style: Glitch-hop
- Feeling: malfunctioning robot trying to dance
- Limitation: Use no more than 8 seconds of any sample
- Composition: Fragmented melodies that glitch, stop, and restart unpredictably
- Production: Apply stutter and time-stretching effects liberally
# day 7
- Style: Tropical house
- Feeling: a forgotten island slowly being reclaimed by nature
- Limitation: Only use samples from non-traditional percussive instruments (e.g., water splashes, wood knocks)
- Composition: Smooth, flowing chord progressions with minimal melodic movement
- Production: Use warm, saturated delays on plucks and leads
# day 8
- Style: Math rock
- Feeling: a kaleidoscope of shifting colors
- Limitation: Use an odd time signature like 7/8 or 5/4
- Composition: Intricate, interlocking guitar or synth lines with shifting rhythms
- Production: Keep the mix tight and clean, with emphasis on the precision of the instruments
# day 9
- Style: Chillstep
- Feeling: floating in a zero-gravity dream
- Limitation: Only use sound sources below 100Hz
- Composition: Focus on sub-bass and low, rumbling pads for a soothing, deep soundscape
- Production: Add reverb to low-end elements to create a cavernous feel
# day 10
- Style: Experimental electronic
- Feeling: exploring an abandoned spaceship
- Limitation: No traditional melody or harmony—focus on texture
- Composition: Use found sounds and irregular rhythms as the main compositional tool
- Production: Heavily process all sounds with glitch, pitch-shifting, and granular synthesis
# day 11
- Style: Funky house
- Feeling: an unexpected street parade
- Limitation: No synthesizers, only real or sampled instruments
- Composition: Bassline leads the melody, with guitar or piano providing rhythmic accents
- Production: Use stereo panning to spread instruments across the mix for a lively, open sound
# day 12
- Style: Dark ambient
- Feeling: walking through dense fog in an ancient forest
- Limitation: Use only low-frequency elements and drones
- Composition: Create tension through dissonant intervals and slow, evolving textures
- Production: Apply heavy reverb and noise gates to create a sense of unease and distance
# day 13
- Style: Synth punk
- Feeling: a power outage in a futuristic city
- Limitation: Keep the track under 2 minutes
- Composition: Use fast, simple chord progressions with aggressive synth leads
- Production: Apply distortion to the synths and drums for a gritty, DIY feel
# day 14
- Style: Ambient guitar
- Feeling: drifting on a calm ocean under a full moon
- Limitation: Only use guitar, but process it to create pad-like textures
- Composition: Long, sustained chords with minimal melodic movement
- Production: Apply lots of reverb and delay to create a lush, enveloping sound
# day 15
- Style: Progressive metal
- Feeling: the steady advance of an unstoppable force
- Limitation: Incorporate a time signature shift every 16 bars
- Composition: Use tightly woven guitar and bass lines with rapid, technical changes
- Production: Use parallel compression to keep the heavy instruments punchy and clear
# day 16
- Style: Acid techno
- Feeling: navigating a futuristic labyrinth
- Limitation: Use only one synthesizer, but automate it throughout
- Composition: Simple, repeating bassline with evolving acid leads
- Production: Use distortion and resonance sweeps for a classic acid sound
# day 17
- Style: Jazztronica
- Feeling: a midnight drive through neon-lit streets
- Limitation: Use a swing rhythm, but with electronic drums and bass
- Composition: Improvise melodic phrases over a simple two-chord vamp
- Production: Apply modulation effects (chorus, flanger) to the bass and lead instruments for a fluid, jazzy feel
# day 18
- Style: Drone
- Feeling: an ancient, slow-moving glacier
- Limitation: No rhythmic elements—focus only on long, evolving tones
- Composition: Use minimal melodic movement, letting harmonic overtones shift subtly over time
- Production: Layer multiple drones with different EQ settings to create complex textures
# day 19
- Style: Chillwave
- Feeling: flickering streetlights on a deserted highway
- Limitation: Use no more than four sounds in total
- Composition: Simple, looping melodies that slowly fade in and out
- Production: Add a heavy low-pass filter for a lo-fi, dream-like effect
# day 20
- Style: IDM (intelligent dance music)
- Feeling: a crystal cave shimmering with light
- Limitation: No regular 4/4 patterns—explore broken beats
- Composition: Use irregular time signatures and polyrhythms for an unpredictable feel
- Production: Apply glitch and stutter effects to add texture and complexity to the drums
# day 21
- Style: Psybient
- Feeling: meditating on a distant planet
- Limitation: No defined drum patterns—use atmospheric, percussive elements instead
- Composition: Combine evolving pads with subtle, delayed rhythmic elements
- Production: Apply time-based effects like delay and phaser to create a swirling, spacey vibe
# day 22
- Style: Synthpop
- Feeling: standing on the edge of a neon-lit rooftop
- Limitation: Use only analog-style synthesizers
- Composition: Focus on catchy, simple melodies with a classic verse-chorus structure
- Production: Use chorus and delay on leads to give them a lush, 80s feel
# day 23
- Style: Noise
- Feeling: a collapsing building in slow motion
- Limitation: No harmonic content—only noise and texture
- Composition: Use volume and dynamics to create tension and release
- Production: Distort everything to create a wall of sound, but use panning to give it space
# day 24
- Style: Trance
- Feeling: an infinite spiral into the unknown
- Limitation: Use only one chord, relying on melody and rhythm for progression
- Composition: Build intensity through layering melodies and rhythmic elements over time
- Production: Add sidechain compression on pads to create that pumping, dancefloor-ready sound
# day 25
- Style: Dub techno
- Feeling: echoes of a forgotten city submerged underwater
- Limitation: Use only delayed and reverb-heavy percussive elements
- Composition: Slow, repetitive chord progressions with evolving textures
- Production: Apply heavy dub-style delay and reverb on synths for a spacious, echoey atmosphere
# day 26
- Style: Art rock
- Feeling: the quiet before a storm
- Limitation: No repeating phrases—use through-composed structures
- Composition: Combine traditional rock instrumentation with electronic or orchestral elements
- Production: Use non-standard panning and layering to create an unconventional, exploratory sound
# day 27
- Style: Electro
- Feeling: a high-speed chase through a digital cityscape
- Limitation: Use only one drum machine and one synthesizer
- Composition: Staccato melodies with syncopated rhythms, alternating between mechanical and organic elements
- Production: Use gated reverb to give drums a tight, punchy sound
# day 28
- Style: Darkwave
- Feeling: walking through an empty cathedral at dusk
- Limitation: Use only minor keys and dissonant intervals
- Composition: Slow, haunting melodies with pulsing basslines
- Production: Use a lot of reverb and delay on synths and guitars for a cold, distant feel
# day 29
- Style: Synth noir
- Feeling: a detective walking down a rainy alley
- Limitation: Keep all tempos below 80 BPM
- Composition: Sparse, descending melodies paired with deep, resonant basslines
- Production: Use deep, echoing reverb and minimal percussion to maintain a suspenseful atmosphere
# day 30
- Style: Electro-dub
- Feeling: watching stars through the haze of city lights
- Limitation: Only use live-played or sampled instruments, processed electronically
- Composition: Slow, loping basslines with offbeat rhythmic accents
- Production: Use delays that feed back into themselves, creating long, evolving echoes
# day 31
- Style: Trip-hop
- Feeling: a secret garden hidden behind a crumbling wall
- Limitation: No more than four instruments at once
- Composition: Use minimalistic, repetitive loops with subtle variation
- Production: Apply vinyl-style noise and tape saturation to create a gritty, analog feel