We have been using the Reaper DAW for music production for over 11 years as of 2023, and releasing music for as long, originally as the soundtrack to our YouTube Channel. My videos were originally all slideshows of my illustration work.
There are some 40 tracks on our Bandcamp and Soundcloud pages, but here 6.
Adrian Bruce - Dream 3:00
[DOWNLOAD] Rock Pop Song, inspired by a David Bowie Rebel Rebel type sound, except the later half of this has synths doing melody, rather than guitar. When I did this, I was kind of tired of the all guitar sound I had been doing. Also the first song for me to put vocals in, even if the lyric doesn't say much, but that is like much of pop.
Adrian Bruce - Heavy Metal Garage 3:00
[DOWNLOAD] Heavy guitar instrumental, intended in remix form for car, bike or motor sport program soundtrack use.
Adrian Bruce - Little Franky Metro 1:24
[DOWNLOAD] Synthesiser guitar Instrumental. The synth sound at end is the ARP2600 patch used in Edgar Winters Group's track Frankenstein.
Adrian Bruce - Simple Minded Naieve 4:25
[DOWNLOAD] Synthesiser guitar Instrumental. Simple minded, naïve jam with repeating riffs that harmonically doesn't go anywhere. Octave notes, diatonic meanderings.
Adrian Bruce - The Bots Are At It Again 3:45
[DOWNLOAD] Metal Pop Song. Fun On Social Media, the food pics, the love from your closest 1000 friends, the fascist bots, the misinformation, the utter ratbags, the trivia. And by that I mean it is 99% garbage (and what gets the most likes!), but helps keep in touch with friends and family.
Adrian Bruce - EDM Bob 4:50
[DOWNLOAD] Melodic Techno and inspired by those helmet wearing DJs, and SUPERFLAT. MS-20 mini drums, melodic lines and noises. Like a Street Cat Named "Bob", The Superflat "Dob" or Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder saying "Bob".
In the modern music industry, middlemen make more money than the musicians. The Music Business is completely broken for an Independent Musician. I am not part of the music industry, and just doing my own thing here, and don't expect to ever get any more than a coin or two from my music. I get tremendous satisfaction from making and playing it, and that is enough for this old guy in his 60s. Heavy Metal Garage was my phones ring tone for many years...
