Feb 2022 slothcore ambient band-in-a-box instrrumental
OK. I totally cheated.
In one of my favorite short stories a writer creates a work of philosophy by pushing a few buttons, flipping a few levers, sprinkling in a smattering of philosophical-sounding words and publishing it. I did something similar here except I used Band-In-A-Box and Audacity to create this work of slothcore. (I wonder if I can tag BIAB as a collaborator.)
Band-In-A-Box can generate an entire song for you. It even generates a title, and I kind of liked the one it came up with. Reminds me of songs like Moon Over Manaus. Last year I tried this and came up with a 50s-sounding ballad, "Funny Thing Is." This year when I learned there's such a thing as slothcore I decided to give it a shot, the sloth being my spirit animal and all.
I hope this isn't too energetic for slothcore. I think it checks all the boxes:
Slow? 30 BPM. I'm not sure I can slow BIAB down any farther, but it sounds good this way.
Dirty? I ran the finished song through Audacity's distortion filter.
Pauses for naps? Yep. The ending pause actually did fool me.
So anyway, enjoy.
No lyrics. This is an instrumental.
@elesimo Feb 2022
I loved this, what a journey indeed! I never heard #slothcore like this, it's really good, beautiful!
@summerrussell Feb 2022
Hangin' from a branch with my headphones on, just vibin'... yep, sloth mood is in this year. I did not know about slothcore and did not know I needed it in my life until now, so thank you!
This is very chill. The distortion adds a nice touch of haziness, like a distant mirage on a warm day.
@pendroppoet Feb 2022
Such a wonderfully dragging experience to listen to. It makes me want to try something sloth-esque
@readerwriterpoet Feb 2022
This is what I imagine music to stroll to sounds like in sloth land. Just taking a looooong, leiiiiiisurely walk down sloth street. I need more songs in the sloth land universe!
@kenmattsson Feb 2022
Damn I love this. It's slowing down my heartbeat, yet it is interesting, like it's going somewhere, but rrrrrreeeeeeeeeaaaaallllllyyyy slowly. I think you nailed the brief.