Hello, I am Setscet (pronounced with a hard C)
(That's not my real name)
I make experimental instrumental music ranging from more electronic genres (such as jungle), to more acoustic sounding ones such as jazz.
Playing keyboard is my main focus, at least for the main parts. I try to avoid things such as quantization if I can (if I am even using midi), and improvise certain parts often.
This site will have posts about newly released music, as well as general blog posts and news. I may also include some content unrelated to music as well.
You can find where to listen to my music on the left sidebar.
You can request free music downloads. If I get to your message, I can email any files I still have free of charge. The contact me page is on the left sidebar.
Here’s another digital track, the first one like this on my site, however. Like other tracks I go for a jungle sound here, perhaps a bit slower, maybe falling under breaks and electronica more.
Some regular keyboard sounds are used, the EP is me playing for example. Most of the bass is legitimately played as well on my keyboard without much quantization. One of the synth pads that comes up, in the B sections, is a vocal choir sound repeated with the speed changed depending on the note. This technique is similar to how they would make synth sounds at the height of this type of music when they didn’t have access to the same synthesizers you can get for free today.
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Recently, someone sent me this page.
It made me think about how I have improved in music over the years. I am by no means someone who makes professional quality music, but comparing my current work to how I started shows a huge leap in progress. One of the biggest breakthroughs was probably the same concept listed here: tailoring your work to your own needs and taste.
I actually started adding less instruments, less playing at once, simpler melodies and harmonies. As I did this, each of these qualities ended up mattering more, and it was easier to put more effort into making them sound good to my taste. One of the biggest impacts this had was on mixing and mastering. I think a lot of the internet now tries to market expensive plugins to you, and as such it makes hobbyists think their mixing and mastering is the issue, that everything can be fixed in post and that not doing this step perfectly is what makes or breaks a track.
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I love my new Roland FP-30X
In fact, I used almost entirely sounds from it to create my recent EP, Waxing Gibbous!
To be completely honest, it was one of the cheapest keyboards I could get with weighted keys and an output that could be used for an amp.
But, if I had more money, would I pay for a more expensive keyboard?
I’m not sure actually. I purchased this keyboard after trying multiple at the store, and of course one option available was the extremely high end, coveted, Nord Stage.
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A more acoustic sounding EP than I usually make. Mostly made of sounds from my new keyboard (the Roland FP-30X), this is mostly made up of simple instrumentals as I learn jazz.
My favorite track on this one is Carbon Fibre, with Lucky Stoke being a close second.
The last track on the EP, of which it is named after, comes from a tune that popped into my head while walking outside at night several times. Although it is only piano, it is probably the most advanced song compositionally on the EP, since I had to harmonize the melody rather than finding simple chord progressions to improvise on top of. I’m not sure which approach is more “advanced,” or which is better, but for now it is harder for me to do it that way (and usually ends up better!).