Finches are Friends

by @metricula

Finches are Friends
metricula
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Liner Notes

The main melody doesn't kick in until about the 30 second mark!

This track is a built around a recording I took of my zebra finches meeping, and you can download it below if you'd like! Other elements are electronic drum samples and free patches for Vital wavetable synth and Triple Cheese by u-he (also free)! This started as a 2x4 song (four percussion sounds and two melodic sounds allowed) but it grew a little past that by a couple tracks.

The zebra finches are named Sally Field, Burt Reynolds, and Lady Grey. I love their cheerful little sounds!

Finch Sample (Key: F, 155bpm): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rznozmxck3bwcx6orwy5m/Finch-Beat-155bpm-F.wav?rlkey=1jcwwqf2i21fn0j5h11taav3q&st=8888dwey&dl=0

Vital Synth (Patches: Six-6-String, Multi-Techno): https://vital.audio Triple Cheese (Patch: Gruyere): https://u-he.com/products/triplecheese/

#electronic #FAWMtronica #FoundSound

Lyrics

MEEP MEEP MEEP

Comments

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Those finches sure made for a hypnotic sample! It just goes to show that the elements of music are all around us! I’m bookmarking this to share with one of my kids later who is a huge bird lover 🪶

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wow! this is so cool and very original! the relaxing low synth and spacey keys encompass the energetic finches pleasantly... and a free finch sample supplied, truly a person of the people. niceee work on this :) ♬⋆.˚

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Lovely track. The finch sample sound sort of friendly and slightly mad at the same time. Or like they have something really important to say but get cut off all the time. But still just as happy. Very creative and rhythmic and strangely mellow as well.

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Not that I don’t love the unique and creative use of your finches. Definitely makes me wonder if I can do something similar I would love to hear just the keys. I feel like it would make great ambient music to sleep or relax to. Again, not to diminish your birds contribution. I love what you’ve done here.

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Sally Field!! Yer rad. Great sounds I can imagine the one little squeaker finch wearing Sally’s glasses

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She’s the most dominant one, lol

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Oh wow! So cool to have the finches as your vocalists, they have such an energy! And the slow melody building works really well to balance them out. Really fun!

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The random button is the unsung hero of FAWM. WOW, those finches have a great rhythm.🤗 Another awesome track, so much going on and it’s quite joyful. The strings under the piano are hypnotic. Great work!

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The main melody behind the finches retains its beauty even with the choas which envelopes it. This is pretty amazing. It's meditative at the same time keeps a certain tension as if there was something I really needed to get done. This is amazing.

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Finchcore!

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Wow. This is awesome. What if Spike Jones and early Pink Floyd had a transporter accident. So fun.

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Oh man, this is fun! This reminds me of a track @fecknom recorded once based around the sound of a bus alarm. I'm always amazed by how people can take found sounds like this and build around them! (Also, I briefly considered naming our dog Lady Grey!)

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Great work finches and @metricula! You could do a collab with Basil!

@steveodell 'taken flight', I see what you did there.

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I love this idea of building around the percussive sound of your own birds, and the contrast of the gentle flying melody on top of their chirps. This is very fun to listen to.

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New earworm encountered. :)

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Thank you!!! I like the melody lines and the finches really do chirp exactly like that whenever they hear something fun on the tv or birds at the feeder. I've been wanting to incorporate them into something for a while <3

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I like how this has taken flight contemplative and melodic

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Thank you very much!!

[FAWM]