My first homemade synth

Here is my first bit of knob twiddling with the wonderful Synth Kit from techwillsaveus.com - the box said 13+ but I managed it anyway. The kit comes with components to build three different synth circuits, including the legendary Atari Punk, and I hope to add a headphone socket next. This is a popular move with my family - obviously they are as eager as I am to start sampling with it for my compositions.

I am on Bandcamp!

I have just collected some of my least worst recordings so far, and put them on Bandcamp, so that now I can be ignored on a whole new platform. Unless that is I get followers at arealpatrickmartin.bandcamp.com, and plays...

Rails - That Tricky Third EP

Hey there, imaginary fans - what's better than a bit of shoddy homemade music? Why, nine bits of shoddy homemade music, that's what. Here are the least worst pieces I've done recently. Knock yourself out.

A Real Patrick Martin - Old Enough To Know Better · [pm] Rails EP

Punky Reggae Party mixtapes

I put these two mixtapes up on Mixcloud in May, but forgot to post links here. That'll be why no-one's listened to them yet then. Haha.

Part One

0:00 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Punky Reggae Party
03:08 The Damned - New Rose
05:35 Junior Murvin - Roots Train
09:19 X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
11:57 Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
15:20 Grace Jones - She's Lost Control (Dub version)
23:01 Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon
27:40 Mod-Dettes - White Mice
31:10 Prince Far I - No More War
35:25 The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil
38:48 Linton Kwezi Johnson - Want Fi Goh Rave
42:44 Steel Pulse - Ku Klux Klan
46:40 Public Image Ltd - Swan Lake
49:58 The Clash - Armagideon Time
53:35 Misty In Roots - Judas Iscariot

Part Two

0:00 The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais
3:56 Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp
6:42 Gregory Isaacs - Mr Cop
10:28 The Ruts - Jah War
17:18 Toots & The Maytals - Time Tough
21:22 The Specials - Ghost Town (Brand Blank Dubstep Mix)
25:49 Culture - Two Sevens Clash
29:05 Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun
32:23 Dillinger - Answer Mi Question
35:33 Jah Wobble - Betrayal
40:20 Delroy Wilson - I'm In A Dancing Mood
42:29 The Beat - Whine & Grine / Stand Down Margaret
46:05 Leroy Smart - Channel One Feel It
48:52 The Slits - Man Next Door
51:59 Massive Attack - Man Next Door
57:30 Tabby Cat Kelly - Don't Call Us Immigrants
61:16 Jimmy Cliff - Guns Of Brixton

I Like Trains 2020

I first recorded this over a year ago, and my wife told me she hated the singing, so I've just re-recorded the vocal with spoken verses. Slightly less embarrassing. After six months of lockdown it feels pretty nostalgic. Written in Caustic 3 (mostly on the train), with vocals, samples and melodica mixed in Audacity.

ACR Brass

Another bit of twiddling made in Cakewalk by Bandlab, using the TAL-Elek7ro VST plugin (Ghostly and Twitched Droid presets), a brass present from the default Cakewalk TTS1, some drums from the DRMR 1 (Modular preset), and waaaayyyy too much reverb and delay.

Tyrell

Here is my second Cakewalk composition, using four presets on the Tyrell N6, a free VST plugin by u-he. I got out my Akai LPK25 MIDI controller, with my clumsy timing tidied up in the piano roll. Enjoy.

A Real Patrick Martin - Old Enough To Know Better · [pm] Tyrell