alexthomas23

SEEKING

Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Electronic Music, Fiddle, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Other, Other Percussion, Rhythm Guitar, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.

ABOUT

Looking for some interesting musicians to jam and make music with. I like experimental rock, folk, psychedelia, ambient, prog, electronic music, indie/alternative, pop, metal...

Email me at alexthomas23 @ gm ail . com (without the spaces..) or find me on Soundcloud as Mr Tumnus.

Screen name:: alexthomas23
Member since:: Apr 06 2017; Active within 1 week
Level of commitment:: Very Committed
Years playing music:: 15
Gigs played:: 10 to 50
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:: 1 night a week

Influences

Brian Eno, Fairport Convention, The Durutti Column, Tunng, Four Tet, Burial, Gold Panda, My Bloody Valentine, The Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, King Crimson, Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt, Harold Budd, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan, Iron and Wine, Julian Lynch, Opeth, Ought, The Smiths.

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:: Expert
Lead Guitar:: Expert
Electronic Music:: Expert
Acoustic Guitar:: Advanced
Clarinet:: Advanced
Vocalist - Bass:: Moderate
Bass Guitar:: Moderate
Mandolin:: Moderate
Background Singer:: Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Electric, bass and acoustic guitars
Quite a few pedals
3 valve amps
An analog synthesizer
A clarinet
Other assorted instruments
A laptop

MUSIC

Chloix My Queen
Chloix My QueenFree download: https://mrtumnus23.bandcamp.com/track/chloix-my-queen
We Are Quite Certain That You Are Dead
We Are Quite Certain That You Are Dead
Soul Blood
Soul Blood
Delta Glue
Delta Glue
Pureternal
PureternalFree download at: https://mrtumnus23.bandcamp.com/track/pureternal
Computer Aided Composition - Take One
Computer Aided Composition - Take OneI've recently been writing a series of Python scripts with a view towards eventualy making a fully automated music generator. I'm a long way from making true generative music – what I've done so far is something more like “Computer Aided Composition”. I like this approach as I end up with ideas I would never have come up with myself. You can hear some of the scripts in action in this piece. The first phrase uses solely the first script I wrote, which generates a 16 note melody and a 16 note bassline to go underneath. This, like all the others I have written so far, is based on probability – basically a weighted dice where each side of the dice represents a different pitch. The second phrase (0:09) uses a script I wrote yesterday that introduces rhythmic variations to the original melody to liven things up a bit and make it sound more musical. The third phrase (0:18) uses a script that assigns pitches to the extra notes created by the rhythmic variation script. At this point I add in an alto and tenor line, also computer generated, but I wasn't satisfied with the way it sounded (my alto and tenor generator has pretty varied results and could probably do with rewriting) so I obfuscated it with slow LFOs, delay and volume reduction. I think it sounds ok now. At 0:49 I gave up letting the computer do it all and tweaked it myself, whilst still keeping it largely computer generated. It feels a bit like cheating, but hey, it's computer aided composition, not generative music. Hopefully I'll soon write a program good enough that I won't feel the need to change bits (or add reverse reverb for harmonic interest). The sounds are very much human selected.
Alaric (rough mix)
Alaric (rough mix)
21/5/2018
21/5/2018An improvisation.
new thing
new thing
Lonesome Trail
Lonesome Trail
genuflect
genuflect
You're a Cretin
You're a Cretin
Gerald The Engraviour
Gerald The Engraviour
Glumpture
Glumpture
funky carwash - delph lane boyz
funky carwash - delph lane boyz
The Minstrels of Brunswick - To End This Tyranny
The Minstrels of Brunswick - To End This Tyrannya masterpiece by myself and mike bedwell
Aufschnitt Aufschnitt
Aufschnitt Aufschnitt
YIZooO0Ooo
YIZooO0Ooo
worst case ontario
worst case ontario
new idea
new idea
chewing nettles
chewing nettles
Hemlock (demo)
Hemlock (demo)
Equals - Salvo (ambient remix)
Equals - Salvo (ambient remix)Remix of Salvo from Equals' debut EP http://equals.bandcamp.com/
Lion Pit
Lion Pit
Rumination
Rumination
Collision
CollisionA track off my upcoming split with A Season (http://aseason.bandcamp.com/album/fanum)
Habitat
Habitat
Crumpet
Crumpet
Silica
Silicaanother track off the new album i'm making