Forgot to put cover art in my zip, but click the above image for bigger version and stuff...
6 tracks of mellow instrumental stuff made with my computer, clocking in at just over 30 minutes in total:
http://www.mediaf!re.com/?sharekey=696bec49e6d088fd7f7ec40ada4772a6e04e75f6e8ebb871
1. Mèna (12° 13' 0" N, 6° 12' 0" W)
2. Sobo (3° 30' 0" S, 119° 38' 0" E)
3. Litzldorf (46° 54' 0" N, 13° 16' 0" E)
4. Buenavista (28° 54' 0" N, 107° 34' 0" W)
5. Cabare (19° 47' 0" N, 72° 35' 0" W)
6. Ban Kra Ta Un (13° 56' 0" N, 101° 9' 0" E)
The crazy titles are due to the rules I made for myself:
1. Go to
Maplandia and choose the first "Random location" at the bottom of the page.
2. Your track's key is the first letter of the place name that's between A and G. If there are no letters between A and G you lose. Back to step 1. If the number of letters is even, it's a major. If not, minor. If the name ends in a vowel, modulate to the second letter that's between A and G at some point. If there's only one letter between A and G, don't modulate. If the second key letter's earlier in the alphabet than the first, it's major. If not, minor.
3. The latitude numbers are to be read as a sequence of semitone intervals that you must work through at least once in yr track. i.e. 4 means move 4 semitones from the note before. Pick the starting note and direction (up or down) to get the thing to fit the key. Zero is a wildcard, choose whatever sounds best. Repeating notes and shifting octaves are fine.
4. Same again for longitude. You can put this sequence of notes before or after the latitude one, have it as a separate thing, or whatever.
5. Search the place name on Youtube. If no results, search the next bit in the geographical location on maplandia until you get a hit, e.g. Ergourdi's geographical location is "Abeche, Ouaddai, Chad, Africa". So search "Ergourdi", if no results then search "Abeche", then "Ouaddai", etc.
6. When you have a result, download the first video. You must use at least one sound from the video in your track.
7. Sampling music is not allowed, excluding any found in the above vid. This includes drum sounds - make / record some if you need percussion.
I broke my own rules once - I forgot to modulate 'Mèna' and by the time I'd realised I couldn't be fucked going back. :p
Also, the Youtube search rule turned out funny - the last track is the only one where the result I got was actually related to the place. You can imagine what "Buenavista" brought up.
If I had more time I'd certainly make a lot of changes, particularly when it comes to structuring things out, but then to be honest, I'd probably ditch half of the tracks.
