Giv'r

I love to ski, and naturally I gravitate to Warren Miller ski movies for inspiration both in film and on the slopes.  When my cousin asked me to create a soundtrack for his ski movie I started as quick as I could.

Glacial Diamond  is the end result.  It is inspired by late 70′s soft rock with the electric keyboard and latin-based percussion track.

Until the film is finished check out more of Peter’s mountain slaying at his blog.

I used GarageBand’s stock loops to create percussion tracks to lay the ground work for the keys (also stock loops).  I composed a simple horn line for texture and bassline to hold everything together.  For the icing I threw in “brontosaurus wails” and looped airplane takeoffs.  I ended with seagulls for a suggestion of a warm aprés ski.

While this is not the most techno-savvy project, it felt good to sit down and create a song, even with given parameters (a genre, time length) and limitations (equipment).

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