My 3 year old's first composition!!!

ollyb303 · Post by **ollyb303** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:17 pm

I promised my son Finley that I'd post this here and see what people think.

This is his first composition using Ableton Live - he's only 3, so be prepared for music that sounds like it was made by a 3 year old!!

Link: HERE

Made using Operator (presets), Impulse and Bass-Station.

I set up the tracks for him to record midi and helped him with the browser (he knows he wants a bass, he knows he likes Operator, but he can't read and doesn't know how to spell Operator!!) - the rest is all his own work...

It's called "Finley's Band"

errr..... enjoy?

sxezskoz · Post by **sxezskoz** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:24 pm

yes! i love it, though ask him if he's tried subtractive EQing. just a suggestion.

Johnny Beat · Post by **Johnny Beat** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:26 pm

On the DL, sounds interesting

Thinking about it made me smile. My nephew (almost 2 now!) loves coming over and hitting keys on the controller.

Enrique · Post by **Enrique** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:30 pm

You can literally hear the energy of a 3 year old. I bet he couldn't sit still for more than 5 minutes...

ollyb303 · Post by **ollyb303** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:36 pm

Enrique wrote:You can literally hear the energy of a 3 year old. I bet he couldn't sit still for more than 5 minutes...

He started at about 7 this evening, I think he'd mixed it down by 7:15, then he went to play with his cars!

Johnny Beat · Post by **Johnny Beat** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:40 pm

Needs more cowbell

I used to make music on some tracker when I was second grade and it was far worse than that!

lol

Crash · Post by **Crash** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:40 pm

Grand! He just won the 15 minutes challenge!

Enrique · Post by **Enrique** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:51 pm

ollyb303 wrote:He started at about 7 this evening, I think he'd mixed it down by 7:15, then he went to play with his cars!

Wow, 15 minutes, not bad, he's patient! And was he happy with his creation? Because that's what matters most...

ollyb303 · Post by **ollyb303** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:54 pm

Yeah he likes it, he wants to work without loop turned on tomorrow though. More freeform!

Enrique · Post by **Enrique** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:02 pm

Haha, cool! Watch his ears though...

tw1nstates · Post by **tw1nstates** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:12 pm

just whatever you do don't play him French house / electro in the justice daft punk mode, sounds like you could have a future electronic music fiend in the aphex / squarepusher mould.

Kids are impressionable at that age and if he heard a sidechain in action that could be the gateway drug

Fuck I wish i got into electronic music at that age!

Music is basically a language when you have mstered your instruements and kinds pick languages up very quickly

cool stuff.

Nick the Zombie · Post by **Nick the Zombie** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:28 am

Very cool

I also wish I got into music a much earlier age than I actually did. I think back to how I absolutely despised the piano lessons that my parents signed me up for, and now I realize how stupid I was being.

Bagle · Post by **Bagle** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:47 am

wow your son FTW

i also wish i got into this at a young age, and that i didnt turn my nose up at piano lessons..

oh well

Grappadura · Post by **Grappadura** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:18 am

make him add some lyrics

ollyb303 · Post by **ollyb303** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:25 am

tw1nstates wrote:sounds like you could have a future electronic music fiend in the aphex / squarepusher mould.

Haha! Richard D. James is the first thing I thought of when we listened to it back!

Grappadura wrote:make him add some lyrics

I don't have a mic, so I wired up the headphones for him to sing into, but he was too tired by then. Maybe the next track will have a vocal...

Thanks for the comments, he'll be well chuffed when I read them to him later