Any Questions? - Eating Band-Aids With Marmalade (Demo)

While listening to some old cassette recordings from the Floating Fish Studios archive, I came across this early demo of Eating Band-Aids With Marmalade from 1990.  This version of the song has a more ominous tone than the final released version from Any Questions? - Illegitimate Release 1990.

This demo was recorded live in the studio.  The drum beat was programmed on a Korg DDD-5 drum machine.  The main synth bass part was performed by mC2p4 on a Korg DW-6000 and Ttam Troll added sound effects on a Korg DW-8000 while improvising lyrics for the lead vocal.  Listen closely and you can also hear mC2p4 whispering "Marmalade" in the background.

Now get out those Band-Aids and enjoy them with some Marmalade while listening to this track!

Ttam Troll · Any Questions? - Eating Band-Aids With Marmalade (Demo)

Any Questions? - Copycat

This Any Questions? archival song idea titled Copycat is from the year 1996.  Like our other song idea titles, it is named after what was playing on the studio TV monitor while it was being created.  Copycat is a 1995 psychological thriller starring Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, and Dermot Mulroney.  Coincidentally, this song idea made its way into a movie of its own in 2007 when it was featured in the horror film FrightWorld.  Be sure to check that out!

On this track, our trusty E-MU Pro/Cussion drum module was used to lay down the drum beat and the Korg Wavestation was used for the rest of the parts including the slinky synth bass line that slithers throughout the groove. 

Ttam Troll · Any Questions? - Copycat

Any Questions? - Settlers

New Year, new tunes!  Here's a song idea titled Settlers done "inside the box" using all soft synths.  It seems that no matter how hard I try to use soft synths to work on ideas, they just end up sounding too sterile and cold.  Don't get be wrong, I've composed a lot of sterile and cold sounding music but soft synths just don't have the same warmth that "real" synths have.  Next...

I used Native Instruments Battery 4 to create the drum groove and Arturia V Collection X for the synth sounds.  CMI V for the synth bass, OP-Xa V for the arpeggio, and Synthi V for the weird sound during the bridge.

Ttam Troll · Any Questions? - Settlers

P.S. For those that don't know, “inside the box” is a term that refers to the process of using only a computer and software (the box) rather than external hardware (synthesizers, mixers, etc). In the past, using external hardware was the only option, but today, it is now possible to create professional music completely “inside the box”.