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Furry Musicians Newsletter Issue Number 68 - 12/09/18
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Fortnightly Furry Musicians Newsletter!
Issue 68 – 12th September 2018
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Welcome to another Furry Musicians newsletter! The nights are getting longer and the air is getting colder. As summer draws to a close and Autumn rears it's head it starts to get a lot more unpleasent outside. Jumper weather, for sure. Oh ye of little sleeves!
For this edition, 
AutumnSounds wrote up a little tutorial piece for this one on the use of scales in music. So I'll let them continue:
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Hey! This week we're going to look at using scales to improvise for your track. This will be perfect if you're starting out or stuck creatively.
What you'll need!
Scales in your DAW. Either pop them into your piano roll by hand or use this pack I prepared earlier which simply contains western scales individually in .mid format.
What do we do?
Drop your chosen scale into your DAW. I chose "A Natural Minor" from my Scales Midi pack above. It'll look something like this Now we easily know what notes we can use in our chosen scale.
Use an arpeggiator or program in any notes you like, using only the notes available in the scale and any octave, so don't be shy about going above and below your scale. I used a rising and falling arpeggio in this example.
How does it sound?
Example audio clip. With my super simple 3-bar sequence I've created, using the scale I chose as a guide, I can go ahead and build on it. Here's the sequencer view of the sample clip above.
So there we have it!
See you next time!
- AutumnSounds
So, with that in mind...
The Marketplace
New Releases
Singles and EP's
rascallybandit has released an EP called “Powercut” under the name "Sphat-90" which is now available for download on Bandcamp.
Download Here
lyraewolf has released an EP called “Breakaway” under the name "Cameron North" which is now available for download on Bandcamp.
Download Here
Albums
PascalFarful (yours truley) has released an album called “Stay Alive” which is now available for free download
Download Here
Other stuff
CatCarson is offering free music lessons of any instrument over Telegram.
Send them a note for more info
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Next Newsletter out on 26/09/2018
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