@ABitRusty , @SharonC - 

Thank you both! 

...I had a good day for a little mischief.  

I appreciate this simple little Reel Choon Maker for helping me to get my feet wet, but now I see I'd like to be able to set other parameters and have a better way to save what I do.  Even if my intent is temporary, inevitably find I want to develop some ideas further.  Once I close the page of the app, much info is lost... the ABC's generated for 'Monday Afnoon' were useless, the ABC's for 'Early Monday' a little more helpful - since it had no bassline, but still only part of the actual info. The ABC's did NOT capture the % of swing from the app, but that was easy enough to add into 'Michael Eskin's ABC Tools'.  ...just wish I found a way to insert ABC's back into the Choon maker!  

LOVED (in the Choon app) that the bass automatically had enough sustain, so a bass note sounded until the next one was played, even a whole measure... like a drone effect!  

Wish I could set dynamics to change!  If I want percussion to change during playback, have to do it manually (and can only chose patterns using 2 drum types), but beggars can't be choosers!  Glad drums were simple, but sounds too low to be a kick & snare (to me).  Toms?  ...any help identifying them in the app would be greatly appreciated!  

I'm a bit intimidated, but think it's time I try to notate a melody, bassline & the percussion ALL in my PreSonus Notion Mobile app.  I have been looking at videos on notating percussion... we'll see.   

Films & TV series music I grew up with must've had some influence on me.  There certainly is a huge difference, compared to today - hard to believe I remember stuff from the 60's!  ...much less ambient back then, a little more jazz influence I think.  

@Mark - 

Thanks, Mark!  Really appreciated you listened!  

I'm probably going down another rabbit hole for a bit. 🫤😄 

@ABitRusty - 

Been a long time since I watched any of the Walking Dead, never got into it as much as Kevin did... I'll have to take a look back.  

The 'Blown Bottle' sounds to me like it has some creepy toy piano-key attack in it!  

I guess I need to learn ABC's - The Cajun Accordion track desperately needed some tempo relief & dynamics.  The last midi was 'Timpani'... that one & 'Marching Drums' (both little slower than original) have me seriously mulling over the possibility of simplifying 'melodic beats' for a combination beat pattern/counter melody. 

ALL this (along with 'Monday Afnoon' video) made me realize I definitely want a measure, or 2, where neither bass nor treble line sounds - just a drum fill (now considering a melodic drum fill)... don't know if I still need more absolute silence thrown in, too (but haven't started on that tune yet).  

Will be a challenge to keep from getting everything too messy, but I'm starting on a mission to make sure have more breathing room in music... from now on.  

I don't want to lose sight of all the percussive effects possible from other instruments that can be used in place of, or along side, drums.  Found some of the Eskin midi instruments with limited range would only play some/a few of my notes & all else left silent (might be application for that later) - can make a pattern.  

@SharonC - 

Your comment about 'suspense film' & showing me the stock film clips you put to my tune was very inspiring!  My head's been full of silent film possibilities and 60's TV series themes since then!!!  

Feels like every time I turn around I discover more about the influence of music in my life & how it helps connect memories!  

...it's late & my brain is still Reelin'!!!

I was going to wait until I could do something more with my 'Monday Afnoon' (at least some change in dynamics), but not finding an easy way to save anything with the app - looks like it could be a while. 

...so, in the mean time, wanted to share what SharonC generously made for me out of it!  The music is only what I made with the 'Reel Choon Maker' app - doesn't have me playing along on the fiddle. 

Thanks again, Sharon - for showing me new possibilities!  

Besides what I've previously shared here, made an additional bassline & beat last week, but decided I want to get comfortable enough to just use my midi keyboard drum pad & fiddle - instead of playing along with this app. 

Playing fiddle along with the 'Early Monday' track (4th one in post #6, the one that just sounds like drums) has been quite enjoyable, but still experimenting.

I've recently been spending time checking out syncopated 6/8 time - unfortunately, this app is only meant for 4/4 time... I'm going to have to evolve!  

When I first saw the HUGE list of JSON text for my 1st tune in the 'Reel Choon Maker' app, I thought I screwed something up! 😦  AND, I had no idea what to do with it, or how to save it.  Was afraid I'd have to learn about it like the ABC notation!!! 😵‍💫

I knew JSON was a text file, but didn't know what to do with it/how it's saved (I can save in Notepad) - or how well it saves all the data in the 'Reel Choon Maker' app.  Seems it saves everything, but also seems I'm limited to 'saving' or 'putting it back in the 'Choon Maker'.  

Michael Eskin is getting involved to possible find a way to get more than just the melody ABC's over into his 'Tools' app - which would be absolutely fabulous!  

(*edit) Looks like Michael has already made an improvement I'll have to check out (https://thesession.org/discussions/50212)!

I played around a little with the new Jig setting & drum patterns to mess with syncopation in 6/8 time.  I either need to remove some notes from the bassline, or adjust the melody I came up with - maybe both... too tired to do anything more.  

Anyway, I think in the end, 'Reel Choon Maker' will continue to be a lot of fun & Michael's ABC Tools may surprise everyone (become even more amazing).  I should even be able to actually create some usable 'beats' for my tunes - between the two of these.