The Idea Machine (A Modest Collection of Riffs)
1Instead of spamming ~30 different videos with really short riffs, I've decided to put them all into one video for your viewing pleasure. I present to you, The Idea Machine (A Modest Collection of Riffs), named after the project file which a majority of these are on. I tried to place these in chronological order as best as I could, with the exception of riffs of the same name being placed together. Below are timestamps and a brief description of each riff.
00:00 2 Untitled iPod Riffs
01:10 Tremolo Memories
01:40 Untitled Riff in Eb
02:38 Recollection
03:05 The 6/8 Waltz
03:43 An Almost Forgotten Melody
04:18 G Sharp
04:36 The OTHER 6/8 Waltz
05:10 Pirate Ship (High Seas)
05:37 Pirate Ship 2 (High Seas 2)
05:54 Loneliness Remix
06:25 Memories from Home 1
06:53 Memories from Home 2
07:23 Floating in Nonexistence
07:41 Untitled from 2018
07:58 Melancholy Ballad
08:16 Fluctuating Coldness
09:33 December Snowfall
10:07 Calm Distress
10:37 Polarize Echo
11:10 Something Not Quite Right
12:02 The Battle of Dyads
12:32 Inspirational Corporate Chord Changes
12:50 April Groove
13:20 Upbeat Riff in E Major
13:37 Incremental
13:55 Untitled Echo Riff
14:20 Midnight in May (When the Clock Strikes)
14:53 Bass Groove
15:23 Two-Faced Perspective
Riff Title [Estimated Creation Date]
2 Untitled iPod Riffs [2014]: A couple of some of my earliest riffs, made on an iPod Touch.
Tremolo Memories [2016?]: No comment.
Untitled Riff in Eb [2016]: No comment.
Recollection [2016]: No comment.
The 6/8 Waltz [Spring 2016]: A bouncy waltz in 6/8 time, a favorite of mine.
An Almost Forgotten Melody [Spring 2016]: Title doesn't lie, I actually almost forgot how to play this.
G# [Spring 2016]: No comment.
The OTHER 6/8 Waltz [Spring 2016]: Another waltz in 6/8, not as good as the first imo.
Pirate Ship (High Seas) [Spring 2018]: A riff I made in my piano class in high school.
Pirate Ship 2 (High Seas 2) [Spring 2019]: Another pirate-sounding riff
Loneliness Remix [2018?]: A somewhat remix of "Loneliness"
Memories from Home 1 & 2 [Fall 2018]: Some riffs I made cause of college homesickness.
Floating in Nonexistence [2018?]: No thoughts, head empty.
Untitled from 2018 [2018?]: Date is probably wrong, but who cares.
Melancholy Ballad [2019?]: A ballad that's a little sad-sounding.
Fluctuating Coldness [Early 2019 & Later]: 3 dark and cold riffs with constant changing time signatures.
December Snowfall [Early 2019]: Inspired by Windham Hill Holiday albums, beginning part is in 6/4.
Calm Distress [Early 2019]: Dissonance.
Polarize Echo [Spring 2019]: Named after the soundfont "Polarize", might expand upon later.
Something Not Quite Right [Early/Mid 2020?]: 3 different parts, slightly out of tune, hence the title.
The Battle of Dyads [Spring 2020]: A riff with dyads that kinda sounds like a battle.
Inspirational Corporate Chord Changes [Spring 2020]: Droning chord changes for maximum profit.
April Groove [April 2020]: A groove made in April 2020.
Upbeat Riff in E Major [Summer 2020]: Slightly inspired by Animusic's Stick Figures.
Incremental [2021?]: A riff where I keep adding notes to the melody.
Untitled Echo Riff [May 2021]: More playing around with echoing riffs.
Midnight in May (When the Clock Strikes) [May 2021]: Sounds similar to an hourly clock chime.
Bass Groove [July 2021]: A bass groove made in July of 2021
Two-Faced Perspective [August 2021]: Made 8/20/21, messing around with arpeggios.