Creations 2000 is a CD-R of direct output from a Sony Playstation, specifically from a program called MTV Music Generator. It was a surprisingly powerful loop-based music sandbox, one which could easily overload the PS1’s available RAM if you got too elaborate with stuff. Some of these tracks, such as “Cut, Pasted, Wasted,” were all about figuring how to use the thing. Later on, with the “I Got Yer Alien Ear Right Here” tracks (so named as a playful jab toward Alien Ear Music, a.k.a. composer Evan Chen, who did the music for the Babylon 5 spinoff series Crusade), I started really screwing with settings, which taxed the system but produced far more interesting results.
I’m still torn about whether or not any of this constitutes real music, since I didn’t play a single instrument, but at the very least it’s fun to put together. Since I was working on a copious amount of horse sales videos for the family farm at the time, a lot of the tracks are assigned to particular horses.
Cut, Pasted, Wasted
[audio:https://www.thelogbook.com/earl/music/wasted.mp3]
The Ballad Of Shel Hannah
[audio:https://www.thelogbook.com/earl/music/shel.mp3]
Song For Sultry
[audio:https://www.thelogbook.com/earl/music/sultry.mp3]
Voodoo’s New ‘Do
[audio:https://www.thelogbook.com/earl/music/voo.mp3]
Riyala’s Romp
[audio:https://www.thelogbook.com/earl/music/riyala.mp3]
I’ve Got Yer Alien Ear Right Here #1
[audio:https://www.thelogbook.com/earl/music/ear1.mp3]
This is where I started messing with multiple key changes within a specific sample, something which really starts to eat into Music Generator’s available RAM. The “I Got Yer Alien Ear Right Here” tracks are meant to be strange, evoking something not unlike the cantina music from Star Wars.
I’ve Got Yer Alien Ear Right Here #2
[audio:https://www.thelogbook.com/earl/music/ear2.mp3]
Krista’s Trancey Prance
[audio:https://www.thelogbook.com/earl/music/krista.mp3]
I’ve Got Yer Alien Ear Right Here #3
[audio:https://www.thelogbook.com/earl/music/ear3.mp3]
Running With Raquina
[audio:https://www.thelogbook.com/earl/music/raquina.mp3]
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