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I've started thinking lately to get up to grips with performing alone with more than simply a guitar. I have most of the hardware and software I need (I think), but to link it all together takes some planning.

One of the tricky things is the lack of hands you have when playing guitar. And the fact that even though you have two feet, you need at least one to stand up. So only a foot controller seems reasonable.

But I have too many buttons to push:

An electronic playfull theme. Added some basic beats and beefed up the whole of the sound a bit.

Dutch song about love and marriage. The kind of song my wife asked me to write. I'm not that good in happy and positive songs, but this one is OK. It probably needs a less mellow arrangement, though, to improve.

Playing with the Operator synth in Live. Very simple song, with a voice-like melody and a drumloop. Pils = beer.

Filtered drums and wide soft pads. It also includes some noisy creepy pads. This could be used in a soundtrack or so.

Second hospital beats. Now with a filtered simple drum pattern and a "oh" melody, straight from the eighties and the Art of Noise hits. This one is also quite poppy and has a happy sound.

First Hospital Beats. If I remember correctly, it was created while I was accompagnying my son when he was in hospital for a week. I brought my laptop and a headphone. There is a sweet flute-like melody and syncopated rhythmic patterns. It is quite poppy, but not fully elaborated into a song.

Old cassette recording of an instrumental, recording a long time ago, using a Roland JV80 and an old MIDI file. Quite long, but I'm still thinking about modernising the arrangment. The initial layering of melodies is still good, IMHO.Had an improvised 5/4 second part, with some over-the-top sax.

Original cassette version of entropie, which could become part of a soundtrack or so.  It was later re-recorded with violin and synth

Light poppy electronic piece. Some drums and blings and beeps, with delay effect. And a soft pad melody.