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# musical sketchbook: looking back
- URL: https://wootangent.net/musical-sketchbook-looking-back/
- Published: 2009-04-01T10:45:18.000Z
- Updated: 2009-04-01T10:45:18.000Z
- Author: Leigh Dyer
- Tags: Sketchbook, #Migrated-1792830072870, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 08:21

Well, I made it to the end of the month, and I'm pretty happy with how it all turned out -- I came up with some neat sounds, and some ideas that could probably be expanded in to proper pieces with some time. I also learned a lot:

- [Ardour](http://ardour.org/?ref=wootangent.net) used to be a total mystery, but I now have a pretty good grip on it, and on a bunch of LADSPA effects plug-ins
- The Blofeld is super-deep, but I know my way around it much better now, especially when it comes to creating (or re-creating) specific sounds
- My keyboard skills are a bit rusty, but they've definitely improved with practice, and they'll improve more if I stick with it
- My singing could be better, but if it was buried in a track I'm sure it'd be okay
- *I don't need anything more than what I have to make interesting music*

That last one's an important one -- it's very easy to put up artificial barriers, saying "I can't do X without Y", but I have heaps of stuff to work. All I need are ideas, and the time to put them in to practice, and with any luck I'll be able to find both.