Practicing with the Korg Volca Keys

One of the things I've been trying to work on with my music is to let it go for a while to see where it goes. Up to now, I've had a tendency to have a snippet of cool sounds and then I stop it after about 30 seconds. I don't know why I do that.

I wonder if it's coming from a place of insecurity; like I feel a little timid to let something play out because I don't want it to spoil. That's no good.

So, yeah, come what may, I'll try to let a song play for a while. After all, Kraftwerk's Autobahn is a whopping 22 minutes long! And it's really cool.

That all said, I made a fun song below and while it isn't a half hour, it is a little long than my other snippets.

Click below to check it out!
Futuristic Train Station

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