Re: [LAU] project "droning": 10 years, 300 tracks

Hey Louigi,

I would be interested in hearing about how you were able to continue
working on this project for 10 years. That takes some serious
dedication! Do you have any tips or good reads for staying motivated on
such a long project?

Brandon Hale

On 1/26/21 7:48 PM, Louigi Verona wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> In 2011 I announced project "droning"
> <https://louigiverona.com/?page=projects&s=music&t=droning>, a project
> dedicated to longform ambient music. You folks were the first people
> to listen to it, since the majority of it was written using Linux
> Audio tools and shared on this very mailing list.
>
> Today I have reached a milestone of 300 tracks, a nice round number.
> This is also 10 years later! So seems like the right moment to finish
> the project.
>
> I will, of course, continue producing ambient music, but simply in the
> more usual form of albums on my Bandcamp
> <https://louigi.bandcamp.com/>. And project "droning" can be a nice
> completed collection of longform ambient tunes, almost utilitarian in
> nature.
>
> The story I tell about project "droning" is that some of the authors
> of the software I used to make it with were listening to the tunes
> while working on that same software 😂
>
> While I used most major Linux Audio apps for the project, including
> Hydrogen and Ardour, the bulk of work was done with Rakarrack, Kluppe,
> Qtractor, Din and several other soft synths.
>
> Recent tunes were made with FL Studio, which is why I no longer
> promoted them on this mailing list. The last tune made completely with
> Linux Audio was droning280, "Twilight Connection".
>
> Huge thanks for being my audience for the past 10 years, your support
> meant a lot to me, and each time I finished a tune, I would rush to
> post it here, knowing that some of you might enjoy it.
>
> Cheers!
>
> <3
>
> Louigi Verona
> https://louigiverona.com/ <https://louigiverona.com/>
>
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