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Hey guys, my name is Sage Judd. I am 19 years old and I play Piano, Saxophone, and Bass. I make my own music and recordings in a variety of unique styles that draw on a wide variety of influences. I try to incorporate various progressive rock/metal and electronic/hip-hop influences into a primarily jazz-based sound. Sometimes my college music friends appear as guests on some tracks as well.
I put a lot of effort into writing, playing, and recording my own music, and I hope you enjoy it! I'll post several tracks here, all of them link back to my soundcloud. I update it fairly regularly, and it is the best place to follow my music.
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This is my most recent composition. It is primarily inspired by Zappa's more dark prog-rock works and by a lot of experimental 20th century harmonic devices. There is some math rock influence in there as well. It sounds kind of boss-battle esque, and I am very happy with how it turned out. I used a Yamaha P-105 digital keyboard and a MicroKorg synthesizer for all of my keyboard sounds on this one.
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This is my other most recent track. This one is a lot more jazz and hip-hop inspired, but it has a lot of rock sensibility. For the synth sound, I actually ran my MicroKorg through an amp simulator and a cab impulse within Cubase. This gave it a really cool distortion, and a tone that sounds like the halfway point between an electric guitar and a synth. The same drum patch as the previous track was used. I'm pretty proud of this one. I also used some chopped up/distorted rhodes patches for the bassline and stutter effects.
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I had a college friend help me with brass and I did saxophones on this track. We were going for a merging of a big-band jazz sound with elements of prog rock and metal. Somewhat Zappa-inspired. There were some reverse horns and various ambient techniques used on this track as well.
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And finally, I wrote this song a while back when I was on a massive trip-hop kick. I was also listening to a lot of the Brecker brothers. My friend supplied trombone and trumpet, while I did sax and keys. In the solos later, we experimented with various harmonizers. The trumpet had an octave-up pitch shifted harmony, and then a delay. The sax at one point has a fifth-up pitch shifted harmony as well.
I hope you enjoy, I loved making each of these songs. There are more on my soundcloud page. I am always open and very appreciative of any feedback, I love to hear what you guys think!
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