10. B Major (114 BPM)

Episode Description:

Double digits! Another ’10 Minutes to Make a Loop’ milestone and Oliver is ready to get heavy. He starts things off by noodling around on the piano to figure his way around B Major before laying down a foundation of percussion at 114 BPM. After figuring out a soothing, ambient synth chord progression he decides to change the mood up and switches to a Rhodes sound. Suddenly things take a jazzy turn, it feels as though the lights come down and the atmosphere gets a little smoother. Oliver then adds a hypnotic bass line that compliments the feeling before adding a minimalistic jazz drum beat, too. He explores some possible piano layers and then switches to the guitar instead. From there we go on a journey seemingly through space and time. Oliver displays his full range in a solo that highlights all manner of extremes. Stopping along the way to capture and build upon the moment, resulting in a progression from mellow, spacey jazz to heavy rock. Guitar screams and a stomping, driving backing charge onward for several minutes after time until we’re delicately let off back into the present moment.