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Pentatonic all the way for me.

SmokeAndMirrors

C# Minor, B Blues Minor, Pentatonic, Phrygian dominant, C Major/A Minor, and the Chromatic scale. it really kind of depends on which tuning I'm in and which way I'm approaching sound. I favor minor over major because the progression just sounds more rounded to me rather than sharply pronounced. But I'll do weird things, like crescendos through minor scales, and decrescendos through major scales, because I like that mellow roundness for progression. I can write in major progressions and scales just as well, but I optionally prefer not to because they feel much more defined and what I try to express musically and creatively is my fascination with the idea of fear of the unknown, or unknown horrors.

I'm also a big H.P. Lovecraft fan, and when I was in my college years I used to do a lot of LSD and smoke a lot of marijuana, so I try to find the in between for sound between psychedelic trippy stuff, drone, and black metal. I know I hit the nail on the head when the sound that comes out, raises a reaction out of me.

Technically speaking it's probably "Musical Wrongness" but, that's also kind of what I want it to sound like: The Thing That Should Not Be. Basically, if I come up with something that creeps even me out, I run with it. Theory helps, but it also imposes a challenge. Not a challenge of learning, but instead the challenge of dissonance and abstract thinking for something along the lines of what I'm trying to musically portray, so I try to keep a balance between using it as a utility, and also thinking outside the box of it at the same time.

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grindy

Okay, dude, you've been here long enough.
How about you post some of your stuff? Would be very curious to here it.

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rostasi

I, too, currently use only one scale.

SmokeAndMirrors

What I just described was my solo approach to music, which I don't really have much more than some low-fi, improv. bass drone recordings with heavy effects because I don't really have access to better recording equipment or other instruments right now.

As for the band I am/was/is in, I think we're on hold for the moment because everyone is too financially tapped out at the moment. IDK...I don't too much post that anywhere anymore. I sort of make it a point to kind of avoid that subject these days. Part of how I ended up on MusicBanter in the first place was that I got a bit overwhelmed with modern social media platforms in part because of music and I try to keep a low profile online about that stuff now.

If you want low-fi drone bass stuff, point me to an uploading place and I'll kick some that way. Otherwise, I'm gonna wait it out until I can get into a proper home recording studio with some ideas. I know someone that has one, but he's going through some stuff right now and it's just not the right time.

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