I made an album using EVERY mode

King David and the Lavid Wavid

This is insane, need to retitle: "I made an album in ONLY THREE HOURS using EVERY mode!!!" GLORIOUS!!!

just like King Gizzard

the amount of talent and knowledge just to make Locrian so euphonious and mysterious is huge

Honestly, Locrian was my favorite. Ive always liked the unsettling sound of it, and i just don't think it gets used enough. So hearing a nice, beautiful piece in Locrian that really captures it well was very nice.

One thing I like to do in Locrian that helps it sound a lot more "normal" (so to speak) is to make the tonic chord a minor 7th chord, but without the 5th, which is totally legal within the mode and makes the mode sound somewhat stable because you remove the tritone, which is very cool. It kind of puts me in the mind of jazz artists that traditionally sometimes leave out the fifth in their upper extension chords, and it still sounds like the actual chord because the mind kind of fills in the 5th sometimes. It might seem like cheating, but having that minor 7th in the tonic chord really goes a long way in making the resolution to the tonic sound "correct" and still gives you all those creepy intervals to mess around with! I have a song that I've written that goes from this fifthless minor 7th chord to a dominant 7th VI chord in Locrian, which to my knowledge isn't a chord change that's technically available in any other mode of the major scale. For example, if you're in B Locrian, you could go from Bm7(no5) to a G7, which is a very interesting sound that you can't really get anywhere else without borrowing from another mode (again, as far as I know.) Figuring that out really opened up my understanding and utility of the Locrian mode, and I've never heard anybody else use anything similar! If it sounds cool to anyone in the comment section (that includes you David) free to steal it free of charge 😉 But in all seriousness, if any of this makes zero musical theory sense, please let me know...because it kind of feels like cheating, but it seems legit as far as I can tell, lol. David, if you'd be interested in letting me know what you think of it, please let me know. It's something I've been thinking about for awhile and I haven't been able to get any professional opinions on it! Thanks! 😄

King david and the bennet wizard

I love seeing the creative process unfold. Thanks David!

Very cool! Mixolydian is an easy favorite, it’s honestly easy to sound amazing in that mode and you nailed it — really liked the 12/8 shuffle !!

Funny thing: I’ve had this idea of writing an epic with each section being in each mode of the major scale! The title I have in mind is a work in progress though: “I Don’t Particularly Like My Applejuice, Lucas”

I should probably do this. Easy to learn the modes Assuming after i start learning the piano

Great video! Congratulations on making an entire album on such a tight time frame. Loved the concept!

I like how this teaches a lot about the composing/improvising process.

Ice, David, Planets, Bennett, Mushrooms and Piano

David, this is amazing, awesome work!!

5:04 - That 'i-IV' vamp brings to mind Coldplay!

Locrian could've been in a silent movie scene where an unhappy farmer's daughter decides to go to the big city, maybe persuaded by a silver tongued huckster.

I just listened to the album. Veddy good, sir!

Ok. Added to my Spotify library. What a treat! ❤

Great suggestion in using all the modes David!! Well executed. My fave was the Locrian - very hard to come up with anything of substance here. But you nailed it.