Transitions

"Transitions" is the first track on the Dropped Frames, Vol. 2 instrumental release by Mike Shinoda.

Background

"Transitions" is a song by Mike Shinoda made during the 2020 global COVID-19 pandemic.

In March 2020, the global pandemic created by the COVID-19 coronavirus caused communities to quarantine at home. During this time, Mike Shinoda decided to start live streaming online and inviting fans to watch him create new instrumental music.

"Transitions" was a track made by Mike on June 12, 2020 under the working title "6.12.20Transitions."^[1]

This was a track Mike made himself on "Freestyle Friday" without any fan redemption choices.

He said, "Let's do a track. I made some things, well I made a thing. So this is with a keyboard called the OP-Z. So Teenage Engineering makes the OP-1, which is the light grey one that I've shown. So that's OP-1. Its little bigger brother is the OP-Z which looks like this, it's this tiny little thing. They are little expensive because they are so small and really powerful, they do a lot. The only issue with this one that I've had is I have a problem with the battery when it's not plugged in, so I've gotta get that fixed. So for here and since I'm not traveling, I really don't have to worry about it. So we've got this track, I've got a few sounds."