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Post by motherprussia on Nov 4, 2005 16:45:14 GMT -5
not something i'd listen to, but i can appreciate it for being solid and even different
i can see this being big in bloomington
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 1, 2006 9:32:45 GMT -5
i have rediscovered an old electronic song i worked on some two or three years ago. i rejoiced at its rediculous time signature and thought that i would share it with you. please criticize this song, especially you squarepusher and aphex twin fans. it is so over the top that it hurts... it's titled "No Box" on my soundclick page... www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=225537
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Post by Castro on Jun 1, 2006 11:53:41 GMT -5
overall its quite a good song; its got this brilliant empty tone to it. going into detail, there were some awesome noises and some bits that really did not fit in. so i've gone through the song in detail just looking at different bits.
personally at the beginning, i would omit the drum part up until it goes really fast i.e. have that alien sound without drums then kick in with the fast drums. in comparison with aphex and squarepusher it sounds quite amateur having the odd "dum dum-tch," at the beginning, whereas the alien sound on its own would suffice.
however, you've done the fast drums very well and in my opinion sounds quite similar to squarepusher/aphex. having said that, at 00:30 you've got some toms in there, which sound too real, reminding me horribly of a MIDI file played too fast. again, it detracts from the proffesional IDM sound.
at 00:50 it sounds like you've put some strings or something in. it really does not fit in with the song. there is too much vibrato on them and they sound too "frantic." they sound sinister but in quite a silly way. i'd say have the same sound, with less vibrato and keep the melody simple to act as a counter-balance to the fast drums.
that sound 1:00 is fantastic. full marks there.
from there on it gets pretty darn good. the drums are too spazzy to sound like squarepusher, but sound very much like bogdan raczynski (another respected IDM artist), and the little melody that comes in at 1:30 is just typical bogdan. the way it bends in pitch at the end is fantastic
and then you've got that awesome sound again at 2:00. it'd be good to stick that at the end as well. like let everything else drop out and have the sound to finish.
i realise i may have been over-critical...
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 1, 2006 23:00:34 GMT -5
there is no such thing as over-critical for my music. at the time that i made this song, i had just discovered how to mess with the time signature in fruitty loops and decided to see what i could come up with. i never really got into trying to program music, but seeing how i am having a wave of writing inspiration as of late i might see if i could actually touch this song up and make it sound decent. i'll see if i can't take some of your suggestions into consideration and revamp this song years after its creation.
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Post by Castro on Jun 2, 2006 6:35:33 GMT -5
ah cool beans. i'm glad you didnt take it personally.
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 2, 2006 9:30:22 GMT -5
i did. and i hate you.
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Post by Castro on Jun 2, 2006 16:02:58 GMT -5
oh-ho i shall have to smite you down villain!
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 2, 2006 20:26:53 GMT -5
haha...this feature can only lead to good things. i accept your smiting with honor, for to be smitten by castro is to be praised by the gods...or something.
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Post by Castro on Jun 3, 2006 7:20:55 GMT -5
why thankyou sir! i shalt have to exalt thee!
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 3, 2006 13:22:42 GMT -5
haha...this is a vicious cycle of exaltatious smiting!
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Post by brian on Jun 3, 2006 21:45:29 GMT -5
lol
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Post by Castro on Jun 4, 2006 13:28:39 GMT -5
haha...this is a vicious cycle of exaltatious smiting! hmmm...i dont think i can exalt or smite you for that. hmph.
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Post by Rubberneck on Jun 4, 2006 16:12:49 GMT -5
and for that, i proclaim myself the winner!
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Post by Castro on Jun 5, 2006 6:09:14 GMT -5
haha you beat me fair and square
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Post by Rubberneck on Jul 19, 2006 14:53:59 GMT -5
after formatting my harddrive multiple times, i finally got my system up and running again. i have uploaded 3 VERY rough cuts of a couple of songs on my soundclick page. please listen, comment, destroy, etc. www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=225537i do have to warn you, all three of the new songs (they are the first three in the list) are excessively long and repetitive. i recorded them this way because i am currently trying to write lyrics for them. the final cuts will have additional instrumentation and will be editted appropriately. also, i must warn you that on "Sounds Like Home," i didn't realize how heavily i was droning the b string, so it gets really irritating; my appologies. if anyone wants to take one of these songs and jam over it and repost in this thread, send me a message with an email address and i'll send it your way.
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Post by Castro on Jul 19, 2006 15:45:27 GMT -5
duder@hotmail.co.uk
email them me and at the very least i'll play along with them and tell you what i think. i find it hard to criticise when they're incomplete like this.
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Post by Rubberneck on Jul 19, 2006 16:22:00 GMT -5
thine email hath been sent.
i contacted a local video game developement team earlier and sent them some audio samples to see if they would want some of this somber, ambient stuff in a fantasy/card adventure game they are making. if it goes through, i will consider my life complete.
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Post by Castro on Jul 19, 2006 18:28:36 GMT -5
haha that'd be pretty awesome actually. i've come to realise any sort of success with ones music is a gift. or not as the case may be.
i have to thankyou to be fair, because this will encourage me to do some music - i've been very idle so far this summer.
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Post by Rubberneck on Jul 20, 2006 0:23:14 GMT -5
castro, i just got back home and found in my gmail account none other than a failure notice from my attempt to send you the songs earlier. assuming you didn't get them, i think that the email was larger than what gmail allows with all 3 mp3s on one email. i will send them to you again tomorrow on seperate emails.
ps: get to recording. send me some songs so i can jam over them.
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Post by Castro on Jul 20, 2006 8:29:55 GMT -5
yeah lets. i need some fucking motivation. i'll do some today, but i cant guarentee quality - i havent been playing much guitar recently
also with the songs, yousendit is the best bet and then email me the link
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Post by Rubberneck on Jul 20, 2006 11:51:16 GMT -5
can do. i'll get to it when i head into the library this afternoon.
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Post by Castro on Jul 21, 2006 9:30:26 GMT -5
its going to be tricky recording for me. my room is too fucking hot.
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Post by Rubberneck on Jul 21, 2006 13:55:34 GMT -5
NO EXCUSES!!! CHOP CHOP. also, no one else listened? BOOO : (
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Post by Castro on Jul 22, 2006 15:04:12 GMT -5
ok sir. one day soon....
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Post by DigitalDwarf on Jul 22, 2006 23:10:15 GMT -5
I would but dial-up owns me
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Post by Rubberneck on Jul 22, 2006 23:52:38 GMT -5
i feel the pain of dial up. i live half an hour's drive out of town, and only download music and the like when i can take advantage of university computer labs
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