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The Morning Ism Another vocoder-oriented track, but this time the melody layers are a bit richer. Junglism and breakbeats present. Pack Rat of Rage My newest track. The melody has a more unique sequence to it this time. A bit more subtlety, better levels too. Mathematic Rhapsody Quite melodic if i say so myself. Intense beats, but live piano loops that I did that don't sound mechanical. Questions, comments, mailbombs welcomed. |
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listening to mathematic rhapsody i'm jealous REALLY jealous >:( brilliant drum programming mate |
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why thank you. then again, i've been writing music for 10 years, so i kind of have the upper hand. :D by the way, i don't think i've acquainted myself with your music. that i shall do. |
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hehe, yeah just a bit of an upper hand!!! well, my stuff is on my site address in my profile........feel free to have a laugh ;) |
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without a doubt, three of your best tracks! i like this direction man |
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man, this stuff is the bomb i wish i could do stuff that sounded as well engineered and programmed as this |
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it's more about patience and practice. keep at it, and be confident in what you make - no matter how good you are, there is ALWAYS going to be someone better than you - use that as motivation to keep developing your music. if you keep at something for a long period of time, you're guaranteed to get better at it - it's a fact. tibbar - thank you very much, i too like it. :) |
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bumpatron! |
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mathematic rhapsody - excellent drum programming, but that synth is sort of annoying in my opinions, and the piano could use some more dynamics. i don't know, i didn't really care for this one too much. sorry.. pack rat of rage - i like this one more. the drums are very good as usual, and the song builds well, and has a lot going on. i especially like the part where everything drops out except that bass part. the morning ism - probably the best drums on this one! haha, vocoders are fun. :p can't really think of anything else to say. good work. :) |
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yeah, thanks man :) you should hear my first track in Reason hehe compared to my latest offering "tdtwwa.mp3" it's a BIG step forward i think my best track so far has been my cover of New Order's True Faith i got it to sound EXACTLY how i wanted it to do you have anywhere where more of your stuff is hosted? |
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wher does he get those wonderful avatars? |
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cartbot - thank you muchly. that's exactly the criticism i was looking for. oscillik - i have tons you can get to through |
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Bump and checking. |
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thanks man :) *added to bookmarks* |
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Your music is fucking FANTASTIC. |
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'Mathematic Rhapsody' is great. Definitely more build up in this track than usual. Great drum programming. Could still do with a bit more variation with the notes and drum sounds perhaps a change of refrain. That said am very impressed. Some of the notes are out of sync and off key that irritates a bit. |
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why thank you muchly sean. you're not so bad yourself. ;) |
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I meant the offsync part. I didn't want it to sound mechanical - i guess it's just a matter of personal taste. anyways, glad you liked it. |
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Oddio: Nice tracks as always. Oscillik: You need to lose yourself in your tracks. Make them part of you. They are pretty good but they sound a little too much like you have set out to make a song that sounds a certain way rather than letting evolution play it's part. Just out of interest what do you use to make your track? |
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listen to braindance backwards - his advice is solid. |
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You've been working hard (or not) and it shows. Don't know where you get your drum skills from but they're pretty impressive. Although the melody in 'pack rat of rage' does really blow me away its nice and I'd say this is one of the most smoothest running of all your tracks. Everything fits nicely and flows well and the drum programming is par excellence. Nice slow down and build up. You're getting better and better. Some of your best stuff I've heard today. |
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For what its worth the off sync/off key parts sound just like that. They sound amateurish, maybe I'm not open minded enough but I really think you should just quantise those notes. I'm just happy if you make good tracks and I won't hold it against you if all the notes fit perfectly. All said with the nicest of intentions. :-) |
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thank you very much. pack rat of rage was the one i really wanted criticism on, and it seems i did the right thing. glad you all enjoy. |
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no no i didn't mean to sound defensive. i was simply explaining. everyone is entitled to their opinion. :D |
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:-) |
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with my older stuff i've used Reason (all versions) to do my stuff in. Used Cubase for mastering on some of them, and on the later ones used TrackS. I know my mastering isn't that good though. My latest track (The Day The World Went Away...NIN Cover) i've used Arturia's minimoog V VSTi, and Reason 2.5. Mastering with Bias Peak 4.1 and TrackS and Bias Sqweez. I am trying to let my music come more from my soul....my first tracks were pretty much personal experiments - to see what techniques i could use, and how well i could put them to use, what they did to the sound, etc etc etc tracks since 2001 have been my attempt at trying to break away from the experimental stage, and move onto the actual music making stage. from the perspective of my creative process, usually when i am making a track i don't have a clear idea of what i want in the track - i usually let the track evolve as it progresses, a perfect example of which is my cover of True Faith....IMO i totally changed the feel of the track after the first chorus for a while....i tried to make it a bit more retro feeling. sorry for the essay, hope you don't get too bored reading it :) |
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damn, i'm hogging oddio's thread! sorry mate, didn't mean to |
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'the morning ism' the melody doesn't particular do it for me. I see what you're doing and overall its a very well structured track. You drop the beats out and reintroduce them nicely with good build up too. That said with the build up it'd be nice if it wasn't so abrupt but more of sustained build up in parts. Well structured and excellent beats but the melody and notes ain't my thing. Overall the structure on all these tracks and the way they flow is the best I've heard from you yet. |
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I'm sure he won't mind ;-). The more posts the better is just about the rule of thumb for a demo thread. |
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You need to diversify a little. Can files done in Reason on the Mac be used in Reason on the PC? If so I wouldn't mind having a play with your latest track to see what I could come up with :D |
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yeah course they can :) you need to have all the refills that i've got though, i'm using some third party refills if i can zip them up, you want me to put the file on my homepage? |
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which one do you mean? honkytonk, or TDTWWA? if it's honkytonk, you'll have to excuse the sound levels....i tend to let stuff clip out sometimes! lol i usually use TrackS to clear it up, but as i've found with TDTWWA if i make sure i keep an eye on my sound levels, once running through TrackS it sounds a LOT better :) |
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Yep if you don't mind :D I am going to be the pub in a little while but I will check the thread when I get back. |
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nah i don't mind. if it keeps it bumped, it saves me time. |
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b-vmp |
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Either...it is up to you. |
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bumpatron! |
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I like mathematic rhapsody. would like to have it in a good quality mp3. |
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yeah, i'm saving the hi-fi for an album. that, and my connection is shite as usual. ;) |
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they're awesome tracks as usual |
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So i wrote on ur hp: Really nice. There's a positive uniqe feeling to it The talent is there, worth publishing after my opinion. Have you tried Tigerbeat? Reminds me of of GQ on the EQ(kid 606) Best of luck |
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ah, so you were the one who left that message! many thanks, mate. :D i've actually sent a demo to tigerbeat6 before, but received no reply, which doesn't surprise me, since sending a demo to any label is like entering the lottery. i have however received recent interest from beta bodega - they e-mailed me, saying they liked it, and i am awaiting their response to my response. a process of absolute anxiety to be sure... |
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congrats on the first response! :) i hope it all works out for you that's the bomb! |
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About to Download - your background pic on ZeBox reminds me of Darius imitating Britney in the infamous edition of that Pop Idol programme. |
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The Morning Ism -- nice bouncey quality about it - nice mix with the beats involved - how many are sampled breakbeats, and how many are sequenced by you / jiggled about with by you? I thought it should have been about 4m long, rather than 5m. Pack Rat of Rage -- Nice beatwork, with the stretch-sounding bits. Nice sequencing, also, between the parts of the song. I like the harmonies employed just after the 2m mark. Instead of a fade-out, how about a big explosion? ;) hehe Mathematic Rhapsody -- Didn't really engage me, I'm afraid. The beat, after two songs of beats along a similar line, didn't captivate me as they once did. :| I didn't like the piano part either, sorry hombre! ;) |
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thanks for listening. none of the beats in morning ism are sampled actually, i programmed them all. :) |
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it's been about 19 days now since i responded to them - perhaps i should send more? |
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i dunno, i've not tried to send any stuff out to be honest, after hearing what guys on here can do, i feel like "why should i bother?" lol i'm guessing that they're gonna be getting a lot of demos and stuff i'd give them another 9 days.....by then it would have been 4 weeks since you had any correspondence with them.....after 4 weeks i think it'd be more than acceptable to get back in touch with them and ask them what's going on :) |
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yeah, sounds good to me. :) |
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