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teapot
from Paddington (Australia) on 2004-05-22 16:23 [#01201913]
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yo i promised myself i would stop posting my music as mp3s but this demo was far too tempting... its not finished yet, the beats need more work, and there are melody lines & a solo which do not appear... however, would love to know what you all think, as this is the first of many "songs" that i will be making with noah and steph...
music : noah wilson & myself vocals : stephanie lees
new track *demo*
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ecnadniarb
on 2004-05-22 16:30 [#01201917]
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I could happily listen to this all night. The beats they are a little obtrusive at the moment in places...if they were smoothed out this track would be perfect. Beautiful (not in a gay way)
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dariusgriffin
from cool on 2004-05-22 16:34 [#01201919]
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This is quite very great.
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DJ Xammax
from not America on 2004-05-22 16:48 [#01201928]
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Just started listening... reminds me of Vespertine in a big way.
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teapot
from Paddington (Australia) on 2004-05-22 16:50 [#01201930]
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hehe yeah when we'd finished making it me and noah thought it was vespertine meets lexaunculpt :)
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DJ Xammax
from not America on 2004-05-22 16:58 [#01201935]
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It's nice but ehh.. sounds a little too much like Björk for me. A little WAY too much like Björk. I agree with ecnadniarb about the drums being inobtrusive, they seemed too content to play around by themselves than reach out and grab me. But you say yourself they need work and there are elements which are missing, so they'd probably help me enjoy this track more. I'd be willing to download the finished track though :)
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korben dallas
from nz on 2004-05-22 17:03 [#01201944]
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respect ...
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teapot
from Paddington (Australia) on 2004-05-22 17:04 [#01201948]
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im not sure if i agree with you when you say its "heaps" like bjork... the vocalist is completely differant and she comes from a jazz background... noah is hugely influenced by clicks & cuts stuff and he IS on the beats, so maybe your right, but i dont think im associating it to the extent that you are :) i guess it is a flattering comment tho at the end of the day!
cheers for listening :D
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ecnadniarb
on 2004-05-22 17:40 [#01202005]
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Wher the fuck is this thread disappearing too...it is 10 times the track mine is and my topic has 26 posts at the time of writing this (ok 20 of them are by me but still)...MORE PEOPLE LISTEN.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-05-22 17:42 [#01202007]
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NO !
more drink.
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teapot
from Paddington (Australia) on 2004-05-22 17:44 [#01202010]
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hehe thanks for the bump, i tend to not get that many people listening, always the same people, which is cool im really appreciative, maybe i have a bad reputation thanks to my old shitty stuff :)
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-05-22 18:19 [#01202071]
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do excuse my rudeness, I just had a listen. :)
I don't know "vespertine", but it did make me think of Björk but more of Lamb.
this kind of stuff isn't very much my style, but I must say - huge thumbs up for the production! it sounds great, very professional.
the beats sound pretty good already, although you could make it more interesting on that front, make it a bit more adventurous. just the beats, make them trip up a bit, do a bit of trickery, etc.
nice work.
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ecnadniarb
on 2004-05-22 21:06 [#01202270]
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bump
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happy cycling
from berlin on 2004-05-22 21:17 [#01202273]
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this is very good stuff. "save link as..." good.
that said, there is something saccharine about vocals -- a tendencey, i think, for female jazz vocalist to pout and croon like a sulty chanteuse from a film noir flick. she should lose that, imo.
the track as a whole ought to go further (vague, i know) -- introduce something bold and interesting at some point..
nonetheless, one of the best tracks i've heard here.
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happy cycling
from berlin on 2004-05-22 21:18 [#01202274]
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er, not about vocals, but about the vocals..
and vocalists
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sneakattack
on 2004-05-22 22:06 [#01202283]
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excellent as always teapot! At first when you'd mentioned vocal colab I was irritated, since I usually hate vocals, but these sound nice (though sometimes she mimics bjork almost completely, which can be annoying.. but I digress). I think that at times your music can grab the attention a little more--accompianment doesn't mean docile subordination at all times!
anyway, keep it up!
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teapot
from Paddington (Australia) on 2004-05-23 01:16 [#01202339]
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cheers guys! :)
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Skink
from A cesspool in eden on 2004-05-23 02:20 [#01202356]
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Yes, this is lovely. Soothing my soul right now!
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cuntychuck
from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2004-05-23 05:10 [#01202444]
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i tend to drink a lot before exams.
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teapot
from Paddington (Australia) on 2004-05-23 06:40 [#01202537]
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bumpt!
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JAroen
from the pineal gland on 2004-05-23 06:54 [#01202553]
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why not posting mp3s?
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cie jiks mawp
from motion to descend (Australia) on 2004-05-23 07:01 [#01202559]
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very nice. the vocals are lovely maybe the beat could jump in front of them at times. Its nice to savour something beautiful simultaneous too something which is challenging and stimulating, re the beats and background clicks and tones.
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-05-23 07:06 [#01202566]
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music like this, always makes me want to fall asleep. Dont know if thats good or bad...
honestly, this type of music is not my shindig... so Ill just keep the review technical.
Great production, great vocal performance, and very nice song writing.
My only complaint, is it seems a little bare. And this is coming from a minimalist :-P hehe. No but seriously, I think a little change in perhaps instrumentation could help move it along. Sonically, its rather static throughout.
But very nice work!
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Paco
from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2004-05-23 07:12 [#01202580]
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Excellent work, teapot. What a nice voice and a big bonus sombrero for the beats.
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teapot
from Paddington (Australia) on 2004-05-23 07:26 [#01202589]
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bonus sombrero! mad!
cheers for the comments. im going to be working on making my usual, unusual strange music, yet with vocals... its not as easy as you might think, as you have to simplify things a lot for vocals to sit well... or maybe it is easy im just not used to it yet :) cheers
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Paco
from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2004-05-23 08:39 [#01202710]
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I can see the record company execs already..
"Yeah alright, we'll put your record out..on one condition..change the beats."
2 weeks later..
"Hey, Stephanie, can I talk to you? We don't really need those two other guys. We can bring in our own mega-bling-bling pr0d00c3rs and you can sing for us!"
heheh
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teapot
from Paddington (Australia) on 2004-05-23 08:43 [#01202714]
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:(
its sad because its true...
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teapot
from Paddington (Australia) on 2004-05-23 08:46 [#01202719]
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although steph is mad, she likes it wierd, i got her into ae, frank & bill, lexaunculpt and even ost! i reckon she'd tell em to shove it! :D
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-05-23 08:49 [#01202720]
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..and after a while..
"..although we like what you are doing vocally - I mean, wow! you're being really creative and we're just pen-pushers, what do we know!? (*hollow, clearly rehearsed laughter*) ..although we like it, we kind of think it could..um.. benefit from a little extra something.. please meet our friend Autotune.."
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-05-23 08:54 [#01202727]
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Nice track, glad you bumped it as I missed it first time.
I agree with Zeus and Ecnad from a technical POV- smooth out the beats a bit and a bit more variety on the bits other than her voice would make this fantastic. Still a great track though, brilliant work.
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teapot
from Paddington (Australia) on 2004-05-23 09:09 [#01202761]
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cheers ceri :)
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teapot
from Paddington (Australia) on 2004-05-23 20:27 [#01203534]
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mump
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brokephones
from Londontario on 2004-05-23 20:30 [#01203537]
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Very slick production. Me likey
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