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offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2009-07-01 10:13 [#02302259]
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the sphinx's tail

no electronic sounds, no beats, no nothing of that.

Enjoy!


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-07-01 12:42 [#02302306]
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nice, thanks


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2009-07-01 14:46 [#02302395]
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I quite like this one, one of my favorites by you.
It probably helps when all the notes are the same type of
sound so its easier to percieve their pitches in relation to
eachother, for me at least. Its hard for me to make multiple
tone sounds work together.


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2009-07-01 16:49 [#02302477]
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pleasant tune


 

offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2009-07-05 13:47 [#02303864]
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Thanks, people!

w M w: well, I got inspired by you, in a way, when you
said/wrote that you're "just more into melody lately" (Tape
Tracks), and it compelled me to just cut off all the
nonsense of the music and try on a bare bones approach. I've
gotten the impression you're interested in how different
notes work together. Their relation, so to speak. I've
searched around on the net looking for something that could
explain all of 'that', on music theory, but there's quite
alot of stuff, and most of it seems to talk about on how you
read notes, and not their relation, or whatever...

I just wanna cover the basics instead of just fiddling with
a computer. Everyone can push buttons, and it's boring ...
sometimes. Putting a drum on everything sometimes feel so
f-ing cheap.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2009-07-05 17:21 [#02303912]
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All the 'music theory' stuff I've read just confused me.
Youtube piano chord/etc tutorials can be helpful if you can
even see which keys they're pressing.
I can spontaneously hum/create stuff in my head in real
time, just making up as I go but its harder to transfer it
to computer data. I have bad pitch perception so I made a
wav file of my own voice humming in note c, and its much
easier to compose with that wav since I can compare it to my
own voice (otherwise its very easy to choose the wrong note
relative to whats in my head/voice).
I only use white piano keys, not sure if that's dumb or not
(in modplug you can raise/lower the entire key of the song
anyway). I usually have a separate chord rhythmy part that
follows a stricter chord structure (3 white keys/every other
key.. like ceg). This part is usually more repetitive to
keep rhythm. The other simultaneous but separate part is
more melodyish, less chord-strict, so can use keys outside
of ceg or whatever more frequently than the rhythm part. And
the melody part is the main part that I tranfer from my
imagination (the chords are more rigid so sometimes follow
structures instead of imagined)


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-07-05 17:47 [#02303916]
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:)


 

offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2009-07-05 18:11 [#02303923]
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I used to get stuck with only using black keys. They always
seem to match, and it's rather easy to make some melody of
it, but it tends to get repetitive, and ultimately, rather
boring. I usually just change a note over and over again
until there is an impulse and you 'see' mentally a pattern
or structure, and you just have to go with it. It's really
annoying when a good melody pops up in your head and you
have no way to 'save' it. Two days ago I was gonna go to bed
when I came up with a melody, and had to use the mobile
phone to record it. Personally I don't feel that I have any
control of the music whatsoever (when I'm making it). I
mean, I know what I'm doing, but I tend to get surprised
everytime some new notes has been arranged in order, and I
press play. This music making business is a big enigma.

Making a c note with your own voice is not a bad idea.
Perhaps I'll do it myself. Thanks for the advice.


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-07-05 18:14 [#02303927]
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is how it is.
get used to the feel of notes. they are slippery but grab em
by the nuts.


 

offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2009-07-05 18:21 [#02303932]
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it's fun, though. I suppose I wouldn't grab any slippery
nuts if it wasn't. ;)


 


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