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(spam) New song, want opinions
 

offline sirmailbox from chicago area (United States) on 2005-10-11 01:50 [#01746509]
Points: 213 Status: Lurker



Just finished this one a few minutes ago. Put a lot of work
into it.. I really want some opinions on this! Criticism or
whatever. Here it is

Locked Up

I got arrested during the time I wrote this so I called it
Locked Up. Jail sucks.


 

offline sirmailbox from chicago area (United States) on 2005-10-11 10:10 [#01746731]
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bump


 

offline clint from Silencio... (United Kingdom) on 2005-10-11 13:03 [#01746924]
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Listening...

Why did you get locked up?


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2005-10-11 13:05 [#01746926]
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Making IDM is now a criminal offence in some states.


 

offline sirmailbox from chicago area (United States) on 2005-10-11 22:03 [#01747318]
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I got locked up for underage drinking. Do I have to be a
premium member to have people listen to my music?


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2005-10-11 22:11 [#01747321]
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Bumping this 11 hours earlier would have been more
profitable. The board had way more users. Something like 50
signed in members and 80 guests or something.

They lock you up for underage drinking? What just the
typical holding cell?

I got general population for smashing a window when i was
drunk. Guess it depends where you are located.


 

offline sirmailbox from chicago area (United States) on 2005-10-11 22:27 [#01747323]
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Holding cell yeah, I got in touch with a bondsman after
being there for about 24 hours so they didn't put me in
general population. My buddy on the other hand, since he's
an out of state resident no bondsman would do it for less
than 2k, so I took a thousand dollar refundable cash option
offered by the jail. Shitty situation all around.


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2005-10-11 22:33 [#01747326]
Points: 27325 Status: Lurker | Followup to sirmailbox: #01747323



My third court appearence is upcoming. Second one was
handled my attourney. Dane County wants to be gay about it
overall. In Milwaukee I probably could have paid this one
off. I even talked to some district 5 officers about it and
they says its BS. I feel ya.

Anyways I'll try to check this tomorrow. But the key time
frame is 11am-4 or 5pm.


 

offline Seracelsus on 2005-10-12 00:26 [#01747365]
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that sucks :( i hope you are out of jail now!

nice use of the pads in teh background in teh beginning.
very subtle but adds a good atmosphere to the piano parts.
reminds me of the Donnie Darko ost.

once the 'intro' is over and the background synths come in,
it's a neat feel to the section, but there are a lot of
tones that clash in a way that doesn't sound like it's
supposed to be that way. i like the section after 1:44 much
better, especially with the high synth parts that sound
almost ... reversed?

the beat is cool when teh drums come in, although i think a
rougher hi-hat sound might make the mix sound less
'polished,' if you know what i mean.

the tradeoffs between melody and beats are nice in the next
section. some cymbals or some kind of hits might mark the
transitions between all these sections better. also, the
chords are great but there is not really a bassline or a
sense of a main melody to follow, which might give the track
a greater sense of cohesion.

the section at 4:40 is really neat and could probably come
in a lot sooner than it does, since it's so strong, with
bass notes and cool piano arpeggios.

all in all it sounds like you have several solid sections of
the song that come in and out haphazardly. maybe you could
take teh three or four you like best and strengthen them to
give the song a stronger sense of structure overall.


 

offline sirmailbox from chicago area (United States) on 2005-10-12 01:36 [#01747400]
Points: 213 Status: Lurker



Yes I am fortunately out of jail now. I don't think they
usually allow internet in jail. If they do then I've been
seriously misinformed and need to reconsider a life in
crime.

The second section IS a bit "iffy", I didn't quite pull off
what I wanted there.

I always have trouble making a song totally cohesive. Or
actually I guess it's that I don't really try that much.. I
work on transition from section to section a decent amount
but hardly compare say, the beginning with the middle with
the end of a song. Thank you for being the first to review
the song, I appreciate it.


 


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