Listen To Dancing To The War Drums House Song By Crucethus At Looperman.com

Thank You. This track seems to gain Traction as Time moves on. I originally made this track as I always loved what Paul Hardcastle had made with "19". The Idea that you could stop a dance floor with something with meaning and purpose was always appealing to me. Thus this tune.

Ahh Mate, thanks for the kind words. I never know if I'm on someone's fav list sometimes. here's a track I did in 2015 and remastered in 2016 that might pique your interest.
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/174110

Thank you for the kind words Eric. It is true, my musical compositions generally lean towards the esoteric sometimes. The reason for that is usually because I am bored with typical popular sounds and I want to invent a new sound sometimes that no one has heard of based on tweaking the popular.

Yes thanks, I was playing around with the idea of powerful music with a simple piano middle.

Thank You

Shhh small hint, the world has been ending every year for the last 5000 years according to shh (secret) sources /s . I think I have more angst now as I get older.

Thanks Mate, sorry for the late reply!

Awesome!

Thanks Mate!

Hi Chris, Just following up on you mate, how are you doing these days! You and your son are always there in my thoughts.
Steve

Thanks Man, I updated it again with a better Master.

Omar

I am deeply humbled by your response. My goal was to make a house tune that would stop people in their tracks and have to think about war.
Your comment about the piano part giving you goosebumps gave me goosebumps. That's what I wanted for this tune.
I appreciate your comments
Cruhallelujah

Thanks Alex, no negative connotations taken.
Steve

"If all would dance, then there would be nobody left to fight."

Wise words my friend. Wise words.
I'm glad you got to share in the cautious tale of this one.
Cru

Thank You Ed. This little Blue-green ball is unfortunately showing signs of stupidity again. I hope that I am Wrong.
Steve

TY for the stars. Thy will be useful for making N-bombs and H-bombs for the D-floor. ;-)
Cru

Hey Thanks for that, I have very dark undertones in my music.
Cru

Thank you Orlando, that means a lot.
Steve

Keeps you coming back for that segment. interestingly enough other parts of the song have caught peoples fancy in the same way. very interesting.
Steve

Thanks Wayne. I really enjoy trying to use music alone as a way to convey thought or emotion. I am glad you were able to see that in this song. Many thanks.
Steve

Thanks so much for the nice words!

"Almost a Stars on 45 version of Armageddon."
made me chuckle a bit. Nice reference.

Well put Bro

I remember the first time I heard O Fortuna, which was during the Conan the Barbarian movie. I was like what is this song? Then I got ahold of a DVD Audio copy of a recording done in the eighties which was recorded Quadrophonically and just sounded like you were in the theatre...mind blowing.
"I'd love to see what Carl Orff would be doing today with all this technological crap we have now"

That is always an interesting question, because maybe he makes amazing music, maybe he becomes just another schlep like us on a looper site. Maybe the lack of our technology was the catalyst for his great composition. We will never know, but is an excellent idea to debate. Maybe he sounds like Michele Cretu's Enigma (Gravity of Love) which samples it quite profusely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSTV99Uy8hk&html5=1
Steve

Well we all know Bilderburg set the volume levels for pop music, and so that's what it will be ...or else..;-)

Thank you for the very kind words and for stopping by to listen, much appreciated.

Thanks V. I understand how you feel about the choir at then end, it is one of my favourite parts of this tune. I also remember the songs I loved when I was young had these awesome coda's or parts that made me listen to the whole song until I got too the good part. The chorus is just that. if I added it (IMHO) to more of the song it would have diminished the surprise and the point of the song (religious wars of the past). Like you I love a good choir. Carmina Burana (O Fortuna) is a favourite of mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEllLECo4OM&html5=1
Thanks so much for listening and commenting I look forward to your contributions.
Steve

Thanks RI, I know what you mean about the loudness (compression) In this particular track it is not intended for the radio but the club floor. Also the contrast between the dance section and quiet section is also to set a tone for the listener. It was my chance to tell a story with music and all the melodies , beats pianos and even the dynamics contribute to that story..so you can get the message. i was inspired by this song which overwhelmed the clubs in the eighties by literally stopping people from dancing and making them listen. It is genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRJFvtvTGEk&html5=1

Ahh SN

"This is an odd track. Rally not sure how that piano would go down on a dancefloor."

My goal is too stop the dancefloor in there tracks and really listen to the sounds. and understand that this melody has a story to tell. As we live our daily lives there are forces in the world gearing up for war. Just like before WW1 and similar to WW2. I composed this a year ago fully understanding that a conflict is inevitable in our generation unfortunately. Putin + Ukraine, China--Philippines Viet-Nam, and Israel Iran are the main course with a side dish of North and south Korea are the Japanese dessert course which will also have a bit of China.
The ending (50 secs) is a reminder of the conflicts of the past.
Just a musical pastiche!. I don't become political very often but I wanted to express those sentiments in Music.
How did I do?

Ahh a Nice Bob Seger reference! Thanks for joining in and commenting my friend. keep yourself safe and it has been quite the time ehh?
Merci mon ami!
Steve

It forces you to turn the volume up so I can hit you with the back-end blitz of sound. Thank you for listening and commenting!

Ahh
Grazie mille. Le tue parole significano il mondo per me
Steve

Thank you FR, coming from you that is quite the compliment as I respect your work greatly (esp the nineties vibe stuff) I always want to give the listener a new twist and I have been bored for a long time with the Verse chorus verse chorus bridge chorus stuff. That’s for punters and Teenies! So I always look for new twists and turns and contrasts. I hope I delivered with this one..ehh?

Thank you Chris..We keep on dancing (living our normal lives) as the world is starting to prepare from some really really bad stuff soon I fear.

Aye lad, much appreciated for the props!

and dance you shall my crazy friend!

Merci!. The project took a bit more time than others but I had a very solid idea of the piano break and the war noises first. I just had to figure out how to bring the drums down to the quiet of the piano without destroying the listeners brain!

Thank you for the analysis, your words are much appreciated this way!

Appreciate the props!

Thank you sir, we will miss you around here, so come back as soon as you can!

Thanks, Ill be checking out your songs as I also love metal!

Thank you for that! Much appreciated. With the break I wanted to experiment with bringing the whole track down to literally nothing but one piano( spoilers). I've never really done that before, my constant battle as an arranger is to add more, when less sometimes makes a stronger statement. I think I learned that lesson on this track!
Steve

Thank you, very nice words, I appreciate that!

Thanks man, Stomp Away!

I appreciate the kind words. This was a cool tune to make, I do remember having a plan for this one ;-)
Steve

Ahh there is my poet friend. " War: what is it good for, absolutely nothing"--Edwin Starr. In breaking down your review I see you get that The dark overtones were inter-spaced with bright lovely sounds of the majority clueless on the destruction and brevity of war. Just like before the Great War how romanticism rued the day with young conscripts I see the pattern again rising in the Middle east and Asia with religiosity and nationalism rearing it's ugly head again with a dash of scepticism from the west and the complacent luxury of the uber rich. I hope we don't see this level of destruction again in our lifetime!

How did I never reply to your comment, how rude of me. I apologize for this oversight my friend. Thanks for your input...I'm so sorry for not seeing this.
Steve

Thank you Ed, It all starts with great loops and a plan.

Love to work with one of your basslines. I think movable basslines are awesome and under used these days.