NESness - DonnieVyros

21st Mar 2009 21:29 - 17 years ago
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Description : Umm, I guess it could be considered Fusion since I mixed Funk Bass with Rock Drums, and Folk-like Guitar with some dreamy pads to round out the mix.
And this, my friends is a tribute to all of the great stuff that came from the original Nintendo (and in some ways is a nod to some of my friends on here).
I finally geeked out goin to town with some Midi loops.

The Bass comes from Arkanoid, the Guitars come from Metroid, the Pads come from Zelda II, and anyone care to guess where I got the Drums from? Come on, it's today's Daily Double. Bonus points are through the roof, haha.
Anyways, I hope yall dig my latest... Creation? It was really fun to mess with ('til the end when the final Pad loop didn't want to fade out right away, grrr). Off for now.

PV/TC,
Me.
PS. Feel free to remix or mix this one yall!
PPS. It sounds better out of headphones.

Comments (7)

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JohnBoutilier
JohnBoutilier 13th Mar 2011 21:20 - 15 years ago
Unique piece, very trippy.... at times a bit disconcerting, but strangely appealling.

John
DonnieVyros
DonnieVyros replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Yeah, my mind was sorta picturing a trippy flashing screen of the various 8-bit classics. Glad ya dug it. Later on!
CONEYISLANDRECORDS
CONEYISLANDRECORDS 6th May 2009 09:35 - 17 years ago
Lol, Sounds good Donnie. You got me stumped with the origin of the drums. Its driving me crazy please tell me where they came from. I would fail if this was the daily double. We should definatly work on some 8 bit stuff together. That would be cool!
DonnieVyros
DonnieVyros replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
As for the drums, haha, I aint sayin here (remind me to tell you in an email sometime, cool). As for collabin on a game track just lemme know what you were thinking and we'll see what we can do (though I'd prefer to roll one from scratch, ya know, easier that way I think). Glad ya dug it. Later on!
WhiteSands
WhiteSands 30th Apr 2009 09:36 - 17 years ago
Yeah this is different. I like it thought. Good job.
DonnieVyros
DonnieVyros replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Prech that mate, being different is cool sometimes. Later on!
Bioscape
Bioscape 26th Mar 2009 15:29 - 17 years ago
Being a fusion lover myself, I love this track. Awesome time-sigs. The fading was great as well. Really like that the bassline and drums stay the same, and the overlaying arrangements keep changing.
DonnieVyros
DonnieVyros replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
I hear ya. Ironically, the bass was like the first thing I edited for this and what kinda caused it all. The drums came next and honestly, I felt like this would be fine with just those, but it woulda been sorta flat. So I added the other stuff.
And isn't fusion great? Glad ya stopped by. Later on!
DougieDJ
DougieDJ 25th Mar 2009 18:09 - 17 years ago
Coolness D...love the way you've got it fading in and out..sorta like scenes in a movie...methinks you and I should do more of these 8-bit tracks...maybe even team up on one once I'm back up to full speed...anyway, nice concept, keep it fresh brother...

Ash
DonnieVyros
DonnieVyros replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Okies mate, sounds like a solid plan to me. Just shoot me some specifics of what yer wanting to do and we'll see if we can't bang one out.
Oh, and the concept came from all of those game remixes they've got out there. I stopped and thought- you know what, I've never heard a mash-up type of mix before. Glad ya dug it. Later on!
DaMann
DaMann 24th Mar 2009 21:27 - 17 years ago
The drums sound familiar I have to say but I couldn't point them out.

The cross fading? Is that just because it is kind of different songs with similar element. Is that an acoustic guitar sample or a harp sample? Well whatever it is it is not in the same key as the bassline. Oh DubzOnFire mentioned this.... Well I would definitly turn it into one song all in the same key.

Great track!

-DaMann

Oh by the way...

I have a working NES, great game system!
DonnieVyros
DonnieVyros replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Yeah, I do too!
& a Game Boy Pocket (don't really mess with 'em though).
It's a Guitar sound font that I use (it's just that some of the notes are highly placed, kinda like how you can get Guitar-like sounds if you play a Bass down near the bottom of the neck).
As for the c-fades, haha, I do that in almost all of my songs lil bro.
And is the off key thing really that bad or is it the musician in you taking the helm on that judgment? Later on!
DuBzReCoRdInGsTuDiO
DuBzReCoRdInGsTuDiO 24th Mar 2009 03:00 - 17 years ago
its ok but the pads, bass and wotever the other thing is are all in different keys so it makes it sound like a bad dj mix in places
DonnieVyros
DonnieVyros replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Sup Dubz,
Yer actually not too far off. They aren't all matched up. The Guitar are in G, the bass is dropped down to E, and the Pads are in B. Maybe what I should've done is mod the Pads up one key to C to give the whole thing a C minor feel.
As for the other, I wasn't really thinkin about makin a solid mix. I kinda wanted to give it a free-form vibe. For that, I'm gonna recommend that ya listen to a few live groups of musicians. When yer there long enough you'll hear 'em go crazy at one point and each'll kinda do their own thing. Thanks for the input. Later on!

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