Let me tell you about a Black man.
This man is a socialist.
He runs the lives of HUNDREDS of millions of people.. Maybe Billions.
He wants to give FREE HEALTH CARE to all.
NO, I am not talking about Barack Obamma, I am talking about Jesus Christ of Bethlehem my friends lol
Anyway..
I want to say.. that as a producer, I am really into your idea and style ..
But I want to say from an engineer's perspective (and take this with a grain of salt because I treat music like I treat a sport)
But maybe dupe up them vocals, and make it MONO, and drop the volume very very low... low, like -36 RMS and then sidechain it to the effects or something dynamic, and then notch the lows around 500-600 and shelf the highs low -3 decibels.
Give the voice a presence that is there always, because I was struggling just a little to hear the vocals...
I can't say for sure.
PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT take that as criticism. I NEVER EVER think of things in Absolutes. Reality is what we make it.. I could probably smoke a cigarette and then think the original levels were perfect, --- but there-in lies the beauty of music lol
In all honesty, I appreciate your suggestions. :)It's all encouraging actually. I want to get it right! haha It's/I'm a work in progress. I hear your recordings and scratch my head like, where is he coming up with all that space? You're telling me exactly what I believe already. Once again, I have a few versions and haven't had the time to especially work on this one.. Learning as I go, plus having limited funds for upgrading for proper headphones and monitors, (keeping fingers and toes crossed for near future) doesn't help matters much! lol. Thanks man!!! :)
Honored :). Yeah she sounds mag-ni-feek! Dude, you got me pumped on rhodes!! I used to not think twice about them. but you can do so much with them, it's friggin crazy!! Your loops totally, totally inspired everything in this song. I'm so glad you got to listen and big smile for it being a fav! :) :) :) ps I would love to hear some reiterations from you!
Thanks again man. lol I have actually started to try and redo some of it. I already have a few versions and this one up is actually not my favorite mix. It's hard to get the real sounds I want right now, (lack of monitors, what else!!) but will send you a better version if i finish that project. i mean when i finish haha. Thanks tho for reading the description. I know it's alot, and i should try to summarize. It definitely has a place as a unique track here as far as I have seen. That I like. :)
Agree with the other sentiments.
Humn... Just trying to think and maybe offer something of value?
You know what I was thinking might sound cool?
Is on that sweet rhodes piany, if you were to maybe add some effects and start just messing with it's voice digitally?
Very cool. Reminds me of the backrooms at clubs when you are sick of the happy hardcore and need a cool place to chill out.
REALLY like that kick pattern that .. it's weird man.. It fits VERY well in the driving trance pattern.
You play piano correct?
Anyhow if you ever come over to the deadlands I would love to hang.
I swear I am just inches from dropping everything and moving to Seattle lol
Thanks Abe! I'm gonna mess around with this some more. I think I'm gonna put in some more breaks with white noise and sweeps. Make it sound more like a house track. I'll see how that goes. It'd be fun to hang out some time. ;-)
Good god, I think I like hearing stuff like this than my drivel lol.
Amazing.
I actually did a really fun collaboration with BlumeChoon with the same pella and we did this crazy dnb guitar thingy, so this is just a total cognitive trip for me!
lol
Dude, I am exceptionally impressed with your extra editions on the drums.. man... awesome!
Hey wassup!
Yeah, I checked out the pen work on youtube... that was damn impressive. I have seen a couple cats do that kinda thing, ... Definitely dug that.
I dug the blues progression turned major that you used.
Definitely started grooving a bit more once ya thru the other beat on top of the other (which I always think is a good idea mixing two different rythmic variation)
Kinda curious as to what you use?
I think there's some things about whatever you are using that perhaps you should look into?
I would recommend experimenting with automation if you haven't already?
It's one of those things.. that after you "learn" automating tracks... your tracks just start to bloom. (endless possibilities and reiterations)
I definitely think you got something goin' for you.
Keep it up!
Thanks alot man. Glad to hear someone appreciates my pointless talent :). Yes I've actually just recently discovered automation after making this track. And yes sir I do use FL. Thank you for the input!
Been too long.
Ahh, I have heard this sorta .. kinda....
Damn.
Epic.
God those vocals are soooo enigmatic.
Great job with layering the drums.. Epic.
Uhhhnmn
Some quick thoughts.. Huge amount of headroom.. I love that... I think.
More lows on a mixing side.. don't be shy! I mean.. I know the crap about the loudness wars and all that, but there's a LOT of headroom!
Also, at 16000 hertz there was complete loss of frequency.
With the levels you have now, if you bumped them evenly with +6 across the frequency bandwidth, and then made sure nothing clipped you would have a really perfect track.
Hey! Abe man whatsa happening? Long time indeed.
Glad you stopped by for a moment to check this out. Been on a dubstep binge lately...lol... I love Lux's Vocals. I like her style of jazzy trip hop feel. I'm still forever learning something new about music. So I appreciate all your suggestions and will most likely put them into play. Enjoyed making beats with ya in the past and hope we can do it again some day. I appreciate you dloading and fav'n this man. That really means a lot to me. You have been a big inspiration in my music. Keep doing your thang and I gotta get some of your new loops soon. The drum ones are pretty dope. You're getting good on the drums!!! Also need to swing by and check some of your new works out. Thanks again man!!!
Guitar is awesome.
Bass really struck me. I love your bass tone... I wonder how it would sound with a little bit of distortion??
This song is awesome. Kinda reminds me of a lazer in away.
What kinda monitors do you use? I would double check your mids just a little, but that's not a complaint, just letting you know how it sounded on my system.
I have Kenwood KX999's on the front channels and Kenwood LSK-704's on the rear channels, and I'm pushin' 'em with a Pioneer VSX-3900S receiver at around 300 watts per channel. All four speakers, BTW, are floor speakers (VERY large).
And my computer has 7.1 Surround Sound with Altec Lansing speakers which are hung on the walls.
Glad you liked the track.
And thanks for the listen and review ~ I really do appreciate it. Keep on rockin'!
Love the super fast delay intro thingy.
Great melody.
Want to steal it.
K.
Here's my thoughts.
Take whatever the lowest note is on the melody line -- the first one?
and then count down seven notes to start on the 5th of the key.
I feel ... that i need a really good wuuuuuuummmmmmmmmbbbbbbbbbhphphphphph sounding bass... and nice sidechain kick snare pattern.
Being that this is right around 150bpm... I wanted instant DnB.. but I like that stuff..
But also.. I really felt a huge rock drum, but very much still trance?
That might be interesting.
I will make a loop and post it in a few.
Anyway, I don't know anything about music and I am an idiot actually lol.
Definitely let me know how this progresses!
I feel like I failed you, but I tried following the basic rhythm.. which for some reason I had a really difficult time following.. But you really need to think..
Like what does this mean?
What does "Into the sunset" mean?
If it's just, "Oh, well I came up with a cool progression, and it felt like 'into the sunset'"
That's not enough I would hope for you?
Altho... now writing that... I realize I am never satisfied with anything I do lol.
I want you to tell me a story?
Can you think of anything from a .. creative side that... would musically show me what it really means to you "Into the sunset"?
Anyhow.. I came up with this
it's at 150 BPM, and I tried to match it with a quick breakdown into the next part I heard in my head... https://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/44289
The title was a spur of the moment one, no thought into it whatsoever, so of course the title probably doesn't fit too well, but I have got plans to do lyrics for this one, so presuming I make some, I'll re-name the track with a more appropriate title.
I will be making a deeper bass for the drop, maybe turn this track into a slow DNB track (I tried it at 160 and 175, both sounded a little wierd).
The drumloop sounds pretty nice, sounds more like what I was going for.
I tried lowering the first note from a G to a C, but it sounds a little disharmonic and out of place, so I'm gonna end up keeping that the same.
Glad that you took the time to write such an in-depth review though, so thanks!
What I love about your music is the rhythm.
What I love 2nd is the dialogue..
BRILLIANT USE of the drone. Omg I am stealing that.
I love it. I have always thought about ... well ... everything we talk about, and I absolutely agree with the visceral quality of the bagpipes and Irish work in general.
I coincide with the other comments that applaud the old and new being thrust together like flint.
Particularly what I enjoy a lot about this is the whole-tone drop and the groove of the under area of the mix.
I also particularly love the drums. haha... I always love your drum work. I need to steal your secrets.
Biggest complaint, and I only offer this to you humbly .. is that you are always on the verge of alienating the listener... Which for me? I absolutely cherish about you as a creator.
But I could see how... it would be lost upon people.
They wouldn't be able to feel it.
And you know what. Fuckthem lol. They don't deserve it.
Well done.
I am absolutely excited that you and Salook are thinking of doing another round.
Faved.
Downloaded. (from the e-mail)
Need to e-mail you.
My car got stolen and sold most of my possessions lol. Looong story.
PS, ... I don't want you to take this to heart, but ... I wanted to say to you, if you could somehow find a way to link your incredible way with centrifugal force and songwriting... I feel you could really blow some minds..
I do want to state for the record this is violent in all the right ways.
It reminds me of the best of hardcore and deathmetal from certain parallels.
I'm most curious about this one now in that people seem to either really like it or really dislike it. I'm actually guessing the latter is mostly the case, especially seeing who's listened and said nothing. I have had a couple of comments elsewhere about how "I've dropped the ball" with this one - lol. Personally think that working with Salook is about the best thing I could do about now - accessibility AND sonic weirdness - it doesn't get better than that!
Thanks Avidlife. That means a lot coming from you. I know what you mean about the drums. I'll still work on it to see if I can do any better and I'll update it if I have any luck. I appreciate your taking the time to listen and review!
Rick
Amazing.
this is why I post loops man... I would have never ever done that!
when you start a band, can I be your drummer?!?
I do want to point, that ...how the drums work, I would be happy to send you like.. more interpretations?
I mean, as you have this.. man.. .you are like Eshar..
Awesome.
But like on them drums, I usually intend the 1st half of the drum to be looped?
So you have have the loop rolling and then on the end of a 4 by 4 beat (16 beats) you have the roll for the change?
I love it.
This is awesome.
Keep it up man. I am moving to seattle .. someday lol
Thanks! You're an awesome drummer Abe! I like using your beats because they're so creative. I actually did try looping the first half but decided to loop the whole beat instead. Thought it sounded better that way. ;-)
I think one of the reasons that this is such an effective piece of music, is because it has almost a peudo-industrial feel, but the human effort of the back of the wobble.
It almost feels like a total interpretation of a cyberspace meltdown.
One domino falls and then all the others fall over in return.
Humn...
Still, great piece, I actually searched this one out, because I wanted too.
That must count for something!
:)
i must of done something right
and it still counfounds me that its so well liked
this is like one of my simpler idea for a tune
and HOLY CRAP
when did it get the 700+ plays and 50 downloads?
but yeah, ive been doing a lot of experimentation with industrial dubstep lately
that certianly helps though, but i think i kinda figured another thing out, with that also in consideration in addition. its kinda like what my uncle said about rappers, they the go real fast then they break it down, i think thats kinda what this does but with a wobble and drumline. you got the big bass drum in the background with some pitchwork on a subtle drumline, and then you speed it up with those glitch drums and swap between it and the wobble. or... something like that....
ill try that out
thanks for dropping by.... again
(jeez, im getting lots of double reviews for this)
I was searching thru posts of posts and whatnots.. and I stumbled upon some of yours, AND, I wanted you to know that your words don't fall on deaf ears.
Profound work.
I like it alot.. all of it.
I would like to collab with you, but under the circumstance I get to be the dischord in your melody.
Faved.
Highly recommended.
Good trance. How it should be.
eek except those off kicks.. on an artistic level I can understand why you would do this, as two people never see exactly "I to eye."
but still, I would have taken something "on-time" to facilitate the continuation of the "trance" but do it in a more degrading way..
As I felt you were trying to show "discordance" thru rhythm?
I would have liked just jolting rhythmic passages at that moment instead of just the off-time, and maybe perhaps used glitch/bit-rate drop/ and or distortion.
As we are all experiencing one rhythm... I think.
Entrancing.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the track! Thank you for the constructive criticism as well. It's not that I agree or disagree with you both ideas would definitely work but this is only the 3rd track I've ever made and my first trance track at that. I'm still learning how to use the program and very new to the electronic world of making music so I'm not sure how to use all of the plug ins/fx and tweaks yet. With a little more experience I'm sure I will improve. I would accept any pointers you have for me.
I mean.. hah on the music side of things, I mean, if anything it's real as f8ck. Very real. There's no cellophane on this man.
Yeah.. Dude.. I have almost quit music ... so many times.
(btw if this is about a girl, I feel bad for you son, cause I got 99 problems and they all aboutabitch lol)
Stagnant flow of hip hop...
Man you know... that's the one line.. is there anyway you could reinterpret that?
That's the one metaphor that you need to sync to make this really solid.
What's a metaphor for hip-hop?
Hmn.. soliloquy? lol
I love that word.. I remember the first time I heard it, I was like hells yes.
feels a lot like how it feels to listen to this man.
hells yes
Good stuff.
I love the imperfections. Gives it character.
I of course could go thru my drivel about pads, and space in the mix, but I won't.. But man I really dug this.
I feel what you mean.
Much appreciation on all the little tings that make this click.
I think that is what I appreciated the most. Your focus on letting the reverb ride or hold. How the treble on the track was with-held and then brought back.
The almost "industrial" clockwork in the beat that gave it a very sweet sampled feel, when I could tell it was original.
I don't wanna be a dick, but the chord progression makes me think of too many other songs?... you know?...
Which.. is not to say that's a bad thing, but for my retarded ears
(and I have no taste in music man)
this felt kinda plastic.
Like it's the same II-IV (that's not the key, but just saying)
I guess I battle that a lot.
You throw some vocals and this commercial ready tho!
I kept thinking about that one song.. where he was all
"Why did you have to drop the bomb on me?"
lol
Anyway, I will definitely look out for more of your songs, I really dig all your opinions we share on the crazy forums lol
One of tha greatest reviews I've had BY FAR!
TRULY APPRECIATED alivid!
Don't get me started with reverb on tha forums
cause ill go on for HOURS WITH IT!
I LUV messing with reverb on all sorts of sounds!
It's funny how you mention tha treble and that was one
of tha focuses that I had when working on this!
Ahahaha but I DO understand your concern with tha
progression with this though! I really don't go with that
industrial mainstream vibe, but for some reason I caught
a bug with this one and went as far POP as I could :P lmao
I usually like working in tha E minor and D minor progression
but I think tha progression on this track is what made it so CATCHY! it just got stuck in me head and I just rolled with it ;)
And yeah some good vox is all I need for this one! ^.^
yeah we share some pretty crazy ideas on tha forums!
good thing tha server is UK or Big Brotha might
be gunning for us with all tha havoc we raise in tha forums ^.^
LMFAO
I'll be sure to review one of your choons right now fam!
Truly a pleasure getting this review from ya!
May We See Each Other in tha Forums SOON
Again, please do not think I talk crap, I have just taken a lot of time to learn stuff,...
So I get yer a piano player deffo. But on them strings, it's really obvious they are synthish you know?... I mean.. ON one aesthetic that's awesome, but from a another perspective, I am like DAMN!!!!IMAGINE real strings you know?
So,.. I wanna ... put something towards you?
Picture "not" just them notes on a keyboard/midi roll, and a simple vst, but actually picture the stringed instrument in your hand right?
and so not ever single stroke is going to have the same velocity/oscilation/amp/attack/release... Now I heard some here and there, but greater focus...
Like "SOLO" a track and then listen to it, and fix EACH individual track? You know?
I would have loved more dimension on the strings? You can fake this with delay (I am a whorefordelay and strings) and also reverb. Use it on a global level, and you can create magic.
Final thoughts are... Dang man.. This is POWERFUL. Amazing breakdown... Brutal. And beautiful.
dIG YER ahem sorry for the caps.. um I dig yer panning a lot. very wide snare on them left.
I like UK grime/rap or whatever. I would ... actually like?
Yer vox, I would even compress them more man... I don't trust the effing meters in Pro-tools and FL and Reason and Ableton and whatever... I just want more juice out of those vocals.
Some way to look at this?
I would perhaps duplicate the vocal track, and then drop the volumes on both respectively both by -6/-10 decibels? Followin me?
Then after doin' that, thro a compressor on another and then work down from a 2:1 ratio and see if you can't squeeze some more "ooomph" from the vocals.
I would go on further about perhaps sidechaining an EQ and following the compressor off the beat and melody so you get this pulling breathing call and response.
With fruity loops,.. I don't know how to do this, but I know you would drop a send track, and then throw the sends out there, and then have a compressor referrence the send track from a narrow bandwidth .. probably like 300-1300 and then mix volume accordingly so your vox are the main focus, but there's always the music.. I like doing stuff like that.
Furthermore, I would perhaps consider doing some more reverb on the chorus, that's a effing nice chorus you got there.
Anyway, don't take this as crap talking, it's just stuff I would do.
I am faving this, you took on the form of Jesus and Fergie whilst I was listening.
Throw the Sine "THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP" on every kick you got trance
But what seperates this track is the "trance"dental properties of human perception. We are absolutely one.
I find it odd, when someone wants to fight me because I flipped him off for him calling me a pussyfaggot. It's like ... well who are you referencing?
I could pull the whole Freudian concept of mother/father relationship, But lets take it further.
To quote "Waking Life", a very difficult poem/movie on life...
I've been thinking also about something you said.
- What's that?
Just about reincarnation and where all the new souls come from over time. Everybody always say that they've been the reincarnation...of Cleopatra or Alexander the Great. I always want to tell them they were probably some dumbfeuck like everybody else. I mean, it's impossible. Think about it? The world population has doubled in the past 10 years, right?
- So if you really believe in that ego thing of one eternal soul,
- Mm-hmm.
then you only have a 1 in 4 chance of your soul being over 150 years old. And for it to be over 120 years old, then it's only one out of six.
-So what are you saying then? Reincarnation doesn't exist... or that we're all young souls like where half of us are first-round humans?
No, no. What I'm trying to say is that somehow I believe...reincarnation is just a-- a poetic expression of what collective memory really is. There was this article by this biochemist that I read not long ago, and he was talking about how when a member of a species is born, it has a billion years of memory to draw on. And this is where we inherit our instincts.
-I like that. It's like there's, um, this whole telepathic thing going on that we’re all a part of, whether we’re conscious of it or not. That would explain why there's all these, you know? seemingly spontaneous, worldwide, innovative leaps in science, in the arts.
You know, like??? the same results poppin' up everywhere independent of each other. Some guy on a computer, he figures something out, and then almost simultaneously, a bunch of other people all over the world figured out the same thing.
- Mm-hmm.
They did this study. They isolated a group of people over time, and they monitored their abilities at crossword puzzles... in relation to the general population. And then they secretly gave them a day-old crossword, one that had already been answered by thousands of other people.
Their scores went up dramatically, like 20-50 percent....
So it's like once the answers are out there, you know?, people can pick up on 'em.
It's like we're all telepathically sharing our experiences.
@ alivid, lol u lost me there at the end of the comment. as for vocals, it has already been done. by a member on this site, hammertwist. i guess he has not posted it here yet.
thnx for the fav and comment
Yes, How did you do them horns?
I think ... I was at a crossroads, because I really struggle with finding good samples and softsynths that can effectively pull off the "brass" sound.
Humn.. I may just rent them. I do that with instruments occasionally.
I actually did some studying into the theory of it all... It's based off some of the work Oliver Sachs and Sean Bennet did on the study of neurophsycology and music.
Things getting stuck in our heads.
Not surprisingly, most of the work is funded by advertisement stuffs...
Catchy indeed!
Nice and sugary and sweet!
Thanks Fam! Everything is done in Reason 4, and the horns are from refills for the NNXT. I love to use brass and other traditonal instruments because I tend to approach it more as a musician than a producer. I'm still waiting for you to rent a harp and lay down some samples and loops!
on Jan 31st 2011 by 36Chambers
WOW.. why are the Pixies and Nirvana coming to mind...
This is beautiful..
Man why do you leave soo much lol!
looperman is harmless.
That guitar is being stolen at the moment by me... Sonically.
With my ears.
This is a great fusion / cinematic piece man!
Awesome break.
Amazing progression.
Levels are low, but that's ok!
:)
Better low than loud I think...
on Whatever feat George Bush and TruSki by djquickrick
This man is a socialist.
He runs the lives of HUNDREDS of millions of people.. Maybe Billions.
He wants to give FREE HEALTH CARE to all.
NO, I am not talking about Barack Obamma, I am talking about Jesus Christ of Bethlehem my friends lol
Anyway..
I want to say.. that as a producer, I am really into your idea and style ..
But I want to say from an engineer's perspective (and take this with a grain of salt because I treat music like I treat a sport)
But maybe dupe up them vocals, and make it MONO, and drop the volume very very low... low, like -36 RMS and then sidechain it to the effects or something dynamic, and then notch the lows around 500-600 and shelf the highs low -3 decibels.
Give the voice a presence that is there always, because I was struggling just a little to hear the vocals...
I can't say for sure.
PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT take that as criticism. I NEVER EVER think of things in Absolutes. Reality is what we make it.. I could probably smoke a cigarette and then think the original levels were perfect, --- but there-in lies the beauty of music lol
Anyway.
Awesome.
I like your style DJquickrick!
on Something Special by djquickrick
yay! This makes me soo happy lol
Jesus she sounds sexy.
Dude.. amazing find on these vocals..
I love the contrast of the pensive saw/sine with the rhodes... dang man..
I would love to send you some more reiterations on that rhodes..
Beautiful work.
Fantastic work.
Sounds German French...
Faved.
on Part2 Me Scratching on Turntables by djquickrick
Still Definitely would like some Ommmmphff on the drums
I definitely respect this tho.. that's freaking cool.
on Sculpture of Lights (Milky Way) by siensystem
Breathing. Full of life. And Emptiness.
Hope you are well my friend.
on RockBottom by Jamscience
Faved.
Downloaded.
Recommended.
Trip-hop Epicness.
on House of Larz by LarzCreative
Humn... Just trying to think and maybe offer something of value?
You know what I was thinking might sound cool?
Is on that sweet rhodes piany, if you were to maybe add some effects and start just messing with it's voice digitally?
Very cool. Reminds me of the backrooms at clubs when you are sick of the happy hardcore and need a cool place to chill out.
REALLY like that kick pattern that .. it's weird man.. It fits VERY well in the driving trance pattern.
You play piano correct?
Anyhow if you ever come over to the deadlands I would love to hang.
I swear I am just inches from dropping everything and moving to Seattle lol
Later,
Larz
on Motown Throwdown ft Buddahmann and posse edit 3 by victormusic01x
Good god, I think I like hearing stuff like this than my drivel lol.
Amazing.
I actually did a really fun collaboration with BlumeChoon with the same pella and we did this crazy dnb guitar thingy, so this is just a total cognitive trip for me!
lol
Dude, I am exceptionally impressed with your extra editions on the drums.. man... awesome!
Quick thought popped in my head .. ima e-mail you
on Good Morning Melody by Hoptix
Yeah, I checked out the pen work on youtube... that was damn impressive. I have seen a couple cats do that kinda thing, ... Definitely dug that.
I dug the blues progression turned major that you used.
Definitely started grooving a bit more once ya thru the other beat on top of the other (which I always think is a good idea mixing two different rythmic variation)
Kinda curious as to what you use?
I think there's some things about whatever you are using that perhaps you should look into?
I would recommend experimenting with automation if you haven't already?
It's one of those things.. that after you "learn" automating tracks... your tracks just start to bloom. (endless possibilities and reiterations)
I definitely think you got something goin' for you.
Keep it up!
PS total guess .. do you use FL?
on Jah Love (DirtyMix) Ft Lux Divon By Blume Choon by BlumeChoon
Ahh, I have heard this sorta .. kinda....
Damn.
Epic.
God those vocals are soooo enigmatic.
Great job with layering the drums.. Epic.
Uhhhnmn
Some quick thoughts.. Huge amount of headroom.. I love that... I think.
More lows on a mixing side.. don't be shy! I mean.. I know the crap about the loudness wars and all that, but there's a LOT of headroom!
Also, at 16000 hertz there was complete loss of frequency.
With the levels you have now, if you bumped them evenly with +6 across the frequency bandwidth, and then made sure nothing clipped you would have a really perfect track.
I love it.
Faved this.
Downloaded this.
Glad you stopped by for a moment to check this out. Been on a dubstep binge lately...lol... I love Lux's Vocals. I like her style of jazzy trip hop feel. I'm still forever learning something new about music. So I appreciate all your suggestions and will most likely put them into play. Enjoyed making beats with ya in the past and hope we can do it again some day. I appreciate you dloading and fav'n this man. That really means a lot to me. You have been a big inspiration in my music. Keep doing your thang and I gotta get some of your new loops soon. The drum ones are pretty dope. You're getting good on the drums!!! Also need to swing by and check some of your new works out. Thanks again man!!!
Rob:)
on Hangnail by SpyderX
Drums I ... feel weird about the compression?
Guitar is awesome.
Bass really struck me. I love your bass tone... I wonder how it would sound with a little bit of distortion??
This song is awesome. Kinda reminds me of a lazer in away.
What kinda monitors do you use? I would double check your mids just a little, but that's not a complaint, just letting you know how it sounded on my system.
Sick.
I love it. Great solo/outro!
Faved. Heavy. Fuckyea.
And my computer has 7.1 Surround Sound with Altec Lansing speakers which are hung on the walls.
Glad you liked the track.
And thanks for the listen and review ~ I really do appreciate it. Keep on rockin'!
Peace,
Mike
on Into The Sunset (DEMO) by StephenPotter
Great melody.
Want to steal it.
K.
Here's my thoughts.
Take whatever the lowest note is on the melody line -- the first one?
and then count down seven notes to start on the 5th of the key.
I feel ... that i need a really good wuuuuuuummmmmmmmmbbbbbbbbbhphphphphph sounding bass... and nice sidechain kick snare pattern.
Being that this is right around 150bpm... I wanted instant DnB.. but I like that stuff..
But also.. I really felt a huge rock drum, but very much still trance?
That might be interesting.
I will make a loop and post it in a few.
Anyway, I don't know anything about music and I am an idiot actually lol.
Definitely let me know how this progresses!
I feel like I failed you, but I tried following the basic rhythm.. which for some reason I had a really difficult time following.. But you really need to think..
Like what does this mean?
What does "Into the sunset" mean?
If it's just, "Oh, well I came up with a cool progression, and it felt like 'into the sunset'"
That's not enough I would hope for you?
Altho... now writing that... I realize I am never satisfied with anything I do lol.
I want you to tell me a story?
Can you think of anything from a .. creative side that... would musically show me what it really means to you "Into the sunset"?
Anyhow.. I came up with this
it's at 150 BPM, and I tried to match it with a quick breakdown into the next part I heard in my head...
https://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/44289
I will be making a deeper bass for the drop, maybe turn this track into a slow DNB track (I tried it at 160 and 175, both sounded a little wierd).
The drumloop sounds pretty nice, sounds more like what I was going for.
I tried lowering the first note from a G to a C, but it sounds a little disharmonic and out of place, so I'm gonna end up keeping that the same.
Glad that you took the time to write such an in-depth review though, so thanks!
Ste :D
on Dancing with the Carnival Rebellion feat Nuada by n0mad23
What I love 2nd is the dialogue..
BRILLIANT USE of the drone. Omg I am stealing that.
I love it. I have always thought about ... well ... everything we talk about, and I absolutely agree with the visceral quality of the bagpipes and Irish work in general.
I coincide with the other comments that applaud the old and new being thrust together like flint.
Particularly what I enjoy a lot about this is the whole-tone drop and the groove of the under area of the mix.
I also particularly love the drums. haha... I always love your drum work. I need to steal your secrets.
Biggest complaint, and I only offer this to you humbly .. is that you are always on the verge of alienating the listener... Which for me? I absolutely cherish about you as a creator.
But I could see how... it would be lost upon people.
They wouldn't be able to feel it.
And you know what. Fuckthem lol. They don't deserve it.
Well done.
I am absolutely excited that you and Salook are thinking of doing another round.
Faved.
Downloaded. (from the e-mail)
Need to e-mail you.
My car got stolen and sold most of my possessions lol. Looong story.
PS, ... I don't want you to take this to heart, but ... I wanted to say to you, if you could somehow find a way to link your incredible way with centrifugal force and songwriting... I feel you could really blow some minds..
I do want to state for the record this is violent in all the right ways.
It reminds me of the best of hardcore and deathmetal from certain parallels.
on Part2 Me Scratching on Turntables by djquickrick
lol, I love the vocals...
I definitely wanted that breakbeat to really punish my ears, but that's just a personal preference.
Definitely agree with Simmerdown.
This is cool!
Rick
on Long Way Home by LarzCreative
this is why I post loops man... I would have never ever done that!
when you start a band, can I be your drummer?!?
I do want to point, that ...how the drums work, I would be happy to send you like.. more interpretations?
I mean, as you have this.. man.. .you are like Eshar..
Awesome.
But like on them drums, I usually intend the 1st half of the drum to be looped?
So you have have the loop rolling and then on the end of a 4 by 4 beat (16 beats) you have the roll for the change?
I love it.
This is awesome.
Keep it up man. I am moving to seattle .. someday lol
Later,
Larz
on Nothing Can Be Done by Cybertooth
It almost feels like a total interpretation of a cyberspace meltdown.
One domino falls and then all the others fall over in return.
Humn...
Still, great piece, I actually searched this one out, because I wanted too.
That must count for something!
:)
and it still counfounds me that its so well liked
this is like one of my simpler idea for a tune
and HOLY CRAP
when did it get the 700+ plays and 50 downloads?
but yeah, ive been doing a lot of experimentation with industrial dubstep lately
that certianly helps though, but i think i kinda figured another thing out, with that also in consideration in addition. its kinda like what my uncle said about rappers, they the go real fast then they break it down, i think thats kinda what this does but with a wobble and drumline. you got the big bass drum in the background with some pitchwork on a subtle drumline, and then you speed it up with those glitch drums and swap between it and the wobble. or... something like that....
ill try that out
thanks for dropping by.... again
(jeez, im getting lots of double reviews for this)
on Unity of the Soul by CosmicMerkaba
I was searching thru posts of posts and whatnots.. and I stumbled upon some of yours, AND, I wanted you to know that your words don't fall on deaf ears.
Profound work.
I like it alot.. all of it.
I would like to collab with you, but under the circumstance I get to be the dischord in your melody.
Faved.
Highly recommended.
Good trance. How it should be.
eek except those off kicks.. on an artistic level I can understand why you would do this, as two people never see exactly "I to eye."
but still, I would have taken something "on-time" to facilitate the continuation of the "trance" but do it in a more degrading way..
As I felt you were trying to show "discordance" thru rhythm?
I would have liked just jolting rhythmic passages at that moment instead of just the off-time, and maybe perhaps used glitch/bit-rate drop/ and or distortion.
As we are all experiencing one rhythm... I think.
Entrancing.
Keep in touch!
Nate
on Searching by BrokenScythe
I mean.. hah on the music side of things, I mean, if anything it's real as f8ck. Very real. There's no cellophane on this man.
Yeah.. Dude.. I have almost quit music ... so many times.
(btw if this is about a girl, I feel bad for you son, cause I got 99 problems and they all aboutabitch lol)
Stagnant flow of hip hop...
Man you know... that's the one line.. is there anyway you could reinterpret that?
That's the one metaphor that you need to sync to make this really solid.
What's a metaphor for hip-hop?
Hmn.. soliloquy? lol
I love that word.. I remember the first time I heard it, I was like hells yes.
feels a lot like how it feels to listen to this man.
hells yes
Good stuff.
I love the imperfections. Gives it character.
I of course could go thru my drivel about pads, and space in the mix, but I won't.. But man I really dug this.
I feel what you mean.
on Untitled Sad Hiphop Beat by yeshintae
Much appreciation on all the little tings that make this click.
I think that is what I appreciated the most. Your focus on letting the reverb ride or hold. How the treble on the track was with-held and then brought back.
The almost "industrial" clockwork in the beat that gave it a very sweet sampled feel, when I could tell it was original.
I don't wanna be a dick, but the chord progression makes me think of too many other songs?... you know?...
Which.. is not to say that's a bad thing, but for my retarded ears
(and I have no taste in music man)
this felt kinda plastic.
Like it's the same II-IV (that's not the key, but just saying)
I guess I battle that a lot.
You throw some vocals and this commercial ready tho!
I kept thinking about that one song.. where he was all
"Why did you have to drop the bomb on me?"
lol
Anyway, I will definitely look out for more of your songs, I really dig all your opinions we share on the crazy forums lol
TRULY APPRECIATED alivid!
Don't get me started with reverb on tha forums
cause ill go on for HOURS WITH IT!
I LUV messing with reverb on all sorts of sounds!
It's funny how you mention tha treble and that was one
of tha focuses that I had when working on this!
Ahahaha but I DO understand your concern with tha
progression with this though! I really don't go with that
industrial mainstream vibe, but for some reason I caught
a bug with this one and went as far POP as I could :P lmao
I usually like working in tha E minor and D minor progression
but I think tha progression on this track is what made it so CATCHY! it just got stuck in me head and I just rolled with it ;)
And yeah some good vox is all I need for this one! ^.^
yeah we share some pretty crazy ideas on tha forums!
good thing tha server is UK or Big Brotha might
be gunning for us with all tha havoc we raise in tha forums ^.^
LMFAO
I'll be sure to review one of your choons right now fam!
Truly a pleasure getting this review from ya!
May We See Each Other in tha Forums SOON
:P
Much Respect from LA
on The Darkness by ShiftyFellow
Yeah man, I like your style.
A lot. Very cool.
Again, please do not think I talk crap, I have just taken a lot of time to learn stuff,...
So I get yer a piano player deffo. But on them strings, it's really obvious they are synthish you know?... I mean.. ON one aesthetic that's awesome, but from a another perspective, I am like DAMN!!!!IMAGINE real strings you know?
So,.. I wanna ... put something towards you?
Picture "not" just them notes on a keyboard/midi roll, and a simple vst, but actually picture the stringed instrument in your hand right?
and so not ever single stroke is going to have the same velocity/oscilation/amp/attack/release... Now I heard some here and there, but greater focus...
Like "SOLO" a track and then listen to it, and fix EACH individual track? You know?
I would have loved more dimension on the strings? You can fake this with delay (I am a whorefordelay and strings) and also reverb. Use it on a global level, and you can create magic.
Final thoughts are... Dang man.. This is POWERFUL. Amazing breakdown... Brutal. And beautiful.
You should definitely be proud of this.
on The Slope by ShiftyFellow
I like UK grime/rap or whatever. I would ... actually like?
Yer vox, I would even compress them more man... I don't trust the effing meters in Pro-tools and FL and Reason and Ableton and whatever... I just want more juice out of those vocals.
Some way to look at this?
I would perhaps duplicate the vocal track, and then drop the volumes on both respectively both by -6/-10 decibels? Followin me?
Then after doin' that, thro a compressor on another and then work down from a 2:1 ratio and see if you can't squeeze some more "ooomph" from the vocals.
I would go on further about perhaps sidechaining an EQ and following the compressor off the beat and melody so you get this pulling breathing call and response.
With fruity loops,.. I don't know how to do this, but I know you would drop a send track, and then throw the sends out there, and then have a compressor referrence the send track from a narrow bandwidth .. probably like 300-1300 and then mix volume accordingly so your vox are the main focus, but there's always the music.. I like doing stuff like that.
Furthermore, I would perhaps consider doing some more reverb on the chorus, that's a effing nice chorus you got there.
Anyway, don't take this as crap talking, it's just stuff I would do.
I am faving this, you took on the form of Jesus and Fergie whilst I was listening.
on Midnight Snack by LarzCreative
damn man... midnight at the moment ....
Cut and paste any in Garage Band yet??
damn....
That is unreal cool.
I love this.
Faved.
on Digital Aboriginalism - Osmosis and the Veil by n0mad23
K.. my thoughts...
Throw the Sine "THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP" on every kick you got trance
But what seperates this track is the "trance"dental properties of human perception. We are absolutely one.
I find it odd, when someone wants to fight me because I flipped him off for him calling me a pussyfaggot. It's like ... well who are you referencing?
I could pull the whole Freudian concept of mother/father relationship, But lets take it further.
To quote "Waking Life", a very difficult poem/movie on life...
I've been thinking also about something you said.
- What's that?
Just about reincarnation and where all the new souls come from over time. Everybody always say that they've been the reincarnation...of Cleopatra or Alexander the Great. I always want to tell them they were probably some dumbfeuck like everybody else. I mean, it's impossible. Think about it? The world population has doubled in the past 10 years, right?
- So if you really believe in that ego thing of one eternal soul,
- Mm-hmm.
then you only have a 1 in 4 chance of your soul being over 150 years old. And for it to be over 120 years old, then it's only one out of six.
-So what are you saying then? Reincarnation doesn't exist... or that we're all young souls like where half of us are first-round humans?
No, no. What I'm trying to say is that somehow I believe...reincarnation is just a-- a poetic expression of what collective memory really is. There was this article by this biochemist that I read not long ago, and he was talking about how when a member of a species is born, it has a billion years of memory to draw on. And this is where we inherit our instincts.
-I like that. It's like there's, um, this whole telepathic thing going on that we’re all a part of, whether we’re conscious of it or not. That would explain why there's all these, you know? seemingly spontaneous, worldwide, innovative leaps in science, in the arts.
You know, like??? the same results poppin' up everywhere independent of each other. Some guy on a computer, he figures something out, and then almost simultaneously, a bunch of other people all over the world figured out the same thing.
- Mm-hmm.
They did this study. They isolated a group of people over time, and they monitored their abilities at crossword puzzles... in relation to the general population. And then they secretly gave them a day-old crossword, one that had already been answered by thousands of other people.
Their scores went up dramatically, like 20-50 percent....
So it's like once the answers are out there, you know?, people can pick up on 'em.
It's like we're all telepathically sharing our experiences.
http://samvak.tripod.com/alivid.html
I'll send you a email soon as some of your thoughts here are things that I've been thinking about lately, too.
Singularity underlies multiplicity. You probably already grok this.
on West It Off by DextDee
Very cool.
I like the western stylization and plus one for the court on the choir.
Psudeo wobble on the bass-end.
I like that. integrate it all.
I was thinking ... either that is Ghu Zeong or was it a nylon.
(I don't know what either of those are lol)
At this point in the production, (if you are satisfied, and it's not going to have vocals thrown on it?)
I would consider just RIPPING into it and automating anything you could?
Solo-ing every track, and editing it, and then checking it, and then making more automations or edits, and just keep going.
Go as far as you can.
Go deep.
Go big.
Do a musical faceplant or handstand?
Faved!!!
thnx for the fav and comment
on Sunny Ray by DJSchmeeJ
Yes, How did you do them horns?
I think ... I was at a crossroads, because I really struggle with finding good samples and softsynths that can effectively pull off the "brass" sound.
Humn.. I may just rent them. I do that with instruments occasionally.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm
I actually did some studying into the theory of it all... It's based off some of the work Oliver Sachs and Sean Bennet did on the study of neurophsycology and music.
Things getting stuck in our heads.
Not surprisingly, most of the work is funded by advertisement stuffs...
Catchy indeed!
Nice and sugary and sweet!