crucethus

Hi crucethus,

I was hoping to nudge Brado and AustinMusic into doing a new version that compliments both.

A fresh vocal by Austin would clear up the parts that don't go with the music. While I adore technology, being able to riff or twist your live vocals to fit the music is best, imho.

Thanks Steve, your favorite guitar again hahaha It is one warm January! I don't remember it being this warm in a long time, was wondering if you guys were as warm being a bit further north. Have the zombies made it up there yet? I heard about some kids falling through the ice where I used to live, they're fine, but that river froze every year and people would use it as a shortcut to get intown, not this year!

I wasn't sure if there was a tropical house tag, and I was too tired to find it at the time haha.

Thanks for listening to my track!

Lorbemzo

Hey Steve

Yea, you got it right. The idea is to model some music for abstract art and hopefully motivate some interest in current Winter Contest on the site.

I guess this piece is avant garde. I always joke that I was half asleep every morning in music theory class so now, when I want to compose, I have to make up my own systems! Well - despite my bad behavior in music school there is a lot of classical influence.

anyway - I'm very happy you had a chance to check this one out and thank you for the comment.

Dan

Yeah maybe I should put it under pop.
Thanks for listening mate :)

Steve

Kind words crucethus but I owe the quality of the pad and most of the loops to Justze3 because he worked on these loops for over a month before he uploaded them to the site where I patched them together into this composition in only a few days.

The genre is weird I have to say, listen to this song with headphones and you realise why I believe that it's trance. With a desktop HiFi however the stereo is no as well defined and it's more ambient instead. I believe the line lies in the impact of the song on the listeners psycho-acoustic perception.

Whatever the matter I appreciate the feedback.

Thanks man !

Hi, Steve. You definitely could be right about the bluesy female singer on this track. Frankly, anybody other than me would be better! :) I am astounded that anybody here on Looperman thinks the vocal had any redeeming qualities! Your reference to Rie Ockasiek was interesting. I keep wondering if there's some kind of "character" voice that I could find that would actually sound halfway acceptable. Other than the quality of my voice, the major problem I have is that I can't hold a note on pitch properly. My voice quavers, and it is particularly bad if I try to hold a note for any length of time. I think that's an issue of age because I have noticed that many professional singers have the same problem when they get older. So, the solution is to cut off each word/syllable and shift to a combination of singing/talking I think. Not that I want to focus on vocals. I'd much rather find a couple of good vocalists to collaborate with and leave the driving to them. :)

Thank you so much!

Thank you! It's really a lucky mix.
Regards, traz

I'll take it

Thank you!

Hey Crucethus, I'm very happy to be able to reply to you today. It's just a super positive day for me, and this is also one of the cooler comments I've received from you to date! Recording these songs, and the rest on the EP, was a completely new experience for me. It seemed to break down my own barriers to some extent, and I am very happy with reactions of my listeners so far. I really enjoyed performing with a different group of instruments for each song, it seemed to attach a memory to the song. Your car crash metaphor had significance to me, both for recent inspirations, and for distant past personal experiences. Needless to say, I do not drive, at all. "Faultline" is definitely one of my favorite works, especially of live recordings. "It´s so wrong and perverse but it´s compelling mentally and physically." - This to me suggests an adequate summation of modern human existence, and I respect this. The "Bassus Interuptus" (COOL cool song title idea BTW) you speak of was one of those "accidentally on purpose" moments for me... one thing which magnetic tape is so good for capturing. Sorry to ramble, it's just a good day. I think I sold instrument to a couple of well known US musicians in the last week... hopefully it pays for the legal fines! Thanks so much for the comment!

Thanks Cru!

Thanks very much Cru :)

I'll keep the distortion in mind when I do the final mix..

Much appreciated

WKS

thanks crucethus, actually, there's a debate between Muslims and even with some more conservative Muslims that if the music is inviting people to Islam or portraying Islam in a positive manner (in this case it has some imams talking about some of the companions of the prophet, peace be upon him) then it might be ok, because that attracts people to Islam, so this might be accepeted as ok while Michael Jackson songs from his thriller album or Adelle songs would never be accepted, thanks for listening and thanks for the comment

A wise comment and sage advice, from you, Crucethus. I think you are right on the money. I do struggle with finding the something that sounds new and futuristic. I find that I am still working on getting that sound that I hear in my head. I appreciate your suggestions for remixing the Rhodes, making room for some guitar. Getting good guitar parts is a challenge for me, I must admit. I've got several virtual instruments but I find them very limiting and complex to use. And, as for the percussion fills, that's just me being lazy. I'm glad you called me on it. I can do better.

chercher la petite bête c'est une qualité car cela induit que tu as le sens du détail et d'ailleurs ca se ressent dans tes compositions ;)

amicalement

Bleep

Hello Cru

the "female" vocal is a sample from an old old old soundbank lol
it's always a pleasure when listeners give me french words in their comment :) really appreciate and glad to see you liked the track :)

happy holidays too
Friendly
Bleep

Thank you!

Hey Cru! Good to hear from you :) thanks for the comment!

Hope all is well with you and your music!