Also since it's winter break I may do that experimenting I was thinking about. Audiotool.com is looking legit right now, I'm learning its ropes. I learned how to split drums for the first time, it sounded pretty cool but I couldn't find a good bass to accompany the melody loop I found.
Made a new beat, probably as close to a conventional hip-hop instrumental as I'll ever come. I dunno what to do with it though, so I might just scrap the track unless I can find someone who wants to rap over it or something.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Listening to the song while reading Kaitou's comment brought Earthbound to mind.
Anyhow, I must agree with the general consensus that this is pretty nice.
The idea of this particular project is somewhere halfway between a jam or improv session like a jazz band might do, and a DJ mix. Essentially, I fiddled around in FL Studio for exactly an hour, and that is the result. I didn't use the same self-imposed restrictions on sampling I usually use (I try not to sample things that are over-sampled, or things that themselves sample other things, I also don't like to sample too much of a given track, etc.), and with minimal editing.
I may take some of this track's ideas and expand them into a full song at some point.
also FL Studio's tempo counter seems to have no relation to what the tempo actually is. Unless my absolutely torpid "Rock of Mind" is somehow actually a rave track.
Now only to figure out how to get the thing to continue without getting boring. I can't find a loop that continues the initial tune, so that's my main hangup.
^^^ I can estimate tempi reasonably well if the beat is very obvious, but that's partly a function of how limited the range of tempi in beat-driven tracks tends to be given certain moods. For instance, 120 BPM is the universal trance-dance pace both because of its even division of seconds and how neatly it cleaves to an accelerated heartbeat; likewise, old-school dubstep and trip-hop rhythms tend to settle at 60 or 75 BPM due to their emphasis on triplets and offbeats that imply faster rhythms, usually in the neighbourhood of 100 or 120 BPM—the "heroin swing" of the downbeat, as it were.
And yes, I seriously intend to do a song called "Heroin Swing", with the ambition that should sound like some monstrous hybrid of Massive Attack, The Fall, and Bohren and der Club of Gore. Just... because.
announcement 1: today is the last day my old bandcamp is still going to be up. Grab what you want off of it before it gets deleted, because I'm probably never re-upping it.
announcement 2: there will be an EP before Legends of a Chord Reckoner drops. I have too much material. Also the EP is sort-of eponymous. Y'all will see.
first track is cool and i like it, but i feel like some variation might have been nice. something thatd go with it. im not knocking the track though its really cool
second track and im liking the skipping disorienting rhythms a lot. that is a real nice percussion sample. i have a feeling this would come out pretty tasty with some rapping over it
third track i feel that theres so much going on and all these samples intercut with each other that it just gets too crowded and incoherent. i think i heard this at an early stage did i not? i think youve done too much with it. needs some toning down.
fourth track i feel that the part that comes in towards the end is good - the xylophone/vibes? with that electric piano. it works nicely. though i didnt care so much for the first part - i wasnt feeling the linear beat at all, though it could be good with a stronger beat over it imo
really every time i listen to your stuff you are improving, keep at it :> third track aside this was solid
third track I actually stripped down. Original had a lot more samples most of which didn't work out well at all. Also all of those are supposed to be instrumentals, no beats on there.
Strange that you didn't like "Cult T.V.", it's one of my more popular tracks so far. At least as far as I understand.
Still though, that's fine, you are entitled to your opinion after all.
Also I didn't forget about that collaboration we're doing, I just need to get back to editing it. I'm doing a beat for a rapper named Ant-Live at the moment.
thank you for all the feedback, btw. And what am I crediting you as when we do do that thing?
oh when i say 'beat' im talking about the actual drumbeat behind it. sorry i am bad at terminology
and yeah if ppeople like Cult TV then theres something to it, too much for me though. i do like it more minimal when it comes to things like this so its not necesssarily bad, i just thought it was too busy
also i have no fucking clue what im going to be credited as for this. idk put me down as sunn wolf for the moment and ill get back to you when i actually come up with a moniker i like (lol as if that will happen)
oh no I was referring to your comment about the one would sound nice with a rapper over it.
the first two tracks are supposed to be dubby/trip-hop things.
Also I should really call my songs by their correct names since "Cult T.V. (Alternate Take)" and "Cult T.V." are two totally different songs that just use the same vocal samples.
Also that's fine by me.
I'm glad that reception to the EP so far has been mostly positive (see here), makes me feel as though there will be a good reception for the album as well.
idk it's just that you seem to have a different producer name every time you post something. You change names more often than I do!
anyway this is a good song yep. I'm not sure I care so much for the reversal effect you put on the drums sometimes, but I really like it otherwise. Reminds me of like, underwaterness, for some reason.
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The ever-eccentric Christopher Bonnell remixed the aforementioned. I like his version.
Also I am attempting to remix Spinnaface. Wish me luck.
I like it too. I think it's decent for something I threw together in about 20 minutes.
In the interest of fairness, you can find the original on Spinnaface's Music For The People album.
this is the cover for my tape. I'm aware that [skullboy entertainment] at the bottom is cut off, but I kind of like it that way.
Not sure if I want to bother making a reverse.
also
pictured: an average American airport
NU FUKKEN TRAKLIST
1. How to Make a Living as a Rocketship in Modern America (Intro)
2. Thy Phantom / Time Traveller (feat. Cel-Man Iller & Tha Immortal)
3. Streets of Concrete (t. ft. Blackgold)
4. Rock of Mind (Sleepwalking in Osaka)
5. Neptune Dub
6. Standing Blind in Giza (Fever Carpets Remix)
7. Neon (Fragment) // Mexican Jazz Club Interlude
8. You're a Hotshot Bodypilot Now, Baby!
9. Hollow Earth Radio (t. ft. Cel-Man Iller & Tha Immortal)
10. Some Kill 2 (t. ft. Cel-Man Iller & Tha Immortal)
11. Savannahbound / Legend of a Chord Reckoner (Outro)
?. Some Further Dawn (t. ft. Sunn Wolf)
?. Baktun 14
?. Bleached Bones (t. ft. Fever Carpets)
So I made this.
The idea of this particular project is somewhere halfway between a jam or improv session like a jazz band might do, and a DJ mix. Essentially, I fiddled around in FL Studio for exactly an hour, and that is the result. I didn't use the same self-imposed restrictions on sampling I usually use (I try not to sample things that are over-sampled, or things that themselves sample other things, I also don't like to sample too much of a given track, etc.), and with minimal editing.
I may take some of this track's ideas and expand them into a full song at some point.
I made another one.
Did it to vent my badfeelz that I've been having lately.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I can never tell track tempo.
also FL Studio's tempo counter seems to have no relation to what the tempo actually is. Unless my absolutely torpid "Rock of Mind" is somehow actually a rave track.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
so hey, two very important announcements
announcement 1: today is the last day my old bandcamp is still going to be up. Grab what you want off of it before it gets deleted, because I'm probably never re-upping it.
announcement 2: there will be an EP before Legends of a Chord Reckoner drops. I have too much material. Also the EP is sort-of eponymous. Y'all will see.
o hey
i did give that a listen
first track is cool and i like it, but i feel like some variation might have been nice. something thatd go with it. im not knocking the track though its really cool
second track and im liking the skipping disorienting rhythms a lot. that is a real nice percussion sample. i have a feeling this would come out pretty tasty with some rapping over it
third track i feel that theres so much going on and all these samples intercut with each other that it just gets too crowded and incoherent. i think i heard this at an early stage did i not? i think youve done too much with it. needs some toning down.
fourth track i feel that the part that comes in towards the end is good - the xylophone/vibes? with that electric piano. it works nicely. though i didnt care so much for the first part - i wasnt feeling the linear beat at all, though it could be good with a stronger beat over it imo
really every time i listen to your stuff you are improving, keep at it :> third track aside this was solid
third track I actually stripped down. Original had a lot more samples most of which didn't work out well at all. Also all of those are supposed to be instrumentals, no beats on there.
Strange that you didn't like "Cult T.V.", it's one of my more popular tracks so far. At least as far as I understand.
Still though, that's fine, you are entitled to your opinion after all.
Also I didn't forget about that collaboration we're doing, I just need to get back to editing it. I'm doing a beat for a rapper named Ant-Live at the moment.
thank you for all the feedback, btw. And what am I crediting you as when we do do that thing?
oh when i say 'beat' im talking about the actual drumbeat behind it. sorry i am bad at terminology
and yeah if ppeople like Cult TV then theres something to it, too much for me though. i do like it more minimal when it comes to things like this so its not necesssarily bad, i just thought it was too busy
also i have no fucking clue what im going to be credited as for this. idk put me down as sunn wolf for the moment and ill get back to you when i actually come up with a moniker i like (lol as if that will happen)
oh no I was referring to your comment about the one would sound nice with a rapper over it.
the first two tracks are supposed to be dubby/trip-hop things.
Also I should really call my songs by their correct names since "Cult T.V. (Alternate Take)" and "Cult T.V." are two totally different songs that just use the same vocal samples.
Also that's fine by me.
I'm glad that reception to the EP so far has been mostly positive (see here), makes me feel as though there will be a good reception for the album as well.
well that's weird
try this one?
that works
im not on anyones ipod yet. :< i am on 3 film soundtracks though (possibly 4 soon??)
Well I'm not on any film tracks, so you have that up on me.
Though I was contacted to help work on the soundtrack for a VN. I'm not sure how far that project will get, though.
also, general question for everybody
can any of you here do a good like, announcer voice?
reason is, I want an aural watermark (someone saying "Mojave Music", the j is pronounced as an h for reference) just in case I ever need one.
so yeah if any of you guys could possibly do that, I'd be much obliged.
idk it's just that you seem to have a different producer name every time you post something. You change names more often than I do!
anyway this is a good song yep. I'm not sure I care so much for the reversal effect you put on the drums sometimes, but I really like it otherwise. Reminds me of like, underwaterness, for some reason.
oh no no it's not quite that important ha, but thank you for the offer. :)
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1LZZl8RqGyT
I'll probably need to treat it with some effects, but I think I can get some mileage out of that.
Thank you, yarrun.
also, upcoming:
Storm....Break (Single)
The Ravekiller, Near London, 1994 (Single)