^^ You've mentioned The Cult of the Ape before, but I can't recall what it was.
Rap group (I use the term loosely) I was in as a young lad. Roughly around the same time I was making TTIAM.
We liked to pretend we were the next Wu-Tang Clan or something. I contributed a bit of production (as El the Daze) and rapping (as Breath Weapon) alike. Fun times, but we kind of sucked hard.
I still sometimes work with Minnie Gunn, if only because that girl needs a friend, and DJ Nails and I keep in touch. Haven't heard anything from Benny Dreadz or Rey Don in forever, though.
We were a part of that hardcore cassette-is-the-only-TRUU FORMAT subculture that was briefly around in our area of PA. Minnie still is, which is why you will find none of our music anywhere even remotely accessible.
Listening to "Return to Cyberia (Night Tape Revisited)", and it's actually rather effective, though I think that the vocal samples at the beginning—Alice at the beginning, isn't it?—could have been a bit lower in the mix and perhaps slightly reverbed for the appropriate degree of distant spookiness. It reminds me of the kind of weird little ambient tape pieces you find on old cassette comps from the '80s, and being a huge fan of that stuff... well, yeah. I really like it.
Listening to "Return to Cyberia (Night Tape Revisited)", and it's actually rather effective, though I think that the vocal samples at the beginning—Alice at the beginning, isn't it?—could have been a bit lower in the mix and perhaps slightly reverbed for the appropriate degree of distant spookiness. It reminds me of the kind of weird little ambient tape pieces you find on old cassette comps from the '80s, and being a huge fan of that stuff... well, yeah. I really like it.
I actually tried to do that but it didn't work for some reason.
Also, that piece is a distant descendant of one on TTIAM ("Kassettenacht II"), oddly enough.
god damn i had forgotten how much that rhodes solo grooved. the woodwind solo could be improved (or removed altogether) but damn the rhodes solo has feel
i should jump on my bro's music computer again once he has it set up and try and jam something out to improve that
Life on the Salt Flats: A Modern Album For a Modern Era (2013) Orion Pax (soon) -- Collection of old songs and unreleased material dating as far back as 2007.
Skullboy Entertainment Presents: Breath Weapon (TBA)
Life on the Salt Flats: A Modern Album For a Modern Era (2013) Orion Pax (soon) -- Collection of old songs and unreleased material dating as far back as 2007.
Skullboy Entertainment Presents: Breath Weapon -- Return From a Different Dimension (2013)
And now I can finally save and re-open my FL Studio bones, hooray :D
I plan to (in addition to adding a number of oneshot samples as opposed to loops like most of the song is now) replace the bass sample with one I haven't used already, but I don't know any good isolated basses that would work. Suggestions are welcome.
I now have three finished tracks for Life on the Salt Flats, with another ("Standing Blind in Giza With a Dollar in My Pocket") I am working on as we speak.
More needs to come in eight bars into the second part; otherwise it feels repetitive in spite of the nice texture. Maybe some kind of string part. The ringing sound ameliorates this just a little bit, but there needs to be more. That said, it should be a lot longer, as paradoxical as that sounds. Let the groove ride.
On a related note, the last section is a bit odd, in that it comes in without much warning and, again, feels a bit repetitive, although you do switch up the beat in an interesting way further in. In theory, the sample is a good boost, but in practice, you need more there... and, at points, less. Again, stretch this part out and drop and add elements strategically at different points in the groove. Also, presage the shift with a stripping-out of sounds in the second part and maybe some kind of transitional sound—perhaps some kind of appropriately odd snatch of dialogue, swathed in echo.
Shifting gears for a second: While I think that the above suggestions would make the instrumental itself more enjoyable—and I do think that it has a lot going for it—a strong, live vocal presence—a rap, spoken word, something more exotic even—would really put you over the top.
Like I said, that's basically the spine of the track. More will be there, it's draft two. I'm currently up to draft six and not a whole lot has changed. I'm making use of my newfound ability to actually edit old projects.
Also, suggestions for replacing the bass sample are still welcome.
For some reason, I think that a speed-manipulated snatch of the bass-line to Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)" might work. It's such a ridiculously simple melody.
for anyone who cares, updates on Life on the Salt Flats:
the album will also be available in cassette format in an on-demand basis provided I can find a suitable shipping method. Obviously, this particular method is not free, but the album will still be on bandcamp if you don't want to pay for it.
current confirmed tracklist, these are definitely going on, though their titles are subject to change
Return to The Burning Desert / Life on the Salt Flats
Standing Blind in Giza (& The Tape Cuts Out)
Starbound Signalbeam
and the following are either in the works, are finished but I'm debating whether or not to put them on, or have other issues which need to be resolved before I can get them on. So they may or may not end up on the final product (in the case of the last two, I'm not even sure they were ever finished).
A Legacy of Dust in the Temple of Light (feat. Tre Stuck)
Old God Flow/The Mummy's Curse (feat. Breath Weapon)
For My Cousin in Kyoto
Gradius Rock 3.0
Two Minute Miracle (Remix feat. Tubesock)
The Routine (Tony Knocks, prod. Glowwy-Lookin' Lava Lamp)
So yeah, stuffs.
I also need to find someone to draw me up some cover art.
I might also put my remix of Yelawolf's "Pop The Trunk" on as a bonus track if I ever finish that.
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Rap group (I use the term loosely) I was in as a young lad. Roughly around the same time I was making TTIAM.
We liked to pretend we were the next Wu-Tang Clan or something. I contributed a bit of production (as El the Daze) and rapping (as Breath Weapon) alike. Fun times, but we kind of sucked hard.
I still sometimes work with Minnie Gunn, if only because that girl needs a friend, and DJ Nails and I keep in touch. Haven't heard anything from Benny Dreadz or Rey Don in forever, though.
We were a part of that hardcore cassette-is-the-only-TRUU FORMAT subculture that was briefly around in our area of PA. Minnie still is, which is why you will find none of our music anywhere even remotely accessible.
I actually tried to do that but it didn't work for some reason.
Also, that piece is a distant descendant of one on TTIAM ("Kassettenacht II"), oddly enough.
It's a little too spread out IMO, they go across a sectrum from a 9 minute ambient piece to an almost danceable Oval and Pole inspired number.
this is true of me too
15-year-old musical me played drums at the royal festival hall and wrote electro salsa songs
also this is cool. i like the out of place notes. it is cool and goodsharing oldthings:
i did this... must be getting on for 3 years ago now
god damn i had forgotten how much that rhodes solo grooved. the woodwind solo could be improved (or removed altogether) but damn the rhodes solo has feel
i should jump on my bro's music computer again once he has it set up and try and jam something out to improve that
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
upcoming:
Life on the Salt Flats: A Modern Album For a Modern Era (2013)
Orion Pax (soon) -- Collection of old songs and unreleased material dating as far back as 2007.
Skullboy Entertainment Presents: Breath Weapon (TBA)
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Pretty much
I was wondering if I could get you to do the art for that, actually. Because as Songs shows, I can't do album art for shit.
Also
I do, but I need to figure out how to describe them, I'll send you them once I've done so.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I beg of you on my hands and knees to partake of it.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Careful with the volume
Cool songs, guys.
Though Naney, I agree that you should replace that vocal sample as soon as you can.
In other news, this thing.
Work in progress, obviously.
And now I can finally save and re-open my FL Studio bones, hooray :D
I plan to (in addition to adding a number of oneshot samples as opposed to loops like most of the song is now) replace the bass sample with one I haven't used already, but I don't know any good isolated basses that would work. Suggestions are welcome.
dum-do-da-dum-dum
I now have three finished tracks for Life on the Salt Flats, with another ("Standing Blind in Giza With a Dollar in My Pocket") I am working on as we speak.
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So hey does anyone think anything about that thing that I posted
no?
yes?
maybe?
Well that is very helpful, thank you.
Like I said, that's basically the spine of the track. More will be there, it's draft two. I'm currently up to draft six and not a whole lot has changed. I'm making use of my newfound ability to actually edit old projects.
Also, suggestions for replacing the bass sample are still welcome.
Backwards samples tend to click.
Also the guitar samples are already backwards.
Thing is I've used that same flick of bass many times before (It's from "Harlem Nocturne" by Viscounts) and I'm just kinda sick of it.
I'll look into that, dank je.
Also I have acquired a weird piece of dialog. It is from Ghost Hound.
I got to, I think, episode three before I stopped watching.
Good show? Absolutely, but my attention span has made it impossible for me to watch TV lately.
[coming soon]
We should really make a general music thread to split discussion of music from discussion of heapers' music.
Anyway
this is a thing now and stuff.
for anyone who cares, updates on Life on the Salt Flats:
the album will also be available in cassette format in an on-demand basis provided I can find a suitable shipping method. Obviously, this particular method is not free, but the album will still be on bandcamp if you don't want to pay for it.
current confirmed tracklist, these are definitely going on, though their titles are subject to change
and the following are either in the works, are finished but I'm debating whether or not to put them on, or have other issues which need to be resolved before I can get them on. So they may or may not end up on the final product (in the case of the last two, I'm not even sure they were ever finished).
So yeah, stuffs.
I also need to find someone to draw me up some cover art.
I might also put my remix of Yelawolf's "Pop The Trunk" on as a bonus track if I ever finish that.
oh hey, that one song I did like forever ago that never came out
cool