Radiowar
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maybe i should've been more specific...learning synthesis is what i am interested in. i'm not starting without any musical experience whatsoever, and i have a fairly good understanding of quite a few areas of music.
it's the more technical side of things that have been holding me back from really getting into electronic music, is what i'm saying. braincleaner's article on synthesis, for example, has been helpful in explaining things to me that i had not really understood before. and it seems like Reason is a good program to learn from so i will look into that as well.
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after reading this i can only conclude that both would help metal playing in equal amounts only in different ways
yeah pretty much
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well, maybe, but metal's more about the complicated patterns, rhythm, and inflection that you get just by learning to play your instrument better.
and jazz is...
jazz would help a little, but i'd think that the complicated cross-rhythms and patterns that is so intrinsic in modern classical guitar would help more than just the creativity that jazz often focuses on.well that's just the technical aspect, but stylistically many forms of metal are rooted in jazz music.
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that was fast
this is pretty good. i guess one little thing was the section at 2:00 kind of lost the waltz aspect of the song which was disappointing. plus the brass didn't sound too great there either.
the transition to the zelda theme was really good i thought. great use of the midna theme as a motif. good job.
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well...it is very noticeably fl studio. that isn't necessarily a bad thing, look at that song by chumble spuzz that got posted recently. however the sounds you chose are particularly weak ones and they are all put together in a way that really doesn't fit (fx_eh sticks out like a sore thumb).
as for the arrangement, you haven't really presented anything that could be seen as an interpretation of the original. it's pretty much a direct cover.
i think the main thing you should focus on is coming up with a way to separate your version from the original.
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rofl i'd love to see somebody try to pull a /b/ tard stunt, but irl..
see them dragged away by the police yelling "BUT I DID IT FOR THE LULZZZZZZZzzzz..."
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yeah this album is pretty good, much better than deadwing anyways. the more Opeth-inspired stuff they've done recently is not bad, but i'll always prefer the sky moves sideways era of pt
A word of caution, though: the video touches on some topics that some might be offended by, including child violence and drug abuse.i wouldn't worry about those people. anybody offended by the video probably wasn't listening to the song anyways
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I was pretty annoyed but I went ahead and studied Jazz for two years and then decided that it was not helping get better at metal, so I quit that and switched to composition instead of guitar.
really? i think that is a strange decision to make seeing as a lot of metal has its roots in free jazz
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hmm haven't commented on this yet
this is probably the best site project on the site...short, cohesive, and mostly quality music. the whole album is enjoyable to listen to with the exception of son of wind and hero of lore...son of wind is just so cliche and mechanical, and hero of lore just makes me want to sleep when i think it was really meant to have some sense of grandeur.
still, good job on this one.
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yeah i actually did start by going to ishkur's guide. it helps show the nuances of the different genres, whether or not it's supposed to be taken seriously. it's also a good way to make sure i don't end up like the people cocaine white is talking about.
thanks for that link, brain cleaner. that looks really good.
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Using FLStudio doesn't help me, and I can't ever say it helps you.
oh no i meant like if it helps illustrate my situation...not literally
but thanks for your advice
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yeah that's sort of what i do right now, only i am trying to learn what all the different knobs and things on synthesizers and effects actually mean and how they are meant to be applied
if it helps i mostly use fl studio
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i would consider myself pretty capable in quite a few genres of music, anything that doesn't require that i know what i'm doing when i'm turning knobs and stuff
but electronic music is giving me a lot of trouble since i pretty much need to know exactly what i'm doing to achieve certain sounds
anyways the point is i am trying to learn how to make electronic music properly, starting with dance music (i.e. trance, house, etc). trial and error hasn't been working, and i don't really know where else to start. anybody have any recommendations?
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i really liked it
as usual
reminds me of Autechre actually
the Anti EP
moreso than some of the other drill n bass stuff you've done
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this is the sort of remix i hoped somebody would make of this song
though i guess things like the bass could be a little more aggressive
good job
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this is pretty cool. made me want to check out aluminum's other songs anyways.
loved the piano section. liked the ending too. good job.
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I've been wondering, those of you who know how to read sheet music (and can play from it), how did you learn? What method would you recommend? I feel like the more and more I work on it, the more and more I'm missing something. Is it just countless hours of practice? Is it just mind-numbing repetition?
well i learned with a piano teacher...and she had a number of different methods, but the one i remember the most is she had flash cards each with a different note in either the treble or bass clef, and i would have to name and play as many as possible in 30 seconds. of course i did all this when i was like 4 years old so i'm not sure if it will be useful to you...
another thing that might help would be the dozen a day books. they have lots of little easy exercises that would help both your reading and your technique, so i'd look into that.
While I'm at it, does knowing theory even help with making music? If you study intervals until you can name them, does that help?ehh not really. intervals and scales are really part of the most basic music theory elements and are really only building blocks for things like music harmony, form analysis, counterpoint, etc. which are more applicable to actual composition...however those things really only apply to composition in the classical sense and probably will not do you much good.
I would venture a guess that being able to recognize an interval by its sound alone would make it terribly simple to play what one hears. Is that right? Should I just memorize them?not necessarily...you may be able to know the interval but unless you have perfect pitch you'll still need to find the key. if you really want to learn intervals though, there are techniques like using songs to identify them (e.g. a perfect 4th sounds like "o christmas tree" and a perfect 5th sounds like the star wars theme, etc.)
probably the most effective use of your time is to learn to basics as you're doing right now, then focus on learning about modes and chord voicings and those sorts of things. that will give you the flexibility to play and write in pretty much any key.
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neskvartetten have a bunch of cool songs they haven't submitted here yet...
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what i'm saying is this is probably my favourite of all the mallet pieces you've posted here
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the piano sounds really dry in the intro, but once the rest of the instruments come in it isn't really an issue. the drums aren't the greatest though. i am interested in hearing the lo-fi version of this that liontamer mentioned, i think the drums would sound better in that context. but for one of the earlier remixes this is really good
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the buildup from piano to the full band was executed very well
love that B3 organ in there
i think i might keep this one
good job
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this is pretty cool
my only thing about this is that, being entirely synthetic brass, the fakeness does come through
however the parts are all very well written which makes it less of an issue
so yeah...looking forward to the finished version
oh and whatever happened to that black hole remix you posted here awhile back?
return of the weapons factory remix
in Post Your Game ReMixes!
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ok so I have spent a lot of time today rewriting the song. The intro is a lot shorter than it used to be. i put in some drums which are just a placeholder for now while i learn to do dnb drums properly (it is the most tedious thing on the planet), but they add a lot of energy to the intro that i think was missing before. And the middle section just repeats a lot for now while I think of ways to make it more interesting without getting too complex.
http://alexhhhh.googlepages.com/Leafcutterv7.mp3