Monobrow

bumpukjljhlk;j Okay edit: I have a WIP of DW2 track 10 instead. I am fairly sure I can finish it up within the coming week. I will pm you with a WIP and I'd appreciate any feedback you have.

Oh, I remember this song, from like... it seems like a couple years ago... Anyway you still got those (what I described as) bank of america xylos hee.... Nice and chill though. edit: wow looking up, pretty funny that that guy made the same observation as I did way back when.

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Hey Rexy, don't give up you got this going great. I am going to try to attempt either track 13, or track 9 of DW2. I will let you know how it goes within the next couple days probably, if you accept my help. WOOSH

stop hitting yourself why are you hitting yourself why are you hitting yourself stop hitting yourself I am not hitting you stop why are you letting it do this why doesn't it go?

I'm glad my advice helped you. Also, I'm listening to this song on pretty good headphones, if this helps any. I REALLY want to hear a new version of this! I haven't forgotten! Good luck.

Great song, everything fits well together, it's an unorthodox track, but it connects very well. I do feel that it was too short though, it just faded out when I was expecting more. But I guess that's how the original was too.

Badass actually seems to fit here. This is badass. Badass!

If George Harrison can get sued over "My Sweet Lord", and Madonna over "Frozen", then I see no problem at all with this Timbaland fellow paying his dues to the original artist.

Trying to justify the very act that made most of them hate you probably won't help you much. And using the very mentality that made them not like you very much in the first place in order to justify that act probably isn't going to help either. But that aside, if you really want to act in good faith, you probably should listen to the points that people have made to show you that some of the things you perceived about UnMod were really off base.

I'm quoting myself because I think what is happening right now in this thread is directly tied to this subject. Pixie, you can't have it both ways... You came to this thread with your reasoning that you felt was perfectly justifiable. But other people had their own views on what your reasoning meant. If you are just speaking for yourself, then fine, but don't expect to flame someone who is angry about an entire forum being deleted with something like that and not have any sort of reaction. The intent of your post may have been your personal view, but it sounded to me like it was supposed to represent the views of the admin/mods as well. The whole "we" thing. Therefore, in this thread, you are a representative of an ideal of more than one person. Syl was talking about his own personal view, as was I, as was the Coop, as was everyone else here who has responded. The fact that you grouped us all together again, with this "mob" mentality thing, to justify the deletion of UnMod actually surprises me this time, because I had thought there was a lesson learned. If you want to flame Syl, especially under these circumstances, don't expect everyone to play nice. It's not going to happen, especially here, because you were partially responsible for influencing the very deletion of the only place where you could actually get away with it. And since you never participated in UnMod, never actually had any real interaction with Syl before, I would say that you are either goading an already angry community member, and therefore many people who agree with him into acting "angry" to prove your point that we are all bad people, and that you are masochistic enough to use yourself as the bait, or that you just don't really know at all what you are trying to do. But one thing I will say, even if a point has been made, it applies to you as well. I really would like to know what the exact motivation was for you to post what you did. I am trying to be nice here, even though I feel like the same hasn't been done to me. Others are not, they are way past that point.

I guess he should ban her now

I don't understand what you mean when you say "spilled over into GenDisc". I personally know many people who stayed out of GenDisc for a reason. I have no idea where you got this from. There may have been a few people that used both GenDisc and UnMod, but they posted to fit the criteria of each forum. Any spilling was an exception, not something that was common in any way/shape/or form. p.s. please read Coop and Syl's posts on the previous page, I do not want to steal their fire

You would be wrong then, the whole +1 thing was a joke. No one's worth was "actually" assessed by their post count, unless that individual was brand new.

This is the worst thing (besides you) that I have ever witnessed.

Hi Darke, Sorry that you stepped down, I don't think anyone really wanted that. It pisses me off that it always seems like the good ones are always the ones that take a step away from the drama and leave. I am glad that you at least tried to understand what was going on. And thanks for not calling me a liar. For what it is worth.

[Monobrow] this is like a parody of the war in iraq lol I just said this in #ocremix

Haha, this song sounds more like it should belong in the ducktales bayou than in the amazon. Overall, I love this piece. It's great. Your e-guitar is wonderful. This mix overall is a little too muddy though... You need to widen your sound spectrum a little bit, because everything is running into everything else in the mid-range. Or you could work on turning down some instruments a little more when you are focusing on something else, or another instrument has a solo. People can go through a song knowing a bass is there even if it isn't really emphasized more than once in the song. Once you establish a feel, they can pretty much follow. What I'd do is eq the acoustic guitar just a little, but let it and that e-guitar mainly take the mid ranges, and bass needs to leave the mid-range. The bass seems a little bit too overbearing as well, as it seems to make it harder to listen to other instruments. It's a great bassline running, but I think it can be eq'd or turned down or both. Your string instrument has a nice solo, but I think it should be separated from the mid-range as well, it feels too heavy, thus it doesn't come out of this arrangement to shine as much as it could, that well when the solo comes around. EQ it up, because it sounds too much like everything else (range wise) Also I think it could be humanized a little bit more in that solo. (crescendo/decrescendo) more where it could count. Just experiment with your instruments via EQ and see how to make this song sound less lo-fi... I don't know if you can re-record to make anything less muddy, but I think you can remove some useless ranges via EQ. I like your panning, the e-guitar could be panned a bit less though, if you could find a way to balance everything right beforehand. The same with your string instrument. I see what you are doing with it, it's a nice thought for balance, but if everything sounds less muddy overall, you may not have to do this as much. The arrangement is excellent though. The only thing that suffers in this mix at all is production-wise. I hope this helped. I'm not the best at technical advice, but I hope you understand what I am trying to point out. p.s. the drums are okay, but I think you could let that highhat ring or at some more unexpected moments, and it could do with a little more sizzle. Also, the bassline is pretty much muddying up the kick entirely. I think a slight roll at 1:57 before that highhat hit could help with realiism too. Also, what, no cowbell? :J Anyway, good luck. This is really cool.

I dare someone to do Pyramid Head. edit: I once wrote an e-geetar mix of the golbez theme from FF4 (way back when), if anyone would be interested in taking it over and doing whatever they wanted with it, or use it for inspiration, etc. let me know, because I think it could be workable (or at least used for a basis) That original song itself is badass... (this is a boss theme, not exactly a fight theme though, though it IS a boss fight theme at one point) and deserves some guitar, believe me, really...

Okay I think I said something about your other piano piece being the best on the site, and something about cowboys, but I may have changed my mind here. This is crazier than usual. I love it. But don't be offended, as I won't listen to this in traffic or anything because of the insanity. Anyway it's great.

Thanks so far for the comments... So...a vote for no percussion... hmmm Yes Audity, there are strings, though they sound a bit subdued, they are loud enough to hear on my headphones, so it may just be your speakers. But it's nice to know anyway. Yeah that's pretty much the problem with the rest of the song, because the keychange in the next section of the original does lend to a really cheesy and climatic part of the song, followed by that repetition of the piano that doesn't really give me much room for a concrete ending, but I will still experiment around until I figure out something, as I kind of feel that concentrating on just one part of the song is a copout - but I will do it if I can't figure out anything else... or I will just leave the song unfinished. Also I apologize about the lead, it is pretty much untouched, and it pierces my ears as well. Also thanks for the advice at :45, that piano section has irked me for a while, so I will try to make a better "beginning" out of the song since I like my intro a lot. As for the samples... If I find better samples of each instrument, I will probably use them, but use the same effects, etc... It's going to take some work. I am thinking more along the lines of more orchestra percussion now, which bothers me though, because this is not exactly an orchestral arrangement, it's kind of a hybrid... Oh well. Thanks for the input so far

Haha funny you mention that, but actually I don't intend that bare piano to be there anymore, it was just an idea but it didn't really seem to work... The song ends (for now) at 2:45... Though if that part of the song does end up reintroducing itself, I may use it, (which is why I kept it around I guess) We will see. Thanks, I will try to figure out how to move on... It's kind of tough because the original song itself really doesn't have a main melody (verse/chorus) going on, it just meanders along (very beautifully though) and then hits a point to repeat itself over and over... Anyway yeah, the improved piano is going to sound like that basically, (it won't sound so clinky and bare) though I may add a little more decay, it depends on what the piano sounds like when I get it... Actually, most of the samples will be replaced with better ones, I am thinking of orchestrating the part at 2:30 or so with strings/lower brass/flutes etc... Maybe... The main idea will still be there... Then I will work on mastering/production issues most likely. I can see that, thanks for that suggestion It sure does, any input is appreciated.

I like how you incorporated the fairy theme back into theme of woods neat ~fin

1:00 - Okay... I don't like the slap bass that much... Is there any other instrument you could use there? I don't know, it just feels that it's not giving the incoming note progression enough separation from the background. Maybe EQ and all that other stuff could help later, but I think atm, it's your instrument choice. It's not bad during the rest of the song though, just that intro part. 2:30 - Ever heard the song, 7 Minutes from Cowboy Bebop? Well, at around 1:30, strings come in, giving the song a more organic feel, then set up the next part of the song. At 2:30, you are sort of doing that, but I don't think you are taking advantage of your own setup (a chance to bring the more prominent melodies from the source tune maybe? - extending your break there could help too) I think your song is missing something like at 1:30 in 7 Minutes, for a dynamic build to really come out, you could use that song for inspiration maybe. (minus the crazy guitar) Anyway, I thought the sound of your song was very similar in some ways... 7 Minutes also does this at around 3:00... You may not know what I am talking about, but anyway, it's just a thought. 2:40-3:00 - I don't know, I think the piano/string melody and re-emphasis are a little boring, maybe a countermelody after the first run with the piano could help here. 3:50 - Don't be afraid to hold notes with that guitarish thing, or with your strings, they could help emphasize the beat, they don't have to go along with it... Everything sounds "okay" so far, but I just want you to push your limits and experiment around some. With Sephire you may just do that, wish you guys the best. I think separation of elements could help this song out, focus on one thing, bring it out, and pull back some other elements in the background instead of running them through the entire song (not that you are doing this a lot, but I think you could do better)... Hope this helped...

OK, it's been a while... I have quite a few songs that will most likely sit around and never be finished, I don't know what it is, I just don't have the balls (hehe) to finish them or I just get bored and want to move onto something else. Actually pretty much all of my songs are like this. But I particularly like this one: http://www.fileupyours.com/files/62467/MonobrowEternalWIP.mp3 I don't really want to give up on it even though I've moved onto lots of other things in the last year... This one just sits and sits, and I rarely add anything to it. So I'm asking you guys, what would you do to it? I'm pretty much blocked with the direction I want to take. I am getting some much better samples from my uncle after Christmas, so improving on the quality will happen eventually... But what else would you do to the song itself - as in - 1. Would you choose another instrument (within reason) for a part (are there any instrument choices that annoy you) 2. If you are familiar with the source material, would you move on to the next part, or should I focus on what I already have going. 3. Also, percussion, if any, what kind would you add... I really am at a loss there. 4. What would you want out of the song next... Do you like the arrangement, etc. 5. Anything else come to mind besides the real lack of EQ/detail work/volume issues and sample issues... Sorry if some things are too loud on this version, I will have to re-render it sometime on my brother's comp to get a better version, if I can find it haha. Source material = http://www.fileupyours.com/files/62467/Seiken%20Densetsu%20II%20Track%2023%20Eternal%20Recurrence.spc Oh yeah, p.s. the song pretty much ends at 2:45 (haha, whoops - sorry for the extra stuff it is just extra parts that I moved that didn't fit, etc. - have a laugh)