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I was roaming around the LBPC threads, looking at all the wonderful posts,when I stumbled across a couple of threads that were basically showcases for an artist's music.
"Well, that's a limited conversation", thought I.
Wouldn't it be nice to expand on that a little, and make a thread to show-off all the musical talent lurking around here.

And so, Viola!
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2.jpg
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2-1.jpg
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/musicbygadders-1.jpg
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2.jpg
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2-1.jpg

A thread for posting music that you create, and discussions about The creation of music, and the inspirations to create music.

Now, a word of admonishment; You are free to post as you see fit, of course.
I would, however, loathe to see this thread degenerate into a debate over one type of music's superiority over another.

That being said...

Welcome to

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/musicbygadders-1.jpg

BTW- if you are looking for a place to upload your stuff, here are a few places that we've found. if any one knows of one that they find particularly good, let me know and I'll post it here:

__FREE AUDIO HOSTING__
Sound cloud: My PS3 Doesn't like this site much. it can't press the play button for some reason.
http://soundcloud.com/

NewGrounds: Not bad over all. If you ignore all the rating nonsence and general competitive stupidity that wanders around in it. there are also alot of flash proggies to try out and rate. if you like.
http://www.newgrounds.com/

The Audio Portal: Is a Flegling offshoot of Newgrounds made by a group of people who had gotten fed up with the general mood of Newgrounds.
http://theaudioportal.com/portal/

pitcard - "I think bandcamp is just as good as soundcloud... but maybe thats not what you're looking for. Its more for showcasing your tracks/albums and have very nifty ways of selling tracks etc..."
http://bandcamp.com/

2009-08-17 19:35:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Okay! well, I'll get things going with a little seed for the hat, so -to -speak.

Here are a couple that I did:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK3g_88002Q"]YouTube - Throw down with Laurell and Hardy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbKyKZw8xes"]YouTube - temples remix -

Now I didn't say they were any good! lol That's where I'm counting on you guys!

2009-08-17 19:37:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Well, I play guitar, but I haven't really written anything of my own yet, and even if I had I'm not sure I would record it and post it on the interwebz anyway...

THAT SAID, this thread sounds like a great idea and I hope it takes off for you.

2009-08-17 19:47:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

Thanks,dandy! I was surprised when I looked around that there wasn't a thread like this.(only looked back a couple months, so maybe there's an old one, IDK)

2009-08-17 20:00:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Yeah, it is a bit surprising that there isn't a thread like this out there somewhere... Oh, well. I'll get out now, seeing as I'm being quite off-topic here. Good luck once again.

2009-08-17 20:06:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

Wow, this is a great thread! Thanks for telling me about it, Swan, and I must say, your compositions are fantastic! They're also rather psychedelic, but may I ask how you got some of the music samples from the level music? Or did you have to recreate them yourself?

As for me, well, I've but up two here already...I'm doing another one atm but meh, I'll post it here later. I do all the instruments myself...

YouTube - "Effulgence", Heel Music (Full Song)

YouTube - "Overcast", Heel Music (Full song)

And an old one...

YouTube - "Cadaver", Heel Music Extract

2009-08-17 21:06:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

I had listened to Overcast before and loved it...I just finished listening to Effulgence. It Made my fingers twitch!
It might be fun to get some track-swapping going on, if this thread gets some regulars.

As for the game music, I was able to filter out the play mode-hum from some of it like the sitar, and some of the drums. Other parts, like the piano part, it was just easier and faster to play myself, even if I didn't play it verbatim.
Since it was one of the inter-active tracks I really didn't have to sift through much at all to get the parts I wanted to work with.

Plus, they were kind enough to record it at exactly 105 bpm, so That's always nice.

2009-08-17 23:02:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Hey swan man. Thanks for the invite!

Here's a fairly difficult song that I won a $2,000 scholarship with a few years ago. (I did not write this, but I did change a few things about it that I didn't like...Yeah, I know that's probably grounds for a flogging, but whatever, that's how I roll.)

Please don't mind the title. I did that solely to generate more views on youtube.

YouTube - Crazy Hard Piano Song: Tocatta

I have a BUNCH of stuff I've written. Some of it is serious, but a lot of it is humorous, (intentionally). I'll post some of that maybe when this thread gets going more.

2009-08-18 01:43:00

Author:
ApellesJr

Posts: 282

Now I didn't say they were any good! lol That's where I'm counting on you guys!
I think they are pretty good, the second tune would even fit for a LBP tune imho!

Would you care to tell how you've made this?
(whenever i hear someone talking about music, i'm always interested to hear how it's made and what you've used)

cheers,
misty

2009-08-19 11:02:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

here are some links of some of my sound design experiments, well... more noise-experiments

It's not music, just stuff i like to fool around with.
What you are hearing are called "noodles", self playing modular structures that produce sound. (lots of math and algebra involved)
Everything is made from scratch on a modular system (clavia G2) with sound synthesis (no samples used).
http://share.ovi.com/media/mothermisty.public/mothermisty.10001
http://share.ovi.com/media/mothermisty.public/mothermisty.10002
http://share.ovi.com/media/mothermisty.public/mothermisty.10003

will try to post some links from proper "music" as well

misty.

2009-08-19 11:18:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

@ KoRnDawwg
The Dynamics of your first post are really, really nice! I know a lot of musicians that feel they have to burn from bar one. It's not so common to find someone like you who can set up an interesting flow. What do you record on? What do you use for tracking and mix?

@ ApellesJr:
That is beautiful! It's like Manhiem Steam Roller, Geroge Gershwin, and Claude Debusy rolled into one piece! It's atrists like you that hold me in awe. When ever I start to get too cocky about my music, I can just give this a listen and things will be put back into perspective for me! lol. How long had you been playing when you recorded this?

@ mother-misty:
Zounds! Gadzooks! holy-moly! That's unreal!
As far as it not being music, I'd disagree emphatically! It evokes an emotional reaction through non-verbal audio. Seems like music to me.

I have never heard of Noodles before now. what do you use to make them? Is it rendered in individual samples? This is a gem of an addition to this thread, Thanks!.

The first is my favorite of the three, but is closely followed by the other two. Do they have names? Man! I wanna Play with your stuff (that didn't sound right, but I think I'll leave it).

I used to have a guy who would come around, and play around with my proggies and equipment, just to see how much weird sound he could produce. He claimed not to be a musician, but he could make my machines do things I would have never thought of! Your attitude twards your noodles (again, an awkward phrase), reminds me a lot of him.

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2.jpg

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2.jpg

I'm always happy to ramble on about making music. I tend to be a little egocentric when it comes to my tunes.

Temples remix was a pretty straight forward exercise in dubbing parts of the LBP interactive track "temples" into Magix music maker, and laying down some sequenced tracks.
The Piano part, and some of the tabla parts from the game had a bunch of back-ground stuff I didn't really want, so I ended up playing the piano part via MIDI, and splicing the crap out of the tabs and crew shout "hey!".
The sequenced arpeggios, I made with a VST sequencer that came with Magix. Some of the additional percussion, I pulled from my library of loops. I don't really remember what I used to make it. Possibly Propeller Heads' Reason. It's possible I didn't make it at all, but I usually don't like to use dry public domain.
It was just a quick little thing to promote my level, so I didn't go far from my main apps to do it, and it ends where it ends on the vid. Actually that little broken blip at the end of the vid is an artifact of utube, but I like it and think I'll start simulating it.

Throw-down, I did for no reason at all, save for being inspired by the little dance Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy did in "Way Out West". In the original footage, you can really feel the affection those two men had for each other, and their audience. I'm afraid I may have lost some of that effect here (especially in the first part).
I used a lot of different synths and effects. A lot of it started from an Alesis keyboard, but is heavily processed. I also used fruity-loops and buzz for a lot of effects and synths. I arranged the video along-side the song, bar-for-bar, so sometimes the action dictated the tune, and sometimes vice-versa.
Apart from format conversions, I used Magix for the video and audio sync, and Video wave5 for the final mix-down.

I couldn't be more thrilled about the variety of music collected so far in this thread. I love to mix it up, and this is great! Now, If only we had some hang-drummers, over-tone singers, and mouth-harp artists to add to the mix!
"if only" ? Who am I kidding?
If I got them on this thread, I'd be saying "now, if only we had some one playing a nose-flute, and a circuit bending artist."

I call this "vinny's guitar",but don't be fooled, it's actually my guitar work (and the other stuf around it)
Vinny's guitar by Swan Brown (http://share.ovi.com/media/swanbrown.swansongs/swanbrown.10002)

mother mist has incedentally turned me on to a place to share my audio
-edit-
Sadly, OVI is no longer allowing audio uploads... see OP for sugestions about good free audio hosting.

2009-08-19 15:04:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

here are some links of some of my sound design experiments, well... more noise-experiments

I liked these. In college I was big into sound design as well. "modular-synthesis" was the big thing back then. Probably best described as sound on a microscopic cellular level. Building sounds timbre from scratch.

Here's some of my stuff. It's out on a Japanese label which is the Japanese division of Prefuse 73's label. When I get off my **** I send it out to other labels hopefully it'll be available in Europe and the U.S. too in the not too distant future.

YouTube - CAPUCHIN - 2nd Place Is The 1st Loser

Someone uploaded up one of my tracks to youtube. Check my sig for a link to the label and some more samples as well.

2009-08-19 17:00:00

Author:
Sosaku

Posts: 146

Vinny's guitar by Swan Brown
A perfect song with the 35C? were are having here and my Mojito!

That sounds fantastic swanbrown! Did you do that all on your own?
Dynamics are great and it sounds very "pro", reminds me a bit of the herbaliser
5 stars and a heart!

misty

2009-08-19 18:05:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

Here's some of my stuff. It's out on a Japanese label which is the Japanese division of Prefuse 73's label. When I get off my **** I send it out to other labels hopefully it'll be available in Europe and the U.S. too in the not too distant future.
I'm really impressed with the quality of the music in this thread, i'm almost ashamed to post more links

That sounds great sosaku, totally my cup of tea!
This song could easily be on a old warp or mowax cd IMHO!
Please let me know when this is available in europe

misty.

2009-08-19 18:15:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

http://www.ursession.com/NinjaMic

Been writin' about 15 years... tracks are very old (2004 ish), but I still write, record with different people I run into, and always plan on getting back into it.

I did this stuff with a laptop, a tiny $3 voice chat microphone (held in place with a roll of toilet paper and a knotted up tank top), and a demo of cool edit pro... so quality is meh, and I can do alot more vocally than I was able to record (any audible emoting = static, bad levels).

There are some other even older tracks mixed in on my old soundclick page too - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=43283

2009-08-19 18:16:00

Author:
Unknown User

@ the misty mother:
Thanks for your kind words. Yes it's all me. Right down to the finger-snaps

@ Sosaku:
Dude! I can't stop listening to your last post!
What's it called?
This is taking for ever to type because I keep stoping just to groove to it. I suppose I could press pause, but then your great music would stop, and I simply can't have that right now. I can't even go into advanced mode! lol

I hope would-be posters on this thread arn't intimidated by all the Supurb tracks you people have been posting.

I am so Impressed, and inspired by you all!
Life is Sweeeeet!

Okay, the music just stopped. time to post while I've got the chance!

2009-08-19 18:26:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

I did this stuff with a laptop, a tiny $3 voice chat microphone (held in place with a roll of toilet paper and a knotted up tank top), and a demo of cool edit pro... so quality is meh, and I can do alot more vocally than I was able to record (any audible emoting = static, bad levels).
Wow, i've heard much worser stuff from people with a budget x1000 higher.
If you can make such recordings on a crappy $3 mic you will fantastic things on some pro gear, you're really good at text writing as well (your poetic text bubbles in your levels make a lot more sense now

)
I'm not really such a big hip hop fan but i really enjoyed your sound examples, some nice stuff between it (especially liked character assassination & moonlite sonato)
Also nice to read some of you bio ninja, I always wondered why your location was Rome/NY

misty

2009-08-19 18:36:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

@ ninja mic: holy crow! That's Awesome! you've got me thinking about trading my 58 for a head-set! And the cool edit demos only last a month or two. Most impressive, young jedi!. Out-freaking-staaaaanding! I really liked the moonight sonata too. Really good stuff!

2009-08-19 18:40:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

I've been experimenting with sound design & music for about 20 years now, so it's hard to give 1 example because i've tried lots of different things

These are some samples from an old IDM project of mine, it was made about 10 years ago and released in 2002 on EN

EG (sublabel of n5MD)
http://www.enpeg.com/discography.php?catno=06
(click on the little orange samples to hear a crappy mp3 preview

)
will try to post some stuff of some of my other projects as well

misty.

2009-08-19 18:50:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

Thanks, swan lol if only I was still a padouin.

That stuff is actually really nice, Misty. I hope I'm listening to the right tracks - phaeon -concept pillow? If so I can literally hear the understanding of sound in the music itself. I would get lost in that under the right mental conditions

2009-08-19 19:01:00

Author:
Unknown User

That stuff is actually really nice, Misty. I hope I'm listening to the right tracks - phaeon -concept pillow? If so I can literally hear the understanding of sound in the music itself. I would get lost in that under the right mental conditions

hehe, thanks. yep, you were listening to the right stuff.

I could actually even see myself spitting over stuff like this - I'm a very acapella-centric lyricist sometimes... but I like to rhyme through intros and breaks, or just very subtle understated instrumentals because I think it allows the mind to focus on the vocals and words while still being entertained and entranced.
Funny you mention that, i was listening to your stuff and was checking mine afterwards and already could hear the combination in my head, it sounded very "funkst?ring-like"

YouTube - Funkstörung - Grammy Winners

While i'm not really a hip hop fan, i love stuff like that!
hmm.... maybe i need to check my archives for some beats

misty.

2009-08-19 19:16:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

yeah! except ninja's got a better voice and misty's rhythms are richer.

my understated sequel to baby elephant walk (http://share.ovi.com/media/swanbrown.swansongs/swanbrown.10004?sort=0)

2009-08-19 19:42:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Zounds! Gadzooks! holy-moly! That's unreal!
As far as it not being music, I'd disagree emphatically! It evokes an emotional reaction through non-verbal audio. Seems like music to me.
I already had trouble proving that electronic music is actually 'music' before here, not everyone is that broad-minded, but actually i have to agree with you

I just didn't want to post this as a "song" because well... it isn't. Whenever I load this i just starts and depending on how i've programmed it, it can sound different everytime. It doesn't have an end as well, it goes on, forever... It's hard to "capture" it actually, these example are only snippets of a couple of minutes.

I have never heard of Noodles before now. what do you use to make them? Is it rendered in individual samples?
no, no samples involved, everything you hear is realtime generated with soundsynthesis on a digital modular synthesizer.
Just like sosaku already mentioned it's probably best described as making sound on a microscopic cellular level, building sounds/timbres from scratch with waveforms in a graphical environment.
It looks like this
http://lesitedeburnie.free.fr/big/Nordleadmodular.jpg

Basicly you start with sound generators (called oscillators, they produce basic waveforms like sawtooth, square, sine, noise...) and you 'process" them in various ways. Everything is modular so you can connect anything to anything. there are over 150 different types of modules (stuff like filters, saturators, distortion, delays, reverbs, sequencer, and a lot of logic modules as well) by connecting all those you create your sounds.
You can compare it best to LEGO, you have different kinds of basic 'building blocks' and with those blocks you build your own stuff. And just like LEGO you can connect anything to anything which gives the creator a lot of freedom and possibilities and most of all... a lot of fun!

misty.

2009-08-19 19:46:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

OH! I have a lot of vst synths and an app called Buzz that allow you to work directly with oscillators, sub ocs and all that wonderfull stuff. One of wich is a moog emulator that I can spend houres getting lost in, if I'm not carefull.

Buzz is my versitile sequencer/synth set. It's not nearly as pretty as yours, but many of the synths in it do pretty much that, and allow you to direct the out-put from anything, to pretty much anything else. It's alot like having an infinate number of effect pedels and midi synths and being able to jam them together how ever you please.

My favorite feature is, it's price...DONATE WARE and they accept computer parts as payment!
Jeskola Buzz free modular software music studio (http://www.buzzmachines.com/)
A screen shot of my poor little buzz mod synth (http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/little%20big%20shots/buzzscreenshot.jpg)

the rumor is that Jescola abandoned the project after some-how loosing the source-code. Just a rumor.

2009-08-19 20:13:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Wow, some fantastic stuff here! Swan, I love "Vinny's Guitar". It has a very nice feel to it, and you're mixing is fantastic.

Same with KornnDawwg - great mixing, and I love the pieces. You have a nice style.

Misty, never be ashamed to post your stuff! I loved your "noodles"! Some really neat sounds there. I wish I could create sounds like that using synthesizers and such.

Not a huge fan of hip-hop either, but Ninja you stuff was great too - and nice to see you here again

I'm more into the orchestral front. I'm actually auditioning for several music schools in a few months, as I'm planning on going into composition for film/video games/etc.

Thanks Misty for introducing me to a great site to upload my music - I've been looking for something like that for ages!

One of my most recent pieces:
http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10001

This is a funny one. It's meant to be kind of comedic in a way, and isn't orchestral. The instruments are not good quality, but it fits the piece. It's completely dry I think. I submitted this into a competition for 19 and under (I was 15 at the time) and won first place in Ontario and second in Canada

http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10002

This one is a piece I composed for a play. It's hard to explain exactly what was happening during the scene, but essentially a mysterious character was telling an inspiring story

http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10004

I have many more pieces I'd love to share if you guys want. I now used to use Sonar Home Studio when I had a PC, and now use Logic Pro 8 on Mac. I currently am using Logic's sounds mostly, adding my own reverb/EQ and other such effects. I'll be getting a new orchestral library in the mail any day now, from Kirk Hunter.

2009-08-19 20:33:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

Here's some of my stuff. It's out on a Japanese label which is the Japanese division of Prefuse 73's label. When I get off my **** I send it out to other labels hopefully it'll be available in Europe and the U.S. too in the not too distant future.

YouTube - CAPUCHIN - 2nd Place Is The 1st Loser (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws94bDbH-Hs)

Someone uploaded up one of my tracks to youtube. Check my sig for a link to the label and some more samples as well.

That song belongs in LBP. Excellent

I have another, I'm still uploading...

2009-08-19 21:06:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

@ hilightnotes hmm. having trouble accessing your stuff. are your files set to "private", by any chance?

Whoops! How do I change it?

EDIT: ok, I changed it.

Go back to my previous post, the links should now work.

2009-08-19 22:19:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

Well of course theres my remix of Leaders Of Men..

YouTube - [LBP Music] Daniel Pemberton - Leaders Of Men (DCDJ Remix)

And do you like waffles?

YouTube - [DCDJ Animation] Do You Like Waffles? [720P HD]

And the rest of my music can be found on my site:

http://www.dcdj.co.uk

2009-08-20 00:27:00

Author:
DanC

Posts: 433

@ hilightnotes : That is Brilliant stuff! Ilove it. my favorite is clear spring I wish it were longer!

@ trickster223: Man that's cool! I've only heard little snippets of it on the show, but then again I'm still pretty now to LBPC. I like how it starts off kind of slow and cheap sounding, and by then end it's smoking!. Are you planing on doing any more LBP covers? I will, if you will.
(pfft! what am I talking about? I probably will anyway.)

Man, I'm glad I started this thread. It's already given me some sweeeeet ear-candy to listen to.

Although...

There's a major genre that seems a little under represented here. I'm thinking about maybe posting a word of encouragement in a thread...

Frankly, they scare me a little. lol

2009-08-20 02:55:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Thanks Swan

The length was determined by the length of the scene in the play, so that's why it isn't longer. But yeah, it would be nice to someday extend it. I'm going to upload some more pieces now I think.

2009-08-20 03:29:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

Okay, so we had some technical difficulty getting these links working right, but we got it sorted out, and it was worth the wait!

One of my most recent pieces:
http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10001

This is a funny one. It's meant to be kind of comedic in a way, and isn't orchestral. The instruments are not good quality, but it fits the piece. It's completely dry I think. I submitted this into a competition for 19 and under (I was 15 at the time) and won first place in Ontario and second in Canada

2009-08-20 04:46:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Alright, here's some more of my songs:

This one is a really short piece I made that is meant to be kinda like an anthem, conveying hope.
http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10007

This is the same theme turned to the minor scale and made into a short action sequence. Again, very short. I actually did these as an assignment for my composition teacher.
http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10008

This is a song I made for an online internet game. The sounds aren't great, because this is before I got Logic (as were the two above). Although my current sounds still aren't that great

- like I said in an earlier post, I just upgraded and should be getting some new sounds in the mailbox soon!
http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10006

And here's another one I submitted into a competition this year. I won first place in Ontario again, but I didn't hear back from the Canada-wide results, meaning I probably didn't come in the top 3. I'm not surprised though. I actually made this song almost completely in one day (although I was basing it on a piano composition I had made a while back), and also had to make a score which ended up having several glaring errors. Since I submitted it I have improved the piece a lot, so this is the latest version:
http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10005

2009-08-20 05:12:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

I love it when you write tunes about spring! Your compositions with the word spring in the title are incredible!

Not that your others are chopped liver, I just like your spring songs best so far!

2009-08-20 05:30:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Haha, I didn't even realize I had two songs with "Spring" in the name.

"The Clear Spring", as all the other songs I made for that play, is actually named that because those are the main words in that scene that can represent the entire scene the song is for.
The Promise of Spring was named by my grandmother believe it or not, when I first made the piano version of it many years back and couldn't think of a name!

In other news, I was noodling around on the piano the other day and came up with a neat little theme. I recorded it on my keyboard into the computer, and then set out to figure out the time signature and get everything quantized properly so I had the theme clearly laid out.
A long while later, after many frustrating attempts at finding the key signature, I found out that the theme is in 17/8 time for 2 bars, and 16/8 time for another two bars.
...Crazeh! And the theme itself doesn't sound too weird or anything!

2009-08-20 06:21:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

EDIT: Video removed, I have a better version and I'm uploading it right now!

And to answer your question Swan, I use a TASCAM four-track digital porta-studio

2009-08-20 10:43:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

I will upload some stuff.

2009-08-20 16:08:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Here we go. Oh, and I will also rep anyone who can guess what program I use to edit my music

YouTube - "Just a ride..." (Bill Hicks), HeelMusic Instrumental

Taken from Bill Hick's Revelations:

YouTube - Bill Hicks: Life is Just a Ride

2009-08-20 17:15:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

Sorry. I couldn't resist. Your mixes are really nice.
wow! the titles are super! and thanks for posting the source material.

Sadly, I'm afraid you must now be shot.

@ Omega slayer: yes! by all means! post away. I look forward to hearing your stuff.

2009-08-20 17:38:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Heavy metal...
10 years ago...
2 songs from my band's debut and last album
The recording is awful since our label didn't pay the studios for 2 weeks but only for 4 days, so everything is quite a first attempt...it sounds more like a demo than a real pro records...one of the reason the bans splitted up during the same recording session.
I'm not very proud of the record and I'm disappointed at how my songs appear in that version...

Anyway music and lyrics 100% by me
Almost every lead guitars and all rhythm guitars by me...and some backing vocals

I suppose I feel very well in this forum since usually I don't share my stuff, but don't ask me the name of the band or whatever since I won't tell you.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BYKY4O97

2009-08-21 15:47:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I finally got Guitar Rig 3 Kontrol Edition today!

I'll hopefully get down some music, and upload snippets of what I'll already made, so you all can stare in awe point and laugh. I'll be running GR3 as a plug-in in Ableton Live, where I'm already running Reason in reWire mode.

It doesn't seem that long ago that I downmixed tracks to fit more into my old four-track tape recorder...

2009-08-21 15:54:00

Author:
slutzinc

Posts: 124

Wow... there's so much great talent on this site! I'm digging everything everyone has shared so far... really great stuff folks.

Anyways, I just posted this the other day in another thread about unsigned bands but I guess it could fit in here too. This is my old band's video we did for the title track for a film from Seville Pictures. This is a few years back now and we're wearing our stage clothes so please be gentle.. lolz.

We literally shot this video within days of writing the song, so there may be some issues with parts not matching up here and there.

I have some of my own stuff where I'm not playing drums (that I've written on keyboards and guitar and/or arranged sampling), but it's not linked on any sites or anything so I guess I can't share any of that.

YouTube - Whatever

2009-08-21 17:07:00

Author:
Rustbukkit

Posts: 1737

here is some of my music
www.myspace.com/davedeboer
i got three samples up there
they are all quite different so give them a listen

2009-08-21 19:52:00

Author:
deboerdave

Posts: 384

This is just barely mine. I did the beat, some of the bass, the mix and video edit:

I basically roamed around utube finding things that sounded good, and then mixed them together.
I knew I wouldn't be happy untill I found some way to post some hang drum and tuvan throaght singing here. lol

These three people speak three differant languages, and would have difficulty speaking to one another...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN4-aGpws9g"]YouTube - Reminiscence mix

...But look what they can SAY!

2009-08-22 07:16:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Speak of the hang drum and he shall appear! That just makes me want one all the more badly- awesome music mix swanbrown!

I don't think I have any mics or equipment to record my concertina stuff. . . and as I said before they're mostly just a bunch of short zelda tunes from ocarina of time that I tought myself to play.

2009-08-22 20:37:00

Author:
squirlin

Posts: 224

Cool stuff swan!
Really cool stuff.

2009-08-22 21:06:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

[QUOTE=squirlin;269708]Speak of the hang drum and he shall appear! That just makes me want one all the more badly- awesome music mix swanbrown!
QUOTE]

I gave up on buying a hang a few years ago when I found out they weren't making them anymore. Seems like they have stopped and re-started production several times now.... but also that they won't ever stop making them, so there's still hope.

Absolutely beautiful instrument.

2009-08-22 21:35:00

Author:
Rustbukkit

Posts: 1737

I MADE TOO ZONGS!

Well, I've written more than two songs, but I'm too lazy to record the ones I play on mai guitar.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/266031
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/265076

Tell me what you think pl0x.

2009-08-22 23:38:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

@ OmegaSlayer: Cool! I haven't listened to it yet, but I will download it and then convert it into a more liquid format and link it, if that's okay with you. Let me know your thoughts.

@ slutzinc I STILL use a 4 track. Except now, it's all digital and fits in my pocket. Just doesn't seem rite, some how. I kind of miss my old reel-to-reels with the big lever to yank them into drive-mode. Nice satisfying *KlunK*!

@ Rustbukkit: WOW! That's great! That's a really nice sound! The video is nice too. Of course, I especially like the synth feel it has mixed in with the more crunchy stuff! I was beginning to worry that the key-board freaks (I mean that affectionately) were beginning to dominate this thread.

@ deboerdave: That is perfect for my more contemplative moments. Meditation is my favorite, The violin is really nice on that! I didn't tune into it until the second listening. Once you notice it, it really is sweet!

@ Awesomemans: Nicely done! My favorite was "Dogkenetic..." It had some really nice transitions. What did you use to make it?

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2-1.jpg

I hate to pat my own shoulder here, but this is turning into a great collection of tunes to gadd by! I had thought there'd be more discussion, but I'm not complaining. maybe I should have called this thread "gadders' Hits".

2009-08-23 00:50:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Well, I my space is about 25 square metres, so it's obviously very limited space. Add to that a tilting ceiling, and there's even less room. Working digitally gives me options that I could otherwise not afford or not find the space for, so that is a big plus. The downside is that I really miss messing about with the hardware, really feeling the work in progress. If you're not careful, working digitally can mean you'll become so obsessed with the technology that you skimp the core creative process.

Either way, I really do miss the rewinding and fast-forwarding of the good old magnetic cassette tapes, the horrible sample rate, and the underlying tape hissing.

2009-08-23 01:09:00

Author:
slutzinc

Posts: 124

wiirrrrrrribbleigilegablegarblebiberibit!fwipity! fwip! fwip! fwip! fwip! fwip! fwip! fwip! fwip! fwip! fwip! ...

*sigh*
I used to love that sound!

2009-08-23 01:33:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

That brings a tear to my eye...

2009-08-23 03:05:00

Author:
slutzinc

Posts: 124

@ Awesomemans: Nicely done! My favorite was "Dogkenetic..." It had some really nice transitions. What did you use to make it?

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2-1.jpg

I hate to pat my own shoulder here, but this is turning into a great collection of tunes to gadd by! I had thought there'd be more discussion, but I'm not complaining. maybe I should have called this thread "gadders' Hits".

I used Fruity Loops.

Alright, here's some more of my songs:

This one is a really short piece I made that is meant to be kinda like an anthem, conveying hope.
http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10007

This is the same theme turned to the minor scale and made into a short action sequence. Again, very short. I actually did these as an assignment for my composition teacher.
http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10008

This is a song I made for an online internet game. The sounds aren't great, because this is before I got Logic (as were the two above). Although my current sounds still aren't that great

Can I ask what game you made that song for?

2009-08-23 04:05:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Thanks! Yeah, I plan on going into composition for video games/film so that's good!

I made it for this game: http://www.bonuslevel.org/games/game_captain-dan-v-zombie-plan_14.html

The version he used is actually a bit of an older version and the quality isn't fantastic, but it works

It's also a looping version so it doesn't have the climactic ending.

2009-08-23 04:23:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

I just played the game...I thought the music worked well. the game it's self didn't. but the music did. lol

2009-08-23 04:36:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

You can do it Swan, I had some problems in uploading to youtube, so, there's no problem if you manage to do it.

2009-08-23 09:44:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

2009-08-23 14:53:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

This is the same theme turned to the minor scale and made into a short action sequence. Again, very short. I actually did these as an assignment for my composition teacher.
I like short and powerfull tunes, this is one of them, good job!

I've heard you're auditioning for several music schools in a few months, good luck, you certainly have talent!

misty.

2009-08-23 14:58:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

Thanks!

I really like your songs Mother-Misty - the backings especially are really awesome! It's amazing how you use math to help create some (all?) of those sounds.

2009-08-23 16:22:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

Hi,

found some more old work.
This is a remix i've done for autechre (was never released though)

misty

Nice... I used to listen to a lot of autechre. Did they solicit you to remix the song or did you do it on your own with the hopes that they might use it?

2009-08-24 03:03:00

Author:
Rustbukkit

Posts: 1737

Nice... I used to listen to a lot of autechre. Did they solicit you to remix the song or did you do it on your own with the hopes that they might use it?
no, there was an autechre remix competition, i just entered that one...

misty.

2009-08-24 07:25:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

Just got down a quick draft of a song. Arrangement is locked for now. Not very typical for my stuff, but I like the change. Usually I can get lost in a theme in end up with a seven minute tune, when four or five minutes would have been enough, so it's rare for me to end up with such a fast-paced and (hopefully) energetic tune. Will probably go back and add more textures, but I will try and keep it to that in-your-face kind of feel.

http://share.ovi.com/media/slutzinc.Musicdrafts/slutzinc.10001

Edit: Oh, yeah! I'll probably add some vocals as well. Duh..!

2009-08-24 11:39:00

Author:
slutzinc

Posts: 124

hm, that link doesn't work slutzinc

(it says the file is either private or deleted)

misty.

2009-08-24 13:00:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

The link I posted was the direct link to the file. I've added it to a public album and updated the link. Try again, and let me know if it doesn't work.

2009-08-24 13:09:00

Author:
slutzinc

Posts: 124

Try again, and let me know if it doesn't work.
the link works now, i can hear it loud & clear!

misty.

2009-08-24 14:05:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

Good to know that's sorted. I thought files was immediately public, but oh well... Now I know what to do next time I feel like sharing something.

2009-08-24 14:18:00

Author:
slutzinc

Posts: 124

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/musicbygadders-2.jpg

@ OmegaSlayer: I tried to download your stuff, but my Macaffee threw a hissy fit about the sight it was on. I may try again later.

@ slutzinc : I glad you got that posted. I'm sorry I didn't get round here to help.

@ Mother myst: Thanks for helping out. Highlightnotes and I went through this process earlier. apperantly ovi likes it's links to be made while signed out.
weird.

2009-08-26 23:39:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

@ slutzinc WOW! that's nice! I'd love to hear some more! If that's a rough draft, I REALLY look forward to hearing the finished version!

@ mother mysty: Every new thing you show us is better than the last. how long can you keep this up?!

Anyway, here's a collaboration between my sister and I. She's got the voice, and I've got....The Groucho Marx sound library.

My Own Home - from the jungle book (http://share.ovi.com/media/swanbrown.dummy/swanbrown.10006)

2009-08-26 23:50:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Great one slutzinc! Like swan said, can't wait to hear the finished song.

Here's a new piece I just finished today. I might still tweak it a bit, as there's a couple parts that could be mixed better.
I made this song for my school Symphonic Band to play this year, so there's no strings. It's got brass, woodwind, percussion, and sax.

(EDIT: Updated song to latest version)
http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10010

EDIT: really really cool song swan! Great voice and effects! Fantastic sounds also.

2009-08-27 03:06:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

That's right up there with your 'spring' tunes! I am amazed. any chance of you being able to record the band and posting it here?

If not, it's okay, of course. it's just that....wow!

no, really... wow!

Some day, we'll figure out how to synth a proper sax (and brass). Having typed that last sentence, I can imagine rows of professional brass players emptying their spit-valves in my direction.
I love the sound of live brass, and even if we manage to get artificial brass right, it won't be a replacement. We've managed to get pipe organs down pretty well, but go audience one in person, and you'll get a since of what I'm talking about.
The same holds true with other acoustic performances.

2009-08-27 03:41:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Thanks!

So does that mean I have to have 'Spring' somewhere in the title now?

You know, I really should record my band playing it! But if that happens it probably won't be for at least 6 months, because they (we) still have to learn it and we're a beginner band. But yeah, I'll definitely try to do that!

2009-08-27 03:43:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

...So does that mean I have to have 'Spring' somewhere in the title now?

hmm.. not a bad idea. how about "Spring Hopes Eternal", or "I'll Spring for That".

no? okay.

2009-08-27 03:57:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Thanks guys! Well, like I said, just an early draft. I estimate that the time it took from having the original idea until I had the recorded file is about 2-2.5 hours, which includes multiple takes, tweaking the mix, programming the drums, and the finished bounce. Which for me is a totally different approach. Normally I can spend countless hours on just a few bars, or the inital theme, tweaking it, listening to it again, doing changes, going back. So to go back to a more direct and organic approach to songwriting (like I did back when I first started making songs), was refreshing.

I'm working on the tune as we speak, which has unfortunately cut down on my LBP time, and I'll post something as soon as there's some major development.

@swanbrown Great tune, and fantastic voice. I'd prefer to have her voice be a bit more present in the mix, though, but that's just nitpicking. (And those Marx samples actually cought me by surprise, despite your mentioning it.)

@hilightnotes Wow! Soothing, springs (no pun intended) to mind. Listening to it, I just get the urge to lay in a grass of field, drink large amounts og Gin & Tonic, and just don't think about anything else.

2009-08-27 09:18:00

Author:
slutzinc

Posts: 124

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/musicbygadders-2.jpg

I just reviewed this thread, giving out a grip of long-overdue rep
(hope that doesn't count as abusing my thanks button) and I realized something.

I had thought there'd be more discussion, but I'm not complaining.

I take that back. We are actually a pretty chatty bunch.
we just do it all at once, in mighty packets. I wonder why that is.
is it some sort of trait that musical people tend to have?

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2.jpg
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2-1.jpg

Oooo! here's a little side topic, that I think falls (barely) within the the thread:

Stereotypes attached to musicians, how true do they ring? Here are some I've heard:
drummers: High strung, always keyed up.
Lead Guitarists: Premadonas, Consider themselves the leader of a group, best not to try to disillusion them.
Vocalists: Often difficult to work with. Not knowing what they are talking about rarely stops them from giving technical advice.
Keyboardists: Neurotic, and unable to manage their own lives. Always some kind of drama going on with them.
Bassists: Personable. Able to get along with all the others at the same time. Also, Fiercely protective of their sonic range.
Banjo players: Almost no stage presence at all. The only things that move are their fingers.
Saxiphonists and brass in general: Sexy, Lucky in love, sought after.

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2.jpg
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2-1.jpg

If you feel this is outside the realm of this discussion, I can allways add this to the OP;
"..and the traits of those that make it."
.. or we could jus skip it. lol

2009-08-28 08:38:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

I'm into it completely and I recognize all the other stereotypes.
I can figure out the reasons perhaps...

Drummers...they're really lively and unstoppable since they do a lot of physic work
Lead Guitarists...often the most technically prepared in the band, often the songwriters, obsessively drowned in the study of their instruments, always overshadowed by singers
Keyboardists...strange people, often completely alienated from reality, always got dramas with them
Bassists...nice people with everyone, they accept to be on the backside...but their instruments must be clearly audible.

2009-08-28 16:44:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I updated my latest song to the newest version, complete with epic ending

http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10010

2009-08-28 17:11:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

You guys should all collaborate on different things for totally original material, and try to get MM to use the product as a music pack, if any of you can find out how the specific parameters of how many channels and the fidelity of the tracks in the game... official music by gadders would be nice.

2009-08-28 20:15:00

Author:
Unknown User

Hi Ninja! It's been a long time since I see you around...
BTW...Why do you say you guys and not we guys?

2009-08-28 20:51:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

This has been enlightening : ) Thanks to all of you who've posted your 'opus'-es (plural of opus is of course 'opera' but i didn't want to confuse anybody).

@highlightnotes - That was fabulous! Would love to hear it played by a real band as you just can't replicate the dynamics, particularly of brass, electronically. I felt you should start the rit a bit earlier in your epic ending though. make it more epic. I was enjoying it so much and it marched a little too quickly into the conclusion for me... but that's just me.

@ApellesJr - loved it! So who wrote the original, then? It really reminded me of 'Piano Concerto in A Minor' by Keith Emerson (Emerson Lake & Palmer) - can't remember which movement off the top of my head, but the colours are really similar and, I agree, a nice big dollop of Debussy in there at about the 4 minute mark. Loooveleh! What did you do with your scholarship?

@swanbrown - clever you! I thought your first 2 were really good!! A nice hint of Harold Faltermeyer in the first and a little in the second as well... maybe a touch of old favourite Giorgio Moroder?? LOVED Transcendental Sackitude. And that clip was so cute. I'd like to use it as level music : ( My toddler loved it too - she came in and had a dance (but then she dances to the beat of the ceiling fans *lol*). More, please!

What do you use? I did classical piano for 8 years but I completely suck because I never practiced. I got given a really nice keyboard complete with inbuilt sampling software but it got smuggled to my oldest daughter's room and I haven't seen it for over a year... can't even remember what brand it is - how bad's that!?... but i know it's still there as I hear her playing it every day (getting a bit sick of the Wicked soundtrack now!). I'll have to go and have a play again - if I ever get the time.
I haven't written any music since uni/college (started a BMus at the Melbourne University Conservatorium, got to 4th year honours, took time off and then decided not to finish. That wasn't for piano though, that was voice (opera). Did pretty well for myself out of it too but hated the industry. So pretentious.

In the meantime I'll just enjoy all your efforts here - if that's okay?

Oh, and i resent that generalisation about singers! it's completely true, but I still resent it!

2009-09-01 01:55:00

Author:
BabyDoll1970

Posts: 1567

Hi,

found some more old work.
This is a remix i've done for autechre (was never released though)
http://share.ovi.com/media/mothermisty.public/mothermisty.10005
and these are a couple of songs from an old EP from my phaeon project, made this about 5 years ago
http://share.ovi.com/media/mothermisty.public/mothermisty.10006
http://share.ovi.com/media/mothermisty.public/mothermisty.10007

misty

How did you manage to make Autechre sound even more like Autechre with that remix. Beautiful stuff, really liked the last track there too.

Hrrm this is the only track I'm fully finished with.

http://soundcloud.com/billov/sauerkraut

Made it a few months ago on Ableton Live, and I'm only now getting back to making some more. Have about 6 tracks half formed and finding it very hard to finish them

I recommend Soundcloud btw, its a great place to share you tracks, and handy for embedding.

2009-09-02 01:20:00

Author:
Pitcard

Posts: 779

That's a really nice groove! Thanks for posting!
I'm definitely going to check out sound cloud. It looks like a great way to collaborate and swap. If I can tear myself away from LBP long enough, I'd love to play a couple of lead lines that might fit into 3.08 if you'd like.

Really nice dynamics, too. I've met lots of musicians who don't seem to really get dynamics, and their stuff has all the organic flow of a brick. good stuff!
-----

here's one I figure I'd better show you while it's still a little relevant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2uqgujqR_g"]YouTube - vista Nightmare

2009-09-02 07:23:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

How did you manage to make Autechre sound even more like Autechre with that remix. Beautiful stuff, really liked the last track there too.
thanks. Actually, it's one of the few autechre songs i dare to touch

http://soundcloud.com/billov/sauerkraut

Made it a few months ago on Ableton Live, and I'm only now getting back to making some more. Have about 6 tracks half formed and finding it very hard to finish them

That song has a nice laidback feeling.
One of the things i'm having most trouble with is actually "finishing" a song, if i don't set a deadline for myself, chances are big it never gets finished.

I recommend Soundcloud btw, its a great place to share you tracks, and handy for embedding.
I know Soundcloud, have been using it since the beta and i love it (fantastic player with a good feedback system)

misty.

2009-09-02 09:40:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

Nice song Pitcard! Very chill

I started a song about a month ago, and left it after a day working on it to finish some more important songs.
Anyways, I went back and finished it yesterday and today using mostly new orchestral sounds that I got.
I might still make some changes, mostly to make it a little less repetitive in some spots, but it's basically finished.
Turn up the volume on your speakers and listen!
http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10011

2009-09-02 19:53:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

thanks for telling me about this post

for starters i'll post this tune i made back when i was 14. enjoy

[the music vid for it i made yesterday morning]

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2009-09-04 11:49:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Ok, so I decided that the "basically finished" song that I posted above wasn't really 'basically finished'. Anyways, it's still not totally complete, but while before it had pretty much 0 structure, now it has a bit of structure.
Granted, it still covers large ground without a very memorable melody, but it flows better and the themes recur so it's not one giant blend of like 5 different sections.
The part that still needs the most work is the third quarter where I have the trumpet playing for a while over the strings leading up to the end - I'll fill that whole section up more, and tighten it up.

Anyways, here's the WIP: http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10018

I've also made some small changes to my band piece, most prominently changing the ending a bit to keep all it's epic-ness, while making the transition much better in my opinion. Let me know what you think of the ending now! http://share.ovi.com/media/NBergman.NBergmanMusic/NBergman.10021

2009-09-07 01:52:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

Symphonic Band v19 ... I like the new ending. Hard to go wrong with sprach Zarathustra type Timpanis; always makes me want to move my arms around like a viking ship drum major! are you committed to the title? Sure you won't reconsider calling it "My Bed is Too Springy"?
No?
Okayfine.
I also really liked the modifications you did to "L4D map 1 v9" I'm tempted to load it up, and give it a NIN treatment! really cool stuff!

( My toddler loved it too - she came in and had a dance (but then she dances to the beat of the ceiling fans *lol*)
Hmm, not surprising; My earlier influences are Herbie Handcock, ceiling fans, Paul Shaffer, lawn mowers, Stewart Copland, Jean-Luc Ponty, and other various household appliances.

2009-09-07 23:19:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

There is some really top quality stuff in this thread. I guess a game like LBP attracts alot of creative minds.

2009-09-08 13:23:00

Author:
Sosaku

Posts: 146

@ Sosaku Yeah, I think you've hit the nail on the head. Amazing, aren't they?

Well, Beatles rockband is outm and I'm Geeking out about it.

Here are a couple of my Beatles covers:

If you don't know all the words, and didn't want to mess up your flow looking for them, do solos and variations, AND if you can't sing, Vocode. lol:
RIG B. (http://share.ovi.com/media/swanbrown.swansongs/swanbrown.10008)

This next one I did a couple years ago all on an origional playstation using Mtv Music Generator:
WARNING: you may want to cut the volume in half because it normalized loud due to the arangement having almost no dynamics what-so-ever.
Why don't we do it in the road? (http://share.ovi.com/media/swanbrown.swansongs/swanbrown.10007)

2009-09-09 02:43:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

This thread has been buried! Why?! It's awesome, everything by everyone

2009-10-20 18:08:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

I uploaded 2 of my songs to youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4beYGUo7v1U
-- I'll be updating this soon with an improved version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiPDva4Vdck

When I have time, I'll upload more of my songs there.

In other news, my band will hopefully be starting the piece I posted a bit back tomorrow! It took a lot longer than I thought to make a full complete score as well as individual parts for each instrument. But it's all finished now!

Also, I named it "Young Hope".

2009-10-21 04:04:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

If only you were female and a little older Hilight, sigh.....wait what did I say...move along, sir!!

2009-10-21 06:48:00

Author:
Zwollie

Posts: 2173

Wow...Just...Wow. Promise of Spring is absolutely astonishing, I can actually imagine that to be in some sort of fantasy RPG, but I know it's worth more than that. Excellent job

I just put this up the other day, honestly, it's not my best, but I thought I got a fairly nice sound by phasing it slightly. I do ****-up a bit at 43 seconds, I am aware...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR-WHrzx7bY

2009-10-21 21:13:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

BEEP *thread deleted*

2009-10-22 03:48:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

BEEP *thread deleted*

...What?

2009-10-22 17:18:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

...What?

Korndawwg, meet Voodoo

2009-10-22 19:19:00

Author:
Zwollie

Posts: 2173

Korndawwg, meet Voodoo

LOL Voodoo just confuzzled me 0__0' Noes!

EDIT: Why the hell is my video not showing up?

2009-10-23 21:15:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

LOL Voodoo just confuzzled me 0__0' Noes!

EDIT: Why the hell is my video not showing up?

There is a new way of showing youtube videos:

Check this out. I disabled auto-embed (from now on, anyway) and added a new way for us to show YouTube videos. Just wrap [youtube] tags around any YouTube video link, and one click will load it in a pop-up litebox. Try it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_u27KKi24

If it doesn't work, hard-refresh (ctrl-F5) the page and try again.

More information in this (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=t=17856) thread.

2009-10-24 13:03:00

Author:
Zwollie

Posts: 2173

KoRnDawwg I really like that 'watery' piece. It's really nice and calming

I've re-uploaded my piece Into the Battle with an improved version. The theme comes back a bit more so it feels more structured, and the ending is much better. Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVjfNsC3VDI

2009-10-25 04:16:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

Also, I named it "Young Hope".

Wow.... just... WOW!! I thought I knew you a little bit from our online shenanigans... but this... WOW!! I have a newfound respect for you as a fellow musician! I am really impressed with your skills and talents as a musician.... seriously, great work buddy!

2009-10-25 08:25:00

Author:
Rustbukkit

Posts: 1737

I posted the composition I made for my band up on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySsbLO0ElSs
I named it Young Hope.

Also, my school band started playing it last week. It kinda hurts my ears right now to hear it, but it will get better once they fix their notes.

It's a fairly hard piece for them.

2009-10-29 00:13:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

This only for original songs? Or are covers allowed aswell? lol

2009-10-29 15:46:00

Author:
Unknown User

Sorry about confuzzling your heads that long time ago, but I posted a thread that pained me so to the point where I dreadfully regretted ever publicizing such a... thing, so after a failed desperate attempt at finding some obscure "delete" button, i wrote what you saw before your eyes.

BLEEP *thread deleted*

wait... what did i come here for?

oh yeah, i made myself a music myspace where i posted some of my demos im working on as of the moment

CLICKY AWAY: http://myspace.com/xvoodeedoox

lets just pray ill get creative enough to come up with a better artist name.

2009-11-06 06:41:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

CLICKY AWAY: http://myspace.com/xvoodeedoox

Pretty cool stuff, i like Hominid Immolation most.
I can clearly hear who inspired you for this music

cheers,
misty

2009-11-06 12:04:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

I'm with Mother-Misty on this.... Hominid Immolation is my fav.

2009-11-06 13:47:00

Author:
Rustbukkit

Posts: 1737

Pretty cool stuff, i like Hominid Immolation most.
I can clearly hear who inspired you for this music

cheers,
misty

thanks for listening

and i made hominid immolation last night; ive been making a song a day for a while now lol

who does you tinkies inspires me tho?

o and quick fact hominid immolation means human sacrifice, cause i watched faces of death yesterday and felt like making that song after lol

2009-11-06 13:47:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

who does you tinkies inspires me tho?

Hmmm... someone who drives a tank, lives in a bank and listens to the initials RDJ maybe?

misty.

2009-11-06 14:00:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

Hmmm... someone who drives a tank, lives in a bank and listens to the initials RDJ maybe?

misty.

lol thought so

and ja, him, dj shadow, fatboy slim, and tiesto are the reasons why i make noize nowadays

2009-11-06 14:09:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

lol thought so

and ja, him, dj shadow, fatboy slim, and tiesto are the reasons why i make noize nowadays

hehe, lucky enough i heard influences from the first two, and not the last

(not really a big tiesto fan)

cheers,
misty

2009-11-06 14:26:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

lol yea, i got into tiesto when i was around 11, and he got me into the whole trance/house dj scene. before i knew tiesto, i thought music was "weird" and never listened to it haha

i cant listen to him anymore tho; each of his songs captured a moment in my childhood so vividly that in bad-ish times like these, i dont feel like being drowned in nostalgia, or wearing it out

2009-11-06 15:27:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

2009-11-06 15:35:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

I heard he has a submarine too >_>
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/2283519/Aphex+Twin+03040402.jpg
Sorry I haven't been too active here. So thanks for all the feedbackz. I have about 8 ableton tracks that are in dire need of finishing.... They're like my neglected half-formed babies, they need whipping into shape

Hey Misty, you should seriously keep up the music making. I have to remember to buy your album when I get a credit card.

Voodeedoo: I liked Hominid Immolation too, but I think you should spend more time on each track. I'd love to actually produce some of my tracks as short demos too since I've got so many unfinished ones... but I'm hoping the time spent on them pays off. If you form the basis of a track in a day... you can come back to it the next day with a more fresh ideas. I'm pretty sure the likes of Autechre must spend meticulous months working on their tracks... they have an insane ear for detail and a vast scope.
Even when they have computers with algorithms generating their music, they actually do all their own programing... its like hand-crafted electronic sounds...

Just curious, do you guys listen to The Black Dog. I recently started listening to their stuff religiously. I find their old stuff really playful and enjoyable to listen to, and their new stuff is just really immersive, dark and hypnotizing.. From what I can tell, they're much better than Plaid (who used to be part of Black Dog)
This ones like an Erik Satie piano arrangement..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jvy56qO-sc

and this is from their classic album Spanners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcTc5aGvBlQ

2009-11-10 20:16:00

Author:
Pitcard

Posts: 779

Just curious, do you guys listen to The Black Dog. I recently started listening to their stuff religiously. I find their old stuff really playful and enjoyable to listen to, and their new stuff is just really immersive, dark and hypnotizing.. From what I can tell, they're much better than Plaid (who used to be part of Black Dog)
This ones like an Erik Satie piano arrangement..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jvy56qO-sc

and this is from their classic album Spanners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcTc5aGvBlQ
[/SPOILER]
I like Black Dog (and Plaid), actually i almost like everything Warp released in the 90's! You guys probably know 'Blech' as well? It's not an artist, it's more somekind of mix of all Warp artists (Autechre, Afx, Plaid, B12, Black Dog, LFO, Red Snapper, ...) if you don't know it, check it out, I love those 2 albums.

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp324/mothermisty/blech.jpg

cheers, misty

2009-11-11 12:14:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

Ah sweet, dunno how that slipped past me... I think I would have noticed the album cover

Found the whole dj set online, very smooth mix of stuff in there
http://www.imeem.com/groups/tSv7atNh/forums/gVBB6mJZ/c6qmiJrU/blech-ii-rewind-warp-records-dj-mix-now-online/

I saw Plaid, Clark, Bibio and a couple other Warp people in dublin 2 weeks ago. Plaid were incredible... i got chills down my spine when they played Eyen. Bibio was great too... I'm not so into Clark... his beats were too intense and destructive o_o

2009-11-11 21:26:00

Author:
Pitcard

Posts: 779

"The Clear Spring" is up on YouTube! Check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqCQJymokZI

I haven't put up any brand new compositions lately because I've been very busy creating the scores for the 3 pieces "Promise of Spring", "Into the Battle", and "Young Hope" for my university applications. Not to mention I have tons of school work!

But I'm still working on several new compositions when I have time, and all of them will now be using my new, upgraded instruments.

2009-11-12 19:36:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

I heard he has a submarine too >_>
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/2283519/Aphex+Twin+03040402.jpg
Voodeedoo: I liked Hominid Immolation too, but I think you should spend more time on each track. I'd love to actually produce some of my tracks as short demos too since I've got so many unfinished ones... but I'm hoping the time spent on them pays off. If you form the basis of a track in a day... you can come back to it the next day with a more fresh ideas. I'm pretty sure the likes of Autechre must spend meticulous months working on their tracks... they have an insane ear for detail and a vast scope.
Even when they have computers with algorithms generating their music, they actually do all their own programing... its like hand-crafted electronic sounds...

all the songs in my myspace WERE pretty much done overnight, but i keep updating them as i make more/add to the ones presented. thanks for the feedback though :]

2009-11-19 01:12:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

I MADE A SONG EVRBOD LOOK IT!

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/291564

Lookit lookit lookit! NOW!!!

2009-11-28 02:55:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

heh nice one. The instruments sounded a bit raw, but you kept it interesting.
I liked the moment when the droning synth cuts off, a nice breather.

If you like ambient stuffs, you could check out Aphex Twins "Selected Ambient Works II"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTJDUqXZtac
Wisp has an awesome remix of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX8p9l0UTsQ

2009-11-28 19:18:00

Author:
Pitcard

Posts: 779

me and my friend made a rap duo called Vodka Nation...we came out with almost 15 different songs. You can check some of them out on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/gambit4lyfe i have been wanting to make a littlebigplanet song, but I have not had the time. *Not kid friendly...just so you know*

2009-11-28 23:25:00

Author:
Spider-Jew

Posts: 1090

I MADE A SONG EVRBOD LOOK IT!

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/291564

Lookit lookit lookit! NOW!!!

Didn't know you were into that kind of music

2009-11-29 12:59:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

I think bandcamp is just as good as soundcloud... but maybe thats not what you're looking for. Its more for showcasing your tracks/albums and have very nifty ways of selling tracks etc...
http://bandcamp.com/

2009-11-29 19:23:00

Author:
Pitcard

Posts: 779

Didn't know you were into that kind of music

care to share how you've made it?

Anyone know any other good mp3 hosting sites? Seems like OVI changed their rules, you can't upload mp3's anymore and i don't want to use my Soundcloud account for that.

cheers,
misty

Fruity Loops!

It's pretty much just a blown bottle, some kind of bell, and a piano that's all reverb and no piano.

2009-11-29 20:00:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

2009-11-30 19:06:00

Author:
Pitcard

Posts: 779

Finally managed to get a track finished-ish... Ended up working on it till 3am last night, so after listening to it today I've noticed a lot of problems with it.
I'm happy its taken shape though.
Didn't really try to master it last night, I need to have a listen with my headphones before I can tell whats wrong with it.
Mainly have to pad out the drums a little, and maybe a bit of variation here and there...

http://soundcloud.com/billov/soup-dragon

Anything need fixing? Or any ideas I could implement?

All I can say is that that is....interesting. I didn't very much like the main thing going on, that weird prominent instrument playing, but the subtle stuff is what, in my opinion, saved it and I've now listened to it a couple times.

Anyway, here's another new song from ME!

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/292367

2009-11-30 23:03:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Oh, is this where we post our music? Here's some copy pasta, then.
http://www.box.net/shared/m3o4uaxlxt
http://www.box.net/shared/y28tpg248d
http://www.box.net/shared/c5p7ymiivl
(probably my best songs. The Music was made in FL studio, everything else was made in Anvil Studio)

2009-12-06 20:18:00

Author:
Project_MK

Posts: 80

Finally got a chance to upload a new song!

Journey of a Hero: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfnXSkWKOuk

It's an adventur-ey kinda theme, inspired by the likes of Zelda and Super Smash Bros.

Also, hopefully I'll be putting up another new song this week that I just started last Monday. I think it might be one of my best yet, and is pretty different from all my other pieces. It's a march, but slightly comedic. I'm just putting the final touches on it.

2009-12-07 22:16:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

Sorry for the double post but here's the latest piece I mentioned: "March of the Peasants": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgsdUDFzE1o.

I feel it's one of my best if not my best piece yet! It's a kinda feel-good/comedic march.

Let me know what you guys think

Also, does anyone know how to upload it so there's an option for High Quality??

2009-12-09 03:42:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

Also, does anyone know how to upload it so there's an option for High Quality??

Wow....that's really good. High quality too. How did you make it?

Anyway, here's probably the best song ever created.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/295751

2009-12-14 04:02:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Thanks! I made it using Logic Pro 8. My last couple songs (including that one) use a new set of instruments that I recently bought, which are a big improvement from the ones that come with Logic. They also give me a lot more flexibility in terms of the articulation that I can use.

Although, they take up a huge amount of RAM. I upgraded from 2GB to 4GB, but I'm going to have to upgrade further at some point, because I'm already seeing the limit of how many instruments I can use without torturing my computer.

2009-12-14 04:47:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

I'm not very musical, but my wife is. Here is a song she wrote for me as a wedding gift:

Here is a song she wrote for me as a wedding gift. (http://soundcloud.com/mrsupercomputer/lullaby)

Edit: Oh, and highlightnotes, March of the Peasants is awesome.

2009-12-14 05:58:00

Author:
mrsupercomputer

Posts: 1335

Thanks

Really beautiful song your wife made for you!

2009-12-14 22:12:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

Anyway, here's probably the best song ever created.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/295751

Heh pretty epic, but a lot of little things that need fixing. I think it could have ended on a better note, maybe on a climax... it was a little brief. And some of the instruments sound a little raw. Try using some subtle delay/chorus/resonators or whatever audio effects you can find, to get the instruments sounding more natural. Just keep trying out new effects and you'll learn how to get the sound you want.
Also, you should try mix the drums up a little, try make rhythms that you wouldn't normally hear in standard rock/pop music. When you have a computer and software to play the instruments for you, you might as well push it in a new direction... that you couldn't reach playing the instruments manually.

Anywho... I made a little more progress on my track Soup Dragon
http://soundcloud.com/billov/soupdragon

The first demo version is still there if you want to compare... but basically I added some samples from the Clangers.

2009-12-15 20:53:00

Author:
Pitcard

Posts: 779

Heh pretty epic, but a lot of little things that need fixing. I think it could have ended on a better note, maybe on a climax... it was a little brief. And some of the instruments sound a little raw. Try using some subtle delay/chorus/resonators or whatever audio effects you can find, to get the instruments sounding more natural. Just keep trying out new effects and you'll learn how to get the sound you want.
Also, you should try mix the drums up a little, try make rhythms that you wouldn't normally hear in standard rock/pop music. When you have a computer and software to play the instruments for you, you might as well push it in a new direction... that you couldn't reach playing the instruments manually.

Anywho... I made a little more progress on my track Soup Dragon
http://soundcloud.com/billov/soupdragon

The first demo version is still there if you want to compare... but basically I added some samples from the Clangers.

That song you made still confuses me.

Anyway, I decided to play around with the Slicing stuff, 'cause I have never done it before, so this song is pretty much just me playing around with slicing with the guitar from Loser by Beck.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/297520

2009-12-20 23:50:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

i've updated my songs on my myspace; please let me know what you thinks!

http://myspace.com/xvoodeedoox

im still working on some better ones atm...

2009-12-30 08:10:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Nice work voodeedoo!
Nieflheim has got that nice soft laidback feeling you often hear in BOC records, I like it. Sounds like the tune has too much bass though. The others are pretty cool aswell, like pre-chewed which is surprisingly groovy and siphon which reminds me of old APX stuff, very well done!

I've sent you a MySpace request from one of my projects btw

cheers,
misty

2009-12-31 11:03:00

Author:
Mother-Misty

Posts: 574

cheers,
misty

thnkeez for the response

i'll update with a newer version of the songs [ad some different ones] eventually.

and youre right; niflheim was inspired by BOC and sihpon was inspired by some of afx's older stuff, more notable isopropanol from classics.

im hoping itll pay my bills someday

2009-12-31 12:28:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

I recorded something the other day, just an acoustic passage (well, I say "acoustic" but I had to play it on a Fender Strat, so...). I'll post it up =D

2010-01-22 20:20:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

Here it is! =D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEDF8Nv8FGE

EDIT: ****, double post

Sorry!

2010-01-22 20:21:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

I have never heard of Noodles before now. what do you use to make them? Is it rendered in individual samples? This is a gem of an addition to this thread, Thanks!.

2010-01-25 06:32:00

Author:
Unknown User

Made a gif video with a few of my old tracks, wish I had some new material recorded, but I kinda like this video -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1b_IQCNGos

...actually, here... I just recorded something new. Just random verses that have been floating around in my head for years, over a Final Fantasy 6 song. This laptop's mic quality is even worse than my old set up, so it sounds pretty off to me, but meh... at least I got to do something small and fun real quick. Don't really feel like trying to do some studio quality work at all lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl0neJEjNoY

2010-01-26 18:44:00

Author:
Unknown User

good track there ninja, they sounds very pro underground and remind me of people like quasimoto and madlib, lol ^^

i made some vids to show my music on youtube. the vids arent too important tho, but i was wondering if you could listen to a few of them

1. Bweep Bweep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXzPDE8oJK4

2. Siphon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THPBUoPr3ts

3. Sierra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM_OqGWPc8g

4. Flora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAExx8dl1_o

5. Ephemera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhQKMYNmx1c

6. Niflheim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBCyRk4XWsY

2010-01-27 12:40:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

lol I recorded it in the car, it's about as underground as it gets. I also have one working headphone that's too loud, and am using the mic that's in the laptop. Speaking of madlib, I did this yesterday... warning contains graphic imagery -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sc0Acx4whk

...man, I actually really like your production, and style... you said not to worry about the videos, but it does add to it. I grew up knowing ALOT of DJ's who would try and do alot of high bpm mood music like this, but not really that great. Sierra almost reminds me of something by El P, because of the kind of stretching harpsichord sound and "woom woom woom" fan sound. It's like a dark Mirror's Edge 'cause of the video (not bad videos at all either, better than my gif slides lol).

Man... Epehemera is pretty awesome. I love when it calms back down around 1:20, and the video really does add to it. The build up around 2:00 is sick with the drumline coming back in lmao nice twist at the end.

Very cool stuff. How long have you been making music, man?

2010-01-27 13:33:00

Author:
Unknown User

Just popping in to say that I've put my Heel project on ReverbNation (http://reverbnation.com/heelmusic) - feel free to check it out. We really need your support and stuff so we'd really appreciate it if you shared our music and joined our Facebook, which you can go to here (http://www.facebook.com/pages/HeelMusic/262851959164). Thanks guys =D

2010-01-27 21:44:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

Da! Ninja, you and my brother would get along very well, he writes and Produces too!

2010-01-27 21:59:00

Author:
FreeFlyzz

Posts: 265

Yeah, I always get along with people who spit nice or make beats lol that's cool.

Put together a new one today... startin' to get this crummy laptop set up to sound better as I adapt my voice to it -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_CZH1IsG_c

2010-01-28 19:38:00

Author:
Unknown User

Awesome, looks like people have been busy here lately.

Voodeedoo: Great job getting all those videos together, I wish I had more videos and photos from childhood and nights out in general, that stuff is golden.
The tracks that stood out to me were Sierra and Flora.
Flora sounded really well balanced and filled out. Production level is definitely up there. And I liked the way it progress.

Sierra again pretty nicely produced, but I think it could have done with more sharper brighter instruments coming in, just to balance it a bit. The warpy bubbly bass noise is all a bit muddy, and it needed something a little more sharp but subtle... either a sound clip or just some different drum sounds coming in. The fuzzy synths that come in at 2:50 and 3:10 are working in that direction, but could be more interesting. I dunno, I'm pretty crap at balancing my own stuff so don't take my advice too seriously

I think you need to replace the link to Niflheim. I listened to it through your profile though, its pretty sweet. Really great rolling build up. But I found the drums were a little intrusive. They felt a little off time or rushed or something. I think you could mix the drums around a bit, maybe give the snare some bit reduction or reverb for a bit more texture.

EDIT: I managed to get two demos recorded.

- Bleached Whale (http://soundcloud.com/billov/bleached-whale-demo)

- Marble House (http://soundcloud.com/billov/marble-house-acoustic-demo) (cover of song by the Knife)

They're both very short demos, but I just wanted to try recording in some acoustic guitar and vocals, just so I could mess around and manipulate them. There was a huge amount of delay recording in, so I had to line everything up... so its a bit sloppy at times, I didn't really do more than one take for each part..
I'll try and get finished versions up soon, but some feedback would be nice :0

2010-01-31 19:46:00

Author:
Pitcard

Posts: 779

...man, I actually really like your production, and style... you said not to worry about the videos, but it does add to it. I grew up knowing ALOT of DJ's who would try and do alot of high bpm mood music like this, but not really that great. Sierra almost reminds me of something by El P, because of the kind of stretching harpsichord sound and "woom woom woom" fan sound. It's like a dark Mirror's Edge 'cause of the video (not bad videos at all either, better than my gif slides lol).

Man... Epehemera is pretty awesome. I love when it calms back down around 1:20, and the video really does add to it. The build up around 2:00 is sick with the drumline coming back in lmao nice twist at the end.

Very cool stuff. How long have you been making music, man?

hey thanks dude! ive been into making music since i was 11 and everything ive done so far is self taught. i don't own any synths or drum machines so i stuck to the built in features of both garageband and logicstudio, hence the digital analog sounding stuffs. also because ive been listening to too much dan deacon for my own good XD

Voodeedoo: Great job getting all those videos together, I wish I had more videos and photos from childhood and nights out in general, that stuff is golden.
The tracks that stood out to me were Sierra and Flora.
Flora sounded really well balanced and filled out. Production level is definitely up there. And I liked the way it progress.

Sierra again pretty nicely produced, but I think it could have done with more sharper brighter instruments coming in, just to balance it a bit. The warpy bubbly bass noise is all a bit muddy, and it needed something a little more sharp but subtle... either a sound clip or just some different drum sounds coming in. The fuzzy synths that come in at 2:50 and 3:10 are working in that direction, but could be more interesting. I dunno, I'm pretty crap at balancing my own stuff so don't take my advice too seriously

I think you need to replace the link to Niflheim. I listened to it through your profile though, its pretty sweet. Really great rolling build up. But I found the drums were a little intrusive. They felt a little off time or rushed or something. I think you could mix the drums around a bit, maybe give the snare some bit reduction or reverb for a bit more texture.

[

and thanks to you for giving some feedback as well! im aware how sierra [now changed to klopfgeist] sounds not too perfect and repetitive , but im hoping i can come up with a solution thatll fix that lil problem eventually... i havent reached the point where i can completely recreate a song i imagine in my head. :[

the drums in niflheim were sampled and went a bit slower than the tempo of the song, and this was before i discovered how to adjust the length of the clip so it was tough trying to get the drums on tempo. i've fixed it up a bit and i might re upload the vid eventually when im satisfied with it.

and i listened to both your tracks. they were very well done; you pulled off the vocal tricks rather well despite having a bad mic [which i couldnt tell it was XD] and all the instruments blended together very smoothly. but i felt the drums on bleached whale were a bit hard to comprehend at first, but thats just me

2010-02-03 14:32:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

http://www.youtube.com/user/FrenchGeeksInc

The video currently blown up is my band project...I had to arrange a piece. Some of it is a little...well, leaves a bit to be desired, and it's pretty much a midi file...I hope you guys like it. I only had a piano score to retranscribe. :/

2010-02-05 02:49:00

Author:
Ragfell

Posts: 729

http://www.ursession.com/NinjaMic

Only have a little time to post and run, but I have about 7 or 8 new tracks up on my page. They should start playing automatically.

2010-02-08 18:19:00

Author:
Unknown User

and i listened to both your tracks. they were very well done; you pulled off the vocal tricks rather well despite having a bad mic [which i couldnt tell it was XD] and all the instruments blended together very smoothly. but i felt the drums on bleached whale were a bit hard to comprehend at first, but thats just me

Thanks for listening :d Yeh I got over the crappy mic problem by just adding a load of reverb, kinda drowns everything out tho, which works okay for that track. But its pretty constricting otherwise

The drums in that are a little weird. Its got an odd time signature, I dunno how I'm gonna build a whole track out of that, could be tricky.

Here's another demo I've been meaning to finish for so long now. Its an 8-bit style track. I mainly stay away from 8-bit music, completely annoys the crap out of me in most cases... but some game soundtracks are just so nostalgic and I wanted to create that feeling.
so here's my attempt so far.

-Return to GoGo Castle (i liek twurtlz demo) (http://soundcloud.com/billov/return-to-gogo-castle-i-liek-twurtlz-demo)

some feedback/critz would be nice :d

Edit: Ninja... yo rhymez is sick bro. Its late so I haven't got time to listen through much of your tracks, I'll try come back to them tomorrow.
I don't listen to much rap, at least when its not fused with something else, but your lyrics are spewing some profound **** man.
You really have to get a nice mic tho.... and maybe someone to collaborate with, or at least handle the producing and mastering. Your backing tracks are nice and modest though, don't get in the way of your verbalizations but certainly provide a backbone and setting to your lyrics ;D

2010-02-11 02:50:00

Author:
Pitcard

Posts: 779

Thanks for listening :d Yeh I got over the crappy mic problem by just adding a load of reverb, kinda drowns everything out tho, which works okay for that track. But its pretty constricting otherwise

reminds me of this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAlsykuilJU) in a lot of ways. its fast paced, crisp n clear and both have good lil nostalgia-ridden melodies

i didn't find anything i didnt like about it, so i'd say its pretty complete!

and ninja, i gave a listen to a few of your tracks. i agree with pittycards, everythings great but maybe you could get a better mic to make your [already awesome] rapping [skills] blend with the song a lot better. also about having a dj/producer/collab to probably make some beats and then you'll be pro

you could try rapping to flying lotus beats; maybe you could plus them as you did sublime

Massage Situation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oUx6wGCekM)
Mages Sages (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzo7GVaJumg)
Paper Crane Gang (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70S_7E2SPDQ&feature=related)
There are so many beats to choose from I'm trying to retain myself from posting 20 links here lol

I was going to post a new song I'd made in the last few days but I'm still trying to find some speech samples and have no video yet so I'll post it here in a bit.

EDIT: ok, i got the song and video done! mind the cheesy synth melody; it was made in garageband by my friend who was fiddling with my keyboard back in 08. I leaned it up and timed it right and it sounded like a good melody so i made this song off it. its my first attempt at something fast paced ish; feedback would be super neato skeeto :]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bY8nPAQwcA

2010-02-11 07:41:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Edit: Ninja... yo rhymez is sick bro. Its late so I haven't got time to listen through much of your tracks, I'll try come back to them tomorrow.
I don't listen to much rap, at least when its not fused with something else, but your lyrics are spewing some profound **** man.
You really have to get a nice mic tho.... and maybe someone to collaborate with, or at least handle the producing and mastering. Your backing tracks are nice and modest though, don't get in the way of your verbalizations but certainly provide a backbone and setting to your lyrics ;D

Thanks for overlooking the sound quality and thank you so much for the compliment on my lyrics and content (that's my main emphasis obviously and is usually overlooked by alot of the hip-hop crowd when it comes to mainstream audiences)... my older tracks have better quality, but were also made with terrible equipment but that was at least a desktop PC, and seperate voice chat mic. This is just a laptop with a built in mic, so it's really me just doing it for fun.

First order of business is that I get myself a PS3 and LBP and the internet again... then slowly but surely I'll work on getting what I need to record with better quality (though spending money on games and entertainment has always been a distraction). The problem with my genre of choice, is that finding people who I can vibe with creatively is hard to begin with, but that the genre is so propogated with gangbangers, alcoholics, drug dealers, or cokeheads, and I don't live that kind of life anymore (haven't since my early 20's)... so I always meet people with their own home studio set ups, who are just people I don't want to be around. Sad irony lol

Anyway, I'll try to give your tracks a spin, when next I have my headphones at the library. Thanks for the feedback.

2010-02-12 17:44:00

Author:
Unknown User

Here's a song I made, and guess what! It actually has me playing an instrument! It's instrumental and heavily influenced by Buckethead. http://soundcloud.com/bulrog-the-sorcerer/the-legend-of-gokmar-1

It's a bit sloppy and only comes out of the left speaker. Lol. Recording equipment is confusing.

2010-02-18 02:26:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

i made a new song

more fast paced 909 stuffs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owj2lRUGPnc

2010-02-22 22:31:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

i made a new song

more fast paced 909 stuffs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owj2lRUGPnc

Nice job. I really liked the subtle ...pads? that came in around the 1:22 mark. I also liked the beat. It was odd but original. It got a bit repetitive, though. Oh, and the video was seizure-inducing greatness, even if all you did was record your TV. lol.

Here's a 12 minute song I wrote dedicated to the Epic Beard Man. (http://soundcloud.com/bulrog-the-sorcerer/for-tom)
Here's another song I just made. (http://soundcloud.com/bulrog-the-sorcerer/vinmax-in-progress) It's not done yet, I just layed down the guitar parts. Now I just need to make the drum track in Fruity Loops.

2010-02-23 01:58:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Sorry I've been away for so long. Looks like the thread has been doing just peachy without my intervention. well, cool!
Anyway, here's a new one (really short) almost not even a tune, more of a little musical humor, and a study in splicing.
http://soundcloud.com/swan-brown/sample-salad
-edit- Also this. This is an actual song by me with words and everything!
http://soundcloud.com/swan-brown/happy-in-my-box-from-a-distance

@ Awesomemans. I really like your Guitar stuff. it has a rawness to it that appeals.

@ NinjaMicWZ: You seem to have a natural talent for doing amazing things with un-amazing equipment. I haven't gotten through your whole playlist, yet, But WOW! That's a lot of material in the 2010 slot! Good on you!

@ Pitcard: I Am really enjoying your Go-Go castle tune. Espesially with the new baseline. That really does the trick! It took me a few listenings to start getting "Soup Dragon", But I like it. Really Origional stuff!

@ KoRnDawwg Great Guitar work, as allways, and thanks for the utube send while I was out!

@ hilightnotes your stuff is amazing! Elfeman better watch out for his job!

2010-04-26 07:28:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Thanks for the kind words swan

I figured I'd pop in to post a couple more pieces I made back in February. They were made for a local play, as scene transitions. The first piece posted plays at the very end, kinda as credits as the cast walks onto the stage to bow and stuff. The pieces in the second video are an assortment of pieces I made for the play. All of them act as scene transitions (I also include the final piece in this video).
I should also just note that the final 'credit's piece contains a variation on the song called "Tree of Life" or עץ חיים (because the song had a certain significance in the context of the play).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlM2QLEhr1o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WUive0o_uY

Let me know what you think!

2010-04-30 00:41:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

theres my second composition (first published) i maded:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0NNVEy__lU

i maded it in fl studio 8 xxl producer edition

2010-04-30 01:52:00

Author:
ViniciusBR11

Posts: 546

Thanks for the kind words swan

Wow, those sound really good! Seriously, they sound really professional. I'm impressed. You could definitely be a composer for movies, this sounds appropriately mischievous for scene transitions.

@ swanbrown, Thanks, I've made a lot more stuff since uploading that, and I personally think my best song I've uploaded is this, (http://soundcloud.com/bulrog-the-sorcerer/typewriter) which I pretty much made to try and imitate the Resident Evil 4's more calming songs, thus the name. Anyway, your stuff is cool. That "Sample Salad" song is really weird, but it's strangely catchy. I agree with the whole '40s voices thing. There's something weird about how they talk, or about how the microphone records it. It's uncanny and intriguing.

I finally got full Fruity Loops so I can save stuff now, and this is what I made with it. I like the percussion a lot in this. http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/329754

2010-05-02 18:18:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

2010-05-07 08:49:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Okay, now THIS is possibly the strangest thing I've ever produced..it's an Electronica cover of a Bluegrass/Folk song called Random Canyon by The Holy Modal Rounders. Still not sure how good of an Idea This was...

http://soundcloud.com/swan-brown/random-canyon-man-200bpm

It's pretty out there, but I honestly like it. In terms of sound, it's very good. It kind of reminds me of Mario 64 for some reason....Did you sing in this? If it was you, your voice was very appropriate for this song. It had a real full sound, too. I liked it. You're really good at making songs with a good, fleshed out sound.

Anyway, I've made a couple songs since posting here last. I tried DnB for the first time, and while this song still isn't done, the full version's going to go through a lot of major changes and is going to be an actual song, I think this is pretty cool : Link. (http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/330922)

Also, I made this song, which is kind of an ambient thing. I'm probably going to go back and redo parts of it eventually, though I made a terrible noob mistake, thus making me unable to go back and alter this version.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/330640

2010-05-08 02:47:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

@ Awesomemans Wow you've been busey with FL! Bulrog'a Time machine is my fave of the latest of your gadder's posts you have some really cool filter effects going on in it and the quick arp part tward the front sounds really nice!

@ hilightnotes If the play is half as good as your score for it, it's well worth an evening to see it. did you dude the music as we hear it, or did you have to run it through a group of live musicans first? (not that I have a problem with live musicans)

@ ViniciusBR11 Thanks for posting your new creation. Sounds like you had a good time putting it together, and it's not bad for your second composition! keep it up!

I found a nother share site that has some potential. It's just starting out. I'ts alot like NewGrounds, but for audio only, and they seem to be striving to skip alot of the NG stupidity. The system they use for points is meant to encourage feedback. The down-side is that the save system engourages you to point out any minor flaw (or differance in taste) in order to avoid a "usless tag on your review, so you get some vague "it' mssling somthing" type of advice. Well, Anyway, here's a bit of my usual unusualness posted on it:

"GNomes did it"
http://theaudioportal.com/portal/listen/128

Also, here's a Little video I made for "random canyon"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLXA5mxmTk

2010-05-17 20:55:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

It got to the point where whenever I updated my little music thread thing people would look at the first post and only comment on the stuff in that and not on the fresh stuff I just updated.

So imma' gonna' post this here, have some crazy Avante-Garde Electro-House !

http://soundcloud.com/dominc-parker/demon-monkey-stole-my-soul

2010-05-17 21:41:00

Author:
Asbestos101

Posts: 1114

/edited out

2010-05-18 02:08:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

@Swan, I didn't get any live musicians to play it - so it was played as you hear. I can't wait until I have the money and a good reason to hire some live musicians to play my music though!

It'll come with time.

I found the time in my end of high school projects and exams to compose another piece

(Soon I'll have lots more time though, and I'll be composing lots more!

)

I present to you my latest, and - in my opinion - my greatest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP-LSWjffL0

I found an incredible quote to go along with the song as well, which you can see throughout the video. It's a quote from Joss Whedon, which already means it must be great. I think it fits the song beautifully!

Enjoy

2010-05-18 21:16:00

Author:
hilightnotes

Posts: 1230

@ Asbestos101 WOW! that's a great groove! had me shaking my fat butt all over the place! well, done! it reminds me a little of one of my favorite groups (Gorillaz) some how. anyway, it's nice to see house with something actually going on chord & melody - wise! Mind if I download it to jam with?

@ hilightnotes My god...That's...so beautiful! I feel inspired! that is really something! I think after I finish posting this, I'll open up my music proggies and fire up the keyboard. you and Asbestos have really put me in the mood!

BTW-- I found out that my playstation3 doesn't like sound cloud. it calls up the page just fine, but won't play...I don't know if it's just my machine, or if it's a basic incompatibility between the PS3 and sound cloud...the audio portal, and newgrounds seem to work just fine, though.

2010-05-21 03:33:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Hey guys, here's a link to my band's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/raggymonster

It's really just me nowadays, but I recently invested in a $500 Duet Apogee interface so I could finally record from home at almost studio quality.

The first few songs on there are ones I recorded with it, but I have a TON more stuff that I just don't put on there cause it's not really the same kind of music.

Let me know what you think

2010-05-23 16:44:00

Author:
ApellesJr

Posts: 282

Here's what i've been up to lately... not much, but a few nice turn outs. thanks swanbrown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5DkmeajpII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cQG5h5JkNA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SMLujm9rKA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUqoKVVfgTY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7EVsO4nGOE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1pBpamhfH0

2010-05-24 09:51:00

Author:
Unknown User

Really good rap skittles, ninja

You might like this. (http://www.myspace.com/toyotamusic)

I haven't got much of my new music online yet, but I made these demos [that I'm still working on [and sound very bad right now.]]

1.Frying Notice (http://soundcloud.com/voodeedoo/frying-notice-1)

2.A Little in All of Us (http://soundcloud.com/voodeedoo/a-little-in-all-of-us)

3.Endowed (http://soundcloud.com/voodeedoo/endowed-ft-katiethesinger123)

2010-05-24 23:17:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Ooh I'm liking the new one, there is now two instances of Frying Notice on soundcloud. Any differences or just a duplicate upload?

2010-05-25 00:10:00

Author:
OneEyedBanshee

Posts: 1370

Oops, must've been an accident XD

2010-05-25 02:02:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

I'm gonna post this link again cause I think it got missed at the bottom of the last page: http://www.myspace.com/raggymonster

Listen to the first few songs, as they are the ones recorded at studio quality.

2010-05-25 04:38:00

Author:
ApellesJr

Posts: 282

Heres to recordings of me singing, not good quality but its all ive got at the moment! lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvh_Ag9zOcc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhiuO1NB64w

2010-05-25 10:05:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

@ ApellesJr: great stuff! Man I really like "My own ink"! are the lyrics yours?... OMG Cadburry Dairy Milk Caught me COMPLETELY off-guard.

@ NinjaMic You Seem to be really Putting it together again, With a vengeance!
"Why Axis Disciple" is my favorite to date. That Sluggish-and-Thuggish beat seems to work for you.

@ Voodeedoo I'm not sure how I feel about you linking to a Toyota ad on This thread, But I liked "A Little in All of Us", and REALLY like "Endowed ft. KatietheSinger123" It had a a nice flow and interesting dynamics. It's good to hear you getting into more complex chord structures.

@ Fenderjt Wow! you've got some Vocal skill, and a great voice. Even with the Recording quality being what it is, it Still sounds great!

Thanks to you all for posting!

heheh...my turn now.
My Girlfriend at the time handed me a microcasette one day filled with her singing single notes. I had alot of fun playing with that recording.

"Rockyari's vox":
http://theaudioportal.com/portal/listen/235

There's a small bar I used to frequent where they played pool like a kung-foo movie. This is about that. so, this is music to play Kung-foo-pool to.

"Snooker fish" -or- "I just love my pitch-bend wheel":
http://theaudioportal.com/portal/listen/236

BTW. I don't know aboaut you all, but I'm going out of my mind thinking about the cool things I'll be able to do with the Music editor and voice over features of LBP2. I realize I'm brobabbly letting my imagination run amuck, but still.

2010-05-25 11:54:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Just to say...why don't we try to make a song for "a game" and try to deliver it to MM to use it in LBP2...just an idea...
Think about it...

2010-05-25 13:48:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Just to say...why don't we try to make a song for "a game" and try to deliver it to MM to use it in LBP2...just an idea...
Think about it...

Thats a great idea! I doubt they'd use it in lbp2 but it will be nice for them to hear it atleast

2010-05-25 13:59:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

@ Voodeedoo I'm not sure how I feel about you linking to a Toyota ad on This thread, But I liked "A Little in All of Us", and REALLY like "Endowed ft. KatietheSinger123" It had a a nice flow and interesting dynamics. It's good to hear you getting into more complex chord structures.
.

thanks

but it wasn't a toyoa ad; it was a contest sponsored by them and the winner gets a record deal. i thought he might be interested in entering XD

i like Rockyari's vox, it's nice and ambient and has a good blend of classical and electronic influences

and tia, your singing is awesomely good

2010-05-26 01:00:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

I'd try but my quality's still pretty bootleg... still using the laptop mic. I could sell music underground, but i don't think my style's really too marketable without hooks and whatnot, since i just do canibus-style verses that go on and on heh

xv... you really should be doing this professionally in some avenue. i could see you doing the score to an indy film and taking it from good to amazing with mood and feel.

@apellesr... good stuff, i barely listen to any new music in your genre, but i really like your sound. your voice and writing is genuine, the playing is soulful. really good. it's amazing that there's this kind of talent around lbp - what a collective force. this is GREAT music... you should really push it, man. have confidence in it and never stop.

@fender... beautiful voice, i can help you with mixing and cleaning up vocals a little if you ever need help on something. if i can make me sound tolerable, im sure i could make you sound amazing.

@swan... wow rockyari's vox is powerful... that feel's like 1981 with 2010 sound quality. if i was on something right now i'd be trippin'. if i slowed snookerfish down a little, that'd make a perfect g funk beat for some old school 90's gangsta rap... more bounce to the ounce. and yeah, it'd be perfect for a fight scene in a pool hall haha, this is bangin'

2010-05-26 03:17:00

Author:
Unknown User

@ ApellesJr: great stuff! Man I really like "My own ink"! are the lyrics yours?... OMG Cadburry Dairy Milk Caught me COMPLETELY off-guard.

Everything is completely original that I make. I don't use other people's music, even drums are not loops, they are played on my keyboard and recorded directly through my Apogee Duet Interface.

@apellesr... good stuff, i barely listen to any new music in your genre, but i really like your sound. your voice and writing is genuine, the playing is soulful. really good. it's amazing that there's this kind of talent around lbp - what a collective force. this is GREAT music... you should really push it, man. have confidence in it and never stop.

Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. I really focus a lot on lyrics, and especially more recently have implanted a good deal of symbolism in them. I try very hard to create a unique sound that's still catchy at the same time.

2010-05-26 07:16:00

Author:
ApellesJr

Posts: 282

I love singing but i dont do it often anymore as i havent got the right equipment, id love to sing over a home made track. I want some top recording equipment but dont know where to get it from and what to get!

Thank you all of your lovely comments

Ninja, Swan, Vood and Apelles, you all have very good musical talent! You should all be proud

2010-05-26 09:47:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

Thats a great idea! I doubt they'd use it in lbp2 but it will be nice for them to hear it atleast

Yeah, the point is that either way it goes, it will be fun to do it.

2010-05-26 19:49:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

yeah! a collaboration of gadderes. Sounds good to me!

2010-05-27 01:19:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

That'd be interesting to do. We could gather a number of songs, one by each of us, and send it over to Mm

A tribute-ish CD to show we care :]

This can start a whole nother thread XD

2010-05-27 06:55:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Yeah but but i cant make songs i sing! lol

2010-05-27 09:24:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

Yeah, we can begin to write basic stuff, in Loops, Midi, recording whatever and pass it hand to hand to let other people that can arrange the stuff in different ways.
Example, I make a sad melody and someone can put under it some urban like trashcan drumming, just to say, and give a twist to what I thought.
LBP songs are really sick, if you think about it.

@Fender
You can always imagine and sing some lines that can be translated into instruments.

Think about the idea as being creative in a different way.

2010-05-27 11:20:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Yeah but but i cant make songs i sing! lol

That's not a broblem. We have some high power music talent here.
To name just a few from recent pages:

NinjaMicWZ- deep thinker and wizard of the spoken word.
Highlinghtnotes- right up there with Danny Elfman and Stewart Copeland for Composition and arrangement.
Omegaslayer- Mettle maniac, composer and big picture thinker
ApellesJr- another great wordsmith and guitarist
Voodeedoo- prolific trance, ambient, and tum-tiss wrangeler
Asbestos- hookline hero
Awesomemans- Sorcerer of the Experimental and unconventional
Pitcard- Chiptune guru
swanbrown- better than nora, the piano playing cat.

2010-05-27 11:32:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Ah, I can picture it now...
LBP - The Fan Soundtrack
I'm most likely on the wrong page, but it's still fun imagining what it can turn out to be.

And Tia, you can record yourself singing, post it on Youtube, I'll nick it, and try to make the voice sound as clear as possible, and make a song out of it

If possible lol
Same with NinjaMicWZ

2010-05-27 13:37:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

If possible lol
Same with NinjaMicWZ

Oooh yeah what a good idea! Or i can just record it and email it to you XD but what would i sing?....HMMMMMMMMM

2010-05-27 13:45:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

Oooh yeah what a good idea! Or i can just record it and email it to you XD but what would i sing?....HMMMMMMMMM

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM... maybe if I come up with a song, I can send you a demo and you could probably come up with vocals and lyrics to replace what would then no longer be a backing synth XD

It might be tough to get that top 40's sound though; there's only so much I can do with semi decent audio quality :O Besides make the song sound like old tape, which is always a cool thing

2010-05-27 13:51:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM... maybe if I come up with a song, I can send you a demo and you could probably come up with vocals and lyrics to replace what would then no longer be a backing synth XD

It might be tough to get that top 40's sound though; there's only so much I can do with semi decent audio quality :O Besides make the song sound like old tape, which is always a cool thing

Cool ok! That sounds like a good idea. Now someone can create the words to the song because if i do it it will be a load of old...

lol

2010-05-27 13:54:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

Hmmmm or maybe it doesn't haffta be words, but like background vocals or something vocal-ly that stands out but isn't words, kind of like that song by the Go Team, or Cries in the Wind, or something that doesn't make much sense but sounds good and loops over and over again like My Patch.

Excuse me, I'm thinking out loud XD

We could get Ninja to come up with lyrics if we settle on that tho

2010-05-27 13:57:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Well imagine a song where Ninja is rapping his lyrics and me singing the same bit like you said every now and then. It could be a few words which are repeated through out the song

2010-05-27 14:01:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

Sounds legit

We'll haffta see where it goes!
*Tries to come up with a few beats*

2010-05-27 14:18:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

LBP - The Fan Soundtrack
I'm most likely on the wrong page, but it's still fun imagining what it can turn out to be.

I think it falls well within this thread's topic. Wide topic that it is.

I wonder what sort of song we should start out with..

"Stop Grabbing my sack" By {what would we call ourselves?}
you know I really like you,
and I've allways got your back.
But it really drives me crazy,
when you grab my...No? okayfine.

Meanwhile, Here's one of mine called "Rat *******":
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/332122

2010-05-27 14:20:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

How about "Playing with each other's Sacks" by the Sane Asylum?
"Ooooh baby
mm-mm-mm-mmmmmm yeaaaah
top of the wuuuuurld
mmmm how bout we
[chorus]
PLAY WITH EACH OTHER'S S-" well, I dunno. maybe the chorus can come after another verse.

2010-05-27 15:01:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Erm i dont wanna sing about grabbing someones SACK! lmao! thats funny

How about we sing something like:
IF YOU LOVE LBP
DRINK SOME TEA
AND YOU WILL BE
HAPPY FOR ETERNITY!

hahaha only joking

2010-05-27 15:06:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

Okay, so it's clear that lyrics arn't our thing.
I Think I'll go PM NinjamicWZ. and maybe search for "LBPoetry"

2010-05-27 15:22:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

I don't know about adding too many lyrics though; notice how Mm chooses instrumentals? It'd be kind of weird to have a Kelly Clarkson or Lil Wayne song in the background, with it's heavy lyric-dependent state. I think it also takes away from the ability for people to interpret. It'd be hard to add a spooky song like Cries in the Wind to a spooky level if the lyrics were about a break up or a sensual love song, knawmean? Yeeaaaah. Das sum poop'd up squaq, dig? Yes, I believe you dig. Also, we'd be hearing the song many many times during LBP, so it might be hard to pull off the right kind of lyrics XO

*AHEM* Do not interrupt me when I'm talking to myself.

But that's only what I think, but I'll go with whatever you guys want to go with.

2010-05-27 15:59:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Lol Vood you make me laugh.

I get what you mean. Ok then we can make a song just for fun for lbpc and another which will be more like a lbp in game song

2010-05-27 16:03:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

Sure

Le'z do dat
I can be such a downer sometimes XD
I act as if this is our career O__________o
*awkward silence*

2010-05-27 16:14:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Sure

Le'z do dat
I can be such a downer sometimes XD
I act as if this is our career O__________o
*awkward silence*

Yeah your PATHETIC! *runs off*

Nah im only joking sweet

Its good to be interested in this, i am!
I cant wait to get it moving

2010-05-27 16:19:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

I wonder where we should start XD
For now I'll gather some beats I've made and probably have MicWZ rap over them. It might take a bit if I come up with something for you to sing to, since our styles are complete opposites XD

2010-05-27 16:23:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

I can sing most things

I tend to listen and adapt my voice to the song

2010-05-27 16:28:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

Hmmm if this thread goes awesomely off topic any longer, maybe we could start a group XD
Even though it's just us three blabbering about it so far

2010-05-27 16:49:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Hmmm if this thread goes awesomely off topic any longer, maybe we could start a group XD
Even though it's just us three blabbering about it so far

Yeah we should start a group and invite only the people who are going to participate in this project!
I think Swan should start it off seen as he is the one who started this thread

2010-05-27 16:58:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

2010-05-27 18:45:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Here's a bit of idea that I started this evening at work.
http://daelthasaar.altervista.org/_altervista_ht/Saddy.mid
(Right click and save destination) even without a midi player, your media player will play it.
It's a midi file that I built with the power tab creator, the only tool I have at work (used to write music down or the first time).
3 audio layers, acoustic piano, synth and bass line.
I didn't add much to let you study and arrange the stuff.
Anyway just start thinking to keep the tracks separate.

Wow, cool song. I'm guessing it's not done, or do I have to download it to listen to the whole thing?

Anyway, I just MAED A NEW SONG LAWL.

http://soundcloud.com/bulrog-the-sorcerer/zap-dose

The Newgrounds post seems to sound better, though. Does soundcloud **** with it or something?

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/336052

The song sounds empty for some reason, though. I'm still working on it.

2010-05-27 22:20:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Haha wow @ omega and Awesomemans there great! I wouldnt have a clue how to make music like that. Well done to the both of ya i really enjoyed listening to them!

LOL at the face n badgers hehehe

2010-05-27 22:28:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

No, not done, it's just a point to start the "LBP2 song project", if you people like it.
It's not meant to be done alone but with a join effort with ideas from everyone.

@awesome
Liked zap dose, especially how you worked on the loop.
I think that if we want to make an ambient/WTDF LBP style song, we have to pick at least 7 ideas to work on and melt them together.
I worked on E minor/G major on that bit

@fender
Too priddy and kind as always.
You should try to find a midi program and start to mess with it (I'm not the best person to suggest which one, I suck with computer thingamabobs programs, prefer solid real hardware...), music like art is inside everyone, you only have to find a way to let it out.

2010-05-27 22:28:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Agh! That's what I get for not reading that long off-topic conversation!

2010-05-27 22:37:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Yawning too much I suppose...your mouth got stucked

Are you willing to join?

2010-05-27 22:41:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

i can help with lyrics, and i can do something really open to interpretation and minimalist, or abstract so it can fit with any theme (the way much of the bare lyricism on lbp songs already is) but i would like to wait to hear the instrumentation for inspiration. I'd rather write with melody, assonance, and rhythm in mind since a ham fisted topic seems like the wrong way to go... it's brainstorming without a synapse, basically; moot.

i could easily write a few short things on the idea of creativity or artistry, even if not a whole verse... it might do better as a chopped up vocal sample worked into the instrument etc we'll see, this should be fun.

2010-05-28 09:18:00

Author:
Unknown User

Yeah, we should try to start to set things seriously if we want to do the thing seriously.
First of all, we must "count ourselves", who wants to be in, and who is not interested.
I don't want anyone to be out, but late joins can only slow the "project", and create problems.
It would be cool to know by Monday who wants to partecipate, then we can decide a direction.

Either way we can even decide that it's a bad useless idea and don't do anything.

2010-05-28 10:03:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Ok so the following people are included in the project so far:

- Omegaslayer
- XVoodeedooX
- NinjaMicWZ
- Fenderjt

To be confirmed:

- ApellesJr
- Swanbrown
- Awesomemans

2010-05-28 10:09:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

Consider this me and awesoman's confirmation:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/336211
This is us Collaborating on ZAP_Dose.
most of the synths and drms is him
The Accents and live parts are me.

(Below are my parts isoloated... The blip at start is for Sync, and shoud be muted for re-mix)
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/336212
(and Awesomemans)
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/336052

BPM=80 btw

Also, I'd like to nominate Omega as project lead

2010-05-28 15:11:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Cool il have to listen to it when im home from work

Ok new list:
- Omegaslayer
- XVoodeedooX
- NinjaMicWZ
- Fenderjt
- Swanbrown
- Awesomemans

2010-05-28 15:19:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

I'm nearly done on my part... now I gotta do the arrangement and mastering. Mwuahahaha >:]

2010-05-28 18:58:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

You know, it might be fun to approach this as an interactive track. So, Lessee that's:
six tracks;
perc / drums/ ambient / fx / bass / melody/vox (or an analogue there of)
I notice that in the game, the tracks aren't 100% within their slot, so they can stand alone.
it's challenging, but I think we're up to it.

Okay, I'll start a group as soon as we decide what to call it.
possibly something un-exciting like "Working folder"?

Also, in line with what Omega was saying, we should start out with some basic parameters for our tunes:
Tempo
Chord structure
Theme
Style(s)/mood(s)

2010-05-28 19:44:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Hmmm I can probably pull that off with my track right now; I wonder if some of the alone tracks would sound too off on their own though.
I'll see how it goes

2010-05-28 20:06:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Sorry to say voody, but having something that is not a rough sketch is pointless, because the cool concept is coming up with an idea and working on it together, since everyone of us has different point of view, taste and perspective, and that could help the "track" to grow.
Obviously I didn't heard what you're up to, but leave it as basic as possible, or pick the main tune or the idea you like best to let the others build something on it.
That is at least my idea.

2010-05-28 20:42:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Omega has a good point:
It's easy to over produce. Especially when coordinating with other people.
There's nothing like showing up to rehersal with a full arrangement of "Vicious and Strange", only to have your band-mates reject it off-hand because there's really nothing left for them to do.

on the other hand, I'm curious to hear what you've been working.

2010-05-28 20:54:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Oh it's not a very strict and over produced song; the layering and arrangement isn't too over-dependent either since it's mostly melody based. I tried to make a happy song that people could hum along to, and when I'm done with the basic arranging, I'll upload it somewhere for you all to listen, download, fiddle with, etc. So far I think it's something we can all work with

I need some help with it, too, since I'm having a hard time finding out how to start it off.

2010-05-28 20:59:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Asbestos- hookline hero

I like that description.

But yeah, there is some super high quality stuff goin' down in this thread. Especially all this film sound track stuff

2010-05-28 21:06:00

Author:
Asbestos101

Posts: 1114

This is as much as I'll add to it for now. Here (http://soundcloud.com/voodeedoo/unfinished) is the unfinished demo.

I still have all the track separated and can do pretty much whatever you want with it.

I'll probably make a second demo but with a breakbeat instead of a 4/4 dance beat. It might turn out alright, too.

2010-05-28 21:42:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Oops, edited out XD nvm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbKyKZw8xes"]YouTube - temples remix -

Now I didn't say they were any good! lol That's where I'm counting on you guys!

Those drums... are awesome.
How did you make them/get them? I could only imagine the possibilities with those babies...

2010-05-29 09:41:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

here's a little somthing to play with. It's just a bass line with accents. might make a good loop. also, it's not pre-renderd, so I can change just about everything about it.
The drums at the end are just raw "duplo", from my sound library.
I'm calling it "Deal With It, Sackboy." -- 90 BPM
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/336421

I wonder if anyone here can beat-box. That'd be soo cool to use on an LBP level!

Also, I'd rather the accents be a horn section, but I'm not on good terms with one right now.(hint, hint, Highlightnotes ((: )
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/emote/PussINboots_colorpopinframe.jpg

2010-05-29 10:54:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

So with these concepts, do we hand them to each other and add everyone's bit to it?
If so, I could email you the individual tracks of mine and vise versa, and we could add on to each others so far

I like the drums in your track, by the way. They be banging.

2010-05-29 13:27:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

OMG!
Hard stuff or me.
Your music is too happy for me, people.

I have a difficult relation with things that haven't a sad mood or aren't brutal, but I'll try to do something.

2010-05-29 16:13:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

well, maybe you could put some cookie monster vocals over it. I don't think I've ever heard a combo like that before...Yeah, That'd be really cool, I think!
It'd still be happy, but at least it'd be a little more brutal.

I was actually kindof visualizing a stephen tyler "walk this way" kind of vocal over it, anyway!

Btw...I never thought of Little Big Planet as being Sad OR Brutal.

wow! the more I think about it, ME WANT COOKIE MONSTER VOCALS! BAHHHRRUGHH!
And SUPER-CRUNCHY GUITAR! to replace that strange duck sound I'm using now.

2010-05-29 16:44:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Maybe someone can add violent screaming to go on throughout the song

2010-05-29 16:57:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

or we could just record Omega as he listens to our happy music

2010-05-29 17:45:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Btw...I never thought of Little Big Planet as being Sad OR Brutal.

Yeah, one more reason to do it!

2010-05-29 18:08:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

okay, somthing like this, only with real guitar? (and more brutal chugs, of course)
http://theaudioportal.com/portal/listen/293
Deal with it Sackboy (chug loop)

I didn't change anything except the stupid duck sound, and added the faux chugs.

Now, I wonder who we could get to play that kind of guitar part for us?

2010-05-29 18:12:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

THAT, with a slap bass guitar would be quite cool and it would have a funky drive.
Add some Zakk Wylde like squeals here and there and we would have a win.
Anyway, I didn't want to play the guitar

, since that's what I do, I think that we should challenge ourselves in doing something that it's not our bread and butter

2010-05-29 19:11:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I'll be away for several days to move; but I'll probably get back in time to finish the songs

2010-05-30 05:26:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

here's a little somthing to play with. It's just a bass line with accents. might make a good loop. also, it's not pre-renderd, so I can change just about everything about it.
The drums at the end are just raw "duplo", from my sound library.
I'm calling it "Deal With It, Sackboy." -- 90 BPM
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/336421

i wrote to this, starting at :48, about 12 measures or so. really light hearted and in the spirit of the game... i could see little kids trying to memorize it

i didnt hear the whole rock version yet, but so far i like this one alot... genesis, to jam and earl, sonic 2 sound

2010-05-30 07:48:00

Author:
Unknown User

ok i start at 0:48 - don't expect my usual ferociousness or profundity haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tn0B4TabHA

obviously the tamest thing i've ever done bu whatever i love lbp; i keeps it real like that

i have the acapella separate for whoever needs it for a final mix, like a slider box in the game (fingers crossed)

and now for something compleltey different -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK92QCS5I1A

lol @ the contrast

2010-05-30 08:26:00

Author:
Unknown User

Yeah, baby!

2010-05-30 09:11:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

LOL WOW I MADE A HOUSE SONG!

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/337128

Ninja, that rap was awesome.

. Really appropriate for the song, I thought, too.

2010-05-31 22:30:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

And there was one more 'choon' I made that didn't get looked at in my last thread, i'll repost it here http://soundcloud.com/dominc-parker/sedation

Awesomemans ... haha, it's more aphex twin than house music par se, that said, I can't make commercial house music either, it always turns out being some strange swim through the putrescent waters of obscurity.

2010-06-01 01:39:00

Author:
Asbestos101

Posts: 1114

What could i use to make songs thats free?

2010-06-04 01:08:00

Author:
Snrm

Posts: 6419

@ Xkappax That's great stuff! although, I don't know how good it can be if you don't do the smurf. X)
The Frug is my fave of the two, but they are both good. Christmas panic has a really nice sound to it. I'm really glad you decided to post here!

@Snrm I use Buzz A LOT, and it is totally free to use, Although nobody's gonna gripe if you decide to send the Jeskola team a couple of bucks. here's where you can find it.

http://www.buzzmachines.com/

2010-06-04 15:14:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

Sorry people, this week I've been overbusy at work and at home to be able to come up with something or even lend a hear to what you did.
Maybe even this week will be the same nightmare, I hope the next won't be another madness, and I'll come up with something.

2010-06-07 14:33:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

One of us should still start a group though, before this possibly fades away like magical pixie dust :O

2010-06-07 18:57:00

Author:
Voodeedoo

Posts: 724

Sorry for not being active in this thread lately!

Anyway, here's something I made to try and cope with my latest existential crisis!

http://soundcloud.com/bulrog-the-sorcerer/pendulum
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/338939

2010-06-08 01:08:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

One of us should still start a group though, before this possibly fades away like magical pixie dust :O

Yeah, that surely has to be done to avoid what you say.
I'm not a good leader since I'm tyrannical and despotical

Swanb is a really nicer person to do it.

2010-06-08 07:40:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

http://sharebee.com/b03e9505

http://sharebee.com/c366b6c4

alright the acapella and the regular are on there to download, for anyone to mix or add to. as long as we keep original items of all our contributions whoever handles the final mix will be able to keep a master file so that all elements are always adjustable.

hope some of you're still into this, or looking to do more.

add ninjasironmic on aim, and when i'm on i can send whoever whatever

2010-06-09 06:08:00

Author:
Unknown User

wow pendelumis fantastic... and where did kappa's stuff go? i didnt get to hear.

2010-06-09 06:11:00

Author:
Unknown User

I have started a group, and sent invites to the current project members

@ NinjaMC. Sorry, but sharebee isn't going to work for me. too many pop-ups, and I'm not going to give them my cell

2010-06-10 20:12:00

Author:
swanbrown

Posts: 898

I have some rap stuff i did... I might post it later!

2010-06-11 04:48:00

Author:
Shhabbazz

Posts: 746

wow pendelumis fantastic... and where did kappa's stuff go? i didnt get to hear.

I'll send you it through a private message, ninja. I got scared and I deleted it.

2010-06-11 16:09:00

Author:
xkappax

Posts: 2569

I'll send you it through a private message, ninja. I got scared and I deleted it.

Awww kappa you shouldnt have done that! It was really good and everyone enjoyed listening to it. I hope to hear more from you soon, your voice is lovely

2010-06-11 16:38:00

Author:
Fenderjt

Posts: 1969

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