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Love it. This made my morning. There should be a thread dedicated to live-action cheese. It would probably get filled with Power Rangers content, though.
Lol, I have some non-PR material. I'd totally be down for that.
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So, a friend I made on facebook took a song idea Ive had floating around for some time now, and used computer software to make a full instrumental version of it. And it rseally cool getting to hear it with multiple sounds : p Check it out-
http://vocaroo.com/i/s15mPfZJWgMp
Im calling it "Geraldine", btw. Cuz every musician needs a song named after some random female, and what better female is there to name a song after? : p
http://vocaroo.com/i/s15mPfZJWgMp
Im calling it "Geraldine", btw. Cuz every musician needs a song named after some random female, and what better female is there to name a song after? : p
I enjoyed that. It was short, but sweet, and had a sort of reflective/nostalgic vibe to it. I was looking out my window while listening to it and got all misty-eyed. Hahaha.
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Look what I did today-
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0LwX6BqFJ5m
Needs work, but I think its one of the best things that I have come up with : p
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0LwX6BqFJ5m
Needs work, but I think its one of the best things that I have come up with : p
I'm not sure why maybe it's your style but it does have a big 90s and 2000's sound to it. Though that could also be Pinback influence since Burwell plays similarly. This almost 2 minute composition is rad, the beat is steady is it often hard to change the beat even when you are already a minute ahead in the song?
That's a day well spent, MW. A pretty piece, indeed. Needs a lick of polish, as you say, but it's the kind of thing I'd enjoy listening to in front of the heater in winter. It had that pleasant goosebump-inducing effect.
The 90s- early 2000s style might just be because I have a really big soft spot in my heart for that emotional, moody and brooding sound that was really popular at the time, haha. Zach once said when asked how hed describe his sound-
"When called upon to define [his] style, Smith demurs before answering. "I don't know. Pretty with an edge? I don't necessarily know how to explain it. I like dark and brooding tones. I don't ever want my music to get too pretty. I like it to have an underlying rawness. Sugar coating on the top, evil underneath. How's that?
(From his wikipedia page)
I dont feel my music is quite as dark as his can be, and I tend to go for a more "tragic" sound than an "evil" sound, I think. But other than that I think I identify with his style quite a bit, so I think that often reflects in my style, causing it to have a "dark and brooding" sound to it : p
(I always loved that "pretty with an edge" description, I use it alot too : p)
As for changing the beat, I dunno? : p I guess it just depends on how it flows, like if it feels natural. Youll never hear me go full on prog or anything, as I strongly appreciate songs with a fluid flow to them.
And haha, I guess it kinda has a winter-y sound : p I was actually thinking more like a silent summer night, though. Theres a chord in that song that Ive been finding myself use alot lately. Its the one where I strum instead of the arpeggio, where I drop down on the finger on the highest string by a halfstep. I seem to really like that transition with that chord : p
I guess it would look like, if you could imagine having your index finger on the second string down from the top string, youd lay it flat down onto the string ben eath it to play the fret directly below that one, and then on the bottom string youd have your pinky one whole step over (a whole step is two frets), and the transition would just be sliding your pinky back towards your index finger half a step (one fret).
Heres a visual description that probly wont make any sense, haha : p
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|----------D <---Just pretend thats a fretting hand on a bass guitar : p Youd move the pinky finger one fret over right next to the index finger : p
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"When called upon to define [his] style, Smith demurs before answering. "I don't know. Pretty with an edge? I don't necessarily know how to explain it. I like dark and brooding tones. I don't ever want my music to get too pretty. I like it to have an underlying rawness. Sugar coating on the top, evil underneath. How's that?
(From his wikipedia page)
I dont feel my music is quite as dark as his can be, and I tend to go for a more "tragic" sound than an "evil" sound, I think. But other than that I think I identify with his style quite a bit, so I think that often reflects in my style, causing it to have a "dark and brooding" sound to it : p
(I always loved that "pretty with an edge" description, I use it alot too : p)
As for changing the beat, I dunno? : p I guess it just depends on how it flows, like if it feels natural. Youll never hear me go full on prog or anything, as I strongly appreciate songs with a fluid flow to them.
And haha, I guess it kinda has a winter-y sound : p I was actually thinking more like a silent summer night, though. Theres a chord in that song that Ive been finding myself use alot lately. Its the one where I strum instead of the arpeggio, where I drop down on the finger on the highest string by a halfstep. I seem to really like that transition with that chord : p
I guess it would look like, if you could imagine having your index finger on the second string down from the top string, youd lay it flat down onto the string ben eath it to play the fret directly below that one, and then on the bottom string youd have your pinky one whole step over (a whole step is two frets), and the transition would just be sliding your pinky back towards your index finger half a step (one fret).
Heres a visual description that probly wont make any sense, haha : p
------------E
|----------A
|----------D <---Just pretend thats a fretting hand on a bass guitar : p Youd move the pinky finger one fret over right next to the index finger : p
| |------G
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Oh! Well, a silent summer night is pretty much what it is here right now, so I was listening to it in the artist's intended atmosphere. Heheh. The night here is pleasantly mild and really peaceful. I can't even hear any crickets out my window, only cars in the distance driving through the night.
Anyway, your passion for music is really admirable! You must plan and compile an album someday, Mona!
Winter-y theme does sound like it, at times it reminded me of Banjo-Tooie music the guitar strum, although that ain't the same as a banjo strum but yes. Unlike Burwell your music does sound more in tune with nature if that makes sense going back to the winter sound. Since you give your music a more at ease vibe than the big horror fill which both are cool in their own way it just depends on how the musician feels at the time when it comes to creating music.
Full on prog that is something that would be interesting but to incorporate that you do have to be unorthodox so it's more about you finding what feels natural to you or at the time then which is cool, tried going full prog and it ended up sounding very funny(like an elephant smashing the tuba aaahhh). Pinky or a finger sliding through the notes as you strum the cords or well each different cord I'm starting to get it the visual key does help.
Full on prog that is something that would be interesting but to incorporate that you do have to be unorthodox so it's more about you finding what feels natural to you or at the time then which is cool, tried going full prog and it ended up sounding very funny(like an elephant smashing the tuba aaahhh). Pinky or a finger sliding through the notes as you strum the cords or well each different cord I'm starting to get it the visual key does help.
Well Ive actually been wanting to add lyrics and singing to my music, which is actually the biggest thing holding me back on an album, believe it or not : p But Im not really good at either singing or lyrics, haha. I usually feel goofy when I try to do it, and feel discouraged, and thats the biggest road bump I have right now. I actually have many song ideas that Im super excited about, but wont record them because Im afraid if I do Ill never work on the lyrical part. But I actually do have two that are ready to go, lyrics and singing included. Maybe Ill record them soon and post them here.
And yeah, I use my pinky alot in playing : p Alot of the chord changes you hear me play, theyre really just me holding down one chord and moving my pinky around, haha. Even just changing one note of a chord can completely change a song entirely, I love that about music.
And yeah, I use my pinky alot in playing : p Alot of the chord changes you hear me play, theyre really just me holding down one chord and moving my pinky around, haha. Even just changing one note of a chord can completely change a song entirely, I love that about music.