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| 09 Science-Fiction Mnemonics by electrosketch | 5 years ago |
| Thanks grandtheory! | |
| 02 Tuesday Late by electrosketch | 5 years ago |
| Thank You! | |
| 03 UFOs Over Lebanon, IL by electrosketch | 5 years ago |
| Thank you! | |
| 04 Minutes Before Midnight by electrosketch | 5 years ago |
| Thank you! | |
| 05 The Redstone Overture by electrosketch | 5 years ago |
| Thank you! | |
| 02 Tuesday Late by electrosketch | 5 years ago |
| Thanks, avid! | |
| 01 Overture by electrosketch | 5 years ago |
| Thanks DrasticDragonfy. When I get the time, I'm going to tackle this music again and make some longer pieces. Thanks again. | |
| 03 UFOs Over Lebanon, IL by electrosketch | 5 years ago |
| Thank you. It's very satisfying to know this music can trigger mental images. | |
| 02 Tuesday Late by electrosketch | 5 years ago |
| Thank you. You have a good imagination. | |
| 07 Incidental Music by electrosketch | 5 years ago |
| Thank you! | |
| Thank You Artistweekly.com (for hating me) by RichardRinger | 5 years ago |
| How ironic that every one of those repostes was a rip-off. Stay original RR! |
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| If you want to live by WRG | 6 years ago |
 You're the reason there's a persistent rumor that Jim Morrison is alive and well building a boat in Oregon! |
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| 03 UFOs Over Lebanon, IL by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thanks. It would be nice if George Noori heard my music and used it as bumper music on Coast to Coast am. The same with Adult Swim, or IFC, anywhere anybody uses ten to thirty seconds of incidental music. I think my music would be good for that. It could lend itself to ring tones, cartoons and film, too. I appreciate your comments, especially on the sound. I've been working very hard trying to get a good overall sound. It's definitely a learn as you go kind of process. Thanks again! |
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| Stick it to the iComp Man by DelMurice | 6 years ago |
Awesome! |
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| 03 UFOs Over Lebanon, IL by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thank you! | |
| Greater Love by fowlkes | 6 years ago |
Great production! Sounds great cranked up and at low volume just like a great radio song should. |
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| Sunday Mourning by avidmacuser | 6 years ago |
I think this music is great for inducing a calm and prayerful mindset. |
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| 03 UFOs Over Lebanon, IL by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thanks! The main part took me a long time, but adding the guitar was well worth the wait. I think bluegrass and flying saucer music are a perfect fit. The title comes from a story I heard on Coast to Coast am. Thanks for listening! mason |
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| 08 Gathering Wool by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thanks. I really appreciate your comments. I went back and forth on the fuzzy guitar. In the the end, I decided to include it, in keeping with the spirit of the impromptu, I chose the moment over the music. Even so, I wound up trying to mix it further back. Remembering what I did and why, has given me all kinds of ideas. Thanks again for the positive feedback. mason |
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| 09 Science-Fiction Mnemonics by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thank you. I like this quirky tune. I thought I did a good job with the breaks and the use of minimal guitar. To me, this kind of music sounds like jazz mixed with trance. Thanks for listening, mason |
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| 06 Taxi 4 am by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| There are some excellent female singer/composers here. Maybe, some them will check it out. Thanks for the comments! mason |
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| 04 Minutes Before Midnight by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thanks. I really appreciate your comment. You're right, I didn't mean to sound too flippant, I just wonder sometimes how far "out there" is and whether or not I've reached it or gone passed it. Thanks for listening and for your support. mason |
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| Running Blind by chuckesleeze | 6 years ago |
Good stuff. Reminds me a little of Mountain. |
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| 06 Taxi 4 am by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
I used loops, but I did mangle them. Does that count?  I left a lot of room for guitar, synth and vocals. I might add them later. Anyone who wants to is more than welcome to add something. Thanks for the comments! mason |
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| T para 3 (cover) by CCP | 6 years ago |
I usually skip over cover tunes, but when you said he was an important artist, I decided to check it out. I'm glad I did. Good stuff. |
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| C L X (final) by CCP | 6 years ago |
This one is still a favorite of mine. I really dig the sounds you get out of your synths. |
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| Voices Elsewhere (ADE) by becwil | 6 years ago |
I really like this. I especially identify with what you said about how ideas develop naturally. |
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| 02 Tuesday Late by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| I was just trying to be funny |
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| 02 Tuesday Late by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Mixing is the same. I sculpt the sound the same way I sculpt the loops. Mixing can take twice as long. The GarageBandomatic: It Dices, it Splices! It's non-destructive! |
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| With You by pakidi | 6 years ago |
Overall, a pretty good tune. With just a little tweaking, it would sound just like the music I hear on the local Christian rock radio station. |
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| 02 Tuesday Late by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thanks. These are all loops. I've added all the free downloads from iComp to my library. So, some of the sounds in this piece might very well be from here, and not just GB. I approach this kind of music the same way I approach my fine art. My fine art is the complete opposite of my commercial art. Commercial art is always about "something" and has to be made a certain way, it's all about other people;-- the boss, the client, the client's customers, the printer... details and more details. So, when I get a chance to paint for myself, I head straight back to my first true love, a kind of painting I like to call psychedelic camouflage. I start blank and just go. The minute it starts to look like something I change direction. I add and subtract, turning the canvas 'til, I reach a point where there's nothing more I can add or take away. The finished piece is something that looks like something but is intentionally nothing. Realistic looking but totally unreal. I love it when people look at it and try to find something in it. But, the end result is no happy accident. It starts out DaDa, but it quickly becomes abstract surreal. I sculpt as go. Working and reworking the same way as Pollack or Moore. I create electronica in the same way, I scan for loops, throw them in, chop them up, keep a beat here, delete some there, back and forth, 'til I feel like I can't add or delete anymore. I use to airbrush tee shirts exactly the same way. That's where I came up the term psychedelic camouflage. One of the greatest compliments I ever got, was when a friend told me his shirt had been stolen from the laundromat! |
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| 07 Incidental Music by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| I know what you mean. They added some nice preset synths to the Orchestra JamPack, but my ear has already started getting "tired" of them. I did discover something cool about the editor, though;-- You can use any of the software instruments (especially the synths) as a starting place and mold them into something completely different. I'm still learning, but in time, I hope to get something close to those really cool sounds you've been posting using Reason. Thanks for listening and commenting. |
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| 01 Overture by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thank you! That "wow" is exactly what I was going after. I just played this for a friend and he had the same reaction. His exact quote, "Man, this is some heavy sh*t!" I'd like to try my hand at making background music for movies. Thanks again, mason |
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| 05 The Redstone Overture by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thanks. The bass is a midi file I created with a songwriting app called EasyBeat. It was originally voiced as an acoustic guitar for a song I wrote called, Redstone Dream. After I dragged it into GB, I revoiced it with a bass from the software instrument library. I keyboarded the rest using synths and software instruments from Apple's Orchestra JamPack4. I agree, the bass is really thick. I was trying to make it sound as big as possible and still have it support the really deep snyth voice. If I come back to this one, I'll definitely try your suggestion. Thanks again, mason |
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| Stenkross by fredd | 6 years ago |
Another great guitarist! Somebody else here said it first;-- you guys make me wanna burn my guitar! Good composition. |
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| Who Is This by hippodance21 | 6 years ago |
Great voice! |
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| DRAGFOOT ~ Forevermore by Ajacks | 6 years ago |
Professional sound! Tune reminds me of AIC. |
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| Little Machine by Thoegersen | 6 years ago |
Nice imagery. |
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| Last One by cove | 6 years ago |
Jayman's right on. Great mix! |
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| There Where The Flowers Grow by WRG | 6 years ago |
| Timeless sound! Could have been written two hundred years ago (that's a good thing). | |
| bacterial load by birdsonic | 6 years ago |
You're a skillful wordsmith. These lyrics could stand alone as a good poem. The music and vocal compliment the lyrics perfectly. |
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| Green: Lost Forest Children by DavidBowles | 6 years ago |
The Archer hits his mark! |
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| 02 Tuesday Late by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thank you! | |
| Oh Sudan by AtommikBoy | 6 years ago |
Thank you. |
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| 09 Science-Fiction Mnemonics by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thanks. You guys are right about it being interesting;-- and about it growing on you. I started in about supper time last night and by 2am, I was fairly hypnotized. Thanks for listening, mason |
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| You Must Surrender All (Henry Alone) by saved777 | 6 years ago |
Wow, I was just thinking about Henry earlier today! Thanks to you, I'm a big fan of Henry Alone. Please tell him that for me. VCR tape is actually pretty good for recording sound, as this sample proves. If you want it even better, try moving the camera a little closer to the source. Thank you for sharing. |
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| Dreams to Illusions by livatlantis | 6 years ago |
After hearing your lighter song, Call of the Wild, I decided check out some of your other stuff. This one is my favorite. You are a really good guitar player! You should post more often. -mason |
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| Call of the Wild by livatlantis | 6 years ago |
I waited 'cause theGranz said to, and I'm glad I did. Space Monkeys from Hell! Run!! I'm still laughing. |
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| Duke's Return by JD | 6 years ago |
You did a really good job on this! "The Lamb Lies Down..." |
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| 5 Point Perspective - On The Corner by elmaestro | 6 years ago |
Really nice! I can't believe you don't have a keyboard player. Doesn't that put a lot of pressure on you and the guitarist!? You are all really good. |
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| 01 Overture by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| Thanks! I'd have to say this one is probably my favorite of all these short little pieces. I gave them numbers because I couldn't think of what to call them. With seven being the exception, they're really not tunes. I think of them as etudes. | |
| 07 Incidental Music by electrosketch | 6 years ago |
| I think you're right. The synth doesn't blend very well. The next time I try this, I'm going to start with the guitar as the first track and use the synth for support instead of the other way around. Thanks for the comment! |
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| City in the Sky (Original) by jasper | 6 years ago |
| There are very few hard and fast rules when it comes to art. It's all subjective. That being said... Listen back to this, and starting from the beginning, count slowly. Every 4, 8, 12 or even 13 counts (the intervals are what's important, not the distance between them) you should introduce or re-introduce something that will keep the listener's interest. In this crazy five second sound byte world we live in, you only have a few seconds to catch someone attention. Here's a good exercise: watch some TV, a movie or a music video, and count. Notice how the cuts are not very long, shorter than we think if we weren't counting. Try this with music, too. Notice how quickly things change. Even, with this kind of music, say Tangerine Dream, if you listen closely, there's stuff happening at different intervals (even if not regular, the intervals are there.) Phillip Glass sounds repetitive, but he really isn't. Even when he drones, he's changing it up ever so slightly. Just my two cents. I just listened again, and you are using intervals, but they are very, very subtle. I suppose that one very long interval toward the beginning is what stayed with me the most from the first listen. See, I don't really know anymore than the next guy. |
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| longing by Mystified | 6 years ago |
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| Tabula Rasa by Einarus | 6 years ago |
Outstanding composition! |
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| When by Pilky | 6 years ago |
| When it comes songwriting, honesty is half the battle. Keep practicing! | |
| The Schnook by Bondiman | 6 years ago |
I'm hooked. |
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| Street Hound Matter by Fidel | 6 years ago |
This is like music from the future. It keeps my interest. I keep trying to figure it out. |
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| Breath of Renewal by HenryMartyn | 6 years ago |
I really like this! I wish the vocals and the acoustic guitar were a bit more in front. |
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| :explosion:::::::berlin by 121212121212 | 6 years ago |
This is thoughtful stuff. You should post the lyrics. |
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| eight888888888 by 121212121212 | 6 years ago |
This is innovative stuff! Avant garde. |
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| Saved, Saved by lincolnthompson | 6 years ago |
This is great stuff! I have a request;-- Ava Maria. Please. |
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| Psalm 116 by trenzm | 6 years ago |
Awesome! |
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| she opened up the door by franksherman | 6 years ago |
| Nice vocals! For that little instrumental towards the end, I would use an electric guitar or a pedal steel. Just my two cents. | |
| I'll Be Back Again by WRG | 6 years ago |
Please don't think I'm being mean, but you should go outside (or down in the basement, if you have neighbors) and scream as loud and hard as you can. Not from the throat, but deep down from the gut. Do it 'til you get tired, then sing this song again, and when you get to the chorus, remember that energy you had when you were yelling. I'm not saying scream or yell when you sing (that's just an exercise) but to recall that intensity when you sing. I think if you do this, you will convince people that your really coming back again. I think this is a great song and it deserves the most intense delivery you can muster. |
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| May Meets July by MuffledMindset | 6 years ago |
| I saw your request in the chat window. I'm no pro, and with that being said, here's my two cents. To my ear this has a cool African folk sound. For the repetitive piano part that's about a third of the way in, I would use a Kenyan harp sound and have it play throughout. I would also use a fretless bass and ceramic drum, both spliced to fit your composition. And, last but not least, I would introduce the cool electric piano riffing that's toward the end, much sooner and let it be the focus for the whole thing. You don't need that hammer over the head at the beginning. (It had me reaching for the volume.) Instead, intro using one or two of the instruments that make up the composition. For example, a couple of measures of bass and drum to help lay a foundation. Like I said, just my two cents. | |
