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Released my first song on bandcamp

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Oh, totally forgot about this thread.

Well, after my late 2013 EP which was actually made specifically for live perfomance, which was first and currently still last for me, i went away from all that stuff.

Though recently i've recorded a new tune during contest on some site i visit.
https://soundcloud.com/infernalgrape/un ... ep-forward
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This has finally come out. My most personal album and my first double album. Two cds of Drone ambient and other ambient. A preview is on the release page. http://databloem.com/home/1110-james-sh ... urney.html
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Working towards a ZenoHell OST release, here's a fresh bonus track: https://soundcloud.com/dj_emphatic/zeno ... loop-remix
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And the complete soundtrack is now available, congrats to me: https://djemphatic.bandcamp.com/album/z ... soundtrack
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New year, new music:
https://soundcloud.com/dj_emphatic/techno-2017-1

Techno track with acid bassline and some more stuff.
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SAME NO NAZO ~ ENIGMA OF THE SHARK

First track of the new year myself. Inspired by a love of shark movies, Italian movie soundtracks, and wistful Japanese videogame OSTs, all combined into a weeb monstrosity that tells (or will tell in subsequent tracks) the story of a mysterious shark who may be the doom of mankind. Thus the shark theme is not threatening or menacing, but tragic.
beatsgo wrote:Year in the making
Isn't it great when you finally finish that track? Or maybe it isn't. I have dozens of unfinished WIPs sitting in my projects folder.

I can feel myself getting pumped up listening to the track. You nail a nice driving pulse in this track. The woodblock PLOK noise has just the right amount of reverb to give it that melancholic vibe :P
emphatic wrote:New year, new music:
https://soundcloud.com/dj_emphatic/techno-2017-1

Techno track with acid bassline and some more stuff.
Bassline was pretty groovy. Nice work!
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EmperorIng wrote:Bassline was pretty groovy. Nice work!
Thank you!
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I composed another piece in my "shark" series:

SAME NO NAZO ~ Ambassador's Boat Party

This time it has parts that sounds like "shark" music, along with pumpin' techno and sad piano love song. :P
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One more! On a roll with three pieces of music in nearly a week's time!

SAME NO NAZO ~ A Glass Before We Go (INTERMISSION)

This time in 5/4 time. Listening to this track on my headphones and speaker system sounds fine; when I play it on my amazon echo, it sounds muffled and the effects seem way too thick :oops: If you listen to it please let me know how it sounds, production-wise. I put the master audio through a simple multi-purpose compressor to boost the volume values for everything across the board, and since it didn't sound bad I went with it.

As a topic of discussion: I almost never write music quickly - it's usually a more tortuous process of tweaking endless knobs until something sounds kinda not like shit.

I don't have a midi controller as well, so every note is clicked (or copy-pasted) in with a mouse, which takes... a while. When I am just free-wheeling it, it can take a long time as songs/music naturally evolve into new things (or I just noodle new parts into it). My fastest pieces always come from having a piano sketch beforehand that I record from my phone because I can't remember my improv worth shit.
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https://soundcloud.com/heavyviper/the-dreaming-stray

A bit of a change of pace for me. Been playing a few RPGs lately, so I guess I got inspired. :S
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Great stuff! The flute and [electric] piano were instruments that just seem to be made for one another. The held piano notes give a nice rich timbre to the track.
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Came across this link on Facebook: https://pae.izotope.com/

Basically, it's like a school for your ears on how to use compression, EQ etc. Thought it might be useful for others here as well as for me.
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emphatic wrote:Came across this link on Facebook: https://pae.izotope.com/

Basically, it's like a school for your ears on how to use compression, EQ etc. Thought it might be useful for others here as well as for me.
Nice! Production and mastering is where I struggle the most when it comes to making music. Well that and a still looming ignorance about the finer tweaks, adjustments and tricks to use with my software (FL Studio)... which is embarrassing because I've been using it now for close to 9 years! I've gotten better since my early days though. :P

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Another Toaplan-style track, also bearing a strong Tatsujin influence. I've had this one down as a piano sketch for quite a while, so I felt it opportune to make it while I drag my feet on more SAME NO NAZO tracks (still noodling and sketching for that).

TOA FINALE [CONFRONTATION]
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Made a 90's style acid track (like Hardfloor) and uploaded it to YouTube: https://youtu.be/APAFrKx2AT0
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emphatic wrote:Made a 90's style acid track (like Hardfloor) and uploaded it to YouTube: https://youtu.be/APAFrKx2AT0
this is a banger, majestic
BUT, to be more hardfloor, needs bunch more hihats and claps and toms from the 707 and 909 XD
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nasty_wolverine wrote:
emphatic wrote:Made a 90's style acid track (like Hardfloor) and uploaded it to YouTube: https://youtu.be/APAFrKx2AT0
this is a banger, majestic
BUT, to be more hardfloor, needs bunch more hihats and claps and toms from the 707 and 909 XD
Well, I had already chosen all the drum sounds when I came up with the bassline. Then I put shuffle on all of the drums and voilá, it sounded Hardfloor-ish. After that, I heard the melody inside my head and managed to program it in 100%. A good exercise for my production chops.

Anyhow, thanks a lot for the feedback!
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emphatic wrote: Well, I had already chosen all the drum sounds when I came up with the bassline. Then I put shuffle on all of the drums and voilá, it sounded Hardfloor-ish. After that, I heard the melody inside my head and managed to program it in 100%. A good exercise for my production chops.

Anyhow, thanks a lot for the feedback!
i have hardfloor on loop for the last 2 months on my phone, i recommend "the art of acid" and "20 years of hardfloor" for those that havent heard it.
its a great track. inspired me to go make some more acid. :D
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Yeah, "The Art Of Acid" is a masterpiece. Seen this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM6K5djeRMY ? My personal favourite album of theirs is "Respect" though, as I bought it in 1995 in Berlin, I always come back to it.
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emphatic wrote:Yeah, "The Art Of Acid" is a masterpiece. Seen this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM6K5djeRMY ?
oh man, that is fuckin A.
i have nothing else to say, its just fucking awesome.
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Loads of stuff to listen to since I last checked. While I do that, a friend put out a little remix release for a track of mine called High Point. I made the track for the 2015 edition of Futur[e]cho on my label and felt like the track could do well with some remixes. A minimal atmospheric Dub Techno track with a few remixes and a version of it I made. https://runonrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/high-point
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After sitting on completed music files for upwards of 3 years (!!!), I finally uploaded my first ever album, a ten-track concept album with a Science-Fiction/synth flavor:
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Sea Zone: A Science Fiction Album

Four-Minute Preview Sampler of Album

Moody synthesizers, swirling phaser effects, electronic drums, and unintentionally heavy on the piano. At the time I wrote this I was watching a lot of anime OVAs with dark futuristic settings, so somehow I channeled that inspiration into over a half-hour of original music!
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EmperorIng wrote:After sitting on completed music files for upwards of 3 years (!!!), I finally uploaded my first ever album, a ten-track concept album with a Science-Fiction/synth flavor:
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Excuse the amateurish art; I was impatient!

Sea Zone: A Science Fiction Album

Four-Minute Preview Sampler of Album

Moody synthesizers, swirling phaser effects, electronic drums, and unintentionally heavy on the piano. At the time I wrote this I was watching a lot of anime OVAs with dark futuristic settings, so somehow I channeled that inspiration into over a half-hour of original music!
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 8#p1239388
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:mrgreen:

I'm happy that you're enjoying it. Makse me wonder why I didn't release the music ages ago when I actually finished it!

EDIT: If anyone else listens to it, please let me know if the bandcamp music plays too softly - I've had a tough time judging the volume of the tracks, between my personal headphones, speakers, and speakers on other computers (they all seem different).
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Made a "making of" playlist on YouTube for my latest track: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... d6Hfnxfwec

The track, "Distotech" can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/dj_emphatic/distotech
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