opinions wanted for a new rec|use track

rec|use · Post by **rec|use** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 12:12 pm

http://www.ncc-records.com/workingtitle.mp3

it's just bare bones
but i'm taking the project in a whole new direction

somethings go on for to long
somethings need to be added
it needs to be mixed and mastered

but here's an example of where it's going

tear it apart

Onibubba · Post by **Onibubba** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:26 pm

Well! Not what I was expecting at all. I pictured you as more of a noise for noise sake's fan - more Merzbow than Matmos.

This is just the opposite. What I like: The glitch, the backbone of the minimalist tone, the nice driftlike feel to the background music.

What I do not like: The drums. They get in the way and cover up, what is to me, the meat of the piece. The light snare works, but the over the top beats don't belong here - They belong to Aaron Funk.

I say go the minimalist route. But that's just, like, my opinion.

rec|use · Post by **rec|use** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:38 pm

I pictured you as more of a noise for noise sake's fan - more Merzbow than Matmos.

i like both

rec|use is the home to the more beat oriented material

travis morgan
and black meat (with graham moore of blossoming noise)

are the homes for my harsh noise material

i've been playing with this track today
and will probably be adding some post rock esque guitar work to it
but i have to find a proper place to record it

thanks for the input

junkie christ · Post by **junkie christ** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:56 pm

another tight beat or groove under that melody to switch things up with would be fucking great.
what are you using on the software front?

B_Ko · Post by **B_Ko** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:33 pm

Wow. I really really like this.

Abomination · Post by **Abomination** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:49 pm

Excellent, Sir!
Keep up the good work!

necrosynthesis · Post by **necrosynthesis** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:08 pm

really cool track.

Here's my audio geek bit if you care:

The snare stutters can get annoying. Maybe be more selective about where they go. The chime might need a low-cut filter. Maybe the "loud" drum loop needs more bottom end. Maybe there should be a compressor on the whole drum bus to make the drums sound more "together." Maybe there should be a key change or an introduction of a new instrument in the middle of the song to "open it up."

That's all nit-picky and probably stuff you were going to do anyway.

but yea, cool song.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:20 pm

I agree, the drums are shite.

It's not really particularly bad, but then again, it's nothing I haven't heard approximately 1287923792347928 times.

In other words, you need something to make it stand out if you want it to be a viable piece of art rather than just a hobby.

Abomination · Post by **Abomination** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:03 am

Non-musician's comments do not/should not apply.
Mr. Clock: that snare-stutter and high end is the signature of a particular style of music you are obviously not familiar with.

Jack: Can we hear your music that is not shyte, by chance?

Mercurygriffin · Post by **Mercurygriffin** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:53 am

I like it. Feels very Aphex Twin b side to me. As for suggestions: add the guitar, and make it warmer or harder. If it were meat it whould be thawed, not frozen or cooked, just raw and thawed. cook that bitch and put it on a plate. :twisted:

Onibubba · Post by **Onibubba** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:00 pm

Abomination wrote:Non-musician's comments do not/should not apply.

What? Are you high? Musicians generally make music for people to hear and appreciate. The audience's opinion matters a great deal.

Recluse asked for opinions and he got them. He did not ask for opinions from musicians only.

Abomination · Post by **Abomination** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:07 pm

Nope, not High. As that may be a part of the problem, however I am very familiar with critisism-for-critisism's sake. What's next? Have a numetal fan writing a review for "Transilvanian Hunger", a synthpop blond slut commenting on Alien Faktor, or an emufag expressing an opinion about DCD?
I think recluse wanted constructive critisism. (I might be wrong - let me know if I am, reccluse).

Onibubba · Post by **Onibubba** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:39 pm

I'm not sure I really see where you are coming from, unless you mean that people are limitied in their appreciation to one musical genre only. If that is the case, more's the pity for them. What a bland diet.

I would agree that if you are not fond of / familiar with the genre of music you are reviewing, you are less likely to be able to give constructive criticism. What you dislike about it may be the very thing that its fans enjoy.

However, regardless of tastes, I do think that the discriminating music fan can articulate what is pleasing or not pleasing to their ear and why. It is for the artist to decide rather or not that criticism is useful or not. Recluse knows my tastes in music well enough to appreciate what I have to say or not. I'd guess that the same would be true of him for most of the other posts, which have largely been constructive criticism.

Many of the people that post here share an intense love for a wide variety of music. Our opinions are not worthless :-)

Russo · Post by **Russo** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 2:14 am

Actually, I think a non-musician's opinion can be quite valuable. If you can win over someone who doesn't normally listen to this genre then you've done a good job.

rec|use · Post by **rec|use** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:48 am

i'm really indifferent about it

i was challenged months before to post my stuff
so i posted something i was working on for that particular project