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The main goal was just to create something for this" target="_blank">http//www.macj/... thread, and to practice GarageBand a little.A little post-mortem for this track: I was at my Mom's house last night and I listened to this on her G5 iMac, which has no external amplifier like I have. (I have some M-Audio BX5a powered monitors.) With the volume at maximum on the iMac, everything is far too quiet to hear. So I think I have learned a big lesson about watching the signal level meters a bit closer, and test-listening on other systems before releasing.
Lyrics:
Erik
Erik
Erik
Kyle
Mom
Hardware:
MIDI keyboard
electric guitar
my three sons
Software:
GarageBand version 1
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w00t! first vote evar! &mdash 10/23/05 - 10:29:09 AM
Thanks for stopping by, voter. All of the marks you gave were
higher than I anticipated. [ Reply to This ]
scary!! &mdash 10/23/05 - 11:46:57 AM
but that is what you intended so - well done!! maybe a tribute to audrey next time? pinker!! fluffier!! byee x [ Reply to This ]
scary!! &mdash 10/23/05 - 11:51:41 AM
Thanks for the comment...I felt I should have warned you before
you dashed off to listen to it. My next work will be closer to
pink & fluffy, for balance.
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Soundtrackses it is :) &mdash 10/23/05 - 06:16:05 PM
Very effective use of gliding sounds. Maybe some of the instruments are
too "easy", but so many ideas...and moreover you declared to have mostly
played with GB. I like the mix too...but about this I'm not reliable since I'm
an absolute beginner at the mixer table.
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Soundtrackses it is :) &mdash 10/23/05 - 06:57:19 PM
One positive mention of the mix is good for me. I have no
experience, either. I was afraid that I had the levels all wrong
after I uploaded it, because I played someone else's track and
got my ears blasted out. I had turned my volume way up during
mixing, and I think the final product ended up quiet as a result.
Who knows.
I think I know what you mean by instruments being "easy" in this
one...like the spooky church organ, and the spooky circus organ,
and the well-timed piano "plonk"...cliches for the genre, I know.
I know it should be possible to escape the cliches, because other
tracks mentioned in that same thread seem to do it successfully.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I feel like I'm at the bottom
of a very tall mountain here.
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Soundtrackses it is :) &mdash 10/23/05 - 08:16:24 PM
Eerie &mdash 10/24/05 - 12:37:50 PM
and very subtle - much more subtle and I think more effectively creepy
than my attempt in this area (Demented). [ Reply to This ]
Eerie &mdash 10/24/05 - 01:14:17 PM
That makes my day -- Thank you, Mungo!
It's funny, I listened to "(Further) Demented" about
three times yesterday, and never listened to the original
until this comment. I was staring at the artwork, swearing
that I'd seen it before, but how could I not recognize it!?
I thought my mind was slipping.
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japanese electronic music teacher &mdash 10/24/05 - 08:41:19 PM
Hey Screaming.org.,
First, let me comment that you are one funny sum' bitch. I think I
may have rubbed a few out to the low-impact aerobics as well
(before broadband, there was Victoria's Secret, Aerobics videos
and Spanish television). I give you credit for being so open about
it.
I'll be honest about your song. I listened to it, and although I
wasn't tapping my feet, I definitely sensed some genious.
Demented genious? Possibly, but genious nontheless. Perhaps it
was the simplicity, or the achievement of the message you were
trying to convey. Either way, it is interesting. I had an electronic
music teacher in college. He was Japanese. He was very critical of
all of our work, and when he brought his own work, I was very
surprised to hear how 'unmusical' it was. It was a sequence of
blips and beeps. No rhymes, no patterns - however it was a work
that took him years to complete. I guess it is abstract music.
Maybe it was his culture. I don't know - I never really got it.
But anyway - thanks for the kind words, and lets hear another
track from you soon. Keep an eye out for a new posting from me
soon as well. It's going to be my flagship piece.
underdog.
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japanese electronic music teacher &mdash 10/24/05 - 09:09:30 PM
Thanks for taking the time to listen & comment! That means
a lot to me.
Thanks, especially, for sharing the story of your teacher.
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Okay! &mdash 10/24/05 - 09:18:57 PM
So don't put lyrics if they aren't there. Maybe I didn't listen closely
enough? Bah! I dig the track.
I like the weird layering. I like the back and forth.
I want a bit more though. I want a person yelling, a woman crying, a
boy lost. I want something added that makes the time spent worth it.
I like the sounds, just not sure of what they mean. Imagery without
pictures.
Thanks.
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Okay! &mdash 10/25/05 - 04:36:52 AM
Thank you for lending your ears & comments. The lyrics are
in there, pretty low in the mix, though...sounds a bit like a
boy who can't find his brother ("Erik")...the "Kyle" appears after
the percussive impact before the circus organ, and it was
meant to sound like a blood-curdling reaction to some violent
event. There is also some laughter & a door closing when the
circus-organ begins.
I think you're right that these are too distant sounding. What
happened is that I was at the same point you're at...wanting
to add something to make the time well spent. I turned on the
mic to catch a brief spat between my two youngest sons, and
my elder son laughing about something. It was more real a
performance than I could expect to get from something planned,
so I decided to cut it up and use it.
Alas, there was too much his in the source material that I couldn't
make it stand out more.
Thank you for your feedback!
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Okay! &mdash 10/25/05 - 04:38:14 AM
That should read "...too much hiss in the source material..."
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whoa... &mdash 10/25/05 - 05:09:37 AM
if this is your first upload (& I guess your first GB composition), all I can
say is 'whoa.....!'
Great nightmare music........
...I want some more...
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whoa... &mdash 10/25/05 - 01:27:42 PM
thank you, alfalpha! I hope I can continue to please.
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slow and growly &mdash 10/25/05 - 02:16:22 PM
The dragon likes it! Good eerie texture, nice startling drumhit early on.
Sounds like you are following down the same echoey cave that Mungo
has gone. Well done, a little short, but nicely paced!
ttfn,
Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
slow and growly &mdash 10/25/05 - 02:40:41 PM
I was hoping that this would make good dragon music. :-)
Thank you for taking the time to write!
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Suspensful &mdash 10/25/05 - 05:19:29 PM
Bang! What was that?! Something is closely lurking. Lock the closet door
and be very, very quiet. It may hear you breathing. Sshh, uh? Nails are
scratching the door and fumbling the door knob. AAAAHHHSH*%#@T!!!!
Awe man.....it's just your brother playin tricks again :P
This is the perfect backdrop for one of Poe's works or something equally
as spine tingling. Subtle and effective. [ Reply to This ]
Suspensful &mdash 10/27/05 - 02:31:49 PM
:-) Thank you for writing.
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ok &mdash 10/28/05 - 02:01:58 PM
I like this song.. it reminds me of a song along time ago.. when i was little.. [ Reply to This ]
ok &mdash 10/28/05 - 02:30:12 PM
thank you!
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spooky indeed.. creative &mdash 10/28/05 - 04:06:59 PM
I'd be scared listening to this on my iPod when i walk through a dark
alley... Gives me a very strange feeling, the way you feel when you're
being stalked or when you're high on something...ahem..not that I've tried
anything like that before. ;-) [ Reply to This ]
It's quiet Jenkins - too damn quiet! &mdash 10/28/05 - 06:46:48 PM
Well yes it is kinda quiet but actually I like that - you have to listen out as
you would if you'd heard something scary nearby in the dark. This hangs
together really well - took me by the hand and led me gently to a dark
place.
Good work oh Screaming one.
KK [ Reply to This ]
Nicely paced terror! &mdash 10/29/05 - 08:09:57 PM
You have a bright future in sound design! Even though there was no real
music in this piece, it was timed perfectly with the sounds in all the
appropriate places. Very inventive! [ Reply to This ]
Nicely paced terror! &mdash 10/29/05 - 08:17:58 PM
You have a bright future in sound design! Even though there was no real
music in this piece, it was timed perfectly with the sounds in all the
appropriate places. Very inventive! [ Reply to This ]
Nice &mdash 10/29/05 - 08:51:57 PM
sneaking.. &mdash 10/30/05 - 09:13:18 AM
right up behind you.. crawling into your ears.. wiggly worming into your
brain.. it kinda tickles! excellent job of putting the production 'warp' on
things, resulting in some very interesting sounds. loved the lows-i just
wanted MORE of everything :D
DL'd [ Reply to This ]
Levels! &mdash 11/01/05 - 01:54:19 PM
I too have problems getting levels right. But that's a whole field of study
in itself! [ Reply to This ]
volume &mdash 11/02/05 - 08:50:54 AM
you can download a program like amadeus II and use the
normalize function to make the song louder. If it goes clipping
use compression or limiting to keep the meters in the green. I
hope this is useful. [ Reply to This ]
Scary &mdash 11/03/05 - 01:53:17 PM
I really enjoyed listening to this piece. Nice job on the atmosphere and
the mood.
Thank you for sharing. [ Reply to This ]
verklempt &mdash 11/03/05 - 06:50:05 PM
Wow, now, is this the first tune that you posted??? I'm only become
familiar with abstact through listening to guys like, Mungo and STun,
so I can't believe that this is your first. Those guys are veterans and
thei is every bit as good and so on....
Nice bed of textures. I scare easily and can become uncomrortable with
the level of spook that is typically created here. Something about this
was calming in a very strange way though... It was more like a
halucinational image, one that might be drug induced... Or this would
work in a scene where someone just punched a needle into their arm...
All of a sudden, the earth starts to vibrate with everything coming into
life... Very vivid image in my mind. This is good. This is really good!
I didn't just say that I've done drugs and I'd found them to be
comforting at some point in my life, - did I... Just say no to drugs...
Cydniko [ Reply to This ]
verklempt &mdash 11/03/05 - 06:55:56 PM
Oh yea, Comment Tag, you're it, no touchbacks. Code word; verklempt". [ Reply to This ]
verklempt &mdash 11/03/05 - 08:02:40 PM
verklempt &mdash 11/03/05 - 08:14:50 PM
Yeah, this was my first. Thanks for the praise, Cydniko.
I'm pleased with how well this noise experiment was
recieved.
I can't believe you used the words "calming" and "needle" so
close together...gives the shivers.
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Fascinating &mdash 11/03/05 - 11:19:54 PM
I listened once through my speakers, but I could tell that I had missed
a lot, so I put on my headphones and tried again. That really opened it
up. I could hear the faint voices and lots of really interesting, layered
sounds that swam from ear to ear in a spooky, resonant ballet. I'm far
from an expert on experimental/abstract pieces. I tend to be rather
pedestrian in my tastes, but I can recognize talent when I hear it. [ Reply to This ]
this is intense &mdash 11/04/05 - 06:47:19 PM
Creates a big atmosphere through its minimalism. Could serve well in a
film. Really well done. [ Reply to This ]
this is intense &mdash 11/09/05 - 08:51:07 AM
Thank you!
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<font color="#cc9966">screaming</font><font color="#6699cc">.</font><font color="#cc9966">org</font> [ Reply to This ]
dig the digging... &mdash 11/08/05 - 05:02:42 AM
dirt deep...where being buried alive is only a dream, then the
nightmare becomes a reality...
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Screaming &mdash 11/08/05 - 09:24:56 PM
I went through your arsenal of songs Screaming,
and this is by far your best of the bunch.
Glad to have you on board and look forward to hearing you make more
sounds and grow. [ Reply to This ]
Screaming &mdash 11/09/05 - 08:40:36 AM
:-) Thank you for listening to my humble arsenal.
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this is what dreams are made of... &mdash 11/08/05 - 11:33:57 PM
this dark ambience is disturbing and especially as appealing. As in a
tragedy (like a life cut short), this piece ends too, too soon... [ Reply to This ]
this is what dreams are made of... &mdash 11/09/05 - 08:47:36 AM
I'm honored that you came by to comment twice! Thank you for listening &
sharing.
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The details &mdash 11/10/05 - 06:37:41 PM
are very nice. This is realy cool, Mr. asm. Sort of goosebump inducing, and the sudden bang is great. I like the deepness. I hope this is just an appetizer. [ Reply to This ]
hey. &mdash 11/13/05 - 03:50:43 PM
i dug this quite a bit. extremely haunting soundscape. for this being the 'start', you have an incredible sense for 'the dark' [ Reply to This ]
creepazoids &mdash 11/13/05 - 04:12:54 PM
Man am I glad I listen to this last night at 2 in the morning in my dark
quiet apartment. 10'S across the board for fear factor alone.
Chris [ Reply to This ]
I Hope Not &mdash 11/22/05 - 05:55:58 PM
Otherwise, I'd wake up screaming. Very creepy. Interesting effects you
wove together. Quite disconcerting. In the end it sounds like there's a
beat developing. Might be interesting to explore that musically. [ Reply to This ]
to expand &mdash 11/25/05 - 06:27:19 PM
Yeah... I feel like I've been there! Nice and creepy. This would be great to expand on... [ Reply to This ]
Mister Sinister &mdash 11/26/05 - 09:06:28 PM
Hey dot-org,
It's your fav Bruce Dern imitator. This tune is great! Freaky. I'm really glad that you decided to post a track. I'm very happy and impressed yo named all your sons Erik. Just like George Foreman naming all his sons Erik too! [ Reply to This ]
Musique Concrte &mdash 01/22/06 - 07:26:54 AM
It's very, very good! You absolutely need to re-master this and bring up
the levels, though (uh, if you want to, that is!); the material seems too
good to leave at such low audio levels. It's great stuff! Please do
more!
9, 7 (because of the audio levels), 8, 9 [ Reply to This ]
Musique Concr�te &mdash 01/22/06 - 10:36:18 PM
i concur on the level suggestion and would also like to say that this is a great example of space creating atmosphere....void like atmosphere requires void which is space.......i really like this piece....
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Yep, that's it &mdash 01/23/06 - 09:53:33 PM
That song plays in some of my nightmares! I really like the space in this piece-not contrived at all, it's just...there. If this is any indication of what's to come...I'll be there. [ Reply to This ]
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higher than I anticipated.
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