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Depression4


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announcer

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I was working in GB with a loop I liked while my wife was watching a program about Goebbels and Hitler and their Nazi "party". I guess even injustice from 70 years ago can be depressing and angering.
"Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings." Heinrich Heine, nineteenth century German author.

About the photo: Taken from the National Archives web site. Caption: "The tragedy of this Sudeten woman, unable to conceal her misery as she dutifully salutes the triumphant Hitler, is the tragedy of the silent millions who have been `won over' to Hitlerism by the `everlasting use' of ruthless force." Ca. 1938
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Hits: 932
Comments: 12
Fans: 1
Plays: 91
Downloads: 47
Votes: 4
Uploaded: Jun 17, 2006 - 09:00:57 PM
Last Updated: Jun 19, 2006 - 11:20:49 AM Last Played: Jul 01, 2009 - 12:13:59 PM
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Comments
moorlandt said 1256 days ago (June 18th, 2006)
splendid composition
The terror and injustice of war may never be forgotten. But will humanity ever learn from history?...

Anyway. A splendid composition. The drums sound like a slow train, and strongly reminds me of the many deportations of Jewish people to the concentration camps. The bassline is someway threatening, and keeps coming back an back. Very nice strings textures, great guitar playing.

While I'm writing this, it's already the tird time I'm listening to the track. Should this mean I like it?

Damned good work!
Walter
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announcer said 1255 days ago (June 18th, 2006)
splendid composition
Walter ... thanks for your kind words. I'm depressed ... er ... I mean happy
that you like it.
Check out my latest song called It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
thetiler said 1255 days ago (June 18th, 2006)
interesting stuff in there
Loved the addition of the violins as well. Gives a classical feel, which is
from that time period.

Cool beats!
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announcer said 1255 days ago (June 18th, 2006)
interesting stuff in there
Tiler ... I am working on an all-strings version of this for my classical - music
loving father. I'll post it one day. Thanks for listening.
Check out my latest song called It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
vbluesky said 1255 days ago (June 19th, 2006)
burning man
another good production your becoming my fav jammer, I like your style.
have you ever heard of the Residents rock n roll hitler? the pic goes well with the sounds...very cool
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announcer said 1254 days ago (June 19th, 2006)
burning man
Vincent ... thanks so much for the nice comments. It is always gratifying when
you can reach another person with a piece of work. That is what it is really all
about isn't it? ... sharing our basic humanity.
Check out my latest song called It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
freshjives said 1253 days ago (June 20th, 2006)
Very nice song.
I completely agree with walter on how terror and injustice of war may never be forgotten.
It was a splendid composition. the loops mixed with the custom stuff sounded amazing.
The drums were really part of the song. I loved the way it sounded threatening. Liked the texture/style on the strings too.

Great work, overall an 8!
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announcer said 1252 days ago (June 21st, 2006)
Very nice song.
Freshjives ... Thank you for the comments. I really worked hard on getting the
right feel for this tune and tried hard to get real emotion and feeling into the
different instruments. I'm glad you like it.
Check out my latest song called It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
plopes said 1239 days ago (July 4th, 2006)
Inspired from tragedy
After listening to your piece I was inspired to create a similar track. I
named it depression 5 for a lack of a better title. The strings really are
sad. Please check it out here and thank you for your work:
http://www.macjams.com/song/21750
Check out my latest song called Silent Night
announcer said 1239 days ago (July 4th, 2006)
Inspired from tragedy
Thanks for listening and thanks for commenting. I'm glad you liked this piece
and I will take a listen to your song.
Check out my latest song called It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Keith O. Edwards said 1189 days ago (August 24th, 2006)
Worth Repeating
Many tunes here have the fault that if you listen to the first 30-seconds, you've heard the whole piece. But this has so many interesting changes and voices/layers, that it bears repeated listening. Even disregarding the subject matter, it's deep.
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announcer said 1188 days ago (August 24th, 2006)
Worth Repeating
Keith ... thank you for the comment. One of the things that I try to do when
putting together songs is keep them interesting, and I am glad that you think
this song is worth repeat listens. That is one of my goals!
I spent a long time listening to pop music when I was a radio station air
talent and music director and a lot of time taking apart musical backgrounds
and putting them back together differently when I was (and am) doing
commercial production. Some of the things I learned in those jobs helped me
keep things interesting in my music. For example: intros that are too long are
boring ... a change in key refreshes the main theme ... new instruments
introduced somewhere as backing instruments help the sense of build ...
harmonies, or a doubling with the second instrument an octave apart from
the main instrument, in the main theme the second or third time it is used
also creates interest by creating a "build" in the song ... a bridge or a break
can be useful too to break up the boredom of the same theme. If you analyze
many of the classic pop songs of the past 40 years, you find these are
standard tricks of the composers. And many of those tunes are still
interesting to listen to even after a thousand listens. Of course on the other
hand, many of them would make me puke if I heard them even once more ...
but that is a different subject all together ;)
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