lasreversal

SmokeyVW

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album: Wombat
track 1: 1:08 lasreversal
track 2: 3:40 Dervish
track 3: 3:56 anyone lived
track 4: 1:12 Bells
track 5: 2:33 Kitty Cat
track 6: 5:44 Three In January
track 7: 5:18 Shattered Glass
track 8: 8:45 Perhaps She's Channeling
track 9: 6:27 History
track 10: 4:13 The Stars Nearly Blind Us
track 11: 1:27 Sam
track 12: 2:53 Runnin Through My Mind
track 13: 3:04 Hey Midi
track 14: 4:34 Cerebral Core Test
track 15: 1:08 lasreversal
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More games. An audio palindrome. (Do a web search...) This one is exactly the same if you play it backwards. Had fun with the snare drum and guitar part. What was that Moody Blues song with the backwards gong in it?

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Uploaded: Jul 11, 2006 - 05:54:25 PM
Last Updated: Sep 19, 2008 - 12:12:12 PM Last Played: May 08, 2010 - 01:52:09 PM

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Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 1479 days ago (July 12th, 2006)
	love the idea, love the piece... Given the pacing and mood, it could be longer, but I really like what I hear. Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1479 days ago (July 12th, 2006)
	love the idea, love the piece... thanks for listening. i could readily lengthen this by playing it through twice! :-) it would still sound the same backwards, but somehow that seems like cheating. --- B^) Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)

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SmokeyVW said 1478 days ago (July 13th, 2006)

love the idea, love the piece...
this has been preying on my mind all day.

how about a longer work in A-B-A structure?

you create the first A to be very similar to, but NOT the same as playing the
first A backwards. Instead, the first A played backwards is exactly the same as
the second A forwards!

now, B needs to self-palindromic (is that a word?) so the symmetry point is
right in the middle of both B and the two balanced A parts. maybe this little
song could be part B?

that could work.

but just getting the beat to work OK in this little song took a bit of trickery.
the usual bass/snare/bass/snare in each measure needed to be reversible.
the key trick is to overlap a forward and backward bass drum, and let the
forward and backward snares alternate.

man, it would take a lot of thought to create something bigger without just
repeating that trick.

---
B^)

Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 1477 days ago (July 14th, 2006)
	love the idea, love the piece... Nice idea... with the ABA parts... let me know if you attempt it! I will be there to listen... Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

jamorama	jamorama said 1196 days ago (April 21st, 2007)
	hyperpalindrome... is my suggestion (along the lines of 'hypercube') -- and since a cube is a hyper-square, and a square is a hyper-line, and a line i just a hyper-point....er, or something like that. These are terms from, um, topology, I believe, the study of surfaces. --- Simple does not mean easy Check out my latest song called Longing - with SISTERS - from a SinJams solo

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1196 days ago (April 21st, 2007)
	. simply re-applying the same reversal a few times might work - it would be sort of like folding a piece of paper in half several times... thanks Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)

dayve57	dayve57 said 1468 days ago (July 23rd, 2006)
	MORTAL WOMBAT That gong was totally made me think of Mortal Kombat, except here, it's Mortal Wombat. I really like the reverse thing, and this song is just really cool. Keep up the "good work = very yes" Check out my latest song called Mercury Vapor Light

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1467 days ago (July 23rd, 2006)
	MORTAL WOMBAT google that. tons of interesting stuff there. been there... partially why this album is called Wombat! thanks for the comment!!!!!!!!!! --- B^) Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)

Schello	Schello said 1414 days ago (September 15th, 2006)
	,-) interestin, which GB used? Check out my latest song called Snozz'en (Cronik Mix)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1414 days ago (September 15th, 2006)
	plain GB plus backwards... this is GB instruments - but i also mixed in a second copy of it played backwards. i designed the forward sounds so that when you mix in the backward sounds it all fills in nicely. --- B^) Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)

drakonis

drakonis said 1003 days ago (October 30th, 2007)

Ha!
What an intriguing idea, and I love the palindromic title, actually had to look at it twice to get it, it was that smooth. This music idea is different from my "Halloween Punch" idea, in that I didn't actually try to design a melody/harmony that would work forward and backward like you did, this piece of yours is quite a bit more elaborate. And on top of that, it is quite enjoyable too. Nice seamless switch from frontwards to backwards, and the choice of instruments is good, but the gong takes the cake... percussion backwards is just so strange :-)
ttfn,
Drakonis

Check out my latest song called Death of the Phoenix (orchestral interlude)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 984 days ago (November 18th, 2007)
	. thanks for dropping by and commenting - mirror images are a fascination for me Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)

	said 897 days ago (February 14th, 2008)
	Nice. Hi thanks. I enjoyed this is was interesting, nice sound. Dee.

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 896 days ago (February 14th, 2008)
	. thanks for listening! i'm glad you enjoyed this. Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)

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