Veracohr

I don't think any goa actually uses a patently eastern scale (ie. a scale that uses intervals different than that of Western scales, like some Arabic and Indian music). Few keyboards and synths allow such scales to be used.

I just discovered this song. Alan Parsons and Shpongle (the site for the album credits Shpongle, not just Posford), with David Gilmour!! :posford: :clapping: This song is awesome! http://www.last.fm/music/Alan+Parsons/_/Return+to+Tunguska

Look at my post at the top of this page - I started. Do I get to be president? :posford:

Sublime - "Get Ready"

I vote for: melodic and not too fast (<=145BPM).

This is a song I just finished. I initially started it as an intro track for a live set, but it turned into a full song in itself. Tell me how the mix is. I just got new monitors, and I'm curious how they've affected the quality of my mixes. Also, I've been dithering on whether the arrangement is too busy. I have a tendency to write busy songs, with lots of stuff going on. Do you think it's TOO busy? "Journey to Ixtlan" http://www.veracohr.com/audio/Ixtlan.flac http://www.veracohr.com/audio/Ixtlan.mp3

That was my point. A piece of music must have some general similarities to other pieces of music for us to consider it part of a particular genre. Everything we consider "goa" has similarities to one degree or another, everything we consider "classical" has similarities, etc. They conform to an idea.

Conformity is what enables us to call it goa, rather than "what the fuck is this?" If it's classified, there will inevitably be similar-sounding artists. You can still be creative while following general guidelines that define a genre. We still continue to see good rock and metal bands, and there is a lot more of them, and they use a much more rigid sound palette, so obviously conformity doesn't preclude creativity. Only Frank Zappa escapes conformity.

Okay, see if you want to start with this. It's part of a song I tried to write for a while, but never got anywhere with. This is pretty much the only part I like. If nobody likes it or wants to expand upon it, no problem. MIDI file: http://www.veracohr.com/audio/PsynewsTrack (NOTE: my DAW doesn't tack an extension on the end of the filename, so I suppose you'll have to add it) Audio file: http://www.veracohr.com/audio/PsynewsTrack.wav Another note: the sound playing the track called "Modulo" I kept changing but was never was happy with. I say someone else come up with a cool sound for that track.

Well there's less low end now, but that wasn't the problem. I don't think it could be easily changed with EQ, it's more something that would have to be changed at the source.

Honestly, so am I. But as I said, when a crazy idea sticks in my head for a long period of time, I start to pay attention to it.

I had a strange idea pop into my head once upon a time. The idea has stubbornly stuck around over the past couple years or so, and when crazy ideas of mine stubbornly stick around, I start to pay attention to them. It's been a while since I've thought about it, but tonight I was at a CD release party for my boss' daughter, and they played a jazz interpretation of some Beyonce song. Not that I would ever recognize a song as being by Beyonce, but they stated that it was, and it reminded me of my crazy idea. The idea is this: do a symphonic arrangement of Astral Projection's "Mahadeva". At some point in my listening to it, I started to hear how it could be adapted to a full symphony. I'm sure it would be weird, but what do you think? It could be interesting, right? I rarely listen to symphonic music, and I have never written or arranged anything for a symphony, but it seems like it would be an interesting challenge. And if I were able to do it well enough, I could find a local conductor and symphony. What do you think?

The bass sound is a little too...round...sounding to me. Too much around, perhaps, 300-700 Hz. Just off the top of my head. Otherwise, a good song!

Hey, check it out, version 2.5 has a new home: http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/ For a while there it was kind of difficult to find.

I don't think so. I always got a kick out of his obvious exaggerations and thinly or not at all veiled insults toward styles he didn't like, but they were rarely inaccurate. Including his distaste of my favorite styles. It's actually a decent guide if one is given the caveat that it's highly biased. To people who don't know, the strange web of interrelated genres in electronic music can be highly confusing. It doesn't take much perusing of the Guide to realize that they guy was a DnB nut, and despised trance (with the possible exception of goa). But hey, at least he had the presence of mind to cover all the bases.

Well, I also uphold the stereotype of the long-hair that listens to metal. Yes, I uphold both the hippie and metal-head stereotypes simultaneously.

The L.S.G. unreleased album. Man I love this thing!

Dude started that thing like, what, 10 years ago or something? I'm sure he got bored with it.

For this, I offer the excuse that I've been drinking...

Ugh.

Digital Performer 5

Certainly doesn't sound like it. :wank:

I don't listen to a lot of DnB, but I guess I like my DnB faster than this. I have a mix called "The Cruciatus Curse" by Crucio that is really evil sounding. I don't know all the sub-genres of DnB, but it's a lot faster. I'd point you to it, but it seems to be no longer available from the link I got it from.

I'm afraid I can't reconcile "laundry machine" and "atmospheric sound".

Hey, I wanna play along, but I don't use PC or Ableton. How about providing an audio file along with a MIDI file for those like me. :posford: