Old 01-27-2013, 11:11 AM   #1
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This was a collaboration with an awesome bassist that was sketched out last year, but finally mixed to my satisfaction just recently.

It is a sample heavy instrumental with a definite sociopolitical stance. Critique all aspects please.

You can stream directly from the link, or download.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/51610705/Cr...20Thinking.mp3
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Old 02-06-2013, 08:10 AM   #2
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Really digging this track, suleiman. I threw it on and went about my business and before I knew it, the song had looped around a few times. It has a great, hypnotic feel to it. From a mix perspective, I wouldn't tweak a thing. Every aspect appeals to me right now. I didn't listen to the sociopolitical stance because I pretty much always ignore words and lyrics. Are those all soundclips from other works, or did you create some of those?
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Really digging this track, suleiman. I threw it on and went about my business and before I knew it, the song had looped around a few times. It has a great, hypnotic feel to it. From a mix perspective, I wouldn't tweak a thing. Every aspect appeals to me right now. I didn't listen to the sociopolitical stance because I pretty much always ignore words and lyrics. Are those all soundclips from other works, or did you create some of those?
Thanks for the comments. Hypnotic was definitely what i was going for. The samples are from a documentary as well as the queens english free sample set.
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Old 02-12-2013, 12:15 PM   #4
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"I think you need a little more training"... haha, what a great line... and great voice for the part. I know that line is going to stick in my head, thank you very much. Heh.

The bass gtr part sounds great... could have more definition (3-4kHz).

The opening line, "The last thing...", is a little distorted. Might make listeners tend to click away. Maybe it's in the orig file.
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Old 02-14-2013, 01:23 AM   #5
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"I think you need a little more training"... haha, what a great line... and great voice for the part. I know that line is going to stick in my head, thank you very much. Heh.

The bass gtr part sounds great... could have more definition (3-4kHz).

The opening line, "The last thing...", is a little distorted. Might make listeners tend to click away. Maybe it's in the orig file.
I will try a 3 to 4 khz boost to the bass...
The distortion on the opening sample is intentional thru an amp sim. I'll clean it n see if it seems better
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Old 02-14-2013, 03:10 AM   #6
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Great ending. Lots of groovy sounds. Out-of-this-world feeling.
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Great ending. Lots of groovy sounds. Out-of-this-world feeling.
Thanks for the comments Jorgen !
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Old 02-15-2013, 02:26 AM   #8
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very nice, and involving.
It sounds not so hypnotic to my ears (there are many things going on that keep my listening alert).

I feel true Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire, even King Crimson atmosphere...
The same discomfort I liked a lot !

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Mix-wise I think it's fine. Performance-wise it feels a little bit on the sloppy side -- it kind of meanders around the beat. Still I think it's ambitious. I guess my recommendation would be to work with the drum part a little, flesh it out a bit more. Glad I listened though. Best of luck to you with it.
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Mix-wise I think it's fine. Performance-wise it feels a little bit on the sloppy side -- it kind of meanders around the beat. Still I think it's ambitious. I guess my recommendation would be to work with the drum part a little, flesh it out a bit more. Glad I listened though. Best of luck to you with it.
Thanjs for the comments. By sloppy do you mean that the bass playing is losing tempo ?
And the drums were supposed to sound slighly robotic , kinda an industrial pounding.
I actually did not use any of my goto drum vstis and made new crazy sounding kit with reasamPlomatics.
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very nice, and involving.
It sounds not so hypnotic to my ears (there are many things going on that keep my listening alert).

I feel true Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire, even King Crimson atmosphere...
The same discomfort I liked a lot !

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Thanks for your awesome comments. The comoarisons made my day, but i truly am not worthy
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Old 02-21-2013, 02:55 PM   #12
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Discovered this today. Good music. It reminds me of Throbbing Gristle meets Pain Teens. Please, post more if you have it
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Discovered this today. Good music. It reminds me of Throbbing Gristle meets Pain Teens. Please, post more if you have it
Thanks a lot... Those are really massive artists n im not worthy

Try these two songs if you like guitars being screwed in strange ways
http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=106703
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Good stuff man.

Some really cool delays going on also.

Are those pinches from zeitgeist? Sounds like that guys voice.

Critical thinking will not be tolerated! Lol.

Nice job.
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Good stuff man.

Some really cool delays going on also.

Are those pinches from zeitgeist? Sounds like that guys voice.

Critical thinking will not be tolerated! Lol.

Nice job.
I looooove delays

And yeah you got me ! I dont necessarily support the film, but critical thinking is a MUST in this age.
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