To start with I put together a drum loop and a bass line, pretty simple but I like them. I added a quick guitar part and messed with the pitch, settings, and effects endlessly and finally got something I was good with. I intended for it to be in the background like a few Muse songs Ive heard. I put phaser on the riff, it totally changed, it sounds nothing like it now. Its much more apparent in the mix and even harder to call a guitar riff. I had to turn down the volume from slayer each time i touched it since the effect made the riff totally tune out the other patterns. It sounds more like something that would be coming from a keyboard, not a guitar. I finally deleted another guiatar riff that played along with everthing since it only sounded nice when it was very high pitched, but my headphones couldnt handle it or something and it quickly faded out, even when played alone. The guitar part shifts alittle in the middle of the song along with the bass. the bass changes up again which gives the two patterns a slightly different sound. Then I had to put together a bass [solo/fill]to get back into the main loop. The bass line I tried to do everything to but since its mostly the same repeating note, nothing made a big impact so I left it. I put reverb onto the snare drum, I thought it was fine but I needed some more effects so I tried and it stuck. The main loop towards the end of the peice is the same as the beginning but I added delay onto the cymbals, It basically sounds like a totally new loop. The cymbals also have alot of feedback to them, so when I dropped the other parts of the loop the cymbals echo out for awhile. I had to put in an empty pattern a few seconds after the others stpped to capture this fade out. I Love sitting in my room, turning up the amp, hitting a power cord and listening to it very slowly fade away. All songs should end like that. I finally deleted another guiatar riff that played along with everthing since it only sounded nice when it was very high pitched, but my headphones couldnt handle it or something and it quickly faded out, even when played alone.
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Good work. I like the phaser very much. I think the echo is a bit lost on the cymbals. The bass riff works very well in that register and the whole loop has a frantic, high tension feel to it.
ReplyDeletei like the intro alot with the bass line that just keeps going as opposed to just random chord tone notes, as is seen in very many other songs. the one thing that i think could have been improved is just the length of the piece, i feel like it was too short and didn't have enough time to get out what it meant to say. overall good piece though.
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