My band

Ok I fixed the intro to that new song, so now you can hear what I'm saying and not blow a speaker.

Just a heads up:

I redid the layout of my band myspace and took down some songs to make room for new things I've been working on. If you liked anything I've done you should REALLY love the new stuff since I finally figured out how to make a full song worth of music on just one instrument using a Piano roller that lets me go way past the amount of timing generally used by default with the app, so now I have songs that actually have more to them, more notes, and more things added in.

I uploaded two new songs I worked on and leave them open for comment.

Digital Horror Punk

The Dead Walk

Those are both new songs I uploaded so go check those out as they are getting cloer and closer to my overall goal of what sound I'm looking to make.

I may cut down the number of samples in the Dead walk or at least change them around and add some different ones in, but let me know what you think :)

I thought 'Dead Walk' was pretty good... I would suggest cutting down on some of the samples... or maybe put the long one at either the beginning or end, and just have it in there once... but that is just my opinion... I still couldn't make out what you were saying at the beginning of 'Digital Horror Punk'... I could hear something... but not clearly enough to understand... maybe I need to adjust my GEQ settings...

Thanks, I was thinking almost the same thing with the samples. I think professionals call that the amateurs mistake of sampling; you do a song with it for the first time and use way to many heh.

I was trying to line up the samples in a way where it wasn't interrupting the flow but again, being the first time, I'm not great at it.

when I did the song and finished it I was like OK this is decent, I should add some type of intro from a Horror movie, and I had already named it The dead Walk, so I just grabbed some from Night of the living Dead.

That movie is public domain so it's easier to grab samples freely so I grabbed the ones I liked best and went with them, and played the song thinking hmm, OK the part here would sound good if I added one, and maybe here...

And at the beginning of it I liked the one of Barbara and so I did go with that, but once it was done I had a really long one and I'm thinking almost exactly what you said "**** this would have been better if I had put it as the intro.... damn" so I uploaded it so see if anyone else was thinking the same thing.

I do like the samples, but I agree on the number of them being high and the spots could be placed better.

Every song I've made and the way I do the samples, is with free and open source software as I've said I can't afford a program that costs a bunch of cash right now, but I'll be glad when I had a guitar hooked up so I can do that.

I'm also going to look for a better mic as I know the one I'm using isn't top of the line, but it doesn't suck flat out either. I think the problem with my voice at the beginning isn't so much volume but confidence related. so I know I can do that one better, and I don't plan on even releasing that album for a while so I have time to test it out before I burn it to CD for sale anyway so all the feed back I get I take and think over to see what was working and what needed work.

Thanks seriously, to everyone in this thread, it's been very helpful as it's the first time I've ever done this. I've been making music for years now, and I have a **** load of songs I've made and some with my cousin Matt like a few years ago on Halloween when I uploaded the wav files of us playing around and people did enjoy some of it, but right now I'm going for something different. This isn't just me screwing around making music for my friends, this is people messaging me on Myspace now asking how they can buy it... which si new to me. I'm not used to people thinking it's good enough to buy it off me, so I'm pushing myself harder in making it good so I came here to tell everyone about where to listen to it, and knew that here, I would not only get more people going and listening to the music but if someone thought something sucked I knew no one here was going to hold it back, specially the people who don't like me lol.

Anyway, a big thanks to everyone for the input thus far, I do take it and remember when I make something new. and if I ever somehow make it big, well, I'll thank you on the album or if I REALLY make it I'll be sure to t hank you in a paper way lol.

gore... I can relate on the confidence thing... just scream it :) ... maybe even from across the room... that is what I had to do with the harmonica for a while... I would just walk away from the computer and play along with something... the mic still picked it up... I usually use Cool Edit Pro for winxp... it is an old version, before adobe bought it out and started charging outrageous prices... still works well... up to 128 tracks I think... I have made some crazy stuff with the backtracking feature... I was actually reading parts from musicians friend's return policy... along with keyboard and guitar...some of that was backtracked too though...

What's up gore, long time. I think the music is pretty cool. Not really my thing but it's sounding cool. You'll get much better. Comments like that suck when you get them and years later you realize how true it was. Keep at it for sure. Hey dude do you still have any of the fiction work you used to post? Hook me up if you do, if you would please. Later man.

I save everything I write so usually yea, if it's been posted here though then it's easier to search for it on here with the advanced search option and just look for it in tech humor.

Some of the new music I've been working on is... well, weird. I made something I can't really describe not to long ago, it has a stand up bass sound which I had to use a plucked violin for downtuned to crap, and then added a distorted steel guitar and a drum beat and then another heavier steel guitar distorted again, and THEN added in two electric bass styles to it. One slapped and the other is just normal sounding, and then added in drums and... I guess it sounds like Johnny Cash + punk mixed together with techno lol.

It's weird and I haven't uploaded it because it's no where near complete but it is kinda cool.

OK, fixed up The Dead Walk, cleaned up the sound over all and changed all the samples around so the flow isn't being screwed with stops. I left the one in the beginning and one after that, but the rest I took out, re-arranged, and mixed it in with the track so that it doesn't stop the actual music from playing, and that works because it's what I wanted to do from the start with that song anyway, and I just an hour ago figured out how the hell to do it... I'm so going to bed now, I've been up since yesterday morning and my ribs are killing me.

Night all, Hope you like the new version.

Just an update, I finished a new song and uploaded it a minute ago, so if you liked or didn't like what I was doing go check it out. The new song is called "Bestrafe Mich mit Ihr Zunge" which is German for "Punish me with your tongue".

Thanks,

-gore

Gore, great music man!

The Wolfman enjoys the dark industrial sounds you've created. But I've got to ask. What do you use to create your sounds? Ableton Live? Reason?