http://www.myspace.com/krystlvain
May not be the deepest, most experimental or meaningful stuff. Give it a try and criticize freely either way.
I like your stuff man…you’ve definately got something going here. The melodic parts of both songs really struck me, (esp. the groove that apears at around 0:55 of the first song) but the songs as a whole just don’t seem ready.
I can see you must be going for a retro synth sound since you sighted Ohgr as such an influence, but most of the synths on those songs were a little too basic sounding. Try more effects…filters, reverb, distortion flangers whatever to give the synths a more unique texture, Little things like that can really affect a song…just making it sound more professional and less computery/bed room musician type feel.
I don’t how much of this is made on a computer, but a lot of it sounds a bit too looped.
I think you need to add a lot more layers of…stuff to this. Ambience/sonic texture/add sprinkling of samples here and there…something to change it up and add interesting variation/sonic elements for the listener to pick out. This is what makes Skinny Puppy so interesting for me…the layers of experimentation that cloack a melodic infrastructure.
The parts like the beginning and end of the first song where its just one synth alone are jarring because they have a synth sound thats too basic.
I like the second song better as a whole and I think you’ve got some great stuff here, but again unfinished sounding. The vocal sampling is cool…more more more.
Have you ever heard Boards of Canada? That second song really reminds me of them.
Anyway I think there is some great stuff going on here and you have talent but I personally just prefer shit that sounds more fleshed out and complicated with interesting synths. I do music on my computer but i try to give it a very live feel with a lot of variation and a more progressive song structure than what you’re using here. But that;s just my style, you may prefer a more electronica type approach.
Let me know if you want to hear some of what i’ve made. I’d love to hear it critiqued and examined as closely as I’ve tried to examine these songs.
What program/hardware are you using?
I like your stuff man…you’ve definately got something going here. The melodic parts of both songs really struck me, (esp. the groove that apears at around 0:55 of the first song) but the songs as a whole just don’t seem ready.
I can see you must be going for a retro synth sound since you sighted Ohgr as such an influence, but most of the synths on those songs were a little too basic sounding. Try more effects…filters, reverb, distortion flangers whatever to give the synths a more unique texture, Little things like that can really affect a song…just making it sound more professional and less computery/bed room musician type feel.
I don’t how much of this is made on a computer, but a lot of it sounds a bit too looped.
I think you need to add a lot more layers of…stuff to this. Ambience/sonic texture/add sprinkling of samples here and there…something to change it up and add interesting variation/sonic elements for the listener to pick out. This is what makes Skinny Puppy so interesting for me…the layers of experimentation that cloack a melodic infrastructure.
The parts like the beginning and end of the first song where its just one synth alone are jarring because they have a synth sound thats too basic.
I like the second song better as a whole and I think you’ve got some great stuff here, but again unfinished sounding. The vocal sampling is cool…more more more.
Have you ever heard Boards of Canada? That second song really reminds me of them.
Anyway I think there is some great stuff going on here and you have talent but I personally just prefer shit that sounds more fleshed out and complicated with interesting synths. I do music on my computer but i try to give it a very live feel with a lot of variation and a more progressive song structure than what you’re using here. But that;s just my style, you may prefer a more electronica type approach.
Let me know if you want to hear some of what i’ve made. I’d love to hear it critiqued and examined as closely as I’ve tried to examine these songs.
What program/hardware are you using?
Huge thanks for the input, first of all. I agree with everything stated, especially the unfinished sounding of everything. So far everything I’ve put online I always want to add more parts to and mainly assemble as a reference point for future use when I come along more time/money. Vocals being one of the main things I plan on adding in the next few weeks and re-assembling the songs to fit so. Never really got much critique for anything other than just friends being friends. Muchos gracias, I’ll keep the it mind.
And what I use…
On those two, pretty much everything is computer. Right now what I’m doing is going just playing in FL Studio, making each part into loops and assembling them in Acid Pro. Synths I usually use are Pro-53 (why most of the stuff has an 80s feel) and Absynth, running them usually through Trash for some wearing down or beefing up and an M-Audio MIDI sequencer. Easy way for me to assemble frames like these for later use and fleshing out.
I’ve been busy but I promise to give it a shot this weekend!