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Car Crashers (WIP)
Release StoreTags: piano, crash cymbal, idm
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I've had a rendered version of this sitting on my hard drive for a while, but I was nerver sure what to call it. I felt like if I released it without a name, it would be doomed to be nameless forever. So I used my usual trick of flipping through Gravity's Rainbow looking for interesting phrases, and while I didn't come up with anything, this phrase popped into my head. Make of it what you will.
I like a lot of things about this track, but it feels really busy. And dense. I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it definitely needs some work. Thoughts? | |
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06/14/07
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mrmistermr
drums all sound very central. maybe pan them a bit more, put the snares which roll, accross the soundstage. like 75 left accross to 75 right. creates movement. and all them glitches could be well space out too.
06/14/07
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bleen
yeah, i agree that there could be some spatial enhancement to the drums, but it's a fantastic song! i'd love to add some real drums to this. 
06/14/07
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mlbot
opening with three things is one too many, in general, and I think here too you could save the drums or the piano for a second or two.
I agree, this is pretty dense in terms of there being a ton notes and beats.... but there's still a lot of frequency space lying around i bet.
If this were my track, I'd mess around with removed chunks of the drums in places, make them more rolly wand wavey like beach waves coming in and breaking, then ebbing...
and then I'd layer a second drum kit over the first, to accent some of the beats... like those cymbal crashes and the faster snare part... the main beats. I don't like how the Supatrigga! snares have the same impact as the regular snares, it makes the regular snares sound kinda weak.
I'd also try fuzzing the piano or something to make it bigger. With all those notes, it fills up a lot of floor space-- its WIDE, but not tall.
But if this were my track, it woulnd't be half as good to begin with. Nice title, too.
06/14/07
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Roshi
I defnitely like it overall.
The piano sounds in places really kind of general MIDI/80's japanese anime for me...maybe more dynamics/inversions in the chords, a little more spare with them too?
06/14/07
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MatthewCosta
I really like this its great but, at some parts there is just too much going on. if you wer to clean up some crowded parts it would be incredible , really.
06/14/07
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nicknotis
I agree with Roshi, but not those who think the song is too dense. I don't find even remotely so.
The cymbol crashes sound a little shrill though.
06/16/07
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Wark
I guess just to reinforce everyone else, I'd get new percussion sounds all together. I like everything else, though.
06/16/07
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airliner
sweet, good advice from all.
mlbot - you always have helpful, specific, insightful things to say. i love it!
roshi - 80s anime sound! i know what you mean...gives me something to work on.
bleen - mmm, seriously? it could be arranged...
thanks for the comments, everyone.
06/18/07
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bluewire
this is a really beautiful track. i agree with the suggestions about the drums. there was one piano melody in particular that caught my attention, about 3/4 of the way into the song leading up to the climax. really, really nice.
08/05/07
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kidko
hi airliner! I have no time to hang here since my new job but i heard something that reminded me of your music today, which is some of my favorite in the history of em411, and so I had to come say hi and your music rules.
kthxbye
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