Description : Headphones are recommended for a more immersive experience :P - - - A weary American soldier is walking through the remains of what used to be a small town in the middle east, only to rediscover the horrible reality that sometimes war can affect even the ones who have no part in it.
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This is my first attempt at creating a virtual environment to tell a story and convey emotion. Hope you enjoy! Comments are welcome!
- ER
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Hey BradoSanz....just listened to this track and I tell ya...you really laid out a realistic portrait of a war moment with not only the excellent vocals but the sound affects along with the soundtrack.....super job my friend.
This is the kind of thing i'm working on with binaural recordings. This was fantastic. Ill be popping a few pieces soon. Creating an ambient feature complete with soundtrack is in the making. :)
I started off wondering if I was going to have nightmares of wars I've never seen... and walk away from that into some kind of lovely place of serenity... truly a moving production. I hope one day we will have cause to collaborate on some things. To be able to tell a story like that without a single word, though... pretty impressive.
Wow!!! Truly amazing. I would love to hear more from you in this genre.
Very powerful. It immerses you in this chilling yet beautiful atmosphere and then it suddenly fades out and you snap out of it thinking where the heck you just were.
Phenomenal job on this one!
Thanks Omar! It even gave me chills when I was making it haha. I REALLY enjoyed doing this one, and strongly considering doing another as soon as I get the chance :)
This is magnificent! The quality of the sounds are great, the atmosphere in this was unexpected, excellent work! I'll be listening to more of your work.
Holy shit that was great! I am always trying to make my cinematic pieces visual, adding all kinds of effects like the ones used here to make it come to life, and you have done just that. Just wish it was longer, and i know some others do too :) Keep it up man, this is awesome!
Haha, thanks Eyedye :P I see we're the same age :P Glad to see fellow youngsters who love music as much as I do haha. Maybe I'll come back to this one soon!
Very good MrEpic.
Liked. Your Farsetto works pretty well.
Just wish it was longer... I've read the comments and I know that school's killing you... but school is more important at the moment! so you are doing right here as well :-)
Ciao, Domenico
Wow it felt like I was actually there! the concept also made me think about the fact that soldiers are fighting for the innocent lives back home, but they sometimes indirectly and unintentionally hurt the innocent lives in other countries. This is a great first attempt!
You can't feel the Blood & Mud or the Shrapnel as it passes through
your arm and leg...
But you've got the sounds down, to as close to real as you can be
without being there...
But if these Dummies don't, straiten up and fly right this will be
just a lullaby, compared to what will come...Seek and ye shall find...
Let the Politicians fight the wars on the front line, you'd see how
fact that crap would end...
Very interesting.
Sounds like it's waiting for a tv spot ... a docu spot I think.
You should promote this toward that end ... BBC or SKY or or or or .... if you do let me know how you set about it.
Gotta be a saleable work of art this one.
this could easily be a sound clip for american sniper or something lol. great textures and atmospheres throughout the whole thing, had me captivated. very nice work my friend
I already know that you can sing but now I hear that you're into doing this sort of vocal, you should really go to town on it and build more similar vocals up to something bigger and better. Record a load of layered harmonies and make a very beautiful track. And try not to make it pop music though you can do that too, if you like (maybe on a different track).
I think perhaps the greatest example of what I'm talking about would have to be 10CC's all-time classic I'm Not In Love. Extremely time-consuming vocal production back in the day when doing these things was a lot harder. Read up on how they made that track as it's pretty damn interesting.
That's actually a GREAT idea :P I was thinking about it when I was bouncing it to MP3 and you've convinced me to do it :P And that was an interesting read :P very neat read too! The vocals are cool lol!
Just a couple tricks I use, vlc media player can be used to rip the audio from video. I only use public domain videos because of copyright. Then I'll cut up the audio in pieces I want for voice samples or whatever. I make a lot of sound/voice samples myself because sometimes you simply can't find what you want. Keep an open mind when looking for sounds, it's amazing what can be used to represent what you want. Poor quality can often be fixed (like noise removal, ect.), not always, but... Also these are ADDICTIVE!! :D Keep up the great work ER :D
Yeah, the stuff I use is free and is good for non-commercial use (I don't plan on making any money off this stuff haha. And yeah, for the distant talking vocals in the soundscape part, I had to to do it cuz I couldn't find any samples with people talking like that haha. I'm just talking jibberish, but you can't tell cuz it blends with everything else :P
Great job ER...headphones def provide a full effect...music like this has a way of making the truth of war hard to ignore....super bit of musical art here....fav......Ed
Damn, it's a refreshing change to hear you do something other than pop music. I was expecting it to break into that any moment. But, no you kept it deep and solemn throughout.
Walking/trudging/battlefield/noise intro sounds fairly accurate and then we have a wailing voice. A little reminiscent of the exceptional Lisa Gerrard, of Dead Can Dance fame (perhaps one of the greatest singers alive).
Then the baby enters, wails then dies/is removed from the soundscape in a mushroom cloud of reverb and we're into just music - no ambient sounds/effects.
It's a great, emotive piano tone and then hanging string note does a fine job. Where is that vocal from?
And then it's over (too short). I'd listen to this if you made it longer, developed it and removed a lot of the battlefield trudging ie just got straight to the music.
So, develop it further, turn it into a full piece and you'll have an emotive, deep chillout track.
Hey Static! The vocals was myself :P I did a falsetto and then added a good amount of long reverb. It did the trick, I think :P I agree that its too short, cuz school is killing me! Hopefully I can get back to this one. Thanks for stopping in!
Very well done ER I've been doing soundscape music for a couple years now, love the depth and freedom it adds to the music :D freesound.org will be your new best friend. Deep song here, war is hell and doesn't indeed affect only those fighting it. Looking forward to more from you :p
Thanks, phatkatz! I'm glad you liked it, and I enjoyed making this moreso than I first imagined I would! So expect some more stuff like this in the future :P
This was good, I like the atmosphere you created and the solemness of the piano. Reminded me a little bit of some of the Interlude work from the Judas Priest Album Nostradamus.
Cru
This song just makes me feel worst about my old pair of surround sound headphones dying :P. But it still sounds amazing with stereo headphones. The one thing I don't like about this track is the name, I think a name like "The Aftermath Of Chaos" or something like that would fit much better.
I agree! I was running short on time with this one and decided to go ahead and throw it up on here anyways :P I may very well end up adding more to the end, or even changing it completely.
The beginning of your track reminded me of 'Saving Provate Ryan' kind of thing. Some other sounds are really in the style of phatkatz, that piano is pure commertial (emotional?) TV stuff but overall this is some really good effort. Nice to hear something different from you.
Good track.
Well, I suppose I meant "emotional" in that the piano would at least make the listener think about the effects of war :P Glad you stopped in promenade!
dont know what the other 9 people who listened to this were thinking... like how can you listen to this and not comment saying this is F**KING AWESOME?? haha
honestly man DAMN this is good, creates such an amazing atmosphere..
Keep it up man, no like.. seriously.. make another... hahaha
Description : I went to the beach and set up my stereo recording mic under a gazebo near it (I apologize for some of the air gusts being recorded haha; we had a strong SE wind that day :P Tried my best to place it out of the wind); wanted to record myself playing live and do some cheesy roleplay in the process - wanted to make it feel like the listener was sitting there beside me. ** This is what the beach looks like: http://static.travel.usnews.com/images/destinations/80/south_padre_island_main.jpg **
Lo and behold, I'm about halfway through the song when my buddy Mark, a friend from college, heard me singing and decided to join me (he seems to never part with his guitar lol).
The expression on his face was that of confusion as to why I had my mic with me and a audio-capturing device, which I plugged into an outdoor electrical plug that the gazebo owners installed lol (I've done recordings like this before but didn't like the results; we messed up a little at the end but I was like meh it's not bad anyways.) but I'm glad he didn't say it out loud or it would have ruined the recording lol. Luckily, I was playing a song he and I wrote together some time ago, so he was able to just jump right in. He's a great guitar player.
Even though it was a little awkward at the end since we hadn't seen each other for like 4 months (you might be able to tell by the way I responded to his "thats so cool" comment haha), I think it turned out just fine. It was a lovely evening and the clouds were all poofy and happy. Lots of people were there too, though I made sure to sit far away from all of them. Ahh, it was a beautiful day. I'm glad I live by the ocean :P * Just kidding, I recorded this in my studio; though I do live close to the water, this was not recorded there :P I did everything, down to the wind blowing into the mic, except for the sound of water and the kids in the background. I got those sounds here: freesfx.co.uk/login/
The guitars and vocals were one-takes to give a more realistic feel. No pitch-correction or autotune. Just wanted to try making another soundscape (or whatever you want to call this :P) about what it's like to live by the ocean.
Description : the other end of the scale from me, yep people, this is a ballad. its for all the people who have lost somebody long before their time was due,
i used my experience of tragic loss and how i hid my mental health issues that stemmed from it while writing it, its repetitive but has fresh verses
its to Matthias music Du Bist Nicht Mehr Hier almost the same title, He has suffered too that's why he wrote the music and dedicated it to his brother. i hope i have done it justice
Description : This track contains several loops, all of them are from looperman artists - listed below. I don't know if "ambient" fits well for it, but i get most loops from that category. :)
Inspired by the Final Fantasy series and my ex girlfriend. Hope you will enjoy it (not my ex! :D). As always, free to use for a song, any opinions-critics welcomed... UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
Description : Working with DarkKZ by Beatskillz, Synthmaster 2.9, Waves Bass Fingers, Microtonic drum synth, Izotope nectar 3 elements, Ozone 8 Elements & several other plugings I'm trying for the first time. The vocal samples are from Ghosthack, LANDR & Sampleswap. Hope you like it. Cheers.
Post script: The word "Ambient" has come up several times in the comment section for this, so I switched the genre to that. Thanks for the input. I really appreciate it.
Description : Ambient, psychedelic chill out rock or something or rather. Lyrics, vocals, guitars and keyboards myself. One drum loop used (free Loopmasters ambient pack). If you want a bit of a back story on the words check the lyric page.
Description : I made this with Garageband and was inspired by Anime music, such as Naruto. And if you noticed one little part is very similar to one of the melodies.
Description : Depression and sadness can sometimes serve as motivation for creativity as in the case of this track. A few months back I went through a period of loosing a few friends and co-workers. Attended a few funerals and as a result found myself reflecting on life. One night I had the urge to try to transfer my feelings into music and this is what came out. Some baratone guitar accompanied by synth and accapella.
Final EDIT: Further tweaking on levels and a slight change up in the timimg of the choir section.
Description : Hello,
this is a track between composition and cover.
Amandine (Sova Berry or Dine on soundcloud) made a cover of the a cappella "Song of Sophia" by Dead Can Dance.
I liked it very much, so i decided to make an instrumental with her vocals.
Hope you'll like it and if you want to comment, you are welcome, whatever you think.
Bye
Description : Ambient, Chill Out, Cinematic .... I´m not sure ... Take your headphones. Close your eyes. Start the engines and have a ride into the unknown. A spacy little trip from somewhere into anywhere outside. - U_P_D_A_T_E - I made a video to this track. So you can enjoy now the flight with open eys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON4u0bRZJ4k
Very powerful. It immerses you in this chilling yet beautiful atmosphere and then it suddenly fades out and you snap out of it thinking where the heck you just were.
Phenomenal job on this one!
ER
All best, always,
Andrew y0u
Cheers,
ER
Cheers
RW
ER
ER
P.S. Thanks for stopping in!
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Liked. Your Farsetto works pretty well.
Just wish it was longer... I've read the comments and I know that school's killing you... but school is more important at the moment! so you are doing right here as well :-)
Ciao, Domenico
Salute to ya --Ha! See what I did there?
your arm and leg...
But you've got the sounds down, to as close to real as you can be
without being there...
But if these Dummies don't, straiten up and fly right this will be
just a lullaby, compared to what will come...Seek and ye shall find...
Let the Politicians fight the wars on the front line, you'd see how
fact that crap would end...
Outstandingly done....
PEACE>>>>TG.
Sounds like it's waiting for a tv spot ... a docu spot I think.
You should promote this toward that end ... BBC or SKY or or or or .... if you do let me know how you set about it.
Gotta be a saleable work of art this one.
You should put that in the track description.
I already know that you can sing but now I hear that you're into doing this sort of vocal, you should really go to town on it and build more similar vocals up to something bigger and better. Record a load of layered harmonies and make a very beautiful track. And try not to make it pop music though you can do that too, if you like (maybe on a different track).
I think perhaps the greatest example of what I'm talking about would have to be 10CC's all-time classic I'm Not In Love. Extremely time-consuming vocal production back in the day when doing these things was a lot harder. Read up on how they made that track as it's pretty damn interesting.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun05/articles/classictracks.htm
Just in case you don't know the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtBHfxU2wmc
This is someting like cool music for an intro, a sequence, or a storypart for a 3D game.
Reminds me a little on this dark sequences in Max Pain
This music in the background. From the off a male voice tells the sad story and the video shows a dark painted comic strip.
I think you done it realy well.
stay tuned
joe
Bob
Damn, it's a refreshing change to hear you do something other than pop music. I was expecting it to break into that any moment. But, no you kept it deep and solemn throughout.
Walking/trudging/battlefield/noise intro sounds fairly accurate and then we have a wailing voice. A little reminiscent of the exceptional Lisa Gerrard, of Dead Can Dance fame (perhaps one of the greatest singers alive).
Then the baby enters, wails then dies/is removed from the soundscape in a mushroom cloud of reverb and we're into just music - no ambient sounds/effects.
It's a great, emotive piano tone and then hanging string note does a fine job. Where is that vocal from?
And then it's over (too short). I'd listen to this if you made it longer, developed it and removed a lot of the battlefield trudging ie just got straight to the music.
So, develop it further, turn it into a full piece and you'll have an emotive, deep chillout track.
Immersive congratulations.
Cru
Love
ER
I USED HEAPHONES this time anyway.
The beginning of your track reminded me of 'Saving Provate Ryan' kind of thing. Some other sounds are really in the style of phatkatz, that piano is pure commertial (emotional?) TV stuff but overall this is some really good effort. Nice to hear something different from you.
Good track.
Best to you,
promenade2239
ER
honestly man DAMN this is good, creates such an amazing atmosphere..
Keep it up man, no like.. seriously.. make another... hahaha
Respect
ER