A Plague On You - RayKoefoed

31st Mar 2010 04:10 - 16 years ago
Description : I am pleased with my current momentum for making music. I made this one in only 2 days. I probably could have used a few more takes on the vocals and some more mastering of instrument levels, but I am trying to break the habit of obsessing over the details, so I just called it done.
I will let you enjoy interpreting the meaning of it. I hope you like it.

There is an acapella available for this track.

Comments (12)

If you have time take a listen and give RayKoefoed some feedback.

Madrush
Madrush 6th Feb 2011 10:58 - 15 years ago
I like ur track and there is a sound that i really love(like around 32 sec's). But there is some high sound (like around 2:33)that makes ur track not so attractive. I used these vocals too in a track of mine (Ephor - A Plague on you) but couldn't upload here but check youtube if you likely want to hear it. Cheerz
JoyfulWAVE
JoyfulWAVE 26th Sep 2010 17:48 - 16 years ago
wow man...this is a great tune...i really like your stuff...good job on this...and i used this acapella for my track *A Plague On You*...he he...lol...good title :)
keep up the good work man...
cheers...JW...
phantomhim
phantomhim 26th Jun 2010 01:20 - 16 years ago
Your vocals remind me of this guy I saw a video for a long time ago called Mortis, apart from your lyrics are much better/deeper. Not my kind of music, but I can appreciate the lyrics, no doubt.
BrianMaiden407
BrianMaiden407 31st May 2010 00:18 - 16 years ago
Great track here, i would have most diffently added a havey bad ##### guitar on this, allthought it would have made it more ##### punk!! but fun stuff!!

Bm;)
mcskynard
mcskynard 22nd May 2010 15:38 - 16 years ago
This is probally,my favorite track of yours so far.Very well put together,there was a few glitches and pops but thats probally my crappy pc,and your vocals are spot on for this type of music
Milata
Milata 14th Apr 2010 17:28 - 16 years ago
I've been listening this song for 1 week straight and still on going :D
RayKoefoed
RayKoefoed replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
I hope to have some more before those get to boring ;]
Thanks Milata
Alen9R
Alen9R 13th Apr 2010 01:31 - 16 years ago
As a kid I listened to Rammstein and combichrist. And still I know they listen.
My point is, you have vocals like combichrist.
really think, you put this effect on the vocals as they are!
nice track by the way!
RayKoefoed
RayKoefoed replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks 9Rihter, that is such a great compliment to me, because those are 2 of my very favorite bands.
KylerClevenger
KylerClevenger 9th Apr 2010 00:20 - 16 years ago
this is awesome as always. not to label what you do, but your like the nivek ogre of looperman. i could seriously sit and listen to your music all day long. if your interested in maybe letting me remix this or something else just hit me up man. cause it would be an honor.
RayKoefoed
RayKoefoed replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks, that is a great compliment. When I first heard Skinny Puppy in the early 90s I fell in love with that kind of music. I am pretty certain it was the first influence that made me want to create digital music. So thanks very much.
IBoBeatz
IBoBeatz 31st Mar 2010 17:34 - 16 years ago
i like this men. even if i dont hear industrial. lets talk about quality and production.....HELL YEAH NICE MEN [lol].. this is some hot quality.

everything is on point i have nothing to complain. nice idea and creativity bro.

respect !

IBoBeatz
RayKoefoed
RayKoefoed replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thank you. I think you are right about the industrial part. I feel I am missing some elements of a real industrial sound. I guess this is more alternative. I kind of wish that was a genre option.
theHumps
theHumps 31st Mar 2010 11:43 - 16 years ago
Hey, this is really cool Ray! Think you should go with the flow on your approach to constructing your songs. Loved the vox!

I spend as little time as possible recording my live tracks, guitars and vocals. I think when you go back and try to adjust the flow of things, you can take away some of the spontineity and lose the initial idea and feel of the song. I'll go back and fix mistakes basically. I can spend half an hour to eight hours recording the tracks then about the same time on the engineering and mixing of the tracks and I usually end up posting a 2nd or third mix.

Could they be better? Probably, but I'll be working on the next one tomorrow. It really frees you up and lets you be more loose(in a good way)about your music! You'll be surprised by your creations and we will all benefit by listening to them!!

Oh yea, great song!! :)

Wayne
RayKoefoed
RayKoefoed replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks again Humps. That is good advice. It makes me kind of wish I had and could play some live instruments so that I could really capture that natural essence you do with guitar tracks and such. Spontineity seems very important, I know you are right about that. It is difficult doing it digitaly. Perhaps I should be recording myself keying the notes on the keyboard instead of sequencing them with a mouse. I will try that.
FrenchKid18
FrenchKid18 31st Mar 2010 09:38 - 16 years ago
Hi Ray,
I already loved your instrumental tracks but I think your songs really take another dimension with your vocals.They're more direct,catchy and efficient:this one is already stuck in my head.
Thanks for posting the link,I'll be checking your lyrics
I faved and downloaded this one.
Great music
French Kid
RayKoefoed
RayKoefoed replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks, as always Frenchkid. You always give such great and kind reviews.
CheshireCat
CheshireCat 31st Mar 2010 06:07 - 16 years ago
Hey I checked out a few of your tracks, and you're honing this interesting fusion of dark electro, industrial (almost gothic) and new wave. For a guy recording at home with a mic that probably doesn't cost more that $199 the vocals sound excellent. Your songwriting is getting much better, this is possibly your most coherent track.

I do have a couple of suggestions. I would add some more harmonic structure to your songs. In this song the bass synth stays on the tonic or "home" note through the whole thing, while the higher distorted synth sticks to one chord. It's driving, but for vocally-based song, harmonic progression really sells the package. Practice bouncing between two chords in a verse and a chorus section, (pitch shifting samples is a nice way to do this). You're probably going for pretty simple, powerful industrial song structures so minimal movement is necessary, but it really makes the difference between a musical idea and a developed song. Study how your favorite artists build pop-structured songs. They are made of simple repeated structures with chords or chord progressions in sections: A-A-B-A-A-B or A-B-A-A-B-C-A for example. Also when it comes to "proofreading" and mixing tracks, I have the same problem of being easily overwhelmed and quickly obsessed by little details. I find that when I start any audio project it's easiest to attack it in layers, and peel them off one at a time like an onion. First I'll get the samples right, then I'll lay them down and draft the structure, then I'll work on transitions, then mix, recheck, mix again, etc. Working on tasks of one type at a time and in logical order keeps me on track.
RayKoefoed
RayKoefoed replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thank you CheshireCat. I very much appreciate the honest and constructive critisism. I am certainly going to take it into account. I know almost nothing to music theory, but I have been trying to learn a little to help with cords and such.

I wish I had a $199 condensor mic, or whatever they are called. I am actually using a ten year old, $30 mic from Best Buy with a homemade, stalking on a cloths hanger pop stopper, in a bathroom closet, haha.

Thanks again for the advice. I am going to try to change it up a bit in the future.

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