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Fight for dawn

By cailen on February 11, 2024 7:06 pm

The dice gave me Dmaj as a starting point. Wasn't really feeling this one, even after starting over. It was even worse until the very end, but doing some heavy tweaking to drum fills and transitions and arrangement work, it is almost a song. The last section actually has potential I think but doesn't resolve or go anywhere. Oh well, at least I didn't ruin it with vocals this time (I listened to last week in the car to see how it came out and was crushed that all of my careful mixing)

On to a new style for the next trio of weeks, I'm thinking synthpop. I am also probably going to be switching to lower effort techniques for a while (ezbass here i come) haha

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February 13, 2024 2:04 pm

MRDRCAT

This sounds great! If you're not happy with it, you could go full garage rock - a little more distortion, some weird reverb to simulate bad acoustics, and lean into that DIY sound. I honestly think it would sound delicious dirtied up!

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February 18, 2024 12:27 am

cailen

MRDRCAT wrote:

This sounds great! If you're not happy with it, you could go full garage rock - a little more distortion, some weird reverb to simulate bad acoustics, and lean into that DIY sound. I honestly think it would sound delicious dirtied up!

thanks dude! one person enjoying a track is all i ever want, but it hits different when it's a track i really thought was garbage.

also, i love those ideas and i'm gonna them. thanks for getting specific like that!

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February 18, 2024 10:11 pm

MRDRCAT

cailen wrote:

thanks dude! one person enjoying a track is all i ever want, but it hits different when it's a track i really thought was garbage.

also, i love those ideas and i'm gonna them. thanks for getting specific like that!

You never know when something is going to hit the right person at the right time! I'm a fan of old forgotten 45s from the 50s - 70s where bands would pool their money, rent a studio and have at it. Untamed, devil-may-care noise rock from people who were having the time of their lives and unafraid to throw every idea into the mix.

That said, if you have a hankering for some synthpop, I'm here for that too!

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