I can't believe that I forgot to mention Kevin Shields/MBV as a key influence. and for picking up the guitar, Page Hamilton/Peter Mengede of Helmet were pretty key for that too.
418 February 14, 2012 1:12 am
Re: Oh man, I am so excited >.< (11 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I really want to do this. my laptop is approaching a year and a half old, and it's my only machine. I really want two laptops! hopefully I can afford something in the not too distant future. congrats on the new comp!
419 February 14, 2012 1:09 am
Re: ITT we hint at our songs for next week (501 replies, posted in General Discussion)
going to pick up where my last piece left off, and also become more impulsive and spontaneous, and live.
420 February 12, 2012 10:56 pm
Re: What have you been listening to this week? (74 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I think the best part of their career (radiohead) is ok computer to hail to the thief. those 4 albums are all killer.
421 February 12, 2012 6:45 pm
Re: Inspirational Artists (38 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I have many many influences and agree that it is important to listen to LOTS of music.
my main influences
Amon Tobin, Aphex Twin, Autechre, download/skinny puppy, Meat Beat Manifesto, Scorn, Kid 606, DJ Krush, the Melvins, Nels cline (as member of jazz groups, not Wilco), Sun Ra, Miles Davis bitches brew era, King Crimson, Rush, John Zorn, Justin K Broaderick (godflesh/jesu/techno animal), Trey Spruance, Mike Patton, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, the Herbaliser, MF Doom, Kool Keith, there are probably some others I'm forgetting but that's off the top of my head and doesn't even include my metalhead influences.
to a lesser extent: NIN, Ministry, Orbital were acts in the nineties that really made me want to make music as a younger guy. I still love that stuff, but it doesn't really affect my music making that much now (although I still covet some of the production abilities all those guys have!). I also really like Rob Crow related projects, especially his earlier stuff, which has been some of my more listened to tracks in my library (thingy, heavy vegetable, older pinback). the first two major chemical bros releases were also inspirations to get into electronic music. also I had a couple of friends in high school that got me into music; and my older sister was an influence since she had a lot of music, and took me to a college to see the production dept and mics, tape recorders etc, in the late 80s.
this makes me feel old, but I think it was Larry Lalonde (Primus guitarist) and Tommy Victor (Prong) who made me want to play guitar when I was 17. still two of my favorite guitarists.
422 February 12, 2012 1:57 am
Re: WeeklyBeats 2012- Week 5 Round-Up (10 replies, posted in General Discussion)
423 February 12, 2012 1:55 am
Re: What have you been listening to this week? (74 replies, posted in General Discussion)
(in reverse chronological order)
hammock - 'stranded under endless sky' and 'longest year' (as go to bed albums)
(and on shuffle)
sonic youth
richard devine
oranssi pazuzu
sepultura
gridlock
skywave
gigan
ghost (japan)
ruins
my bloody valentine
immolation
decapitated
nirvana rarities
lilys
heavy vegeatable
rotten sound
loincloth (favorite album of 2012 so far)
brutal truth
autechre
scorn
jazzanova
tipsy
cheer accident
american heritage
upsilon acrux
mf doom
dub trio
424 February 9, 2012 6:44 am
Re: ITT we hint at our songs for next week (501 replies, posted in General Discussion)
there is something strange brewing in the sonic cauldron
425 February 8, 2012 4:19 am
Re: WEEK 5 - Let's get retrospective... (27 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Dwight Davis wrote:
My track for this week took a different approach than I usually go for. I don't think it's as intense as my others, it sounds fairly natural with no annoying transitions, it turned out happier than what I usually make my songs to be, and I really liked it better than most of my others. It may be my favorite so far.
this is kind of how I feel about my piece as well
426 February 8, 2012 1:34 am
Re: WEEK 5 - Let's get retrospective... (27 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I've had good comments on mine this week. one person in my band said that it felt a little repetitive, but another person said it got too complex. so I'm taking those comments with a grain of salt, and feeling that the composition was pretty solid given the timeframe.
427 February 5, 2012 7:49 pm
Re: ITT we hint at our songs for next week (501 replies, posted in General Discussion)
uploaded something that is 1 beat per second
428 February 5, 2012 6:28 pm
Re: My top 20 favorite tracks from January (11 replies, posted in General Discussion)
ok it's updated now thanks for reading my subjective opinionating (although I like to think that I try to be objective)
429 February 5, 2012 6:14 pm
Re: My top 20 favorite tracks from January (11 replies, posted in General Discussion)
sorry guys, when I did a search for your name on here, only one track popped up for whatever reason. I'll change that.
430 February 5, 2012 8:46 am
Topic: My top 20 favorite tracks from January (11 replies, posted in General Discussion)
http://xenochrony.wordpress.com/2012/02 … 012-picks/
Post over at my music and culture blog xenochrony detailing my favorite 20 weeklybeats songs from January
431 February 2, 2012 5:38 am
Re: ITT we hint at our songs for next week (501 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I haven't even started my piece yet, not really sure what I'll do. it's been a weird week from hell, hopefully will be interesting.
432 February 2, 2012 2:03 am
Re: ITT we hint at our songs for next week (501 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Solarbear wrote:
Ready for this?! I'm making a 5/4 time.... DANCE song. Yeah.
my week 4 piece was in 5/4, actually a pretty catch time sig imo