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"To be alone in a crowd..."

By hent03 on January 14, 2022 7:13 am

Some odd issues came up because of odd sounds having odd effects on other odd sounds, but I don't want to get too hung up on any of that; I just wanted to capture an idea, and for the most part, I did. Maybe it all sounds intentional, in which case, good.

The title is from "This is How You Lose the Time War," a beautiful sci-fi novella about two agents on either side of a time war who become penpals (of a sort.) It's a wonderful story, and I loved the following little paragraph:

"So I go. I travel farther and faster and harder than most, and I read, and I write, and I love cities. To be alone in a crowd, apart and belonging, to have distance between what I see and what I am."

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Beautiful evocative soundtrack. The combination of the slow pads, light keys, and then in the background this low radio or wind like noise. I like how the track builds up and then goes back to a quiet nostalgic atmosphere for minute 3. The backstory to the track is very nice, i like how it helps interpreting the track itself and guides the imagination.

I don't know what the unintentional part is, but it all sounds good to me.  The piano is stately and beautiful and I really like the swirling noise in the background.

This is awesome, I love the mood you created.  So chill and easy to listen to.

Really neat distortion! Reminds me of some old skool netlabel tracks.

I imagine this distortion ambient as the crowd, moves in random and you can't understand. But also the sound is comforting and filling, it is nice not to be alone. Lovely soft melody and I especially like the end smile

I love the title quote, that can be taken in many different ways.

Nice ambient track, very peaceful.

Those random issues can be a great source of inspiration.  Always use to your creative advantage as opposed to fighting them for too long. This track sounds like the former so nice work!  Sounds great. Just don't tell anyone you had tech issues. wink

Hmmmmm. I love your vibes and sounds here. I wish I would have made this track. Superbeauityful.

Love the whole sound of this one.  The dusty sorta vhs vibe really gives you that time_travelin'_nostalgic feel.  Def relate to that quote too.  I love a good sci-fi novel so I might have to give that a read.  Lovely outro with that melody.

The scene you described matched with this song amazingly. The feeling was just right

Kedbreak136 wrote:

Beautiful evocative soundtrack. The combination of the slow pads, light keys, and then in the background this low radio or wind like noise. I like how the track builds up and then goes back to a quiet nostalgic atmosphere for minute 3. The backstory to the track is very nice, i like how it helps interpreting the track itself and guides the imagination.


The Deluge has a lot of neat options for making things a little distorted and dirty. It's been fun playing around with that for atmosphere.



CosmicCairns wrote:

I don't know what the unintentional part is, but it all sounds good to me.  The piano is stately and beautiful and I really like the swirling noise in the background.

Chrisfoo wrote:

This is awesome, I love the mood you created.  So chill and easy to listen to.

Mission Crossing wrote:

Really neat distortion! Reminds me of some old skool netlabel tracks.

emily wrote:

djippy wrote:

I love the title quote, that can be taken in many different ways.

Nice ambient track, very peaceful.

danju wrote:

The scene you described matched with this song amazingly. The feeling was just right

Alette wrote:

I imagine this distortion ambient as the crowd, moves in random and you can't understand. But also the sound is comforting and filling, it is nice not to be alone. Lovely soft melody and I especially like the end smile


Thanks, guys!


Q-Rosh wrote:

Hmmmmm. I love your vibes and sounds here. I wish I would have made this track. Superbeauityful.


That really means a lot coming from you. Thanks!


rdomain wrote:

Those random issues can be a great source of inspiration.  Always use to your creative advantage as opposed to fighting them for too long. This track sounds like the former so nice work!  Sounds great. Just don't tell anyone you had tech issues. wink


hahaha I'll stick with "happy accidents"


Tone Matrix wrote:

Love the whole sound of this one.  The dusty sorta vhs vibe really gives you that time_travelin'_nostalgic feel.  Def relate to that quote too.  I love a good sci-fi novel so I might have to give that a read.  Lovely outro with that melody.


The book is definitely worth a look if you're into really artful prose and slow weaving mystery. 

I like the glitchy modulated sound in the background. It lends a futuristic feel to the mellow tones. Dreamy and a bit melancholy.  I misread the title and thought the name was "To Be a Clone in a Crowd" which could be a sequel smile

Very relaxing.

This feels like the week where people wrote scifi/dreamy beats. I must have missed a discussion thread talking about the theme for Week 2. I really enjoyed the feel to this track and how it captures the feeling of being alone, noise and all surrounding you but you're not privy to experiencing it with those people. It reminds me of the episode of Black Mirror where the man is in a cabin with someone trying to ascertain information from him. When he leaves the cabin, we see the world he experiences. The world is filled with grey silhouettes of people whose voices and sounds cannot be heard.

beautiful! I like how the sounds grow and kinda pop like they are bubbles in a saucepan. I liked the noise effects as well, they fit the mood and the story.

that's really cool that you do short stories.  you should post a writing for us to read while we listen to one of your tunes in the future!

NWSPR wrote:

I like the glitchy modulated sound in the background. It lends a futuristic feel to the mellow tones. Dreamy and a bit melancholy.  I misread the title and thought the name was "To Be a Clone in a Crowd" which could be a sequel smile


I really like the way modulated sounds can add atmosphere to a track. Sometimes like sand in a desert, sometimes like a thick swamp. I'm not very good at crafting it, but I'm glad you dig it.

Devieus wrote:

Very relaxing.


Thanks!


Anon_Buster wrote:

This feels like the week where people wrote scifi/dreamy beats. I must have missed a discussion thread talking about the theme for Week 2. I really enjoyed the feel to this track and how it captures the feeling of being alone, noise and all surrounding you but you're not privy to experiencing it with those people. It reminds me of the episode of Black Mirror where the man is in a cabin with someone trying to ascertain information from him. When he leaves the cabin, we see the world he experiences. The world is filled with grey silhouettes of people whose voices and sounds cannot be heard.


I'm really glad it created an image in your mind. It's something I get a lot of from other people, so it's nice to be able to share that sometimes.


horatiuromantic wrote:

beautiful! I like how the sounds grow and kinda pop like they are bubbles in a saucepan. I liked the noise effects as well, they fit the mood and the story.


Thanks so much!


orangedrink wrote:

that's really cool that you do short stories.  you should post a writing for us to read while we listen to one of your tunes in the future!


Now that I know you can hide text in posts, I might just share something later in the year!

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