Delightful
Lloyde_Sorrow
Joined: May 16 2014 |
Challenge accepted! :D |
Got inspired, worked on it
Avaruussaha
Location: Finland Joined: Nov 13 2013 |
Got inspired, worked on it for 6 hours today and that was it. Capo 010001 madness! This was really much fun to make! |
what a lovely track, ava! it
tiger child
Joined: May 31 2012 |
what a lovely track, ava! it seems the gauntlet has been thrown, lloyd and whomever else may find their way here.
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this music is my greatest accomplishment |
I will see what I can do
GuywithaGuitar
Joined: Sep 25 2016 |
Hey, I'm new here, but would really like to join. Sadly I do not really have a good recording device, but don't count me out just yet. |
Re: I will see what I can do
tiger child
Joined: May 31 2012 |
hey welcome! please do not worry about the means for recording. judging is on the quality craftsmanship and the appropriate nature of the pieces of music. not everyone has access to lovely set-ups. so that's not really part of the equation. make music!
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Re: I will see what I can do
GuywithaGuitar
Joined: Sep 25 2016 |
Hey, I'm so sorry but I probably won't be able to make my entry until right before the deadline (if I can at all), because my only means of recording (not including making the actual music and arranging it all) is using my sister's phone who happens to you know, USE IT MOST OF THE TIME. So yeah, sorry about that. I will tell you if I can't make the deadline. |
Re: I will see what I can do
tiger child
Joined: May 31 2012 |
don't worry. these are pretty informal, so we extend things if people are actually participating. the amount of entries fluctuates pretty heavily. sometimes there will be 8 or something, and other times 2. you never know because it's all about scheduling and where people are at in their lives. and while this site is visited by a lot of people, the community - particularly in this zone - is pretty quiet. for me it's just a fun excuse to make some music. and the people are pretty talented and friendly. so it's a win win. and even if you were the only person to enter, there is always some kind of feedback and constructive talk to be had. so it's a good learning tool as well. so if you'll be later than halloween, just holler and let us know. we've waited some pretty silly lengths of time for music that may or may not ever get made. again, mostly just because it's a fun exercise, and the idea is to encourage people to get better at composing and arranging music. so do what you need to do. which sounds like locking your sister in the closet and stealing her phone.
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I've got something in the
Lloyde_Sorrow
Joined: May 16 2014 |
I've got something in the works. Will it be done by tomorrow. . . Probably not, but I'll try to have it done! That means it's crunch time when I get home. |
Re: YATA!
Lloyde_Sorrow
Joined: May 16 2014 |
GuywithaGuitar said
Nice, our first entry and your very first one! :) I've got something in the works. I know it's taking me forever. I have a good excuse, though! Work has been kicking my ass lately. Here's a WIP of my current progress on the track, though. Lloyde's WIP |
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tiger child
Joined: May 31 2012 |
our first entry? what? you just ignoring ava's from ages ago??
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I was too fast, with blinding
Avaruussaha
Location: Finland Joined: Nov 13 2013 |
I was too fast, with blinding speed I evaded Lloyde's notice! I was onto something extra today, but somehow ended up just listening to Gorillaz. |
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tiger child
Joined: May 31 2012 |
gorillaz is not a bad thing to be distracted by. i keep thinking about recording more. i posted something i did the other day when i was bored in a morning, but the site update thing made it vanish. i'll post it again, because why not. obviously nothing to do with this theme.
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Re: YATA!
GuywithaGuitar
Joined: Sep 25 2016 |
Tell me what you think. I did mess up a few times and you could hear me breathing though. |
Re: YATA!
GuywithaGuitar
Joined: Sep 25 2016 |
My excuse for being so late was that Halloween came on November 9th this year instead (the election). |
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tiger child
Joined: May 31 2012 |
yes the election was a nightmare. you're not so late. we've had these things linger for a million years. anyway, we are waiting on lloyd to wrap this one up.
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At Last
Lloyde_Sorrow
Joined: May 16 2014 |
Here we are. Only took me two years (sarcasm). |
Shouldn't this get wrapped up and all?
GuywithaGuitar
Joined: Sep 25 2016 |
So now that all of us have submitted, shouldn't we all get graded now Tiger Child, so this can be officially over? |
Re: Shouldn't this get wrapped up and all?
Lloyde_Sorrow
Joined: May 16 2014 |
GuywithaGuitar said
In a rush, are we? ;P |
Re: Shouldn't this get wrapped up and all?
GuywithaGuitar
Joined: Sep 25 2016 |
Well actually, one reason why I want it to get wrapped soon is because I want their opinion and I was thinking I might host a new contest soon. |
Re: Shouldn't this get wrapped up and all?
Lloyde_Sorrow
Joined: May 16 2014 |
That's understandable :3 |
Beware, I am stacked with new
Avaruussaha
Location: Finland Joined: Nov 13 2013 |
Beware, I am stacked with new VSTis due to black friday / thanksgiving sales... And a new guitar incoming around christmas! |
okay fine fine
tiger child
Joined: May 31 2012 |
sorry, i had a guest from out of town for a while. also sort of totally maybe forgot this was here. whoops. okay, let's do this. ava - GHOSTLY FAIR ~ lovely little bit of music. there is a lightness to it, which i like. not light necessarily as in hopeful or happy, but easy going. there is clearly something eerie about this place, but you do not necessarily feel afraid. maybe more curious, than anything. which suits the theme well, certainly. i like the tuning. and the choices in instruments. it never feels like too much is going on, almost too reserved at times. but again, that works. GuywithaGuitar - UNTITLED ENTRY ~ i like the that it starts out feeling like a heartbeat, a pulse. as though the very city is breathing. then certainly when the first lower notes come in, you begin to reveal a darkness slink in. not forcefully, but almost as if the pulse had lured you in to some kind of daze, so you don't even realize what's coming for you. when it speeds up it creates a sense of panic. maybe running from something. i will admit the second half, when it gets heavier caught me off guard and took me a moment to try to work out how i felt about it. it the context of a video game world, it almost feels as though you are confronted by some malevolent boss. and it's not quite the boss fight yet, but the moment before where he is telling you some horrible condescending speech, believing himself impenetrable. for myself the rest of the track follows that thought, that you have different variations in the fight itself, some chaotic, some melancholy and slow. as for the technical side of things. as for your limitations with available tools/equipment, i think you did an admirable job conveying your work. you are free to correct me if your intention was otherwise, however, i think working with a metronome or something in headphones while you play to find your rhythms and keep things in their pace would be helpful. particularly when you're keeping a sort of pulse as essentially a beat. when it drops out the pacing becomes inconsistent. which, again, in this case isn't necessarily bad, but noticeable from the standpoint of a listener. the first half felt more coherent than the second. i liked your approach. i appreciate going at the theme from a different direction entirely than the others. i'm just kind of doing this in a rush because i need to go to the grocery store. i tried to be a bit more thorough since you definitely were looking for some thoughts on your entry. i'm happy to go more into specifics or if you have any questions that you are particularly wondering about definitely ask. i'd be curious how you feel about your work, what you like and what you think should be improved upon. also, these other two are pretty smart about things, so feel free to ask for them to chime in. Lloyde - WELCOME TO GHOST CITY - you're an asshole. it's good. i don't actually want to say anything nice about it. but i will say your mixing has gotten better. the space between the instruments and the dynamics of the sounds and how they interact is very clean and respectful of one another. you've won this round, Lloyde, but your enemies will return and fight you until the end. also, ava you shouldn't have said you got new VST's because there was a part of me not wanting you to win so you can use them in the next contest. i mean, i think lloyde still took this one anyway, but that divulgence of information didn't help your case ;)
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Re: okay fine fine
Avaruussaha
Location: Finland Joined: Nov 13 2013 |
tiger child said
I won't deny it, I was playing mind games here and you read me like a book. |
Re: okay fine fine
GuywithaGuitar
Joined: Sep 25 2016 |
Actually, my entry did have a title, it was just under the Youtube video. Also, it was so supposed to be more like footsteps or that thumping you get when someone beats you over the head with something at the beginning. Then when those higher notes come in, that's more about you getting up and realizing you just got dumped in an alleyway hardcore. The speeding up is like you realizing you don't know where you are and going insane. The heavy part is you letting it out all of that rage. Eventually you calm down and accept your fate to damnation. Then in that ending part I tried to make it sound like a monkey with the wah, to really show how intense the insanity was. No boss fights. |
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tiger child
Joined: May 31 2012 |
that's the thing about music, interpretation is everything. no matter how much you try to convey your own precise ideas, and imagery, someone else will hear it with their own imagination and experiences. which is both horrifying and wonderful at the same time. sorry i missed the title under the youtube video.
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Re: okay fine fine
GuywithaGuitar
Joined: Sep 25 2016 |
It's okay that you missed the title, I should have put it in with my entry, along with the fact I only spent a few seconds coming up with the name. But yeah, thanks, I thought it was cool to see how others could interpret it. Also, I haven't even listened to the other people's entries yet, so... No bosses were hurt in the making of the song. |
Re: okay fine fine
Lloyde_Sorrow
Joined: May 16 2014 |
tiger child said
Good job, everyone. Why am I an asshole? xD Thanks for the compliment on the mixing. Sometimes it's a hit and sometimes it's a miss. One of these days I'll get it down for sure. I'll have something for the next one within the next few days. |
tiger child
Joined: May 31 2012
With it being October and all.
She woke up in dark. Her arm was stinging around her elbow where all of her weight must have been focused as she was unconscious. There was a cold slipping against her shoulder. Her jacket had torn. She struggled terribly to remember how she arrived here.
The space was small and damp. There was a chill, but not uncomfortable. An earthy, spicy smell clung to her nostrils. Pleasant and enticing. Spices! She had tucked herself into the back of a spice truck at the fuel station in the middle of the night. She recalled thinking how long it had been since she'd traveled anywhere with wheels. The air-ships were so much quicker and less trouble. The truck was from a much older and nostalgic time. Her head had fogged some-time before the sun up, and she lost sight. It was an unnatural sleep.
A door flew open, illuminating an entrance. A great ethereal silhouette was backlit. Long misty fingers whispered as they collected a sack of unknown contents - likely roots and plants to be ground up into powders. The shape turned around, hollering into the hall. "Yeah, yeah, we'll have it, settle down."
The girl flung herself into the glow as the door shut behind her. She crept along the wall, staying as small as possible. Through an opening, she could see a market and stalls. People were eating and jovially commercing. For a moment, she felt bold enough to step out into the night. Until she realized she was not looking at people at all. These were ghosts. Spirits. Ghouls. Demons. Gods. All kinds of other-plane dwellers.
She turned a corner and unintentionally hurled herself out a door in a panic. She was outside. In front of her was a great expanse of buildings and glowing signs. Lanterns and bustling streets. There was a warmth to the city. Something comforting. But there was a pulse beneath her feet. Something tickling her soul that she did not belong. That something was wrong.
She had heard of this place before. You cannot arrive consciously. Had she died? Had the bouncing aroma of a mixture of spices put her into a false-death and she had unceremoniously been brought to a place she doesn't belong? Or another, less clear reason? Whatever the matter, she had come to GHOST CITY. A place no human toes had before made their tracks.
Let's be quick. Either this takes or it doesnt. Halloween is the deadline. So 17 days. It can be interpreted however you want. A theme for the city, the BGM to the girl's truck stowaway adventure into the city. Her sneaking out and into the streets. Whatever you fancy.
1 minute length at minimum.
Have at it, ghouls.