Trick or Treat!

[jeffn1]

Hello, everyone. I learned about this forum from k-v-r.

I recorded a Halloween piece that I am very happy with. It is sort of instrumental progressive electronic rock piece. Believe it or not, it took me about 8 months to complete it.

The name of the piece is Trick of Treat.

I used EW Symphonic Choirs, Prominy LPC, EZDrummer, and lots of other good stuff.

Thanks for the listen (and any comments)! (Its not too long).

jeffn1

[MONSTER MATT]

Damn That Rocks!!! Good Job

[jeffn1]

Thanks, Matt. I am glad you liked it.

jeffn1

[Scottish]

Very, very cool.

Love the choir. Spooky.

Nice work.

[jeffn1]

Originally Posted by Scottish

Very, very cool.

Love the choir. Spooky.

Nice work.

Thanks, Scottish. It is amazing what you can do with some of the new technology around. Although, I have to say, for that short intro (and outro) it took me a long time.

Personally, I like the back and forth (counterpoint?) between the guitar and synth.

jeffn1

[brandondrury]

Great job on the choir! I should have thought of that! I know what I'm doing next year!

Why does this remind me of something the Transiberian Orchestra would do?

Great job!! I love it.


Audio Engineering
I'm Bashing This Recording without permission. The snare is a bit tame. I would have compressed it a bit with a super fast release to bring up some harmonic content to make it just a bit meaner and get it out of "suitable for jazz" land.

Overall I would have "metalled up" the mix just a hair. I don't mean double bass or palm mutes. I mean the mix could have felt a bit more evil (if that was even the goal...that's just what I do every single time).

Great job!

Brandon

[jeffn1]

Originally Posted by brandondrury

Great job on the choir! I should have thought of that! I know what I'm doing next year!

Why does this remind me of something the Transiberian Orchestra would do?

Great job!! I love it.


Audio Engineering
I'm Bashing This Recording without permission. The snare is a bit tame. I would have compressed it a bit with a super fast release to bring up some harmonic content to make it just a bit meaner and get it out of "suitable for jazz" land.

Overall I would have "metalled up" the mix just a hair. I don't mean double bass or palm mutes. I mean the mix could have felt a bit more evil (if that was even the goal...that's just what I do every single time).

Great job!

Brandon

Thanks, Brandon. Especially since this post had been bumped down to the second page. (I was tempted to bump it up, but resisted doing so).

Hopefully some other people will check it out too.

I understand your point about this mix (and make it more "metal"). Frankly, I was happy that I was able to get the sampled guitars (Prominy LPC) where there are in the mix.

jeffn1

[Lonnie]

Originally Posted by jeffn1

Believe it or not, it took me about 8 months to complete it.

So you knew about this competition for a long time? Or just decided to make a Halloween song back in February? Haha, but seriously... good tune, I really like the progressive elements. Some crazy time signature jams in the middle would have been cool, too... but that's just my brain being greedy.

[jeffn1]

Originally Posted by Lonnie

So you knew about this competition for a long time? Or just decided to make a Halloween song back in February? Haha, but seriously... good tune, I really like the progressive elements. Some crazy time signature jams in the middle would have been cool, too... but that's just my brain being greedy.

Yep, I made this tune a while ago, but just heard about his competition.

If you like interesting time signatures, check out Time-Space Continuum (SoundClick artist: Jeffrey Naness - I think my music shares some elements of older Rush instrumentals, with an emphasis on synth and eme).

Take care.

jeffn1