Notion picture soundtrack

[rolando14]

i put this one together about two weeks ago... i can't get it to be any louder, it's a cubase produced peice....

roland drums
schecter guitar
stupid idiot P.O.S. bass

let me know what you think?

i've titled it "the notion picture soundtrack"

the idea behind the title is, kinda like whatever visual you get outta this in your head when you hear it? it's kinda repetative lol

[Craeon78]

First impression is "great beginning"
Second impression is " is that all?"

I was hoping for a build up

there was a slight build up in the percussion line.
In 6/8 time may a suggest building up by a busier bass line.

busier not as in competeing with the hi hats but span more octaves or the ocassional run down leading into the next repeat.


Only my opinion but maybe it could help you out.

ps title makes sense, my imagination was thinking "what movie could this be the start of" and i got an image of a slow pan of a concrete jungle with a bridge in the foreground...

[rolando14]

yeah see... the original drums for this song is like 1:20 lol i really messed around with repeats for this tune i'd like to do better fills leadin up like you said.... i do need to have a heavier movin bass line i've heard this from friends...

i'm really glad to hear the title worked out, i imagine a similar scenario, san fran was in my head

[Dinaiz]

+ :
good sound
love the retro ambiance (there's sme vinyl distortion simulation in this tune, isn't it ?)

- :
REALLY repetitive
I think you should add more musical phraes, maybe some instruments, maybe a voice and stuff.

So yeah, for a few bars, it's really really good, then it get's boring IMHO.


About the title, I'm seeing a helicopter-view of a south american city, like rio or buenos aires, during the afternoon.

EDIT : Yeah I forgot to mention that I'd see it at the begining of the movie too :-)

[zaporzan]

It has a great intro with a great feel to it! However once you got to :40 it was gone, and it lost some of its interest. And cool little mix up you did there at 1:20, that DID add interest!

I think everything near after :40 just got too repetitive (except for 1:20). What I think you could have done to build this up and add some strings (I think that would sound very nice with this) playing some chords, and maybe at the climax have another instrument do a creative solo. I also think you could add some high end on your drums (hi-hats and such) to add some more groove to your beat.

Good stuff! Keep it up!

[Tumbling Dice]

I like it. I like the mood of anticipation that this sets up. I agree that it is a good movie soundtrack type music in that it suggests a number of interesting visuals and a sense that something interesting is heating up. Maybe you could build on this to take it to higher levels or different directions. I'd love to experiment with adding a cool guitar solo to this. With your permission, maybe I'll give that a shot.

[rolando14]

yeah i was thinking about going back into the project set-up and losing a couple measures... or would that just be too short then?

tumbling dice... go right ahead, just make sure to share it with me and never try to sell it =) lol

[Tumbling Dice]

I'll be sure to give you credit in my Oscar acceptance speech! ;o]
Kidding [obviously] - I'll give it a shot and send to you.

[rolando14]

haha, perfect... alright yea let me know, actually if you're willing we should compose a song i should check to see if you have any bashes out now and comment on them as you've done for me