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Points: 3834 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2014 at 13:39
It's not necessarily a bad habit!

And cheers bro, there is always the power of the internet if you still want stuff playing for you?
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I have a habit of taking life more seriously and less seriously than anyone I know.

But yea dude you are great on the keys. If you lived in the states I would immediately steal you and force you to play sheet music haha
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Points: 3834 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2014 at 10:26
Originally posted by Smurph Smurph wrote:

Wow Aleks always some good stuff coming from your fingers! 


A great comment from someone with Edward Penishands as their display photo

Seriously though, cheers man! Every compliment keeps me going
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Wow Aleks always some good stuff coming from your fingers! 
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Recorded this with Muso Channel, an upcoming organisation in the North of England, the other day. It's one of mine. Have a listen and enjoy!
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My band's latest recording is now on Soundcloud to listen for free.
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Yeah man, he's a fantastic kit player! And it's recorded using a Zoom video recorder which is pretty good for a handheld however the sound quality is never great. For feedback purposes though it's perfect I think!
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^ Any amount is appropriate ... at least to keep this thread alive.

Nice drum work, by the way. Thumbs Up The drums are much louder than the piano, and I can't hear the bass player, unless (1) for some reason it's supposed to be that way or (2) has to do with the fact that I got a new laptop that seems to compress all the peaks of dynamics/volume (which I personally found very irritating).


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I know I'm flooding this thread with my stuff (sorry!) but here's a clip of my band earlier today... Let me know what you think!
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^couldn't have said it better
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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

Originally posted by The Pessimist The Pessimist wrote:

Keep at it man, I want to hear some of your stuff!
Oh, ... I'm not promising anything progressive, by the way. Stern Smile Wink


Music is music mate!
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^ I'm sure he picked it up from Eno but I may be wrong. Kind of close to what the Bee Gees used to do, only Barry somehow would be able to come up with a melody without relying on any actual words but instead using singalong conjunctions like "la", "hoo", "ha". Check out the Heads' unfinished take of "Dancing for Money", where Byrne actually just mumbles instead of singing. And it appears that both Byrne and Brothers Gibb would use a title and build a song around it.
Originally posted by The Pessimist The Pessimist wrote:

Keep at it man, I want to hear some of your stuff!
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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ Maybe. If you like all of the ideas in the piece, keep them, but you might want to break them apart with something else.

Can't finish my material as my direction keeps changing. I realize my limitations as time passes by. I can only get on an acoustic guitar and a piano, and I think that for a while I will stick with lyric-oriented writing approach. Once I see some sort of improvement in the lyric-writing department, then I will understand the role music should play in the work. I might have to stick with a cappella and classical crossover or folk-based songs. Then the problem will be creating a body of work that has a certain stylistic identity, not schizophrenia. Can't have a melting pot of sounds that do not work organically in music.
I usually start with an idea and change it, put it in different settings until I find something I really like arrangement, melody, and all. From that musical "moment" I build my song. But, obviously, as you can see, that's a slow process. Musically, I have a set of songs that are very close to finished, but lyrically it's slow going. Lyric writing has gotten slightly easier than it was, though. I just had to change my approach somewhat. 

David Byrne actually gave a neat insight into his lyric-writing process in an interview and it's helped me a lot. Basically, he just sings whatever lines come to mind whether they make any sense or not. The ones that seem to stick, he keeps singing, and he doesn't try to make sense of them, or change them to make sense, but lets the meaning come to him, the relationships between the lines develop. May not work for everyone (a lot of people write more linearly both musically and lyrically and do it quite well), but I tend to benefit from a holistic form of writing like that, and thought I would throw this out there for whoever wants to try it.
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Here is the lead sheet if anyone is interested.
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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ Maybe. If you like all of the ideas in the piece, keep them, but you might want to break them apart with something else.

Can't finish my material as my direction keeps changing. I realize my limitations as time passes by. I can only get on an acoustic guitar and a piano, and I think that for a while I will stick with lyric-oriented writing approach. Once I see some sort of improvement in the lyric-writing department, then I will understand the role music should play in the work. I might have to stick with a cappella and classical crossover or folk-based songs. Then the problem will be creating a body of work that has an identity, not schizophrenia.


Yeah man, I'll see how it evolves when the band play it. You know what music is like, it constantly changes! No doubt I'll get bored of how it's sounding in a couple of weeks and change a few things I'll keep you all posted!

Regarding composition, I don't think there is a fixed way to start. I suppose it's whatever you feel most comfortable with. For me it's rhythm, then melody then harmony in that order, but it differs with everyone. Keep at it man, I want to hear some of your stuff!
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^ Maybe. If you like all of the ideas in the piece, keep them, but you might want to break them apart with something else.

Can't finish my material as my direction keeps changing. I realize my limitations as time passes by. I can only get on an acoustic guitar and a piano, and I think that for a while I will stick with lyric-oriented writing approach. Once I see some sort of improvement in the lyric-writing department, then I will understand the role music should play in the work. I might have to stick with a cappella and classical crossover or folk-based songs. Then the problem will be creating a body of work that has a certain stylistic identity, not schizophrenia. Can't have a melting pot of sounds that do not work organically in music.


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Cheers guys It's still primitive at the moment, but it's meant to be performed with a quartet so I intend the rhythmic and dynamic changes to come in the improvised section.
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Points: 8856 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2014 at 22:36
^I agree. It's definitely a charming piece, but it gets a bit stale later on. Maybe some rhythmic variation would help.
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^ Good job as always. I bet, though, that the piece could benefit from significant change in pace and dynamics, but it's up to the author.
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Something I wrote the other day.


Edited by The Pessimist - March 17 2014 at 22:03
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