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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 13:22
Originally posted by James James wrote:

The Radio.

I guess I should have downloaded them and put them into WinAMP.

I'll finish the album later, my father's put on something I like on the stereo. LOL

Initial impressions:

I like the atmosphere.

However, I'm not sure about your keyboard sound and you really need a recording studio or some outside help on the recording side.  I'll see how it sounds in WinAMP later though, 'cause I have different settings on there which enhance the sound.

I also need to listen to it more loudly, 'cause I was in the lounge with the family at the time.  I'll give it an intense listen later with the volume up louder.

It could maybe do with some oomph...


Yeah, I fixed the link on Facebook too, so whether you download it from last.fm or the website, it should work. Let me know.

I do agree that the dynamics in the debut are interesting and not direct, but they weren't supposed to be--I didn't want to go with that kind of sound with the concepts in mind. Ex Anima expands upon that better and I think my skills as a composer have gotten much better, so I definitely prefer the followup (which I think fixes any problems of the first one nicely).

Thanks for the remarks, James! Big smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 13:17
The Radio.

I guess I should have downloaded them and put them into WinAMP.

I'll finish the album later, my father's put on something I like on the stereo. LOL

Initial impressions:

I like the atmosphere.

However, I'm not sure about your keyboard sound and you really need a recording studio or some outside help on the recording side.  I'll see how it sounds in WinAMP later though, 'cause I have different settings on there which enhance the sound.

I also need to listen to it more loudly, 'cause I was in the lounge with the family at the time.  I'll give it an intense listen later with the volume up louder.

It could maybe do with some oomph...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 13:00
Did you actually download them from last.fm or are you just using the radio? That may be why, and I'm not sure if I can change that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:58
Originally posted by James James wrote:

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The website doesn't even work for me, dude.  I'm playing it on last.fm.


Do you get the "Page Not Found" message?

If so, I need to fix that.


The link in the your sig works fine but the one you messaged me on Facebook didn't... or it didn't earlier, haven't checked since.


I fixed that. The link in Facebook didn't fully linkify everything it needed to.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:56
Originally posted by James James wrote:

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And you need to sort out the segues on these MP3s.  I'm sure on CD it flows fine but on last.fm it doesn't.  You get a trace of the next track on the end of the previous one.


Oh, really? Weird.

How bad is it?


Well it's playing in the player thing in the top right-hand corner on the album page.  It's not awful but it's off-putting.

You need to either clip the end of the track earlier or somehow get the album to flow better between tracks.


Bah. It shouldn't be doing that.

Not sure why either... I used the same tracks.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:54
Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

The website doesn't even work for me, dude.  I'm playing it on last.fm.


Do you get the "Page Not Found" message?

If so, I need to fix that.


The link in the your sig works fine but the one you messaged me on Facebook didn't... or it didn't earlier, haven't checked since.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:53
Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

And you need to sort out the segues on these MP3s.  I'm sure on CD it flows fine but on last.fm it doesn't.  You get a trace of the next track on the end of the previous one.


Oh, really? Weird.

How bad is it?


Well it's playing in the player thing in the top right-hand corner on the album page.  It's not awful but it's off-putting.

You need to either clip the end of the track earlier or somehow get the album to flow better between tracks.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:52
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I could so easily do some weird deep/high pitch scary vocals for this. LOL


I experiment with some creepy vocals more on Ex Anima; it fits pretty well. Big smile


Do you mean like heavy breathing and weird stuff like that?

And I have you know, my fingers are about to leave the keyboard and I'm not dirty, neither a monkey.

Plus my dinner is ready which means I have to leave the album half-way... Ouch


That and alot of backmasked vocals too, yeah.

I hate when that happens. Ouch

But that's okay. I think I'll go check and see what's up with the server.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:51
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The website doesn't even work for me, dude.  I'm playing it on last.fm.


Do you get the "Page Not Found" message?

If so, I need to fix that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:51
Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

I could so easily do some weird deep/high pitch scary vocals for this. LOL


I experiment with some creepy vocals more on Ex Anima; it fits pretty well. Big smile


Do you mean like heavy breathing and weird stuff like that?

And I have you know, my fingers are about to leave the keyboard and I'm not dirty, neither a monkey.

Plus my dinner is ready which means I have to leave the album half-way... Ouch
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:50
Originally posted by James James wrote:

And you need to sort out the segues on these MP3s.  I'm sure on CD it flows fine but on last.fm it doesn't.  You get a trace of the next track on the end of the previous one.


Oh, really? Weird.

How bad is it?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:50
The website doesn't even work for me, dude.  I'm playing it on last.fm.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:50
Originally posted by James James wrote:

I could so easily do some weird deep/high pitch scary vocals for this. LOL


I experiment with some creepy vocals more on Ex Anima; it fits pretty well. Big smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:49
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Just use Sharebee or something like that.


Yeah, I don't mind uploading it to a free site; it's just that the server is more convenient because there's no maximum download/upload rate. I wanted to make sure that everyone had access to the album.

Feedback is heavily appreciated. Henry, if you still haven't downloaded when you're next here, I can use Sharebee or Rapidshare or something to get it to you and a few others who would prefer not to use the ftp.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:49
And you need to sort out the segues on these MP3s.  I'm sure on CD it flows fine but on last.fm it doesn't.  You get a trace of the next track on the end of the previous one.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:47
I could so easily do some weird deep/high pitch scary vocals for this. LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:47
Originally posted by James James wrote:

I keep expecting a Guapo/Opeth type heavy onslaught.

Or even a GYBE!/The Pax Cecilia type onslaught.


Yeah, I might experiment with some metallic sounds with this next album; it could be interesting...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:46
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Yes, I'm on track 4.


I personally like the second half of the album a bit more, but I still wouldn't change a note of anything. Not sure if it's a grower either, since I've heard it so many damn times.

Concept to it is here if you're interested: http://www.freewebs.com/casualtiesofappliedmetaphysics/conceptsinthemusic.htm

If you look at the discography too, it shows the actual composer credits for each song. Doesn't always correspond to everyone who performs on it, obviously, but it shows who had more influence in the musical direction and all that. I concentrate more on my synth work on this album, whereas I utilize my drums more on the second.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:45
Just use Sharebee or something like that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 12:43
I keep expecting a Guapo/Opeth type heavy onslaught.

Or even a GYBE!/The Pax Cecilia type onslaught.
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