PA Songwriters'/Composers' Association

Putting together a compilation of artists I know. It would be up on my bandcamp and You Are Already Dead Records, for free, sometime in the next six months. Anyone interested?
BTW, I'd much prefer unmixed tracks of a song instead of the mixed down thing, so I can mix and master it.

Dayvenkirq wrote: Smurph wrote: I have bands that I love... but I want to create something original out of what i do. I listen to mostly avant-black metal and other weird metal groups over the last couple of years... and I definitely don't make metal.  How are you gonna do that? Anything original has been rooted in or derived from something ... unless you are someone like Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Stockhausen had inspiration too, particularly jazz.

All you have to do to separate yourself from your influences is put limits on yourself that other artists don't. For instance, if you listen to metal and don't write metal. Or, in Stockhausen's case, you put mathematical or philosophical limits on yourself to create something entirely different. Of course, even when you separate yourself from your influences, you cannot separate your influences from yourself. They will always permeate your writing. But different limits, such as technology or compositional systems, will yield different results than influences who did not place the same limits on themselves. I find it fascinating what limits artists operate under. For instance, Joy Division's sound was mainly found because the guitarist's amp was small and didn't distort unless it was turned all the way up. For the bass player to be heard, he needed to play higher up on the fretboard. For many good songwriters, limits come from a desire to provide a setting for the lyrics consistent with the songwriter's artistic vision. For many composers it is a similar case— where limits come directly from artistic vision. But it is also often the case that something greater than the artist imagined was born through different limits than that with which he was familiar.

My latest composition. Feedback is welcome, positive and negative alike. Excuse the sh*t recording quality.

Dayvenkirq wrote: ^ That's really awesome.  Too bad I don't know a whole lot of piano-oriented jazz music outside of McCoy Tyner. Guess I have to keep on digging. Who inspired you to right that tune? I think it would be really cool if someone could write a poppy song and then stick something like this into it. Gotta go through my Fiona Apple selection and see if she pulled off something like that.

Hello everyone, my name is Joseph Dorsey, and I have a couple of bands/projects. I'd love to connect with other artists on this site, and in turn, I hope you enjoy some of my music and would like to collaborate someday. I'm always looking to work with new people! Send me a message:

UNTIL SUNRISE (post rock/lo-fi)
http://untilsunrise.bandcamp.com
New album coming soon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9CrNZeRmj4
Progarchives link: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6003

OCEAN ARCHITECTURE (progressive metal)
https://oceanarchitecturetn.bandcamp.com
Progarchives link: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7304

INVOLVED (Electronic)
https://involved.bandcamp.com
New album pending, to be released within the next few months

^ Nice.  I was thinking that this piece might benefit from diversity in pace, but there is a bit of that.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - October 16 2013 at 21:25

Dayvenkirq: I've been writing music for about ten years now but first started to study it properly over the last 5-6 years And yeah, it is flipped... Macbooks are great but when they video it gets reversed which is a slight pain!

Smurph: I'm flattered! And regarding the tune you posted, if you want me to record anything then there is always the power of the internet?

^ Knock some sense into you? Dude, there seem to be a lot of factors that are out of your control. Don't work too hard. Now, me, on the other hand, ... I'm still developing my own lyrical style at a lazy pace. Bits and pieces everywhere. I'm not aspiring to top any greats, though.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - October 21 2013 at 00:25

Polymorphia wrote: Nice stuff as always, Pessimist.

^ Very nice second half.  As for the rest, ... I'm personally not a fan of soft jazz, so I'm not eligible to say a word about that.