Well, I'm usually to shy to share the rubbish that I put on Bandcamp for my own fun (and as a form of backup).

Anyway, I have just published 10 tracks made with a classical guitar only and mixed (quite badly) with Mixcraft.

It's all recorded one-take, so it's full of errors, too.

So why am I posting?

I'd just like to know if anybody thinks that I should quit making stuff (I' continue doing it regardless) or if there's any suggestion or comment.

The second link that I'm posting is the previous release. There I wanted to sound like Klaus Schulze but I obviously failed.

https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-2" rel="nofollow - https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-2

https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com/album/across-the-event-horizon" rel="nofollow - https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com/album/across-the-event-horizon

Just in case any fool liked to download, please put a 0 in the price. I'm not Zappa, so I'm not there for money.

I strongly suggest to avoid the rest of my stuff. I wouldn't spend time on it if it wasn't my own.

Hi, I promise to listen to these in the next day or so ... not feeling well today and need to rest some more.

I don't know why i'm responding to this.

Blip

I don't know why I wish I had more time to listen to these right now.

Bloop

I don't know why I enjoyed this music...BUT I DID.

Nice stuff Luca. Where does the name Yelling Xoanon come from?

Many thanks for your comments.

Celebrating my own finishing of my first track in two years, I gave this a listen, i.e., the first track on "Guitar" (and a minute elsewhere here and there on that album), and the 9 minutes Klaus Schulze one.

"Entry Level" - I like this a lot. I love the sound of the acoustic guitar and melodic guitar instrumentals - far underrepresented in my collection. Very enjoyable well written and constructed piece! I'd probably be quite happy with it had I done it myself. Actually I have the whole album running while writing this, I like the musicality and compositions. 

"Across the Event Horizon" - I like everything on it, sounds and ideas make sense and create an atmosphere. For me personally it's just a bit minimalist and long for what's in it. Now I have the same complaint at times with Klaus Schulze himself, so you reached your aim there.  Something meditative and minimalist that relies on atmosphere needs a special mood to properly get into it, so I don't want to say there should be more in it or it should be shorter, it may work well as it is for the right listener in the right mood. One advice though, I'd use a proper sequencer for the rhythmic parts as I think this kind of electronic music needs the rhythm to be sharp. The machine sound is in a strange contrast to the hand made playing.   

Regarding "quit making stuff" by the way, apart from the fact that I do like what you're doing, nobody should quit what they enjoy doing. Even without anyone else listening to my stuff I feel so much better producing some of my own music again. I don't think we're dependent on being listened to, or "assessed" by anyone!

I like that you posted this, and I'm toying around with putting something of mine up here, I mean you're probably a better guitarist than me but unprofessional enough that it still can encourage me.  

Hi mates,

I've got the Covid (I was still untouched until now).

So I have to stay close in my studio. It has resulted in another 13 tracks.

https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com/album/dagon" rel="nofollow - https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com/album/dagon

It's an imaginary soundtrack to the first tale by H.P. Lovecraft that I've read when I was 9 years old.

I hope it sounds as creepy as I would it to sound.

Hi. I listened to the first song you put up, an acoustic classical song.

I'm listening to this and wondering what that scratchy sound is. Bad wire? Personally, I prefer an acoustic sound to a flanger (proper term?)..

I'm a musician, but have no idea what midis and sequencers are (and don't care to know), but it would be cool if you added some rhythm, tapping on hand drums, or ... anything.

^But as a musician, you should know.

MIDI = Musical Instrument Digital Interface

So the keyboard or other MIDI device becomes the trigger (what you push to make the sound) and the signal goes to a computer that uses 'soundfonts' or other formats to create the actual sound.

Sequencer = A device that allows you to create repeatable patterns within the instrument. Sometimes left to their own (think ending to ELP'S Karn Evil 9 3rd Imp.) or one that changes cords or notes as a keyboard is played (think beginning of Baba O'Riely by The Who)

As for your flanger comment. A flanger combines the original signal of an instrument with a slightly delayed and modulated signal to create a sort of 'WOW'ing sound to the instrument.

Hope that helps a little.

Hi MortSahlFan, I have set track7 as the default on Bandcamp. It's a mistake. Now if you follow the link it will start playing from track 1.

Track 7 is intended as a pause between dissonant electronic tracks. 

I have added the scratchy sounds. It's a very hardly distorted guitar tapping the stopped strings very lightly.

I have used drums only on the last track. I'm not a drummer so I try to avoid usings things I'm not able to use properly as much as I can. 

I don't use sequencers. Perhaps if I had one I would use it, but all the things that seem sequenced are hand-made. 

What seems a flanger is a digital reverb combined with a delay. 

I'm not a musician and I'm experimenting the effects provided by Mixcraft trying to obtain the sounds that I have in mind, but I don't succeed very often. I have no idea of how to make my guitar sound like David Gilmour's. I suspect the problem is behind the instrument, not inside. 

If you have spare time to waste, try "Guitar". It's just a batch of 10 acoustic tracks made using only a classical guitar. 

^ so now I'm curious to listen to your album

I'm back here with a single track. I've done a guitar cover of NichelOdeon's "Malamore E La Luna". I have sent it to Claudio Milano and unexpectedly I've got his thumb up. 

https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com/track/malamore-e-la-luna" rel="nofollow - https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com/track/malamore-e-la-luna

Great sound on the guitar, any effects used? 

respect to the original I have played the sung parts including the bridge, all together with keyboard melody. Only the chorus, that's the melodic part of the song is close to the original.

I have to say that NichelOdeon rely mainly on the absurd vocal extension of the singer and composer Claudio Milano. Replacing his voice with the guitar would have been impossible, that's why I have changed that part.

The only effect used is the reverb on the main track.

This is a link to a live performance of Claudio Milano. I hope you'll enjoy it.

 

I figured, but if I want those sounds I think it's my responsibility to play them without the automatic stuff.

I figured, but if I want those sounds I think it's my responsibility to play them without the automatic stuff.

Just a thing: MIDI and MIDI Sequencer are two different things. If I can emulate an instrument, or at least getting closer to its sound without buying an orchestra, I use MIDI. I still have to press white and black keys on a keyboard to get what I want.

Recording a sequence of notes to have them played continuously in a loop is what a sequencer does. It may use on not use MIDI sounds. Long time ago in the recording studios they were using tapes: cut, joined in a loop and played. 

About Cluadio Milano: one hour of Dante's Comedy
 

I'm a TD fan, even if I'm more in the Pink and Virgin periods. Claudio Milano is a totally different thing. He can do with his voice more than what Froese has done with his synths. Years ago, he introduced me to the music of some classical and conteporary composers. I'm grateful for his suggestions.

Try this:

And look at this...

nice, I've started this thread to share my rubbish, and I'm ending sharing incredible stuff

Tangerine Dream's Dante's Inferno trilogy isn't about the synths though. It's all about the voices, which is why they're amongst my favourite TD albums. 

Hi, I should open a different thread, but I'm using this one for those who have the RSS feed enabled.

There's a new video from Claudio Milano and Nichelodeon that I'd like to share:

^ Thanks. I'm nothing more than a hobbyist, I tried to be a singer-songwriter when I was very young, but once I've realized to be not talented enough, I've given up. Now I'm just having fun with a DAW.

Associating music to images and situations is what I usually do when I listen to instrumental music. Atom Heart Mother has been my starting point, but is mainly Vangelis what I have in mind when I mess up with my instruments at home. I also think that listening  to songs with lyrics compared to instrumentals is like the difference between a book and a movie. With a book you can build your mental images, with a movie that part of the "work" is already done. Of course both are enjoyable, it's just a different kind of enjoyment. 

I agree with you, but I think we can instinctively feel when a song is uninspired. Back to Vangelis, the fact that he used the images as source of inspiration means that almost the 100% of his work is inspired. Only when the story is rubbish the result is inspired but bad. I mean "Suffocation" from "See You Later".