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Ha! Well, to each his/her own, I suppose~ I actually like a lot of U2. Kind of an early form of ambient new-wave, I guess. I also like the Edge's brilliant use of delay pedals to create a pseudo-orchestrated feel. That's what I meant by "there's some U2 in there," BTW --- I didn't actually use a delay pedal, but I was shooting for a kind of echo-ring style of chord-riffing.
And thanks :)
Gots a new one for ya! This one's for Noise Machine, and it's a cover of the introductory rap song from Person 3 for PS2:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/w2zaq0
It's kind of half-funny (because there's no way I can sing as good as the people in the song, so I "improvised," say, NOFX style?), and half-serious, because this is a really bad-ass song. Here's the youtube video of the original for comparison's sake; it would be awesome if you could let me know what you think of my version, both as a comparison to the original and as a stand-alone. Thanks in advance!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUVogkgWcEc
EDIT: And while you check that out, check out this other one. It's officially the coolest song in Persona 3~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSq_nfTs4Ko
These songs make me wish I had rhythm....-_-
Okay, this is a completely insane, dischordant, structureless party song with a repeating chorus for sing-along purposes; when we start playing live, we're gonna play this one a lot (at least I hope so~). Judging it from that perspective, I'd really like to hear what you guys think :)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1m06ut
It's called "Long Way Down (Battleground)," and here are the lyrics:
"Yeah, it's a long way down
But I'll stick around with a smile
Yeah, it's a battleground
But the feeling takes me higher
If all you gonna do is give up and give in
Then get down and get out
'Cause that ain't the way the world spins
Under every rock, around every corner
Someone try to put you to a stop before you carry out your order
Try to understand they do it 'cause of morals
Kick 'em to the curb before they make our future for us
'Cause the rims of time keep spinning
And you don't want to belong where you're wrong at the beginning
You got no substance
I thought you'd be above this
Get up, get off the ground and let's resolve this
20/20 hindsight
Ain't no good with blind sight
Dead eyes won't make it through the day, so you can fuck the night
Hell on earth ain't about what it's worth
Coming back around now
Taking you to town now
Gonna lift you up, bring you down
Show you what it's all about now
Don't give up
Let the people show you up
And when the time is right, show your uppercut
Stuck in a rut
Like a fat ass stuck in a chair
You come out swinging with your hands in the air
Tell the boys it's time to rejoice
Time for the people to scream with one voice
Now come on, America, make some noise
Gonna make it through
Pass it on to you
Don't make my mistakes and go through what I been through
Save who you can save
Don't you be a slave
Get up, get out and get down before the second wave
Make it through, make it through for you
Make it through, make it better for you...."
I checked all the links, I have to say that the original Persona tracks didn't impress me, most likely because I didn't play that game and it doesn't mean anything to me, your cover was ways much better to my ear :).
Long Way Down reminded me of some song, I can't recall it, but the chorus has it. I like.
Oh and My Love is good too. I can hear "Feelings" vibe in the first verse riff. And what a solo! Definitely something different from your previous solos.
I checked all the links, I have to say that the original Persona tracks didn't impress me, most likely because I didn't play that game and it doesn't mean anything to me, your cover was ways much better to my ear :).
Long Way Down reminded me of some song, I can't recall it, but the chorus has it. I like.
Oh and My Love is good too. I can hear "Feelings" vibe in the first verse riff. And what a solo! Definitely something different from your previous solos.
(1) Persona 3 has a soundtrack that kind of has to grow on you over time; I totally understand what you mean here, because I actually hated the soundtrack when I first started playing....but I don't know what happened, right around the halfway point, I just kinda fell in love with it 0_0 It's mostly J-pop and rap and techno, genres I used to hate....but I say, this game has totally opened my mind to these genres because it's given me several situations in which I can tap into the emotional impact of music as a whole, in defiance of genre....if that makes sense 0_0 I think I've actually figured out how to listen to music without giving a shit what genre it is. An amazing feat for me, considering how sensitive I was to such things just a few weeks ago~
Of course, that could all just be that Persona 3 is a bad-ass game and I like anything associated with it :D But I like to think it's at least a little of both.
(2) I'm glad you like Long Way Down :D I wrote it after work the other day (to keep me away from playing my Persona 3 FES follow-up~). I really like the rhythm of the words in the Persona 3 songs, and I wanted to see if I could do some weird rhythms (like in the P3FES song, where he says, "Every man's gotta fight the fear/I'm the first to admit it, sheer thoughts provoke the new era/become a big terror/but my only rival is my shadow, rewind, then play back and fix my own error;" I really like the way the rhythm kinda spirals off out of time, goes crazy for half a measure, then wraps neatly around to fix in time with the next bar....it's like the MC is mocking the rhythm, almost! Like, "hah! I can speed way up and then do some tricks and come back down, all in time for the next measure!"). So I'm totally going to be incorporating this method into a lot of my work from now on; I really, really like how this whole rap thing is with regard to rhythm --- I never thought I'd hear a genre that made me listen to the drums as the lead instrument!
(3) As for My Love, you can thank Allen for that one~ I wrote the actual notes for the solo, but he wrote the placement (i.e. "solo here, riff there, etc."). I helped with some of the melody, too, but by and large that was an Allen song. Steve's in there somewhere, too (I think during the part where they're saying, "This is love, don't think it's hate;" I think you can hear him screaming there somewhere). And the intro riff was definitely feelings-inspired; I was worried it might have been too close (it was actually identical at first), so we changed it up some. I couldn't change the whole thing because it fit the progression too well 0_0
It was also Allen's idea to play the solo that way, though; I tried doing my traditional thing and he said, "No, don't moustache it up!" (that's an inside joke, sort of; that song "Red State of Denial" on Noise Machine's site has a solo that I tried to play in a mock-70's southern-rock style, and Steve and Allen started calling it "Moustache Rock" because it sounded like something some southern guy with a big moustache would play). So you can probably thank Allen for most of that song~ No bends and all, that was his idea.
Aye, I seem to have rambled again....in any case, thanks for the listen! I would say that you can now download Noise Machine's EP in full, but I think you already have most of it....in case you don't, though, or if you know anyone who doesn't and wants it, here's where you can get it for free:
http://sites.google.com/site/ganmyo/
The tracks are (IIRC):
1. Backseat Love
2. Please Leave The Room
3. Wisdom Bitch
4. Long Road of Loneliness
5. Red State of Denial
6. My Love For You
and I think White Flag was on there, too, but there are only those 6 on the Myspace (you can't have more than 6 on Myspace....argh), and so it could just be that it wouldn't fit on the Myspace. Anyway, enjoy (or don't)!
--Tim
I'm kinda getting addicted to the Noise Machine's compilation.
(Smiley face!)
:D
Alright, new song at last! My computer took a shit on me, so it's been slow going, but we're finally up and recording again~ This one's called "The Answer," and it's more traditional hardcore (think "Us" meets NOFX):
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vvx64d
It's a little messy, but that's because I've gotten a bit rusty (haven't been practicing a whole lot lately....been feeling kinda "meh," headcoldtastic, and whatnot). In any case, enjoy (or don't)!
Lyrics:
"Like an avalanche
Like a bus driving the wrong way down a railroad track
It hit me, and I wondered.....how could it be this way?
How could I not have noticed?
The way things are today
All we wanna do is play, and fuck tomorrow
'Cause tomorrow's another day
In a multitude
In a textbook-definition sense of wonder
It came to me, a realization that nothing I have done
Has been what I have wanted
All I wanna do is stay right here and stagnate
'Cause I can't find the strength to break away
I never realized how much power I can have
I never thought I'd find a way to get the things I never had
I can't explain this revelation
(Or) communicate (my) first-hand sensation
Impossibility becomes so real/surreal
I never thought the answer would be so simple
An understanding consequence of meeting new people
This unforgiving degredation
Second-hand annihilation
Leaves me with no feelings of regret
In a sudden flash
It's all become so clear to me, the things I've done
Where to look and how to go about righting all my wrongs
Where have I been for so long?
No wonder something's wrong
As soon as you believe you've found the answer
You're oh-so-fucking wrong
I can't get through to you
But (that's because) I'm not trying to
It's not my job to make you better
But do you need responsibility to lend a helping hand?
It's your choice to be my enemy or (my) friend."
:D
Once again, I like it. But there is something that annoys me a bit. It sounds like there's a cut in some parts of the song. Did you change the speed during the song? Anyway, the song itself is great.
Nah, actually I was playing with stop-and-starts, fucking with the tempo. Rhythmic experimentation. Like I said, parts of it are messy (I also haven't had time to fuck with cool edit in awhile, so I've got to reacquaint myself with it....gha).
In any case, thanks :D