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_Lost_

11-12-2008, 02:34 PM

There are some RAFRAG covers I assume. Spoilers, sorry, I'll check your myspace page as soon as the covers album will be done. :rolleyes:

lol. just allm and oclife. just don't play those. lol i can remove them if it is that important for you to not hear them.

Free?

11-12-2008, 02:40 PM

Okay, I've been there! You're an artistic songwriter.

_Lost_

11-12-2008, 02:43 PM

haha! thanks. you think so?

T-6005

11-12-2008, 04:45 PM

You need a better way to record your guitar, honestly. But I like it.

You have a nice voice and no apparent fear of singing or writing words, which is pretty great - I'm jealous.

The quality of the guitar is grating on me, but I like that you've got everything nicely balanced out between guitar melody and vocals.

Having said that, Nothing in This World gets a little repetitive and is not very well balanced.

Moving on to I See.

Well, I like how you start off establishing a nice vocal backdrop. It's a little... something. I don't know - I can't really get into the verse's melody though. It reminds me of something else, but I don't know what.

I really like the way in which you're writing these songs, though - I always feel the need to have some sort of noise going on, but you don't seem afraid of letting silence underscore the rest of the stuff at some good moments.

Again, definitely get a better way to record your guitars, and maybe try and get a drum track or maybe some vocal harmony to fill it out. It's pretty good, though.

_Lost_

11-12-2008, 05:15 PM

Again, definitely get a better way to record your guitars, and maybe try and get a drum track or maybe some vocal harmony to fill it out.

yeah... i'm working on that. I have a friend who offered to let me use her acoustic mic, but I haven't been able to borrow it yet. I may later tonight or tomorrow if i see her.

The plan for I See is to get some harmonies and a drum track for the choruses at the very least. maybe some piano too... i haven't decided on that though

For Nothing in This World, there is definitely a lot planned for this song. I have a drum track planned to come in at the end of the first chorus and i'm gonna use an electric guitar (a les paul actually. the tone on it is so perfect) and throw in some bass. I also have some change ups for the second guitar part because it is repetitive but it was a starting point.

Thanks for the input! :cool:

EDIT: OMG! I was just finishing a rerecord of I See and it sounded amazing! AND THEN MY COMPUTER FROZE! And I lost the whole thing! FUCK!!@!@*%^$&

randman21

11-12-2008, 07:44 PM

EDIT: OMG! I was just finishing a rerecord of I See and it sounded amazing! AND THEN MY COMPUTER FROZE! And I lost the whole thing! FUCK!!@!@*%^$&
That son of a bitch. This has happened to me, but it mostly occurs in Flash, or MS Word, etc. Lesson #1: Save, save, save. Then save again to be safe.

You already know my thoughts about I See, and you already know how jealous I, too, am of your voice, so Nothing in This World. I would agree about another mic, but it doesn't really bother me. Not much I can say about it, though. Awesome guitar, great lyrics. I See has grown more on me since I first heard it compared to this incarnation of NiTW, but this may soon change.

_Lost_

11-12-2008, 07:49 PM

I See has grown more on me since I first heard it compared to this incarnation of NiTW, but this may soon change.

Yeah. I think i like I see better. And I was adding in some harmonies on certain parts when i was rerecording it... and AHH! FUCKING SPECTACULAR!...

then my computer crashed...I'll have to give it another shot tomorrow.

Who knows where i will take the other song. Its in its super infantile stages compared to I See.

Free?

11-13-2008, 03:08 AM

Moving on to I See.

It reminds me of something else, but I don't know what.

Guitar tune reminds me Metallica's "Call of Kthulu". Also I feel a "Stairway To Heaven" vibe.

Soo, I was listening to all the myspace stuff again and spoiled first 3-4 seconds of ALLM piano intro :|.

_Lost_

11-13-2008, 08:59 AM

Soo, I was listening to all the myspace stuff again and spoiled first 3-4 seconds of ALLM piano intro :|.

aww... poor guy. I'm sure you'll survive...

Static_Martyr

11-13-2008, 09:16 AM

Free?, you do know it's very likely that this RAFRAG project will become the BBS version of "Duke Nukem Forever," right? 0_0

Free?

11-13-2008, 09:45 AM

I didn't expect that it would be so difficult to find bassists.
Hm... maybe I should check that "Post picture of your instrument" thread... I will.
Also I still could try to do some artworks, but I really would prefer not to. I don't want to be involved in making all of them. We have some ideas, we just need someone who could draw them at decent level. And edit/finalize.
Those are two major obstacles that keep us from taking over the world ;P.

And yeah, living now, when that piano intro is stuck in my head, is much tougher, but I'll do my best not to fall!

_Lost_

11-13-2008, 11:18 AM

Free?, you do know it's very likely that this RAFRAG project will become the BBS version of "Duke Nukem Forever," right? 0_0

Ha!

Quite frankly, I'm surprised we got as far as we did before losing steam. *shrug*

In all honesty, I think part of the problem was trying to get as many people involved as we did, though I really don't want to hear and entire album done bye lost ryder and static... Actually I think the biggest wall is the bass tracks, because we asked the guitarists and vocalists to wait until we had both drums and bass to do anything further.

_Lost_

11-23-2008, 04:49 PM

I've just put up a new version of I See. I rerecorded and added some harmony and drums. Sounds better IMO.

dff_punk

11-23-2008, 05:31 PM

Hey, that I See thing sounds like profesionally recorded, and is really listenable, I like the mood of it. As for the other one, I was at first scared it was a Paris Hilton cover :D Luckilly it is not, hehe. Not bad. You should try to make a faster song some day, you can do it!

P.S.: Adding you to "friends"..

_Lost_

11-23-2008, 05:35 PM

thanks! The second song is gonna be faster and peppy when i redo it. I just haven't gotten to it yet. I'm also working on a very offspringy song, but i can't record that until i am back home.

Ryder1234

11-23-2008, 06:19 PM

Ah I See is much better now! Good work.

darea

11-27-2008, 02:54 AM

I love "I see" and I like the second song too. I can understand how people can be jealous of your voice! I'm not but only because I'd have to be jealous of everybody who can sing AND play any kind of instrument, and that's something for the musicians to do, I'm very happy with my story writing and translation projects!!

I used to write rap songs (in french) and tried rapping, my voice was kinda too soft for rap, but I sent it to an "msn friend" who's one of the most famous french rappers, and he said it wasn't bad! but anyway, music is not for me, i could help my bf with song writing a little (although he's better off without my help) but I've kinda given up music, the only thing I can play is the djembé (you ,know, african drums) and I stopped playing that ages ago, I'll have to start practising again sometimes.

As for the "A lot like me" song, I don't know who the guy is, but I don't think his voice goes with your sweet voice very much! and the part I don't like much is when he sings the hard "shouting" sort of part in the song. Not that I could do better!!! It must be a hard part to sing, I guess, he's okay in the rest of the song though...

I'm becoming a fan! lol

randman21

12-28-2008, 05:16 AM

We demand new songs!

_Lost_

12-28-2008, 11:39 AM

I'm not some machine that can just be turned on to start cranking out new songs randy. ;)

dff_punk

12-28-2008, 01:04 PM

Wow, at first I really misunderstood the first part of the sentence, in a wrong way :D

Anyway, I would be glad to hear some new material aswell!

ilovellamas

12-28-2008, 01:38 PM

lolz, me too. Pervs!

_Lost_

12-28-2008, 01:57 PM

haha. yeah... i thought that too.

randman21

12-28-2008, 02:58 PM

Wow, at first I really misunderstood the first part of the sentence, in a wrong way :D

Anyway, I would be glad to hear some new material aswell!
I didn't.:( I wonder what this says about me...
I'm not some machine that can just be turned on to start cranking out new songs randy. ;)
Yes, you are. You just take a while to warm up. I guess it's been about the same amount of time since we put something out, but well I said it first, so I'll be impatiently waiting. :rolleyes:

1916

01-07-2009, 07:16 AM

this music is cool

_Lost_

01-07-2009, 07:21 AM

hey, thanks a lot!

MoonTan™

01-08-2009, 03:21 AM

I See Rocks!!!!!!!!!!

Hehe How is Blargh Going?
(yeah thats right, dont tell noboby)

_Lost_

01-08-2009, 04:22 PM

I See Rocks!!!!!!!!!!

Hehe How is Blargh Going?
(yeah thats right, dont tell noboby)

for a moment there, i was like... "who the fuck...??" but now i get it. :)

which blargh are you talking about? there are many under that name.

randman21

01-08-2009, 05:34 PM

for a moment there, i was like... "who the fuck...??" but now i get it. :)

Hahaha, same here, except for the part about now getting it.

_Lost_

01-08-2009, 05:47 PM

Hahaha, same here, except for the part about now getting it.

i believe it is a secret

randman21

01-08-2009, 06:09 PM

Oh...:(

Welcome anyway MoonTan!

MoonTan™

01-08-2009, 06:25 PM

Yeah Thanks

The blargh im talking about...

The one u said ilovellamas writ for you.

_Lost_

01-08-2009, 06:39 PM

OH YEAH! I haven't been working on it actually. I downloaded a midi drum machine type thing so i could work on it, but then i got distracted by another new song and the bbs awards.

MoonTan™

01-08-2009, 06:53 PM

OH YEAH! I haven't been working on it actually. I downloaded a midi drum machine type thing so i could work on it, but then i got distracted by another new song and the bbs awards.

Always with the distractions huh

I get distracted really easy when i write songs, im also short tempered, not a good thing for producing music, especially when everything i end up doing sounds like a train wreck.

Anyway get back to that blargh, it sounded good...

_Lost_

01-08-2009, 07:25 PM

haha... but your playing is about a million times better than mine is now and you're the age that i was when i started playing regularly.

and i will at some point. there are about a hundred things that i've been saying i'll do that i haven't done yet.

MoonTan™

01-08-2009, 07:49 PM

Awww my playings not that good, im actually playing drums more than im playing guitar these days, just trying somthing new.....

how long have you been playing guitar for?

_Lost_

01-08-2009, 07:52 PM

Awww my playings not that good, im actually playing drums more than im playing guitar these days, just trying somthing new.....

how long have you been playing guitar for?

since before i was your age...

something between 5 and 6 years, but there was a two year period where i basically didn't touch the guitar until last fall.

randman21

01-08-2009, 08:03 PM

Awww my playings not that good, im actually playing drums more than im playing guitar these days, just trying somthing new.....

how long have you been playing guitar for?
No, your guitar playing is excellent.;) And I've been playing for 5 years, since right after I turned 18.

ilovellamas

01-08-2009, 08:48 PM

I didn't write nuthin' fer no one!!! You should make both your new songs into one! It'd be all "epic" and stuff. :P

Moontan, who are you?

_Lost_

01-08-2009, 09:48 PM

I didn't write nuthin' fer no one!!! You should make both your new songs into one! It'd be all "epic" and stuff. :P
lol. yeah... you just gave me assistance...

Moontan, who are you?
As I sez b4, iz a secret!

ilovellamas

01-08-2009, 09:49 PM

lol. yeah... you just gave me assistance...

As I sez b4, iz a secret!

1. Correct.
2. Uhh I don't recall this, but okay.

_Lost_

01-08-2009, 10:07 PM

2. Uhh I don't recall this, but okay.
iz on teh 1st pg. i tellz randy iz a secret.

ilovellamas

01-08-2009, 10:10 PM

Sorry, I gloss over the posts from boring members. :cool:

_Lost_

01-08-2009, 10:11 PM

:( :( :( :(

MoonTan™

01-08-2009, 11:10 PM

since before i was your age...

something between 5 and 6 years, but there was a two year period where i basically didn't touch the guitar until last fall.

Hmm thats pretty much the same for me, i got a guitar in 2005, but it didnt interest me untill 2007, thats when i got my good guitar

so technically ive been playing guitar for 2 years

_Lost_

01-08-2009, 11:17 PM

Hmm thats pretty much the same for me, i got a guitar in 2005, but it didnt interest me untill 2007, thats when i got my good guitar

so technically ive been playing guitar for 2 years

two years and you are already better than me... :(

MoonTan™

01-08-2009, 11:18 PM

two years and you are already better than me... :(

Yeah well my dad plays guitar so he tought be chords and i learnt the rest, i actually learn alot from my mate, who does lead guitar in our band.

And your a great guitarist, most people sound worse on there recordings then they actually are, i get nervious when i record so i stuff up easier........

_Lost_

01-08-2009, 11:40 PM

Yeah well my dad plays guitar so he tought be chords and i learnt the rest, i actually learn alot from my mate, who does lead guitar in our band.

And your a great guitarist, most people sound worse on there recordings then they actually are, i get nervious when i record so i stuff up easier........

i learned a lot of the chords that i knew early on from my dad. because of him, i can just about play any Who song, but i didn't learn much more from him.

MoonTan™

01-08-2009, 11:42 PM

_Lost_

01-08-2009, 11:49 PM

The who?, wow thats cool, yeah my dad tried to teach me the blues, i stuck with that for a while but then started playing offspring, thus making me an excellent rythim guitarist lol.

But Im starting to learn solos and stuff so now we both do solos (in the band)

in rock, i can do nothing but rhythm, but when it comes to the more mellow finger picked stuff, i tend to have a wider range of stuff i can pull off.