Pictures from when (I Was A Child Model reviews)
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 6:36 pm
can be found on the internet, I'm sure.... (might not want to google it after all.)
Novum Stercore Non Vetus
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honestly all my effort is going into bricking it about SpintTunes right now
Spot on on all your observations. And thanks for noticing the 'hours and hours' - I am quite proud of that.sleepysilverdoor wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 8:29 pmThe Late Heavy Bombardment - You sound like Gizo, and if I’m wrong I’m wrong but I enjoy the gentle descending melody going on in the bridge and the shuffling rhythm that’s running throughout the whole thing. This song is relaxing and I like the really subtle backing vocals that pop up here and there. Or am I hearing things? The “stand there for hours” is poignant and just a really well designed melody. The ending is...kind of unusual.
vowlvom wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:40 amHot Pink Halo: I haven't checked out your updated mix yet but interested to see where you went with it once I've gotten my reviews finished and vote in.
The rumours are true. I did entirely redo this mix. All the parts are the same, but I cleared everything off and started from scratch. I mixed in a hurry and listened back the day after sending it in, and just wasn’t happy with how the vocals were sitting and that the guitars weren’t loud enough. I haven’t mixed anything recorded using real pedals before, so it was a bit of a learning curve. Sleepsilverdoor: that’s probably some whammy bar abuse you’re hearing.sleepysilverdoor wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 8:29 pmNow I remember you mentioned on the Discord that you fixed up the mix from here, because right now it sounds like the vocals are a little bit more prominent. There’s that part right before it ends where there’s this rising guitar (?) line that seems to hit a note that’s a little bit off-key, it strikes my ear.
Glad you picked up on the one long thought thing. Basically, @gizo accidentally wrote this song for me in an off the cuff text after I asked for train information, as he has somehow managed to raise a child train enthusiast. His response was essentially “easy, just write an obsessive stream of consciousness about steam train minutiae, the tragedy of diesel and a chorus like this”. And then I used that exact chorus word for word. Thanks Giz! The round/layering at the end is that stream of consciousness just piling up and up and up. Singing this song, for whatever reason, just feels so good and makes me happy.
Thanks! It’s not really deliberate tempo changes, but I set my bpm to 75 then set the drums on all the sections with words to play double time. And I do listen to a lot of 80s British music...
Personally I find knowing what people like or dislike in a song useful. I'm not expecting individual reviews to be constructive or offer solutions. If enough people dislike something it's usually a good indicator that I need to go back and make some changes. On the flip side if enough people like something it's probably worth polishing.
You're spot on with the quotes point. I was trying to use lines from the film as much as possible (maybe 90% of the lyrics are quotes). It actually made things a lot harder as it really limits what you can do but it was fun to try. I think I'll go back and strip out some of the ones that don't work so well.
Ha, while I can never decide exactly if the mix on my entry is actually good or not, I can say that I did nail one thing that I was going for, which was the "let's kind of bury everything in the mix behind a giant wall of buzzsaw guitars". Or as I like to call it the "To Here Knows When" mixing style, where the drums are certainly propulsive but there's just so much overbearing fuzz on top of everything it's hard to tell wtf is going on.SweeneyToad wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:38 amI’ve been playing a lot of bowling on the Nintendo Switch. It’s like Wii bowling but better. Anyways, the first night these songs were posted I was listening to these with AirPods while bowling and got the idea of posting the score for each frame per song at the end of each review. So yeah, 1 frame = 1 song. I know it doesn’t make a lot of sense but it just seemed like a fun idea. Maybe the vibe of your song factored into my bowling performance? The world may never know!
e is what really sells this, great song! Bowling Score: Strike
Phlebia - this was another that made me kind of dance down the imaginary bowling alley of my living room. It’s definitely because of those catchy drums. You did the same thing as brown word where your vocals are buried in the mix which as I said to her works for this style. Almost feels like it should be a requirement really. I really like whatever that higher pitched instrument is buried within all the reverby guitars. Is it just another guitar I guess? Yeah I think it is now that I’m hearing it come out louder in the mix at the end. Anyways, good stuff! Bowling Score: Strike
If you ever get a chance to see Gloryhammer live, they are exactly this. They all dress up and will straight up have foam sword battles on stage. I really want to see Nekrogobikon live as well since I suspect they'll be similar.SweeneyToad wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:38 amJP - I keep picturing a guy in a wizard robe singing this on stage and getting like really into it and it just seems like it would be a really entertaining spectacle to behold. Man I miss live shows. Bowling Score: Strike
The game is called Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classic and it has 51 games hence the title. My favorites are Bowling, Darts, Pool, and sometimes Blackjack. You can play all these game online against people too so I find it to be pretty rad. If you're looking for something cheaper and just straight up bowling without the online play Strike! Ten Pin Bowling is a good alternative. I have both because I LOVE bowling. lolsleepysilverdoor wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:38 am
That being said, I had no idea there was a Switch Bowling. I still play Wii Bowling on a semi-regular basis, so this news is extremely exciting to me. Between that and fluffy informing me that apparently open-source DDR is a thing, I may have found my new video games for the next year or so.