What do you sound like on Nu-ILX?

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Been having fun rediscovering my experimental project, Drachma: https://soundcloud.com/drachmanoise

brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Friday, 13 April 2018 10:15 (six years ago) link

I have a 3 track EP out today. Album out next month : https://templo.bandcamp.com/album/flower-eaters

Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 13 April 2018 12:21 (six years ago) link

https://automating.bandcamp.com/album/lightbox-sky

a beautiful beast of a piece that for all I know could have been a bit longer than twenty-one minutes.

Happily, not my words

mor frog bs (S-), Friday, 20 April 2018 05:18 (six years ago) link

Starting to catch up. That was pretty cool, S-. I'll definitely listen again.

No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 28 April 2018 14:52 (six years ago) link

The recording quality wasn't great, and it clips a couple of times, but here's a video of Hub New Music playing a short chamber piece I wrote in February: https://youtu.be/-DcFOlo_kUA

No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 29 April 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link

four weeks pass...

i've been rehearsing new songs with a band and it's been really exciting and also scary (first time leading a band). it's interesting how knowing you'll have to play everything live changes the writing process. i've been listening to a lot of alvvays and tom petty recently, trying to simplify things a little bit. this is just a demo but one of those where i spent way the hell too long working on it. i'm pumped to eventually play it all really loudly with real people!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fSbJpSBXKM8ZI6qbxacuLf9j42CYDJFq/view?usp=sharing

obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link

it's about what time it is in the usa

obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 21:05 (six years ago) link

whoa -- tell me more!? do you need your drums from my basement?

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 21:11 (six years ago) link

nope, or at least not yet! i'm not playing them - sticking to guitar and keyboard. it's still really early going with the whole thing, and at this point i'm still figuring out how to play my own parts. it's really weird to learn how to play your own songs, but even when i recorded old demos i'd just learn it well enough to record and then forget, or programmed them in the first place and never really thought about what scales or chords were being used. so basically i'm doofusing it up left and right

obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link

no prob! lmk if you want some drum support :)

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 03:09 (six years ago) link

two weeks pass...

recorded 2 new songs at our show on sat, i think they sound pretty good aside from the snare buzz in the second one
https://soundcloud.com/marshmallowy/sets/boob-sweat-6-16-18-at-club

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link

Nothing wrong with a little triggered white noise, I think the snare buzz sounds cool.

change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link

yeah it's not terrible. it gets drowned out pretty quickly -- i was playing someone else's kit and wasn't used to the way the snare turned on/off or i would have turned it off in the beginning

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 19:39 (six years ago) link

Lechera, I like your stuff. 'Watery' reminds me of a more clattery variation on the early modular synth stuff that Sam Prekop was doing with the Sea and Cake: 'Early Chicago' and 'The Sewing Machine'

I was using the Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer as a crutch. It was just too applicable for the kind of music I want to make and it was starting to make its way into pretty much every recording I made in almost the same exact context. Even though it was exactly the thing I wanted it for, I became too dependent on it. And, I don't know, maybe I'm a glutton for self-punishment, but I got rid of it. Instead of just having that magic button to press for instant ambience, I'm making myself try to rely on stacking my two delays (Carbon Copy Deluxe and FlashbackX4) for that sound. Ultimately, even though the Freeze got me where I wanted to be, I do prefer the more natural sound of two (or three) stacked delays. So anyway, here's one of the first recordings I did after the Freeze had made its exit. I'm pretty happy with the direction I'm heading now with my effects chain. I downsized considerably over the past few weeks from about twenty five pedals to about twelve (not counting tuner or loop station). I would like to get another envelope filter / auto-wah type pedal again, but I really need to research it pretty heavily, as my wants for that type of effect are pretty specific.

Anyway, good thread. Always like to read and listen.

(V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link

thanks! listening to sea and cake back in the day opened my mind to a wider variety of rhythmic options than i had heard before -- it was a long time ago but it must be still swirling around in my brain matter :)

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 28 June 2018 12:21 (six years ago) link

my band recorded a whole album last month (my first ever, i'm v nervous but enthusiastic about the final product), and we put out a cover we recorded (which is not on the album) today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnS5ty-vpMY

princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link

that's me on drums and lead vocals; the recording is kind of a snapshot of my drumming after 2.5 years of learning (so far i'm only self-taught)

princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link

Damn, that's fucking great. I love your voice!

lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link

omg thank you!

princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link

Nice work

No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 19:57 (six years ago) link

fun song to sing and play, good choice!

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link

great going brad!

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link

thanks everyone <3

princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 July 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link

three weeks pass...

and we just put out the first song from the album!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqVtjNtli8

princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link

Omg I love it - nice work! Can't wait to hear more. When is the album out??

tangenttangent, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link

New collab track, sort of ambient dancehall: https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/track/chants-x-korma-sleepless-rhythm

This was fun because the other producer wrote the main loop as a demo, so I just got to arrange it into a full track and only think about sounds & layers. I wish I could work like that all the time (also had only one day to get it in, which helped with committing to decisions).

change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link

Spacey, and I like the bell sounds!

I made a track this week. Kind of prog/deep house with lots of choppy pads and reverb: https://soundcloud.com/djisbister/chop

DJI, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link

I love everyone's new stuff! Such a wide array of sounds.

Here's a revision of a semi-recent thing. I've created my jangle pop masterpiece!

outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link

Really pretty.

DJI, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link

Thank you! That's what I try to do. There's enough ugly in the world already, how about something nice?

outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 23:06 (six years ago) link

i really like that austin!

princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 23:57 (six years ago) link

Omg I love it - nice work! Can't wait to hear more. When is the album out??

― tangenttangent, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 9:47 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

omg thank you that means a lot!!!! the album is out september 8, here's the bandcamp: http://faithvoid.bandcamp.com

princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 23:58 (six years ago) link

I made a track this week. Kind of prog/deep house with lots of choppy pads and reverb: https://soundcloud.com/djisbister/chop

― DJI, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 11:48 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh also this is v nice

princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link

Thanks!

DJI, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 02:03 (six years ago) link

That's a really good song, Brad.

jmm, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link

Ok I re-uploaded with the pads un-muted (which was my favorite part! :P)

https://soundcloud.com/djisbister/chop

DJI, Saturday, 11 August 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link

three weeks pass...

What have I done?

outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Monday, 3 September 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link

i love a good 8 minute guitar bliss out, v "small hours"

princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 September 2018 19:52 (six years ago) link

my band also put out another song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXP5CmuQpjA

i don't sing on it at all but i'm v proud of the drumming. i also love all the cool vocal parts my bandmates came up with and i especially love how there's a track on the album where i don't have to hear my voice at all lol

our album comes out tomorrow and then we're playing a release show on saturday! i'm so excited

princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 September 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link

i love a good 8 minute guitar bliss out, v "small hours"

O_O

omgomgomg

Did you. . . did you just —COMPARE ONE OF MY SONGS TO JOHN FREAKING MARTYN????!!!

I. AM. SPEECHLESS.

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 6 September 2018 20:42 (six years ago) link

lol i was like "i bet austin will really dig that this reminded me of 'small hours'"

princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 September 2018 21:17 (six years ago) link

good work imo!!!

princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 September 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link

Some brass band clips I just found on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqetfMcmlCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4-kNFiXp84

change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 6 September 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link

Your band is shit hot Brad! Love everything you've put on here, plz to share a link to the album when it's out. Hope the release party is a hoot!

lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 7 September 2018 09:18 (six years ago) link

aw thank you!!! here's the album on bandcamp https://faithvoid.bandcamp.com/album/embrace-nothingness and on spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/5dCZxKeOKenT1nY9OVN7Vm?si=C8avZAxtTwu1pbzHJBlhHQ

princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 7 September 2018 12:10 (six years ago) link

Thank you!! <3

lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 7 September 2018 12:54 (six years ago) link

I've reached a point where I don't even know anymore if I like the stuff I record or if I'm just fascinated by how actually terrible I am. Anyway, : https://austinato.bandcamp.com/track/computer-love-talk

Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:46 (six years ago) link

How did you release party go Brad?

lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link


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