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1 November 2013
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Ron Nasty said
Stunning!!! And a most insightful critique of Trump may I say!!!
I agree, the whole part about not noticing change is needed is quite inspiring. The Gadsden flag is a nice visual touch that drives the message home.
Nice guitar playing and vocal work.
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I filmed that outside at night (my folks were asleep) so that is in my screened porch and the flag is just outside. Hope that clears things up.
Ron Nasty said
Stunning!!! And a most insightful critique of Trump may I say!!!
Lol... if that's what it means to you, then I've succeeded. I certainly know what it means to me, but I tried to make it general enough to allow both sides to think it's about the other side... 
I'm very much not a fan of overtly political artwork in general, because I think what art does best is express the personal, not political, and it's more effective when taking inspiration from politics and current events is to use those ideas as springboards to talk about larger themes of morality and human nature. Not sure I'm at that meta, Pink Floyd-esque* level yet but I'm certainly not going to start to try and reach for those heights by singing about CNN or Trump by name. 
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3.09pm
26 January 2017
Offline Political art is a risky business, since it seems to generally come across as either brilliant and insightful or just self-absorbed. Like, on the one hand you have 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised', and on the other you have 'American Idiot' (seriously Green Day, you had the quagmire that was the Bush Jr administration on your hands and the best you could come up with was that?).
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5.30pm
9 March 2017
Offline To be fair, American Idiot is a great album.
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5.33pm
26 January 2017
Offline Dark Overlord said
To be fair, American Idiot is a great album.
Jesus of Suburbia is one of the best songs ever.
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To be fair, American Idiot is a great album.
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Jesus of Suburbia is one of the best songs ever.
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7.29pm
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17 December 2012
Offline I think Nasty was being a bit tongue-in-cheek. Still thinks it a good song though, very nice Everlys' riff...
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10.09am
9 March 2017
Offline I released this orchestral EP yesterday, i think i did a good job considering i'm fairly new to orchestral music.
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8 August 2019
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I released this orchestral EP yesterday, i think i did a good job considering i'm fairly new to orchestral music.
I love that @Dark Overlord. That HIAWG re-interpretation is extremely well done. If you want my opinion overall I think it's a very solid project. Not that I know a lot about classical, but hey, you got my attention. The percussion is probably your main flaw. Get some plug-ins, make them drums sound less artificial.
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1.49pm
26 January 2017
Offline Nice work. @Dark Overlord You were able to pull off some complicated harmony with pretty natural voice leading. I really enjoy how you interpreted Everything Is Fine
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3.31pm
9 March 2017
Offline On both of those songs, i used a string quartet plus an acoustic guitar doing (mostly) arpeggios, which i think adds some really nice texture.
As for the drums, all instruments are straight from MuseScore and while The Hole Got Fixed was able to use the regular drum set on Rhapsody Of Horror, i was unable to properly do multiple notes simultaneously using that setting so i scored the drums individually, using the tambourine for the hi-hat.
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27 November 2016
Online Turned out well!
In terms of getting better (all the time) I do agree with Jules, that finding a better drum sound would help.
Also, it does get a little repetitive at times - some subtle variation would do wonders.
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7.40am
26 January 2017
Offline Great sounding piece @Dark Overlord ! I like how you fused together almost gothic sounding dark sections and more happy snippets of melody. If I could offer one piece of constructive criticism, it would be to lose the drums, they make it sound like a great classical piece played over a rock beat which isn't the best combination. A cymbal here and there would add to the drama nicely, but the kick drum, clapping and more straightforward beats messed up the tone a little, in my opinion. Still, it's a great composition, and I'm looking forward to hearing the second side when I get around to it.
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8.11am
26 January 2017
Offline Inspired as I always am whenever there's new music in this thread, I've uploaded a song written and recorded this morning. Nothing special, just guitar and vocals, but I hope you enjoy!
Edit: just finished another track so I thought I would share it, this is a shoegaze/noise-pop track. Another fairly crappy vocal, but I'm quite pleased with the instrumental and the lyrics so I kept it in.
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10.23am
9 March 2017
Offline QuarryMan said
Great sounding piece @Dark Overlord ! I like how you fused together almost gothic sounding dark sections and more happy snippets of melody. If I could offer one piece of constructive criticism, it would be to lose the drums, they make it sound like a great classical piece played over a rock beat which isn't the best combination. A cymbal here and there would add to the drama nicely, but the kick drum, clapping and more straightforward beats messed up the tone a little, in my opinion. Still, it's a great composition, and I'm looking forward to hearing the second side when I get around to it.
I'm glad you liked it. As for the drums, that's kind of what i was going for. I wanted an orchestral sound with a modern twist, to distinct the piece from other contemporary classical pieces.
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27 November 2016
Online QM, those are some very tracks there! The guitars especially are spot on what i think you were going for. Rock on!
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2.19am
8 August 2019
Offline @QuarryMan Outstanding as usual. Hold On to the Little Things specifically I thought was a fantastically written piece. It sounds Bowie-esque in its progression and its low-key aspect (and short runtime) turn it more personal. Nice badge! 
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6.47am
26 January 2017
Offline Thanks, guys! Means a lot
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QuarryMan said
Thanks, guys! Means a lot
Fantastic stuff there again, Q! You've really got those post-punk guitar-pop sounds down. Rock isnt dead! Keep em coming...
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