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29 Apr 2020, 2:34 am

The instrumental is in the link-

https://vocaroo.com/mcK8yAnOtN2

Please let me know what you think of it, Id love some feedback.



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29 Apr 2020, 4:21 am

Not my preferred style, but you’ve done a good job of getting all the parts to work together to make a whole, and I like the ironic contrast between the literal meaning of the lyric and the mood of the melody and harmonisation. The darker turn of the little coda is a nice touch, unexpected and also satisfying.



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29 Apr 2020, 10:41 am

Karamazov wrote:
Not my preferred style, but you’ve done a good job of getting all the parts to work together to make a whole, and I like the ironic contrast between the literal meaning of the lyric and the mood of the melody and harmonisation. The darker turn of the little coda is a nice touch, unexpected and also satisfying.


Thanks. When I first made it I actually didn't think of that irony until midway through. I chose that sample because I was aiming to make something akin to witch house and that particular vocal clip came from a Japanese kleenex commercial that is said to be cursed.



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29 Apr 2020, 10:51 am

Interesting and amusing concept. :lol: I’m now wondering what a collection of miniatures like this all built around samples of supposedly cursed pieces of pop-culture would sound like as a cycle! :D

(I only know of the concept of musical irony from reading classical theory books: not attempted it myself)



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08 May 2020, 9:53 pm

I liked it, but found the tone of the snare a little annoying. Generally speaking I like a snappy sounding snare, but that sounds a wee-bit tinny. For what it's worth it took me years to finally put together a decent set of acoustic drum samples that sound good to my ears.

I'm biting the Kleenex ad sample though.

Do you collaborate with other musicians/producers at all?


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