ShergoldSnickers Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 The question is.... Is it worth persevering with? It's sort of Stravinsky meets Start Trek in retrospect. Completely unintentional. This was supposed to be a quick dabble using the orchestral sounds that are available for GarageBand. These few unfinished bars took hours to do, some of it on a new midi guitar setup. I have no real working understyanding of musical theory, but can sort of get there in the end. This is really hard work though compared with the stuff I normally do, and I feel unable to give any objective comment on it's worth. Over to you guys! [url="http://homepage.mac.com/ianhalstead/Sites/Basschat/Or_Castrated.mp3"]Click to play file 'Or_Castrated.mp3'[/url] Quote
ShergoldSnickers Posted July 16, 2007 Author Posted July 16, 2007 [quote name='ShergoldSnickers' post='31619' date='Jul 13 2007, 11:36 PM']The question is.... Is it worth persevering with? Over to you guys! [url="http://homepage.mac.com/ianhalstead/Sites/Basschat/Or_Castrated.mp3"]Click to play file 'Or_Castrated.mp3'[/url][/quote] Well at least no-one has said it's total crap. [i]Yet.[/i] Quote
Peaty Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 (edited) well i liked it, got me thinking it is time to get a key board to hook up to garage band I guess you are already aware of the Icomp web site but if not check it out at [url="http://www.icompositions.com/"]http://www.icompositions.com/[/url] there may be stuff there to interest you. cheers Pete Edited July 16, 2007 by Peaty Quote
ShergoldSnickers Posted July 16, 2007 Author Posted July 16, 2007 [quote name='Peaty' post='32511' date='Jul 16 2007, 02:05 PM']well i liked it, got me thinking it is time to get a key board to hook up to garage band I guess you are already aware of the Icomp web site but if not check it out at [url="http://www.icompositions.com/"]http://www.icompositions.com/[/url] there may be stuff there to interest you. cheers Pete[/quote] Thanks for the heads up Pete - I wasn't aware. Cheers. Quote
Peaty Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) Hi ShergoldSnickers This guy is my I comp favorite and this tune is a real hoot worth a listen as is his more serious stuff. www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=30902 Cheers Pete Edited July 17, 2007 by Peaty Quote
velvetkevorkian Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 I really like that. The pizz strings and the big swells with gongs sound excellent in particular. Did you play that all in, or was any of it programmed/notated/whatever? Quote
ShergoldSnickers Posted July 21, 2007 Author Posted July 21, 2007 [quote name='Peaty' post='32923' date='Jul 17 2007, 10:51 AM']Hi ShergoldSnickers This guy is my I comp favorite and this tune is a real hoot worth a listen as is his more serious stuff. www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=30902 Cheers Pete[/quote] Another valuable addition to my bookmarks. Thanks Pete! Quote
ShergoldSnickers Posted July 21, 2007 Author Posted July 21, 2007 (edited) [quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='35246' date='Jul 21 2007, 02:39 PM']I really like that. The pizz strings and the big swells with gongs sound excellent in particular. Did you play that all in, or was any of it programmed/notated/whatever?[/quote] It was all played in from a keyboard, with a little bit from a midi equipped guitar. I don't really play the keyboard with any dexterity, so I have to input the chords one by one, but in real time in this case. I couldn't even tell you what the chords are! I'm not sure if the brass section would survive a full concert, there's a lot of sustained notes in the first bit. But as they are virtual*, I can do with them as I please, and they can't ignore me in the bar after rehearsals. Indeed, such is my power, I could have them play banjos or get them howling like whipped dogs MWWUAHAAAAHAAAAAAAAA! Strange, but even though they are virtual, after 11.00 in the evening they all sound p*ssed. GarageBand is that realistic. Edited July 21, 2007 by ShergoldSnickers Quote
velvetkevorkian Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 In my orchestral experience the brass section is usually pissed by 11am, but thats a different story. It does sound remarkably realistic. Salutations! Quote
Bilbo Posted September 26, 2008 Posted September 26, 2008 THere is some conceptual promise here, Shergold. Its raw as f*** but, if its your first go at something like this, you haev sone remarkably well. Have you seen Samuel Adler's 'Orchestration' book, or Walter Piston's, or Schoenberg's? You should start exploring this stuff. Quote
lowdown Posted September 26, 2008 Posted September 26, 2008 If you are getting into Orchestral writing you might wanna check out this Free on line tutorial site. Apart from Harmony within sections..it gets into how various instruments work together. Very useful site. [url="http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=77...."]http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/forumd...ay.php?f=77....[/url]. Sounds good Garry Quote
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