Title music (First post)

[Tankamus]

hey all

as stated this is my first post sooo hey all im Mike AKA tankamus im a sound FX engineer and composer.. and i want to see you what you think of my new unfinished track Obsidian..

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong Place

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G-ChJ7J0LY

[e-freak]

track is nice, could do with a better lead in the second half. the video how ever is like a parody to the 1995 internet. seriously, make a black screen and write the info with a clear font

[Chimeray]

Catchy tune! What software do you use?

PS: Not sure if this is the right kind of forum (since it's a mapping forum), so you might not receive the best feedback possible.

[Tankamus]

lol im no video editor i never upload on you tube

track needs loads of work since uploading i have noticed a couple of issues of which im not happy with

I do map but i thought ill post up some soundtrack im working on...

as for software i use

Wavepad

sound forge

sony vagas

magix

audacity

and untold ammounts of stock sounds, loops, and FX about 6gb Worth

[Serenius]

Welcome to the core of the maps! Digging the electric/classical fusion thingy you got going on there.

Critiques:

The intro seemed to drag out a few measures too long (or maybe there were some subtle background tracks fading in that I couldn't hear), and I kept waiting for a lead melody to pick up in the second half and take me away. Overall, very cool track and can't wait to hear more.

[Skjalg]

I dont know what maps you have made, but whats the point of doing level design when you can make music like that?

[FrieChamp]

Really good, keep at it!

[2d-chris]

good stuff, is the distortion intentional? It's very noticeable

[Tankamus]

I dont know what maps you have made, but whats the point of doing level design when you can make music like that?

Lol well been doing sound for about 7 years from amateur to professional got my first job with BBC then later done some work for Dreamworks but now unemployed (contract Ended)

good stuff, is the distortion intentional? It's very noticeable

No that was not intentional i think this is youtube cause after the upload i heard it and check the clean file and its isnt there but i will correct this..

[DaanO]

Like Chris said, the distortion's really noticeable, and i don't like it. A lo-fi sound only works well (i think) for indierock songs and stuff like that. With classicalish music it just sounds weird. As for the song itself, it's a good start and i guess it'd work well for intros but i did find it a bit boring. Not enough variation (chords seem to stay the same). What i do when i compose songs like this and i want to keep some pianoriff going is change the bass every other (couple of) measure(s), it's an easy way of keeping your audience interested, you can lift tunes up and take the atmosphere down and all. I put something together quickly to show what i mean (link at the bottom). Besides that i always add something offbeat to the percussion to put accents (in the example track, right before the bass lifts the song up). If i'd work out this song i would keep the cymbals going after that i guess. Finally, the piano that comes in at times seems kind of random, but then again, it might work really well combined with the actual intro/ title and you'd probably have to rewrite some parts to fit it anyway. I do like the string section. One idea i got when listening to it is that it might be cool to alter the staccato way of playing with a more fluent way, like Beck did when covering Suzanne with his record club (link at the bottom as well).

Oh and finally finally, welcome to mapcore! While this is mainly a mapping forum, every decent game needs some music at some point so your expertise comes in handy i bet. There's some good musicians around (Kleinluka for example) so you're bound to get some useful feedback.

1) *Soundcloud just won't let me upload anything and it's nice weather so i gave up. I can email it to you if you want, or if someone else wants to upload is somewhere i can email it to them. Just let me know.

2) http://www.mixedgrill.nl/2009/09/04/dee ... cord-club/