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Post by canped on Aug 12, 2008 6:49:14 GMT -5
The POD isn't really a pedal, its a modeller. Its got well rounded amps on there. All I'm saying is you're never gonna get a well rounded sound from a pedal- you need a versitile amp.
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Post by flipsk8r1409 on Aug 12, 2008 7:16:17 GMT -5
i dont even have a pedal lol im using straight overdrive on my amp... anyway these songs arent me playing there just me writing which reminds me i finished that last one and added some drums to it it actually came out decent heres the tabs for it www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=fba34fcd6f6d1f0ed2db6fb9a8902bda anyone that wants to look id really appreciate some constructive critisism from anyone but especially from like crazyboy canped or hzac ( i lol'd a little at that last one )... now if i just had a way to make a decent recording of it and i agree that theres no such things as a really well rounded pedal at least not without it being completely digital which doesn't sound the same
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Post by hzac on Aug 12, 2008 7:39:02 GMT -5
Post your songs in your own thread.. lol
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Post by flipsk8r1409 on Aug 12, 2008 8:09:33 GMT -5
good point haha but everyone just stoped reading my thread becuase.... oh god no im becoming vanillathunda AHHHHHHHH ok ill make my own thread
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Post by 1crazyboy7 on Aug 18, 2008 15:10:53 GMT -5
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Post by CJB100 on Aug 18, 2008 18:48:21 GMT -5
nice reminds me of a7x's city of evil album songs.
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Post by 1crazyboy7 on Aug 19, 2008 3:09:50 GMT -5
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Post by CJB100 on Aug 19, 2008 16:55:20 GMT -5
just in case you didn't know... all you stuff sounds good. especially this one tho. reminds me of MIA off of an avenged sevenfold album. haha, you first songs didn't remind me of them at all, but these last 2 did.
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Post by ledzepp123 on Aug 19, 2008 22:09:58 GMT -5
hmmm. they are pretty good.
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Post by canped on Aug 20, 2008 8:35:39 GMT -5
I think they're alruight, nothing particularly wrong but it does nothing for me. Kinda simplistic; the structure is good but the riffs and expecially the chords progressions are a little boring.
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Post by hzac on Aug 20, 2008 8:43:54 GMT -5
compared to mine?
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Post by canped on Aug 20, 2008 10:14:45 GMT -5
Compared to Hand in Anus... definitly. However, I would suppose you've been doing this longer and hearing it on real guitar is always going to be a lot more impressive.
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Post by hzac on Aug 21, 2008 0:46:49 GMT -5
and hes is much younger than me. Thats why he really impress's me. He has talent and there is definately no denying it.
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Post by canped on Aug 21, 2008 12:05:32 GMT -5
Now; it takes talent to write music of any kind, I just hope he grows into more complex material rather than resting on this achievement, which a lot of writers tend to do. Once they write what is recognisable as a song, they just keep doing that rather than pushing themselves. A lot younger than you? How old is he?
As it stands as music, its a little boring but as an acomplishment, it's good work for an early step.
Just keep improving, you're going in the right direction.
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Post by 1crazyboy7 on Aug 21, 2008 21:24:56 GMT -5
I think the biggest problem of my songs are the riffs are kinda dull. I think it may be because I dont really learn songs on guitar. I havnt learned any of the songs I like on guitar except one which is the air that I breathe. I learned some kse songs today and there riffs are way more complex. I use to write songs that were more complex and the got better ratings on ug, but I think I found an easy way of writing music and just stuck with it. I know what you mean canped and im going to try and write more complex stuff. Im also kinda limiting myself to a song structure. I make a verse and chorus and just copy, add breakdown, etc. With my latest song, I tried to stop that, and I have 6 different verse riffs, 2 pre-chorus riffs, and a chorus. I think this song is a little more complex. The rhythym guitar is complete yet though, Ill work on that tonight. ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=940205edit: btw, im 13 canped.
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Post by 1crazyboy7 on Aug 29, 2008 20:38:50 GMT -5
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Post by 1crazyboy7 on Aug 31, 2008 12:31:10 GMT -5
I finished recording my song. I need to change parts still though(the solo feels a little meh), and the song is a little quiet, and it needs bass. ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=947448Please comment it. Its my first song of mine thats fully recorded. edit: triple post...woops, lol
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Post by canped on Aug 31, 2008 15:38:10 GMT -5
The timing is a little imprecise for what you want to achieve here; I would suggest practicing strumming and hammer-ons with a metronome. The mixing's not good but that's not your thing; you're not a producer, you're a performer and composer so there's no criticism to be had here. Other than that, the earlier criticisms remain but I can see how vocals would add interest and changes to this; its still good work and for 14 years old...
I think I have a recording somewhere of what I was doing when I was 14 on my other PC. I might hoke it out to be publicly shamed but show you if you keep trying to get better, you could go very far. Maybe not in money or fame, but in terms of writing quality music. Expand your horizons and all that; listen to more stuff as much as possible; pandora and lastfm are good sources of interest.
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Post by CJB100 on Aug 31, 2008 16:44:45 GMT -5
holy sh*t.... ha dude that is the awesome-est piece of music I have heard in a while... why do you not play/record all the time it sounds so much better than .mid ever could. Even if you had a like ttfatf type solo on .mid, it just wouldn't compare to a slow-tempo solo in real life. you oughta do more recordings. the quality wasn't too bad, although i think canped's right about the timing being slightly off in some parts. but then again you recorded this in what the length of a few days...? that's still pretty damn good.
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Post by 1crazyboy7 on Sept 1, 2008 20:17:22 GMT -5
canped-hmm, the mixing sounded fine to me, but im pretty sure its the headphones im using. it makes a lot of songs on my psp sound worse, and it takes some rhythym guitar away(for my songs). but then again, what do you expect from pink headphones that are free with a mini dvd player? I lost mine, i have to use those CJB100 - yeah, the timings off sometimes. Its mostly from me just wanting to finish the song. It takes me forever to get a good recording of like 10 seconds. I had at least 50 takes on the intro(both parts included) I get brain farts(forget whats next), or my fingers mess up, lol. When im not recording though, I tend to do better
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Post by CJB100 on Sept 1, 2008 20:25:12 GMT -5
haha yeah it's exactly the same story here when i record. i gotta say though i am not that gr8 at guitar, i am more of a rythm dude, i don't practice near as much as i should, so that's why no one will be hearing any solo's from me when i finally record some of my latest ideas. how many songs have you recorded? i'd like to hear anything you have!
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Post by 1crazyboy7 on Sept 1, 2008 20:49:54 GMT -5
I have one more recorded song, but its not by me. Its not even by the person who made it This one guy on ug plajorized songs, but nobody knew yet, and I loved the song so I covered it. It was someone elses made up song mixed with when darkness falls by kse. I have like 4 other incomplete songs. I just started recording again because I got my code back for the program I use(actually, they made a new free version, so I just got it ). Im working on recording my power metal song, just because I like it since its different then anything else I wrote. I dunno what to record after that. You have any ideas?
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Post by CJB100 on Sept 1, 2008 21:02:54 GMT -5
lol, anything? haha same goes for anyone here, especially hzac and canped. you guys just pretty much rock at making musicz...
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Post by canped on Sept 1, 2008 21:55:18 GMT -5
Mixing is a fine art that takes a lifetime to get right; I know all the theory but I suck balls at actually mixing (I make up for it by being good at mastering- you can't do both well unless you have 4 ears). I wouldn't expect yours to be any good no matter what headphones you're using ('course, it'll help)- please don't take that as an insult; it isn't, its just that there's no possible way to get a good mix without some serious experience. There's SO MUCH to it; compression, EQ and reverb are just the very basics. I've got about 30 full length books about the use of compression alone.
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Post by 1crazyboy7 on Sept 2, 2008 14:27:21 GMT -5
lol, I didn't even think of that stuff. All I did was pan all the tracks and adjust the volume, lol
Maybe later ill learn a little bit more on mixing so my songs sound better(not that much, it sounds complicated, lol) On my next recording im gonna make sure that its all timed correctly and such. This one I actually have to practice for and adjust the fingerings to be possible(power metal is hard to play, excpecially with weird fingering, lol)
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Post by 1crazyboy7 on Oct 5, 2008 13:05:43 GMT -5
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Post by canped on Oct 5, 2008 17:00:01 GMT -5
Complaints; Stereo layout (panning) is really offputting for the intro Too much going on in the verse, makes it seem incomprehensible Could have more interesting chord progressions in each section Kinda sounds like it would work only as a soundtrack piece
Praise; Really, really well structured Great mellodies used the whole way through Overall, really cool track. I like it and everything wrong with it is a production issue, really. Stick to the performance and get a band together, already.
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Post by 1crazyboy7 on Oct 6, 2008 21:05:13 GMT -5
Hey thanks for the crit About the chord progressions, I know all my songs are lacking in those, and kinda a little lacking in orginality. I really want to get out of that. Do you have any tips on what I should do? Theres a difference between my songs and some songs on like mysongbook.com, a big one.
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Post by canped on Oct 7, 2008 14:47:45 GMT -5
Learn scales; weird ones (diminished, myxolidian etc.). Also, try augmenting your chords instead of just using power chords all the time. If you think a chord progression could be spiced up a bit, try chaning the order of the chords, having the bass play a different riff over it (or another guitar playing different chords) and try to get as little repitition as possible. That's just for metal, really, but you're writing metal so go for it.
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Post by 1crazyboy7 on Jun 7, 2009 10:37:24 GMT -5
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