I Have Music Up Now & Would Like Opinons

avantgarde1 · 01.26.2008, 04:50 AM

i finally decided on JoCo as a name (a play on my first and last name, and because i like SOCO so much), and have a few things up on the page. i would like some "constructive critisism" on the songs/pieces. keep in mind it's my first tiem recording anything and there all in the "demo stage" (i used audacity to record and there's alot of "hiss"). so if you have a second let me know what you think. i'm especially proud of "floating slowly" and "guitar and bass". thanks in advance.

avantgarde1 · 01.26.2008, 05:11 AM

that means you too atari.

Glice · 01.26.2008, 05:34 AM

I wasn't overly keen on Fort Worh; the rest of it's pretty good. There's a sleazy precision about it, and it's not noise (a good thing). Personally, I'd prefer more like Phase Noise.

avantgarde1 · 01.26.2008, 04:47 PM

thanks glice. fort worth was my attempt at somethign more "actual" song based. i have a few more things i'm working on right now that are in between phase noise, floating slowly & guitar & bass. i like doing that stuff alot more. keep it coming.

Florya · 01.27.2008, 04:01 AM

In order of preference:

Guitar and Bass - sounds very spontaneous
Floating Slowly
Phase Noise (although I'd have called it something else)
Fort Worth

Death & the Maiden · 01.27.2008, 04:28 AM

Interesting stuff. Floating Slowly is really good. The only criticism I would have is that Phase Noise seems to drag on a bit, without doing a lot, it could be improved (in my opinion) if there were more things going on - keyboard effects etc.
I like Guitar and Bass as well.

terminal pharmacy · 01.27.2008, 04:12 PM

not too bad avant, although i think generally there is too much fx on everything, except for phase noise which needs it.

avantgarde1 · 01.27.2008, 06:26 PM

lol, yeah i have to use the fx to mask my playing. just "playing" the guitar is boring to me. i called phase noise that because that's what it was, i didn't think it warranted an actual name and it does kind adrag on. it's only up there still because i'm not finished w/ what i'm going to replace it w/. YES! guitar & bass was totally spontaneous! from thought to having it online took 2 hours! i did it at 4 am after the bar one night... i had been listening to move away by sy from the demonlover sdtk (one of my favorite things sy has ever done) and all i need from the new radiohead album! although i like it enough now i might give it an actual name... any suggestions? thanks for all the kind words and critisism.

avantgarde1 · 01.28.2008, 04:19 PM

shameless self promotion bump.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 01.29.2008, 09:05 PM

Not bad, man. Not bad.

avantgarde1 · 01.31.2008, 07:06 PM

thank you mr. chatham. i took fort worth off because i emailed it to a friend and he's going to attempt to put drums to it or something or other. it wasn't that good anyways, probably my least favorite. check the page tomorrow if you get a chance, i'm going to add something new called "there is a very bright light in the corner of this room" (working title).

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.31.2008, 08:01 PM

intelesting, velly velly intelesting

avantgarde1 · 01.31.2008, 08:17 PM

avantgarde1 · 02.01.2008, 06:54 PM

142 views for this thread but only 12 replies? i guess i shouldn't bitch, everyone reply has been nice, lol.

01.26.2008, 04:50 AM	#1
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	i finally decided on JoCo as a name (a play on my first and last name, and because i like SOCO so much), and have a few things up on the page. i would like some "constructive critisism" on the songs/pieces. keep in mind it's my first tiem recording anything and there all in the "demo stage" (i used audacity to record and there's alot of "hiss"). so if you have a second let me know what you think. i'm especially proud of "floating slowly" and "guitar and bass". thanks in advance. __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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01.26.2008, 05:11 AM	#2
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	that means you too atari. __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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01.26.2008, 04:47 PM	#4
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	thanks glice. fort worth was my attempt at somethign more "actual" song based. i have a few more things i'm working on right now that are in between phase noise, floating slowly & guitar & bass. i like doing that stuff alot more. keep it coming. __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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01.27.2008, 04:01 AM	#5
Florya expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: a little world, all of my own. Posts: 1,668	In order of preference: Guitar and Bass - sounds very spontaneous Floating Slowly Phase Noise (although I'd have called it something else) Fort Worth __________________ it takes an old guy like bloodbeach'85 to get anything right - atari 2600 listening mirror @ Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/listening-mirror
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01.27.2008, 04:28 AM	#6
Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	Interesting stuff. Floating Slowly is really good. The only criticism I would have is that Phase Noise seems to drag on a bit, without doing a lot, it could be improved (in my opinion) if there were more things going on - keyboard effects etc. I like Guitar and Bass as well.
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01.27.2008, 04:12 PM	#7
terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	not too bad avant, although i think generally there is too much fx on everything, except for phase noise which needs it.
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01.27.2008, 06:26 PM	#8
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	lol, yeah i have to use the fx to mask my playing. just "playing" the guitar is boring to me. i called phase noise that because that's what it was, i didn't think it warranted an actual name and it does kind adrag on. it's only up there still because i'm not finished w/ what i'm going to replace it w/. YES! guitar & bass was totally spontaneous! from thought to having it online took 2 hours! i did it at 4 am after the bar one night... i had been listening to move away by sy from the demonlover sdtk (one of my favorite things sy has ever done) and all i need from the new radiohead album! although i like it enough now i might give it an actual name... any suggestions? thanks for all the kind words and critisism. __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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01.28.2008, 04:19 PM	#9
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	shameless self promotion bump. __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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01.29.2008, 09:05 PM	#10
Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	Not bad, man. Not bad. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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01.31.2008, 07:06 PM	#11
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	thank you mr. chatham. i took fort worth off because i emailed it to a friend and he's going to attempt to put drums to it or something or other. it wasn't that good anyways, probably my least favorite. check the page tomorrow if you get a chance, i'm going to add something new called "there is a very bright light in the corner of this room" (working title). __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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01.31.2008, 08:01 PM	#12
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	intelesting, velly velly intelesting
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01.31.2008, 08:17 PM	#13
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	* __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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02.01.2008, 06:54 PM	#14
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	142 views for this thread but only 12 replies? i guess i shouldn't bitch, everyone reply has been nice, lol. __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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