Bruce Baldwin
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'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
Hey All, On 11/11/11, I was thinking of this idea for a prog-ish instrumental in 11... I didn't quite around to until a few days later, but I still like it! I think 11/8 kind of grooves... What do you think? http://soundcloud.com/ascent-music/after-eleven
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/22 12:05:04
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Hi Bruce, Ill take your word on the time signature ; ) Like it, nice one, way to short though ; )
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/22 14:02:28
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That's great stuff Bruce, a bit of King Crimson influence going on there? I could have stood another 2-3 minutes of that! 
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/22 14:46:41
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A lot of tension there. Very nice.
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/22 15:36:04
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Nice. I'm trying to count the time and come up with about 5 different time signatures. Soooooo I quit doing that and listened to the music. I like it whatever the timing is. Keeps you on the edge of your seat!
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Bruce Baldwin
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/22 21:32:06
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Thanks for the comments! Yes, it's definitely in eleven, subdivided in a couple of different ways.... In the first part it's like seven and four: 1-2-1-2-1-2-3-1-2-3-4. I deliberately made it short so I wouldn't end up working on another epic, which it easily could turn into. I'm supposed to be working on other music right now! Maybe I'll expand this one later.
James, you're correct - King Crimson is in my DNA, so the influence turns up a lot for me.
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/23 14:25:00
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You had me at 11/8 and Prog Rock, love it, def too short but once again if it was for an album that could be the coda for a peice or a Pt1, now that is def prog rock. 11/8 rocks because what you are doing is dropping a beat, this is a cool composition tool. What you are doing is makeing it feel urgent, because of the dropped beat and your makeing it feel faster than it is because of the dropped beat. When you can do timeing tricks like that, you are the magician, because people think and feel your in 4 or 12 in this case but we know your not. It does not work so well with 7 and 5, you can feel the jarring when you play in those time signature, 7 less so depending on if you use it sparingly, if not you can hear it, Money. 6/4 and 6/8 work also and can trick the listener into believing they are listening to 4/4 Sorry not the mighty Crimson King but def ELP, this is because of the piano and organ. Great, the mix must be alright I am just listenening to it on my laptop speakers. Peace Ben
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/23 20:38:06
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Love the odd time. It's a great riff as well. I see why people would not think of 11/8. It's not easy to cound. The riff sounds like normal meter but it fools you.
Very creative and well done!
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/23 23:40:22
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I like it.
I love odd timing, but you really have to stay with your groove, or it falls apart in a heartbeat.
You did a good job on this, and I really like the motion of it.
I could listen to an expanded version of this. When it ends, it sounds like it still has more places to go.
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/24 15:20:16
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It only works if all the amps were turned up to 11.  Very nice.
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BenMMusTech
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/24 16:18:50
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bapu
It only works if all the amps were turned up to 11.
Very nice.
Bapu back in your box, size 11 I think!!!
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/24 16:19:58
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Ben.
Size 12.
You know what they say about big feet?
Big shoes.
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/24 17:35:17
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That's nice. And, yeh, 11/8 has a pretty ballsy sort of vibe to it, which I wouldn't have expected.
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Bruce Baldwin
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Re:'After Eleven' - short prog instrumental in 11/8
2011/11/24 23:52:35
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Thanks so much for all the kind comments! The timing truly does begin to feel normal when you play in it for a while. I keep coming back to this... My wife thinks I should expand it and add vocals. We'll see what happens.
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