Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder )

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2014/10/01 11:06:55 (permalink)

Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder )

Hopefully this one captures the creepy feeling I'm looking for.  You can really hear the Alice Cooper and Radiohead influences on this one.  
 
The song is about betrayal and a demented murderous mind in the after math of dismembering his lover.  Good times! 
 
Counting Pieces - Voda La Void

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    Lynn
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    Re: Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder ) 2014/10/01 12:08:37 (permalink)
    Tim, this is as you described it.  Somewhat creepy and dark.  The words were a little hard to hear, but it fit the mood of the song.  Very creative and well done.

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    Re: Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder ) 2014/10/01 12:13:18 (permalink)
    I was just about to give up (seemed repetitive) when the middle part where instruments dropped out and bass and vocals (acoustic also) took over.  Is it creepy?  yes.  I do believe it captured what you are describing.  Man, I don't know what to say.  I couldn't understand most of the lyrics but maybe that's good!  This song will haunt me for awhile.  The Post Partem Depression theme for Lynn's song was a bit depressing but a fact of life.  Though your theme is also a fact of life, I don't think I want to know what you were saying.  Maybe that's the cowardly side of me. I thought the music was really interesting and good.

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    Re: Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder ) 2014/10/01 22:07:06 (permalink)
    Yes very creepy in the sense where it takes you into a dark place hoping to make it out alive ! LOL
    I agree with Lynn vocals could be slightly up front a bit more , overall its a hit on Halloween .
    I have been watching lot's of horror movies lately , wife is getting worried about me but here's the thing some of these movies I have been watching have some cool electronica music in them and effect's in them , gives me some ideals for some of my music I like creating .
    She doesn't understand , DANG she locking the door now ! LOL
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    Re: Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder ) 2014/10/03 15:42:36 (permalink)
    Lynn - thanks for the critique.  I am getting the same from others too about bringing the vocals up.
     
    evadianepug - hey thanks for listening and I'm only kind of sorry I creeped you out.  I will bring the vocals up to help in understanding the words.  They're not graphic.  Perhaps I should have gone more extreme, but I was channeling Alice Cooper sitting in a room with pieces of his wife around him...in that "Steven" mindset...
     
    Electro - thanks for listening, also.  I had a similar exchange on Facebook with a friend of mine.  I had posted something about writing a song about cutting up my wife into pieces.  And I purposely left that dangling there, without any 'lol' or comedic validation.  My friend asked what my wife thought about it and I said "I don't know, she locked the bedroom door on me..."  
     
    We apparently have a similar demented side...nice to meet you, brother.  Ha ha!  

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    Re: Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder ) 2014/10/03 17:07:32 (permalink)
    Man, I like it! Love all the little instrumental bits that rise and fall in the background. And I really like the vocals in the last minute of the track. The low res, telephone sounding, vocals in the back are definitely creepy. 
     
    I can certainly hear the Cooper and the York and Greenwood influences. Well done.
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    Re: Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder ) 2014/10/07 00:30:51 (permalink)
    How the heck am I supposed to go to sleep now!!!
     
    Very creepy! I agree about the vocals. Maybe not bring them up with dbs but compression. One thing I've been doing is use the PC76 and setting a long attack and short release with about -8db of gain reduction and set the mix knob to 40% so you get more of the original signal and them chain maybe two of the LA-2A emulations using -0.5db of gain reduction on each. It seems to work well and the compression is not really audible.
     
    Nice work but stop creeping me out!!! Give me fair warning so I can listen in the daytime. ;-)

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    Re: Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder ) 2014/10/13 14:54:55 (permalink)
    OK, this was really cool.  I likes it.
     
    I was actually getting a little Pink Floyd music/Marilyn Manson vocal vibe here and there, but who cares, the demented side shines through.  
     

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    Re: Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder ) 2014/10/13 22:40:58 (permalink)
    Nice work Tim. You seem to have the knack of picking a theme and bringing it to life with music. Love the vocals, I agree that they could be a bit more up front, not necessarily louder, just with more clarity.

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    Re: Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder ) 2014/10/18 13:25:44 (permalink)
    Listening through to the end several things cam to mind Sid/Floyd, Captain Beef heart.  The vocal could do with being a little louder but that is a thing for you to decided.
     
    Nicely done invoked the atmosphere you where after thanks for sharing

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    Re: Counting Pieces by Voda La Void ( a song about murder ) 2014/10/22 16:28:50 (permalink)
    Nice Halloween theme tune.

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