RussjWhite
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The Blood Sword
New tune that I'm working on. Collab with drm173, he did the basic melody and drums, I've expanded it. Looking forward to seeing what Tony does with his ideas of this.
All feedback welcome. Well this is my version... https://soundcloud.com/russ-white/the-blood-sword
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/06 05:27:07
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/06 08:44:07
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Wow Gus, this is right up my alley! Really like the way this comes together and I'm looking forward to hearing more.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/06 10:19:17
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Thanks James. :) that makes me feel happy. I'm always keen to hear your feedback Dan! :) I've done a slight update. Still a bit to go on this tune, but if it's getting the wow factor already, then I'm doing something right! :)
post edited by gusrogers - 2014/07/07 10:05:39
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/11 17:39:20
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Well, I think I'm done on this :)
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/13 13:59:48
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Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.
Karma has a way of finding its own way home.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/13 14:06:38
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Cheers Wookster. Thanks for listening and finding my url error. I'm thinking that this may need some epic drums at the end.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/13 15:55:12
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/13 19:10:01
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/13 19:32:32
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The mix sounds clear and wide on my bose headphones. :) Translates well through my laptop speakers too.
I think it sounds great :)
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/14 02:38:56
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Thanks Garrett. Your feedback is good to hear.
Welcome to the forum :)
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/18 15:13:31
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I get what spacealf is talking about this is Heavy...I can almost hear the metal guitars chugging along with it...Me Likey!!!
Whoa.... to you ...oh...earth and sea...
for the devil sends the beast with wrath.....
because he knows the time is short.....
let him who hath understanding.....
reckon the number of the beast.....
for it is a human number...
it`s number is.....
666 So if JESUS rose from the DEAD Does that mean he`s the ORIGINAL ZOMBIE?
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/19 17:07:49
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alkie
I get what spacealf is talking about this is Heavy...I can almost hear the metal guitars chugging along with it...Me Likey!!!
Thanks for that Alkie, It would be interesting to see how this would work with some heavy gts on it. :)
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/26 15:01:18
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Nice instrumentation, and arrangement on this. I dig it.
The mix over all to me sounds a bit harsh, and brittle. Like there is just way to much living above 8khz.
On a piece like this I personally would use a lot of low pass filters, and shelf'
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/26 16:24:29
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KOC
Nice instrumentation, and arrangement on this. I dig it.
The mix over all to me sounds a bit harsh, and brittle. Like there is just way to much living above 8khz.
On a piece like this I personally would use a lot of low pass filters, and shelf'
Coffee
Thanks for your views on this tune. I'll look at it again in the near future and I've taken note of your input. Working on some other stuff now. Welcome to the forum. Watch out for Robbie! ;)
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/26 18:23:51
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Gus,
Really well done, big fan of your orchestration. Sounds really good.
Regarding the comment about harshness, before you start LPF'ing stuff, I would consider just EQ'ing your reverb bus, i.e. maybe pull it down to 8k to take away some of the reverb highs. I think the instruments are OK as is, to me it sounds more like a reverb tweak would resolve. That said, I think it is OK as is, very enjoyable listen.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/27 19:39:08
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Thanks Mark, It does mean a lot to me that I'm getting positive feedback on what I'm doing. Helps with my belief that I'm moving in the right direction.
When I get back to this I'll look the EQ on the verb too. :)
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/27 20:30:26
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Second song of the day (for me) that sounds over compressed.
Must be me.
Move along.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/07/31 14:29:59
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Nice work once again, Gus. Different than some of your other tunes - less typical orchestral/new age-y and more in-your-face heavy with an orchestral component. I like.  But for me the overall mix is also a bit harsh/over-compressed with a little "sizzle" that doesn't compliment your work.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/08/02 21:18:31
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Thanks for your words there Steve. Yup is a little different. But was fun to write and came together quickly.
As mentioned above I get back to this one in the near future to do a few tweaks.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/08/03 09:51:01
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Enjoyed the listen. Really liked the piano and strings.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/08/13 16:43:30
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Thanks for sharing your enjoyment of my piece Chas. :)
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/08/14 17:31:36
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You and Tony have come up with a winner! The melody is haunting and memorable, and the mix is terrific. I hope you guys keep working together because this shows so much promise. Carry on!
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/08/16 16:07:30
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Lynn
You and Tony have come up with a winner! The melody is haunting and memorable, and the mix is terrific. I hope you guys keep working together because this shows so much promise. Carry on!
Thanks Lynn, Tony's version has some awesome singing on it. I can't wait to hear the finished article.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/08/16 17:38:56
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I like the sound and melody. Yes it could be over compressed but once you get past that, the music and arrangement is really good. Nice job with a cool vibe.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/08/16 22:27:40
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I like the sound and the melody. It could be compressed a bit more, but once past that, the music and arrangement are really good. Nice job with vibrating things/strings. I'm getting a cool, stimulating string/thing vibration? Very tingly... It reminds me of a bloody sword? But that's a different story, for a different day. Oh man, I'm sorry, I may have been thinking about my iPod cache? If so, I'm really sorry... It's a mistake anyone could make in this day and age.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/08/17 04:03:22
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Rimshot
I like the sound and melody. Yes it could be over compressed but once you get past that, the music and arrangement is really good. Nice job with a cool vibe.
Cheers Jimmy, Weird thing is I don't believe I added much compression. But I only ever listen through cans.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/08/17 04:05:39
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I like the sound and the melody. It could be compressed a bit more, but once past that, the music and arrangement are really good. Nice job with vibrating things/strings. I'm getting a cool, stimulating string/thing vibration? Very tingly... It reminds me of a bloody sword? But that's a different story, for a different day. Oh man, I'm sorry, I may have been thinking about my iPod cache? If so, I'm really sorry... It's a mistake anyone could make in this day and age.
Always a pleasure to read your words Robbie. String/thing vibration, is this apart of the string theory? Glad this one meet with your approval.
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Re: The Blood Sword
2014/08/17 04:34:23
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It was actually not an honest observation, my tongue was actually in my cheek :-( Or something was in my cheek? It may have been like that first long night in prison...
Where you're backed up against the wall? And looking for the easiest guy to take? And not in the way that he enjoys? If you've never been incarcerated you may not understand...
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