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Eximplode - Places I Knew (WIP 6)

This is probably going to get buried under tons of Olympic Ceremony posts but I don’t really care, just wanna get critique on this so I can wrap it up soon. Added ping-pong delay, fixed levels to avoid clipping/squeaking, still not sure about the melody but feedback is welcome.

It’s good to be able to practice again. :)

Hey hey hey, sorry I’m late lol

So there were a few things that stood out to me, but first off let me say that this track has come along well since the first WIP you posted (I have been listening to them despite not having said anything). I really like the sidechained string melody- it reminds me of some of Moby’s earlier work.

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Wow, wow. Just reblogging to say that electro’s / Alex’s feedback above is a lot more concise than what I could probably offer. And to add onto it: I don’t think it’s just their headphones, the claps are quite quiet with mines as well. The bell tones don’t bother me anymore (because you separated the notes from the bells) but that might be because I’ve become accustomed to predicting the sound of the bells. The melody has evolved from it was before, so that’s great! I also like the ping pong delay that you did at the end — it brought some good listening variety. Other than what they’ve said above, I don’t really have anything else — just wanted to let you know that I listened to it and it’s coming along. <:

Jul 29, 201214 notes

Jul 29, 20122,404 notes

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Jul 29, 20125 notes

#feedback #markinglifestyle #put it under a read more now #also reblogging because emilio's music is fantastic ^

[3] The Raven & the Dove

A short and storybook-like story written by me — this was inspired by some modern-day scenarios and situations like the idealization of beauty, conforming to social standards, and interracial relationships (or loving in spite of differences).

There once lived a Raven. Its suede body was glossed over beautifully with a shade of midnight black. It blended into the dark recesses of the darkest night, and you’d gaze at its piercing color as it flew in the light of day. When the people of the village saw a raven, they quietly hushed down as they peered from their window sills, and closed their windows in a soft, sad whisper. The Raven did not know why, and the Raven continued to grow to wonder why and why.

There once lived a Dove. Its feathers and wings were thoroughly washed with silky white, and it carried the youthful forever promises of love, because love itself was draped richly with ribbons and dainty pink primroses. The Dove blended softly into the lustrous locks and streaks of the airy clouds, and glinted with an entrancing twinkle at night. When the people of the village saw a dove, they quietly hushed down as they peered from their window sills, and opened their windows in a soft, excited whisper, nudging “here, here,” offering the little amount of bread that they had.

Jul 28, 20124 notes

#prose #story #short story #writing #lit #raven #dove #bird #symbolism #storybook #also inspired by The Raven from edgar allen poe #total time 1hr35

d00dt00nz replied to your audio post:

“But you know that there’s something you need / Yearning for The One to sit down and read / Your whole world has been monochrome / Only now you drip with color tones” are clever, and the harmonies are definitely sounding better than before!

Ah, thanks! I think having a strong and simple theme was helpful in focusing the lyric’s direction. :D There weren’t much harmonies in here, but I’m definitely trying to improve on vocal parts by being self aware until I could get someone to teach what I need to learn.

Jul 27, 2012

Storybook by Soulfully Soulfully / Alice C.

— Ch. 2: Storybook by Soulfully —

Walking around your whole life, got a story to tell
Before we say farewell
Follow along as you flip through the pages
Look at your imperfectly frayed edges
Take another look, you’re a storybook 

Try to erase the doodled daydreams, fix your broken seams
You tear and pages are falling 
But you know that there’s something you need
Yearning for The One to sit down and read
Take another look, you’re a storybook

Your life spent bound, but now you’re found
Choking dust surrounds, where even silence drowned
Your whole world has been monochrome
Only now you drip with color tones
Take another look, you’re a storybook

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Everyone has a story to tell. This is a very simple and short acoustic-type song written in dedication to the people that come from all walks of life.

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Jul 27, 201211 notes

#original song #songwriter #lyric writing #lyricist #singer songwriter #ableton #guitar #acoustic #music #music doodles #34/1000 #practice diary #music tag #songwriting

person: so what music are you into?
me: are you sure you're ready for this conversation

Jul 23, 2012243,093 notes

#seriously #my playlist is all over the place #a former singing teacher once asked for me to give her a list of artists that I liked #I mostly put classical and japanese composers #and she thought I was weird in a good way quote quote #It was a first she's really ever seen #ahah

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” —Winston Churchill (via ssmessage)

Jul 23, 201215 notes

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backward.. drawkcab? #33/1000

This is definitely one of those weirder things I’ve done, so expect weirdness with a bit of pleasantly interesting. I decided to take my voice and edit it to this unrecognizable state, well at least from usual. Where did I obtain the vocals? Aha! As a resourceful cheapo, I took it from something that I posted last week, then reversed it. (If you haven’t listened to the original, then it’ll be fun comparing them) The fun thing is that I didn’t use any midi or instrument sounds at all, everything is purely based on that (nearly) a capella audio file I made.

And, I admit. I didn’t really make a song in the end because my neighbors cranked their music to the point I felt the bass from the walls shake in my headphones. (The party was eventually kicked out… after almost 4 hours.) Otherwise, this has been a late night post. Yaay!

Jul 22, 20124 notes

#music doodles #33/1000 #experiment #voice editing #it's fun hearing me sing backwards :') #7/22 #practice diary #music tag

Challenge:

I’ve been on a music hiatus since recently (and still will be) but — it’s 12:55, the neighbors are playing some of the most obnoxious music I’ve ever felt (the walls are shaking), and it’s pretty much impossible to sleep now. Instead of staying irritated the whole night, I think I’ll opt for something more productive, especially for my musically declining mind these days. Soo, the small challenge I have for myself right now is to make a little tune that reminds me of today in under a hour and a half or so.

PS: It’s something so small, but I’ve renovated my icon from its previous woeful state. It was blurry and gross before, but now it’s back better than before. :’)

Jul 22, 20123 notes

#I'm pretty tired so I might knock out but hey worth a try #* edit: joseph you're always so quick

On Singing Multilingually.

I wonder if anyone else could relate to the feeling? This is the sort of thing that I could either feel extremely frustrated by, or pleasantly hopeful for. Though, at the moment, I’m torn between the two. And before I forget, this is a relevant article to today’s topic.

Jul 17, 20122 notes

#singing #multilingual #phonetics #language #vowels #maybe I start considering singing in Japanese from now on #but that wouldn't help fix my current weakness with English #I'd rather become better at what I'm bad at first #gaaaahh #text #rambles

WIP / Untitled Soulfully

[WIP] Childhood 32/1000 7.14.12

Standing by the summer swing
Where it meant the world and everything
The shadows stay low, there’s sand between your toes
Remembering what was long ago

Dirty your cotton socks
Cus you’re climbing trees
Like Jack and the Beanstalk
Feel the light breeze brush upon your cheeks
Dappity doo daydreams

A lyric idea that that I had yesterday, and I came up with a second verse today. Might be completed later as a part of that Storybook project? (And darn, it might be catchier than the main song that I was going to complete.) The vibraphone sound is actually from my phone, I downloaded an app called “Suggester” recently. (It gives you chord ideas!)

Remind me to not upload too much WIPs in the future and just stick to releasing completed things. Apparently, I get pretty finicky about showing rough drafts. Even rough drafts have to be spiffied up (harmonies…?) and perfect to show, which in turn gets counterproductive. D:

Jul 14, 20121 note

#music doodles #I guess it sounds mellow overall #though I want the chorus to be loud and dynamic #ahah /haven't come up with anything #practice diary #music tag

Chapter 1: Prelude Alice

— Ch. 1: Prelude by Soulfully —

She clasped her hands together; and she held thoughts in her palms as they fell like soft but ever fading snowflakes. Here she was, at the crosswalk, burdened with the forsaken feeling of choosing left and right. She finds comfort as nostalgic memories seep her cold hands with the warmth that she sought for — that time… and that time — her mind twirled and twirled as colors filled her mind like dizzying sunsets and sunrises. She quietly stopped and pursed her lips, stuffing her beloved treasures into a bag, and went on ahead.

An instrumental track reminiscent of winter lights and dappling dropples of snowflakes. I made this with the scenery of venturing out on the streets in mind, but who knows what you will envision?

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Jul 11, 201237 notes

#original song #ableton #instrumental #piano #strings #cello #snow #ambient #atmospheric #music doodles #total time 11 hours #31/1000 #by soulfully

Jul 11, 20128 notes

#storybook #soulfully #photography #music

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soulfully replied to your audio post: Eximplode - Places I Knew (WIP 5) Slowly, I’m…

The song has a lot more fluidity now! :D And I can see that you made a lot of changes in the middle. The notes starting at 1:57 are good, though it lacks a predictable pattern, especially at…

Forgive my vagueness, there was a character limit in the msg. I meant that the notes from 1:57 - 2:23 are high pitched. It might also be because the lengths of the notes are also really short, and they end up sounding somewhat like phone beeps. There’s also something about your new melody that makes me think that it should mostly descending. The part at 2:00 - 2:06 and 2:09 - 2:15 throws me off a bit with its (mostly unpredictable) musical contour.

Jul 11, 20124 notes

d00dt00nz:

Quick note here: I don’t often lament over my horrible lyric writing skills aloud, but you’d better believe I lament the hell out of them in my head.

I’m apparently completely unable to to shake the annoying habit of annoying rhyming couplets that sound dumb, and am currently pretty irritated by it. Supposedly John Lennon hated the song Help because of annoying rhyming couplets. This makes Help look like fucking War and Peace. I’m kind of convinced that I am unable to be a good lyricist ever. Maybe my personality just doesn’t work to be that kind of person.

Before you think convince to yourself that you’re just not cut out to be a lyricist, “personality” and skill is far, far from inherent. I have to say that it’s something that takes a lot of time to build up, I’m still learning everyday knowing there’s more I don’t know. I find it useful to stop rhyming words for the sake of rhyming, and instead writing them with the idea that you’re trying to fix and fit words together like jigsaw puzzles. Eventually you find patterns of rhythms to work with and it gets a little easier from there. You kind of juggle the melody and words both at the same time.

I started writing poems (they were god-awful) in 6th grade and I’ve been writing informal prose for a large portion of my life. I’m probably not as beginner at lyric writing as I think am, but writing is still very difficult and often challenging. You might like the book, “Writing Better Lyrics” by Pat Pattinson. I find that being vivid in your lyrics engages your listeners a lot. (Though usually, I just like picking an object and using it as a metaphor.)

I completely relate on the matter though. Time to time, I tell myself I’m just not cut out to be a singer or musician for that matter — whatever it means to be one that is, haha. But the only thing you can do is keep on going, to keep on improving knowing that you’ll prove yourself and your lamentations so, so wrong someday. Now that’s something to look forward to.

Jul 10, 20129 notes

Jul 9, 2012227,128 notes

#quote

Hint one is already in my icon and sidebar. This is another preview of a collage to an upcoming music project on streetlights and stories —

(See you soon.)

Jul 9, 20123 notes

#just posting a teaser attempt before sleeping :P #good night guys #:D

Jul 8, 201219 notes

#music production #stereo field #fav

New Song in Progress?

Finally.

I’ve been having a huge writing / music block for awhile and I think I just hurdled over it. I took little music pieces from here and there, and have been struggling with my sister’s advice / observation about how my songs (mostly music doodles) are too repetitive with the same boring patterns. I took that to heart and finally, I think, construed something worth listening to. Hopefully I’ll finish it this week. Each song typically has a metaphor (the previous was about balloons), so I’ll give a little hint. This one’s about something you usually see everyday and you probably don’t even think much of it —

The fun thing is that it started from many previous things. I’ve been trying to make a song about my friends (and it still is about many of you guys!), online friendship, and even more oddly, from this art post on tumblr.

Jul 8, 20125 notes

#It's 10 and I'm suppose to sleep #but nope

July 2012

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