Random recordings (improvement)

[kirennia]

Right. I've been lent a set of effects pedals for my guitar this week and intend on doing some recordings throughout the next 5 days. My biggest problems I think... I've never played live, I rarely play in front of people, I have a kind of peculiar musical taste and am wholeheartedly unsure of my own playing and thus my strengths/weaknesses.

As a result of all of this, I intend to post on here some different musings; people, help me find a good sound. Note all of these recordings will be improv and thus...really quite unpolished. They serve only to the sound and tone they're following rather then the structures which will all be quite sporadic.

Please post if you listen and be honest (not too honest)...

Numero uno:
Goodnight by Kirennian on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

I'll base the next recording along the lines of what is posted as a result of this (limited mostly to the guitar).

 

[Zede]

Nice...i'm wondering what your influences have been ?

 

[kirennia]

Erm, they've been far and wide I guess. Cut out the last 10 years or so and look back at various rock/metal bands and that's pretty much what I listen to. Metallica, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Aerosmith, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Johnny Cash, then a whole bunch of classical music (which to be honest, is what those bands were born from anyway).

I've just spent a long time trying to replicate others songs and figured it'd be my go to see what I could come up with. I've spent the last 4 weekends playing for about 3 hours friday/saturday night with a couple of friends with various instruments and have enjoyed it quite a lot. It's spurred me on to try and improve my improv abilities perhaps with the ultimate goal of making stuff up live. I'm finding more fun in doing that now then I was trying to remember songs.

 

[kirennia]

Day Two:
Day Two by Kirennian on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Bloody tempo beat overlay...no need. Kind of ruins it a bit.

 

[kirennia]

Bah, above is no longer valid....had to delete as my computer decided to mess up its timings during recording.

 

[old.user4556]

Interesting.

It's a bit samey for the length of time it goes on for.

 

[kirennia]

Indeed. I find it difficult to think of new things to play as well as how to get to them...it's one thing I really need to work on. The day two link should work now although, expect what G said for 8 minutes.

Remember it's finding a sound I'm after... these are not songs, heh.

 

[old.Osy]

Not songs, but nice to listen to. Reminds me of Vietcong soundtrack

 

[old.Osy]

Meaning this:

Vietcong 2 music - YouTube

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

I've been on Soundcloud for quite some time now, I've stuck you on Follow so I can come back to this. Initally I like the guitar sound

 

[kirennia]

Wow Roo..... that stuff is truly fantastic. It might just be the funny mood I'm in at the moment but seriously, that's stunning.
edit: Anywhere I'd be able to get a copy of this setlist in album form or other?

I broke my promise of recording everyday, way beyond a bad mood at the moment - not eating, not sleeping, aching all over and no idea why...ish.

Anyway, I've had to rush a recording before work, couple from work getting married and I couldn't get into town to get a present so recorded the canon...kind of badly and in a rush. I'd love to have time to do something properly with this kit but it doesn't look like it's going to happen.

Canon by Kirennian on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Listen at your own peril.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Cheers. Chillout album was due to come out this month but I've been a lazy Roo and it will likely be December now

I like the guitar stuff. Reminds me a bit of Eels, which I really like. Its almost begging for some vocals.

As you said, slightly rough round the edges - there's some slightly-out of time segments, most noticably around the arpeggios but they are very slight.

There's a struck chord at 2:13 which sounds out of key.

But overall I really like this, very gentle chilled-out piece of guitar

Have you checked out Native Instruments Guitar Rig at all?

 

[kirennia]

Checked it out but I'm really short of cash unfortunately so wont be able to get any new kit for... probably at least the next year Masters course in September, until the following September...

Thanks for the comments though; I removed the canon off of there but the second link should work again now:

Day Two by Kirennian on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

I'll try and do something tomorrow before work; I tried today but forgot to press 'write' on the bloody pedal so lost what I did

 

[old.user4556]

Hmmm, as long as you're having fun mate .

 

[kirennia]

Fuck me was this a difficult one to play. It doesn't fit at times but still, an evenings work. I now understand why people who play music generally don't like to edit. 10 minutes recording time, about an hour pissing about getting rid of the popping sounds.

The Harrowing by Kirennian on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

A difficult one. I recorded the rhythm guitar for the track 'symmetrically' so that in theory, it should play the same chord sequences from the beginning and end (ish).

I then played it back while recording a second lead guitar with the theory that, should I put it into reverse, it should fit.

I freely admit, I'm plain awful at timings; this makes me concentrate and was an early attempt at something half listenable. Personally I think it needs a bass and vocals to work but anyway, I hope at leats someone enjoys the concept.

 

[kirennia]

aaaaand another... bit happier with this one this time.

A New Chapter by Kirennian on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Ooh, I'll have a wee listen.

I now understand why people who play music generally don't like to edit. 10 minutes recording time, about an hour pissing about getting rid of the popping sounds.

Hehe, I'll happily spend months messing around with the production on a track if it interests me but yes, it takes ages to get everything 'just so' compared sometimes to the time taken to write and refine the music itself. Most of mine end up between about 30 and 50 tracks per song, just so I can refine the tweakery the way I want to

Right enough of this bollocks, time to listen to it

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Kir, thats great. I really liked some of the discordancies on the lead parts in places. Reminded me a lot of Pink Floyd in (style, not tune). Great, great tune.

Wasn't so keen on Ice Fortress, the sounds are not so good, some of it seems to have too much vibrato. I've got a feeling that with different sounds and some of it down an octave or so it might come across better.

Anyway, A New Chapter is great. Looking forward to hearing more.

 

[kirennia]

Thank you...very much Played for many years but never shared any of my music until last week so I'm very happy that you like it.

Ice fortress was purely an experiement and you kind of have heard it down an octave... it's the same song as the first just 300% speed and thus up a few octaves, hehe. Computer game music maybe?

 

[kirennia]

I think a part of my brain just exploded...

Revocar lacuna by Kirennian on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Another improv piece, shortly taken after being lent a GT-6 effects pedal. I really can't work this, how on earth do I save new effects onto an individual phrase.

Anyway, a bit bizarre, but second improv of the night so thought I'd share.

 

[kirennia]

A simple short interlude..... an interlude to what I don't know.

Interlude by Kirennian on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

 

[kirennia]

My acoustic input works, woohoo!

Enjoy

Morning Mr Sunshine by Kirennian on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free