Returned into some SF action tonight. Went through lots of drumsamples and as a result I think I already found quite likely the final main snare sample. Could be the same with bassdrum, but not as sure about that yet. Also found handful of pretty lively sounding tom samples.
I went throught the song # 1, swapped & added drum samples - and also created machinery toms there. To see how it feels. Did a quick mixdown of the song for test listening and it feels pretty good. The matter of toms is still open - it could be machinery or live. Depends pretty much on how Timo feels about that.
We have come into conclusion though, about how the drums will be done. Originally it was thought they would all be live drums (with lots of dubbing and studio experiments) but ... the tempo in these new songs is so furious (varying from 200 into 300 BPM and even above occasionally) that it would be a huge job to do it all by live drums. So, ... the idea is that I'll do the bassdrums and snare by machinery, and Timo will be playing all cymbals, hihats etc steel'y things live over the machinery drums. And the case of toms is still open as said; they could be machinery, or they could be live over the machine drums.
In any case, it's certainly making this release different and exciting, that's for sure.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
There!
Just finished the 25th song, which is the longest song of them all (bit under 2 minutes) and also the slowest one. For the most part of it. It was inspired by one "evolved as one" and it should work nicely as the song ending the package.
Now gotta let it be a bit, and look into the guitarsounds and stuff (like some drumsample matters) before going into recording the real / final guitars for the the songs. That will be much harder part considering the tempo of the material, some swift fretboard action occasionally, staying in tune and me never thinking myself as guitar guy. :) ... but it's nice to have a little challenge in it, too.
Now it's time for a lil' break.
Now gotta let it be a bit, and look into the guitarsounds and stuff (like some drumsample matters) before going into recording the real / final guitars for the the songs. That will be much harder part considering the tempo of the material, some swift fretboard action occasionally, staying in tune and me never thinking myself as guitar guy. :) ... but it's nice to have a little challenge in it, too.
Now it's time for a lil' break.
Friday, November 11, 2011
One phase soon to be finished
Didn't work on any new tunes yesterday opposite to what I thought - but as a result I did work on new material tonight. And the end section of the release is starting to take shape, too. The two songs created tonight aren't much longer (both around 1 minute and bit over or so) but musically they set the mood for the end. I'll do only one song after this - already started that last song's drums tonight and will probably work compose the song tomorrow on saturday. That song will be song # 25. So, ... it looks like the final amount of songs will be 25 in this release.
Currently the rough mix song lengths of 24 songs are about ~29 minutes or so. Perhaps 28 minutes considering each song has at least 3-5 seconds that will be cut off. So the final song will make the package quite nicely fit into the pre'planned 30 minutes overall length. Of course I don't have a clue yet, about how the dark ambient / scifi elements will go there - but I have a feeling they might not make this package much longer. That remains to be seen, as usual.
Drumtitude plans
We discussed about the drum plans with Timo recently. The idea how we are going to make it happen, took serious steps forward. It won't be all live drums (which I honestly did not think would happen beforehand, because the tempo in the material varies from really fast into inhuman!), but it looks like it's combination of my programmed drums and Timo's live drums. Won't go more into details yet, but it's a good feeling, the plan feels good and if it works as supposed - it should certainly take Scumfusion music into next level (of space). ;)
Currently the rough mix song lengths of 24 songs are about ~29 minutes or so. Perhaps 28 minutes considering each song has at least 3-5 seconds that will be cut off. So the final song will make the package quite nicely fit into the pre'planned 30 minutes overall length. Of course I don't have a clue yet, about how the dark ambient / scifi elements will go there - but I have a feeling they might not make this package much longer. That remains to be seen, as usual.
Drumtitude plans
We discussed about the drum plans with Timo recently. The idea how we are going to make it happen, took serious steps forward. It won't be all live drums (which I honestly did not think would happen beforehand, because the tempo in the material varies from really fast into inhuman!), but it looks like it's combination of my programmed drums and Timo's live drums. Won't go more into details yet, but it's a good feeling, the plan feels good and if it works as supposed - it should certainly take Scumfusion music into next level (of space). ;)
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
More newbies again
Got two new songbases done, again. Actually I felt like I would have had fire for third new song for tonight, but I thought to leave some of that joy for next day, too. No rush, remember? (just asking myself here, ha!)
Anyway, even that I feel like material is still coming out very nicely - I also feel that the line of new song bases is soon coming to the end. Not just because of overall length, but simply a feeling inside. Well, that suits well, since the 30 minutes is not far away. Haven't bothered to check it during last few days though.
We'll see what happens tomorrow.
Oh, and funnily it seems that recently the song bases are getting shorter and shorter. Tonight's creations are about 35 seconds and just barely a minute. Very radio friendly. NOT. ;)
Anyway, even that I feel like material is still coming out very nicely - I also feel that the line of new song bases is soon coming to the end. Not just because of overall length, but simply a feeling inside. Well, that suits well, since the 30 minutes is not far away. Haven't bothered to check it during last few days though.
We'll see what happens tomorrow.
Oh, and funnily it seems that recently the song bases are getting shorter and shorter. Tonight's creations are about 35 seconds and just barely a minute. Very radio friendly. NOT. ;)
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
The iron is glowing all red
You know how the saying goes; gotta strike while the iron is hot ...
.. well, that's exactly the case here. The iron is glowing red. Red hot.
I'm getting some really enjoyable grind riffs out of myself and it all comes so easily, not to mention naturally. As a result of tonight's sessions I have two new song bases, again. This time first of them is the shorter one (about 40 seconds of fury) and longer one is bit longer than the yesterday's "long" case - around 1 min 15 sec roughly put.
So, it seems to be going pretty much in the same vein. While laying down all these song bases, I've intentionally done some riff things here and there - certain riffin' styles appear here and there, and some songs are kind of connected musically speaking. It seems to be working nicely.
.. well, that's exactly the case here. The iron is glowing red. Red hot.
I'm getting some really enjoyable grind riffs out of myself and it all comes so easily, not to mention naturally. As a result of tonight's sessions I have two new song bases, again. This time first of them is the shorter one (about 40 seconds of fury) and longer one is bit longer than the yesterday's "long" case - around 1 min 15 sec roughly put.
So, it seems to be going pretty much in the same vein. While laying down all these song bases, I've intentionally done some riff things here and there - certain riffin' styles appear here and there, and some songs are kind of connected musically speaking. It seems to be working nicely.
Monday, November 7, 2011
More song bases
The creative vibe continues; created two new song bases tonight again. Even that I'm still recovering from flu, I couldn't stop the process of creation. Why should I, anyway? No reason, yeah. Well, the two song bases ... hardly take even 2 minutes if put together. First one goes bit over 1 minute, while second one is really chaotic (and good piece, me likes a lot!) at just about 40 seconds.
At this stage one thing looks pretty certain; there will be over 20 songs if something weird does not happen. That's based on the fact that there are now 18 song bases which take only about 23 minutes or so. The lengths of course aren't any more exact than before, but that gives a rough idea about the package.
At this stage one thing looks pretty certain; there will be over 20 songs if something weird does not happen. That's based on the fact that there are now 18 song bases which take only about 23 minutes or so. The lengths of course aren't any more exact than before, but that gives a rough idea about the package.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Two happy lil' tunes
I've been enjoying a brutal flu throughout the weekend, but tonight I feel already better - so much that I went and created two new song bases. I had drums already made for first of these two, few days ago (before the flu stroke) but other than that all the creative work happened tonight. Shorter songs, since one is around 45 seconds long, and other just over 1 minute long.
Noticed that doing the composing this way as it happens now, for about the 1st ever time (with Scumfusion anyway) - there can be weeks, even months between actual composing and final recording sessions; there's the luxury of working the tunes further if needed. That's a good thing. Though so far I haven't felt like there would be need for big changes in these song sketches, but I do feel that some tunes might benefit from shaping the structures bit more. Letting them stew some, then looking & doing some re'shaping.
Noticed that doing the composing this way as it happens now, for about the 1st ever time (with Scumfusion anyway) - there can be weeks, even months between actual composing and final recording sessions; there's the luxury of working the tunes further if needed. That's a good thing. Though so far I haven't felt like there would be need for big changes in these song sketches, but I do feel that some tunes might benefit from shaping the structures bit more. Letting them stew some, then looking & doing some re'shaping.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Can't stop the flow
I know, I wrote that I'll take a creative break from putting down new song bases. But I seem to be on fire currently, ... even with sore throat (flu, probably that ear blockade yesterday was part of it too) I composed two new song bases tonight.
One short one (clearly under one minute, really furious piece) and one "longer" one (around 1 min 20 sec if even that). Both the songbases feel really good to me. Currently 14 new song bases overall.
G'night.
One short one (clearly under one minute, really furious piece) and one "longer" one (around 1 min 20 sec if even that). Both the songbases feel really good to me. Currently 14 new song bases overall.
G'night.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
And then some
Two more new song bases done. I did the drumprogs for the first, longer one (if you can call 1 min 40 sec long) already yesterday. This morning as I woke up for work, I thought I might not be able to continue the composing tonight. Why? Because instantly as I woke up, I noticed my left ear had gone blocking itself during the night's sleep.
I spent most of the day at work half deaf, with blocked ear working as amplifier for even the smallest sounds, while the right ear was working more clearly than it normally would. The last time I experienced this was sometimes early 2000s I think, and with passing of time it's always so easy to forget how horrible that kind of situation really is.
Well, as I got off from work, I instantly used some magic liquid and laid down for 1-2 hours and as the evening came closer - I managed to get rid of the blockade. Phew. Suddenly I found myself with guitar and ... composing. Not just the one song I started yesterday, but also a new song done all tonight.
Gotta take a little creative break for now and then continue with the "rest" of the new songs to be created. At least I intend to take a little break, we'll see how it goes ... is it a day or two, or even a week? :)
I spent most of the day at work half deaf, with blocked ear working as amplifier for even the smallest sounds, while the right ear was working more clearly than it normally would. The last time I experienced this was sometimes early 2000s I think, and with passing of time it's always so easy to forget how horrible that kind of situation really is.
Well, as I got off from work, I instantly used some magic liquid and laid down for 1-2 hours and as the evening came closer - I managed to get rid of the blockade. Phew. Suddenly I found myself with guitar and ... composing. Not just the one song I started yesterday, but also a new song done all tonight.
Gotta take a little creative break for now and then continue with the "rest" of the new songs to be created. At least I intend to take a little break, we'll see how it goes ... is it a day or two, or even a week? :)
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