ktran
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Posted: Mar. 27 2005, 01:59 |
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Thanks a lot for listening, and for your comments. Here are some notes that address some of the things brought up in this thread:
Woodwinds: The winds in this track are my $3.50 (circa 1987) 3rd grade school plastic recorder (also playing its own harmony), with my Armstrong concert flute (worth a bit more than $3.50) making a very small appearance. Sure, flutes and woodwinds aren't perhaps the most "masculine" of instruments, but they can sound pretty amazing if used well and in the right places. Try to tell me that the flute intro to Incantations I isn't breathtaking!
Musical Development, etc: This is sort of an experiment in minimalism. Instead of going for a whole lot of melodic development and harmonic changes that would support that, I tried to develop textures and layering. The whole thing is about a messy sort of atmospheric tension that builds and builds and is only "resolved" by the recorder solo towards the end, as the layers get stripped off gradually. I suppose it "works" for some people more than others! The counterpoint is simple: just a handful of lines of contrary and similar/parallel motion, and the entire piece is based around two chords; minimalism indeed.
As for the guitar solo... I hope that "Delirium" and "Surrounded by Spirits" show that I'm capable of much more complex guitar playing than what this track shows. The thought had crossed my mind of trying something a bit more, but in the end, I just don't think it'd fit with what I'm trying to get across.
Daddybird: if you're still having trouble with the link, I'll see if I can upload an .ogg file somewhere. You should be ok though, if you're using a modern web browser with your MIME types set up properly.
rgds,
Khoa
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Khoa Tran
www.suspendedseconds.ca
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........The flute manly instrument........... acustic comes in........ wow this is good...... distortion........ bass.......ME LIKEY........ flute again....... I AM LOVING THIS.......... WOW I AM AGASP IT is great...... WOW .......LOve the guitar........ this is my kinda stufff........although It could use a guitar solo right at the end... like a hard core Steve Vai, Malmsteen, Racer X kind of solo. Really Fast
Jameson above here is right, it could be much better if a solo melody on the guitar was developed all the way through and not only at the end... even if I have to admit, very frankly, that I also don't like the solo at the end. IMHO it goes nowhere. 
