OM: Instru-Metal

[Chang]

thanks for the comments.
tho im really looking out for comments regarding the mixing on the track.
feel free to point out anything that u think sounds imbalanced, or inaudible, this and that.

comments on the playing, the composition side of the song is also greatly appreciated

 

[sofyan]

cool shit man. perhaps more time spent on the mixing can be well worth it.

 

[Chang]

erm details?

what do u think shld be done to the mixing?

my ear is not tt good so i might not be able to discern certain things correctly.

suggestions?

 

[TheBreed]

good shit!

listening to you wanna be a star, strato sundance, standstill... real diversed man, i like it...thanks for sharing..

 

[Chang]

thanks alot dude!

Im just putting all the stupid sounds i hear in my head onto the guitar. Sometimes it's rock n roll like "You wanna be a star" sometimes pop like "Standstill" and sometimes just nonsense like the sundance.

How's Guan anyways? Still waiting for him to come record bass for me hahaz ^^

 

[sofyan]

sorry for the late reply dude. anyway, im not good at saying wat to do or what. i usually just click here click there hehe. im not qualified to advice i guess. keep up the great work

 

[Chang]

haha u are too humble. Everyone is qualified to give comments

u dun have to be a master chef to know the soup tastes bad.

 

[TequilaSunrise]

Man, I listened to some of your songs and they're pretty good!

Where do you get all your inspiration from?

 

[Chang]

thanks tequila tho i really dun think they are very polished yet.

Umm inspiration comes in many forms, like for example this track came about when i was staying in NUS hostel and one of the Rag performance had a somewhat similar themed song. Kinda like a "Good vs Evil" song. So yea the main riff just came to me (tho i think subconsciously Iron Maiden had a large effect) and everything part just got laid down one by one as the idea expands.

Humming tunes while in "toiling" in the toilet helps too haha.

 

[TequilaSunrise]

lol. Most of the time I can't remember what I 'composed' while bathing or -toileting-. I think the singing needs some working on as do lyrics, but on the whole, i heard some of the stuff (especially You wanna be a star) and I think it's pretty good stuff. heh.

 

[Chang]

Haha the thing is, after i finish what's supposed to be done in the toilet, i rush to the guitar to play it out first. Clothes off sometimes ^^ haha.

Umm singing wise yea i know it's a big turn off. I can't sing tho i really wished i could. The singing is just there to give the idea of how the song goes, rather than just make a backing track + lyrics and let the listeners decide.

Lyrics wise, it's nonsense yea. I need help on that too. I'm a kopitiam ah beng la.

The only i think i'm relatively decent at is coming up with catchy riffs. But tt's it. Haha.

Really appreciate u bother to listen to the other stuff, cos usually pple get turned off when they listen to something with my singing. Probably have to move them down the playlist somemore.

 

[TequilaSunrise]

Ah. I don't have much guitar skills so if i DO remember a melody line or funky riff, I spend more time trying to figure out which notes goes where that I usually stumble upon something else and decide to try it out instead. heh.

-random-

I read somewhere that Tanya Chua uses a tape recorder to record stuff she comes up with in the bathroom, and I've been considering doing something like that, but problem is, won't spoil meh. So humid.

 

[Chang]

go high tech la! use a mp3 player with recording function! haha

more storage too.