JCS: Higher

lowsound: Word. Especially when it's an analysis of the Iliad. We had several different topics, but most of them would be very broad if you put any effort in making them anything more than [I]exactly[/I] what the topic was about. The role of women in The Iliad, the conflict between two or more forces in the epic, the heroic code; any of those essays would be practically pointless at 500 words. Anyway, I don't think I'll be docked [I]too[/I] many points. Keep guessing.

[QUOTE=thelowsoundofbass;13406794]Actually I have been getting very good marks on my written assignments this year. Averaging 90+, in university.

lowsound[/QUOTE]

did i comment on your writing ability somewhere in there?

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406795]hows everyone doing? (lowsound you have a 10 word limit on this one)[/QUOTE]

hahaha

I'm ****ty, but it could be worse I suppose.


How are you?

[QUOTE=Aerodyne;13406797]JCS: Higher

[/QUOTE]

1250

tired as hell.

with the marching band, we had a football game performance an hour away friday night, so i didnt get home till 1, then i had to be back at the school at 6 for a 5 and a half hour drive up to michigan for a competition, then we pull back into the school this morning at 4. im so dead

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406795]hows everyone doing? (lowsound you have a 10 word limit on this one)[/QUOTE]

I am doing well, a little hungry.

lowsound

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406818]tired as hell.

with the marching band, we had a football game performance an hour away friday night, so i didnt get home till 1, then i had to be back at the school at 6 for a 5 and a half hour drive up to michigan for a competition, then we pull back into the school this morning at 4. im so dead[/QUOTE]

:eek:

That sucks.

Screw marching band.

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406795]hows everyone doing? (lowsound you have a 10 word limit on this one)[/QUOTE]

:lol:


Mm. Good. I wrote/recorded a cheesey techno-esque song with my looper earlier.

[QUOTE=Aerodyne;13406797]JCS: Higher

lowsound: Word. Especially when it's an analysis of the Iliad. We had several different topics, but most of them would be very broad if you put any effort in making them anything more than [I]exactly[/I] what the topic was about. The role of women in The Iliad, the conflict between two or more forces in the epic, the heroic code; any of those essays would be practically pointless at 500 words. Anyway, I don't think I'll be docked [I]too[/I] many points. Keep guessing.[/QUOTE]

1750. I had to discuss the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the impact that is has on the environment and progress.

lowsound

[QUOTE=jcs497;13406826]:eek:

That sucks.

Screw marching band.[/QUOTE]

out of all tyhe band activies you can do marching band will get you the most scholarship, for some reason colleges like it even if you dont do it for them. and ive been doing it for 5 years i figure ill finish it out (and i got asked ot be in it this year, so i coudlnt really decline the band director)

[QUOTE=thelowsoundofbass;13406824]I am doing well, a little hungry.

lowsound[/QUOTE]

hmm what are you thinking for food? i just had oatmeal, but im getting sick and i need more food in me to get healthy, pick what i eat O_O
[QUOTE=BenJammin;13406827]:lol:


Mm. Good. I wrote/recorded a cheesey techno-esque song with my looper earlier.[/QUOTE]


earlier this week i did autumn leaves with my looper, and today i wrote this funkehehehehehe song with my band, its craaaazy funk.

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406867]hmm what are you thinking for food? i just had oatmeal, but im getting sick and i need more food in me to get healthy, pick what i eat O_O[/QUOTE]

Bugles! Or Cheerios? Or maybe Hot Pockets or the like?

[IMG]http://www.solomonscookies.com/gfx/catalog/cookies/black_label/bl_pecan_chocolate_chip.jpg[/IMG]

And lowsound wins! I think it was 1770 or so, but close enough. JCS gets a consolation prize for being the only other person that tried.

[IMG]http://www.sportshows.com/images/turkey.jpg[/IMG]


Anyway, I'll be the first person to admit that I need to work on being more concise. Case and point: this post. :upset:

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406867]hmm what are you thinking for food? i just had oatmeal, but im getting sick and i need more food in me to get healthy, pick what i eat O_O[/QUOTE]

If I could, I would have a bowl of cookies and cream ice cream. Right now I am eating some candy.

lowsound

[QUOTE=Aerodyne;13406875][IMGhttp://www.solomonscookies.com/gfx/catalog/cookies/black_label/bl_pecan_chocolate_chip.jpg[/IMG]

And lowsound wins! I think it was 1770 or so, but close enough. JCS gets a consolation prize for being the only other person that tried.

[IMGhttp://www.sportshows.com/images/turkey.jpg[/IMG]


Anyway, I'll be the first person to admit that I need to work on being more concise. Case and point: this post. :upset:[/QUOTE]

I'd take Turkey over a cookie any day :)

[QUOTE=thelowsoundofbass;13406877]If I could, I would have a bowl of cookies and cream ice cream. Right now I am eating some candy.

lowsound[/QUOTE]

lactose intolerant, so thats out. i continue my look for food

[SIZE="7"]brb[/SIZE]

[QUOTE=Aerodyne;13406875][IMG]http://www.solomonscookies.com/gfx/catalog/cookies/black_label/bl_pecan_chocolate_chip.jpg

Anyway, I'll be the first person to admit that I need to work on being more concise. Case and point: this post. :upset:[/QUOTE]
Those look like the cookies that my roommates steals from his work, soooooo good. I can usually hit the word limits, but I just don't like really low ones.

lowsound

Screw that, how about a turkey-cookie. :D




Well, maybe not. Some things just weren't meant to be. :(

I'll probably be back tonight, but I'm out for tonight. Peace all and thanks for everyone's advice.

back, with yogurt

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406867]earlier this week i did autumn leaves with my looper, and today i wrote this funkehehehehehe song with my band, its craaaazy funk.[/QUOTE]

What's your approach to looping? Like, how do you keep your songs from sounding the same, even though they've all gotta use the same standard approach (i.e. play something, loop it, playing on top, loop that, etc.)?

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406887]lactose intolerant, so thats out. i continue my look for food

[SIZE="7"]brb[/SIZE][/QUOTE]

Sorry, didn't know. Umm, steak?

lowsound

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406907]back, with yogurt[/QUOTE]

Doesn't that have milk products in it?

lowsound

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13406912]What's your approach to looping? Like, how do you keep your songs from sounding the same, even though they've all gotta use the same standard approach (i.e. play something, loop it, playing on top, loop that, etc.)?[/QUOTE]
if you are going to record it, record the whole song on the looper before you plug it into your computer. as far as improvising, i use jazz charts or funk charts, its really hard to improvise something thats oging to sound good over and over and over and over and over again

[QUOTE=thelowsoundofbass;13406918]Doesn't that have milk products in it?

lowsound[/QUOTE]

yeah, i ignore my lactose intolerance, and then i use it to mess with people. i think ive out grown it, if you can do that sort of thing

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406929]yeah, i ignore my lactose intolerance, and then i use it to mess with people. i think ive out grown it, if you can do that sort of thing[/QUOTE]

Yes, that is possible. I would hate to be lactose intolerant, I eat a lot of mil products.

lowsound

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406926]if you are going to record it, record the whole song on the looper before you plug it into your computer. as far as improvising, i use jazz charts or funk charts, its really hard to improvise something thats oging to sound good over and over and over and over and over again[/QUOTE]

Ah. Well, I meant for general song structuring.

im not sure i know what you mean. like intro A A B A ?

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13406957]im not sure i know what you mean. like intro A A B A ?[/QUOTE]

Well, like, I guess what I mean is, how do you keep your looping from becoming predictable?

That is to say... following a very obvious path.

Starting off with a bassline and looping that, and then throwing some chords on top of that, and then some effects to create some extra noise, and then a melody in the higher register, etc.

I dunno. You probably haven't listened to much/any of my music, but it's all pretty melodic and 'new age'-ish and when trying to translate that to a looper for a live environment, a lot of it comes out sounding the same. Not that the notes or anything are the same, but the thought process becomes very similar.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13406987]Well, like, I guess what I mean is, how do you keep your looping from becoming predictable?

That is to say... following a very obvious path.

Starting off with a bassline and looping that, and then throwing some chords on top of that, and then some effects to create some extra noise, and then a melody in the higher register, etc.

I dunno. You probably haven't listened to much/any of my music, but it's all pretty melodic and 'new age'-ish and when trying to translate that to a looper for a live environment, a lot of it comes out sounding the same. Not that the notes or anything are the same, but the thought process becomes very similar.[/QUOTE]
Try mixing it up a bit, try starting with chords, then moving to a melody, then add bass ect. Don't start out the same way each time and you will do something different.

lowsound

know the whole song in your head part by part before you start playing it. if you are going to do a live setting, record a song without melody maybe for the first 4 times through, then record two with emlody. then on the first four (in the live setting) play the melody, and the two times after that solo

Hi.

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13407032]know the whole song in your head part by part before you start playing it. if you are going to do a live setting, record a song without melody maybe for the first 4 times through, then record two with emlody. then on the first four (in the live setting) play the melody, and the two times after that solo[/QUOTE]

Mm. That's solid advice. Thank you. :)

I'm looking to step away from my material being exclusively looped. I've been working really hard to try and write some proper solo tunes, too.

[QUOTE=Foxfire;13407058]Hi.[/QUOTE]

Well, look who comes crawling back.

[QUOTE=Foxfire;13407058]Hi.[/QUOTE]

Hey, hows it going?

lowsound

Yo Casual.

[url]http://sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216507[/url]

Memoriessssss.

[QUOTE=Foxfire;13407091][url]http://sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216507[/url]

Memoriessssss.[/QUOTE]

ROFL, that was a great thread.

lowsound

So bored.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13407215]So bored.[/QUOTE]

I am reading the thread where gav ran away from home, we were all so young and different. I didn't do my sig thing, so that was a really long time ago.

lowsound