I'm talking to a friend on the phone that I haven't spoke to in like three years.

I bet your having fun. Care to elaborate?

[QUOTE=88_Fingers_Joe]I bet your having fun. Care to elaborate?[/QUOTE]

fonesecks :naughty:

Actually, we basically had a discussion on hanging out this summer when he comes to visit, we then talked about how ridiculous Black Metal kids are, then his dad yelled at him for wasting his money on long distance phone calls.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]/reads all posts I missed.

One thing I have to say:

Alex ist da sexy man!

Seriously dude, you look awesome.[/QUOTE]

Steerpike's name is Alex? Where do you find all this stuff?! Jeez!

Anyway, good morning. :)

Hey, Lucas. I'm too lazy to read through the thread and find out, but did you do a song for the prog comp?

ATTN: Joe:








Your brother sucks at life. That is all.

[QUOTE=cjborton]Hey, Lucas. I'm too lazy to read through the thread and find out, but did you do a song for the prog comp?[/QUOTE]

No, unfortunately. My technical proficiency isn't high enough in the first place, and second a lot of my creative energy was spent on the Melodeath comp. But I've got a prog-tinged 20-minute song waiting in the wings for the power metal contest, whenever that comes around, so I'm all right about it. My last song had an Opeth tinge to it anyway, and I didn't want to write another one in that vein for prog metal.

Heh, well if your technicallity isn't good enough, I shouldn't have even bothered making a song. I'm trying to get it done by tonight. It's kind of cool sounding but isn't progressive or technical enough to win. I'll still enter it though. I await with great anticipation to hear your 20 minute opus.

Good Luk, Refcraspter

[QUOTE=cjborton]Heh, well if your technicallity isn't good enough, I shouldn't have even bothered making a song. I'm trying to get it done by tonight. It's kind of cool sounding but isn't progressive or technical enough to win. I'll still enter it though. I await with great anticipation to hear your 20 minute opus.[/QUOTE]

What I kind of mean by that is skill at incorporating odd-time riffs. I can make a few that sound good, but by no means am I skilled enough at it to make a truly badass groove out of an odd-time thing. Like DT's The Glass Prison: the breakdown riff is a 12/8 guitar riff while the drums blast a beat in 3/4, and it's pure sickness. But I just can't think of cool stuff like that yet.

The 20 minute opus is pure power metal, but more serious power metal, like Nightwish, and there's a lot of prog in it as well. It's based on Lord of the Rings (I wrote a prog-metal soundtrack to the books for my senior project), and technically it's the "Fellowship of the Ring Overture." I'm doing MIDI orchestration and synth parts, which isn't a big deal since synths are MIDI anyway. I would really like to get ahold of a good sampling program though so that I can load it up with .wav files of Drumkit from Hell and have it play my drum MIDIs and have it sound good. But if I can't, we'll just have to deal with slightly fake-sounding drums again. :-/ meh. I'm excited anyway. :)

Don't mind me, just checkin' up on the forums and uploading some tunes for the trip...

My entry isn't as technical as my first try but I like it much better. I do miss the Borg speech though.

I really want to win because I have a great idea for a song and I did some of the drum. Tribal metal. I don't know how it would work since it isn't a genre but it is my best work with drum programming yet. I'm starting to find the balance between impressive and fitting. I keep writing these insane drum parts that just don't fit.

Mine won't win, may noy even get a vote. However I put nearly every hour I had this weekend into it so it will be entered. Peter, what was the Borg speech? A Star Trek sample?

back from download- see review... it was pretty awesome

[QUOTE=cjborton]Mine won't win, may noy even get a vote. However I put nearly every hour I had this weekend into it so it will be entered. Peter, what was the Borg speech? A Star Trek sample?[/QUOTE]

I'll vote, no worries. :) I wouldn't let you down like that, Chris.

[QUOTE=Otherside]ATTN: Joe:








Your brother sucks at life. That is all.[/QUOTE]


ATTN : Otherside :

Tell me something i dont know :/ The little bas[u]t[/u]ard closed the Blue Gender torrent too :/

[QUOTE=88_Fingers_Joe]ATTN : Otherside :

Tell me something i dont know :/ The little bas[u]t[/u]ard closed the Blue Gender torrent too :/[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=352220[/url]

dude, i reviewed 'medics :)

Fu[size=2]c[/size]kin' brothers.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion][url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=352220[/url]

dude, i reviewed 'medics :)[/QUOTE]

Heh, they are so awesome.

In other news, my obsession with Borknagar/Vortex/Vintersorg has led me to write a ten minute 'Melodic' Black Metal epic. I cant wait to get this recorded, its awesome.

Cain, I just missed you last night. Did you get a chance to check out the Savatage thread?

And while I'm thinking of it you and anyone else who reads my weekly threads, I could use your votes. The Celtic Frost thread now features the four candidates for next week and I'd like to see which of the four bands you guys would like to see featured next.

Ill go now, i love your threads. You put alot of effort into them, each on is practically a FA.

I am so doing Borknagar as a FA, when i get more albums/learn more.

Audioscrobbler time!


[B]Weekly Artist Chart
Week prior to Jun 12, 2005, 13:00 [/B]
1 Pixies 16
2 Therapy? 14
3 Queens of the Stone Age 10
4 Heideroosjes 9
5 Green Day 7
5 Death 7
7 Transplants 6
7 Enthroned 6
9 Dropkick Murphys 5
9 2Pac 5


[B]Weekly Track Chart
Week prior to Jun 12, 2005, 13:00 [/B]
1 John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar 5
1 Transplants - Diamonds And Guns 5
1 Queens of the Stone Age - Little Sister 5
4 Heideroosjes - Val Maar Dood 4
4 Agnostic Front - Gotta Go 4
4 Therapy? - Screamager 4
7 Kraftwerk - The Model 3
8 Beatallica - The Thing That Should Not Let It Be 2
8 Death - Cosmic Sea 2
8 Therapy? - Stop It You're Killing Me 2

[B]Weekly Artist Chart
Week prior to Jun 12, 2005, 11:00[/B]
1 The Beatles 58
2 Grateful Dead 29
3 Led Zeppelin 12
4 The Band 11
4 Frank Zappa 11
6 Cream 7
7 Pink Floyd 6
8 Mountain 5
9 The Doors 4
9 Bluesbreakers 4

[B]Weekly Track Chart
Week prior to Jun 12, 2005, 11:00[/B]
1 Grateful Dead - New Speedway Boogie 6
2 Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band 4
3 The Beatles - Blue Jay Way 3
3 The Beatles - Hello Goodbye 3
3 The Beatles - I Am The Walrus 3
3 The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know 3
3 Grateful Dead - Dire Wolf 3
3 The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour 3
3 The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever 3
10 The Beatles - Carry That Weight 2

You should work on your variation.

[QUOTE=88_Fingers_Joe]I am so doing Borknagar as a FA, when i get more albums/learn more.[/QUOTE]
Thank you. :thumb:

They are featured on Metal for the Masses 3, which really confused me.

[QUOTE=lunch998]You should work on your variation.[/QUOTE]

This is a bad representation of mine, because I just got some new cds, and was listening to those all week.

[url]http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/magicbus/[/url]

Check out top artists. That's most accurate.

Weekly Artist Chart
Week prior to Jun 12, 2005, 07:00
1 Sufjan Stevens 43
2 R.E.M. 35
3 Radiohead 29
4 Arsis 23
5 Coldplay 21
5 Rancid 21
5 Air 21
8 Interpol 16
9 Pinback 15
10 Björk 13

Weekly Track Chart
Week prior to Jun 12, 2005, 07:00
1 The Jugbrothers - classical rock 6
1 Arsis - Dust and Guilt 6
3 Sufjan Stevens - The Dress Looks Nice On You 5
3 Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You 5
3 Coldplay - A Message 5
3 Sufjan Stevens - All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands 5
7 Coldplay - Beautiful World 4
7 Sufjan Stevens - In the Devil's Terriory 4
7 Radiohead - The National Anthem 4
10 Radiohead - Pearly 3

[QUOTE=magicbus]This is a bad representation of mine, because I just got some new cds, and was listening to those all week.

[url]http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/magicbus/[/url]

Check out top artists. That's most accurate.[/QUOTE]

I'm just joking, besides it's not I have a problem with listening to MMT and Workignman's Dead.

ATM, you listen to Sufjan Stevens? I thought he only did songs about Michigan.

Yea, I figured you were kidding :p

[QUOTE=magicbus]ATM, you listen to Sufjan Stevens? I thought he only did songs about Michigan.[/QUOTE]

He's an incredible songwriter. I can put on one of his albums and just listen all the way through without skipping any tracks.

[url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8232550#post8232550[/url]

Jelle, thanks for the heads up on Therapy?, they were brilliant.

Question for all the metal heads:

I'm looking for some metal that has heavy riffs, but not something in the style of Immortal or Emperor. More like Pantera heavy. I want a band that the vocals are aggresive, but not constant growling. I like some screaming, but I want some singing, as well. Any ideas?

[QUOTE=ArrestThisMan]Question for all the metal heads:

I'm looking for some metal that has heavy riffs, but not something in the style of Immortal or Emperor. More like Pantera heavy. I want a band that the vocals are aggresive, but not constant growling. I like some screaming, but I want some singing, as well. Any ideas?[/QUOTE]

Iced Earth, all the way. Matt Barlow era in particular.

Any particular albums to look for?

Something Wicked This Way Comes and Horror Show are my favorites.

Cool, thanks man :)

On a completely unrelated note, do any of you play along with the music you are listening too all of the time?

I always have my acoustic with me when I am on the computer, and I just caught myself soloing over some Tupac. :lol:

I find myself singing more often than not because there isn't much room to play guitar in my little corner.

I'm actually getting pretty good. I decided to take some vocal lessons at school to supplement my guitar.

These links are basically so I can transfer these songs to my laptop, but if you guys want to download them feel free :)

Jake Holmes - Dazed and Confused (thanks to Schyma :thumb: )
[url]http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=33EOFCXGMCN5A2B32PL3LN4N34[/url]

Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring It On Home
[url]http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2EI5TUM57PJZA1N5UX2O6OPM8E[/url]

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Cain, I just missed you last night. Did you get a chance to check out the Savatage thread?

And while I'm thinking of it you and anyone else who reads my weekly threads, I could use your votes. The Celtic Frost thread now features the four candidates for next week and I'd like to see which of the four bands you guys would like to see featured next.[/QUOTE]

Sorry, Steerpike, you just keep catching me right when I leave. :) I need to give it a more detailed view later, as I've got work in a few minutes. But I'm sure I'll find it quite interesting, especially if there are music downloads available.

Unfortunately, the dowloands I posted have expired. Bump the trhead and I'll put up some new ones.