Attempt at a 'The Campfire Headphase' style track

Here is a track I’ve been doing a little work on, inspired by boc’s latest album. It finishes abruptly, as it’s not finished, but there’s enough for you to have an opinion, so please voice it! The guitar playing is bad, I intended to do another take at it, but I got used to its amateurish imperfection and I kinda wanna keep it now. Anyway, enjoy.

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this is ok... the offtime guitar playing is pretty distracting... and some of the bass/lead stuff seems a little too dischordant... but i understand what you were trying to do with it and i think you accomplished what you were going for.

oh ffs lol

record crackle + nature field recording + children = boc automatically

way to fail at life.

oh, man this track is great :grin:

you could have at least tuned the guitar

Jeez you guys dont have a clue, so let's round off your errors, here we go...

1. "record crackle + nature field recording + children = boc automatically" - Well duh, what does it say in the original post?!

2. "you could have at least tuned the guitar" Its meant to be discordant like that, ie. "The guitar playing is bad, I intended to do another take at it, but I got used to its amateurish imperfection and I kinda wanna keep it now"

I have to say I am surprised. When I found a flourising boc chatroom I expected more community spirit, more encouragement, more goddamn friendliness. I have been shocked to be met with such apathy and contempt.

This is awful, but I can give you some suggestions:

1. Don't just drag and drop nature sounds from sample cds. If you're going to use a sample make it your own and process it.

2. Using childrens voices is so MHTRTC. Plus I've heard these exact samples before. If you really must use children's voices, go to a playground with a microphone. Try not to look creepy, as you may be mistaken for chester the molester.

3. Tune your guitar. Any pitchbending can be done in post.

4. More cowbell.

But really, post another version, I'd be glad to listen.

Well at least one person has replied decently. I know its all using well known samples and shodily done, I made it in a couple of hours or so in a fit of enthusiasm it was never mean to be a finished (or even good) piece. My good pieces are currently out on numerous cds online.

  roygbiv said:

My good pieces are currently out on numerous cds online.

Links, please.

  roygbiv said:

Jeez you guys dont have a clue, so let's round off your errors, here we go...

 

1. "record crackle + nature field recording + children = boc automatically" - Well duh, what does it say in the original post?!

 

2. "you could have at least tuned the guitar" Its meant to be discordant like that, ie. "The guitar playing is bad, I intended to do another take at it, but I got used to its amateurish imperfection and I kinda wanna keep it now"

 

I have to say I am surprised. When I found a flourising boc chatroom I expected more community spirit, more encouragement, more goddamn friendliness. I have been shocked to be met with such apathy and contempt.

Okay. Here is what's wrong with your song.

It says that you're trying to make a Campfire Headphase style track. What you created is absolutely derivitive and completely devoid of any originality whatsoever.

Now, that doesn't necessarily imply a horrible track. I enjoy Tycho's music. But all of that aside, this is one of the worst songs I've ever heard. You say that it's meant to sound 'discordant'. Okay, whatever, you can say whatever you want to justify your complete lack of musicianship or ability to play the guitar, but what I hear is some dick who picked up an acoustic guitar at a pawn shop and played it for twenty minutes or so. It sounds fucking terrible, especially when you're playing it over instruments that are IN TUNE and ON BEAT (like computer generated stuff).

Second, your sounds are awful. Piss-poor drum sounds and boring sequencing. The samples sound canned. The bass is decent, also boring. Your melody is uncompelling and the synth offends my ears. The fake record crackle does nothing for your piece except make it seem like you're ripping off Boards of Canada (which you are). The children laughing sample seems out of place, is generic and only serves to further solidify your place in the echelon of "LOL I AM BOC" musicians.

Third, learn to fucking master. There is almost no reverb to speak of, everything sounds dry and miserable.

It more or less sounds like someone who has never played music before sat down with a shitty program or two and jerked off on his guitar for a couple minutes.

For this record, this isn't the BoC chatroom. This is where people post horrible fucking songs. Looks like you found a new home.

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it was never mean to be a finished (or even good) piece.

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My good pieces are currently out on numerous cds online.

For some reason, I doubt these exist.

It's not that bad- it's not that good.

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record crackle + nature field recording + children = boc automatically

 

way to fail at life.

That's a bit rich, coming from a wannabe Boards groupie, who spends all his time honing his imitation. Big dollops of sugar coated sample dialogue and crappy sounding dry casio hip hop beats over bent tape whirring nonsense.

OH FUCK I GOT SERVED

BY SOME DUDE ON A MESSAGEBOARD

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That's a bit rich, coming from a wannabe Boards groupie, who spends all his time honing his imitation. Big dollops of sugar coated sample dialogue and crappy sounding dry casio hip hop beats over bent tape whirring nonsense.

Also, if you'd like to comment on my music, I have several threads in EKT, including an album of dark ambient and noise. That's a lot like BoC, right? Feel free to tell me how gay I am in those.

hahahahaqha lol. internets.

i agree though. you need a lot of practice.

the guitar is alright...you should re-do it, if you don't like the way it sounds......the beats are definitely dry, but you can beef them up with some effects......The "outdoors"-type sounds at the beginning are kinda cool but they sound to clean(go take some field recordings on a rainy day....use your imagination.....it is much more rewarding to use your own samples)......the synth you used towards the end of the track is quite cool....don't give up.....you have alot of nice sounds.....work some more on it and bring it back here when you feel better about it. good luck.

lolll

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man that track is like :omg:

um

good job guys. i like this stuff

LOL. Assholes.

I've heard much worse.

Fuck guitars though, Bibio and BoC already pwned them.

You've already heard the worst of it. Do what you want to do and don't really listen to any of us.

  reid william dunn said:

lolll

OMG R U BAORD SOF CANAD?a

I like the acoustic guitar quite a lot to be honest. Yes its a little out of sync and yes this track could be improved with some stronger sounds, more layers, reverb and slighter better notes. Definitely has potential thats for sure. I've heard less affecting tracks than this to be honest. The pivot of this track is definitely the acoustic guitar though which is very nice.

Yeah I quite liked the guitar, the rest wasn't particularly impressive though. Maybe take the guitar and use it for something that isn't an intentional BoC-style track