Where should I start with Nine Inch Nails?

yeah i think big man with a big gun only works because it was done during the tds era, it would SUCK now if he tried something similiar now, or the fragile era. possibly could be the drumming? i am not sure, some reason bmbg works where it was. in my opinion at least...

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  On 3/28/2012 at 2:52 PM, azatoth said:

I've asked it before in some NIN thread, but never really gotten a satisfying answer, so here goes again. I've noticed that there is something really distinct in the sound of Reznor productions, but especially everything NIN. I don't know what it is, since my knowledge of musicology is limited. Is it the tuning, chord progressions, instruments used, what is it? Anyone know what I am talking about. Or am I talking out of my ass.

I know what you mean and I can definitely hear it. This kind of thing is noticeable especially in classical music also, where notes and progressions will sound uncannily like their composers other works. Personally I can hear his melody work having the same kind of mood or at least 'note relations' and I think it just comes down to taste. He also has a very nice production style and I think that's once again just a product of his brain making decisions, and so I think it ends up being a lot of small steps in the way things are handled that ends up the final Reznor product. Not really a technical answer sorry but yeah.

  On 3/29/2012 at 3:04 AM, coax said:

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  On 3/28/2012 at 2:52 PM, azatoth said:

I've asked it before in some NIN thread, but never really gotten a satisfying answer, so here goes again. I've noticed that there is something really distinct in the sound of Reznor productions, but especially everything NIN. I don't know what it is, since my knowledge of musicology is limited. Is it the tuning, chord progressions, instruments used, what is it? Anyone know what I am talking about. Or am I talking out of my ass.

 

I know what you mean and I can definitely hear it. This kind of thing is noticeable especially in classical music also, where notes and progressions will sound uncannily like their composers other works. Personally I can hear his melody work having the same kind of mood or at least 'note relations' and I think it just comes down to taste. He also has a very nice production style and I think that's once again just a product of his brain making decisions, and so I think it ends up being a lot of small steps in the way things are handled that ends up the final Reznor product. Not really a technical answer sorry but yeah.

i've heard trent has a stack of guitar pedals

its' not just distortion i think he uses , but fuzz boxes and over drives and the like...

  On 3/29/2012 at 3:25 AM, jules said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whVtrLrTWwE

SupaLOL™ - he's totally lip syncing, and those 90's people dancing to Down In It brought me to tears...

Perhaps in retrospect current Trent isn't so bad

  On 3/28/2012 at 2:52 PM, azatoth said:

I've asked it before in some NIN thread, but never really gotten a satisfying answer, so here goes again. I've noticed that there is something really distinct in the sound of Reznor productions, but especially everything NIN. I don't know what it is, since my knowledge of musicology is limited. Is it the tuning, chord progressions, instruments used, what is it? Anyone know what I am talking about. Or am I talking out of my ass.

I think it might partially be his use of synths. They seem a bit cheesy and digital (often in a good way), and they tend to have a lot of highs and mid ranges, not much bass. In fact, his songs all seem a bit lacking on the bass end overall.

  On 3/29/2012 at 5:30 PM, gmanyo said:

I think it might partially be his use of synths. They seem a bit cheesy and digital (often in a good way), and they tend to have a lot of highs and mid ranges, not much bass. In fact, his songs all seem a bit lacking on the bass end overall.

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