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I just feel that I can relate to other humans less and less. I find humans despise logic, which I adore. Less and less communication with those not on my "list". Just no reason to communicate with people since i'm only met with hostility. Will remain quarantined to my list. Natassja7 I hope you and your father are o.k. Would be o.k. with all this but I feel like an asshole for hating most humans. Oh, well

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Satyricon show in a couple of hours.

Great opportunity to get out and have some beers and relax. Not to mention I’ve actually become a fan of ‘Deep Calleth Upon Deep’. 

I think this will be my third or fourth time seeing them and I’ve always been entertained. Let’s see how tonight plays out.

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4 hours ago, JessicaRC said:

Came back here after what I realise now is a long time ago.  So many things have been going on. Joined here to meet like minded people and not used to full potential.  Looked back at my initial posts and wish I replied sooner and also missed so many bands in my reply!  

welcome back Jessica  you should check out this new industrial metal band  death therapy

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Satyricon were pretty good, but I guess a little underwhelming after the first hour.

Sound was good, the 10 or so songs I heard before I left were all recent tracks and jolly good but hardly life changing. Backdrop was digital which excited me greatly but it only ever showed the current album cover. Boring.

Now I’m at a ‘rock star’ themed dress up party for the parents at my kids’ primary school. They’ve gone next level with decorations, catering and a covers band. I’m dressed like an 80s hair metal guy with Ozzy shirt and bandana etc. A group of four guys dressed up in amazing KISS costumes and won a prize. They look incredible.

The Countess Requiem wanted me to wear my Euronymous jacket but I refused on the grounds that black metal is not a joke and I refuse to represent it at a dress up party. Hail Euronymous and may his name be forever sacred.

Death to posers. 666.

Now back to the party. LA hair bands forever. 

 

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3 hours ago, Requiem said:

Satyricon were pretty good, but I guess a little underwhelming after the first hour.

Sound was good, the 10 or so songs I heard before I left were all recent tracks and jolly good but hardly life changing. Backdrop was digital which excited me greatly but it only ever showed the current album cover. Boring.

Now I’m at a ‘rock star’ themed dress up party for the parents at my kids’ primary school. They’ve gone next level with decorations, catering and a covers band. I’m dressed like an 80s hair metal guy with Ozzy shirt and bandana etc. A group of four guys dressed up in amazing KISS costumes and won a prize. They look incredible.

The Countess Requiem wanted me to wear my Euronymous jacket but I refused on the grounds that black metal is not a joke and I refuse to represent it at a dress up party. Hail Euronymous and may his name be forever sacred.

Death to posers. 666.

Infernal hails to thee kvlt brother. Nörsk Arÿsk Blák Metal RAHRR!

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I figure I might as well share my reflections on the day, cross-posted from my FB account.

I was learning how to stretch a canvas in my sophomore painting class when someone ran into our room yelling that the World Trade Center was on fire. Most of us left the room and went upstairs to see what was going on. I wound up near the top of the stairwell with a group of students crowded around a window. One tower was already down, and there was smoke pouring out of the other. I looked away to light a cigarette; someone said "holy shit"; I looked back up and saw a dark, thick cloud of smoke and glittering debris expanding outwards and down, exploding in slow motion. It was a magic trick: a disappearing act. When the smoke blew away the tower was gone.

We were far enough away that there was no sound from this, and the smoke hadn't begun to reach us. I felt disconnected. Maybe we all did, because I don't recall anyone saying much; we just dispersed. Even out where we were in Brooklyn, people were running through the halls, yelling, crying, huddling and clutching themselves against walls, sobbing that we were going to die or that they'd come to the wrong country. The subway stopped running, phones were jammed up, and nobody knew what was going on. It took a while for the facts to reach us, and even longer for them to sink in.

Whenever I had occasion to pass by the site, for years afterwards, I'd stop and stare at it and feel as though I was probing a wound. It's not fresh today, but it doesn't seem seventeen years old, either. I think of it, and my adult life collapses like an accordion, and there I am. I can still feel the old buildings rising over me; I can stand in their shadows. I can see the hole in the ground where they were, and the towers of light that we put up in their place for a while. I know I've walked past the new building, but try as I might, I can't call it to mind.

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Yesterday I finally got around to recording one of the black metal songs that I had written (I even put "drums" to it!).  I recorded it in sections and then pieced it together.  I thought that it had good continuity overall, but there were a few places where it seemed disjointed.  Any tips for recording guitar tracks (or any instrument really)?

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1 hour ago, Balor said:

Yesterday I finally got around to recording one of the black metal songs that I had written (I even put "drums" to it!).  I recorded it in sections and then pieced it together.  I thought that it had good continuity overall, but there were a few places where it seemed disjointed.  Any tips for recording guitar tracks (or any instrument really)?

If it sounds disjointed, the best way to fix that is to record yourself playing through the transitions, so that you don't have an artificial cut from one part to the next. You can fix some choppiness with careful editing, but it's easy to lose the vibe.

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3 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

If it sounds disjointed, the best way to fix that is to record yourself playing through the transitions, so that you don't have an artificial cut from one part to the next. You can fix some choppiness with careful editing, but it's easy to lose the vibe.

So you record each section, piece together the song, and then overlay recordings of all the transitions?  Or do you just use that as a way to fix portions that sound disjointed?

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7 minutes ago, Balor said:

So you record each section, piece together the song, and then overlay recordings of all the transitions?  Or do you just use that as a way to fix portions that sound disjointed?

I'll piece together riffs like that for demo material, but what I'm talking about is simpler - as you record each part, just play into the next part. Even if it's just a matter of hitting the first note of the next riff. There's no need to play the entire thing. That way the sound of you making a natural transition is there, and you'll have an easier time editing it together without pops and clicks and choppiness.

Having said that, if you want it to sound "real" and "organic", the best thing to do is to rehearse it a bit and record as much as possible with each take.

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2 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

I'll piece together riffs like that for demo material, but what I'm talking about is simpler - as you record each part, just play into the next part. Even if it's just a matter of hitting the first note of the next riff. There's no need to play the entire thing. That way the sound of you making a natural transition is there, and you'll have an easier time editing it together without pops and clicks and choppiness.

Having said that, if you want it to sound "real" and "organic", the best thing to do is to rehearse it a bit and record as much as possible with each take.

That makes sense, and I will be sure to try it next time I record music.  I think that I probably broke my song into too many pieces.  Thanks for the advice!

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