song up for criticism

qabbalique · Post by **qabbalique** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:15 am

at the link below.

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:48 am

its interesting...I suppose it is a still scape, because it doesn't really go anywhere. I like ambient/drone but its such an effortless type of music, really.

qabbalique · Post by **qabbalique** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:32 am

thanks for the input chief, but next time maybe leave out the pretension. we could all do without it, really.

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:00 pm

I can be pretentious if I want to, thank you very much.

But I did like it, I mean the warped organ sound was a nice touch.

qabbalique · Post by **qabbalique** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:09 pm

well thanks. it just sounded like an indictment rather than criticism. there isn't actually an organ, synth, or any sampling used on this recording. it was actually a lot of work.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:05 pm

Gabbalique, you should be happy that people comment good or bad, on your work. Its exually one of the few real rewards you get.

I love it.

Is it me or do allot of people from austin produce good art...?

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:12 pm

qabbalique wrote:well thanks. it just sounded like an indictment rather than criticism. there isn't actually an organ, synth, or any sampling used on this recording. it was actually a lot of work.

Oh I see you used a guitar, right?

qabbalique · Post by **qabbalique** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:20 pm

cupz: thanks i really appreciate that. i know what you mean. i can take both good and bad feedback, but the comment didn't really seem like it was about my music in particular. it seemed like the general point of it wasn't criticism, but a stab at this type of music in general.

as for art in austin, man i wish that was the truth, but honestly the majority of local music and art here is pretty uninspired, if not just totally bad. my friend bob put it to me yesterday this way. he said," austin is a city whose culture is being built on genrefication alongside gentrification." most of the art movements here are pretty derivative of scenes that took place in other cities years ago. it's like texas is always catching up. it's really lame. there are some really good artists here, but in general it's the ripoffs, and the people who don't know better who seem to have the upper hand.

i live right across the street from the "salvage vanguard theater," which is kind of the accepted center of experimental anything in austin. i watched this band do a pretty horrible " low rent growing" act to a standing ovation, and i wanted to run out of the building. i don't know, call it jealousy, call it perspective, but it just seemed to really be an example of the state of art in austin, if not the rest of the country. sorry for the rant and the grammar errors i'm in a bit of a rush, but i've been reading henry miller's "air-conditioned nightmare."

vordhosbn: i did use a guitar, an akai gx4000d, quarter inch ampex tape, various effects, but mic placement alone is a lot of work. a lot of things go into the end product.

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:46 pm

I listened to your track in full, I did. Now could you criticize and bash my track please?

qabbalique · Post by **qabbalique** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:20 pm

no comment.

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:31 pm

enjoyed it, nicely enoesque. maybe some development or more prominent elements wouldn't hurt though.

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:11 am

qabbalique wrote:no comment.

On my track? Why no comment? I don't get it? Why not just listen to it and say "its amazing" or "its fucking stupid" or "I was unimpressed."

qabbalique · Post by **qabbalique** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:31 pm

you're starting to weird me out a bit man. maybe you should relax, smoke a joint, get your orthodontist to loosen up those braces. if you want criticism of your music, why not start your own thread?

really though, thanks for your comments. i wasn't trying to start some weird internet spat.

E: thanks a lot. that's been on my mind a lot lately with the things i'm making. whether to just appreciate it as it is, like session work with jazz musicians, or to go back and continue to add elements.

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:10 pm

qabbalique wrote:you're starting to weird me out a bit man. maybe you should relax, smoke a joint, get your orthodontist to loosen up those braces. if you want criticism of your music, why not start your own thread?

I fucking did

hills west · Post by **hills west** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:08 pm

this thread matches the music...

qabbalique · Post by **qabbalique** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:05 pm

what?