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Voyage and Merveilles were both pretty eclectic too. I imagine it would have been pretty similar to those two albums, but with completely unremarkable drums.
You're right, I had totally forgotten it was on brand
Voyage and Merveilles were both pretty eclectic too. I imagine it would have been pretty similar to those two albums, but with completely unremarkable drums.
What do y'all think Malice Mizer's last album would've sounded like if they hadn't disbanded... like to me it would've sounded a bit j-poppy (Garnet/Gardenia) with some few Metal/Baroque elements (Beast of Blood and Gensou Rakuen) but like.. it makes no sense.. Maybe they would've done some sort of double mini-album sort of offering ahah. It was getting quite inconsistent. Also I'm curious about how present Közi's and Yu~ki's involment was in the artistic process of their last offerings, it's mostly unfounded but I'm hypothesizing that it was mostly Mana's vision.. like 80%... I wonder if Kozi was already leaning towards the noise/industrial/pop/rock route he took with EoD and his personal project.. Also no idea what Yu~Ki would've wanted the band to sound like.. just thinking.. What if the J-Pop route with pop hooks was mostly Klaha's idea, since it was pretty much what he did in his solo career.... just thinking out loud...
what if they stopped because one of the members wanted to do rap verses and that was the last straw for Mana...
And then "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" as the bonus track, because they were all fixated on that for the longest time- SE intro (lol)
- Gardenia/BoB/Garnet
- twin guitar song (bel air/shiroi) (written by mana)
- one/two sappy ballads (written by mana)
- one electronic pop piece (written by kozi)
- one piece with a beat and the members muttering words (written by mana/kozi)
- SE outro (lol)
Someone should go through this https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicStar-Vocal/* and search "mp3" "ram" and "wma" there's probably some hidden treasures . (I know you found their songs from there, but maybe there's stuff other people are looking for)
Do you have a rip of Devie ? Several people have mentioned it on their trade lists.
I can definitely hear the Velvet Eden sort of influence, though it's a bit disharmonious for my tastes.
Thanks for giving it a tryI can definitely hear the Velvet Eden sort of influence, though it's a bit disharmonious for my tastes.
Thank you for your comment . I'm glad you liked it. I use both limiters and compressors. This was quite difficult to mix because of the amount of sounds I like to have simultaneously ahah. I also used soundcloud's mastering tools to make it less muddy.I like it! Definitely KALM era VE influence! But do you use any sort of limiter/compressor and mastering to give your composition more loudness and dynamics? I can hear that some sound frequencies are very present at times.
Thank you His melodramatic composing style with tons of strings has always been a major influence to me.I like the percussion and violin sounds that you use, so KALMey!
Great! What I love about KALM's compositions is that the chord progressions aren't that clear. He does mostly think in chords, but with each chord, he adds a lot of different notes that aren't in the chord, all in synth/string/piano melodies that sound very natural, even if they're not IN the main chord on that moment. So you have a whole ton of extra notes in melodies, not just the three notes per chord. That makes it very interesting to listen to, it doesn't bore. And I could DEFINITELY hear that kind of melody+chord thinking in your composition!Thank you for your comment . I'm glad you liked it. I use both limiters and compressors. This was quite difficult to mix because of the amount of sounds I like to have simultaneously ahah. I also used soundcloud's mastering tools to make it less muddy.
Thank you His melodramatic composing style with tons of strings has always been a major influence to me.
Great! What I love about KALM's compositions is that the chord progressions aren't that clear. He does mostly think in chords, but with each chord, he adds a lot of different notes that aren't in the chord, all in synth/string/piano melodies that sound very natural, even if they're not IN the main chord on that moment. So you have a whole ton of extra notes in melodies, not just the three notes per chord. That makes it very interesting to listen to, it doesn't bore. And I could DEFINITELY hear that kind of melody+chord thinking in your composition!
Sounds good. I think the mixing needs some attention, though. I can't give too much advice on that as sound mixing is the most difficult thing and I hate it.
Huge props for composing a 4 minute track. I can only muster up 1 minute at max and then I wonder "where the hell do I go from here?" and never finish the composition.
I've never actually tried to compose anything that sounds like Velvet Eden or VK in general. If I tried and failed (which would happen at 100% certainty) I would get so disappointed and depressed with myself.
Just thought you should all know that Scape is mostly girls who are thirsty for Mana, and some guys too!
According to this kid with a Mana fanpage on instagram, who must have gone through some 2005 posts on the picture thread or something.