2010-03-13, 08:29 PM
So, is this stuff (https://metalfroreview.blogspot.com/2009...-2009.html) really "Christian Black Metal" (that may be paraphrasing, I know the reviewer says something to this effect in the Youtube vid, but a search doesn't turn it up in the transcript?/review.
^I'm just curious how militant you might be about that / what it actually means (Christians do have a reputation...)
I would not write just to ask that. I'm curious... the review mentions the album is still largely if not entirely constructed versus dubbed (or whatever)
I realize this is very likely the ultimate way music will go, but I think there is still a lot of stigma about people producing music outside of a traditional studio. The review also I believe mentions there is a symphonic element to the project. That is something I think would lend more merit to this kind of a production... that is, basically you can argue you're writing for an orchestra and as a genre obviously computers/midi-like workflow is far more practical than renting out an orchestra of whatever. So in that sense you can totally argue for / justify the "virtual symphony" nature of the music as a distinct genre (if one does not exist already)
This alone however is still not enough to peek my interest...
I've always been interested in pioneering (if necessary) interactive music in games... this is something that afaik has never been done. I'm not much of a musician but having a fixed score in what is essentially an interactive/evolving experience has always struck me as utterly inappropriate.
I think KF obviously lends itself well to symphonic music. And Som is fairly primitive. Therefore in theory Som/KF-like games could be a fertile testing ground for a kind of experiment... where basically if you can imagine, you write the parts for an orchestra which would be played on separate tracks laid out in 3D sound, either about the player, or about the field, or both, and based on what is happening in the game, the parts are modulated in different ways, either emphasized, de-emphasized, shifted, or even re-written/mixed, with all the pieces being woven in and out fairly subtly to create a fabric, or at least something which feels somewhat improvisational but not altogether synthetic.
I'd be genuinely interested in setting up something like this, however I'm curious if anyone would be willing to really play with it and offer constant feedback, because although I'm confident I can implement this... not being a musician at all I would have no clue what features artists would require along the way.
And of course I'm curious if you/Tom of all people would be fully on board with this sort of thing. I have a feeling this sort of thing would turn some heads.
EDITED: I know Tom has been hostile about mixing game music and compact disc music talk in the same topic or project talk... by all means split this post if it's not topic appropriate / Tom is still selective about who he will respond to.
^I'm just curious how militant you might be about that / what it actually means (Christians do have a reputation...)
I would not write just to ask that. I'm curious... the review mentions the album is still largely if not entirely constructed versus dubbed (or whatever)
I realize this is very likely the ultimate way music will go, but I think there is still a lot of stigma about people producing music outside of a traditional studio. The review also I believe mentions there is a symphonic element to the project. That is something I think would lend more merit to this kind of a production... that is, basically you can argue you're writing for an orchestra and as a genre obviously computers/midi-like workflow is far more practical than renting out an orchestra of whatever. So in that sense you can totally argue for / justify the "virtual symphony" nature of the music as a distinct genre (if one does not exist already)
This alone however is still not enough to peek my interest...
I've always been interested in pioneering (if necessary) interactive music in games... this is something that afaik has never been done. I'm not much of a musician but having a fixed score in what is essentially an interactive/evolving experience has always struck me as utterly inappropriate.
I think KF obviously lends itself well to symphonic music. And Som is fairly primitive. Therefore in theory Som/KF-like games could be a fertile testing ground for a kind of experiment... where basically if you can imagine, you write the parts for an orchestra which would be played on separate tracks laid out in 3D sound, either about the player, or about the field, or both, and based on what is happening in the game, the parts are modulated in different ways, either emphasized, de-emphasized, shifted, or even re-written/mixed, with all the pieces being woven in and out fairly subtly to create a fabric, or at least something which feels somewhat improvisational but not altogether synthetic.
I'd be genuinely interested in setting up something like this, however I'm curious if anyone would be willing to really play with it and offer constant feedback, because although I'm confident I can implement this... not being a musician at all I would have no clue what features artists would require along the way.
And of course I'm curious if you/Tom of all people would be fully on board with this sort of thing. I have a feeling this sort of thing would turn some heads.
EDITED: I know Tom has been hostile about mixing game music and compact disc music talk in the same topic or project talk... by all means split this post if it's not topic appropriate / Tom is still selective about who he will respond to.