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Presenting my third effort: 'The Mythical Creatures Exhibition'.
As before, the page and downloads are here, along with a PDF CD cover. It prints out beautifully on a decent colour laser - the colours tend to bleed on an inkjet though.
http://www.dougtheeagle.com/mce.htm
Most of these songs have been mentioned in my main music thread, but those which haev been posted were all test versions. These are the final mastered versions.
This is the track listing, with explanations:
1. ZooCity
This is a homage to Equidna's webcomic.
2. Beings and Creatures
This is inspired by the mutual paranoia of DMFA, and one of the first songs where I've really be able to nail the 1970s sound, IMHO.
3. Crystaltopia
Inspired by James' fledgling webcomic. I'm not sure if it's still active or not.
4. Evermore
This is a Poe-inspired poem by E_Voyager set to music.
5. Vampires In Reverse
This was supposed to go on the first album, but got pushed off. Then it was supposed to go on the second album but it got pushed off that too. Fans of the Radio Project may notice that I cannibalised it to provide Abel's Theme, although the version used for Abel has a subtly different series of chords.
6. The Dark Revenge of Jakob Pettersohn
This is based on the central story behind my character. This story was expanded in to the 'Chronicles of Jakob Pettersohn' series which can be read here or on my DeviantArt account. James Starrunner plays the guard bringing the prisoners.
7. Project Dragonsong
I always wanted to make a single long song, if for no other reason than to make the Mastering Engineer cry. As with 'A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers' and other songs of this kind, it is a little patchy, although it does have some nice moments.
Guest vocals by Allyxa and Slipdance.
I'll be uploading this to Jamendo fairly soon - for now it's on my website. Thanks to James, Kitome and especially Turnsky for the artwork.
http://www.dougtheeagle.com
Ach, you don't have a RAR of the thing?
This may require actual effort to download. :<
Quote from: BillBuckner on June 24, 2007, 09:07:04 PM
Ach, you don't have a RAR of the thing?
This may require actual effort to download. :<
That would make it kind of nasty for people who just want to check out a track or two, people on slow links etc.
I don't have space to spare for two copies of it, but if someone else is happy to provide hosting space, I'm sure it could be arranged. It will also be on LastFM shortly.
I could .rar it up and host, if you didn't mind.
Quote from: BillBuckner on June 25, 2007, 08:04:18 AM
I could .rar it up and host, if you didn't mind.
Sure, go ahead. I can add a link to the site. My sole proviso is that you include the PDF along with the MP3s.
http://www.motorsportmediamulti.com/billbuckner/dte-complete.rar
Done.
I don't know why, but I particularly liked the 'Creatures and Beings' song.
Quote from: BillBuckner on June 25, 2007, 10:48:11 AM
http://www.motorsportmediamulti.com/billbuckner/dte-complete.rar
Done.
Thanks, much obliged. I've added it to the download page.
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on June 25, 2007, 12:28:56 PM
I don't know why, but I particularly liked the 'Creatures and Beings' song.
Yes, it's one of my favourites too, although the lyrics do creep me out a bit. Which is awkward because I wrote them. The chorus is taken from the original version of the song, a tape-to-tape transfer which was pure hell to make work without the synchronizer. Adding the flanging effect took four decks all running together.
It would have been better to have rerecorded it but for whatever reason I was unable to hit the high note any more :<
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It would have been better to have rerecorded it but for whatever reason I was unable to hit the high note any more
Yeah, I can't do that worth sh*t anymore either. Not that I actually ever sing.....often..... :paranoid.....
Quote from: Tapewolf on June 25, 2007, 12:55:29 PM
Quote from: BillBuckner on June 25, 2007, 10:48:11 AM
http://www.motorsportmediamulti.com/billbuckner/dte-complete.rar
Done.
Thanks, much obliged. I've added it to the download page.
Er, no, my fault, but could you not do that?
It's a policy of the owner of that server that the links not be placed anywhere permanent.
Sorry for forgetting to mention that.
You want me to host it, then?
NO :<
Sure, go ahead.
I was asking Tape, actually, but your permission is also appreciated. :-]
I HAVE ASSUMED AUTHORITY HERE
Quote from: BillBuckner on June 25, 2007, 01:47:17 PM
It's a policy of the owner of that server that the links not be placed anywhere permanent.
Sorry for forgetting to mention that.
Sorted. And yes Llearch, feel free.
/me subverts Bill's authority*
When it finishes downloading, it'll be at http://llearch.net/misc/dte-complete.rar
Link away. You may want to note that it's a DSL line, and as such may be a touch slow for 61Mb files...
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on June 25, 2007, 02:46:41 PM
When it finishes downloading, it'll be at http://llearch.net/misc/dte-complete.rar
Link away. You may want to note that it's a DSL line, and as such may be a touch slow for 61Mb files...
Thanks. I've added a link to it.
Ahem.
"llearch", properly speaking, does not have an initial capital. ;-]
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on June 26, 2007, 06:28:22 AM
Ahem.
"llearch", properly speaking, does not have an initial capital. ;-]
It does if you're in Wales, in which case it's pronounced something like 'Tleeark' >:3
Fixed though.
Quote from: Tapewolf on June 26, 2007, 06:38:21 AM
It does if you're in Wales, in which case it's pronounced something like 'Tleeark' >:3
... which is also incorrect. It's supposed to be a bad pun, not a bad cough. :-]
Quote from: Tapewolf on June 26, 2007, 06:38:21 AM
Fixed though.
And appreciated.
groovy, i'll nab it as soon as my bandwidth returns to normality...
that said, i'm still pretty pleased with how that cover came out.
Quote from: Turnsky on June 26, 2007, 01:23:13 PM
groovy, i'll nab it as soon as my bandwidth returns to normality...
Ouch. Is that the infamous 1GB-per-month cap? Or just something big downloading in the background?
Quotethat said, i'm still pretty pleased with how that cover came out.
That it did. It does a splendid job on the laserjet as well.
My one and only regret has been that the original PSD file made GIMP go weird, forcing me to buy Photoshop >:3
I have a question about the lyrics in the "Beings and Creatures" song. What is being said in between the lines, 'Take my advice, and go find a feline.........your demon friend can marry someone else's clan/class'?
Quote from: Tapewolf on June 26, 2007, 03:15:15 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on June 26, 2007, 01:23:13 PM
groovy, i'll nab it as soon as my bandwidth returns to normality...
Ouch. Is that the infamous 1GB-per-month cap? Or just something big downloading in the background?
Quotethat said, i'm still pretty pleased with how that cover came out.
That it did. It does a splendid job on the laserjet as well.
My one and only regret has been that the original PSD file made GIMP go weird, forcing me to buy Photoshop >:3
>:3
it seems the GIMP isn't as great as some users make it out to be :P
Quote from: Turnsky on June 27, 2007, 03:24:29 AM
>:3
it seems the GIMP isn't as great as some users make it out to be :P
True, but buying it increased the total cost of the cover twentyfold >:3
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on June 26, 2007, 11:30:34 PM
I have a question about the lyrics in the "Beings and Creatures" song. What is being said in between the lines, 'Take my advice, and go find a feline.........your demon friend can marry someone else's clan/class'?
It says "Download the beautiful booklet thing which contains all the lyrics"
Actually I'm rather embarrassed about that line and would rather not quote it. The answer can be found here though: http://nice.llearch.net/dmfa_forum3131.htm
"Luke Turner, Causing image editors to FAIL since 2000" >:3
Hey Tapewolf, I've got an idea. When you first posted the music, you could listen, but not download, then you got Bill or llearch to add an option to actually download, correct?
Well, if you're fine with people downloading your music to listening to it, would you also be fine with the possiblility of people downloading and using your music? (of course, giving you credit)
If so, why don't you upload your music--all of your music--into the Audio Portal at newgrounds.com? They can go there for all to hear, and if one so desires, they might even use your music in a flash animation or game (which is considered a great flattery over there) Wha'dya think?
Er.
When he posted, you could download. I know, because that's what I did.
What Bill and I added was merely some storage space to park the 30Mb "full album" copy, since TapeWolf lacks the space to store both that and the individual files on the server at the same time.
... I'll leave responding about Newgrounds to himself, though. ;-]
Ah, my mistake.
I've not been to Newgrounds much - to be honest there was something oppressive about the site layout. Would the music have to be run through one of those horrible flash players?
I'm not quite sure what you mean about 'horrible' flash players, because whatever it is, it works perfectly for me. Speaking of which, since their recent rediesign, the audio portal has gotten alot of attention, particularly the music player. I'm not sure, but you might need to have your audio files saved in a specific format before uploading.
And when you say 'opressive', you you mean the old layout or the brand new layout?
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on July 26, 2007, 02:39:15 PM
I'm not quite sure what you mean about 'horrible' flash players, because whatever it is, it works perfectly for me.
I've never had much luck with those. Sometimes they simply take the browser down. I'm not a big fan of streaming I must confess. If I like it, I want to be able to save it to disk for offline viewing. And I want other people to be able to do that to mine.
QuoteSpeaking of which, since their recent rediesign, the audio portal has gotten alot of attention, particularly the music player. I'm not sure, but you might need to have your audio files saved in a specific format before uploading.
No big deal. LastFM wanted them in CBR format, Jamendo wanted uncompressed FLAC :P
If they want it in DRM'd WMA format they can get bent, though...
QuoteAnd when you say 'oppressive', you you mean the old layout or the brand new layout?
Presumably the old one. I haven't been there for a while now. As I say, I can't put my finger on why but I just didn't like it for some reason.
Anyway, the whole lot is available through Jamendo now. I should really make the link more obvious, mind. I think that's using a flash player too, but it did work (mostly) and you can download the whole thing from BitTorrent as well.
The flashplayer at Newgrounds has always had the option of directly downloading music if you want to do just that instead of stream and listen. But they have gone through a major overhaul, you might want to try the new layout. In act, I just posted a link in the 'what are you listening to?' thread that goes to a very good song on newgrounds. See if it works any better for you.
There's a problem that makes it rather impractical - they have a 4MB limit, and I haven't found anything yet that's longer than two minutes. Dragonsong is twenty-seven minutes and most of the better stuff is at least five. Sacred Jaguar is one that I'd like to see used in a flash video, but being 13 minutes long it's not going to be done on that site without major compromises to the audio quality.
The second album has precisely one song that would fit, and it's a filler track >:3
Thanks for the suggestion, though...
I've seen several songs longer than two minutes... that and the flash vids and games have a 5 somthin-byte limit on them. I remember reading somewhere that they explicitly tell you to compress, compress, compress all your audio, because thay hate audio files that aren't properly compressed because they're too big. I think (probably not though) that they either have specific instructions or a downloadable program to compress stuff for you with minimal audio quality downgrading.
And your "beings and creatures" song is only somehwre in the ballpark of three-four minutes, correct? I think I have seen several songs on the audio portal that are more than four. I don't know what they've got, but they've got something that works.