Very Unusual Music

arcticbeard · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:39 am Post subject: Very Unusual Music

New CD available entitled "Circus of Sh*t Contributions +", visit
http://www.arcticbeard.moonfruit.com/ for more info

mosc · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 7:56 am Post subject:

Nice looking site. Do you do the flash stuff yourself?

arcticbeard · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 8:03 am Post subject: hi

Yes I did,

believe it or not I only learnt flash last Saturday, & most of the animations i did on Sunday, & during the following week.

thanks for visiting & thanks for the comments

the only animation i didnt do was the snowman

mosc · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 8:05 am Post subject:

Wow, you have a more capable mind than I. I've been working on Flash for over a year and still find it very difficult.

arcticbeard · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 8:09 am Post subject:

i guess its more of a drawing skill than a computer skill, Ive used photoshop etc & Flash is quite easy to get to grips with,

mosc · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 8:58 am Post subject:

Yeah, I gues so. I wasn't using it for animation design but to build a media player. As a programming language, Active Script is not quite there yet, and writing code that is attached to a bunch of different graphical elements is difficult to keep track of and debug. Still, it's pretty darn powerful. I wish they would support other audio formats than mp3, but you can't have everything.

arcticbeard · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:06 am Post subject: flute & percussion

i enjoyed your flute & percussion track (only heard track one so far)
it reminded me a little of Frank Zappa's the Yellow Shark, ensemble modern

If you perform it live again I reckon you should have a couple of LIVE kick boxers fighting in the background, providing some of the sound effects, they should even have music stands & maybe tuxedos Laughing

mosc · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:33 am Post subject:

You're probably talk about the 1st movement of my Flute Concerto. It's purpose is to set you up for the 2nd movement. Laughing

Any reference to Zappa with respect to my music is a very high complement. Thanks very much. salut

mosc · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:46 am Post subject:

I've been listening to some of you music. Very nice. I was a little confused that you use the builtin mp3 player and that you select the next tracks via the player.

Lots of variety. My favs: Eight, Lament, Octoboy, Escapologist

I can hear the Zappa influence in there very strongly. A good bit of humor but always dead serious.

Good stuff... I like it.

cheers

arcticbeard · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:10 pm Post subject:

i hope you dont mind, but the compliments I wish to post on my website, It hasnt been up long & I could do with some content esp' on the reviews page

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:18 pm Post subject:

I haven´t figured out how to hear the music yet. The player seems to be playing but I get no sound. What´s up? I can hear all that wind though.

Mohoyoho · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:47 pm Post subject:

Can't figure out your music player. But the one track I heard I really liked. Very atmospheric. I couldn't seem to get any other tracks.

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:51 pm Post subject:

Righto... so it is just not me having that problem. Very Happy

arcticbeard · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:09 pm Post subject: ooops

I have now added an arrow to hilight the music player at the bottom of the screen SORRY for the inconvienience, let me know if this still aint too clear, Thanks for the feedback appreciate it

Smile

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject:

I am watching Dark City right now. I will check your site again after I have seen the movie.

arcticbeard · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:46 pm Post subject: arcticbeard music

if you listen to tracks 8 & 9 from the circus of sh*t contributions+ CD, they are very similar to some of my "ambient" tracks. I have recorded several CDs of this type of stuff. If any one likes these particular "spacey" tracks let me know, they do not follow any set pattern apart from constantly evolving. I basically make any music that I want.

I think Im rambling so goodbye!!!
shouldnt drink wine when online, it rhymes it must be true.

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:17 pm Post subject:

The piece called Eight is very nice indeed. A very fine piece it is.

The others won´t load. I have no problem figuring out the player, it is just that the songs apart from Eight.. won´t load. How have you set this up? Will the player preload the lot if possible or what?

Huh? Forgot what I just wrote ... the songs are starting load now.. Shocked

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:26 pm Post subject:

The GUI is a both confusing.. well.. it all depends really.

When you enter a page with a player like this one.. the songs are not playing. You have the stop forward back play buttons right.. And when you press "play" it shows the next possible state for that button which is pause.. and when you press pause you see the play button again as the alternate state of that button. Anyway.. so far the lot here sounds very nice indeed. there is a cute Gongish feel to the lot, but I kinda still like track 9... the "Eight" best.

Huh... this indeed sounds like brit early 70s psychedelic music.. with a nice touch of prog and Houdini. ( Why the Houdini?... Well.. that always escapes me.. Shocked

)

Keep it up you frothing one.. this is very nice stuff.

Man... those midgets are really getting the fur polished eh?

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Post subject:

That Circus Ring piece is a damned hit !

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:30 pm Post subject:

I musta been outta my mind, Octoboy is a damned hit.. Shocked

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:35 pm Post subject:

Hey... those Soft Balls have a certain agreeable slappiness to them.. a major hit..

This guy likes your music too:

elephant

mosc · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:08 pm Post subject:

arcticbeard · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:42 pm Post subject: CHEERS

wow, Thanks for all the kind words, its very inspirational, especially coming from talented musicians.

If I had band members it would definately be those guys there mosc

arcticbeard · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:01 am Post subject:

im gonna sort out the player, thanks for the crit, electro, I had no idea it was tricky, I will set the player to play as you enter the page Smile

gsga · Joined: Jul 22, 2004 Posts: 267 Location: allentown, pa

Yeah, I'm still having trouble hearing all the tracks too. Some load some don't. Also if you're going to have a flash interface, I'd suggest having a volume control somewhere. With flash- less is more, so maybe drop the wind sound and some of the extraneous animations. Might load faster. Plus, rolling clown heads scare the crap out of me. From what I can hear though, your music is great. Very dreamy. I like the creepy vocal processing too!