November KVR entry

[offthewall]

 
Well......now for something completely different!!

The theme is.....

Oxymorons, contradictions, unusual blends - but not just intermixing for the sake of it. The resulting piece should not just be a random bunch of mismatched stuff, it has to really work musically.

so I have gone for...
PrettyUgly

all done with Crystal, Wusikstation and Synth1.

 
James

[kara]

It fits the theme, alltough it is a strange theme for a contest 

I know that melody from somewhere but don't remember what the song was....

I see you are getting in vsti's  , and with a good choice, you have some pretty good tools there which are complementary.

Good luck with the contest.

k

Well......now for something completely different!!

The theme is.....

Oxymorons, contradictions, unusual blends - but not just intermixing for the sake of it. The resulting piece should not just be a random bunch of mismatched stuff, it has to really work musically.

so I have gone for...
PrettyUgly

all done with Crystal, Wusikstation and Synth1.

 
James

[offthewall]

@kara,
You're right, it is a strange contest theme. I almost didn't bother this month because of it, then I thought....I always said that I'm only in this to learn from the challenge....so gave it a go!

The tune is a traditional nursery rhyme, which I thought would give the right sort of atmosphere to be disrupted by the other more sinister sounds.
And, yes, I do have quite a collection of (free) VSTi's, but find the whole concept of using 'pretend' instruments to be a bit like cheating (just a personal reaction, I may add).
Thanks for the comments, as usual.
 
James

[folderol]

I recognised the tune instantly, but never heard it in such an ominous setting. This is a very clever piece of work James. I guess you know where at least one vote will be coming from

[Laguna Rising]

Yeah I agree this is a weird and challenging theme. There'll be weird entries imo.
Your track is well built and certainly original, it's a kind of scary lullaby (in a way)
Well layered synths, and good use of effected sounds
Very different from your usual style

Cheers

[dark nowhere]

I liked your entry (hi, I'm new here... came here 'cause tracks on kara-moon are usually above average) and it's one of the better ones IMO. I was thinking I wasn't going to enter either, but today I got a great idea. I'll post about it later when it's mature.

[offthewall]

 
Thanks for the comments 'LR' and 'dark nowhere'.....and welcome!  It's good to get more escapees from over there. I'm certain you will enjoy our happy family over here.  We are lucky to have some enormous talents.
 
James

[FourthMansions]

I liked this a lot - some quite spooky variations on the nursery-rhyme melody. Very well produced with some excellent sounds. It works very well. Good luck with the contest.

[offthewall]

 
Thanks, FM.
It's nice to get comments like these on a piece that is totally 'outside of my box'.
 
James

[dark nowhere]

It's good to get more escapees from over there.

I'm not so much an escapee; KVR has its use, though if it were my primary music forum I'd have hung myself long ago. It feels like a mall food court where kara-moon actually has discernible character.

I'm certain you will enjoy our happy family over here.  We are lucky to have some enormous talents.

It seems so. More than any other music host, I find listening to stuff hosted here rewarding.

[blipp]

It does sound like the soundtrack to a scary movie withsinister overtones. Nice combination of sounds. I liked the part where the pad comes in the best, very ominous sounding. Interesting track.