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[alicethesister]

Hello, Rock Band enthusiasts!

My name is Andrew and I run a non-music/experimental/post no-wave project called SNMT. It has come to my attention that I have a track releasing on your beloved Rock Band Network 2.0 platform.

Let's get one thing out of the way. I'm quite aware that my stuff can be loud, abrasive, annoying, noisy, and non-musical. I wouldn't want it any other way! The stuff I make is stuff I like to listen to. That's all that matters to me.

Forward!

First up is PON DE FIOR released by Chart Toppers Authoring.

Full: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/ga...0-000045410914
Trial: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/ga...0-000045410914

I also have !!!!zzz/SEX ep coming to RBN2.0 in the near future.

You can also check out my other tunes on my SNMT bandcamp page. It is mostly filled with things that will never end up in Rock Band. Especially things released before !!!!zzz/SEX and anything that obviously doesn't use instruments. I've been on a field recording kick lately.

PON DE FIOR was an experiment. I made it with Rock Band in mind, but it also fit within the confines of the "An Lucky" album it can be found on. I wanted to see how hard I could make some of the instruments, and I also wanted to make you play different instruments that your plastic ones were intended for. For instance: the keyboard is actually a theremin, the bass is a guitar with the pitch shifted, and the guitar is a fiddle. The drums are...well, I've never been a big fan of percussion but I wanted to make the song fun for the whole family.

Because SNMT is all about the family values.

Master List [Updated 3/14/2012]

PON DE FIOR
Full
Trial
Bandcamp

SEX:
Full
Trial
Bandcamp

!!!!zzz
Full [TBA]
Trial [TBA]
Bandcamp

[alicethesister]

I'm resurrecting this thread now that people have had some time to play PON DE FIOR.

Now that you're a little familiar with what I do, does anyone have any suggestions? I have an album coming up, and I'm always experimenting with different instrumentations, concepts, and ideas. Anything I can do to make it more challenging, less challenging?

Just get it off your chest.

[turnitup321]

Lessen the static slightly. Also, make the theremin a bit louder in the mix.

[alicethesister]

No

[SheSaidSheSaid]

You mean there's actual instruments in that atrocity? That surprises me.

[Pankrazzo]

This might truly be the worst "song" ever, and that includes crap like Britney Spears & the Spice Girls, of course.

[SeymourDuncan17]

No

Well then, I'm afraid we can't do business. Maybe then, just maybe, I'd buy it for the lulz.

To be honest, this is NOT music and I really hope you don't consider it music.

When I say stuff like Visions is noise, of course, that's an exaggeration (well, slightly). The instruments in music like that is usually hardly audible. True, real death metal, though... it's possible to see how someone might enjoy it. Maybe even appreciate the actual music and not just "listen" to it.

But this.... this is literally noise. Just noise. There's no music to appreciate, it's literally noise.

I just don't get it. I really don't.

I'm not trying to be a douchebag, but it blows my mind how someone could enjoy this on a serious level. It's like someone just told me "You enjoy playing games and hanging out with friends? Eh. I'm more of a bang my head against the wall and hammer my toes kinda guy.". I mean.. it kinda creeps me out.

[FlyGuyLXI]

I'm not going to say whether it is or isn't music, or meant to be enjoyed, etc., it's just noise improvisation. What it isn't is a song that's meant to be played through a game.

Well then, I'm afraid we can't do business. Maybe then, just maybe, I'd buy it for the lulz.

To be honest, this is NOT music and I really hope you don't consider it music.

When I say stuff like Visions is noise, of course, that's an exaggeration (well, slightly). The instruments in music like that is usually hardly audible. True, real death metal, though... it's possible to see how someone might enjoy it. Maybe even appreciate the actual music and not just "listen" to it.

But this.... this is literally noise. Just noise. There's no music to appreciate, it's literally noise.

I just don't get it. I really don't.

I'm not trying to be a douchebag, but it blows my mind how someone could enjoy this on a serious level. It's like someone just told me "You enjoy playing games and hanging out with friends? Eh. I'm more of a bang my head against the wall and hammer my toes kinda guy.". I mean.. it kinda creeps me out.

Can I have a saying in this because it feels like I'm the only one who actually has experience with this kind of music. While it's debatable whether it gets classified as music, you have to remember that there are people out there who follow the abstraction, peer through it's sound, and actually do enjoy the noise genre.

I'm pretty big on industrial music, but you have to remember industrial-type artists weren't always brazed with such accessibility and oftentimes, dance-ability. True industrial music is close to a noise genre (as said by Throbbing Gristle, Test Dept.). I don't know how much "noise" or how much "industrial" an artist has to be in order to not be considered music, but I legitimately enjoy Skinny Puppy's Last Rights (while some of the most accessible music collaging out there) and Atrax Morgue's brazen electronics (trust me, if you dislike SNMT's stuff than you are NOT going to like what Atrax Morgue offers). I know I can't even find myself to hate this stuff. I guess call me crazy.

Okay, I will admit this; I think this kind of music is not appropriate for a game, as this is the kind of stuff that just makes you sit in a chair and think, not doodle around with it on a guitar controller or keyboard. At least understand what I am trying to say is all.

[jjdude1]

Wow, a lot of you guys are really mean, I must say.

While I can't say I'd buy this type of music, all I can say is don't let people on the forums push you down. A forum full of mainly Rock(Classic, Hard, Pop, etc) and Metal(Prog, Nu, Heavy, Black, Core, etc) genre enthusiasts don't fall into niche genres like this, especially when it's pretty far from those 2 genres.

[Pankrazzo]

Wow, a lot of you guys are really mean, I must say.

It's not mean if a song sounds worse than my vacuum cleaner.