Well, thanks for the great review. You don't know how hard I worked to make "the best D&B tune ever!" Your encouragement really, truly, honestly means so much to me.
I am dedicating this song to you.
I would love to see pics of you with rubber glove on your head dancing to my music.
This is the best review ever!!
I'll let you go so you can back to spanking your monkey!!
Jimbo's Drunk again <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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I'm in love with the tune.
I want to get dred extensions put in and dance around with a rubber glove on
my head and smoke a spiff.
It's the best D&B tune ever! he he :o)
very funny man. i is liking it alot.
peace
Jimbo :o)
>From: Josh Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: Check out my first good d'n'b track: Darkspace
>Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:25:12 -0800
>
>hillarious... but did you know that drugs are bad? some ads on tv said so,
>it must be true....
>
>Bong Island Entertainment wrote:
>
>>Jimbo,
>>I'm getting all this kidz emails LOL. Itz the wrong Andy. I did not write
>>that track. Here one of mine if you want to check it out... hit me with
>>some feedback...
>>
>>http://www.phreenugz.com/syntax/phree_nugz_hippie_remix.wma (this is
>>NOT
>>my first track LOL )
>>
>>Syntax Era / Phree Nugz
>>Bong Island Ent / Cousins / VirtualOm
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Jimbo's Drunk again" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 5:20 AM
>>Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: Check out my first good d'n'b track: Darkspace
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Andy's hit it on the head.
>>>Nice track but it does drag. Drums need to be memorable and the sub bass
>>>needs to be something special to carry the track along.
>>>Love the atmos though. Maybe a change in melody somewhere might spice it
>>>
>>>
>>up
>>
>>
>>>a little.
>>>Keep up the good work though.
>>>
>>>Jimbo :o)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: "Andy Abang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>Reply-To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List"
>>>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: Check out my first good d'n'b track: Darkspace
>>>>Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:59:34 -0800
>>>>
>>>>Please don't think me harsh, I'm just being as honest as I can to help
>>>>ya
>>>>in
>>>>the growing process :)
>>>>
>>>>Honestly i hear some good ideas here but they're not very well
>>>>
>>>>
>>developed...
>>
>>
>>>>while I don't see the point in every song being dancefloor I also think
>>>>there's a lot to be said about structure... but in every song there
>>>>
>>>>
>>should
>>
>>
>>>>be a functional and logical progression of energy and/or mood and this
>>>>seems
>>>>kind of even-keel all the way through... the intro drags a bit IMO... if
>>>>you're going to build something up that much the drop should be more
>>>>intense... cutting the intro to maybe 64 or 80 bars would probably do a
>>>>
>>>>
>>lot
>>
>>
>>>>in itself unless you wanted to go for more of an epic effect. and I
>>>>would
>>>>recommend maybe putting the bassline that comes in about 4:09 earlier on
>>>>
>>>>
>>in
>>
>>
>>>>the track and making it more of a point of focus throughout with
>>>>
>>>>
>>variation
>>
>>
>>>>here and there... the track is a little bit lacking in the dramatic
>>>>
>>>>
>>effect
>>
>>
>>>>that could be achieved with more of a "hook" (which the bassline
>>>>
>>>>
>>generally
>>
>>
>>>>provides).
>>>>
>>>>I think this would benefit a lot from more variation in drum patterns...
>>>>the
>>>>same pattern repeats over and over without much of a sense of build.
>>>>What
>>>>
>>>>
>>I
>>
>>
>>>>would recommend doing is leaving your kicks and snares in roughly the
>>>>
>>>>
>>same
>>
>>
>>>>places (maybe changing it up and making slightly different, more
>>>>
>>>>
>>syncopated
>>
>>
>>>>/ "off" patterns at beginning or ends of measures) but placing different
>>>>arrangements of hats / cymbals / rides / percussion or percussive
>>>>
>>>>
>>elements
>>
>>
>>>>over them in different parts, maybe changing the arrangement every 16 or
>>>>
>>>>
>>32
>>
>>
>>>>bars... to illustrate what I mean I use kemal as an example... listen to
>>>>something like kemal's "plan b" on timeless... SO MUCH VARIATION... and
>>>>
>>>>
>>for
>>
>>
>>>>what is an essentially simple track his drum programming carries the
>>>>
>>>>
>>whole
>>
>>
>>>>thing throughout because it's constantly changing.
>>>>
>>>>That little filtered fucked up break at the end could be edited into
>>>>different patterns and used in several places in the track as well, at
>>>>
>>>>
>>the
>>
>>
>>>>end or beginning of a set of measures, sort of as "punctuation" between
>>>>different sections of the track... just to keep the drum programming
>>>>more
>>>>interesting and all that.
>>>>
>>>>I agree with Josh about the horns/stabs... they get repetitive... try
>>>>filtering maybe, maybe add some delay, flange, etc... change up the
>>>>
>>>>
>>melody
>>
>>
>>>>here and there... it's a bit too straightforward... something a little
>>>>
>>>>
>>more
>>
>>
>>>>elusive would add a bit of intrigue.
>>>>
>>>>Watch your levels...
>>>>
>>>>the atmospherics are excellent...
>>>>
>>>>overall - IMO it has potential, but needs work. keep at it and keep
>>>>
>>>>
>>posting
>>
>>
>>>>stuff :)
>>>>
>>>>I hope i was of some help and didn't just come across as a bitchy, jerky
>>>>bastard.
>>>>
>>>>much respect,
>>>>
>>>>Andy
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: James Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:17 AM
>>>>To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List
>>>>Subject: [dnb-prod] Check out my first good d'n'b track: Darkspace
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hey,
>>>>
>>>>Although it has litrely taken me years to come up with my first good
>>>>d'n'b tone. Check it out and tell me what you think. Here's the link:
>>>>http://www.vitaminic.com/cgi-php/get_file.php3?modo=1&bid=437896
>>>>
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