I Made A Free Rock/Metal Album And It's Called "Illuminauts" - General

too nerdy

[QUOTE=arimi;41375129]too nerdy[/QUOTE] How so? I can definitely admit that the song names are incredibly nerdy, but apart from the Dead Space 2 sample in the first track, I don't really hear anything particularily nerdy in the music.

[QUOTE=Hakita;41367116]Believe me, I would if I could.[/QUOTE] I've listened to your stuff when you've posted it and sometimes I get this urge to record them with real instruments. Though I don't know how I could pull off the string instruments and ambients.

[QUOTE=Crazy;41379589]I've listened to your stuff when you've posted it and sometimes I get this urge to record them with real instruments. Though I don't know how I could pull off the string instruments and ambients.[/QUOTE] If you want to try a song, I can send you a .GPX, .GP5, .mid or just a text file of how to play it. Then again, you wouldn't be the first to try recording one of my songs, although you might be the first one to succeed.

Illuminauts Always watching.

I'm impressed. It actually sounds really good. Nice work, Hakita.

Since I've been getting so much positive feedback, I'll start working on a sort-of-sequel album. I'll be working on it at the same pace as usual, which means that it may be coming in a month, 3 months, or maybe next year. Who knows.

I'm never really interested into music like this. But this album is beautiful! <I specifically love the Spaced out in Outer Space song. c: >

[QUOTE=Pyroh;41394532]I'm never really interested into music like this. But this album is beautiful! <I specifically love the Spaced out in Outer Space song. c: >[/QUOTE] Thanks, I'm also really happy with how that song turned out.

Well, I guess this thread is dead now. If you want to hear my songs as soon as they're done, you can follow my soundcloud: [url]https://soundcloud.com/Hakita[/url] Or if you don't have soundcloud, I have a thread in the Musician's Gig Room section that I update whenever I release a song: [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1177506[/url] Or if you prefer, you can just subscribe to my bandcamp's RRS feed and get an update when a full album is done. Anyways, I'll see you guys again in the next Illuminauts thread!

Listened to the first song. Thoroughly enjoyed what i heard already!

Wow impressed with the first song so far. Listening to the others right now.

This is all fucking brilliant music man. I'm hooked, do you plan on releasing more in the future?

[QUOTE=OficerHonkHonk;41472172]This is all fucking brilliant music man. I'm hooked, do you plan on releasing more in the future?[/QUOTE] Definitely. I'm working on all kinds of musical projects constantly. I'll be uploading my songs to Soundcloud whenever I get done with them. Currently there's an album that's themed after Akira in the works, but I have no idea if that will actually become anything or if I'll just abandon it at some point.

The first track gets me in the mood to play Killing Floor. Awesome album, dude.

Dude, some of these songs are good, why don't you record them with guitars and something like EZdrummer? They'd sounds really good!

[QUOTE=Benf199105;41522563]Dude, some of these songs are good, why don't you record them with guitars and something like EZdrummer? They'd sounds really good![/QUOTE] Because I am an incredibly mediocre guitarist, there's no way I'd be good enough to be able to play these songs.

Just noticing more of your stuff coming up in the Soundcloud stream. Are they for another "album?" [media]http://soundcloud.com/hakita/iron-tarkus[/media] [media]http://soundcloud.com/hakita/the-dead-city-welcome-home[/media]

[QUOTE=Ixmucane;41523388]Just noticing more of your stuff coming up in the Soundcloud stream. Are they for another "album?" [media]http://soundcloud.com/hakita/iron-tarkus[/media] [media]http://soundcloud.com/hakita/the-dead-city-welcome-home[/media][/QUOTE] These 2 aren't planned on being on any album, they're just 2 songs I made recently. I was thinking about making a Dark Souls themed EP, which is where Iron Tarkus came from, but I don't think that I'll actually be doing that. Maybe I will though, depends on if I feel I can get enough stuff written with a similar style.

[QUOTE=Hakita;41523334]Because I am an incredibly mediocre guitarist, there's no way I'd be good enough to be able to play these songs.[/QUOTE] What are the tabs like? I dunno If you mind sharing them, but I'd like to just look at them and see :P

[QUOTE=Benf199105;41618549]What are the tabs like? I dunno If you mind sharing them, but I'd like to just look at them and see :P[/QUOTE] Sure, I can send you tabs. What song and instrument do you want? Also what format do you want them in?

I love your musical ideas. For your next album i would focus a lot on your production. I.e. More dynamic drum samples, bass guitar samples. Some of them feel really MIDI when you should ideally be trying to make them sound as real as possible. Also your mix is a little muddy, but that can be adjusted with some simple mastering :) This is coming from someone with 2 music related degrees. Keep up the good work! :D

[QUOTE=rezOnance;41849668]I love your musical ideas. For your next album i would focus a lot on your production. I.e. More dynamic drum samples, bass guitar samples. Some of them feel really MIDI when you should ideally be trying to make them sound as real as possible. Also your mix is a little muddy, but that can be adjusted with some simple mastering :) This is coming from someone with 2 music related degrees. Keep up the good work! :D[/QUOTE] Yeah, I'm absolutely terrible at mixing, since this is the first full album I've made without a normal MIDI sound. I'm not completely sure on what you mean by more dynamic drums and bass, though. I'll try to improve on my production a bit, but don't expect anything spectacular. My next album/EP/whatever is coming up nicely. It's Dark Souls themed and I only have to finish a couple more songs. Too bad college started again so I have less time to work on my music. Regardless, it should be out by the end of this month.

Just bumping this thread to say that I've released a new EP now: [url=https://hakita.bandcamp.com/album/pyre-songs-inspired-by-dark-souls][img]https://f0.bcbits.com/img/a3573966369_2.jpg[/img][/url] I figured that it didn't really deserve its own thread, so I just posted it here instead. As with Illuminauts, I would really appreciate any criticism you might have. All of your opinions are very important to me! And it's free, of course.