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#1 Dec 03, 2012 at 13:35 UTC - 0 likes

For a few years I've been creating music. It's all experiments, not with style or sound, but with music itself. Recently spammed decent tracks on musiccloud, so, you could check 'em.

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#2 Dec 03, 2012 at 17:04 UTC - 0 likes

You've got an unique style there, sounding cool. :)
Did you play the drums yourself?

I've been producing for about a year now:
Orchestral - http://soundcloud.com/gryphace/orchestral-06-private-wip
Dark Orchestral - http://soundcloud.com/gryphace/orchestral-05
Dubstep - http://soundcloud.com/gryphace/dubstep-wip-2-update-3
Dubstep #2 - http://soundcloud.com/gryphace/13-private-wip-remix-update-1

There's much I have to learn, but I'm already getting better I think...

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#3 Dec 03, 2012 at 19:08 UTC - 0 likes

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Did you play the drums yourself?

If we call spamming notes - playing, then yes.

Your tracks sound nice, but the orchestral ones are kinda cut, is it intentional?

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#4 Dec 03, 2012 at 19:16 UTC - 0 likes

Cut as in no outro etc.?

Yep, since they're not finished. :)

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#5 Dec 03, 2012 at 19:29 UTC - 0 likes

Cut as less than a minute available.

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#6 Dec 03, 2012 at 21:20 UTC - 0 likes

And then it feels like everyone is making music too while map making :DD Have done some simple experimental tracks years ago, playing sound with same notes and copy pasting stuff. A lot off loops and monotonous sounds in the earliest tries to do music. Even today still have tries which leads not really far or it sounds nice till trying to add more sounds to add atmosphere to it and not to leave blank loop or track.

Havent listened to your works guys tomorrow will :] Edit: DONE

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#7 Dec 04, 2012 at 07:15 UTC - 0 likes

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And then it feels like everyone is making music too while map making :DD Have done some simple experimental tracks years ago, playing sound with same notes and copy pasting stuff. A lot off loops and monotonous sounds in the earliest tries to do music. Even today still have tries which leads not really far or it sounds nice till trying to add more sounds to add atmosphere to it and not to leave blank loop or track.

Havent listened to your works guys tomorrow will :]

I find this very strange, but it's a strong connection. Almost every semi-good indie games out there have their brilliant soundtrack as a feature (best example: Bastion). Just look at Humble Indie Bundle, every game sold there has its own soundtrack. Granted, soundtrack provide a different sources of revenue for indie, which is mostly why they did it. but I can't help but think there's a connection with people with a brain for game design (or at least programming) and the appreciation for music. Some devs make their own music, some are composed by a friend of the dev. I strongly identify myself as this kind of person while having no talents for making any music of some sort. Hell i'm not even interested in music in the first place. But now my indie soundtrack collection is growing. It must be a good thing.

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#8 Dec 04, 2012 at 11:00 UTC - 0 likes

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Yes, looks like there is a connection. I have a hypothesis: complex ways of using brain like programming, math, chess, etc, utilize abstract thinking. It's the same like with muscles: if one uses it, it's getting stronger. And if Rocky can lift heavy wheights and run on snow-covered mountains, he can also punch bad guys' faces.

So, a person with a greatly developed abstract thinking have an ability to operate with complex structures of information, to synthesize and add new elements, and evaluate the result. And music is just the same kind of matter, it's invisible abstract thing, and once a programmer tries to play with music, he realizes, it's easy for him to get into and create something funny, cause he has pretty good brain-instruments for it yet.

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#9 Dec 04, 2012 at 11:25 UTC - 0 likes

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I think the connection is moreso that indie developers have to put genuine effort into their games to make them work. They know this, so they go through a checklist to cover all their bases and don't stop fiddling with one aspect of the game until it feels as good as they can get it. Through this, they don't underestimate the importance of music and sound as a whole in their games like bigger companies who have the luxury to do so since their games will sell anyway and sound is never a promotion point interesting to marketeers.

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#10 Dec 04, 2012 at 11:46 UTC - 0 likes

Yeah there definately is a connection, I am making a lot of music myself, and playing myself + being a map maker^^

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#11 Dec 04, 2012 at 12:19 UTC - 0 likes

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Yea, their desire to make the game perfect in all ways forces them to try to compose something interesting, while the fact that music and algorithms share abstract thinking mind area, helps to succeed in it.

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#12 Dec 04, 2012 at 12:57 UTC - 0 likes

So I listened to your music last night (I was the first one by the looks of the view count), and decided to sleep on my opinion.

I like it.

It reminded me of 80's and 90's games, very awe-inspiring techno. This kind of music I would be proud to listen to in an indie game, it is a pity mainstream games never have stuff like this, but then again, I think it is better suited for the indie environment cause people don't know good music if it slaps them in the face.

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#13 Dec 04, 2012 at 13:20 UTC - 0 likes

You're all wrong.

It's called creativity (game design, music, etc.).

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#14 Dec 04, 2012 at 13:25 UTC - 0 likes

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And creativity does not come with/from passion? Not sure what you're saying or how that proves us 'wrong'. What's your definition of 'creativity'? Seems like a void term?

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