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    ALIEN / PROMETHEUS / COVENANT - SPOILERS INBOUND!!

    in General Banter

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    and Charlize Theron and Idris Elba can act, so that's good.

     

    Yeah it's all IMO of course. I love Alien and Blade Runner dearly, despite their flaws. I think it's indisputable that Scott certainly knows how to film science fiction flicks properly (in terms of using props, sleight of hand, lighting, and his overall proficiency with the camera). He's a bit like David Fincher, I trust him implicitly when it comes to composing an artistic looking frame, but I have less confidence in his storytelling ability.

     

    I've found myself leaning more towards films that have more of an interesting visual identity as opposed to storytelling ability. One need only look through my DVD collection and most liked films to see this. Does this make me a shallow person? lol

     

    Do you own "the cell" and "what dreams may come?"

     

    I'm losing my shit. It's way too early and i'm freaking the fuck out. I'm going to have to go on meds until this summer, and then I'm going to have to go on more meds after I see this movie that will no doubt ruin my life.

    writing melodies

    in EKT General Discussion

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    yesterday I let my 5-month old daughter bang around on the keyboard while I recorded for about 10 mins. I picked out the bits that I liked and cleaned them up and stored them away. really great results and definitely a go-to method in the future to have a bank of melodies to spark ideas.

    writing melodies

    in EKT General Discussion

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    forget chords. turn on record, and just improvise melodies. do that for 10 mins.

    then listen to what you played. every time you hear something you like, put a marker in the sequence.

    go back, and cut out all the melodies you liked.

    start stringing them together in different combinations.

     

    repeat, with your newly constructed melodies looping in the background. write counter melodies to your established ones, in the same way.

     

    repeat until you feel like you have enough.

     

    i personally find writing with chords to be confining. I used to do it all of the time, but it is something I actively tried to avoid. if something is odd later, I can analyze my lines, and see what harmonic motion I'm implying, and adjust things from there. just use your ear... you'll get more aesthetically pleasing results, imo.

     

    ooh going to try this right now

     

    I usually just go da-da-da-dada-dada-etc in my head & figure out what those notes were.

     

    I can only do this after I get started with something, like writing the harmonic parts

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