FAWM : Hypnotist (@brisk)

Hypnotist

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Joined

2011

Sussex UK

I'm just a mild-mannered librarian, so please no loud noises.

I want to hear any suggestions you have to improve the songs btw, thanks!

I don't know who my influences are: I don't think I'm all that successful at sounding like other people, especially when I try. I like the Kinks though. Aphex Twin. Fleet Foxes. I had Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness in my walkman for most of 1996 (120 minute tape). I have a thing for Entombed. Fallin', the Teenage Fanclub/De La Soul crossover is rad. Just The Way You Are does strange things to me, as does almost the entirety of ABBA Gold.

[note to self: Titular suggested (or *suggested very similar) "Burn The Female"; "Only Christmas"; "If You Don't Forgive"; "Japanese Virgin Knights" (solid band name!); "We Are The Teenagers"; "Goodnight (gentle)"; *"Don't Fix Me Now"; "An Ode"; *"The Right Wrong Time"; "Ladies Without Roses"; *"Messiah, Moi?"; "Bethlehem Shuffle"; *"A Little Light Pollution"; "Missed A Bit"; "Peaches & Braids"; "Landslide in Me"; "I Feel Weird"; *"English Friendship"; *"Zephyr Falls"; "I Am Your Girlfriend"; "Leave To The Tides"; "Lock Me Up"; *"Gum Butcher"; *"Dear Idiot"

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@headfirstonlyMod 1w

Regarding @davidtaro 's comment about my comment on Bakk Channel; his question got me thinking, and I just dug out my original vinyl copy of Tubular Bells to see what Mike's original joke was on the sleeve, because I'd forgotten. There's a list of the instruments he played on the back cover and for side two, one of them is "Piltdown Man" which is an even better joke than I remembered (Charles Dawson announced in 1912 that he'd discovered the skull of the fabled missing link between apes and man at the Piltdown gravel pit in East Sussex; after much scientific excitement, it was discovered to be a hoax.)

@jtsteam 2w

Thanks for the comment on Too Many Strings. It's interesting, I had considered it a throwaway just to help me learn a bit more guitar (and I'm sure there'll be more songs like it) but you make me think it could work as something more than that... on the other hand, if I ever learn to play the guitar well enough, it might stop being funny :).

I'm now trying to imagine someone struggling to get a double bass under their chin. May need to have the medics on hand...

@billwhite51 4w

thnak you for your perceptive comments on the boker son. it does kind of niggle, doesnt it? i was trying to xontrast the forced complacency that allows people to function somewhat normally during violent times with the sudden explosions of vilence that they cannot ignore. i think i was pretty huched up during the whole song. i dont know bartok well. i would say my influences here are cecil taylor, paul bley, and frank zappa. as for thyematic writing, i need a theme to structure my work. im not as good as you are at casting my pole into unknown waters. and in my view, you always come up with a big, juicy, edible fish.

@nancycunning 4w

I love that image of coming in to do the plumbing and electric work on a song. My favorite part of making music for a set of lyrics is the initial rough-in of a rhythm and a sketch of a possible melody. I love the idea of having someone come in and turn it into a real song with lights and running water.

I’ve been trying to lean into letting a song last as long as it needs to to tell the story. At first I’d try to rush everything into 2 minutes. I don’t want to take up too much of your time so I’ll sing really fast. This season I’ve been giving myself permission to just tell the story.

Look forward to listening to more of your stuff.

@mctown 5w

No problems. I bang out things and realize that a lot of them aren't going to endup in a song. I do usually save them to my computer. Usually, and the same is true with working with Vaughan..which I've done a lot in 50/90. He and I mostly write country, Americana, or something near it. So, onward. The last one I checked out Fleet Foxes' lyrics a little and got a concept from them to some degree.... and went for it.

@billwhite51 7w

of particular irritation is the use of the word "great" to describe anything one likes. it is so obnoxiously prevalent that it has shoved all the other words signifying quality to the roadside ditch. i find myself at times unable to remember a word to use it its place, and am tempted to resort to horrible words such as "awesome" simply to avoid the word "great". it reminds me of the days when i would take a seat at the soda fountain and order a coke even of i did not want a coke. it was simply the first word that came to mind.

@billwhite51 7w

one can have fun with language without corrupting it. joyce is a good example of that. the americans have corrupted the english language so thoroughly that it is near impossible to understand what even their president and vice president are saying. reality can be altered by linguistic mutations. but that is not the point of this lighthearted song, which is simply poking fun at representational art that inaccurately represents the thing they are representing. inthe case of england, a chair becomes a throne and a head dress becomes a crown. the symbol becomes more real than the thing it symbolizes, which has no real empirical existance. .

@billwhite51 7w

Ambiguity can be somewhat avoided by using the correct word. for example, if you mean sardonic, dont use the word ironic..if you mean culturally significalt, dont use iconic. if you mean dropped from the curriculum , dont use banned. etc. half the time i dont undertand what people are talking about because they do not know the meaning of the words they use. i think chairs are simple enough to relate the word to the object without ambiguity.

@berni1954 7w

I thoroughly recommend the Boss BR80. It's an eight track in the size of something that will fit in your pocket. It has built in BOSS Effects for instrument and voice. It can also record live gigs or else slow down tracks without changing the key when you want to learn a solo or something similar. It's probably the one piece of kit I have got that if it broke I would replace with the same model (if still available).

@nahlej381 7w

Once your performance things are where you want them, just bounce me the stems. They can be effected or not or just like bus mixes like GUITARs Drums BASS Vocals if you want…

Sorry I’m all over the place lol yes just send me the stems with or without fx, I really like your guitar sound so actually leave that distortion and stuff lol
Drums can be 1 file if it’s just a loop or whatever but separate tracks would be cool…more of a luxury than necessity

If you know the key and the bpm put that in the email that’ll save me like 40 seconds of brain power lol if not, no worries! 😀

You can zip it and send it to aburozskiwork at gmail dot com

@andrea 11w

I love dark sh*#, so I liked the theme and the ending. It could be a trigger for some, but not for me. It seems for the youth these days, it's not even about an apocalypse. It's the fact that the world seems to be in a state of decline on multiple levels. So much 'bad' is on the rise. Choosing to forfeit a family feels like giving up, but I'm looking at things from a different view. Even though I believe there is a lot of good in the world, there is plenty to be afraid of, and it's getting more frightening. I'm getting depressed, so I'll just say thanks for a song that sparks much thought!

@galvaden 12w

I don't want to come off as lazy but why write three verses when you can write two or better yet one, ya know? If I can get across the idea in 1-2 minutes why spend what could be another 30 minutes or more trying to nail down more lyrics. If the demo is good enough to stand the test of time, more can always be written. Back in February I went overboard putting like 7 hours on average into each demo. This summer I'm trying to limit myself to 2-3 hours per entry.