Hi

I am from the Northwest of the UK, currently knocking out some dubious tracks via Reason

I was formerly a songwriter/drummer/singer for a variety of unsigned acts in the late eighties/early nineties, gigging in and around London, and am currently flogging my back catalogue of recordings along with my more recent offerings to anyone that will have them.

In the process I've met a fair few people that have helped, or want to help promote their and own and others musical output via the web.

Coming to Project Opus as a refugee from Mperia I hope to continue the spirit of co-operation that keeps me attempting stuff like this on the web

Seizure later

Jeremy,

Thanks for the welcome, I'm a veritable jack of all trades, master of none LOL!

With regards to co-operation and co-promotion a quick look at the Mperia Legacy blog (if you can wade through the rambling - one drawback of blogs is that no-one interupts you when you're in full flow)might hint at what I envision.

The collapse of Mperia bought home to me that no matter how good a site is, if folk aren't using it, if its not generating enough traffic or revenue then sooner or later it will fold.

Having found project Opus via David's blog article on Mperia, I still subscribe to the view that listeners need to be fed music, not that many are commited enough to actively seek it out, and this is doubly true when it comes to new music.

Elsewhere in his blog David has championed the notion of "taste makers" and although he advocates that these should be individuals, given the fragmentation of broadcasting in the 21st Century, those individual voices get lost.

I feel that there is an opportunity for this site to become such a taste maker if, through the collective efforts of the site and it members, Project Opus can become THE place to listen to new music.

That very quality should lead to it being THE place where bands want to have their material showcased. (I know I've lost track of where I've got material, where its given away for free, where it's available for free)

I'm still playing with all the features that Project Opus has, so it may be that the functionality (particularly collaborative filtering and driving traffic to the site) is already here, but I think this palce has amazing potential.

Rhythmically diverse and complex is right. The first song I heard was 'The First Encounter'. With the double bass going, I thought you were going to pull a Sonata Arctica and hammer it out the whole way through, but as I went through the rest of the songs, I did find that diversity, and it's really nice.

I like how you guys base your songs around the concept of someone losing their grip on things. I did a song recently about the same thing, so I can definitely relate with your work. Give it a go, I'd love to hear what you think!

Cry of Silence:
Wow. I'm in love with "Departure". Are you guys open to remixes? You've got a wicked melody going on. Would love to trance / house it out. (Probably the latter, since it's closer to the original tempo.)

Alan Begley:
Flavour of the month or not, you do them really well. Like, -really- well. Same goes for Cry of Silence above. I'm always amazed at who pops up in here. You're actually quite diverse. You can capture more than one mood, which isn't all that common. I really like your stuff. Can't say I'd blast it in my car, but I can definitely appreciate it!

New is good!

Welcome aboard. Looking forward to hearing your music soon!

That's some really trippy stuff, James! What records have you worked on?

You'll have to forgive me, but what's this new music scaling system? When I'm listening to your work, is there anything in particular I should be listening for? A pattern? A pulse? A certain frequency range? A panning effect? I'd love to hear more about what it takes for you to put together a song.

Personally, I'm moving further and further away from traditional 'songs'. Trying to put together pieces that still have traditional structure, but describe a vivid picture in your mind.

I'd love to hear what you think of my stuff too! (You can find an example below.)

Just need clarification: the smallest level of modulation to a note would be a cent, yes?

i developed cowrote and produced the first keane record 'hopes and fears' and programmed most of Dido's hits, I've also worked as a programmer for U2, Eno, Madonna, Manics, Phil Collins etc etc. here some more info about the scale...

the lucy scale is a whole scaling sustem of 25 notes (or 19) notes an octave that is nothing to do with the existing Equal temperament.....it is not equal temperement divided again by two for example.....In fact it is a scaling system within which you have 'long notes and short notes' rather thatn tones and semi tones... it was conceived by the 17th century horologist 'john harrison' who designed and built the clocks that enabled himm to with the kings prize for creating a workable system for finding your longitude at sea.

The whole sub harmonic beating side of things is about the beating of the notes against each other relating to their pitch ...you know how you can tune a guitar harmonically and how when you are close to the right note the harmonic starts to oscilates slower and slower until it is in tune. In conventional scaling you are looking for a kind of 'artificially sweetened' scale where notes oscillate perfectly in tune providing you are in certain keys..... this works fine until say you want to play a C chord on a gtr as well as a G.., in conventional tuning you will never get them both to sing perfectly in tune.....this is where the Lucy scale steps in..... there is some very detailed maths and physics for those among you whod like to learn more about it..look at 'www.lucytune.com'

Basically what you are looking for is a collection of notes in the music thsat are all beating. creating a sort of massage for your brain. a harmonious sub harmonic massage....

.BTW. Whales birds and dolphins use Lucy scale intervals to cominnicate in. That why birds don't sing like R2D2....check out the music and see if you feel anything while hearing it. It takes a bit of getting used to...I'll happily expalin it more in greater depth, perhaps next time not at 2.30 am !!

cheers,

James Sanger

feel free to email me on

Great,,,,,I'e put some more songs up in my collection... listen to the first few bars of 'Wood Cut' and see if you can feel/hear the subtle intervals....... ............................................. it was this that I played to the whales in Hawaii and thee responded to it very well.. but that is another story........ please feel free to check out this new science i

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good stuff Danny, I checked out your myspace.
Welcome to Project Opus...
will try to check you out tonight at Pat's.

jeff

Hey, name's Melody, our band, HAVEN. We're a three piece out of Delta BC who love to put on an amazing performance, nothing is more disappointing than a boring live show so we try to kick it up. You can check us out here on Opus or our more frequented myspace [www.myspace.com/havenonline] . The music on our sites are old and with the previous line-up, we'll have some good quality ones up in a couple of months.

Cheers,

Melody, HAVEN.

Thanks for checking us out. Where in Malaysia are you from?

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