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[stoned age]

Monkius has a really great point!

I could see some kind of nujabes/samurai champloo in the sense that the beats really feel like they have particular scenes to go with them...more-so then most beats that I hear.

I think part of it is that you are actually very expressive with your sampling, orchestrating stuff out of your chops, rather than just mixing loops together...more-so then most beats that I hear. :D

B-RadGfromOV responds:

Thank you man!

[Summon]

So far so good! The use of the vst's have this poppy sound.

Part of me wants to say to throw some inversions of the chords here and there (like you would when making variations for chops in different loops), and maybe even some dissonance into some of the chords (Maybe some diminished or augmented chords?) to give it that more haunted feeling to match the samples.

I can extrapolate if any of that is getting into jargon territory.

B-RadGfromOV responds:

Yeah I follow. The chords sound okay but not quite to the level of atmosphere the sample's got and repeat too similarly each time. I'll try to add other vsts too to break up the sameness of the tune

[Concept Plaos]

Beautiful! I had this looping for a good while!

DJDureagon responds:

Thanks for coming through jovi.

[Portals]

Love it! Very clean, but manages to be colorful and nuanced! Finish it! :D

DJDureagon responds:

Im trying!

[Kami | Lords]

Sweet! like these new batch of beats! (this ones my favorite)
Very clean layering of samples!

Kamikazi1 responds:

I've got more coming, many many beats have been made in my absence of this portal. I hope to do more work with you man, did my soul good to see you were still here cooking up that fire.

[Jasmine]

So much to love about it! The minimalist drum kit over all over the crazy percussions of the sample is just perfect. I'd imagine that bass line being off of some snazzy modern jazz record, though i remember that you've found a knack for sampling your own playing.

And then there's that mysterious eastern sounding sample that seems to come from somewere alien from the original sample but layer superb like.

Love these swingy little jazzy bumps. Kind of material for a top rate beatnick emcee to black out on.

B-RadGfromOV responds:

Thanks bro. I like these kinds too. They seem to come together very naturally. Snare is actually part of the sample as well. Cool for guitar solos i think.

[Concept Olgrun]

This is cool! that rough equalizing in their could work pretty great with whatever vocals go on top if they were equalized in the same fashion (real lofi to match it)

Awesome though! love it!

DJDureagon responds:

Thats exactly what I was going for. Real rough real gritty. I just wish it has more volume.. and im not talking about loudness.

[Drizzle]

perhaps an extra layer to add a SLAP! to the 2nd snare in each loop would bring it out a bit, without being too invasive? That said, i don't personally mind it, but can see were Dureagons coming from.

Wicked beat!

B-RadGfromOV responds:

fanks

[Lily]

Can't hear any off notes myself. I think once you get chord intervals (what fingers your placing that 1,3,5 on) down as well as a basic jist of scales it'll be cake.

That and the basic shapes of the chords and you could start running those chords and licks up and down that sonuvabitch!

B-RadGfromOV responds:

There were some off notes but I did some removing of clunkers and adjusting. I'm gettin there, been jamming with some friends, good times!

[Forest]

think you just need to turn up the kick. or just put a louder/sparser one to fit in with the ones you've got there. sample work has that mystical, delicious atmosphere like usual! :D

B-RadGfromOV responds:

true. thanks man