Haku wrote:
Mademoiselle Folie wrote:
K-kun wrote:
I have another question for you, Adrian. You said that you like Malice Mizer, Schwarz Stein and BLAM HONEY... I think that at least one band is missing in this row. And the name of this band is Velvet Eden. They definitely had unique dark world. They always were very creative, never tried to gain more popularity, but just did what they wanted to. What do you think about them?
i'm seconding this question!
Thirding! And what do you think of Soft Ballet? (I know they're older, but I'm just curious. ^^)
Velvet Eden have some great sounds. very darkwave-ish music. i really like the compositions a lot. Dada's voice does take a while to get used to in the beginning. Streets of Alice was a great release.
I dont know so much about soft ballet, ive seen a few videos of them and it reminds me quite a lot from a lot of 80s since pop i grew up listening to, the vocals sound quite nice though.
voixdinferno wrote:
I have a question Adrian...
Can you tell about your tech stuff at your studio (I mean what software you use most &/or your synths)
Ive had many different setups in the past, but over the years, ive minimized what i have because i found i could achieve just as much on a laptop than i could on a big rig.
As for sequencers, i use Reason 4, Ableton Live and FL Studio (each DAW has their own advantages, its hard for me to stick to one) When Ken and i were collaborating, both of us worked in FL Studio (except dance of bullets, which i did in Ableton)
I have 2 guitars which i currently use at the moment. one is a Black Les Paul copy which i used for most of FoR's stuff, recently i came into the possesion of an ESP custom japanese Baritone guitar (tuned down to A) its a real nice guitar, it was rescued from a warehouse fire, so it has some burn marks up around the head of it, it kinda adds character)
http://images3.souq.com/uploaded/0709/71e3969915a90bc0c8b3f79efef8514e_74026037621247320010.jpg
A Roland JV-1080 hardware synthesizer (most notable for the nice piano tones, like in Dance of Bullets and Celestial Frost off dream sleep) plus an M-Audio Radium midi controller keyboard
Various virtual instruments and editing applications. with most sequencers (except Reason) their built-in synths and fx dont sound too good, so i always try to get a hold of whatever has a great sound. it can get pricey though. i remember spending $700 once on a virtual sound FX synth
Phantom Pabulum wrote:
This is such a great thread, and it's amazing you got to know RYONAI. Can he speak english?
Ohh and I hope you don't mind this question, but do you have a day job?
I'm aiming to be a composer in the future (hopefully my portfolio will let me get into this conservatory after my national service) and I'm kinda worried that it won't be enough to be a full time paying job. Right now, this part time job I have, composing music for casual games pays really poorly.. I mean, I understand that when pursuing art you shouldn't put things money into consideration, but to survive with it ... it can happen only under perfect-world situations, which, unfortunately, isn't really realistic.
Also, I agree with your sentiments on dark music! Really good reads here, and I humbly feel that flood of rain does combine elements of ambient, orchestral and industrial rock in it. It is really a beautiful beautiful project, and I have spent many hours enjoying the music, so thank you!
RYONAI can speak a little english, but it is through messages, we cant speak directly, as he needs yahoo translater to understand some of the stuff written in english
I always appreciate his artwork, as well as his music. in fact, he made the pic im using as my avatar at the moment
As for a job, i work a normal everyday job like everybody else. I think that in order to succeed as an artist and make it into a career, you have to choose one of 3 avenues. there is the soundtrack work, where you could earn money composing for games, TV shows and Film. the route of the producer, where you work in helping shape and tweak the music of other artists (generally if you are good at what you do, to produce an album for someone could earn you from about $10 000 and upwards)
Or the 3rd route which would be in a band or as a solo artist. selling cds wont make a giant amount of money though. most big name artists only really make money off touring and merchendise.
I dont know if i have the talent to succeed as a fulltime artist, its merely a passion of mine that i would like to bring to life, but in the meantime, i wont be quitting my day job just yet