what is the project name
the project is called enErgy
what type of project have i made and what is the sound
i have tried to make a classic heavy metal track with some progressive elements like for example the bells at the beginning of the track i also have added some instrumental influences from industrial and synth wave a lot of the track has influences from albums like shades of god by paradise lost i have took inspiration from the drumming from tracks like pity for sadness embraced and as i die life is but a dream by avenged sevenfold specify tracks like [o]rdanary and [D]eath and beautiful morning i have also taken inspiration from the song lock up the wolves
my infulences for drums and recording
embraced has lots of sections with ambiont double bass with minnamal symbls and the a casional snare hit this gave my the idea to have double bass playing in the background to provide for a strong back beat the double basss splits the whytham into many sections as the is alot of druming between the the main beats (16th notes)
as i die has a an intro that is a biuld up this is one of my infuances ofr my intoro for instrumentation this song also has effects to change the sound for a more reverbe type of recording this makes it sound sludge this is where i got the idea to add some sludge sounding effects to my rhytam gutar
pity for sadness has sections of fast drumming with a 8th note grove section that plays as a backing to the gutar
1 2 3 4
snere x x
kick x x
these drums are simple but they work realy well to provide a backing to the gutar riffs
guitar and guitar effects
i started with an acustic gutar and added some delay distortion and echo then i used the same rhytham as the duble bass drums i moved the parts around to make a doom metal sound i halfed the speed of this gutar for a stronger doom metal sound this also made the tone sound slightly sludgey metal sounding this was influenced by a mix of two gutar tones N.I.B and electric funeral to add a slight stoner feel to the tone this was to try recreate a tone simmerer to tony iomies there was 0.5 octaves of donw tuning done to the gutars to give a heavyer sound this allowed me to make a contrast to the start of the song this contrast helps the sense of progretion in the music as the intro is verry quiet going in to a faster tempo verse allowing me to make a stronger and heavyer sound
the intro
i have composed my intro to be verry progressive so i added a slow gutar part by lengthening the notes to add a doom feel i the added some synth bells to add a degree of movement to this intro untill the second note of the gutar introduces the fast drumming this drumming is done with two kick drums to make a double bass pedal this give the track a strong back beat and keeps the progression moving this then adds a second gutar to create a main riff
the main riff
this main riff has 2 parts the first half being the question and the second half being the answer this riff is then repeated in this section this guitar is down tuned by 1 octave to give a heavier sound then after this i added a second guitar an octave higher to give a fuller sound this made the gutar sound both heavier and more dimensional this main riff plays into a more complex drum section this is the drum solo
drum solo
this drum solo uses many complex parts with open and colsed hi hat transitions this sudden drum change was inspired by avenged sevenfolds exist and its many parts of instrumental this solo uses drum rudiments like drags, single stroke rolls and double stroke rolls this drum section plays in to a part where there is an organ that takes the lead role whilst the drums provide a back beat
the organ solo
this solo was inspired by players like Jon Lord from deep purple with its many changing sections and its more fast paced tempo thee is a large amount of reputation with some chords overlayed to make this work harmonically this organ is an electric organ with a large amount of the electrical elements taken away these elements make a acoustic organ with electronic elements in the background of the sound this then goes into a gutar section that plays before the sudden outro
the main drum pattern
this main pattern uses two bass drums to create that double bass effect the double bass also has two snare hits during the pattern i diddent add any symbols as it may have taken away from the other elements as this would have made the drums heavier and this would take away from the rest of the instrumentation
the outro
for the outro i made a sudden outro with some drum symbols and a cowbell this was to contrast the synth bells in the beginning of the song