Get it here! (//http://jamiesoar.bandcamp.com/)
Several months of work towards my final project, I've decided to put this out there. Let me know if you have any feedback on the music.
The whole thing is based around a novel by Neal Stephenson, a science fiction novel written in 1992, with very modern and time-standing themes, which inspired me greatly. This is basically what came of it, as well as it being my final project for university.
Ta muchly to those who have listened and one fella who's gone and bought it! Thanks guys! :D
Do I detect hints of "Secret Song" about half way through the title track?
Lots of great stuff going on in there; but I kept wishing that the themes were a bit longer - to allow more 'development' time :)
Quote from: "Tricky"Do I detect hints of "Secret Song" about half way through the title track?
Lots of great stuff going on in there; but I kept wishing that the themes were a bit longer - to allow more 'development' time :)
I knew someone would hear it :D The novel does share similar themes, and I absolutely love the sound of reverse piano.
I could have made this at least twice as long, but I had a 15 minute limit for the whole thing. My next release will be much, much longer, with stronger developing themes and probably a lot more int he way of styles :)
I should have guessed that there would be a time constraint to work under.
15 mins: that's barely enough time for the overture/introduction/part 1/spoken introduction/tuning up of the prog world ;)
Like what I'm hearing.
Quote from: "SerFox"Ta muchly to those who have listened and one fella who's gone and bought it! Thanks guys! :D
ONE?!? ONE?!?!
C'mon ya miserable sausages! It's only a few quid!
I couldn't get the tracks to play in Safari 4.0.5, so I tried Google Chrome and it loaded straightaway! and I like!!
Quote from: "RacingHippo"ONE?!? ONE?!?!
Could this be what is meant by the "difficult second album"? ;)
Thanks for all the great comments :)
Pedro: Nah mine won't be difficult. Just longer :D
Well I tried to buy the second one and it wouldn't let me (some guff about not letting me pay by card because my email address is associated with a PayPal account. Even if it is, I should be allowed to use it. My email address is also associated with a Bristish Gas account and my AA membership...so what?)
Anyway, hope you get to sell more than one.
Bizarre. If you really really want to download it, if you have some way of punting the money to me I can give you a download code. No pressure though, heh, just askin'.
Just no quids sellotaped to a piece of card. That's a once done forever over event :P
Excellent stuff, Ser! Very nice!
Ok, I admit that I listened on the site, copied the low bit-rate mp3s out of internet explorer's cache and saved the files locally. But then I listened a few more times...
... and started to
really like it.
So I've bought the real deal 8-)
and agree with RacingHippo.
Quote from: "RacingHippo"C'mon ya miserable sausages! It's only a few quid!
Yay, you've sold the difficult second copy! :)
Thanks very much guys! :D
QuoteOk, I admit that I listened on the site, copied the low bit-rate mp3s out of internet explorer's cache and saved the files locally. But then I listened a few more times...
... and started to really like it.
So I've bought the real deal
From the bandcamp FAQ:
QuoteOne of my fans showed me a totally easy way that someone could STEAL my music off of Bandcamp using RealPlayer 14.1 beta 3, or RipTheWeb.com, or by going into Temporary Internet Files and renaming blah blah blah. What are you doing about this grave problem?
Nothing. Since streams on Bandcamp are full-length, rather than 30-second snippets, it's correct that someone could use one of the above methods to access the underlying 128k mp3. And sure, we could throw some technical hurdles in their way, but if they hit one of those hurdles, it's not like they'd slap their forehead and open their wallet. Instead, they'd just move on to some other site where those restrictions aren't in place, and you'll have squandered the chance to make your own site the premier destination for those seemingly cheap, but enthusiastic, word-spreading, and potentially later money-spending fans. In other words, the few people employing the above methods are better thought of as an opportunity, not a lost sale.
You sir just proved them right. :D