Miracle of Sound: Duke You Used to be Cool (Duke Nukem)

[icame]

Guess which gigantic noob just messed up the age restriction box and locked himself out of his own song...

Funny thing about the age restriction box.. it's broken. If you don't enter anything and just hit the 'go' button or whatever it is it will take you to the video.

 

[Sprinal]

I have single drum hit samples which I copy and paste into the patterns I need using Cubase.

It is very time consuming

When reading that I was expecting reason(tm).

OUCH! That must be extremely time consuming.

 

[InsomniJack]

I like the music, but... I'm sorry, I couldn't listen to any more of it after "You're an out of date, redundant sacred cow." That line is so awkward, even to read.

I'm all for constructive criticism, so please do elaborate.

Well... I'm not sure what exactly to say. Music is such a subjective thing, it can be flawlessly argued that what works for you won't work for other people, and vice versa. I can't really call it constructive criticism as this one issue I have is just my own personal thought on a different subject altogether. In this case: wordiness.

What I mean is that I believe there are artists out there (and I've noticed this coming mainly from female [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjGoXL6VKA] singers [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ZOfeQKXUs]) that have the position of adding a lot of words in the lines that they sing. Whether it's to get a rhythm from the syllables used or to cram as much of their psyche in the song as possible, that's to be decided by the listener, I suppose. But I never really cared much for it. I guess you could blame my own music choices (Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Starflyer 59) for gravitating towards lyrics that are (for the most part) compact and carefully chosen.

But when I heard that line, it just... I don't know, it felt so out of place for me. I'm sure in writing it's a perfect view on Duke Nukem. But I can't recall a time I've heard "sacred cow" used in a song other than from Primus ("Line 'em up now, greet the sacred cow [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV5u_A8UqjQ]"). It's a rare expression, and as a result, I ended up unconsciously comparing your line with Claypool's line. His, which was divided and spaced out; and yours, which fit all those words into one breath.

Again, that's just my view. You may find that line works perfectly for you. And that's fine. I'm just stating my opinion. It's unfortunate that I can't really offer any constructive criticism, as pretty much all I have had to say is just my personal feelings based on my own experience with music (both listened and composed), and not from some guidebook on how music is to be written.

However I will say: I think it was rather petty of me to stop listening to the rest of the song based on my reaction to that one line. And for that, I apologize.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

But when I heard that line, it just... I don't know, it felt so out of place for me. I'm sure in writing it's a perfect view on Duke Nukem. But I can't recall a time I've heard "sacred cow" used in a song other than from Primus ("Line 'em up now, greet the sacred cow [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV5u_A8UqjQ]"). It's a rare expression, and as a result, I ended up unconsciously comparing your line with Claypool's line. His, which was divided and spaced out; and yours, which fit all those words into one breath.

A fair point. What I was trying to do there was to fit the lyrics around the spirally guitar riff that plays simultaneously. It's not always easy to be objective about your own work so sometimes little clumsy or less smooth sounding things will slip out!

However I will say: I think it was rather petty of me to stop listening to the rest of the song based on my reaction to that one line. And for that, I apologize.

That's quite alright, I have no problems with people not listening to a song they're not enjoying.

 

[Russ Pitts]

Also - loving that the Escapist intro is now silent for MoS vids. With other videos it's not such a big deal, but the sound effects often jar with the sound of song, and the MoS video doesn't have its own intro.

Much nicer just to move straight into the song with no sound effects.

Glad you noticed, and I agree. Much cleaner as a music video presentation with the pre-roll bumper running over the song lead-in. I started that with "Sweet LA" and I think I'll probably keep it. Might try to work up a completely new intro as well if I have time at some point.

Yeah, I actually went back and re-watched the "Sweet LA" video after this one and noticed that it was also silent there - wasn't sure if it had been that way originally or had been retroactively removed. On that note, the "Sweet LA" is among the best vids that you've done - great blend of black and white with colour, great mood-match for the song.

Thanks!

 

[Zykon TheLich]

I was try

 

[Azaraxzealot]

wow... this is your best work yet.

first time you ever did a song, i saw the iron maiden influence, now i can see the Five Finger Death Punch influence. really kick-ass song this week dude. REALLY kick ass.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

wow... this is your best work yet.

first time you ever did a song, i saw the iron maiden influence, now i can see the Five Finger Death Punch influence. really kick-ass song this week dude. REALLY kick ass.

Thank you

I've never listened to FFDP but will be sure to check them out now

 

[TornadoADV]

So what do we call it? Operation : Dick Spray? I mean, Duke must of spent a good while on that whiteboard penis he was drawing.

 

[Triforceformer]

Looks like Duke heard you (and damn near everyone else), and is getting rid of the lame 2-weapon rule. But will the world stop being so cruel?

(Very original comment, I know.)

 

[DJ Jack]

Sigh, it's funny because it's true. :/