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#119462 by pianoir
Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:43 pm
What would this sound like to you?
Do you think it's possible to successfully marry symphonic metal (i.e. Nightwish, Within Temptation, Kamelot, etc) with a more ambient sound?
What would be the keys to making this appeal to any fan base in the US?

I am 100% open to and appreciative of your feedback. xo

#119468 by philbymon
Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:01 pm
Oh crap ANOTHER genre!

I have no idea what this would sound like. After awhile all the descriptions just lose their effectiveness for me.

I mean, when I think 'metal,' I think harsh, driving rhythms. When I think 'ambient,' I think moodier stuff.

I've heard some symphonic metal. Good stuff. Now, tone it down & make it spacey, & you lose the harshness what makes it metal, unless, of course, you're bouncing back & forth & yanking the audience this way & that.

Perhaps it's a sneakier sound than metal that you're looking for, that holds to the power, but in a more underlying way.

I'm sure the Goth types would go for that, if no one else. It's being done by quite a few bands, too.

#119478 by philbymon
Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:05 pm
Yeah, I've been working on my neo-transitory-'lectro-soapstone-swing.

#119483 by pianoir
Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:38 pm
I appreciate your feedback a lot. =)

#119485 by philbymon
Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:49 pm
Hey...I didn't mean to offend, honestly!

I'm just over-inundated with genre labels, lately. You gotta admit, some if the above was kinda funny, though!

:wink:

#119494 by Hayden King
Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:35 pm
philbymon wrote:Yeah, I've been working on my neo-transitory-'lectro-soapstone-swing.


WOW, that has to be SUPER COOL 8)
#119532 by Black57
Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:09 am
pianoir wrote:What would this sound like to you?
Do you think it's possible to successfully marry symphonic metal (i.e. Nightwish, Within Temptation, Kamelot, etc) with a more ambient sound?
What would be the keys to making this appeal to any fan base in the US?

I am 100% open to and appreciative of your feedback. xo


You mean something like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziThYl6B2vw

#119551 by jimmydanger
Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:36 pm
That label could easily apply to King Crimson. They are ambient, symphonic, metal and so much more all at the same time.

#119553 by philbymon
Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:43 pm
Which brings us full circle to "progressive."

Is it so necessary to further describe it to the point that you know everything about it, & thus don't need to listen to it?

#119560 by pianoir
Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:44 pm
interesting feedback from all -thanks! I assure you online forum feedback doesn't offend me in the slightest, so no worries. =) Hmm. I guess I also don't get bent out of fundamentalist shape about genre descriptions, so hadn't really thought that much about calling it ambient symphonic metal (basically, symphonic metal, which is a very true and legit sub-genre, just more mellow - no screams, growls, etc. I need to still think about what 'ambient' would mean, but it was simply a descriptive adjective and not a sub-sub-sub genre of anything. HA

I still have a lot to flesh out for this project, but am jamming around with different people to flesh it out, and I'm loving it. Keep on rocking on! (to whatever blows your hair back, and call it whatever tickles your fancy!) :wink:

#119562 by J-HALEY
Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:05 pm
Mary, Thanks for posting that version of Metallica, that was awesome I had not seen that! :D

#119597 by Black57
Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:07 pm
J-HALEY wrote:Mary, Thanks for posting that version of Metallica, that was awesome I had not seen that! :D


I am really glad you liked it.

I got the double CDs for my husband and I listen to it more than he does. The name of that double CD is S & M. Surprisingly, my son loves this CD and he jacked it for a few years. The guy who is conducting the orchestra wrote the orchestral arrangement and it was his idea to do this collaboration. He died of a heart attack a couple of years after this recording. His name is just not coming to me. Oh, it's Michael Kamen.

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