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High quality "Still Alive" cover
2008-03-16, 2:18 PM #41
so you dont play games then
2008-03-16, 4:06 PM #42
You have a really good singing voice in my opinion.
2008-03-16, 4:46 PM #43
can you rerecord the black meesa part now kthx
2008-03-16, 7:59 PM #44
i thought the pause at 0:33 was a bit too long. and the meesa thing.
2008-03-16, 8:56 PM #45
no no no.. the pause wasn't too long. don't listen to him.
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2008-03-16, 10:31 PM #46
this song needs to stop existing. i hate valve for what they have wrought. the song was good ONCE, maybe twice. then INTERNETS got ahold of it :(
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2008-03-17, 4:04 AM #47
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
no no no.. the pause wasn't too long. don't listen to him.


you dont notice that it doesnt fit well? to be specific, the silence wasnt too long or too short per se - the song resumes on an offbeat because the silence lasted for a weird duration like 2 and a half quarter notes (assuming standard 4/4). im not big into music theory or anything, but the song shouldve continued on a beat as defined by the time signature (a beat = the "numbered" beats when you count "1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &" in a measure) to make it more natural, but instead causes some dissonance by starting offbeat. im pretty sure most songs that incorporate blocks of silence do this.

more importantly, snootle, what do you play in the band?
2008-03-17, 5:22 AM #48
LOL.. we did that on purpose, we stretched the break a bit to make things a little more interesting. It's not supposed to be in time.

And I play the keyboards.

Thanks for the compliments!
-Snootle
2008-03-17, 6:24 AM #49
LOLOL duh
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2008-03-17, 7:31 AM #50
Fart reamer
-Snootle
2008-03-17, 7:41 AM #51
im stuck on portal now
2008-03-17, 8:09 AM #52
Originally posted by ragna:
you dont notice that it doesnt fit well? to be specific, the silence wasnt too long or too short per se - the song resumes on an offbeat because the silence lasted for a weird duration like 2 and a half quarter notes (assuming standard 4/4). im not big into music theory or anything, but the song shouldve continued on a beat as defined by the time signature (a beat = the "numbered" beats when you count "1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &" in a measure) to make it more natural, but instead causes some dissonance by starting offbeat. im pretty sure most songs that incorporate blocks of silence do this.

more importantly, snootle, what do you play in the band?


You don't need to explain time signatures to me. I'm a drummer.

And yeah, I get all that. That's what makes it awesome. It's not like this sort of thing is unprecedented. (listen to Money by Pink Floyd, for an example of a non-traditional beat. try to count it out.) The dissonance is what makes it great. As long as the band is all there. Look at songs that switch between 4:4 and 6:8 time (Losing, by Hurt, for example). Musicians that get too locked into certain "rules" end up becoming just another band that no one's ever heard of.
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2008-03-17, 8:09 AM #53
Portal makes you think strangely if you play it too long.
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2008-03-17, 8:43 AM #54
Good thing it only takes 2 hours to beat then. :P
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2008-03-17, 9:09 AM #55
Originally posted by Oxyonagon:
Portal makes you think strangely if you play it too long.
Thinking in portals?
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2008-03-19, 7:22 AM #56
when can we see a video?
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2008-03-19, 8:54 AM #57
I don't think we'll be making a real video...

but I made a quick one frame video for youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQTQRBu0pLE
-Snootle
2008-03-19, 9:00 AM #58
lies!
2 frames
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2008-03-19, 4:05 PM #59
One frame, one cake :P
-Snootle
2008-03-19, 11:06 PM #60
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
You don't need to explain time signatures to me. I'm a drummer.

And yeah, I get all that. That's what makes it awesome. It's not like this sort of thing is unprecedented. (listen to Money by Pink Floyd, for an example of a non-traditional beat. try to count it out.) The dissonance is what makes it great. As long as the band is all there. Look at songs that switch between 4:4 and 6:8 time (Losing, by Hurt, for example). Musicians that get too locked into certain "rules" end up becoming just another band that no one's ever heard of.


There's a difference between using complicated/multiple time signatures and randomly dropping half a beat in a 4/4 song.
2008-03-19, 11:12 PM #61
Why is it bad?

o.0
2008-03-19, 11:16 PM #62
It's not necessarily bad. I really don't mind it. It's just awkward- and not in a good way.

btw MESA!
2008-03-20, 3:47 AM #63
I like muchly. It's managed to block the idiots out of my mind running round shouting 'the cake is a lie!' like it's funny - I got real sick of that line at my 20th birthday I can tell you.

So yes. Huge Success.

Sorry, couldn't resist.
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2008-03-20, 7:13 AM #64
Thanks!

And no, we won't be re-recording the song because of one mispronounced word. :P
-Snootle
2008-03-20, 7:54 AM #65
Sheesh, the pause isn't awkward, it's not dropping a beat, it's not odd meter.
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2008-03-20, 8:02 AM #66
i love the random guy that just haaaates the cover in the comments
Holy soap opera Batman. - FGR
DARWIN WILL PREVENT THE DOWNFALL OF OUR RACE. - Rob
Free Jin!
2008-03-21, 5:51 AM #67
Yeah, most comments on youtube are kind of extreme.
Either "OMG AWESOME LOL" or "YOU SUCK DIE IN HELL".
-Snootle
2008-03-21, 1:01 PM #68
Haha I think you guys are getting popular; someone just messaged me on MSN and was like "hey have you ever heard of missFlag; they did a cover of Still Alive"
Stuff
2008-03-22, 5:18 PM #69
Hehe that's awesome. It seems to be taking off nicely, 4000 views on YouTube already.
-Snootle
2008-03-23, 11:29 AM #70
Hey snootle, when are you guys putting this on your myspace page?
2008-03-23, 2:08 PM #71
i dont hate the cover, i hate the original song. way too much acclaim for what it is.
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2008-03-23, 5:35 PM #72
Originally posted by Stinkywrix:
Hey snootle, when are you guys putting this on your myspace page?


We've got a big banner linking to it from our page.

We won't be uploading it to our player though... people who've never played the game and heard the original song wouldn't enjoy it.
-Snootle
2008-03-23, 5:42 PM #73
Originally posted by bradsh:
i dont hate the cover, i hate the original song. way too much acclaim for what it is.


I think it's because game soundtracks are either a bunch of crappy "orchestra" synths or a Nickelback and Young Jeezy playlist so in comparison people found it refreshing
2008-03-24, 6:54 PM #74
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2008-03-24, 8:00 PM #75
crayon?
Holy soap opera Batman. - FGR
DARWIN WILL PREVENT THE DOWNFALL OF OUR RACE. - Rob
Free Jin!
2008-03-24, 9:46 PM #76
sharpie
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2008-03-25, 3:59 AM #77
I heard a rumor this was going to be on Rock band >.>

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/02/14/rumor-upcoming-rock-band-dlc-discovered/

and about the off beat time stop at :33.. it should definitely stay
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