Rhythmic Illusions

[Liquid Shadow]

Check this out. Inspired by a thread of the same title in General Chat. The "song" is meant as a cool rhythmic melting pot, not anything harmonically or melodically interesting. I stuck to pentatonics for the most part so that there wasn't too much clash between different parts when they lined up certain ways.

http://www.digitalsoundplanet.com/Members/000145223_000029739.mp3


Here's a breakdown of what's going on:
-The song starts off with a 7/8 conga beat (and the synth pad over it). This beat plays for 10 measures before the next one comes in.
-3/4 hammond groove enters. The 8th notes line up with the 7/8 bar at the same pace, but as you can tell, the different meters begin to line up in very different (and very cool) ways. The groove, 2 measures each time through, plays twice and then the next part enters.
-Plain 4/4 drum beat. It can also be heard as 6/4 if you consider how it lines up with the organ groove. With that in mind, this section plays 4 times, if you consider it as 6/4 with the organ and drums together.
-5/8 synth progression. It lines up with the drum beat again every 4 times through. It plays for 4 groups of 4 (so it lines up 4 times) and then the next part enters
-A 5 measure phrase of 4/4 with the lead patch. This plays for 2 groups of 4 over the synth progression, and then fades out for 2 groups of 4.
-The drums, organ, and synth all drop out at the end of their respective phrases and the congas fade.


Weeeeeeeeeee. :D

[LithoJazzoSphere]

That rocked! I'm gonna have to see if I can come up with something this weekend.

[synthz]

Nice! They're all locking pretty good... I like your sounds as well.. I'm doing something loop based as well at the moment...

[LDGuy]

Sounds cool. I've done something too, but with 16th note divisions.

http://rapidshare.de/files/3326776/illusion.mp3.html

It's the introduction to a Train of Thought-esque song. I dont think this would be possible to play live, but with multitrack in ACID it's fine.

The guitar/bass riff is 13/16 - 3,3,3,4.

Then the drums enter in 12/16, or 4 with a triplet feel. Then the drums play 6, but with a 16th note feel, so still 12/16, but with a different feel, and double time towards the end.

Then, there is a rhythm in 15/16 which is sequenced and then with modulated effects.

The rhythm is this...


15/16 ¦: 0-0-0-000-0-00-¦0-0-0-000-0-00- :¦

The guitar/bass is done on my keyboard and the drums are done using my electronic drumkit. I fluffed the fill at the end of it, but i reckon the rest sounds quite cool. I'll add some more sections to it and a few solos a bit later.