Thanks all for the comments! I greatly appreciate those of you who have taken the time to download the song and offer an opinion.
Yeah, ShroudOfDusk, I hear ya... but I wouldn't have made this post in the first place if I wasn't prepared for people to rip on the stuff. I have seen some of the posts that get made around here... so I knew what to expect
I have no plans to change, and would never do so based on a handful of people not liking it. That comment about quiting my day job was just a joke
The thing is though... when I write, I don't write for any particular style. I just write it, and it comes out how it comes out. Because of that, there can be a lot of style variation from one song to the next. I dig a lot of death, black, doom, old school thrash stuff... and I think (IMO, anyway) that a combination of those 4 styles shows through in the music - this song especially, and probably a whole lot of ADS's songs... though one can have more black, one more doom, etc. "Wilted Sanity" is actually a pretty depressing song, which is probably why it ended up with a gothy feel to it.
But anyway... a possible underlying reason behind making this post in the first place is because I'm questioning whether that's a good way to write music... whether I should "let the song write itself" so to speak, or if I should be trying to focus myself on a more specific style or genre. With the positive comments I've gotten here though, including a few from those of you who don't even like that style of music, I think I'm gonna just stick with what I'm doing and see where it can go. I mean... hell... it's not like I'm doing this to try and make a living off it anyway
The sole motivation behind ADS is simply "for the love of music" and creative self-expression. If people really like it, man that's awesome... if they don't, then hey, that's cool too. It's certainly not for everyone.
I consider "Wilted Sanity" a bit of a defining moment for ADS, as it's the first song completed as a whole song, not an instrumental, intended for the demo CD.
Honestly though, I'm probably doing more harm than good by posting a single song at a time and asking for comments on what to call ADS's style... because none of you can see the whole picture that way. I need to just shut up, get my ass in gear, and finish all the rest of these damn songs already
To answer some of Black Wing's comments (glad you liked it!
) ...about the band, there's really not much to tell. Everything you hear in that song is me, with the expection of the female vox of course, who belong to my better half. You can go to the main page...
http://adifferentsun.com ...to learn some more, and listen to other music as well. Though I warn you... the styles can vary greatly, and the older stuff is kinda crappy in quality. I'd love it if you checked some of that stuff out though, and always welcome opinions.
Just some FYI about the other music on that page...
Wilted Sanity and
Seismonic Repercussions of Mayhemistic Mellowness (instrumental) are both destined for the demo CD with no changes (only some remastering).
Desert Moon Symphony will also end up on the CD, though not as an instrumental. It's going to see a lot of changes and become way cool I think.
Release Your Dreams will be redone for the demo, but will remain an instrumental (it'll see no changes except a fresh production).
Lab Rat will be completely redone and rerecorded. It'll still be weird, but not quite as weird as the way you hear it now
Some form of
Horizons Asunder may end on the demo CD as well.
Everything else for the CD isn't online in any form, but if you listen to the above pieces, even the stuff that's going to see changes, you'll get a better picture of ADS as a whole. Well, I shouldn't say that... take that picture you get and make it a little darker with a much heavier sound, and that'd probably be close
Anyway... enough babbling... thanks again to you all. And an extra thanks to those of you who don't even like this kind of stuff but still offered constructive comments
~Robert
