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Smitty Dogan
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 20 ก.พ. 2014
My name is Dylan Smith. I'm an artist and musician from Alaska. When I'm operating in my element I just write whatever I'm compelled to. What that entails is a myriad of things that is ultimately irrelevant, because it ultimately boils down to intuition, and experience shows trying to contort or quantify the process makes both the work and myself worse for wear.
I have 3 or 4 "piles" that my work gets put in after I create it:
- Vector (overtly rock)
- Glister (generally soundtrack-ish, but not explicitly orchestral)
- Mediations (ambient meditational soundscapes using my guitar)
- Opus (a solemn world building project I've been tinkering at for over a decade now)
I also occasionally do video game music arrangements and covers, generally with the intent of retaining the "spirit" of the original, without changing the vibe into something entirely different.
I have 3 or 4 "piles" that my work gets put in after I create it:
- Vector (overtly rock)
- Glister (generally soundtrack-ish, but not explicitly orchestral)
- Mediations (ambient meditational soundscapes using my guitar)
- Opus (a solemn world building project I've been tinkering at for over a decade now)
I also occasionally do video game music arrangements and covers, generally with the intent of retaining the "spirit" of the original, without changing the vibe into something entirely different.
Liberty (Ambient Guitar)(Full Album)
And another. A bit more movement than the other albums, but... eh. CDs soon.
TIMESTAMPS:
1) Faith vs Trust - 0:00-4:30
2) Fun vs Healthy - 4:30-9:45
3) Talk vs Walk - 9:45-14:30
4) Novelty vs Growth - 14:30-22:40
5) Take vs Recieve - 22:40-26:30
6) Boring vs Stable - 26:30-32:30
7) Head vs Heart - 32:30-40:55
8) All or Nothing - 40:55-48:27
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Life is pretty "chop wood, haul water" at the moment so the ambient stuff kinda reflects that. -20° and mid-winter doesn't help 😂
But the couch surfing is at an end, I've made some new, very good friends, and my foundation is being built up again. I'm pretty content with a bit of boredom in my material world for a bit longer.
The live walkable ambient rig is assembled, I just have to order the gear. It's compact enough to fit inside a fannypack, dual stereo speakers included. Plus, with the wireless jack, I can play while I walk.
You guys'll see me buskin' this summer 😉
TIMESTAMPS:
1) Faith vs Trust - 0:00-4:30
2) Fun vs Healthy - 4:30-9:45
3) Talk vs Walk - 9:45-14:30
4) Novelty vs Growth - 14:30-22:40
5) Take vs Recieve - 22:40-26:30
6) Boring vs Stable - 26:30-32:30
7) Head vs Heart - 32:30-40:55
8) All or Nothing - 40:55-48:27
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Life is pretty "chop wood, haul water" at the moment so the ambient stuff kinda reflects that. -20° and mid-winter doesn't help 😂
But the couch surfing is at an end, I've made some new, very good friends, and my foundation is being built up again. I'm pretty content with a bit of boredom in my material world for a bit longer.
The live walkable ambient rig is assembled, I just have to order the gear. It's compact enough to fit inside a fannypack, dual stereo speakers included. Plus, with the wireless jack, I can play while I walk.
You guys'll see me buskin' this summer 😉
มุมมอง: 165
วีดีโอ
Head vs Heart (Ambient Guitar)
มุมมอง 1514 วันที่ผ่านมา
Though the real answer is intuition, everything else will catch up 🙃 One or two more tracks, then Liberty's done.
VECTOR (Demo Reel)
มุมมอง 2014 วันที่ผ่านมา
A demo reel of sorts for my more overtly rock stuff. So far most of it is "thrash-ey", but I'm learning more about other genres' "defining traits".
Glister (Demo Reel)
มุมมอง 2314 วันที่ผ่านมา
A demo reel of sorts for my more "soundtrack-ey" sounding stuff.
brÆk
มุมมอง 2221 วันที่ผ่านมา
Here's the first track for brÆk. It's almost breakcore, but not really. But it was fun to make. Art was from an almost 10 year old pocket sketchbook, trying to capture the feeling of "depersonalization".
Gwyn, Lord of Cinder (Dark Souls) - Pizzicato String Quartet Cover
มุมมอง 14421 วันที่ผ่านมา
Somehow this wasn't the first cover I've ever done. Better late than never, I guess. Though some of those early covers make my ears bleed, so I'm glad I waited to do certain pieces 😂
Skewed Lens ("Ambient" Guitar)
มุมมอง 6921 วันที่ผ่านมา
Ran some guitar patches through the Glitch2 plugin. Should play with it more often. It dawned on me that I just haven't been able to "play" in general for these last few months, all things considered. But properly having solid ground under my feet again provides the structure to actually do that. I have the space and time again for those types of things, and I've been acting like I don't. Time ...
Talk vs Walk (Ambient Guitar)
มุมมอง 1228 วันที่ผ่านมา
I'm in the process of arranging a live rig. The upside of having all my sounds on the laptop is that it makes composing pretty seamless, but the downside is that it makes playing damn near everything outside of "the studio" very clunky. Up until now I had always seen that restrictiveness as a pro, not a con, but things and people change in funny ways :)
Novelty vs Growth (Ambient Guitar)
มุมมอง 19หลายเดือนก่อน
"O slug, climb Mt. Mckinley. But slowly, slowly." - some old dude
Take vs Recieve (Ambient Guitar)
มุมมอง 45หลายเดือนก่อน
Give freely. Then, if you are not freely given to, withdraw your cup from them and give elsewhere. Reciprocity is the basis of healthy dynamics. Find the dynamics which flow without force.
Reset (Thank You) - Okami Orchestral Cover
มุมมอง 136หลายเดือนก่อน
Reset (Thank You) - Okami Orchestral Cover
Boring vs Stable (Ambient Guitar)
มุมมอง 69หลายเดือนก่อน
Not uneventful, Just... reliable. I've missed this feeling.
Grief of the Oldpoet (OPUS Vol. 1)
มุมมอง 84หลายเดือนก่อน
The Poet's Society is an elusive artisan's guild with a proclivity for hopeful dramaticism. Their home studio and base of operations is unknown, and between the Trinitarian Magistrate crucifying the imperfect and the Manusian Inquisition enacting "work-burnings", the Poets are even more cautious than before, as many works have been burned and many Poets have been crucified. The figurehead, Oldp...
Vagabond (Ambient Guitar) (Full Album)
มุมมอง 2262 หลายเดือนก่อน
Vagabond (Ambient Guitar) (Full Album)
Vasilus, Captain of the Roost (OPUS Vol. 1)
มุมมอง 142 หลายเดือนก่อน
Vasilus, Captain of the Roost (OPUS Vol. 1)
The Smith (*Dedicated Ambient Channel Announcement*)
มุมมอง 442 หลายเดือนก่อน
The Smith (*Dedicated Ambient Channel Announcement*)