This makes me think of Blasphemus soundtrack, which means it is very cool. It's good enough to make me want listen to it again, but I give it 4/5 instead of 5/5 only because of the transition at 1:20. I like the second part, but I feel like the switch to that section could be smoother (but it could be just me).
Author Comments
/ guitar knots piece 4
got stuck on this one for a couple of weeks, then hit the inspiration to clear it through yesterday while kinda sick. there are all sorts of things to be thankful for, aren't there?
this piece became very representative of a time i experienced in childhood with a kind babysitter/grandmother figure in my life and her very wooded backyard. i think very fondly of those times, and it's so crazy that that kid and the me now occupied the same brainspace, the same heartspace... and how time passes.
overall the Guitar Knots project has really come to encapsulate the fall spirit for me. i'm grateful that i can do work like this.
thank you for listening!
ALSO! I only used ONE of my guitar samples to make this whole thing!!! >:) i am happy 2 take a little goofy pride in that!!
(album art is the first picture in my camera roll that had a window frame and its outside view visible... 2021 in a V.Beach seafood place, it overlooked a bay and there were swallows there. it was nice.)
I feel the chords used really bring out that bittersweet nostalgic feeling, it starts off kinda tense and mysterious with the notes around 0:40 but then it brings some comfort with a "happier" chord at 0:53, and then it keeps changing like that, pretty interesting piece overall! I'm not that big into ambient stuff but I sure do like what you did here :)
JimmyTheCaterpillar responds:
it means a lot that you could appreciate it despite it not being your thing genre-wise! thanks so much for the listen :D
That droning intro is something I would love to sample. I'm impressed you've managed to record something like this on a cellphone and it sound entirely intelligible and manageable!
The gating at 39 seconds is sounding great, as well as what sounds like playing in harmonic minor. There are a few clicks and clips as cuts come in, but those can be eliminated by crossfade and micro fade in. I found this while editing in Mixcraft.
I think this is the most beautiful piece you have ever sent me. It has the same haunting quality I've come to know you for but also an air of tranquility. My favorite part surrounds 1:21. This is a great transition and a theme I wish would have been continued longer or repeated. The reverberation in the background almost sounds like a choir.
Take your goofy pride -- a single sample is an achievement!
The very few flaws I see in this piece as a whole, the clicking I mentioned as samples come in and out. You can either overlay a vinyl sample to play into this, or get a copy of izotope RX 7 to remove it (or just ask me and I'll do it in a few minutes). Beyond that, using Audacity's amplify feature to bring this up to max possible volume without clipping would be helpful. You can also chose to apply compression if desired.
I think a lot of these operations are in fact easier to do outside of audacity, though its pitching and scaling functions to me are about unmatched. For instance your gated guitar at 1:14 would sound even better if compressed and chorused, with modulated FX (changing over time). This is a bit unwieldy still in Audacity.
Otherwise, fantastic experiment. I encourage you to continue in this theme! You're really making me want to commission you for some of these wiiiild samples like at 2:15.
JimmyTheCaterpillar responds:
for the cellphone.... i honestly just set it directly in front of the... sound hole (poets have failed the guitar if that's really the name for it!!!!) and it picks up pretty clean. I neeeeeeeeeeed a tascam though I really wanna start implementing outside environmental noises into my work soo sosososo bad. I have an unfinished pure rhythm track that's been tossed in the back shelves that is the clicking of my electric scooter i have alongside passing cars and rocks and pebbles and stuff. lol i got stumped really quick on that one but i think there is sincerely something there once i figure it out....
i'm really glad you liked 1:21, that's my favorite part of the song too, and I really wanted it to be a little longer too, but that was a mechanical failing of me from the recording, as I was building around the sample and made that I scoured the sample to find ways to keep it pushing but nothing else sounded clean that I felt could continue in the same vein with. i definitely need to be better in my technical play and am slowly working on that as well lol.
as far as using another DAW.......... grahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i just want to do everything in audacity it's so accessible to me bc i've used it since i was 12 years old making whatever the fuck i was making on this site ten years ago lmao!!! i'm making excuses,,,,, i should probably get a new one but for the moment i honestly remain stubborn ':0
I do appreciate the advice on the clipping issue,, that was a big problem with this track, and while i'm satisfied with the level i was able to get it down to, it is something that will plague me until i get it right, so thank you for that as well.
as always -- the biggest appreciationz 2 you!!!!
this feels so original, i really like the idea behind it
JimmyTheCaterpillar responds:
that's such an awesome thing to read // thank you so much!
Credits & Info
- Listens
- 146
- Faves:
- 1
- Downloads
- 1
- Votes
- 6
- Score
-
4.77 / 5.00
- Uploaded
- Nov 24, 2023
- 6:52 AM EST
- Genre
- Experimental
- File Info
- Song
- 6.1 MB
- 2 min 40 sec
You might also enjoy…
JimmyTheCaterpillar 
Licensing Terms
You are free to copy, distribute and transmit this work under the following conditions:
- Attribution:
- You must give credit to the artist.
- Noncommercial:
- You may not use this work for commercial purposes. *
- Share Alike:
*Please contact me if you would like to use this in a commercial project. We can discuss the details.
