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what are some of your faves?

I like:

(slow quiet)
(slow quiet)
(loud fast)
+/- slow quiet section
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(loud chorus *no vocals*)
(verse)
(chorus stripped down to 1 or 2 instruments *no vocals*)
(verse)
(repeat verse -> stripped down chorus as desired)
(loud chorus *no vocals*) w/ opt. repeat
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(instrumental intro)
(chorus a)
(chorus b)
(chorus c)
*instrumentation dosen't change or only builds slightly between choruses*
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(loud chorus *no vocals*)
(verse)
(loud chorus *no vocals*)
(verse)
(break)
(solo or loud section *different from chorus*)
(loud chorus *no vocals*)
(short outro *usually modification of the break*)
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(slow build)
(ocean of noise punctuated with highly effected vocals or keyboar/guitar swells)
(abrupt fall to one element of the noise ocean *usually light feedback into your favourite modulation*)
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the jazz sammich:

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Usually it's:
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Solo or Breakdown
Verse
Chorus
Outro

But one song my band plays goes:
Intro
A section
B section
C section
D section


And yes I know I wrote c section.
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haha, I'm chopping drums, pretty sure the first 3x 'song' set is:

sludge beat x6
roll-
into-
roll
blast A x4
roll
blast B x4
roll
-into-
blast 1 x4
sludgebeat2 x6
blast 2 x8
roll x2

2nd 'set is:
metal percussion
samples
metal percussion

3rd set will complete my side of the tape and will be closer to set 1... Kinda influenced by the old peel sessions for Napalm Death and Extreme Noise Terror the way the songs are grouped-run together.
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Loud intro
Loud verse
Loud chorus
Loud verse
Loud chorus
Loud bridge
Loud, noisy, fast guitar solo
Loud verse
Loud outro
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nieh wrote:Loud intro
Loud verse
Loud chorus
Loud verse
Loud chorus
Loud bridge
Loud, noisy, fast guitar solo
Loud verse
Loud outro

sounds like someone has a severe case of the the kurts
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bob the r0bot wrote:
nieh wrote:Loud intro
Loud verse
Loud chorus
Loud verse
Loud chorus
Loud bridge
Loud, noisy, fast guitar solo
Loud verse
Loud outro

sounds like someone has a severe case of the the kurts

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i tend to have a case of the old traditionalists:

intro
verse
chorus
verse
chorus
bridge
solo
bridge
verse
chorus
chorus repeats
ending or outro

naturally, i end up with songs that are six or seven minutes long. i'm trying to get into the Kevin Shields thing of

intro
4-line verse
intro repeats
verse
intro repeats
verse
ending or outro
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One riff, soft
Same riff, loud
Soft again,
loud again,
Halftime, still loud
soft original riff
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Fast
Loud
Solo
Breakdown
Loud
Outro

That's all my songs are.
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one riff x 1000
another rff X 1000

interchangeably.

or

improvise,
this part loud
this part not loud
keep going
keep going
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smile_man wrote:one riff x 1000
another rff X 1000

interchangeably.

or

improvise,
this part loud
this part not loud
keep going
keep going

Sounds good.
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Really long intro starts quiet gets louder
Unexpected loud part
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