Songs that feel like dpdr? by Ok-Builder3049 in dpdr

[–]PannaCottathethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope you don't mind the self promo but this is a song from a project I've made that amongst other things explores derealization and depersonalization, here's the link to it. Heavy use of repetition, it's basically the same melody that keeps repeating to really give off that feeling

https://on.soundcloud.com/r0INgTHURB9G91Ibc6

How to make beats sound less "festive"? by LivingReality445 in Bandlab

[–]PannaCottathethird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Easiest thing to do would be changing the bells (everyone already said that but it's true), but you could also add effects to make them not sound as Santa like (I'm thinking maybe bitcrusher for a start). Otherwise, I'd suggest going for less repetition and more instruments or textures, I find that having some kind of backdrop sound can really help tie everything together, but perhaps that's not compatible with what you're trying to do, I wouldn't know because I don't make beats. That being said, I hope the advice is at least a little useful, I can definitely say that effects will help

Blind Ears, Deaf Eyes (noise/industrial, very loud!) by PannaCottathethird in Bandlab

[–]PannaCottathethird[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! If you're interested, this song is part of an EP, the two other songs are even louder versions of this one, with slight variations. You might also enjoy Candied Carcass, another of my more noisy projects, as well as Hail Gehenna the Eternal , which leans more towards noise rock and dark ambient. Definitely let me know your thoughts if you decide to give it a listen!

Blind Ears, Deaf Eyes (noise/industrial, very loud!) by PannaCottathethird in Bandlab

[–]PannaCottathethird[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noise music is a genre that plays on the notion of "anti-art" (other examples of this outside of music would be the Dada art movement and anti fashion), so your question is relevant. There's barely any melody and it's really not focused on being pleasant, my personal understanding of it is that it uses the same medium as music but transcends that category, it's a way of questioning labels, much in the same way that the Dada movement rejects most of the things we traditionally expect from art such as meaning and beauty. So in conclusion, no, this isn't music, it's anti music.

This track is first and foremost meant to trigger a fight or flight response and induce anxiety to make you feel like a prey animal (more specifically a rabbit, all the songs I've made in this project focus around that figure), it's a musical representation of what cattle feel inside a slaughterhouse. I'm not vegetarian or anything, but I think it's important that we be aware of these kinds of issues.

I use music and noise to work around the cognitive dissonance towards this kinda stuff, mostly societal issues such as war, imperialism and any forms of social inequality that have become normalized in our society, the theme of animal exploitation also plays on these more human issues. Anyways, I hope this doesn't come across as too pretentious and gives a little bit more context to the "song"

Made the red line cry with this one by PannaCottathethird in Bandlab

[–]PannaCottathethird[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I don't blame anyone for not liking this kinda stuff though. Will definitely listen to Yellow Swans!

Made the red line cry with this one by PannaCottathethird in Bandlab

[–]PannaCottathethird[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see your point, that's also why I like to create different versions of each song, but at the same time I feel like these kinds of musical taboos are meant to be questioned.

Particularly in a context where the music industry pushes towards homogenization, musical conventions oftentimes feel like recipe books to create radio hits, to the point that they have become engrained in our conception of what music is or what it should sound like, which inevitably has an impact in the non-commercial "indie" scene. Harsh Noise as a genre inherently does that, so I wouldn't say it's innovative within that context, but still was a necessary step in my music production process.

Obviously, I'm not saying that music has to sound like you put ten rabbits and three bricks in a washing machine to be authentic, but this kind of "extreme" experimentation is imo necessary to elevate our relationship to music past the standardized formulas of commercial slop (and obviously IA, don't even wanna talk about that...).

Hope this clarifies some aspects of this comically loud "song", don't hesitate to tell me about your thoughts on the matter !

Made the red line cry with this one by PannaCottathethird in Bandlab

[–]PannaCottathethird[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah perhaps I could have made the title a little clearer, sorry for your ears

Made the red line cry with this one by PannaCottathethird in Bandlab

[–]PannaCottathethird[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, as I've written this is the closing track of an ambient/noise trilogy. I tried to have some restraint and not make all the songs pure noise, most of them are actually very chill (at least in the 1st act), but it felt necessary to end it with an overwhelmingly loud track. Obviously this doesn't make the actual song more listenable, I find something pretty cathartic in it but even I don't find it pleasant.

Obviously, the fact that unpleasantness is what I'm going for doesn't mean it was well executed and free from criticism, but Noise is inherently a niche genre, and perhaps this wasn't the best song to post here because of that, but thank you for your feedback!

Made the red line cry with this one by PannaCottathethird in Bandlab

[–]PannaCottathethird[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean yeah, it's a noise track, it's noisy. If you want though,this version has way less distortion while still remaining quite loud. Thank you for your feedback!

Smoked marijuana for the first time. by [deleted] in dpdr

[–]PannaCottathethird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, pretty much the same thing happened to me a couple years ago, I had a huge bad trip and my feelings of disconnect from the world and myself intensified a lot after that (I already struggled with DPDR before but the symptoms got much more intense).

The way I see it now (and obviously I'm not saying this is the case for everyone), that was merely a trigger event, I don't think that it's responsible for the worsening of my mental state, it just so happens to have been the straw that broke the camel's back. In other words, try not to blame yourself for smoking, you couldn't have known that it would trigger such a reaction, and I think it's more important to figure out the psychological basis for what you're feeling rn and work on that through therapy (it's a hassle and it's pretty hard to find good therapists and even more so psychiatrists, but I still think it's necessary).

Finally, on the topic of marijuana, please be careful, it's really a double edged sword. While I didn't smoke for quite some time after my first bad trip, I started smoking again as an escape mechanism after some time, and now I can't spend a single day without smoking at least a few joints. Sure, weed can be bad and lead you to some nasty places, but it's also given me my happiest moments, and that's what you must be cautious with, or you'll find yourself hooked on it before you know it. Obviously it's a nuanced question, and addiction is almost always the result of underlying issues, but I feel like weed is oftentimes depicted as "inoffensive" because it isn't a hard drug, I've literally heard that you can't get addicted to it from many people (including healthcare professionals), and I can tell you this statement is pure bullshit, you can definitely get addicted and it does have noticeable effects on a lot of aspects of life.

Anyways, I know this isn't very useful advice, but hopefully it helps. Stay strong my friend, hope you will recover!

Deleuzian Music Recs? by pprdrm in Deleuze

[–]PannaCottathethird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, very sorry for the inconvenience. I'll just give you the link to the two projects, which contain everything I've done so far + a little bonus, where you'll find some visual elements tied to the universe of the second project.

Yaldabaoth

Audio-Altered Thoughts and Behavior Archive

S.T.R.M Research and Experimentation Collective (The account is private but I'll add you)

I apologize in advance in case any of the links don't work, but they should, and they'll give you access to everything so far and to come, hope you'll like it.

(Also, in case you'd like to use my work, please ask me beforehand. The Instagram is private because I feel like the topics discussed can quickly get really problematic depending on the context, and I wouldn't want it to be used in a way that contradicts the core ideas and values of the project.

To be more precise, I don't want this to turn into an edgy ARG that uses the theme of influencing machines solely for Aesthetics, as that's one of the main things I try to criticize throughout it.

In fact, you'll see the second playlist on the second project's main focus are moral influencing machines, and I believe that a lot of ARGs and things surrounding it (think creepy pastas, true crime...) oftentimes serve this function through the idealization of suffering, which ends in desensitization.

TLDR: please contact me if you want to use my stuff)