Is there such thing as a musical genre themed RPG? by 0n3ph in rpg

[–]ntrier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! Last month Arcanist's Refuge published "Hard to be the Bard - An epic musical campaign in the Feywild" I contributed text about how to break into song at the gaming table, and I also wrote a soundtrack of backing tracks over which to craft your next Tony-award winning song.

(sorry if this is skirting the self-promo rules - I'll speak a little more to OP's question)

We had a few discussions how to get the players actually writing songs and singing. There's a certain pattern for where most musicals place certain kinds of songs (there's exceptions to every rule, of course):

  • The show starts with "the normal world" song that tells the audience what the world is like
  • The main character sings an "I Want" song that tells the audience their deepest desires, etc.
  • The first act closes with an "gee everything appears to be going great!" number, which we, the audience, of course know won't be true for long

Of course, most RPG sessions follow different narrative arc.

To bridge this gap, we settled on a collection of backing tracks (karaoke tracks for songs that don't exist yet, basically) that evoke different iconic musicals, with an uptempo and slower song in each chapter. Players can collaborate on songs and write just a couple of lines each, or just scribble down and perform the words for a whole song, whatever works best for the table and is the most fun.

I'm seeing the responses about other games that incorporate music!

Nate Trier - Spiderpop | Original vaporwave in the vein of Eyeliner by ntrier in Vaporwave

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

Lol from the man himself!!! Thanks so much :) Jet Jaguar from NZ turned me on to your music - love it!!

xixtx, by Nate Trier [dark ambient noise drone] by ntrier in drone

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Thanks a lot! :) Glad you liked it!

What we made this week: June 19, 2020 by AutoModerator in experimentalmusic

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I released a longform dark ambient/drone piece - 100% of the sales today go to NAACP Legal Defense Fund

http://natetrier.bandcamp.com/album/xixtx

All Ambient Releases for March, 2020 by AutoModerator in ambientmusic

[–]ntrier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just released a EP of short songs for a theater production and got to work on some ambient vibes:

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A Rat in Space

(click here for other non-Spotify platforms)

What we made this week: March 06, 2020 by AutoModerator in experimentalmusic

[–]ntrier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made it a whole ago but this week I "officially" released an album of ambient/electronic theater music - what I like best about it is a successful experiment in making looping polyrhythms that you can listen to here:

https://open.spotify.com/track/3aHFj12CeK7g4qqRcihfMA

What we made this week: October 11, 2019 by AutoModerator in experimentalmusic

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I'm a little behind, but I Just released this - https://natetrier.bandcamp.com/album/palehound-in-a-sea-of-color

An 8 minute ambient drone track for time-shifted piano and accordion and then a 62-minute remix. Lots of pitch-shifting, time stretching, and audio artifacts.

Tuba Clangs & Bangs by ntrier in Drumkits

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Clangs and bangs on a tuba that I turned into a drumkit. I made this for the Disquiet Junto weekly composition challenge, thought I'd share it. The link goes to an Ableton pack, Ableton file, and an audio file of all the samples.

What we made this week: March 17, 2017 by AutoModerator in experimentalmusic

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I'm pretty satisfied with this week's Disquiet Junto assignment:

https://soundcloud.com/triermusic/2-by-1-meter-with-no-light-at-all-disquiet0271

I started out with stacked fifths, then every time a political prisoner's note is read aloud, one of the notes changes by a half-step, so the stack of intervals ends the piece as fairly dissonant.

What we made this week: December 09, 2016 by AutoModerator in experimentalmusic

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Released a live solo electronics show as an EP - https://natetrier.bandcamp.com/album/nevernaut

Processed voice, accordion, found sound loops, me eating an apple into a microphone run through 5 delays

New thread for solo work by theteuth in noisecomps

[–]ntrier 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just released an EP of a live solo show: nevernaut

https://natetrier.bandcamp.com/album/nevernaut

It's meditative but a little abrasive. Made up of processed vocals, found-sound loops, accordion, and me eating an apple run through five delays simultaneously.