Liberteer
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Topic: Liberteer
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Subject: Liberteer
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2012 at 9:43pm
I made it up. You know, all the band names have been taken, that's the problem these days. I knew I'd have to make something up or use a phrase, and I really wanted a single word, not a phrase. I thought, what could you call someone who liberates, who actively works toward freedom, and that's what I came up with. It's not amazing, but it is unique and a little strange sounding, sort of optimistic or cheery, which I think fits the music nicely.
That's a tough one. It has a lot of hybrid genres that switch back and forth and sometimes blend together. That's why I called it anarcho-grind and called it a day. I've heard people call it symphonic grind or operatic grind, but I'm not sure that aptly describes it. I'm stumped!
I do prefer the solitary approach. I like to be in control of all the elements, I have a sound in my head that I'm after and collaboration usually doesn't serve to capture it. Collaboration is usually a crap shoot; the combination is good or it fails, but you have no one thing to blame it on. When I do things alone I have no one to blame but me, and I like that responsibility. Anyway, the main challenges with doing Liberteer was finding a compelling way to blend the instrumentation with the more traditional grind. Also, weaving the different themes throughout the album took some thought and careful planning, and I had to go back and record sections in order to make that happen, which added to the recording time.
I don't have much of a goal when I set out to do music. It's nice if someone puts the album out, that's the main goal, but beyond that, everything is gravy. I hope people enjoy it of course, but I mostly record music these days for myself, I'm my main audience, that way when the bad reviews come in I don't care as much, I still love the album. That sounds silly, I know. But at its most basic, I heard these sounds in my head and felt compelled to make them real. And I mostly did so I'm pretty happy about it. The best case scenario would be for listeners to like the album and to look into the political message.
No, I've been feeling this way for a handful of years now. I'm actually enjoying a period of economic success for the first time in my life, after always having been poor, but I don't feel content because it's predicated on the suffering of so many, in my country and others. Power concentrations rob others. Imagine our living standards if the capitalist class didn't hoard their wealth and exploit the working class for their own ends. A few years ago I was living below the poverty standard and I think I'm even more aware now than I was then. I know the middle class in my country are afraid and angry right now, but they need to turn their indignation toward the system itself, against our economic model, because capitalism wasn't really meant to safeguard a middle class. Capitalism considers the middle class even more supplicant in their slavery than the poor.
I never considered releasing the album without chapter breaks, it just wouldn't be done, I can't imagine any record label doing that for a grind album. It's also very helpful for me when skipping around the album. But the album is one long song, essentially. And while I didn't want to force listeners to go through the whole album in order by not including chapter breaks, I did write the album with the hopes that people would get caught up in listening to it in order. I think we've all listened to a song off an album we love and not been able to stop until the album is over. I'm glad that people can skip tracks if they want. But it's a special thing when they end up forgetting to.
At first there was. I had plans to write the lyrics in Homeric verse, so the album was an actual opera, and the themes corresponded to the characters in the lyrics. It was too hard to pull off though, I got frustrated and abandoned it. But maybe the next album I'll do that.
I kept hearing it in my head, years ago. I kept hearing a stirring military type of instrumentation. No one has ever toyed with grind in this way so I thought I'd give it a try. I studied a lot of propaganda music to figure out how to orchestrate it, and I ended up learning some interesting patterns with melody and harmony and with voice leading that propaganda music uses. After I learned the basics, the themes almost wrote themselves.
Don't pin your worth on some idea of making it. Success is subjective and elusive. Just love the process. If you love writing riffs, if you love getting together and jamming with your buddies, that is more enjoyment already than many full time "successful" bands have. Love the process of making music and you will be happy.
No, thank you for the great questions!
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Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2012 at 1:48am
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Can't say much for his politics but a very interesting read, thanks Conor.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2012 at 5:48am
Well my red heart loves his political views . Great interview Conor .------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2012 at 2:00pm
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...oh and I�ve added the interview to the interview index: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1115&PID=21252" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1115&PID=21252 ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Tupan
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 6:58am
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UMUR wrote:Posted By: Tupan
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 6:58am
EDIT: But should asked about the Cretin status!
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 8:57am
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...oh yeah right that would have been interesting to know more about. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |