Artist description A one-piece dj who strings together harmonic samples, layering them for dramatic effect. Brings new meaning to the term "slacker musician". Basically, it's all pot luck as to a specific style the group meets. I guess it's just all from the heart. We really like diversification. People can listen to a chill track and be amazed, then I'm over the top techno. It's astounding.The only other astounding thing is how brave I am to put all reviews (good and bad) up on my page. Hope that cheers you up.

Music Style Dirty Laundry-sometimes clean, sometimes dirty, always catchy

Musical Influences Too many to mention

Similar Artists Too many to mention

Artist History I began arranging musical compositions in 1998. Using the wonderful DJ program on the Game Boy Camera, I began to make songs that sounded very awful. I had a 95-minute album, which I now call The Game Boy Album. Copies of this are very very rare (maybe 5-10 copies, if that many).Around February of 1999, I purchased Magix Music Maker v2000 Deluxe and began to arrange samples with that program. My first song was called "for the record" and while 3 1/2 minutes long, used about half of the sample library...eight more songs followed, and I refer to this album as Ever-Evolving (still have all tracks intact).For a while during the summer and fall of 1999, I actually lost the program, and I basically savored what I had made. I had become heartily interested in a new PlayStation game called MTV Music Generator. So in December of 1999, I bought it and began composing with even more detail than before (it wasn't just arranging samples anymore).A few of the tracks on the album are from MTV Music Generator, a few are from my Ever-lution stage, but the majority are from the recent purchase of AcidDJ 2.0. While very few of my samples are from the actual program, I used my acquired skills to make amazing tracks. I still continue to work to this day to make the ultimate song to get me on the map.

Group Members General Musician (aka Tunafish)-composer, arranger, etc.

Instruments Actually, just a series of computers and programs

Albums hopefully

Press Reviews there's no button"Pachinko" I love the sound of the drums - they sound real. I think the song needs a bassline to come in sometime before 1:50 where the synth starts. The constant drum part is a little lengthy. I like all the variation in the drums, but I think the song needs a little more musical content. -Esperanto I've got to agree with Daft Mode (I think) that this is one of your best cuts. Very tribal. The string sound is a little too loud (and I'm talking one decibal) but other than that this cut is very well crafted and thought out. The break at around 3:30 with the alarm squonk is ingenious. I would of course like to hear a vocal sample in it but I'm thinking one of the male voices from Dr. Zhivago or the like instead of my normal female voice craving. -review by Alan Miller, Institute For Psychic Reform (pachinko) has a great drumline, and lots of cool surprises throughout the song. Definitely my favorite of General Musician. -Chris Lindgren, Daft Mode Definitely my favorite track of yours so far, I really like the first drums and the way you build on them into the first break. But then you have the little snare rush with the cowboy sample that brings up the harmony, and it just blows your first break away, ingenious! I would have liked to see a bit more melody with the strings besides the one or two note tones you use, it could have added a lot and helped move things along greatly.Around 2:30 or so I swear I haer the strings become choppy as they try to come in, Like you didn't loop the sample correctly, it doesn't happen a lot maybe once or twice and isn't really a big deal. I love how at the 3:00 min. mark you make the drums stall and slow down and the backward cymbal brings back the synth sound then the subsequent build back into the main melody is quite nice. I liked the pause for the buzzer, the thing I want to know is if thats a sample from an actual pachinko machine? at about 4:00 mins. you start to kinda harmonize with the strings but don't really give them much to work with, but at least you got them out of the two tone three second loop they were stuck in. All in all though a very nice effort and what I think is your best song. (let it be said though that I haven't listened to all of them yet). -Jon Duran, Process very nice. the beat variation is amazing. i really liked the layered synth sounds in the end to close it. all the parts work together seamlessly, which is good. -dj krang"making a difference to youme": While quite melodic the synth lead gets rather repetitive after about the first minute but once you start building the texture things flow nicely, it's simply done but still effective none the less (like the minimilist approach as we discussed earlier.)I like how you don't rush anything but still don't let it last too long in the initial build.(except the first minute, but that could just be my own impacience because of external going ons)Now you'll probably hear me talking about this alot once i start reviewing peoples music but, when the beats do come in it's the old repetitive cliched dance beat, the \boom\boom\boom\boom, now I have a strong aversion to this rythm just because it is so goddamned overused in almost every electronic song you hear, up untill this became the backbone of the peice I liked it, now it's turned into "just another rave song". Now there is nothing wrong with this besides my personal taste, if I liked this kind of dancy beat I'd love the song. Around 2:50 I liked the strange phased bass sound that forms the break with the strings harmonizing with it, but here's what I say, Throw the bass into the beat, mix it in and form a new beat, get rid of the old dancy cliched one two and bring in the new and improved. It would give so much more depth to the entire work.Now you did come ion with a different rythm for the song and that was good I liked it alot better than the first, you use more rythms like that and you'll start to ooze style. But with all this said I read your profile on your page and discovered you've only been at this since 98' so trust me you're doing good and will get a WHOLE lot better. I think if stop using nothing but pre programmed samples and start making your own you'll really break out of your shell. -Jon Duran, Process a little to mortal kombat sounding for my style, but it flows nicely and the vocal samples add some flavor to the piece. the beats are a bit too house for my taste, but that's just me. -dj krang"livingbreathing": One of your best tracks. I like the hum at the very beginning. You should've brought that tinkertoy keyboard back in immediately with the full drums going. I also think you break it down way too early and should make a longer version of it. Good cut. -Alan Miller, Institute for Psychic Reform WOW! i really liked this one. the oriental type strings in the intro worked great with the piece and the drum loops were killer. overall the track was mixed very well and stayed interesting. good job. -dj krang"life expectancy (for a few years more)" This is a very fun track. There's a bit of scariness in the minor key used but the sounds are playful. The voice samples are also fun ("work of genius"). I feel a need for more low end in this. There is a lot of hi to hi-mid going on in most of it and the bass parts are very spread out. Nice mix up towards the end. Good cut. -Alan Evil, Institute For Psychic Reform"brand names (disturbing you)": The only thing this song needs is some low bass. Most of the sound is in the mid range. On the second listen I really started craving some booooom. It would open it up a lot. There's a little digital blip at around 4:17 that doesn't sound intentional. Really good cut. Not too hard to edit down to a proper length. A quick fade at around 4:30 would be excellent. As a matter of fact it may be just a little too long as it is. -Alan Evil, Institute For Psychic Reform Reminds me of "style" by orbital. Okay, in general I'm finding this a little annoying so far (I know that isn't really a valid critique, just an opinion). I think the reason is just that it's just not "real" sounding enough. Occasionally, a non-real sound can work for a song, but I don't know if it's working in this one. I like the beat that comes in, but I think there needs to be a little more ambiance for a bar or two before the new beat comes in so the listeners mind can get used to it better. I like the beat, though. Some good ideas here, but I just don't know if this track completely "works" if you know what I mean. -Esperanto"stolen (with the price tag)": Lush opening. I think the orchestra warming up loop should stop (maybe with a tik tik tik sound) just before the sliding strings comes in. The break and return at around 3:00 was excellent. At first I thought, "What the hell is he doing?" but knew in seconds what it was. I'd really like to hear a longer, dub style mix of this cut. -Alan Miller, Institute For Psychic Reform I like the smooth slide from one chord to the other. I don't really like the note the bass hits repeatedly for about a minute before the first wave of drums come in. I really like the piano though. I think this is sounding a lot like FSOL. I think the groove with the drums in around the climax of the song could go for a little longer (or a lot, whatever suits you). I really like this one as well, if you decide not to do a shortened (version of le phantitis). -Esperanto"le phantitis (minus e)". I'm really digging the remix of le phantitus (sic). -Alan Miller Good use of the vocal sample. I like that. The synth chords in this song actually sound a lot like some chords in an old song of mine. I assume you made them yourself, though. At that time, I think I downloaded them from samplenet. I like this song. A nice shortened version for the compilation could be great, I think. The beat and feel to the song are a little "dance"y for my tastes, but I like how you alternate between heavy beaty parts and more ambient soft parts. Overall, I think it's a very effective piece of music. Around 7:00-8:00 I think it would sound really good if you kept the high synth sound the same, but with the low one - make it so that the chord it's playing goes for two bars, and then lowers a tone for 2 more bars then goes back up. I think that would sound awesome if the high synth doesn't change but the low one does. (you don't have to take this advice, that's just what I would do). Okay, I think this is my favourite of the 4. -Esperanto i really liked the intro, but wasn't crazy about the first drums brought in. i liked the drums during the first break, and after that the song really builds nicely and has good variation until the end. good work. -dj krang

Additional Info the most important thing that you should know about my site is that new songs and different songs are up and down every day so chances are you'll always hear something different from yesterday. tell me what you want and you'll get it.

Location Self-Focus, Forgiveness - USA

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