Or you could take the Dream Theater route and end the song abruptly.
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And the part they're fading usually sounds really good and I want it to last a little longer
If I remember correctly, the very first fade out was at a live performance included the orchestra to physically leave the room
The best ending for a song is Pink Floyd's Time.
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I had something more to say...
And then it starts right up into Breathe Reprieve.
Alternatively you get the funky song that decides to have some weird change up for the last 10-20 seconds which you suffer through on every repeat.
Black sabbath war pigs intensifies.
Hey man, sometimes you try a bunch of shit. None of it works. Then you try a fade out and it does.
Often times I find that songs sorta just write themselves. And sometimes the right ending is just a fade out.
I always hated that. It always felt like they just admitted defeat. They could have made an excellent song, but settled for disappointment.
Now I'm doing music myself, and goddamn, I get it. You can have a cool song going, and then you try to end it and it just sounds like disappointment every time.
Honestly, I often like a fadeout, e. g. keeping a slow bass beat around, fade everything else out slowly, sounds like a heart beating its last beats. Super cliché, but I like it.
I've always wondered how you would do this when playing live.
Maybe some theater stages feature sound-deadening curtains that can get you most of the way there, then you'll have to become a marching band.
In my experience, the songs with a fade out on the album usually get a real ending when played live. So they figure it out somehow
In some instances, you just sort of decide to wing it and jam for a bit until you all find a spot that works. So, sometimes, you get to hear the ending get written live! (Though, usually, you just end up repeating whatever you'd do when you were practicing the song before)
Source: Had a band, had trouble writing endings sometimes.
Fading out? With my wind band, we've never done it.
You can have everyone play pianissimo and also reduce how many players play each voice, but unlike a digital fade, this does change the way it sounds.
It's also difficult to stay in tune when playing at a low volume with a wind instrument, so it starts to sound horrible before it becomes inaudible.
@[email protected] mentioned mic+soundboard, but for a windband, the band itself would need to be out of earshot, which is rarely possible.
So, yeah, if we ever need/want to cut a song short, we make use of a marching band signal.
Basically, the person on bass drum does two double-hits, which are out of rhythm so you can hear them, and then another hit on the first beat of the next measure, which is when everyone stops playing.
That does not always sound great either, but better than nosediving the whole orchestra. 🙃
Musicians can play at different volumes, and there's usually a mic and soundboard.
Meanwhile...
Goddamn Dream Theater fucking rocks. Glad to see some love for them here on Lemmy.
That's probably the most aggressive fade out I've ever heard. Great example
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That's pretty good.