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…
Aaaand fade out...
Submitted 4 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to memes@sopuli.xyz
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/87c690d2-ba04-4364-88b5-6e7c8029a634.jpeg
Comments
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 months ago
Darkmuch@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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.
Trail@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Black sabbath war pigs intensifies.
lemmyng@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
can@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Greatest Hit (…And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
That’s pretty good.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
That’s probably the most aggressive fade out I’ve ever heard. Great example
jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Goddamn Dream Theater fucking rocks. Glad to see some love for them here on Lemmy.
AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And the part they’re fading usually sounds really good and I want it to last a little longer
MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
If I remember correctly, the very first fade out was at a live performance included the orchestra to physically leave the room
tvarog_smetana@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Haydn’s Farewell Symphony!
SpiceDealer@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Or you could take the Dream Theater route and end the song abruptly.
Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
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.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’ve always wondered how you would do this when playing live.
criitz@reddthat.com 4 months ago
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
Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
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.
@Kairos@lemmy.today 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. 🙃
LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Musicians can play at different volumes, and there’s usually a mic and soundboard.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 months ago
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.
scrion@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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.