Under The Waves - TheHumps

I checked out the video, cool!

Cheers!

Wayne

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks!

Good to see someone who has been here longer than me!

There is a lot to clean up, the mix isn't perfect and neither is the playing. If I spent a week or so arranging it and composing some better parts it could come together.

Thanks for swinging by!

Wayne

Thanks! I agree, a vocal track or even a guitar track could take this in a certain maybe different direction.

Wayne

Thanks man! It's just something to mix, nothing special really.

It makes me nervous getting into the water, floating around and swimming against the tides. Sometimes you see bait fish around you and that's when I get the heck onto the beach, something's chasing them around. I know they satellite track a few great white sharks that have been tagged and swim about 20 miles off shore, up and down the coast. Yikes! ha!

Wayne

Merci!

Wayne

DBT were on a Tiny Desk Concert podcast a little while ago. I do like their music, good story songs.

Been working on instrument sound quality lately, now that I can hear things better I need to make some more adjustments, things are slowly getting better, hopefully.

Thanks for listening in and commenting!

Wayne

I wasn't planning to add any.

Blood and death seem to be the request of the day for this track. Can't say I was thinking of doing vocals for this one but stranger things have happened.

Do I need some killer lyrics or would serial killer lyrics on this track be better? I mean what would Nick do?

Cheers man!

Wayne

Hey Ed! I usually do 2 takes as the first take is where I work out some ideas and just play, mistakes are common. By the second take I have the ideas in my head then need to play it better and tighten it up. As I never practice, the pressure is on to perform and to just play from the heart. I can tell by listening to your songs that you hit the red button and just play, a lifetime of skill and musical know how makes it fun rather than work.

I shouldn't say it has no structure as there are distinct parts to the song and they flow because I mostly play in one key and intentionally played distinctly different bass parts with different dynamics. I think there is a key change in there somewhere but I am not going back and figuring it out, he.

I've always loved surf music, great stuff! Take care Ed!

Wayne

"....and some more murder" lol! Nick Cave reference, dig that.

"Piggy sound"? Can't say I've ever heard that expression. :) The growl that the bass guitar has is just how the Fender Jazz bass guitars sound. Mine is the Jaco Pastorius 1962 reissue, well know for it's exceptional tone. They were designed by Fender to compete against the Rickenbacker electric bass that was very punchy and bright and was popular and sold well at the time.

I go from the guitar into my bass amp, direct line out into my Focusrite Saffire pro then into my mac through lightening connection and am starting to get the punch and tone the Jazz bass is know for being, the best bass guitar in the world. I don't use any pedals or software to enhance it, other than some eq and compression in Ableton.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wayne

I used to do about 35 of these quick ideas several years ago and now I do only about 30 songs total a year. I can hear the tracks much better with my new gear and the input signal is about as good as it's ever been. Getting in and out of ideas like this teaches me a lot and I am seeing better results with substantially less mixes.

This one wasn't about a perfect arrangement or an unforgettable guitar performance. It was about spontaneity and working out an idea a little with a limiting bass line which I had no intention of changing. It was a fun challenge.
There are parts that are interesting and cool despite winging the whole thing, lol. Glad you liked it Spiv!

Wayne

Thanks man! Been working on getting the bass sounding better. The git has an inherent grounding issue that causes me to clip some of the high end freqs so I am not totally happy with it, it could be a bit more punchy.

Take care!

Wayne