Description : This is the biggest arrangement I have done to date! 24 tracks ( 3 percussion,9 horns,1 bass, 4 guitar,3 vocal,2 lead/ solo, 1 cymbal, 1 toaster ). It sounds massive! This is another GSN (Global Ska Network) track just finished today. Again I'm looking for advise on all aspects of this track. The story behind the song is simple! Don't give up on what you believe in, or as I've put it "Keep on pushing through" . I hope you dig my new direction...
Cheers Slap...
Description : This is the 1st cover of Big Audio Dynamite i done in collaboration with a friend who live in england. We both fan of the band so we decided to do a challenge and produce a serie of covers. we done 4 in one month. each track got it proper video check my youtube channel indiegroundvid
Description : Sincere apologies for this nonsense. Started out as a home school project with the kids but they refused to sing or write lyrics so had to use bastardised nursery rhymes.
Description : just a fun track i think...A mix of Shaggy meets The Antiques Roadshow ;) brapppppp
Description : This track has a mysterious type feel to it. Mixed with a synthesizer, acoustic guitar, drums and other miscellaneous sounds. It's a guarantee you'll find it an interesting one.
Description : a melt of funk and ska genre... if you already listened to SOLEDAD, this track is the B side ^^
Description : This song is about what Chimpy said to Sleeve one day. Friends I used to love but can't stand anymore.
The jangly tabla & one-drop are Reason'd, the rest is all me.
Ess 'kay, eh?
Description : sweetness
Description : Ska-Punk
Description : Le dernier titre qui me permet de boucler mon 3eme LP. 10 titres en ecoute sur mon bandcamp pour ceux qui voudront dcouvrir l'ensemble de l'album (encore que beaucoup de titres sont passs sur looperman). En esperant que vous aimerez!
Hey guys, my last track which permite me to close my third LP. 10 tracks for those who will want to discover it, it's available on my bandcamp (a lot of these have been published on looperman too). Hope you will enjoy it!
bleep1.bandcamp.com/album/fraternit
Description : Petit son de derrire les fagots, rythm, entrainant, et qui, moi, me donne le smile!!!! j'espre que vous aimerez et tous vos retours comptent!!! merci tous, bonne coute!
Following the joefunktastic advice, i put "ska" for the genre :)
Description : At the beginning i wanted to work on a dub sound and finally i slided towards a ska sound... may be because i listened recently one of my laurel aitken records? lol
i'm waiting for your criticisms and i'm not against a collab why not!
MAJ december 4th
Friendly - Bleep
Description : Some chippa ska for you
Description : THIS IS A BRAND NEW MIX OF THIS SKA NUMBER
this is old school British Ska, Madness, The English Beat, The Selecters and my favorite The Specials, for the younger crowd these names might not mean a thing but their influence is all over the place, all loops no processing on the mix and the magic of SlapJohnson on harmonica, his loops are priceless to me thanks Slap.
Description : just fooling around with a sax and some guitars.
criticism welcomed XD
Description : This is the final track from the first Global Ska Network album. I started this album in Feb thinking I could do all the tracks in time to finish the RPM challenge. I was wrong, but I didn't want to rush what I had started and compromise quality. This track is about the general can't be bothered culture we are facing. You know the kind of people I'm talking about! They want everything for nothing,and expect everything to be handed to them on a plate. They also would rather do dirty deeds to (lie,cheat ect) Than walk the right path.. Verse..How many more times,how many more lies spat at our faces.you wheel and deal,cheat and steal won't win the races.I turn my back,try to protect the love that's left,you want that too, the greed you show despises you.Chorus.You'll always learn the hard way, you have to have the last say,stop living day to day, the future's what you make it,get out there and take it.. 10 piece horn section, including a clarinet high up to add a sparkle. All instruments and vocals Slap, drums by Sonic foundry. Again I'm looking for constructive comments towards the arrangement and mix/production. This track has 24 tracks, so if you feel a tweak is needed please say. I thank you all in advance for taking the time to listen and review... Cheers Slap...
Nice job this is a really cool track, vocals sound great!!!!
Hey slap, that collab is around the corner as soon as i get my beat running properly. (and call me jez :P)
So what can i say about this ska track, hmm, being in a ska band once, i can say this is awesome work mate, the melody, your horn/sax work and mastering are just sky rockets to the moon, with jelly and icecream for all :)
As always ska is close to my heart and thus, you've made me a happy bloke today :P
Laters :)
Super slaptastik flash! Werd to jah on that 1 Slap. Keep on pushing.
Dude... to say I dig your new direction is a serious understatement! You have me wanting to start bugging you for some collab work now haha... I'd love to do something in this sort of vein sometime. Music like this has so much energy that you can't help but love it.
24 tracks? Not sure I could do that (even with synths cause I can't play anything to save my life lol) without my A.D.D. taking the wheel.
Very cool stuff. You realize I need to strategically listen to every one of your tracks now...
Lisa
Being a fellow sax player for 10 years, i can say your sampling is impeccable. i put it down about 4 years ago , but i took a lot with me. Ska bands rock, plain and simple. This song reminds me a lot of the same sounds as Spyro Gyra (maybe spelled wrong.). If ya don't know who that is... then you should. Your songs have a lot of time taken to arrange. its tedious work.. but required. Once my drum set is mic'd i can shoot you some sets or something. but as far as criticism..... ID SAY MORE COWBELL!
Much love~J. just curious, you using a jazz mouth peice? if so what kind?
Amazing -- I really appreciate how tight the arrangement is. It's no small thing to manage 24 tracks, keep it tight and coherent. This all blends very well. It's a lot of fun!
Way to go!
Hi Slap,
Well, this just happens to pop up in the featured list.
Sounds like you have a one man band here with all the different instruments going on and vocals too.
24 tracks, is a lot. I can do up to 32 tracks, but I don't think I have gone over 16...and that was in my country-Cajun song.
Sounds like you found a great groove in your life with this tune. I see there is one more song you uploaded since this, but I happened to catch this one.
So I can only say, this is a first class production! Keep up the great work and play what you want to play.... whatever makes you happy. That's what I do.
Randy
GSN...is my favourite channel,I'm welding my browser to this frequency...Way cool dude!
It's interesting listening to the Horn section being used in the more traditional role as a chorus ensemble..I just love the emphasis this brings to a track..nothing beats that "Big Band" sound.....I have to comment on the production...it's "Cooking"...having 24 track's in the mix is amazing,especially as there's absolutely no frequency saturation...the delineation is superb..this is one huge sound!.....Multi tracking I think has finally found it's 'golden example'....this really is brilliant work...cheers mate! :)
this is so good slap, the breakdowns damn phunky mate, hed nodding from start to fin'
where is the kitchen sink man?
wtf no sink.. the toaster made it
o ya toaster toaster the glorious toaster
how can you have a toaster with no sink.
this is skatastic swankarrific and it toasted my bum
o ya on fire... burning
but no water so now i just gonna get burnt mwahah.