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Listen To Something Wicked This Way Comes Heavy Metal Song By SpyderX At Looperman.com

26th Mar 2010 06:54 - 15 years ago
Description : Simple metal jam with a touch of strings and piano for interest. Vocals by our friend Eshar, whom I gratefully thank and deeply appreciate.

Comments (7)

If you have time take a listen and give SpyderX some feedback.

JohnBoutilier
JohnBoutilier 4th Dec 2010 04:17 - 14 years ago
I like the track as is, but I look forward to when you do your alterations with the mix.

All The Best, My Friend

John
SpyderX
SpyderX replied Unknown
Thank you, John.

I'm in the process of re-mixing some of my earlier stuff (while still working on new stuff as well, of course). I'm hoping to get a website going soon, and I want to be able to offer several CD's for DL, so I have a lot of work to do.

Peace,

Mike
AllenV
AllenV 20th Jun 2010 05:27 - 15 years ago
If i could play metal I would ask to jump in here with you but I don't have that edge,and I like it but you know it's gotta be real and i've been in Eddie Van Halen's pocket too long:)Great song Spyder.

Allen
SpyderX
SpyderX replied Unknown
Well, you don't have to jump in on this one, but if you're really interested I DO have several unfinished songs more in the rock/pop/hiphop vein which could use some awesome guitar licks. Just a thought....

As always, thanks for the listen and review, bro.

Peace,

Spyder
Marius9
Marius9 5th May 2010 17:41 - 15 years ago
I agree with Mr. E, the mix could be a little more even, the keyboard work is really good, and the drums are fairly real sounding, which is not easy to do when synthesizing metal. I think you should seek out a guitarist to actually play on this track, and maybe add a couple of leads, and you have a solid intro track to an album, so long as you spend a painful amount of hours automating EVERYTHING and making a great mix. A really solid start, in my opinion, and a good way to compose a metal piece all by yourself.
SpyderX
SpyderX replied Unknown
Yeah, I know the mix ain't all that good. "Something..." was one of the first songs I wrote, and I just didn't really have the experience nor the equipment to master the track well. I've since gotten some very nice vocal processors, sonic enhancers, and high-end multi-band EQ's (and gained a bit of experience as well), so my production quality is gaining (I hope). I'll probably remix this track sometime in the near future, but I'm presently concentrating on finishing a dozen or so new tracks.

I wish I knew a decent guitarist to add some licks to some of my stuff, but I don't. I do have a couple of new guitar emulators though, so I'm hoping that with a little practice I get the guitar sound I'm really after.

When I re-master, I'll probably replace the FPC drums with Real Acoustic Drums Sf2, which are real acoustic drum samples.

Thanx for listening and reviewing, bro. I really do appreciate it.

Peace,

Spyder
KorruptDialect
KorruptDialect 2nd Apr 2010 11:42 - 15 years ago
hard hittin track man... really feelin this, hardcore shi*. jus nice work man
SpyderX
SpyderX replied Unknown
Thank you, Korrupt - I appreciate the listen and review.

I think that musically my ideas are working out to my satisfaction, but I'm havin' a devil of a time gettin' the mix down tight (especially vox). Oh, well, it'll all come in time, I guess.

Again, thanks for the listen, bro.

Peace,

Spyder
oasisduke
oasisduke 26th Mar 2010 13:24 - 15 years ago
i played around with this pella as well. i like the dark place you took it.
i also know how hard it is to get the mix balanced with this particular pella, which is quite soft a bit washed out.
nice work!
SpyderX
SpyderX replied Unknown
Thank you, Oasis. When I imported this particular pella into Audacity, I found the signal level to be at around -18db, so I normalized it to 0.0db, ran it through a noise filter, and EQ'd it a bit before exporting the WAV into FL. I still have a devil of a time mixing down vocals though....
rei4real
rei4real 26th Mar 2010 10:46 - 15 years ago
yep, MrE is right ... mix could be a little more balanced ...
but the song itself is well composed and arranged, and the concept is great!!!
mixing is mostly a matter of experience, but it's the key for a good sound ... I spend about 85% of the production time with mixing, sometimes more ... ;-)
over all this is a good track!!! great!

peace, rei
SpyderX
SpyderX replied Unknown
Dude, thank you a million times for listening to, and reviewing, my tune.

I know exactly what you mean about mixing down.

I seem to spend countless hours fiddling with all the knobs and sliders, but it still doesn't come out like I want it to (especially when vocals are involved). I know that part of the problem is that these cheesy desktop speakers don't reproduce any bass at all, but it's mostly (as you said) a matter of lack of experience. Hopefully, I'll get better at it as time goes on. I just need to learn the right techniques...

Thanks again for taking the time to give me a listen and post a review, rei. I really do consider you to be one of the best guitarists I've ever heard, bro, so it means a lot to me when someone such as yourself expresses a little interest.

Peace, bro.

Mike
donmega
donmega 26th Mar 2010 07:08 - 15 years ago
wicked,evil,strong,futureristic, like wow
the bass the drums are banging hot the vocals a little loud but it was hot
u have a lot of talent
SpyderX
SpyderX replied Unknown
Thank you, Don. I think you've got mucho talent yourself, bro. Your rhymes are great.

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