This is a cool divergence from the songs I expect to hear when visiting your profile! Feels like something which may have shown up on "Sandanista," which is definitely my favorite Clash album. So I guess that means that it has a sound which I identify as one culture being interpreted through another person and the culture they were born into. I don't think that living things strictly choose where they are born, so it is not your fault if someone were to say that it does not sound authentic. Something which I would not do in this case! I love the bass and guitar performances very much, and the hand drum and other percussions add a lot to the enjoyment of this song. I'm assuming you have no idea what these words mean, but I would be happy if you give me some idea of what they mean to you. Was a very fun listen, from beginning to end! Fave!
Hey Pat thanks for stopping by mate!..I have absolutely no idea what the lyrics say, it's probably content any small community would talk about, sex, chickens or the weather! lol...I totally agree with your premise about cultural interpretation through the medium of personal experience, my grandmother used to have this old zither that I used to play with as a little kid, I couldn't play it in the traditional manner but somehow figured out to try hitting the strings with spoons, I'd spend hours hammering away making crazy sounds, don't know what ever happened to that old zither but I was thinking about it during the making of this track funnily enough...glad you enjoyed it mate!..cheers Dave :)
Great track here, Planet! I love all of the sound choices used here. This track definitely gives off that African origin sound. The mix is done very well and the vocals sit perfectly in the mix. The flute sound that came in around 2:38 was great. Did you use a real flute? Overall, this was done very well!
Hey thanks Mod, glad you enjoyed the tune! The flute was a midi played Vst (pinkillu bamboo flute) which I thought fitted in quite well, I was originally envisioning some more traditional African instruments like the Kora (21 stringed harp) but unfortunately I have no access to one of those, and I couldn't play it anyway! lol...cheers mate Dave :)
Hey I Don't Have Time To Go In Depth Right Now, But I Promise I Will Tomorrow. This Track Is Highly Influential, And Well Thought Out. I Can Sense A Great Deal Of Work Was Out Into This Production.
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What could it be about your music that always makes me want to pick up a bass? ... as if I didn't know... that bass sound is so sweet! I've been listening to the Miami Vice soundtrack on cassette lately while renovating my second studio, and this really does belong on there! I never realized how much ahead of it's time music ended up on there! Anyway, I love the old school crime theme blended with hip hop style. Your bass is, as always, the icing on the cake! Super cool track! Fave!
Hey Pat thanks mate! I guess all those old television sound tracks get imprinted over the years and finally come out years later (albeit warped and twisted) like the effluvia from a slow moving glacier. Second studio sounds cool man you'll have to post some pics, thanks for listening mate, all the best Dave :)
A little Jaco influenced intro, perhaps? ;) Great vocals, adds the human element and so much intrigue to the track. Sometimes not knowing the language make for a better listening experience. Cool groove whisking me along, a cool Moroccan night.
Then the change at 2:17 kicks in and a big grin appears on my face! Almost a country feel to that section and totally unexpected. Some nice changes throughout with the steady drums keeping pace.
Hey buddy thanks mate!..glad you liked the track Wayne, the more I play my acoustic/elec bass the more I like it, I've got a few more instrument builds on the drawing board at the moment and will be starting them towards the end of our winter (too cold for gluing at the moment) ..be over at your page shortly mate, all the best Dave :)
Wow this is a fantastic peace of music, like the oriental flavour. I like how it mixes blues and bluegrass and fusion and whatnot. I also try to mix some styles, but nowhere as smooth as this. Very fine guitar playing, too.Well done!!
Hey TeeGee, thanks for stopping by mate! glad you found the track interesting, sometimes I think I should just stick to one genre per track but I love tangential thinking! lol...cheers mate all the best Dave :)
Great bass sound first of all. But then at 0:22 it seems too buzzy for the first few notes but then settles down as you move off the high notes.
0:50 cool way the vocals enter with that metallic percussive fill. And they continue and they're very good. Wonderful, emotive vocals that work well with the bass g etc.
2:02 what's the Eastern sounding instrument around here? 2:14 is that slide the same instrument?
Then a total change with that rather cool country guitar. It's great playing but I feel the guitar is just a bit too loud in the mix.
3:06 lovely strings and more tasty guitar. Wide percussive stuff in the headphones.
3:32 awesome high guitar notes, beautifully played. And more follow.
4:04 a break from the guitar at just the right time. Nice to hear what's underneath a lot better. And then the sultry vocals return. This is true fusion music. No surprise as that's what you're into.
4:40 awesome Eastern jangly instrument like a dulcimer. What's that? I need to get that sort of sound into my music, though I've been concentrating on learning the cello for the last few months.
This heavily layered cello track from last month might interest you as I've got some interesting sounds out of it that remind me a bit of acoustic double bass. My pizzicato playing is fine, it's really just the bowing that I'm learning and trying to get half decent at.
Hey man thanks for stopping by and the insightful appraisal...you wouldn't believe how much time I spent getting the action right on this fretless acoustic bass, (the whole build took quite awhile) I made the bridge blade out of billet aluminium, but long story short when finally it was setup just right, intonation neck relief blah blah blah I thought finally I can get down and play this sucker...the whole tonal range was dominated by this awful metallic twang in the background, damn damn damn! obviously transferred from the alloy bridge, I'd listened to an NS Convex (think that's the model name) fretless headless bass afterwards which had an alloy piezo bridge just like mine and it suffered from the same constant artefact as well! shit I thought maybe time to go back to the drawing board, after trying maple and ebony as bridge blades without any great success (not enough strength and sound conductivity in this configuration) I had a brain storm and place a thin piece of hard plastic between the bottom of the alloy bridge and the piezo element..success! I've expanded on this point to help explain the buzzing you mentioned, all fretless instruments have this inherent sound/problem to a certain degree, it's their bane but also their shining light and it's overcome mainly by glissando and downward pressure in unison with watching out for too severe hammer ons, in short (haha could have put this at the very start) it's my sloppy technique here at fault! lol..ok back on track the bowed instrument is a Dilruba violin vst played on my midi keyboard, the last ethnic sounding plucked instrument in the final stage is actually a Harp vst which I've given small room reverb and added some delay to give it that twangy double tap reverberation, glad you enjoyed the piece mate...cheers Dave :)
Wow mate you still putting out very decent tunes, nice relaxing track, loving the vocals, portraying he chill feel within the track, everyone has beaten me to the juicy bits my friend, great change up with the guitar to help wake you back up again lol, love everything about this one, absolute pleasure to the ears...excellent...FAV...mosaic..
Hey Esti thanks buddy!..I haven't been producing as much music as I'd like, but things are definitely on the improve in that department, thanks again mate..cheers Dave :)
planetjazzbass my man, great track. I remember when I first joined up on the ole looperman I came across your loops and was blown away on the quality and depth of them. I used a few in a handful of songs. Thanks for all the uploads, keep em coming!
Hey Hustle, thanks mate! so glad you liked the track (and some of my loops, man I've got to make some more of those, been a bit slack in that department lately)...thanks again for your encouragement mate!....cheers Dave :)
I see (hear :D) you made another masterpiece of your unique musical style... It's always cool to listen to your really complex works, every time they gives some interesting thoughts or/and feelings, at least to me. Keep up the good work! :)
Hey Traz..thanks man! so glad you enjoyed the track, sometimes I make music and think 'people will probably hate this stuff and call it junk' it gladdens my heart that some like yourself find it ok...cheers mate Dave :)
I'm very proud to be in this community which gave me a chance to listen to this artwork...one of the best fusion track what I've ever heard...I'm 50 and listen to music for 45 years...:-)
Hey Danke, thanks mate you are too kind!..I was wondering what genre to place this in and seeing I usually tag all my tracks as 'fusion 'I decided to go with acoustic this time as a lot of the sounds are headed in that direction...half the time I have no clue! lol thank you again for listening...cheers Dave :)
Wow!
Incredible piece of jazz country rock eastern market trader busking!
I'm a bit lost for words.
There cannot be any definitive description for this.
The mood the taste the flavours and aromas this evokes are absolute magic with some kind of eastern promise in a very western setting.
This is one of them I'm blown away moments.
Got to have a commercial worth as well as being artistically top end.
Hey there Sman, thank you for the kind review mate, I particularly like the fact that you got my eastern, western empathy drift, so often these days (myself included) it's easy to get swept away by media driven political agendas and overlook the normal everyday citizens of eastern countries who just want to live and love life like we all do.
cheers mate much appreciated....Dave :)
im sitting at work, waiting to get the hell out of here and i stumble across this absolutely AMAZING piece of work. you really outdid yourself. i love the arrangement. i got this intense feeling (for me anyway) that the beginning of the track was tantamount to a few strangers (the instruments) trying to understand each other. the woman being the central figure of the conversation... and then they all click for the second part of the act. it was such a great listen, Brother. really, just beautiful.
Hey Mike thanks so much man!...I think your review is pretty close if not spot on to the core of this track, while I wasn't intentionally trying to portray any specific scenario I was introducing elements exactly as you described, music really does communicate in a universal language and I really appreciate you taking the time to listen......cheers mate
Dave :)
I was just gliding along...appreciating the bass playing and vocal over that subtle backing pad...then the first of the diversions into that kind of country blues-rock whacked me with a big smile...love the way you just glide out of that section around 3:05...and on into the smooth next one (like the way you walked the bass around there too)...I was thinking you were using your fretless in that first section till I read your later comments..never did try an acoustic one but I did try a set of those black nylon wound jazz strings on my first JBass (around 65)...Your posts are always a treat for the ears and inspiration for the mind Dave...the production is fantastic, but having such a great arrangement...the composing imagination...and playing talent really sets a standard that few will meet....superb work all round...really enjoyed this one...Ed
Hey Ed thanks man. I'm really getting into the acoustic tone of my bass at the moment, it's got heaps of sustain and fills out the bottom register nicely, pretty sure I'm going to build another one, a four stringer this time with an additional magnetic pickup for those crossover tones (and a slimmer neck for speeder playing! lol)...thanks for your kind words mate very much appreciated!....cheers Dave :)
This is very cool and deeply interesting! Where did you find these vocals? They are pretty haunting in some way, and well recorded. The bass work sounds great as well... is that your upright bass? Quite the unexpected change in the middle there! Very jam band, improvisational stuff in this part. I hear jazz, blues, rock, pop, folk... and it's all rolled into one indefinable wrapper... like a fine cigar. Very fun to hear, and thought provoking! I found myself dreaming about playing bass all night last night, and this song encourages me even further, so thank you for that. Amazing song! Fave!
Hey Pat, glad you enjoyed the tune mate....The vocals come from Native Instruments Ethno World Voices, Iranian Neda licks in this case (there's some seriously cool samples in it) I played the licks using my midi keyboard then built the track around it..yeah this is the acoustic/electric bass I made, strung with black nylon tape wound strings I'm getting about 75% of the upright tone I was looking for and will be adding a Myer mini microphone to the sound hole in an attempt to get more acoustic growl but nothing will sound as good as a real double bass, man I had a cool 3/4 upright in 1981 and swapped it for a bass rig, dumb! dumb! dumb is me!(I was mainly into rock at the time)...when you play this bass the tone makes it's easy to slip into hoedown mode, blue grass and jazz! lol, so that explains the little excursions to the groove, ah man dreaming of playing bass is way cool more people should do it!haha...thanks for the cool review mate!!!..cheers Dave :)
Percussion, percussion, percussion. That is the delight to me in this track. Oh and the fretless bass. Yes the vox may be gibberish to my syntaxic brain, but the melodies are divine. Very nice guitar with a classic Aussie (historically) reverb on the slightly distorted guitar twangs. Syncopated percussion and the overdriven guitars give me a mid seventies progressive era vibe. Tastefully mixed. Excellent ending on the vox. Overall a pleasant journey and a great job PJB. U get 2 turntables and a microphone for those efforts. ;-)
Cru
Hey Cru thanks for the cool review mate....I mostly always spend the majority of my music constructing time on the drum track and sometimes it can deflect the original inspiration into an endless search for a certain triangle ding! lol, it's sort of frustrating but gratifying in the end I suppose, but that's why they invented drummers (and percussionists) I guess!....I already have one turntable (no scratching) and a microphone can I please swap it for an electronic expert to fix my two Tandberg reel to reels which need some work and are gathering dust in a cupboard....then I can splice vocals and run them backwards and leave subliminal messages in my tracks!...cheers mate Dave :)
I wish I could put my finger on the exact sound part I am about to describe. But there is something about Australian guitar music that is just so distinct to that continent. Whether it be yourself, Dave, Or Icehouse, or INXS, or Pseudo Echo, or Crowded house or Midnight Oil, Or the Sherbs, or the Little River band, or many others . When you introduce the guitar in your works. You create a soundscape that is reflective of the vastness of Australia. There is a tinge of melancholy, with a dash of vastness of the desert and bushlands, a moment of beauty of the land and area you live on now. And a feeling of nature. I cannot explain why I feel that way when I hear Australian guitar, but being a science based logical guy, I'm sure there is an underlying reason for my assuagement of the Antipodal guitars!
carry on!
Cru
Hey Cru, thanks man! I can't speak for all those guys you mentioned but we're all pretty much from the same generation and I guess it relates to something that influenced the musical thinking of the time here. Australian musicians really suffered from an inferiority complex pre 70's, not so much from ability but rather exposure to what was happening in America and England, all the cutting edge stuff (I'm speaking broadly here) I mean all the blues anyone played in the 60's was 12 bar and apart from widely dispersed jazz aficionados the place was a musical wasteland...Hendrix happened (I'm only mentioning guitar bands) but nobody could emulate him obviously but then Pink Floyd came along! people could really sink their musical aspirations into that, I wore out their records and so did most of my friends playing them over and over...David Gilmore saved us! haha...your way too kind in your review, my guitar playing is always a work in progress, being a bass player I never use a pick so I steer clear of heavy metal it would cripple me! lol...thanks mate!
Cheers Dave :)
Hey Dave my dear friend it has truly been awhile. And I see that your creativity is still in abundance; Wow what a great track man! Love that sifi-ish opening giving the impression that there some sort of inanimate threat that awaits us (though your discription gives a more peaceful alternative).
Then you hook us with your musical prowess, all the elements come together flawlessly. I love at 3:o6 of the song where you run the bass & guitar riff in unison, really nice! As always a master track by a master musician, great work Dave!
I've read a few comments about you "peaking" your levels on this track, perhaps you did it intentionally as part of the feel of the tune itself?
Hey Dennel thanks man! I really appreciate your kind words mate, while I did have a firm idea for this track I also had some new drum software (Rob Papen's Punch) which I had just purchased and wasn't fully conversant with it, of course this is no excuse for the bad levels but a few things did slip through my fingers in the mixdown, the distortion is intentional in the electronic background ambience but I overdid it for a few people's tastes....great to see you mate all the best Dave :)
Great piece and I have to agree about the loudness. The levels need sorting. I know I know my wave forms are almost a block but I aint as talented as you so I've got a good excuse. It sits well with the description.
I'mn interested in space and creation and evolution and the whole science/religion/philosophy of reality ... struggling trying to understand quantum mechanics just now which is a truly mind altering substance in it's approach to reality. I'll give this a few listens whilst reading.
I came up with this recently ... I think it's my own as I don't remember seeing it hearing it or reading it but ....
The very first sentence in the Bible is very short but full of the whole of the creation of reality .... or I could of course just be slightly bonkers.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Beginning ... a reference to time.
Created ..... a reference to energy.
God .... a reference to spirit.
Heavens .... a reference to space.
Earth .... a refernce to matter.
Hey the tune was good and I'm downloading it!
Hey Silver, thanks for listening man!...unfortunately I accidentally reset my operating system win 10 just after I made this track and lost all the files, so the level issue will just have to go down as a victim of the loudness wars! lol...the trouble I find with the word of God is essentially it is always the words of men you hear, God has never made an appearance and until he does I am not taking any sky pilots interpretations as fact...thanks again for the listen mate, and no more level issues in the future now that is something you can take to the bank! cheers Dave ;)
Hey Man this is Filaofsoul. Im Back. I can feel that fret less Bass. Love the guitar work outstanding. Man you got a lot going on here and it mixes well. Even though it had to end Great Ending.Let me go and find that 10th Planet! Enjoyed! FIlaofsoul
Hey Fila, thanks man, glad to see you back mate! I was saddened to hear about your recent health issues but also stoked that you've persevered and overcome them, music is good medicine keep the jam going man! cheers Dave :)
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Keep up the great work, fav.
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- Billion
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A little Jaco influenced intro, perhaps? ;) Great vocals, adds the human element and so much intrigue to the track. Sometimes not knowing the language make for a better listening experience. Cool groove whisking me along, a cool Moroccan night.
Then the change at 2:17 kicks in and a big grin appears on my face! Almost a country feel to that section and totally unexpected. Some nice changes throughout with the steady drums keeping pace.
Always a pleasure Dave!
Wayne
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This is some fascinating stuff.
Great bass sound first of all. But then at 0:22 it seems too buzzy for the first few notes but then settles down as you move off the high notes.
0:50 cool way the vocals enter with that metallic percussive fill. And they continue and they're very good. Wonderful, emotive vocals that work well with the bass g etc.
2:02 what's the Eastern sounding instrument around here? 2:14 is that slide the same instrument?
Then a total change with that rather cool country guitar. It's great playing but I feel the guitar is just a bit too loud in the mix.
3:06 lovely strings and more tasty guitar. Wide percussive stuff in the headphones.
3:32 awesome high guitar notes, beautifully played. And more follow.
4:04 a break from the guitar at just the right time. Nice to hear what's underneath a lot better. And then the sultry vocals return. This is true fusion music. No surprise as that's what you're into.
4:40 awesome Eastern jangly instrument like a dulcimer. What's that? I need to get that sort of sound into my music, though I've been concentrating on learning the cello for the last few months.
This heavily layered cello track from last month might interest you as I've got some interesting sounds out of it that remind me a bit of acoustic double bass. My pizzicato playing is fine, it's really just the bowing that I'm learning and trying to get half decent at.
The Warm Glow Of Yesterday
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/176476
To conclude: your track is a very imaginative, emotive and skilfully executed piece of music. I would only tweak a few things (those I've mentioned).
Congrats.
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Wow mate you still putting out very decent tunes, nice relaxing track, loving the vocals, portraying he chill feel within the track, everyone has beaten me to the juicy bits my friend, great change up with the guitar to help wake you back up again lol, love everything about this one, absolute pleasure to the ears...excellent...FAV...mosaic..
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I see (hear :D) you made another masterpiece of your unique musical style... It's always cool to listen to your really complex works, every time they gives some interesting thoughts or/and feelings, at least to me. Keep up the good work! :)
regards, traz
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I'm very proud to be in this community which gave me a chance to listen to this artwork...one of the best fusion track what I've ever heard...I'm 50 and listen to music for 45 years...:-)
Hats off and handshake, Danke
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Incredible piece of jazz country rock eastern market trader busking!
I'm a bit lost for words.
There cannot be any definitive description for this.
The mood the taste the flavours and aromas this evokes are absolute magic with some kind of eastern promise in a very western setting.
This is one of them I'm blown away moments.
Got to have a commercial worth as well as being artistically top end.
cheers mate much appreciated....Dave :)
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Dave :)
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Cru
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carry on!
Cru
Cheers Dave :)
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Then you hook us with your musical prowess, all the elements come together flawlessly. I love at 3:o6 of the song where you run the bass & guitar riff in unison, really nice! As always a master track by a master musician, great work Dave!
I've read a few comments about you "peaking" your levels on this track, perhaps you did it intentionally as part of the feel of the tune itself?
D
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Nice, but some sounds seem to peak a lot.
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I'mn interested in space and creation and evolution and the whole science/religion/philosophy of reality ... struggling trying to understand quantum mechanics just now which is a truly mind altering substance in it's approach to reality. I'll give this a few listens whilst reading.
I came up with this recently ... I think it's my own as I don't remember seeing it hearing it or reading it but ....
The very first sentence in the Bible is very short but full of the whole of the creation of reality .... or I could of course just be slightly bonkers.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Beginning ... a reference to time.
Created ..... a reference to energy.
God .... a reference to spirit.
Heavens .... a reference to space.
Earth .... a refernce to matter.
Hey the tune was good and I'm downloading it!
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