Randall822

Hi Art,
I appreciate your kind words, putting me up against ACDC! I haven't listened to any ACDC in a long time myself.

In fact, I haven't boughten any CD's in several years.
Usually if I hear a song I like, I will download it off itunes for .99 cents, that way I don't have to pay big bucks for the whole album.
Music videos are $1.99 is all, no matter the length.

Last couple songs I ordered, were Edgar Winter's 'Frankenstein', and Steve Vai's 'Horsie'

That is where I got part of the idea for my intro. Great videos as you can see them play the song and learn a lot that way too.

I'll review some of your songs here shortly...so thanks again for your review,
Randy

Hi again Gerard,
Thanks for reviewing this tune. As you know, it took me nearly 2 months to do this one as well as the Swamp one. I try and be a well rounded musician, but my heart lies with Country, Bluegrass, Rock and Blues.

I haven't done any Bluegrass lately, but am thinking about it as well as another country song.
I haven't played my Banjo in a long time, so I better get it out of the closet. :-))))

Bye and thanks for the good words.
Randy

Hi Planet,
Hey, you certainly have a way with words! :-)
I am glad you liked the song and it inspires you to think of feeling like your actually in a swamp with the alligators, mosquitos, etc.

I will review some more of your songs and everyone else here, once I get all the replies written to those who left reviews on this song, and the 'Bo Diddley' style tune.
Thanks again for your cool comments,
Randy

Hi Gerard,
Thanks for your comments on this song. Been working on it abut 2 months. So far, not many reviews, but this site has had a few problems, so maybe things will pick up.

Songs come in so fast on here, that your song is usually knocked off the first page in a matter of hours, and no one will hear it unless it is marked as a featured track...which all of mine are originally.
Thanks again,
Randy

Hi Abe,
Thanks for the nice review. Sometimes you can get a strong feeling of what your doing and just keep going with it
Drink all you want....just don't drive too. :-)
Randy

Hi Abe,
Thanks for leaving me a review here and you know I appreciate you giving me some ideas and suggestions. I decided to leave out the double bass part as I decided it was a little too muddied.

Later up.
Randy

Hi again Blair,
Glad you got to listen to this rock tune as well. As you already know, I try and do my best and turn out quality, more than quantity.

Thanks for reviewing and listening. I'll get to review your songs as well once I get these reviews done that people left while I was out of town for a few days.
Randy

Hello Blair,
Hey...thanks for listening to this latest blues tune. It was done in 'C' tuning. Only 3 chords, but I think they make Harmonica's in most all the different keys?

That movie 'They live' you mentioned, I found it on the web last week and watched the whole thing while I was away. I remember watching it before a long time ago. I see what you mean about the music in the movie.

Very close and cool sounding. But I didn't copy it.
I try to make most of my songs lately to about the 3 minute mark these days.
Thanks for listening and glad you liked it.
Randy

Thank you Mr.T,
I am glad you liked it. Not many slide players on here, so it is different.
I appreciate your review and will listen to one of your songs and review it in return.
Randy

Hi there sir,
Thank you for reviewing one of my Blues tracks.
I appreciate the comment and will certainly check out one of your tunes in a bit.
Randy

Thanks demonicdnb,
I appreciate your review and comments. I'll check out one of your tunes tonight.
Thanks again,
Randy

Hey there Korner,
Thanks for stopping by and reviewing my 12 string medley. I hadn't seen any other 12 string music on here.
It was just some pieces in my head that I put together and I figured I'd post it and see if people would like it. Most seem to so I am happy about that.
I haven't reviewed any of your songs yet, but will before the end of the day. Thanks again I appreciate your review.
Randy

Hi Again Abe,
Thanks for reviewing this song. Yeah, slide is fun and I usually use open tunings, as it's hard to try and chord and play at the same time for me.

As for what each style means...actually nothing in particular. I know there are several styles of Blues you can play and so I was just trying to capture some different styles along the way.

I often run out of ideas to put in it and thus many of my songs are too short. So this is a way of lenghtening them. lol

The first Blues song I made, 'Blues 101', I did for a friend as he requested a blues song. But he didn't say slow or fast, so I did both in that one.
Using software to record tracks instead of a Mixer, you have complete control and can make many adjustments to the sound. Reverb, EQ, Compression, and many other effects you can add in easily without buying expensive hardware.

Then when done, you play the song many times and listen to each track separately and then together one by one with each other to make sure it all blends in properly.
So it takes me about a month or more to produce the quality in a song I like.

Thanks for reviewing,
Randy

Hi there Abe,
Glad you got around to check out my other songs. I only have 5 songs done at the moment as I work alot.
On this 12 string, I tuned it down to a 'D' chord as it is easier on the neck and finger pressure is less... and just capo it up to wherever I want it.
It is a newer one, so no problems with tuning.
I don't have a name for the guitar actually.

As for the drums, I wanted to try a double bass drum set and it seemed to fit okay. I liked the sound, but double bass or kick is made for heavy metal usually. A lot of 'click' to it.
Thanks for the review,
Randy

Hi there,
Thanks for the kind review and am glad you also like country music. Basically I am using Windows XP and not a MAC. Altho a lot of people do use MACS for graphics and music.

I am playing all the parts except drums and fiddle. I used loops for those. But, I play and own all the other instruments as shown in my profile.
Sure you can send me that song you have and I'll see what I can do with it when I get some free time. As long as your not in a big hurry I mean.

In another song I did...Altern-rock, now that was all loops. But the other songs are me playing and ocassionally some help on the faster guitar parts from a friend.
I know that if I had a good vocalist, things would sound so much better.
Thanks again,
Randy

Hi there Oadaque,
Thanks for stopping by and reviewing ny tune. I know this was way back in the fall, but I didn't get any message saying you have left a review,
Thanks again,
Randy

Hello there,
Thanks for reviewing one of my Blues tracks. Yeah, I know what you mean...Blues will never die...just like rock-n-roll won't. I will review some of your songs as well and listen to the Muddy Waters one you mentioned.
Thanks again,
Randy

Hi Donnie,
Yes, I would say they have a lot of good loops and constructon sets there. Just go to their web site and they have samples for every disk they have that you can listen to to get an idea of what is on it. Altho, most of the samples are very short. The Sony web site is the same way.

Thanks for reviewing 3 of my songs yesterday.
I am glad you liked them for different reasons.
I do need to get a vocalist and one I believe is in the works, once she comes back from vacation.
Thanks again,
Randy

Hi Donnie,
I am sorry, I didn't get any notice that you had left me a review. So now I am here replying to another fellows review, and I see your review.

I'll agree that this type of song would be great as a live performance as there is a lot going on, and it is fun to watch people play.

So thanks for listening and reviewing my first uploaded song. Hopefully all the rest of my songs will get better even, as I learn this software pgm.
Thanks again,
Randy

Hello there,
Thanks for listening and reviewing my tune. I know exactly what you mean about hearing the same over and over.
In this song I tried to show both instrument sides....acoustic and electric. Glad you liked one of them. :-)
Randy

Hello SEROKSATY from afar!
Thanks for reviewing my latest venture here of the 12 string Electric guitar. Just pieces I put together of the chords/rhythm I liked.
I am glad you liked it and will review one of your songs here today in return.
Bye for now,
Randy in NY

Hi there Six.....
Say, nice to hear from you and I do really appreciate your all your comments. Your correct about how I need to be doing more with a song.

There happens to be a lady up the road from me who sings, so I may connect with her and do an actual song! Now that will be fun.

Some here don't like the drum set I used. (Double kick). What do you think about it? I love the sound myself, but do hear it more in heavy metal.

I think it fits if you use the right tempo selected for what you are doing. I haven't heard it used much on tracks here, but then again, I don't have time to listen to every song that comes out here.

As for the 'clean clear sound' I get, I plug in direct and rarely mic anything. Then use effects to get the tone I want.

Thanks again for your review. I'll get to listen to more of yours and the others on here over this weekend.
Randy

Well hello Blair.
I appreciate you listening and reviewing onother one of my songs. Guitar is what I started on, then Bass, and then Pedal Steel.

Whatever sound I was missing in my band that I really wanted to hear, I went out and bought a good instrument and learned to play it so I could use it in my own band at the time.

As you probably already know, I learned 5 string bluegrass banjo that way, and Dobro was a shoe-in as it is sort of like my Steel guitar...without the pedals and less strings. My steel is a double neck with 10 strings each.

Then I bought a Fender Rhodes electric piano and later a Wurlitzer electric piano for some songs that used those sounds. But on the keyboard, I was lame as I just chorded mostly.

Then eventually I got an ELKA synth for string effects. So I suppose it depends on how badly you want a sound.
I've have a good job so it was easier for me to get the things I wanted. However, once I got married, I had to s-l-o-w way down. :-)
Thanks again for the nice and gracious comments.
Randy

Hello there Vicious_monkey!
Well,I don't believe I've had the pleasure of listening to one of your tracks yet....but I will do so this weekend I can assure you.

Yeah, this was a medley as I call it, as it wasn't a real song like you'd hear normally. So I just put together some chords and rhythm and did about 8 bars each in the first part of what I liked to hear.
Then I added in the Guitar & Bass by itself so you could hear it without anything...sort of raw.

As for the drums, I found a large set of double kick drums and I like that sound, so I added them in, and I felt it fit nicely.
I think double kick/bass is made for heavy metal, but...again, it was my choice.

I have everything separated out so I can give you just the Guitar and Bass. I will contact you via your profile page and send them along as a mp3 shortly. OK?
If you post your results on here, I would just appreciate a comment/credit as to where you got them from. :-)
Thanks for your review and comments,
Randy