Randall822

Hi ya Fila,
Great to hear from you. I am glad you enjoyed the country tune I put together. Took me about a month. I am too much of a perfectionist I guess just to put out a quickie. So that is partly the reason my songs aren't usually done in a faster time frame.

I want quality as best I can do as I know my songs will be floating around the Internet long after I am gone. :-)

I will check and see what you have up and give a review back as well...and to the others here that reviewed this song.

Take care now,
Randy (Retired power plant operator)

Hi John.

Thanks for your comments. I appreciate all the music you have here. Your a great musician!

Take care,
Randy

Hello John,
Thanks for the review. Yeah.....don't need Christmas again right away. Once a year is enough!
Will get to review some of your songs as well shortly.
Thanks again,
Randy

Thanks John,
I see you found another one you liked. I appreciate the comments.
Did you ever get to listen to the one I did called 'Canadian Pride'?
I loved that one myself,
Randy

Hello there John,

Thank you so much for your review and comments. I appreciate reading them very much.
I will get over to your page this week and review some of your tunes as well, and give a review back. Take care,
Randy

Hello Franky,
Ha Ha, can't say as I am a master of the rock guitar myself as there are many out there that can run rings around me. But, I enjoy doing the best I can in the amount of time I have.
I appreciate your comments and am happy that you enjoyed the song.

I see you don't have any tracks up yourself so I can't hear any of your music. I would say jump in and have some fun making music. There are free programs out there that will at least get you started.
Thanks again for your comments,
Randy

Hello there Vicen,
Nice to hear from you. Thanks for reviewing my latest track and am glad you enjoyed it as much as I did putting it together. I appreciate your inspiring comments and will make more.
Thanks again,
Randy

Hi ya Wayne,
Good to hear from you as well. I really missed not doing any music since last April. But work tired me out with over 1150 hrs. of overtime last year. I am working 12 hour shifts now as before they were 8 hour shifts. I won't be working much longer anyways. (But I did keep practice up)

I appreciate your comments very much along with all the other reviewers here.

I'll get over to your page, and also the others here and catch up on what new songs you all have put out.
Later....and thanks!
Randy

Hi there Bill,
Good to hear from you. I see your still putting out great songs which is a big plus for us all.
Glad you enjoyed this tune. Took me over a month to do it the way I wanted it.

Take care and thanks for your comments,
Randy

Hello there Allen,
Glad to hear I can still help fire you up some. :)

I will make more tunes in the coming months and I'll still do a variety of rock, country and Blues.
So I hope anything I do will help inspire you and others to do the best you can, and still have fun.

Thanks,
Randy

Hi there Kikajon!
Thanks for being my first reviewer. I appreciate your comments very much. As far as the drums, they are the same volume throughout, except possibly at the very begining when the solo starts.
So I would say that the guitars volume is the difference your hearing.
Working with different guitars I have and the tone settings I wanted for the parts made them seem louder as well.

Thus sometimes I felt that a guitar part needed to shine thru and not get lost in the mix and so I did make some a little louder.
So thanks for mentioning that. I'll try and do better mixing on the next one so they will blend in more, but still stand iout.

Thanks again,
Randy

Hello there Mike,
Say...thanks for the review and listen to this tune.
Mixing 2 songs together isn't easy as you can imagine....that's why I don't do it much.

I appreciate your review and will give a listen to see what you have up.

Thanks,
Randy

Hello there Kikajon,

Thanks for stopping by and listening/reviewing this tune of mine. I appreciate the kind words. Sorry that I haven't made any songs since April, but I just had too much overtime at work....usually working a month straight before having any days off.

Now things have slowed way down and I am also going to retire at the end of this year. So I'll have more time for music.

I am putting together a classic type rock tune that you'll probably enjoy. Won't be ready till next month probably.

Take care,
Randy

Hello ChrissG,

Thanks for reviewing the Spanish version of 'Rock of Tallin'.
Glad you enjoyed it. I don't speak any Spanish myself. A fellow liked the song and wanted to put the lyrics in...so I said, go ahead, and this is what he came up with.

I also reviewed one of your songs today.
Thanks again for listening and reviewing this tune.
Randy

Hello there VinceSinger,

Thanks for your nice comments.Ha Ha...no album....I just do this for fun. If someone wants to put words to my music...okay by me. Just would be nice if they gave some credit is all.

A lap steel won't give you all the sounds I am getting off my Pedal Steel.
A Pedal Steel gives the sound a moving feeling and is different than a lap steel. However, if a person is very skillful, they can mimic one pretty close.

I see you have no songs up so I can't review anything of yours...so thanbks again. I believe I have 27 songs up now...but most are towards the rock vein.
Randy

Hello again Vince,

Thanks for the compliments on this tune as well. In the band I use to play in back in the late 60's-80, we did a variety of music for different audiences...and we usually had to to play several waltzes during the evening.
So it was fun to do here, and to also add in loops of instruments I don't own or play myself...like the fiddle in particular.

I am working on a classic type rock tune now and will do another country one after that.

Take care, and thanks again for listening and reviewing my tunes.
Randy

Hi again Geneva,

Thanks for listening to this waltz tune as well. I didn't think that mnay people would like it....being so slow. I don't play my pedal steel as often as I should anymore...or even the 5-String Banjo that took me months to learn. It sits in the closet. ;-)

If you want to try adding lyrics or vocals to it, let me know and I can make it happen, as far as spreading the tune out and making some parts quieter for the voice.

Randy

Hi there NeonStrawberry,

Thanks a lot for taking the time to listen to one of my tunes, and to also leave a review. Over 456 listeners...and only 16 reviews! But it was downloaded 103 times...so what does that tell ya. Guess others liked it as well. :-)

Anyways, I am glad you also enjoyed it. I liked doing the Synth part. I believe I did it one in
e-minor for the effect.

I'll stop over and take a listen and review one of your songs in kind in a day or so. I am at work now and can't do much here. I am working on a classic type rock tune now.

Thanks again,
Randy

Hi Kikajon,

So we meet up again. I think I'll probably be answering your comments for a couple weeks! LOL

Anyways, I didn't have a title for this song so I just chose Rock-Made in Japan. More of a general comment, I suppose since a lot of our things in the USA come from Japan and China....music items as well.

Glad you enjoyed it and come back for more.
Randy

Hello again Kikajon,

Thanks for reviewing this country tune. Chicken pickin style takes a while to learn. Basically using at least 3 fingers, including the thumb and using a Fender Telecaster to get the best sound.

I love this style of music and will do another of this type after I finish the classic rock tune I have started.
I'll listen to your music and give a review(s) back as well.

Randy

Hello there Kikajon,

Thanks for reviewing 3 of my tunes thus far. I am not on here as much as I was because of work. But that is fortunately slowing down....as far as overtime I mean....so I will have more time to devote to music.
If you read my profile, then you know I can play several instruments, and if you'll look at my gallery (Pictures) then you'll see the instruments as well.
I play a variety of music with my own style, and also with the big help of loops I piece together to make a song. I don't play nor own drums so I usually use these: www.betamonkeymusic.com

I am using Protools software as well and that puts everything together, and I usually also do my own mastering. Sort of a jack of all trades in the music end.
At the moment, I am working on a classic rock type of tune. Even tho I am OLD, I still love rock.

Later, and thanks again for reviewing my songs.
I hope you'll enjoy most of them.
Randy in NY

Hi DJNoSleeves,

Thanks for your kind review. You'll notice that I only did one Techo-Trance type of tune..ha ha.
Not my normal type of tune, but wanted to try from my Korg M-3. Stuck a little extra in there as well. I'll check out your music now.
Randy

Hello there Allen,

Still exploring eh? Cool. I am at work now. Glad you liked the 'Guitar Hero's' tune. It was a fun one to make. To get the best sound and distinguishable notes, you have to pretty much make duplicate tracks of your instruments.

One track would be sent hard left and the other hard right. Mixing the 2 is called layering...to get a nice full sound. On one track you can keep it dry...meaning no reverb or effects...just basic.
On the other track, you put in the effects you want. Then play the tracks back and 'blend' the 2 together so you get the sound you want. So this way you can have distortion, but the clear track will cut thru and thus the 2 together will sound great...high distortion, yet you can still hear all the notes clearly.
You could also make a 3rd or more tracks of the same instrument, or say an acoustic guitar for a nice sound if appropriate, to add in another sound as well.

Ok....I will check out your page again and see what else you have there. I have been working 4 weeks now without a day off....so the music production is slow for me right now.

Thanks again,
Randy

Hello there Planet (Dave)
Thanks a lot for reviewing this tune. Vicen wanted to add vocals to it, so he did well.
I don't understand Spanish at all myself, but it sounds cool. Hope you are doing well. Myself...still working a lot of hours. 68 hours this week so far....so not as much time to make music now.
Later...and thanks again for the review. I'll have to get to your page and see what's new!.
Randy

Hello there Allen,

Well, the 'Chicken Pickin' style is what I really enjoy, and it takes a lot of practice to get it down right. Basically starting very slowly and playing with at least 3 fingers to get the rolls in.

Not quite so hard for me as I played 5-string banjo as well. I love Rock and some Blues a lot too.
I have 26 songs posted up so there is quite a bit of variety in my work. I need to work more keys into my songs as I have 2 Korg units here beside me.
Glad you enjoyed this tune.
You can also go here and listen to them and also see my equipment I use.....
www.Lafango.com/randall822

....if you haven't been there before. :-0
Later friend,
Randy