SpyderX

Yeah, rei can definitely rock, can't he?

Thanx for the listen and review, bro.

Peace,

Spyder

Bro, you SHOULD be selling loop packs. Believe me, I've heard much worse for sell on the web.

Anyway, I'm glad you like my mix. You really are one hell of a guitarist, rei. You deserve much success in this business.

Peace,

Spyder

I love Status Quo, bro. Not only are they the longest surviving rock 'n' roll band in the world, in my humble opinion they are the best. So, it was only fitting that I pay homage to my roots.

Thanx very much for posting the loop I used for the chorus. It fit perfectly and gave a more modern, updated feel to the "classic rock" tone of the tune.

My next post will probably be the Metal track I've been working on which is built (so far) exclusively around several of your heavier loops.

As always, thanx for taking the time to listen and review, bro.

Peace,

Spyder

Appreciate the kind words, bro. The Quo is one of my all-time favorite bands (though they never quite got the recognition they deserve here in America), so I knew that sooner or later I'd have to pay homage to them.

Thanx for taking the time to listen and review.

Peace,

Spyder

Thanx, rei. "Plastic Metal"? I love that! LOL

Wanna hear REAL metal? I'm working with some awesome guitar loops which will put the iron back in metal, mate ~ some dude that calls himself "rei". LOL

As always, bro, thanx for taking the time to listen and review.

Peace,

Mike

Thank you very much, my friend. I worked on the geetarz quite a while to get 'em just right (in MY mind anyway), but the track really came together when I added Elaine's vocals. Thanx greatly for taking the time to listen and review. I'll be returning the favor...

Peace,

Mike

Thank you very much, lofthouse. I appreciate you taking the time to listen and review.

Peace,

SpyderX

Thanks for the listen and review, Fayz. I appreciate your candor, and I'm glad you enjoyed the track.

Peace,

Spyder

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

I usually write guitar patterns in the Locrian or Phrygian mode, because that gives them a "heavier" feel. But I wrote these riffs in a straight major scale, which made them sound a bit more "pop-ish", so I had to lighten up the percussion track and use some innocuous vocal loops to make it all work together. Glad you enjoyed it.

Again, thanks for the listen and review, bro.

Peace,

Spyder

Thank you, my friend. You know, this song actually started out as a bit of a joke. A friend told me that any musician/songwriter from Texas had a legal obligation to write at least one country song, so I did. I really didn't expect it to be very good, but once I started working on it, well, I just kinda got into it. Glad you like it.

thanks for the listen and review, bro.

Peace,

Spyder

Extremely happy that you liked this one, bro.

I came up with heavy metal from the 60's on (I'm 52), such as Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Deep Purple, etc. Then I stayed with it through the 80' "Hair Metal" scene and into the 90's with artists like King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Savatage, Helloween, Metal Church, Anvil, Celtic Cross, etc. Regardless of what comes along though, old skool death metal is still my true love, especially Scandinavian death metal because of its more melodic undertones (despite the down-tuned, overly distorted guitar sound). Naturally, I'm working on several more songs in a similar vein to "March..."

Thanks very much for listening and reviewing, my friend.

Peace,

Spyder

Thank you very much, my friend. I appreciate the listen and review.

I've been a headbanger for many decades now, and I know that metal gets monotonous at times, so I try to come up with riffs and rhythms that are somewhat new and fresh. Of course, it doesn't always work (lol), but sometimes it does.

Peace,

Mike

Thank you for the listen and review, Oasis. Yeah, this one was another piece of silliness, done just for the fun of it, but I think it turned out pretty good nonetheless.

Peace and love,

Mike

Thank you very much, my friend. Sometimes I just like to get a little goofy with it and see what comes out. Glad you liked it, and thanks for the listen and review. I really do appreciate it, Memyself40.

Peace,

Mike

Thanks for the listen and encouragement, bro. Being from west Texas originally, I knew I'd have to write a country tune eventually - hell, it's in my blood. ;-)

Why, thank you, Drakarta. I appreciate the listen and review. I actually spent about a week trying to get the guitars right. They still didn't turn out exactly like I wanted, but I'm fairly satisfied with 'em.

Yeah, a rapper I'm not, but I like to experiment with different genres just to keep my game up. If it makes someone smile, then I'm doin' somethin' right, IMHO. Thanks for giving it a listen - I really do appreciate it.

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....

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

Thank you, Don. I think you've got mucho talent yourself, bro. Your rhymes are great.

Thanks for listening, Improve. I'm more of a headbanger than anything else, but I do enjoy a bit of "heavy" country now and then, so I though I'd try my hand at a country flavored tune for the heck of it. Glad you like it.

Thanks for listening, Michael. The intro guitar is part of an anonymous loop I picked up from another site. The other guitar is Spicy Guitar VSTi and the drums are an acoustic SF2 kit. I'm not really into country music much, so when I decided to make a country tune I thought I'd try to keep it fairly traditional.