theHumps

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Ormond Beach, United States

Joined : 11th Oct 2009 - 16 years ago

Last Online : 28th Jun 2024 - 2 years ago

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Danke 8th May 2017 10:04 - 9 years ago

on Under the Waves by theHumps

great track Wayne

the first two chords like an R.E.M. song and that's lead through...towards the end you rowed to the fields of the jam...bass tone is very good again...

all in all, good song, handshake, Danke

theHumps replied 8th May 2017 - 9 years ago

Thanks man! Been working on getting the bass sounding better. The git has an inherent grounding issue that causes me to clip some of the high end freqs so I am not totally happy with it, it could be a bit more punchy.

Take care!

Wayne

PDMuzak 14th Aug 2015 03:14 - 11 years ago

on Steam by theHumps

A very nice application of guitar with compression. Beautiful mix. PDMuzak

GramoChopin 21st Jun 2014 01:20 - 12 years ago

on The Fool by theHumps

Not much i can say that others have not already said. Pure piece right here man. Everything is very warm and inviting. If i ever learn to play the guitar, I'll send you a link to my first acoustic track. I however first need to learn piano to a mastery degree, the piano is my ABSOLUTE favorite instrument. Not even the guitar beats it in my opinion, no diss to guitar players though lol Flawless execution here brother, peace

Gramo/Neo

FreeRadical 23rd May 2014 13:22 - 12 years ago

on People In My Way by theHumps

This is great. Am i sensing an influence of velvet underground in this piece. The lyrics are great. I often get that feeling that some people are put on this earth for the sole purpose of pissing you off, so i couldn't agree more with the point of the track.
The only annoyance is that it's too short man. You could have at least got away with another couple of minutes of that.
Top tune. I'm going to download this and put it on a compilation CD for my mate, He's really in to this kind of thing so i'm sure he'll like this one.
FR

theHumps replied 23rd May 2014 - 12 years ago

It has a bit of Lou Reed in it I suppose. I had so much fun writing the lyrics. When I first played it to my friend who is into punk music he loved the words, they were meant to have some humor to them and he was laughing out loud. Kinda weird that I took it as a compliment as he was laughing at my song but I guess that's what I had intended all along.

Glad you liked it, one of the first songs I posted here. It's short, punk should be short I think. I just say hit the play button again, lol.

Thanks!

FreeRadical 17th May 2014 14:48 - 12 years ago

on The Lonely Toreador by theHumps

Well call me a big ignoramus but i don't know what a toreador is. Souns like something that you might get served along side a taco or something. I'm guessing i'm in the right area as it does have an air of "Desperado" (brilliant movie with Antonio Banderes)
Everything has gelled together niceley unlike the hole in the wall i just made attempting to do some D.I.Y.
Really like the vibe of this piece, are you using metal buckets for the persussion? It's very inventive.
I'm glad i dropped in for this as it's a great style and i think you should do more like this.
FR

theHumps replied 19th May 2014 - 12 years ago

Toreador is a bull fighter. I coped the title from Herp Albert's song The Lonely Bull. This is from the other vantage point, lol.

I used some of planetjazzbass's loops, that is the metal buckets you hear. The percussion loops inspired the song.

Thanks, I like doing this kind of music.

Wayne

FreeRadical 30th Apr 2014 16:03 - 12 years ago

on The Fool by theHumps

The fool huh? I'm absolutlely flattered that you took time out to write a song about me.
So far it's not sounding very foolish. I'm getting scenes of an old wild west town, sitting in the saloon bar chugging a beer (or ten)
The production on this is crystal clear, sounds like you just restrung your guitar and that harmonica is sweet.
As always..........SPOT ON!!!
FR

theHumps replied 2nd May 2014 - 12 years ago

Actually it was my actions that forced me to chose the title but everything worked out in the long run. Personally, I like this one, a little partial to these western songs I reckon. I've been getting into the harp lately and been finding it works in my music more than I thought it would.

Thanks for reminding me, beer chugging on the docket later.

Thanks!

Orlando51 13th Jan 2014 12:41 - 12 years ago

on The Fool by theHumps

Wow, nice stuff. So reminiscent of Ennio Moriconne. Mandolins are an extra surprise here. Keep up good work.

theHumps replied 10th Feb 2014 - 12 years ago

So sorry for not replying sooner but I moved to a new house and life's been a bit crazy lately.

Thank you so much for your comments, I love my $40 mandolin, lol, it does the trick sometimes.

Thanks for stopping by.

Wayne

ebaby8119 19th Dec 2013 00:39 - 12 years ago

on The Fool by theHumps

love the guitars in this and the whole vibe about the song is great. really nice work.

theHumps replied 19th Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

Cool, glad you like it!

Thanks!

Wayne

lazyeye1261 18th Dec 2013 17:07 - 12 years ago

on The Fool by theHumps

nice. Believe it or not I am going to try and turn this into a hip hop track. I'll post it on looperman if I am successful.

theHumps replied 18th Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

Give it a go, I'd like to hear what you could do with it. Sounds like an interesting idea.

Wayne

BeatKraks 17th Dec 2013 16:29 - 12 years ago

on The Fool by theHumps

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/148545

dragoncio 16th Dec 2013 15:37 - 12 years ago

on Sunday Morning by theHumps

Thank you very much, Wayne! If the video ever goes viral (which I frankly doubt) and money is made out of it (even greater doubts, be sure you'll get your percentage ;-)

Thanks also for promoting the movie. I did it for my kid and it seems a little nephew is now enjoying it, so I guess I already reached my objective.

Keep up the good work (I for sure will continue to enjoy it) !

Greetings from Belgium!

theHumps replied 18th Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

Cheers!

Happy Holidays!

dragoncio 15th Dec 2013 09:03 - 12 years ago

on Sunday Morning by theHumps

This track really makes you feel good....

I took the liberty of adding it as background music for a little animated movie I made for my kid a couple of years ago. I only just now uploaded it to youtube, you can find it here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSQf2uGuTzk

I credited you of course. But if you don't want the track to be used, send me one short message and I'll take it offline immediately.

Kind greetings.

theHumps replied 16th Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

Wow, what an awesome animation, very cute. It's ok to use the song, as long as you're not making million$ when the vid goes viral!!!! :)

I'm glad you sent me the link, I'll make sure to send people over to watch it!

Wayne

XmafaX 12th Dec 2013 23:53 - 12 years ago

on The Fool by theHumps

Great track.
Amazing guitars, very goo work!
Paulo

theHumps replied 13th Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

Thanks Paulo for the nice feedback!

Wayne

StaticNomad 5th Dec 2013 22:58 - 12 years ago

on Just Tonight by theHumps

Hey - good reply. The noise isn't too big a deal here. I just tend to point this sort of thing out in reviews in case the person making it hasn't noticed.

I've uploaded tracks that had a really obvious need for some parts to be EQd and noise removed but no one said a thing! So I tend to point it out as I know in the past I've been in denial about it and other problems being there.

Anyway, you will definitely want to check out Calexico - excellent group. I'd recommend the albums Black Light and Feast Of Wire and make a friendly bet that you will love them.

As regards you writing "a lot of Latin/spaghetti western/southwestern styles of music", my music theory and knowledge of harmony or chords is awful. I've never studied any Asian or Middle Eastern music but it comes out quite naturally in me. I think it's when I start doing semitone or tritone stuff - to stop it being discordant or too evil-sounding I find the notes that seem to work and that often comes out as Eastern sounding.

Maybe, somehow, there's something you do that makes the Latin/spaghetti western/southwestern naturally come out. Not sure if that's using A minor. Probably something else as well.

Anyway, cool track so keep it up.

theHumps replied 6th Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

What's happening to me now is that Ableton has nothing for noise reduction(as far as I know). My electric guitar and bass are noisy and when I used Audition 3 on my pc I had awesome adaptive noise reduction tool and a spot healing brush. I need to start transporting tracks back and forth between my pc and my mac, which kinda slows things down during production.

I will check Calexico out and those albums you mentioned, really looking forward to hearing them.

If you feel comfortable with a certain sound or type of music that just strikes a chord within you then you have to follow that. If your Middle Eastern sound is where it's at for you than pursue it and expand off of it. With me it's the acoustic guitar, probably one of the least popular genres on the site. I do it because it comes easy to me and it comes from my heart. It doesn't come from wanting to conform to what is popular at the moment in music, which unfortunately, a lot of people just imitate to gain attention. I write my songs because I like how they sound to me.

Peace.

Tumbleweed 5th Dec 2013 21:12 - 12 years ago

on Just Tonight by theHumps

sounds dm good to me Wayne....def western vibe but with that blues feel....there is something to be said about keeping the mixes basic/a bit sparce (something I forget to do often)...it sure does let each instrument play its part effectively in the mix....and you have a nice clean mix going here....great job....Ed

theHumps replied 6th Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

Hey Ed, thanks for swinging by!

I did this before I knew anything about interfaces, sequencers and controllers. It would probably sound different and more cluttered if I did it today having all they toys to play with. I like open mixes that can feature each instrument so I try to keep things simple.

I believe this was the second song I posted on the loop when I joined. Cool Edit Pro 2 has nothing on Ableton, hehe!

Take care Ed!

Wayne

StaticNomad 5th Dec 2013 13:36 - 12 years ago

on Just Tonight by theHumps

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that you're a big fan of Calexico. I am too.

I don't really think of this track as blues - more the Calexico kind of western/desert/Mexican/Spanish kind of atmospheric, moody and melodic vibe.

Definitely perfect soundtrack music for any sort of Western or anything set in a North American desert. Or could be fun to use this on a soundtrack for an American or Mexican travelling in an African or Asian desert.

Cool guitar and simple movement of the drums. Only complaint is that there's too much noise on the track. Maybe you could find a way to remove it. But the noise doesn't interfere too much with the enjoyment of the piece as I can still hear everything clearly.

theHumps replied 5th Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

Once again, thanks for stopping by. I do not know who Calexico is. A lot of my music is simple, I am a simple guitar player and play within my means. I'm really a bass player so my guitar playing sounds like my bass playing.

Somehow I write a lot of Latin/spaghetti western/southwestern styles of music. I am not Spanish and wasn't brought up listening to it but I always liked Spanish style music. Plus Am is my favorite key and that helps a lot.

The noise is from the original analog recordings. Hiss and noise reduction was done when I did the song 4 years ago. The tracks were sent to my computer through a direct box into the mic input. This was before I had a digital usb interface. The track has some noise and it was enhanced by the recent remaster. Hey, it's an older one, I can live with it this way and it hasn't slowed down people downloading it, lol.

Thanks again for your thought out comments!

Wayne

Evisma 5th Dec 2013 01:33 - 12 years ago

on Steam by theHumps

I hear this coming out of From Dusk Till Dawn. Very clear and tasty leads, like it a lot. Your backlog is about to be raided after the last few things I've heard from you.
Diggin it.

Evan

theHumps replied 5th Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

Thanks again for stopping by and leaving a comment.

I am slowly doing some remastering and eq on some of my older songs and giving them a few days on the featured track list to give some newer members a chance to hear some of my older material. Glad you are liking the tracks,

Cheers!

Wayne

StaticNomad 4th Dec 2013 22:34 - 12 years ago

on Steam by theHumps

Cool stuff. Great bass tone. You can really hear the buzz of those strings.

While this is only just over a minute, there's a lot in it becomes it's very busy and doesn't bother with any introductions or breaks (though the one pause is nice) so it feels kind of rushed. So, bit like an interlude on an album.

Or maybe more like an interlude on a TV series with lots of fast cut moving activity going on. Could definitely be effective used that way.

Acoustic instruments are all really well recorded and played on this one. Nice reverb on mandolin and classical guitar. Can't fault their production.

Well done!

theHumps replied 5th Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

It is an interlude, I do these short tracks every once in a while to throw between tracks just to make an album interesting.

It started out as a full 3:00 track but when it really came down to it, the 1:09 version summed it all up. I think a short track that has a lot going on will make the listener hit the play button again. Then hopefully again and again.

Appreciate your comments!

Wayne

Danke 2nd Dec 2013 08:26 - 12 years ago

on The Lonely Toreador by theHumps

Wayne...agree with Evan, this is soundtrack music from the first class...I imagine an American-Spanish-Mexican cooperation with Tarantino, of course...fantastic atmosphere flying around this small 3 minutes...

Awesome track, was good to listen it, Danke

theHumps replied 3rd Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

ok, that description works for me!

Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

Wayne

Evisma 2nd Dec 2013 03:05 - 12 years ago

on The Lonely Toreador by theHumps

This very much sounds like it came from Desperado, or Once Upon A Time In Mexico. The whole thing is great, but I like the intro the most. The sounds of preparation, always a nice addition.

Evan

theHumps replied 3rd Dec 2013 - 12 years ago

I write a lot of western/latin sounding songs and this one is just like you described it. That intro blew me away when I was putting it together. Then I asked myself, "where do I go from here?" lol

I appreciate that you stopped by. Thanks Evan!

Wayne

Oneyearmuse 25th Nov 2013 20:18 - 12 years ago

on The Fool by theHumps

Love the guitar especially since I created a track with all guitars in it, the use of the harp is very nice too. Something to add to my play list in the car I think.

theHumps replied 26th Nov 2013 - 12 years ago

Cool man, thanks, glad you liked it enough to dl it. Thanks for stopping by.

Wayne

ValveDriver 23rd Nov 2013 19:41 - 12 years ago

on The Fool by theHumps

I like this. I particularly like the guitar. It could have been just that guitar, by itself, and still have been just as powerful. That's my opinion anyhow. Thank you for giving us this.

V.

theHumps replied 26th Nov 2013 - 12 years ago

Thanks for giving this a listen and a comment, much appreciated!

Wayne

ArtfulOne 21st Nov 2013 11:44 - 12 years ago

on The Fool by theHumps

Very chill track. Kind of reminded me of something that could be played on an old cowboys guitar sitting around a fire out in Oklahoma.

Descriptive, I know.

- Artful One

theHumps replied 21st Nov 2013 - 12 years ago

Pretty funny you mentioned that scenario. If you play my last song posted called The Campfire, you will hear just that, a song written and sung around a campfire in the old west near the Black Hills. no kiddin'A lot of my acoustic and folk songs are like that.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!

Wayne