theHumps

theHumps

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  • Joined : Sun 11th Oct 2009, 14 years ago

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  1. Danke
    Danke on Fri 30th Jun 2023 - 9 months ago
    Commented on Dead End Road by theHumps

    Hi Wayne!

    Brilliant 'opus' :-) again ... guitars like The Kinks ... yeah, the middle section was really scary bro ... :-)
    hats off ...
    Danke

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Glad you liked it. Hope you were able to sleep after listening to that part, ha!

    Wayne

  2. pseudoble
    pseudoble on Fri 30th Jun 2023 - 9 months ago
    Commented on Dead End Road by theHumps

    Hey Wayne - love it as usual - different guitar sound (I think) bit more old school telecaster like sound or is it a different amp (or simulation) anyway I like it

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Thanks!

    A few weeks back I bought a new "inspired by Gibson" 60's Epiphone Les Paul Smokehouse Burst and a newly re-released "The Guv'nor" Marshall amp emulator pedal, the JCM 800 is the amp it is based on. Totally new sound and gives me a new approach to making music, harder edge. It's pretty awesome!

    Wayne

  3. Shaman77
    Shaman77 on Thu 29th Jun 2023 - 9 months ago
    Commented on Dead End Road by theHumps

    Sounds cool and good

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Thanks!

    Wayne

  4. 2Sisters
    2Sisters on Thu 29th Jun 2023 - 9 months ago
    Commented on Dead End Road by theHumps

    Hello, wonderful old school rock. Well played and sung clean. The guitar riffs are excellent and the accompanying guitar solo impressive. It really is a dead end road. Clean! Greetings Manuela

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Thanks Manuela!

    Wayne

  5. BCVProductions
    BCVProductions on Fri 2nd Jun 2023 - 10 months ago
    Commented on Dead In the River by theHumps

    Some kids would probably poke it with a stick before calling the cops :D
    This is a very cool strange macabre song. absolutely unique as a piece of art. Great work. Makes me think of the film Stand by me.

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Thanks Slimm! Poke with a stick, throw a rock at it, get an RV boat.... lol.

    I was wondering if anyone would mention Stand By Me as it did come to mind as I was penning this one. It's a little dark I suppose but not meant to be, it just has that "off" sort of feel to it.

    Wayne

  6. Seelengold
    Seelengold on Fri 2nd Jun 2023 - 10 months ago
    Commented on Dead In the River by theHumps

    Yes, what can I say, such a hassle but also, you find the hell nowhere an approach for criticism... then the song must be good.

    Remains only: Exceptionally good!

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Thanks, glad you liked it!

    Wayne

  7. RitajustRita
    RitajustRita on Fri 2nd Jun 2023 - 10 months ago
    Commented on Dead In the River by theHumps

    Wow this one is great!!
    That music is so beautiful and your voice...just wow!!
    I have nothing else to say then wow!!

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Ha!

    Thanks Rita, glad you liked it!

    Wayne

  8. djphildrummin
    djphildrummin on Thu 1st Jun 2023 - 10 months ago
    Commented on Dead In the River by theHumps

    #ILOVEIT. Very Tarantino sounding really good imagery. Great work.

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Appreciate the kind words!

    Wayne

  9. LJmbbremen
    LJmbbremen on Thu 1st Jun 2023 - 10 months ago
    Commented on Dead In the River by theHumps

    Hey Wayne,
    what a performance. The mandolin solo was great. What a story. Sounds it happened to you but I read your reply to Paul and I think this is a great idea.
    As alway: Enjoyed it!
    Greetings
    Matthias

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Thanks Matthias!

    No, it didn't happen to me, just a story thankfully. The mandolin was the last thing added and I think it worked in well with the electric guitar and the strings.

    Wayne

  10. Danke
    Danke on Wed 31st May 2023 - 10 months ago
    Commented on Dead In the River by theHumps

    Wayne my friend!

    This is so surrealisticly cool :-)
    That mandolin kinda guitar is gorgeous at around 1.20 ... the whole one is a bit Nick Cave like for me ... dark alt one ...
    I know, I wrote many times but this is one of your best bro ... :-)
    fistbump with my like and dl of course,
    Danke

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Thanks!

    This one came together and I was surprised myself by the overall sound and feel of it, a happy accident as my favorite painter Bob Ross would say. I wasn't going to add any vocals at first because it was different sounding and I liked it. I didn't want to mess it up by adding vocals.

    Alt/rock but no genre here. That Nick Cave is such a bad seed. sorry.lol

    Wayne

  11. dimestop
    dimestop on Tue 30th May 2023 - 10 months ago
    Commented on Dead In the River by theHumps

    sweet track Wayne, for a painful scene. vox great as always and your guitar playing is top notch mate, nice listen

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Thanks Paul!

    An interesting subject matter for a song I thought.

    Hey, check out this hour long lecture from Gresham College that a professor, Carolin Roberts, gave about the science that happens when a body is found in a river. She is a specialist, it's pretty interesting.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYIHZP-wmBw

    I watch a lot of lectures from universities all over the world about interesting topics, mostly scientific. Weird subject matters can inspire interesting songs.

    Wayne

  12. 2Sisters
    2Sisters on Tue 30th May 2023 - 10 months ago
    Commented on Dead In the River by theHumps

    Hello Wayne, a very nice story that you tell. Great balade, well implemented and instrumented. Your guitar work and your singing are exceptionally good. The economical instrumentation makes this song very soulful. Great! Greetings Manuela.

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Thank you Manuela!

    It's weird how songs come together some times, this one is wide open and pretty basic. Wasn't sure if I was going to add vocals, took a couple days to get a vocal idea together but once the lightly morbid subject came the words spewed out of my mouth like a firehose, he.

    Wayne

  13. phantomproduction
    phantomproduction on Tue 30th May 2023 - 10 months ago
    Commented on Dead In the River by theHumps

    nice track Wayne , i like it my friend !
    Michael

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Thanks!

    Wayne

  14. dimestop
    dimestop on Thu 18th May 2023 - 10 months ago
    Commented on Kansas City by theHumps

    great work Wayne, love your style bro this is class cant believe i missed it, i have been working away so not been around as much, top job as always

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Working hard is a pretty good excuse to miss this one, hope the job is working out well!

    Thanks Paul!

    Wayne

  15. T576
    T576 on Fri 12th May 2023 - 10 months ago
    Commented on Kansas City by theHumps

    Differently good. Great instrumentation. Great mix. Perfect vocal concept. I like. PEACE. T576 OUT.

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Cool man, glad you liked!

    Wayne

  16. imakebeatsofficial
    imakebeatsofficial on Tue 2nd May 2023 - 11 months ago
    Commented on Kansas City by theHumps

    nice chunky waveform. lyrics made me chuckle, ha good vibes on this. very old school and raw

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    The waveform is mostly because of the bass, it moves out the whole song and I wanted it to be the main instrument in the song. It does have an old school vibe, 50's feel to it but modernized and rocked up a bit more.

    Glad you laughed at a man in a mid life crisis with a scandalous woman he randomly meets. Like an episode of Married with Children with Al Bundy. lol

    Wayne

  17. joecramer
    joecramer on Tue 2nd May 2023 - 11 months ago
    Commented on Kansas City by theHumps

    Hello Wayne
    That's a fresh song.
    Something funny. Something dynamic. Something raw or rather wild.
    Something crazy. ..... So many something.
    Is it too many? NO, certainly not.

    It's like cooking, there could/should be some spices in it.

    For all those who thought that they would get something here that was almost tasteless and for those who hoped to get boring monotony here, this POP song is probably not for them.

    But I liked it and I would like to have another plate full.

    stay tuned
    joe

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Tried to keep the song wide open for the lyrics, was commented on my previous song to leave more room for the vocals so I went overboard leaving the mix open for the vox, he.

    It turned out good, fun. Got a decent response to the humor in it while trying to keep it sounding serious at the same time.

    Thanks Joe! Haven't seen you around much, be well man!

    Wayne

  18. pseudoble
    pseudoble on Mon 1st May 2023 - 11 months ago
    Commented on Kansas City by theHumps

    woo hoo ... another great joyful song

    Id sure come to your show if you went on tour

    long live the humps : )

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Everyone at the show drinks for free, I sound better that way.

    Thanks!

    Wayne

  19. 2Sisters
    2Sisters on Mon 1st May 2023 - 11 months ago
    Commented on Kansas City by theHumps

    Hey Wayne, that's what I call good ol' rock! Uncompromising and honest. I really enjoyed listening to this track. Good work! kind regards Manuela

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Thanks Manuela!

    Kept is simple and wide open.

    Wayne

  20. Seelengold
    Seelengold on Mon 1st May 2023 - 11 months ago
    Commented on Kansas City by theHumps

    Hello Wayne,

    my first thought when I read your title "Kansas City" was "Les Humphries". That's not surprising, though, because Kansas City is basically indissolubly welded to Les Humphries in my mind.

    It was a band, a group from the 70s, named after the founder, an Englishman living in Hamburg at that time, which had hit after hit ("Kansas City" was one of the biggest of them) in Germany in those years. You will hardly know Les Humphries, of course, but from my generation, even today, everyone in Germany certainly knows him at once.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHDQuNgwBMM

    Kansas City seems to dynamize... both with Les Humphries and with you! I really enjoyed listening to your version as well.

    Seelengold

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Hello Seelengold, thanks for swinging by!

    I did not Mr. Humphries till now, nor his song. When I first think of a KC song it's by Fats Domino, the classic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mypHZmXdU3o

    You and the character in the song have fond memories of KC!

    Wayne

  21. phantomproduction
    phantomproduction on Mon 1st May 2023 - 11 months ago
    Commented on Kansas City by theHumps

    Hi Wayne, another original track that sounds live, as usual your voice does the job, I don't understand all the lyrics but it doesn't sound sad! good job my friend !
    Michael

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    It's supposed to be more fun than sad. Maybe it is more of a crazy, once in a lifetime experience.

    Cheers!

    Wayne

  22. Jynxz
    Jynxz on Mon 1st May 2023 - 11 months ago
    Commented on Kansas City by theHumps

    Hello Wayne,

    You are a writers writer.
    I can feel the honesty in
    every track I've ever heard
    of yours. It's like you can translate
    what you think into music with such ease.
    Over the years I feel like I know you, just
    from hearing your music.Always sounds LIVE...

    Great track. Faved.. PEACE from the North...

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    I write music for me to enjoy. If others do than that's a bonus to me. If I put something together that isn't working for me than I know others probably won't dig it either.

    I like writers that write simple straightforward songs like Eddie Spaghetti of the SuperSuckers or John Prine and Johnny Cash. Telling good stories comes across as honest music if you can get the listener to buy into the story you are selling as the singer.

    Thanks Mr. Jynxz!

    Wayne

  23. Zootman
    Zootman on Mon 1st May 2023 - 11 months ago
    Commented on Kansas City by theHumps

    Hell yeah, I hope this isn't autobiographical!! Or actually, thinking about it, it would be even cooler if it was true. You have a great knack of making these really fun, lighthearted and humorous songs. Excellent horns and guitars and drums and....

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Glad you liked it! Plenty of humor in my songs, hope someone picks out the most obvious bit of humor(hint, it's at the end of the lead).

    No, not autobiographical, ha!

    Wayne

  24. dimestop
    dimestop on Sat 29th Apr 2023 - 11 months ago
    Commented on Itinerant by theHumps

    really good work Wayne love that extra grittyness in your vocal, the punk edge this carries is great, love a bit of Uk punk myself, the guitar for me was standout and along with the vocal are the two things that make this track what it is Real Punk Rock. i can imagine you singing this live in the pub bottles and ashtrays being thrown at you ducking and diving on the stage and tell the crowd to go F#ck themselves, great work mate i like a lot

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    I've been on stage where fights have broken out, things being thrown, people falling down.... fun memories, lol!

    It is what it is.

    Thanks Paul!

  25. pseudoble
    pseudoble on Fri 28th Apr 2023 - 11 months ago
    Commented on Itinerant by theHumps

    Love it mate - you can do no wrong in my book - always fresh, joyful and spirited and this is a standout

    Really love your vocal performance and that funky snaking guitar (the lead and rhythm are both great)

    Long live the humps

    theHumps
    Reply by theHumps

    Cool man, glad you liked it! Thanks!

    Wayne

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