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theHumps

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Ormond Beach, United States
Joined : 11th Oct 2009 - 15 years ago
Last Online : 28th Jun 2024 - 1 year ago
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BCVProductions
BCVProductions 2nd Jun 2023 11:41 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 4th Jun 2023 - 2 years ago
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
Seelengold
Seelengold 2nd Jun 2023 11:04 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 4th Jun 2023 - 2 years ago
Thanks, glad you liked it!

Wayne
RitajustRita
RitajustRita 2nd Jun 2023 02:26 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 4th Jun 2023 - 2 years ago
Ha!

Thanks Rita, glad you liked it!

Wayne
djphildrummin
djphildrummin 1st Jun 2023 17:11 - 2 years ago

on Dead In the River by theHumps
#ILOVEIT. Very Tarantino sounding really good imagery. Great work.
theHumps
theHumps replied 4th Jun 2023 - 2 years ago
Appreciate the kind words!

Wayne
Danke
Danke 31st May 2023 18:30 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 1st Jun 2023 - 2 years ago
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
dimestop
dimestop 30th May 2023 19:23 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 1st Jun 2023 - 2 years ago
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
2Sisters
2Sisters 30th May 2023 11:06 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 1st Jun 2023 - 2 years ago
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
phantomproduction
phantomproduction 30th May 2023 09:19 - 2 years ago

on Dead In the River by theHumps
nice track Wayne , i like it my friend !
Michael
theHumps
theHumps replied 1st Jun 2023 - 2 years ago
Thanks!

Wayne
dimestop
dimestop 18th May 2023 18:36 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 23rd May 2023 - 2 years ago
Working hard is a pretty good excuse to miss this one, hope the job is working out well!

Thanks Paul!

Wayne
T576
T576 12th May 2023 16:03 - 2 years ago

on Kansas City by theHumps
Differently good. Great instrumentation. Great mix. Perfect vocal concept. I like. PEACE. T576 OUT.
theHumps
theHumps replied 17th May 2023 - 2 years ago
Cool man, glad you liked!

Wayne
imakebeatsLF
imakebeatsLF 2nd May 2023 13:43 - 2 years ago

on Kansas City by theHumps
nice chunky waveform. lyrics made me chuckle, ha good vibes on this. very old school and raw
theHumps
theHumps replied 17th May 2023 - 2 years ago
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
joecramer
joecramer 2nd May 2023 12:32 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 17th May 2023 - 2 years ago
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
pseudoble
pseudoble 1st May 2023 23:25 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 17th May 2023 - 2 years ago
Everyone at the show drinks for free, I sound better that way.

Thanks!

Wayne
2Sisters
2Sisters 1st May 2023 13:49 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 17th May 2023 - 2 years ago
Thanks Manuela!

Kept is simple and wide open.

Wayne
Seelengold
Seelengold 1st May 2023 11:56 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 17th May 2023 - 2 years ago
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
phantomproduction
phantomproduction 1st May 2023 09:52 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 17th May 2023 - 2 years ago
It's supposed to be more fun than sad. Maybe it is more of a crazy, once in a lifetime experience.

Cheers!

Wayne
Jynxz
Jynxz 1st May 2023 07:08 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 17th May 2023 - 2 years ago
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
Zootman
Zootman 1st May 2023 05:24 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 1st May 2023 - 2 years ago
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
dimestop
dimestop 29th Apr 2023 10:50 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 1st May 2023 - 2 years ago
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!
pseudoble
pseudoble 28th Apr 2023 14:29 - 2 years ago

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
theHumps replied 1st May 2023 - 2 years ago
Cool man, glad you liked it! Thanks!

Wayne
2Sisters
2Sisters 27th Apr 2023 17:08 - 2 years ago

on People In My Way by theHumps
Hi Wayne, you got me curious and I've listened to the song now too. And I have no regrets *smile. Very straightforward fundamentalist rock song, uncompromising, very well thought out and executed. Although relatively simple in design, the song has tremendous expressive power. Drums, bass, guitars and vocals, everything fits together! Great! One can only say "back to the roots". Greetings Manuela
theHumps
theHumps replied 23rd May 2023 - 2 years ago
I had just joined looperman a few weeks before I posted this. I hadn't much idea on how to mix and was using computer speakers and $50 headphones to mix so it's lacking in quality. But the idea of the angry man, mad at the world is like the guy in the song Itinerant. It's really stripped down musically and it was meant to be like that, basic and stark like the guy's life probably, ha.

Thanks!

Wayne
BaoBou
BaoBou 26th Apr 2023 21:39 - 2 years ago

on Itinerant by theHumps
haha fair enough. good answer!!
theHumps
theHumps replied 26th Apr 2023 - 2 years ago
sometimes you throw out the rule book and you make decisions by your testosterone level, ha!
xstokes
xstokes 26th Apr 2023 16:08 - 2 years ago

on Itinerant by theHumps
oh shit! peripatetic punk! this is crazy good, ah the lead is some guitaring man. RIP t verlane. i know the singer, he blew town to get off the wagon. a heartwrenching tale of a sleazebag, so i guess it came down to country or surf — i’m riding wave with all the shit i own in a cardboard box. seriously delirious stuff and there can’t be enough of it!
theHumps
theHumps replied 26th Apr 2023 - 2 years ago
Now here is somebody who understands what I am trying to do here. You've been keen to my musical intentions over the past years, I can't fool you. ha!

I had the guitar sound and how I wanted to play it in my head for a week before I even started the song or picked up the guitar. Then it went together like it wrote itself.

Pretty happy with it.

Cheers!

wayne
2Sisters
2Sisters 24th Apr 2023 13:18 - 2 years ago

on Itinerant by theHumps
Very frightening but good start *smile. Uncompromising rock, which unfortunately is rarely heard these days. Almost a bit of live character. You really got to the core of rock or better yet, soul of rock with this song. I wish I could live on a stage! Dear size Manuela
theHumps
theHumps replied 26th Apr 2023 - 2 years ago
Thanks Manuela!

This music goes over like a fart in a space suit here but someone has to post this fun, cool stuff and it's me.

The character in this song is probably the same character in my punk song People In My Way, one of the last songs in my playlist that I posted a dozen years ago or so. Same angry, confused, bitter man but worth listening to, for at least a chuckle, ha!

Wayne
Angelus777
Angelus777 22nd Apr 2023 08:34 - 2 years ago

on Itinerant by theHumps
Woohooo! from the outset this grabbed my attention and man! that voice! of yours is just exuding some serious power!...everything about the track rocks, btw love the lyrics as usual they always make you think. Once again FAB! Work! Indeed. Bravo! Fave for me.
theHumps
theHumps replied 26th Apr 2023 - 2 years ago
Thanks!

I went so extra gritty with my vocals I kept throwing out my voice after every couple lines. Had to cut back a bit so I could actually finish the song.

Take care!

Wayne
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