Zootman

Zootman

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New Zealand
Joined : 16th Jul 2020 - 5 years ago
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BananaLu
BananaLu 29th Sep 2024 10:14 - 1 year ago

on One Life by Zootman
i dig that loose sound and what you did with your guitar is just straight soul, a great conversation and brought so much energy. your voice tone and ideas are great and i love that whoo. I listened at monitor and headphones and its great clear mix of all instruments and vox. I red the comment from doudei and tried the cut around 6k it changes up for a bit clearity. Im thankfull for his comment, because i suck in mixing . But we talking upper echolon type shit here, with your production. It really stands out in dimension and feeling. i want more vox from you, such a beutifeul voice.
Zootman
Zootman replied 30th Sep 2024 - 1 year ago
Hey man, thanks as always. I fixed up that problem frequency that Doudei mentioned, I think it's a lot better now. Its really allowed the the clean delay guitar fx to come through more. Cheers Chris
dimestop
dimestop 28th Sep 2024 19:43 - 1 year ago

on One Life by Zootman
everything sounds great on my headset Chris, and when i listened on speaker sounds good too bass is clear even when the one git drops its still clear to hear vox are right in the mix to, it has a sombre vibe but brightened by the lead, personally i think you got the balance on point, you know i would say if i thought anything was out of place your my mate, i think you nailed it, good listen for me
Zootman
Zootman replied 28th Sep 2024 - 1 year ago
Thanks for the feedback Paul, always appreciate you listening. I was hoping it had kind of an upbeat vibe, in an ambient and minimalistic way, or at least the lyrics were trying for that. Cheers mate.
doudei
doudei 28th Sep 2024 18:50 - 1 year ago

on One Life by Zootman
by the way i think 1000 chars is a bit low max size for comments. just wanted to say i had to shorten the comment below a bit to make it fit.
plus it says at the bottom of the textbox "Min 5, max 3000 characters. Plain text only." which doesn't match the actual limit. i will try reporting it.
Zootman
Zootman replied 28th Sep 2024 - 1 year ago
Yeah I agree. Though I'm often just tapping on my phone when listening and commenting to LM tracks, so I'm generally pretty brief. Cheers from Down Under.
doudei
doudei 28th Sep 2024 18:45 - 1 year ago

on One Life by Zootman
i just listened on stereo first, then with headphones, and it sounds great on both.
what chilled vibes. simple yet awesome music, my friend.
i like how open and wide it feels with the reverbs and delays on the instruments and vocals, while the dry, close percs and that clean guitar give a nice contrast to the reverberant parts. this is a good mix in my ears.
i get what you mean about struggling with mixes. i feel like my ears adjust and get used to the sounds quickly, and then it's tough to make the right decisions without using some other reference to gauge where i'm at.
one small thing i noticed while listening on headphones that i missed on stereo - and having the benefit of listening to the tune for the first time, which also helps immensely - were the high frequencies, which felt slightly distracting
i quickly played around with eq a bit, cutting quite wide and shallow around 6k did the trick for my headphones, resulting in a tiny loss of clarity on low volume over speakers though
Zootman
Zootman replied 28th Sep 2024 - 1 year ago
Hi there, thanks so much for taking the time to listen and work that our. The high frequencies probably come from one of the perc loops. There are about 5 layers of drum loops. But that one is kind of all cymbal. I ummed and ahhed about keeping it in, or reducing it a little, but it ended up staying. I'll try and replicate what you did and see what happens, if I can get the chance. Thanks a lot, Chris.
Danke
Danke 28th Sep 2024 14:40 - 1 year ago

on One Life by Zootman
Cool ambience this time ... there is enough bass and that was incredibly played ... :-)
mood is outstanding as the male "voice" ...
guitar jam is huge too ...
thanx for the upload, dl and fav of course,
fistbump,
Danke
Zootman
Zootman replied 28th Sep 2024 - 1 year ago
Many thanks for listening and your continued encouragement Danke. Means so much to me. Cheers Chris
BananaLu
BananaLu 24th Sep 2024 08:11 - 1 year ago

on Bug Dub by Zootman
thank you zootman for sending me the link. its beautiful and im feeling soul in your production. no tweaking needed here, the mix is warm and modern. i will write something this week and record. i would love to sing with you on this track, im in love with your voice.
Zootman
Zootman replied 25th Sep 2024 - 1 year ago
Glad you liked it enough to have a crack at singing on it! Not sure I can reciprocate but we'll see. I'll reply to your email contact with my email and see how we go. Cheers Zoot.
AnthonyAttard
AnthonyAttard 23rd Sep 2024 18:02 - 1 year ago

on horse to water by Zootman
Hello,
It is a great work you have done here. So nice rhythmic song, with no imperfections in its production. You get all the credits and you deserve it
Best wishes, Anthony
Zootman
Zootman replied 25th Sep 2024 - 1 year ago
Thanks Anthony, I was pretty happy with the production on this one at least. A few random elements and fx artefacts but I like those sometimes....Cheers Zoot.
pseudoble
pseudoble 23rd Sep 2024 12:08 - 1 year ago

on horse to water by Zootman
I liked it before and I still do - the mix is very vice and the guitar sound esp. very cool - of course Im wondering if we ( you, me, the LM taste bubble) would mix it differently today but to be sure Ive tried remixing some of my own track and usually Im happier with the first one
Zootman
Zootman replied 23rd Sep 2024 - 1 year ago
Been a while, thought you might have met a sweet Balinese girl and decided to stay lol. I tweaked the mix a little mainly bringing the wah guitar up a bit and a bit brighter. Might send you a wee something if I can get around to working on it done more. Cheers man.
RaizerVT
RaizerVT 21st Sep 2024 08:58 - 1 year ago

on horse to water by Zootman
very clean mix!
Zootman
Zootman replied 22nd Sep 2024 - 1 year ago
Thanks a lot. Have a good day/night!
BananaLu
BananaLu 21st Sep 2024 06:59 - 1 year ago

on horse to water by Zootman
Hey Zootman, love your mix. its modern upfront but with our ancestors like mad scientist, lee perry in my mind. i love your vocals theres is something you bring from our western world into this dub. lyrics are awesome. and when you do on another dub track would be gnarly if we can collab. Dub is dying, i was in a local vanilla job, looking for my drug dub, but that women told me they squashed the section, nobody is listing. keep that dub burning zootman. love from a banana
Zootman
Zootman replied 22nd Sep 2024 - 1 year ago
Hi Bananarama, how are you doing? I know you're a dub man, so glad you got to hear this track. I would like to do another dub thing, I did start something recently but never got around to finishing it. Maybe I should....be cool to get your vox on something mate. Here's something you might like, not regular dub but.......kinda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DELmBbsI0jM
Mosestone
Mosestone 26th Aug 2024 23:34 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
Beautifully Atmospheric, sound score vibe; like you just found out at the end of the film the twist! and the smoke is lifting, and the twist was allways in front of you. Fantastic work.
Zootman
Zootman replied 27th Aug 2024 - 1 year ago
Hey mate, thanks for the listen and comment, always appreciated. Cheers Zoot.
tsochai
tsochai 19th Aug 2024 16:24 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
very atmospheric
i love the spacey air you left around the drums almost creating a visual world im walking through with this in my head

great production
keep cooking!
much love
- CAP
Zootman
Zootman replied 25th Aug 2024 - 1 year ago
Awesome CAP thanks for the listen. Zoot.
ripzore9191
ripzore9191 19th Aug 2024 16:12 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
Very nice!
Zootman
Zootman replied 24th Aug 2024 - 1 year ago
Thanks, appreciate the listen and fav!!
crucethus
crucethus 19th Aug 2024 02:48 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
Nice etheral Intro, Almost Tori Amos like during her Cocaine period. I like the ambient break at 1:10. if you could bring that reverbed sound down there and let that Drum guitar sound in and then slowly fade that back in to the ending I think it would go a long way. Very cool tune, very interesting. loved it and fav'd
Zootman
Zootman replied 24th Aug 2024 - 1 year ago
Hi there, thanks for listening mate. Might come back to it sometime but kinda busy with work etc hence the late reply too. Hope all is well with you, I know you had a rough period for a while there.
pseudoble
pseudoble 19th Aug 2024 00:21 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
Sounding even better - I dont know if Im remembering right have to listen to other to compare but I think this is now a little less ambient and a little more shoegaze
Zootman
Zootman replied 19th Aug 2024 - 1 year ago
Yeah, I added a very basic bass to underpin it, and redid one of the guitars so it intertwined a little better and if you paid attention you could actually follow along a little, rather than just hearing a big fat pugwash.
toeslap
toeslap 18th Aug 2024 05:01 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
Love the bassline. very cool ambient vibe with some undertone energy with the distortion
Zootman
Zootman replied 19th Aug 2024 - 1 year ago
Thanks for listening and taking the time to comment, always appreciated. Just a jam really, but I thought it sounded kinda cool...will try to check out some of your stuff when I get the chance. Cheers Zoot.
glennwhite6504
glennwhite6504 31st Jul 2024 00:46 - 1 year ago

on Water Treatment by Zootman
Real nice Zoot....I like the wet ambient quality to this track. I think you hit it just right.....great job brother.
RitajustRita
RitajustRita 29th Jul 2024 19:50 - 1 year ago

on Water Treatment by Zootman
Hi Chris.
How are you?
Long time ago isn't it?.
This track remembers me of my birthday when my children didd give me a wellness moment with massage and face mask etc. I was listen to this kind of music .
So chill and relaxed.
Nice work!!
Zootman
Zootman replied 4th Aug 2024 - 1 year ago
Hi Rita, nice to hear from you again. I hope things are going better for you now. Been a few changes around here eh? Yes, muzak for cave dwellers lol. Gonna try and catch up on some listening but it's Sunday here and I'm still working, then away in the bush tomorrow for about 10 days with no connectivity. Which is kind of a wellness moment for me. So I'm sorry if I don't get to listen to what you've ben up to. All the best, Chris.
AnthonyAttard
AnthonyAttard 12th Jul 2024 22:42 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
It is an interesting piece of music, as you describe it, ambient rook guitar. Not noise, it is not unpleasant. Maybe your sound is a bit wet, I mean I would prefer a more dry sound, so I'd be able to listen to the guitars more clearly. Keep up the good work
Best wishes, Anthony
Zootman
Zootman replied 18th Jul 2024 - 1 year ago
The intention, such as there was one, was to create a 'wash' of sound. Any drier would sound horrendous given the quality of my guitar playing on this. I didn't really plan to do anything with it to be honest. But yeah I think you're right cause the two main guitar parts ended up intertwining quite well, even though they weren't really intended to be smashed together.
CINCOCENT
CINCOCENT 12th Jul 2024 19:23 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
Fine guitar tune!!!!! The mixing is so pro!!! Wow!!! Good stuff man!! U must of had the Zoot suit on cuz your the man!!! Ok I'm just being silly with that!! 2 fist bumps!!
Zootman
Zootman replied 18th Jul 2024 - 1 year ago
Wonder what a zootsuit would look like? Glad you enjoyed.
Danke
Danke 8th Jul 2024 21:14 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
brilliant as usual ... kinda noise/grunge duel ... for me :-) ... absolute art ... some voice can ride on it ...
thanx for the upload, faved , instant dl ...
fistbump,
Danke
Zootman
Zootman replied 9th Jul 2024 - 1 year ago
Hi Danke, thanks for checking in. Far from perfect in terms of the guitar performance but that's me lol. What it lacks in finesse maybe it makes up with its rawness. Much appreciated your listening amigo. Cheers Chris
dimestop
dimestop 6th Jul 2024 23:22 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
this is such a good track Chris extremely creative with the guitars, great drum track too everything blends so well nothing taking centre stage, great balance, good use of fx a very calming piece, well done mate
Zootman
Zootman replied 8th Jul 2024 - 1 year ago
Hi Paul, yeah, I wanted it to be bit of a wall of sound, or maybe 'wash' is more appropriate. Cheers Chris
Micky
Micky 6th Jul 2024 23:02 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
Hi Chris, I think you've done something special because despite the rocky, distorted guitars and drums, the track exudes calm and, as is often the case with you, it exudes spaciousness. Very nice!
Cheers, Micky
Zootman
Zootman replied 8th Jul 2024 - 1 year ago
Thanks Micky. Need to edit a bit here and there (or more if I'm going by your much more professional standards) but hey ho. All the best, Chris
Cyberflares
Cyberflares 6th Jul 2024 14:51 - 1 year ago

on Smoke and Mirrors by Zootman
This is a cool track man chilled but im not sure of genre but it was good i know that lol
Zootman
Zootman replied 6th Jul 2024 - 1 year ago
Cheers man, I did something I don't often do and paid for some software, in this case softube tape echoes. Guess I went a bit crazy lol
Angelus777
Angelus777 5th Jul 2024 12:30 - 1 year ago

on Bug Dub by Zootman
Hey Zoot,
I'm all about the music and you have produced a real doozy here. You definitely got the Dub vibes *down pat* this is such a deep and moving riddim. NICE! work here indeed, you did your thing in fine style and I very much enjoyed the listening experience. Kudos
Zootman
Zootman replied 6th Jul 2024 - 1 year ago
Thanks so much, loved that summertime cover. I remember going through a Janice Joplin phase many years ago and always loved that song.
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