Zootman

I just watched 2001 A Space Odyssey, maybe that influenced me! It's a very slow movie...

Hey Danke, thanks a lot, means a lot, as always. I hear some ambient pedigree in some of your tracks (for example the Daydreamer one you have up at the moment). I enjoy pretty much everything you put up on this site, so I bet your attempts at rock/ambient were probably very good. All the best, Zoot.

Hi Mark, thanks so much for listening (and the fav!). I have to humbly state that the drums were only slightly edited grooves off of Steven Slate SSD (free version). So I can't take much credit there. I was pleased with the texture/tone etc. of the pads I made though. Those involved at least 6 layers of synth with (gosh) some automation of filters/volume and various saturation/distortion plug ins. Some of the synth stems were run back through guitar rig too. As for the colab, well, what I would love would be for a real drummer to go to town on it with some chill but more evolving percussion. Not much chance of that though...

That's right man, I'm a musical slut and listening to what people are doing on this site feeds into that - you end up listening to things you probably wouldn't ordinarily. And often it's inspiring, even if, on the surface, what you produce doesn't reflect what you've been listening too, I think somehow things influence you anyway. Always appreciate you listening and your comments. Cheers Chris

Many thanks Micky, you started this journey with your reference to Terry Riley. I'll have to get off the bus sometime I guess but its fun at the moment. All good here Down Under, and you too Up Over.

Damn you did it again, used words I had to google (and I pride myself on my vocabulary, though you might not know it on here since I'm usually tapping on my phone when I reply to comments). I just had a look at Avin Lucier too, pretty interesting eh. I quite like the scientificness of what he was doing. Don't think scientificness is a word.

Hi BB, thanks for the listen! That quote is crazy, it kind of turns things on its head, makes you stop and think about the nature of reality, like a Zen koan. I did cheat a little (i.e. the bass line and a small bit of synth use extra notes), but the drone/pad thing is just the two notes. All the saturation and distortion I added brought out a bunch of evolving harmonics which I thought sounded pretty cool. I was going to call it 'Look Mom No Hands' since it didn't take many....

You make perfect sense my friend as always. I guess I was being slightly ingenuous with the description, since Tutu's words actually are a call to arms! I spent about 6 months working with Palestinians on the West Bank in the early 90's, on a date plantation and picking flowers among other things. And I think my kiwi sense of equality, egalitarianism and support of the underdog meant I had a lot of sympathy for the Palestinians. They are a warm and very hospitable people. But what future is there for them under the current regime? People talk of the two state solution but Israel has effectively sabotaged any hope of that with their illegal settlements in the West Bank. Anyway, I could go on. Cheers Zoot.

Yeah, I despair at the silliness, tribalism and stupidity of humans sometimes. When are going to grow up??

Yes, highly addictive those frogs. Cheers brother.

shit times gone by, thanks mate.

Cheers man. This is an early one but a personal favourite. Got my wife on the mic, nutting off and not at me for a change lol. I've been off the loop so haven't checked your latest sorry, nor come up with stems to send you. Because we're away at the moment, at a big family reunion plus works got insane. The joys of being self employed, you don't want to turn down work! I'll get there sometime...

Hi Micky, thanks a lot for listening. Yes, I do actually wonder quite often if environment/landscape influences music. I would say creativity in general does though, for sure. Cheers Chris

Thanks Baobou, I was pleased with the drums too. I looked up Black Peter - yes, one of those cultural things (like golliwogs I guess) that were acceptable at one point in time, but less so now days. Cheers from Down Under.

Much appreciated Bilbozo, glad you enjoyed. Late response sorry, it's been crazy here at work, so time just went by. No time for listening, and not much for creating. Zoot.

Very successfully!!

Ah you're too kind as usual but still your insights are on the money. Though the the SciFi reference in the lyrics was more William Gibsons Neuromancer (one of my all time favourite books) than Bladerunner. Similar vibe tho. As for the swamp guitar, that was me getting angry at my lack of chops on that instrument and inability to get a decent solo down. So I used that frustration anyway, kind of an anti-solo solo lol. Och aye .

Thanks BB. Fun to experiment...

Hi Wayne, thanks for the listen. Sorry late reply, got busy away from home and hearth and time just slipped away...

Kia Ora, that's pretty funny, you are the pheasant Plucker. Cheers for the listen and comment.

that's a really nice comment, thanks a lot. And thanks for taking the time to listen to another track. I know I'm pretty amateur with this music thing, but it is so enjoyable to create and be creative. If I'm pleased with the result that's what matters most, but if someone else genuinely likes it too, all the better!! Cheers Zoot.

Yo CCC, you got it man. I thought the title fit the feel pretty good. In my bad old days, we used to play a drinking game using Pheasant Plucker, you can probably imagine what mistakes it translates to after a few rounds. Anyway, thanks for the listen, fav and download.

Hey Mosaic, sorry for the late response to your kind comment. I hid this track then forgot all about replying. Yep that's me on vocals, for my sins. All the best, Zoot.

that's funny! My daughter the other day in the car, started randomly singing the words on her little toy fluffy dog. Stuff like - polyester, do not dry clean, hand wash, made in china....It sounded great I wanted to use it for something lol

Late reply, sorry! thanks for the listen and comment, much appreciated.