Damn, this kicks butt!This gets your adrenaline going!The rhythm and leads blend together really well.Its the type of tune that makes you feel good!Great rhythm and Allen leads are spectacular!
Man this has a very Fela Kuti + hip hop vibe to it. I love the horns, love the hand drums... but it does cut out... What gives? I'm faving this one, but in return you best load up a fixed version... My ONLY piece of advice would be the highhats... I think instead of a straight 8th note feel, if you gave it a shuffle feel it would totally open up the groove in totally different ways.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ykpwr8K3M4
Here's some Fela if you're not familiar with him.
Listen to the woodblock/highhat and how it has that really shuffled 8th note pattern... That's what I'm talkin about.
Dude, how could I not hear that...right? This track was composed as a "throw away" without giving it any thought or merrit. Just a track for a department store sale ad kinda thing because of the upbeat perc.. Guess I was wrong and need to rethink this one. Some guys get offended when you tell them the track should do "this"... But I don't, because you HEAR that in my song and it's not actually there. But it's so obvious that your mind "put" it in there. That's how I compose and that's a real musician's way of thinking! Kudos my friend!
nice work - this is very strong and yeah, you picked a winner to play the guitar on this - i like the steady rollin feeling - good highway stuff here!!
yeah - i'll bet its great w the lyrics but works great like this too - so you got 2 fer price of 1!Rockin!
Haha very interesting little start, that really paced up! Its very different and silly indeed BUT its fun and moves lol
Nice little tidbit here, Im sure it made her smile haha
either that or say "uhh dad...youre weird 0.0" lol
Only kidding, nice little track, maybe extend it a bit? I felt like I got cut short lol
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Allen! Dude...you rocked it out! Very nice! My wife said... "yeah I always thought that song had an 80's feel to it"!! That's why I called it "Rock Lives" ft AllenV ...I love it though man! Really makes me proud of this song and your work on it! Thanks again and feel free to browse my libary for more!
As you said the quality is a little low but then there is another quality about it that overrides it. I think it sounds good for what it is. Keep it up.
Thanks Man! Like your name suggests, we learn from our mistakes...or we gain knowledge from our lack of it! I've been going through my old stuff and wanted to post some for review. My newer stuff is a lot more polished, but I wanted some of the newer and younger people to see a progression that comes with time and experience!
man this is nice...i personally would have heard a crazy guitar riff to go along with it in the break down...lol...im just saying the piece is tight and the quality is good...good job...peace...verbalskillz
Hey Thanks man! This song actually hasn't been mixed or mastered, the compression probably comes from the factory sounds in the Digitech GNX3 guitar workstation I use.
I love the scratchin, hella tight. This beat would be so good with vocals. The flute and piano , and the baseline are perfect. What is that windsound at like 1;06? It sounds cool
Thanks Becca! The sound @ 1:06 is actually the same breathy "cuckoo" sound in the main body of the song with a bit of compression and a bunch of reverb to it to give it an "airy" feel. All from Reason 4 factory sound and refill packs.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ykpwr8K3M4
Here's some Fela if you're not familiar with him.
Listen to the woodblock/highhat and how it has that really shuffled 8th note pattern... That's what I'm talkin about.
Great track either way!
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A def Fav. Superb job on this for sure.
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yeah - i'll bet its great w the lyrics but works great like this too - so you got 2 fer price of 1!Rockin!
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Nice little tidbit here, Im sure it made her smile haha
either that or say "uhh dad...youre weird 0.0" lol
Only kidding, nice little track, maybe extend it a bit? I felt like I got cut short lol
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Allen! Dude...you rocked it out! Very nice! My wife said... "yeah I always thought that song had an 80's feel to it"!! That's why I called it "Rock Lives" ft AllenV ...I love it though man! Really makes me proud of this song and your work on it! Thanks again and feel free to browse my libary for more!
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