hi, really impressive bass guitar playing, it sounds to me like there's some elements of funk style here even. Hard to explain - but it's not a 'proper' funk for sure! Seems like you wouldn't label this song under 'metal' as well. Anyway as far as I can remember your bass playing is inspired by J. Chancellor, am I correct? I am familiar with Tool's 'The Pot' recommended to me by StaticNomad which is a great composition. Maybe I will take some time to listen to the entire '10.000 Days' album some day. I have far too much music to explore ahead.
Anyway I enjoyed your song, the sound on the recording is not so clean as on your other tracks but the arrangement is good (as always) and guitar playing is really good.
Best to you, Alex
No funk or metal. I don't know what to call my music. Melodic Bass Rock?
Yes, Justin Chancellor, I learned to play bass by learning their songs off Undertow, Aenima and Lateralus.
Yes, "The Pot" rocks, but you should listen to Lateralus over 10,000 Days. Lateralus is their best in my opinion. You will surely hear a resemblance there.
Glad you liked the track, sorry for the unclean recording sound. Learning guitar on the fly!
Excellent :D Do you find it easy to play guitar coming from the bass? I always find guitar easier after jamming on my bass haha such tiny strings! All is well here thanks :p Working on more metal tunes to get up seeing as Looperman is severely lacking metal!
"Do you find it easy to play guitar coming from the bass?"
Not at all. This is my first electric six-string so I'm learning things I never knew. I currently know three chords. I'm starting at nearly ground level.
With this one, I started with the guitar and got the intro before ever bringing the bass guitar in. I failed to mention to StaticNomad that there is no bass guitar till 0:18 when the bass comes in. The intro is four layers of guitar and the same Taiko loop that is later.
"Working on more metal tunes to get up seeing as Looperman is severely lacking metal!"
I agree! I don't think I could pull off real metal. My stuff may be heavy at times, but I can't call any of it metal. I'll leave that to the better metalheads, such as yourself!
Thanks for the listen and glad to know you are well.
Damn, dude! This turned out awesome! I'm really glad you used the 1:52 as an intro. It works perfectly. You've obviously put a lot of time and effort into this one. It shows.
Nice work, man.
hi again, I like the things you've added eventhough they are just a little bit affecting this composition 'in general' so to speak... Firstly I really like all new drum-sounds: the drum section seems to be more intense and 'present' now always helping to drive the composition - I can see it at 0:47 and from 2:19 mark which brings much more dynamic and interesting colour to the track! I really like the wah effects (2:41) but still the entire song feels a bit like a 'backing track'.
So nice and effective work with the 4/4 meter short motifs on the bass and other guitars(?) playing some patterns that can slightly brake this main groove... but still: maybe only it's because I just want you to have some kind of much longer asymetric melodic phrases breaking this again and again!
well done with all things you've already added to push it ahead and much better drum work supporting guitars. I am really enjoying the tone of the bass guitar in here - it's so nice and it provides much of interesting harmonic resonances!
Simply good vibes!
I understand what you mean when you say "Backing Track", I'm sure vocals would completely fix that with all my tracks.
Your feedback truly is useful and helpful. It's the best part of this site. Getting to bounce ideas off of others. Thank you for your honesty, and detailed review. There is another Alex on this site who gives excellent reviews. What's that all about?
Anyway, I'm glad you like the track so far, but I'm not done with the ending yet so we'll see what happens.
hi,
I really like the concept behind the song: the continuing presence of some repeating bassline. It reminds me of some classical baroque period (or renaissance) pieces being variations and improvised elaborations on the 'basso ostinato' or 'ground basse'. What I like also in here is the tone of the bass guitar with a little of warm stereo delay effect. I think the drums you're using could be dryer and closer, especially the snare one. From 1:55 its not so easy to get the proper feeling of them when listening even though you somehow 'doubled the tempo'. But anyway they have a nice and gentle tone which I like... So I just thought that might turn your song into even much more 'acoustic' one and help the really good guitars in here. Nice work - I enjoyed it and am looking for more, Alex
hi,
Glad you like the track. I'll be messing with the drums soon so I'll keep what you said in mind. I'm using a standard kit with reverb, and a hip-hop kit with delay at a lower volume.
"From 1:55 its not so easy to get the proper feeling of them when listening"
Not sure what you mean by that. Not loud enough? It's just an open and closed hi-hat. I'll look into the level.
This grew on me as I listened to it a few times. It started off as 'not bad' but is now held in higher esteem than that. I didn't love it as much as Pete did but that's the beauty (I guess) of differing opinions.
It's indeed more my sort of tempo, except for when I go double time crazy (hey, you could too - it's easy).
Lots of melody here from your layered bassos. Almost a bit of a hip hop/r'n'b type of groove. Decent reverb/delay on the snare.
0:47 decent change to ride.
0:58 make the drums do more to progress that section and build up to the drop back down to the verse.
2:20 ending is probably best bit. Bit dark and mysterious and a damn fine tone on that low whack. More of that please as it's getting more badass there. Quite possibly a new track instead.
"the end is not set in stone"
You need to get that done when this nice track is finished. I get all my finished ones set in huge granite slabs down the stonemasons' yard. They can actually carve all my sonic badasssery, including effects and banjfunk, in the stone though it does take a while. These sell for quite a bit in the art world and in the area around Stonehenge. You can even get an Audio Granite Slab player to listen back to these huge slabs of madness. I might even get my best tracks set in marble.
Take care.
P.S. Was thinking of you when doing my middle bass guitar section in this latest track that you may find mildly badass. Has some layered basses in that fast section (6:26) plus a little in the funkier regular tempo section after (7:07).
"0:58 make the drums do more to progress that section and build up to the drop back down to the verse."
I really like this idea and will for sure employ it. Instantly made sense when you said it.
"More of that please as it's getting more badass there"
Got it. Been playing that part on loop to try to see what can go over it. I'll add some tonight maybe. Thought about acoustic, but I'll probably keep this one bass guitar.
Reckful has a fitting name with your awesome and seemingly well planned "Drumatization". Drums especially are awesome in that track, not to mention the bass.
It would die on the radio. Wish it wouldn't, but it would. Thirty seconds in and most people would change the station. I like it, and I'm glad that you do as well, it's just that nobody is buying this stuff anymore.
hi again and thanks for your reply. I really like what you have said about the inspiration - I think this is pretty creative approach! It hepls me also to become more familiar with your work here - I see that you use even quite short melodic motifs in a very fine and effective way. I am really enjoying that. Greetings,
Alex
hi, I am much enjoying this track eventhough I wasn't listening to your last version and don't know all the 'story'...
I like the work you did on the guitars here combining many guitar lines together in a very interesting and quite original way... really good guitar stuff you're playing over - I like that! This song has some a bit old-styled blues-rock groove to me...I'm only courious about your inspirations for the song like this... too bad I'm not so much into a rock genre at the moment but for sure can appreciate your playing!
Greetings,
Alex
As for inspiration, I get a new melody for something stuck in my head at work and I'll keep humming or whistling it to myself and when I get home, I hum it into an MP3 player I have with a voice recorder feature, just so I don't lose it. Later I'll come across that melody, pick it out on the bass guitar and fire up Studio One and record. I rarely have six-string guitar in my tracks. Almost always all bass guitar.
Really enjoyed this one. The mix was awesome as well as the production. The bass line progression was very nice. The nice light touch of tubes and other sounds was perfectly executed. really enjoyed this onme.
here is a link too an artist who made some very interesting instrumental music and then went all new age soft later on.. this is from 1970. (the bass lines are interesting in the same way you write) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_tpVBu0L_4&html5=1
Wow, Peter Bardens did some Yes-esque stuff. I'll be listening to more soon.
Glad you liked the track. My bass died half way through and the track sat for a moth or more unfinished. I saved 200 bucks and went to the repair shop. Exposed wire touching a pot casing. One inch of electrical tape with a touch of super glue, and he didn't charge me. Said to bring in all my broken toys. Deal. The bass I recorded "The Enforcers" with has a tone knob that was set to mud, then broken off. It gets the next trip.
I've been working on mixing, so to hear you say it was good is very gratifying, and a surprise.
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Compliments____Orlando
Take care
Evan
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Anyway I enjoyed your song, the sound on the recording is not so clean as on your other tracks but the arrangement is good (as always) and guitar playing is really good.
Best to you, Alex
No funk or metal. I don't know what to call my music. Melodic Bass Rock?
Yes, Justin Chancellor, I learned to play bass by learning their songs off Undertow, Aenima and Lateralus.
Yes, "The Pot" rocks, but you should listen to Lateralus over 10,000 Days. Lateralus is their best in my opinion. You will surely hear a resemblance there.
Glad you liked the track, sorry for the unclean recording sound. Learning guitar on the fly!
Take care.
Evan
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"Do you find it easy to play guitar coming from the bass?"
Not at all. This is my first electric six-string so I'm learning things I never knew. I currently know three chords. I'm starting at nearly ground level.
With this one, I started with the guitar and got the intro before ever bringing the bass guitar in. I failed to mention to StaticNomad that there is no bass guitar till 0:18 when the bass comes in. The intro is four layers of guitar and the same Taiko loop that is later.
"Working on more metal tunes to get up seeing as Looperman is severely lacking metal!"
I agree! I don't think I could pull off real metal. My stuff may be heavy at times, but I can't call any of it metal. I'll leave that to the better metalheads, such as yourself!
Thanks for the listen and glad to know you are well.
Evan
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on Stiff-Arming Stars by Evisma
Specially after that opening riff...mind blowing...but the whole number too...stunning melodies through...those guitars are on the top too...
Awesome song, congrats and shake hands with my good wishing for the Christmas time :-)
Danke
Evan
on Twisticles by Evisma
Well done
Cheers
Paulo
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Nice work, man.
Take care.
Aaron.
I rather like this one for all the bass guitar working together. Still some stuff to do with it but I like it in it's present state as well.
"you used the 1:52 as an intro"
Not sure what this means.
Take care
Evan
on Basso Continuo by Evisma
So nice and effective work with the 4/4 meter short motifs on the bass and other guitars(?) playing some patterns that can slightly brake this main groove... but still: maybe only it's because I just want you to have some kind of much longer asymetric melodic phrases breaking this again and again!
well done with all things you've already added to push it ahead and much better drum work supporting guitars. I am really enjoying the tone of the bass guitar in here - it's so nice and it provides much of interesting harmonic resonances!
Simply good vibes!
hope its useful. Greetings, Alex
Your feedback truly is useful and helpful. It's the best part of this site. Getting to bounce ideas off of others. Thank you for your honesty, and detailed review. There is another Alex on this site who gives excellent reviews. What's that all about?
Anyway, I'm glad you like the track so far, but I'm not done with the ending yet so we'll see what happens.
Take care.
Evan
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on Basso Continuo by Evisma
on Basso Continuo by Evisma
on Basso Continuo by Evisma
I really like the concept behind the song: the continuing presence of some repeating bassline. It reminds me of some classical baroque period (or renaissance) pieces being variations and improvised elaborations on the 'basso ostinato' or 'ground basse'. What I like also in here is the tone of the bass guitar with a little of warm stereo delay effect. I think the drums you're using could be dryer and closer, especially the snare one. From 1:55 its not so easy to get the proper feeling of them when listening even though you somehow 'doubled the tempo'. But anyway they have a nice and gentle tone which I like... So I just thought that might turn your song into even much more 'acoustic' one and help the really good guitars in here. Nice work - I enjoyed it and am looking for more, Alex
Glad you like the track. I'll be messing with the drums soon so I'll keep what you said in mind. I'm using a standard kit with reverb, and a hip-hop kit with delay at a lower volume.
"From 1:55 its not so easy to get the proper feeling of them when listening"
Not sure what you mean by that. Not loud enough? It's just an open and closed hi-hat. I'll look into the level.
Thanks for the listen and the feedback.
Evan
on Basso Continuo by Evisma
Sharp Mix... Lots of flavour here, the simplicity of the lines and
groove lets the MIND feely create it's own dynamics...
That is the beauty of it, No one will hear or feel this song in an
identical way... FLAVOUR & TIME...All the makings of a real good tune...
I'm glad you liked it! I'll be doing more to it soon so maybe a revisit in a month or so?
Take care
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love it
on Basso Continuo by Evisma
This grew on me as I listened to it a few times. It started off as 'not bad' but is now held in higher esteem than that. I didn't love it as much as Pete did but that's the beauty (I guess) of differing opinions.
It's indeed more my sort of tempo, except for when I go double time crazy (hey, you could too - it's easy).
Lots of melody here from your layered bassos. Almost a bit of a hip hop/r'n'b type of groove. Decent reverb/delay on the snare.
0:47 decent change to ride.
0:58 make the drums do more to progress that section and build up to the drop back down to the verse.
2:20 ending is probably best bit. Bit dark and mysterious and a damn fine tone on that low whack. More of that please as it's getting more badass there. Quite possibly a new track instead.
"the end is not set in stone"
You need to get that done when this nice track is finished. I get all my finished ones set in huge granite slabs down the stonemasons' yard. They can actually carve all my sonic badasssery, including effects and banjfunk, in the stone though it does take a while. These sell for quite a bit in the art world and in the area around Stonehenge. You can even get an Audio Granite Slab player to listen back to these huge slabs of madness. I might even get my best tracks set in marble.
Take care.
P.S. Was thinking of you when doing my middle bass guitar section in this latest track that you may find mildly badass. Has some layered basses in that fast section (6:26) plus a little in the funkier regular tempo section after (7:07).
Reckful
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/160356
I really like this idea and will for sure employ it. Instantly made sense when you said it.
"More of that please as it's getting more badass there"
Got it. Been playing that part on loop to try to see what can go over it. I'll add some tonight maybe. Thought about acoustic, but I'll probably keep this one bass guitar.
Reckful has a fitting name with your awesome and seemingly well planned "Drumatization". Drums especially are awesome in that track, not to mention the bass.
Steal consideration.
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Alex
That is a kind and accurate description, though it sounds egotistical to agree with you. You described how I would like to sound quite accurately.
Thanks again
Evan
on Dantes Guided Tour by Evisma
I like the work you did on the guitars here combining many guitar lines together in a very interesting and quite original way... really good guitar stuff you're playing over - I like that! This song has some a bit old-styled blues-rock groove to me...I'm only courious about your inspirations for the song like this... too bad I'm not so much into a rock genre at the moment but for sure can appreciate your playing!
Greetings,
Alex
As for inspiration, I get a new melody for something stuck in my head at work and I'll keep humming or whistling it to myself and when I get home, I hum it into an MP3 player I have with a voice recorder feature, just so I don't lose it. Later I'll come across that melody, pick it out on the bass guitar and fire up Studio One and record. I rarely have six-string guitar in my tracks. Almost always all bass guitar.
on Dantes Guided Tour by Evisma
on Dantes Guided Tour by Evisma
on Dantes Guided Tour by Evisma
here is a link too an artist who made some very interesting instrumental music and then went all new age soft later on.. this is from 1970. (the bass lines are interesting in the same way you write)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_tpVBu0L_4&html5=1
Glad you liked the track. My bass died half way through and the track sat for a moth or more unfinished. I saved 200 bucks and went to the repair shop. Exposed wire touching a pot casing. One inch of electrical tape with a touch of super glue, and he didn't charge me. Said to bring in all my broken toys. Deal. The bass I recorded "The Enforcers" with has a tone knob that was set to mud, then broken off. It gets the next trip.
I've been working on mixing, so to hear you say it was good is very gratifying, and a surprise.
Take care.
Evan
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in Riverside. Ca. ..............lol
I like Riverside, you came from Riverside.
World is friggin crazy, ain't it?
Also, your name jumble is LoopedMale.
Enjoy.
Evan
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