Definitely didn't disappoint me, reminiscent of some kind of crazy Tool, RATM, Coheed & Cambria fusion. Really interesting track. One thing that I really want to say is that the drums and bass are excellent for whatever reason lol, they just really pop and appeal to me. Once you reach :35, that guitar reminds me of Fade To Black by Metallica, very cool.
I really think you should get yourself one of those 6 string things with the weedy thin strings as you'd no doubt kick ##### on it.
0:10 bass is aggressive and quite tribal-sounding with those drums.
0:21 nice melodic riffs that sit nicely (but with a lot of movement) and then go into what sounds like it might be a vocal tune. Easy for any vocals to follow that.
Drums don't sound too busy in this. As said before - much better than the drum loops you used to use as you clearly have much more control now.
2:29 I like the ending and how it winds down, even though it's not perfect.
Sorry that I don't have a great deal to suggest for this one. I liked it but feel it can be better though, short of adding some vocals or instrumentation, I'm not sure how.
What it is, chicken-wing?! (you asked before, the chicken wing greeting is a question, spoken as a declaration, asking "what news have you?", and the wording is correct.)
"one of those 6 string things with the weedy thin strings"
I have thought about this much lately. I would need a jack-of-all-trades. Good distorted rhythm guitar and the ability to get the tone of some gilmour-esque leads. I'm looking at Ibanez,... mostly because my budget will not allow me to get the PRS Custom24 that I feel I should have.
The lefty Squier is, well,... a Squire. Set an egg timer to re-tune it, bends go everywhere,... even when you're not bending. Left handed means when I play it, it's the reggae upstroke, something I have never bothered to practice, and it needs to be a lead line I didn't write on a righty.
Anyway, thanks for the positivity on the track, though now it has been added to and may now contain objectionable material. Objections are more than welcome. Thanks again.
Wut up bra! The song kicks ##### and I have only one suggestion for you to consider....somewhere in the second half, a breakdown would spice it up!!! Maybe a few drum rolls and yada. I see u said you were still working on it, cool, keep going with it and take a good amount of time and dnt b shy to put too much into it cuz this is the rare type that you could never mix too many tracks and sounds. That is a good thing! Ill c ya around dude, -E.A.83
The advice from Mr. Crucethus and yourself has been taken, but this track, like most of mine is missing the guitar element that would treat it oh so nicely. If only I knew of someone(hint,hint).
The guitar addition sounds nice in the mix. Cool work with the piano the ending is cool. Drums are sounding really good especially around 4:20 into the song favorite part of the guitar. I heard the bass part you told me about, it sounds very interesting in this form. Mixed thoughts in this track and I liked it overall. Thank you for sharing Evisma, Peace.
Very cool track, the mix, the arrangement, production...all sounding great. I always like this style of rock, it's melodic and hard and thrashy at the same time. Enjoyed it very much. Great job on the bass track.
Can you tell me what tempo this is at? I would love to make a drum track for this. I know I don't have anything in my loops or tracks that shows you but I am actually mainly a drummer and just make electronic music as a hobby.
Awesome GUITAR work here evisma.
I love the chords and the bass lines are sick.
Does sound slight akin to Tool, who are masters at this sort of stuff.
Ive only heard a few of your tracks but im already a fan.
Dying to hear more.
The bass's lead element and the flange/delay give it a Justin Chancellor tone and that is what I love. Not to sound "Toolish", I just feel that that tone is what bass guitar should be. Thanks again for the kind words.
I really dig the track and my only "constructive criticism" would be to lose the chorus effect on the bass guitar and turn up the rythem guitar a bit. I think it would give it a little more punch and put some hair on its chest :) -peace
The damn chorus(actually a Jet Flanger) was stupidly recorded wet and can't be removed without a re-record, but the guitar volume can be finagled to hearts content. I'll bump it up a notch! Thanks Riffer-Man. Waiting for your next sonic assault!
This is a great rock track in the Deep Purple school. The drums and mixing have been commented on extensively so I won't go there. Def, def would benefit from a vox, maybe put a post in the forum. If not there is a group on facebook called collab with me, that has a lot of talented people, many from this website. Great work here.
Thank you much. As ridiculous as it sounds, I never got into Deep Purple. Yes I am hanging my head. I, for some reason, have trouble appreciating older music. I hate the Beatles. "What's wrong with you? They influenced all the music you now love and enjoy!!" I know. But to me, that's like telling someone that they can't like Monet if they don't appreciate cave paintings. Extreme comparison, yes, but valid, I believe.
Vocals, yes, would love some and will be hitting up the Looperites soon.
Thank you again!
I see that you are following MrNomad's comments, so you are in good hands
Anyhow,I will still add my two cents: intro is perfect.
The quick part does not sound as powerful as it should, but honestly I think it is a matter of mix: you have all the elements you need but the powerful ones are not loud enough.
Keep on the good work: we have some really interesting stuff here.
Ciao, Domenico
PS have you thought of a vocal part for this song?
Don't know why but I could imagine something like Marilyn Manson going on....
Hello sir. I suppose by the quick part, you are indicating the second half. This was it's own thing for a while, only about 1:00 long and I tried sticking it on the end of this darker build up that needing a release. Kinda worked, kinda sounds too different from each other. These two halves are still in the scrapyard looking for a permanent home. Thanks again for the feedback, I appreciate it always.
Reaqlly good track, a lot of really cool and interesting production tricks going on all lending to a very strong track but if I am to be 100% honest the drums disapear behind the bass when they come in and need to be much more in command than they are.
Thank you for the input, and yes, the drums are problematic in the second half, there is so much metalwork going on it is a task to balance it. Thanks again, I can't get better without input.
This is very cool and creative! I love the change in the middle when the beat gets going! Bass and guitar are performed very well in my opinion! I kind of like the drums, but they could use some more power, maybe some multiband compression or something. Super awesome song! Faved for sure!
Thank you kind sir. Yes, drums and mixing are my weaker points. Better drums is what brought me to Looperman in the first place. Came for the loops, stayed for the community.
I will re-assess the drums soon, working on something called I4CRDK, should be about a week at the rate I'm moving, which is that of a herd of turtles jumping hurdles.
Take care.
Just listening again and I'd now say that that intro is pretty much perfect. The 3 second reverse fade segues perfectly into that cool main riff.
Then on 0:20 we get the next riff plus the drum loop plus a few more things I can't be bothered to type out. Basically, things are arriving nicely in such a way that you can pick out each one. So it's also a good mix.
I think it builds very skilfully up to that main drum beat on 1:24.
The 1:24 to 1:45 sction is probably far too short - should be more like 40 seconds to a minute as you've already spent a while building it up so to then break it down again after only 20 or so seconds seems too premature and a bit of a killing of the energy you've built up.
As I said before, 1:54 to the end needs to be much longer and a return to some of the earlier intro elements (eg with new drums underneath them) would help lengthen what needs to be a longer piece. This isn't pop music so I don't think making it this brief length does it justice.
I appreciate the input, and I believe it presents itself much better this way as well. The second breakdown on will probably be abandoned or re-recorded. If I re-record, I can work in some of the earlier feel and not have it sound contrived or "after the fact". Again, thank you for the fresh ears and ideas.
Oh, and the name "Harry the Soapbar" came to me in the shower. The soapbar had arm or chest or knuckle hair stuck to it, resulting in the name. I live a wild life.
Cool - first time I've given some advice that I can then see has been taken. Yes, intro/start much much better now and more recognisable. Gets in to the good stuff much quicker. Then it really gets going on about 1:25, as before (I think was 2:22 on the previous version). Mix also sounds better.
The main thing now is to work out how to make it longer as it's definitely too short.
"Cool - first time I've given some advice that I can then see has been taken."
Surprising your advice didn't get much action taken on it before this.
I was trying to find the track that had the "Aquatic" bass effect that I used in Farcical Aquatic Ceremony. This is the track, around 0:20, it comes in.
For the new track, it's the same effect, but sped up, and I muted the strings and tapped them rapidly to get the water sound.
I think it sounds great now, reading StaticNomad's comment you improved the intro I guess because it sounded very nice now ;) I am waiting for a rough electric like guitar that kicks into it but you already stated that you were going to add a guitar part extra from your friend. Don't know if others agree but maybe shorten the intro just a little bit found the suspense before getting to the main part kinda long but that's also of course personal taste
this is second track of yours which I've heared & in both self style of yours is worthy of respects & admiration to me . my fav mark tells the rest buT is your collab requesT again regarding vocal ? I'll write U a notice ._____B
Hello again Sir. Thank you for the kind words, and yes, the collaboration request is always for someone to add vocals of any language, style or gender. I'm all for it. Thanks again.
Hey, this is pretty awesome! I like how it builds to the crescendo! The only thing I wasn't partial to was the choir sounds at the beginning, but that's just me choir sounds annoy me... ha ha. But it's a jammin tune once it gets going! Nice one!
Thank you good sir. I understand your hangup with the choir. I cannot stand the organ in almost anything, so the Doors have been out of the question since day one. Thanks again.
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Overall, really crazy, fun, epic track.
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I really think you should get yourself one of those 6 string things with the weedy thin strings as you'd no doubt kick ##### on it.
0:10 bass is aggressive and quite tribal-sounding with those drums.
0:21 nice melodic riffs that sit nicely (but with a lot of movement) and then go into what sounds like it might be a vocal tune. Easy for any vocals to follow that.
Drums don't sound too busy in this. As said before - much better than the drum loops you used to use as you clearly have much more control now.
2:29 I like the ending and how it winds down, even though it's not perfect.
Sorry that I don't have a great deal to suggest for this one. I liked it but feel it can be better though, short of adding some vocals or instrumentation, I'm not sure how.
"one of those 6 string things with the weedy thin strings"
I have thought about this much lately. I would need a jack-of-all-trades. Good distorted rhythm guitar and the ability to get the tone of some gilmour-esque leads. I'm looking at Ibanez,... mostly because my budget will not allow me to get the PRS Custom24 that I feel I should have.
The lefty Squier is, well,... a Squire. Set an egg timer to re-tune it, bends go everywhere,... even when you're not bending. Left handed means when I play it, it's the reggae upstroke, something I have never bothered to practice, and it needs to be a lead line I didn't write on a righty.
Anyway, thanks for the positivity on the track, though now it has been added to and may now contain objectionable material. Objections are more than welcome. Thanks again.
Evan
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I love the chords and the bass lines are sick.
Does sound slight akin to Tool, who are masters at this sort of stuff.
Ive only heard a few of your tracks but im already a fan.
Dying to hear more.
Evan
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Evan
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Vocals, yes, would love some and will be hitting up the Looperites soon.
Thank you again!
Evan
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I enjoyed & liked this one.
I listened to that so many times.
TanX
on The Redi Mindtrick by Evisma
Anyhow,I will still add my two cents: intro is perfect.
The quick part does not sound as powerful as it should, but honestly I think it is a matter of mix: you have all the elements you need but the powerful ones are not loud enough.
Keep on the good work: we have some really interesting stuff here.
Ciao, Domenico
PS have you thought of a vocal part for this song?
Don't know why but I could imagine something like Marilyn Manson going on....
on The Redi Mindtrick by Evisma
Great quality music mate....
on IMMT2U by Evisma
I will re-assess the drums soon, working on something called I4CRDK, should be about a week at the rate I'm moving, which is that of a herd of turtles jumping hurdles.
Take care.
Evan
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Then on 0:20 we get the next riff plus the drum loop plus a few more things I can't be bothered to type out. Basically, things are arriving nicely in such a way that you can pick out each one. So it's also a good mix.
I think it builds very skilfully up to that main drum beat on 1:24.
The 1:24 to 1:45 sction is probably far too short - should be more like 40 seconds to a minute as you've already spent a while building it up so to then break it down again after only 20 or so seconds seems too premature and a bit of a killing of the energy you've built up.
As I said before, 1:54 to the end needs to be much longer and a return to some of the earlier intro elements (eg with new drums underneath them) would help lengthen what needs to be a longer piece. This isn't pop music so I don't think making it this brief length does it justice.
Oh, and the name "Harry the Soapbar" came to me in the shower. The soapbar had arm or chest or knuckle hair stuck to it, resulting in the name. I live a wild life.
Evan
on The Redi Mindtrick by Evisma
The main thing now is to work out how to make it longer as it's definitely too short.
Surprising your advice didn't get much action taken on it before this.
I was trying to find the track that had the "Aquatic" bass effect that I used in Farcical Aquatic Ceremony. This is the track, around 0:20, it comes in.
For the new track, it's the same effect, but sped up, and I muted the strings and tapped them rapidly to get the water sound.
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