Evisma

A mile of deep, submerged regreetings, ProCoRatBro.

"Wow, three yo's."

Yes, I am very generous with my yos and my yo-yos. Much more so than you with your cookies. I would have given the guy who managed to stick it out for 4 mins at least two. If he made it through one of my 17 min epics, I'd give him a year's supply. And probably throw in a couple of handjobs.

Anyway, I feel that your Sick Track Bro Assembly Skills are now very high and, in some ways, better than The Nomad's. Yes, I do use lots of sounds you don't and perhaps never will but you do a damn fine job with a more limited palette. It doesn't sound quite like a real band but it's not far off and all very fluently played.

I didn't quite realise the Irish vibe this one has until Cru pointed it out. Probably something to do with 3/4 but no doubt also some other scaly shit involved.

"maybe I'll bust out the lap steel and experiment"

Yes - do that rather than a cover. You made such a fine debut with it on Hypnoculars so must do more. Your music is developing even more vibes from other musical cultures and I'd really like to hear you incorporate more Arabic and Asian sounds. Some drones (eg tambura) or other Eastern strings could work really well.

"more tempted to completly remake an old track, rather than remix."

Sure, replay/record and old one if you think you can (I can rarely remember how) but I'm certain you can make big improvements just by remixing the whole track and redoing some drum parts. Try using Aerodrums.

Nomad news: A Different Kind Of Dangerous is very nearly finished though it is a bit messy. It features exactly one metric shit-ton of bass, despite there being no bass instruments involved. You'll like the dirty vibe.

Submerged Nomad, driving another nail down another needy hole

P.S. Don't segment my posts, bro. That ain't cool at all!

Love this one, Evisma. Your piano additions were lovely and really added a new element to this song and brought it to life. It sounded like the soundtrack from a Call of Duty game towards the second half, which is a big compliment as I love their music. The drums did seem slightly muddled and maybe not as present as they should be with this style, but they still did their job and filled in nicely. Maybe a stronger kick? Cheers, Brado

Hi Evan!

"My bass loops are not too useful, I guess."

Exactly the opposite. Maybe you are right in that fact, most people wants to use minimal bass in the background, but they are got them on the site. But (at least some of) your bass loops works fine as lead too in the front, and with the high sound quality, it's really a valuable curiosum, at least to guys like me.
That Ibanez is a hell of a guitar too!

regards, traz

Very well created track. Love the piano part coming in after the intro. Very clear sound and a catchy melody. The guitar dropping in after that is a welcome surprise and gives some real pepper to the track. The break is ear candy and makes the guitar drop in even stronger. All in all a fun to listen to. Great stuff!

Very nice one! Im not an expert, but the little Squier sounds excellent i think. Wonder what you will do with your next guitar, hope you will upload some fine loops with it too. :)

regards, taz

wow that's a deep heavy sound, very good feeling.
0:52 is my favorite part, lovely piano and totally unexpected as well, brilliant!

around 2:49 is also frickin awesome xd
the way it builds up in the beginning of that part is really nicely done.

cheers!

~Eighteen

Instruments are hard to part with, even trading up is difficult. Instruments become like family, they are part of your life.

A full size acoustic will suit you well but pick one that feels and sounds right to you. I bought mine in a pawn shop in Mississippi and never knew what kind it was until just recently, almost 30 years. It just felt right when I played it.

It's a mid 80's Takamine F-349 with a Shadow bridge pickup installed on it that was only labeled with a "shadow bridge installed" on the headstock. Takamine was no where on it but I recently stumbled on a picture of one online and with some research I found out about it.

Takamine makes some nice guitars at a reasonable price and I've seen people like Jon Bon Jovi and his sidekick playing them. If you can go up in price I would recommend a Martin or Taylor, there are many models at a range of prices.($1000 and up) Then if you can go higher look into the Gibson Hummingbird and their other acoustics at about $3500 and up.(i wish)

Used is ALWAYS an option!! Have fun guitar shopping!

The track is cool, I liked the piano in the first half. There is a calm before the storm so to speak. It reminded me of like a Celtic/Rock power ballad when it all kicked it.

How is it an island if it's a mile deep? That's deep man...

Wayne

Superb.

Beautiful transition

Weird feeling I got just listening to the beginning. I felt as though it were a late summer evening, and I was sitting on a curb looking down from my hilltop at the street descending from the hilltop I was perched at. And then all Irish hell broke loose. like a gang of Unionists squared off against the loyalists. The sheer blast of emotion from your music Evan is amazing. I feel you have captured Na Trioblóidí with perfection, but you have meant the "Troubles" to belong to the states this election cycle. Amazing tune. Awesome!
Crutastic

Yo yo yo.

That's one street hello plus a small, string-based toy for you to play with. I'm a generous chap.

Would you believe I also listened to the whole thing? Took me, like, 4 minutes 6 seconds.

This is fuckin' awesome, right from that cystal clear, wide acoustic g intro. So wide it's going behind my ears.

Then some cool, ominous bass g and a subdued slightly crunchy beat.

0:53 piano is cool and nicely played. Also very wide. Everything great so far.

1:30 reverse cymbal is, believe it or not, good and tastefully done.

1:43 the inevitable heavy rise and it's very good. Great bouncy 3/4 leads and pounding drums. Tom-heavy, I believe. Lead just keeps going up and down - one of your best ever.

2:40 reverse is very cool and almost percussive the way it moves.

2:46 fuckin' cool fill.

Then drums go more badass, with a crunchy left-panned snare.
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Lots of layered guitars and intertwined leads that never get boring or too messy

You're getting really excellent at this Nice Track Bro manufacturing game.

Good fadeout, something you've become better at.

Overall:'twas a great pleasure to listen to this latest piece of Bass Broery. More thoughts another time but no criticisms.

Nomad, more than just a little curious how you're planning to go about making your amends to the dead...

Nice work.
I listened to the whole thing.

Come to find out, all this time we thought it was Pontius Pilate who ordered the crucifixion. Well, they were mostly right, but Pontius Pilate is literally translated into English as Pudding Pop. The gospel according to Larry, who was a guy that stuck around after the crucifixion for the hot-wings and beer garden, states that afterwards, Pontius Pilate went back stage to change into his "fly street threads", later described in Larry 3:43, "And lo, Pontius did come forth into the beer garden draped in fresh fly threads. Knit sweaters of many colors which do not compliment each other. His kakhis were neatly pressed and fell slovenly upon loafers, in which he carried a coin in the tongue. A penny for each shoe. No doubt to display his might and wealth. Upon his tacky sweater, he wore a tag to identify himself among the noblemen and peasants alike. Scribed on the tag, it read, "Hello. My name is Bill" and in his hand, he did carry a tray of frozen fudge treats, and gave offering to his people as a show of good faith in their loyalty to "The Cos".

That's truth right there. It's in the book of Larry.

I remember my Grandfather carried this picture with him till the day he died.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/LadybirdAphidsREX_468x314.jpg
we just thought he was Insane.
now I know why.

now I know why!

Cruaphidocaust

Sounds epic and rocky!

I really like this one.

Hopefully you will keep up this stlye, and releasing more tracks :)

- karl.

OK so Ed McMahon is being a total dillwad about putting the box there. He is saying something like " My Scrotum Sails need space" or some BS like that. Angela is no better she says her rectum is full of gas by now and there is no space in the inn. So I moseyed on over to the manger that lies adjacent to the Motel 6, moved the box of Myrrh and the Vial of Frankincense, and lo and behold I saw the most whacked out Meth lab. I cried out "Jesus" like 5 times and I swear I got a reply of yes? 5 times, each time growing deeper and deeper with anger with me. So Jesus (Heh-zeus) asked me (not so politely what I was doing here and why I was holding a box of developmentally challenged Aphids. I said to him I was trying to find a "special"place for them. So Jesus took his bottle of water and made a place for the mentally challenged aphids. and he passed me the bottle. But as I looked at the Bottle it had changed to a Box merlot, and couple of fish sticks and a pepperidge farm loaf of pumpernickel bread. Neat Trick I replied. Jesus looked at me puzzled as I was still holding the Kirkland brand bottle of water and said, get away from the Meth fumes ... there making you talk stoopid. So I took his advice and started walking..noo skipping down the street towards the nearest Tim Hortens. But I could find no Tim Hortens as I was in America. And so I became sad. And the sadness lingered causing me to emote dark songs that sloedirt would feed off of the dark energy to resurrect himself from the shadows of the looperman site. At this point I longed for my igloo and all of it's frigid warmth, but I was stuck in middle america. I clicked my snowshoes together and shouted, "there's no place like Ottawa, There's no place like Ottawa", and I was instantly transported back to Gatineau...Quebec is better ;-) ...... and that's how the Legend of the American Aphid is told every year by campfire in small towns in Canada ,always.
Cruilliad and the Crodyessy

Let's do this, shall we?

Jesus H. on a popsicle stick, man! I don't remember you using your vocals in any of your previous tracks...You should do more.

Let's start with the production quality. Top notch, man. Everything sits exactly where it needs to, it's crystal clear, the highs aren't too bright, the lows aren't clipping, and the mids aren't muddy. Perfect. The panning on everything is nice and balanced. Kudos my friend.

I'm not sure what happened, man, but about 3 songs ago you kind of took off in leaps and bounds. Not only in the production quality, but composition, and creativity. Your songs, now, are so much fuller and complete.

I don't have any suggestions or critiques for this mean mofo. I think you've surpassed my abilities to do so.

Dude, this is seriously a bad mothefucker. Sorry I didn't get to it sooner.

Take care, mister.
Aaron.

Some major heaviness on this on, my friend. Not usually my style, but have to give you kudos on your playing... Great job!

Ciao,
M.

Once I read the lyrics I had to laugh. This one rocks and i like music with an attitude. How are you processing your bass? The middle part is a little less rockin but it stays within the context of the song, badassery.

Mix sounds good, I can hear all the instruments separate in the mix. Rock on dude!!

Wayne

Woooow....I was looking for the fav button before the 1st minute was up...having a big laugh at those lyrics...but what gets me is the job you done on the music..friggin awesome guitars///great drums...badass bass...its all good...whats to say...its the best rock track my old ears have heard in a very long time...Bravo....Ed

Word up, my mean motor scooterer.

Yes, I had some fun playing around with alliteration, partly because I know you enjoy it (I aim to please). My favourites are the Rachel, Steve and Jimbo ones. Maybe I should do more list-based track comments (and with no hello or goodbye).

I've only met your sister a couple of times and she didn't seem at all racist. Notice how I intentionally spelt that name the other way so you wouldn't think I was directing the racism at her (or her rollercoaster). Good to hear your childhood rollercoaster story.

I'm glad you liked my parody lyrics ("oil up some hefty hos" still cracks me up) and agree that your Stephen Hawking voice idea is a good one. I think I'll instead save those lyrics for when I assemble my one man Evanator tribute band. Gotta have a rabble rousing chorus live and this will be it (your only one). The tribute band will probably have more US No 1s than the original artist due to the generous sprinkling of Nomadgic on the original material.

""1:30 change is a bit of a surprise."

Good or bad?"

Still not sure the first 90 secs fit with the rest so it's not bad but maybe a slightly awkward change. I often find it hard to make big changes without the transition sounding awkward.

"I'm getting better with distorted guitars"

You very much are and I wonder what you have done recently. Probably not any different hardware or software. I also wonder how you've improved your drums.

Regarding your shame over your older tracks, you really should do what I've done a lot of recently - go back and improve them. As I'm getting serious now about releasing a whole load of albums (about 13) I went back and recently worked on all that material (about 70 tracks) in the space of about a month. I was able to make so many improvements, mostly through mixing and mastering. And that's even to some tracks that I'd already spent ages on, believing I'd got them as good as I possibly could.

You've improved so much in 2 years regarding production (much quicker than I did in my early days) that I know you can now make yourself much prouder of your older material.

Congrats on your lengthyish cigarette-free stint. My favourite cigarette joke is "Giving up smoking is easy: I've done it hundreds of times".

Tha Mothafuckin' Nomad, currently listening to his muscle memory.

Where shall the violin solo go?
Well that's so easy, right next to the LCD Television right behind the love swing and the pantry filled with rhino phalluses. GAWD, it's like you have no sense of space sometimes. Just move the box of retarded aphids 3 milinches to the right and you will see what I am saying. Oh and be careful not to trip over the acid reflux calendar nailed to the Ottoman Empire which might be attacking the persian rug as we speak. Oh shit I forgot about the chandelier. Sia...SIA...SIA..come down from there..SIA!! ahh that stubborn Aussie. She never listens as well as that muted Major Tom urn filled with his ashes. Ashes that are starting to go funk to funky, if you know what I mean. I mean where should that go....ah next to the Violin solo...see it's that simple.
Crulithium

The only time I use my phone speaker is never. when I'm truly listening, I always use the buds. I know your work sounds best through buds, or headphones. Mine is the same way. Very stereo oriented.

Damn it, man! I so badly wanted to listen to this one, but my jerk-ass phone isn't cooperating. I'll have to wait to get to this in the morning when I get home from work. So, since Arnold rode a mean motor scooter in T-2, I'll leave you with this overly clichéd, yet relevant catchphrase: "Ahll be bahk."

I'm still listening to this, it's that good. I absolutely dig your guitar work. I feel like there could be a tad more bass to add a bit more punch to the overall energy of the song. At least, that's what my gut tells me.

Brado