Neomorpheus

Hell Yeah!! I love anything with a latin flare to it. You have a cool idea with the intro. That in itself could be taken as song idea, keep the western idea going. But when it all kicked in I was all in for the ride.

Guitars sound great, nice tone and well played. I really liked the vocal at the end. You consider adding some more like that in the track or just the one shot? Just an idea.

Cool track!!

Wayne

It's people like you who put me off! Pack my bags and give it up.
This is brilliant and should be on vinyl somewhere with a great rattle snake cover.
Wow is my best critical comment.

Dear mother of mine!!! :-)

What the f...ing hell is this???

One of the most innovative and creative 5 minutes I've ever heard here...man, you are really an unknown genious...:-)

That guitar tune is sharp as knife and those progy drums and that scream at the end...hahhh...will read the story but I have to listen this hundred times...

All my hats off, handshake, Danke

I can't stop listening to this. If you check my influences, you'll see that you and I may be cut from the same 2x4. Downloaded, gonna add bass and vibraslap, it's my birthday so I consider it a gift...don't worry, I won't post it. I'll just send you what I came up with and leave it up to you.

Peace

This started out like Willie Nelson, broke into some Earth, then went into unchartered heavy rock goodness. The time signature, or signatures, keep me paying close attention. Listening on a shyte laptop, so not noticing any bass. If there is none, I'd be happy to offer up some Geezer Butler-ness.

Love reading the historical events that led to the birth of so many cool creepy legends. I'm more familiar with the Ickabog Crane and the headless horseman of massachussettes tale but have heard a similar one from Texas. Can you imagine what those who encountered EL Muerto must've thought of that decomposing headless thing on horseback! Music fits the tale well. \m/

This Track Is Awesome. Reading The Story While Listening Made It Even Better. Keep It Up! Checks Out My Tracks & Comment If You Get The Chance.

- Billion

Whoa that intro is GREAT, love the guitar work. And the tone is killer. Well done!!! Going to have to listen to blue jean blues right now!

It was well worth the effort to capture your mood in music. It transferred very well. I love dark music and always will. Peace! PDMuzak

This song's vibe totally conveys the emotion put into it...it is a beautiful peace of work. Great guitar and fantastic dynamics and mastering. This is the first time Ive heard one of your songs and you sir are a true artist

Ephemeral regreetings.

I am only stopping by momentarily, and then I will be gone - possibly to the afterlife.

" it sounded way too dismal and dreary"

No - must have just been your mood as it's more beautiful than sad. Sometimes I go through a whole day or thinking the music I'm currently working on (and sometimes even pretty much everything I've made) is either pretty crap or, at best, just not good enough. Sometimes I abandon it for a while, open it up again and realise it's pretty awesome. Sounds like you did something similar here.

"life is short."

Yes but as the comedian Chris Rock said a while ago in a standup show: "Life is real long if you end up with the wrong woman". Or something like that.

No need to peel your eyes anymore as here is the link to my Tool cover, which will most likely kick your ass and smear your face in the concrete...

What It Takes To Step Through

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/168812

P.S. How are Spiv's friends dying from "traps"? Booby traps? Animal traps? Police entrapment?

Very emotional indeed...
I know the place, as I'm wandering through it this moment.
This is a real beauty,
thx for sharing,
Peace.

Beautiful and emotional...great guitar work!

Compliments_____Orlando

Very interesting expression here, and minimalist in a good way. I think your guitar part displays a lot of grief and regret, not to mention sounding great. If you dont' mind me asking, what do you use for a baritone gutiar? I couldn't ask for much more from a track like this. I feel what you are going through in a way, as since I moved to this house, I've lost over 70 friends; from firearms, pharmaceuticals, traps, crack, prison and things such as these. It may not make sense, but that's how it feels. Glad you are making it through!

Damn, this is very well composed. Didn't you just comment on my latest track about posting a song without drums and getting backlash? hehe

Contemplating the "big" questions about life is profound. Most people don't think too deep about such things. I found when I had something similar happen and I did the same thing. Just to be able to display those emotions in the form of music is pretty special and therapeutic.

Totally enjoyed the track, honest and beautiful!

Wayne

Incredible artwork Neo!

Your guitar is the best toned, I've ever heard (truly)...sadness is one of the biggest 'energy' to create unforgettable musics...you did it...hats off...

Respect and handshake, Danke

Short but very much to the point, I hear the tweaks that are needed
didn't seem to be a big problem, never the less I understand...
Solid style of playing colourful and informative in emotion...
Hit the nail on the head with this one...

I like it....

Peace...TG.

Yeap. I can read the sadness in this song, but also i can read some confusion. I think that the pad in start there is nothing to do here. Absolutely nothing! This guitar is awesome. All is need is that voice pad synth, but when it starts it also ends the song!! Work more with this flower and make it grow like it should be. Peace.

Really a nice track. Great arrangement and again nice guitar playing. I like the harmonics you added in at .55.

sorry for your loss first and foremost. I can definitely feel the sound of reflecting back on life in a somber tune on this track. aside from those emotions I also think the guitars give a calming vibe to the whole thing, not giving it a brighter mood but a more relaxing one. I'll end this by telling you a cliche that "most great works of art cannot exist without pain". good song man

Absolute beauty in such darkness... Music is an excellent way of dealing with depression too. I like to think in time we'll again meet those we've lost in a better place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnQVV5m6Yws
^ The other enduring question "why?"

Greetings, sad NeoMorphinBro.

I am feeling the sadness here but more beauty, actually.

Good pad intro - sounds like it might be a trance track but no. However, I feel the drop into some tasty guitar playing feels slightly abrupt. Could be nice if you were to keep another perhaps subtle pad going underneath to ease that transition. So, a bit like what is happening when you reintroduce the pad around 1:35.

Some good gently strummed guitar chords and 0:52 tasty little fill and then some cool harmonics. You're moving around the neck quite tastefully in this one.

1:55 can I hear some distant choir voices?

I agree that this is probably a little too short. I'm thinking maybe add another minute or so.

In other Nomad-based news, I am putting finishing touches to perhaps my most badass ever track - a cover of Tool's exceptional 46&2 - only synths and drums, no guitar or other instrument playing from me on it. Look out for that being uploaded to a Looperman website near you in the next few days.

Congrats on this though I feel you can do a little more with it...

hi.

this is some really fine production from you. Well written, solid played, nicely balanced... but too short!

definitely a rock territory for me, not ambient that much (more cinematic - rock band with orchestra kind of thing even). Too bad I can hear the mp3 format distortion on the orchestra tracks from 1:34. was it intentional?

I can remember some trance-style synth presets on your older metal song - here no difference (I can hear them on the intro section) but this particular combination still works really fine.

Somehow I find the chord progressions from your song sounding quite similar to the cello intro of 'Suffering' - a composition by Danielsson/Mozdzer/Fresco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0Avd0uV1g

From my view and experience it seems like there are no sounds in depression at all. Actually it is the apparent and temporary state of absolute lack of creativity. I have forced myself to create and tried to put myself in apparent 'creative' situations to break that state many times over last few years. Partially that's why I am here now on looperman creating the tracks. I think 'depression' is a very profound statement (and ultimate state of being) in opposite to 'sadness' which is only a temporary mood. It may be only a play of words as well.

fine composition but too short!

best to you,
alex

Perfect expression of that moment of thought. Intro is a favorite which is followed by some nice guitars. Agree that all situations can server as motivation for creativity. It's what you do with this sounds, and as here its used well. Thanks for sharing, Keep at it! Peace.

Neo. How's it goin' man?

Yesterday, my wife and I were driving west in the evening sun. She started bitching about how bright it was. I looked at her, and in a deadpan voice said, "Now, go out and get yourself some big black frames."
Without skipping a beat, she says, "With the glass so dark they won't even know my name!??"
I love my wife just a little bit more, now.

This is some fine-ass guitfiddlin' my friend. The others are right about the tone, too. It's a spot on recipe for that Texas flavor. I've always loved ZZ Top. Much like you, I prefer the earlier years. I like everything post 1983, but I can't recall any tracks that really stand out, like I can the years before that.

I can see why a few others have made mention of the drums, (or, lack thereof.) Usually when you think Texas blues/rock, you think big rockin' drums, and heavy basslines. My brain was expecting some to kick in, as well. But, taking into consideration the information you gave us in the description, the drums are just fine, and serve their purpose just as planned. I do think there could be a little more variation, but it's no deal breaker for me. I still like it just as it is.

" Valvedriver probably doesn't have any Peyote up there in the hills, but them shrooms of his are just as potent!"

That's all you need to say, brother!

...and, with that being said...
Take care, my friend!

Aaron.