perfect! absolutely beautiful. added instruments would of taken away for this simplistic beauty. that said, me personally would add a faint string drone. but that is me. got a fav.
Thanks, JensTonic. Both the guitar playing and singing were done by Sunny War. So what the heck do I do, you might ask? Good question. Write the songs, produce. But with some songs, like this one, all you hear is Sunny.
Absolutely beautiful. Love the minimal approach, so vulnerable and personal, vocals and only guitar. We've become a society of intolerance and bigots, religion is no help either, I'll leave it at that. If we would work together, embrace each others differences then we could accomplish amazing feats, and maybe if there is intelligent life in the universe they just may contact us instead of sitting back learning what NOT to do from us. http://imgur.com/JwNw6PH Making slow progress, but here's a teaser :p
Right on, brother. Our institutions have failed us - are actively failing us. It's up to us as individuals. Just to be decent to each other. Seems we've forgotten how to do that. Lincoln had it right so long ago with his Divided House speech. And yet we still haven't learned. Mass protest is important - and necessary now - but even more important is personal kindness and decency to the people around you. As naive as that sounds. As you say, if we could do that, we could accomplish amazing feats. Because hate takes so much energy, whereas love is fuel for life. The cigar box looks really cool with the train, it's gonna be awesome. Thank you.
Yeah I totally agree the minimal aspect here really allows the focus to remain on the vocal and the power of the words. The guitar track is clean with beautiful tonality and the playing is tight. I like the choice of using a picking style here instead of strummed chords. Extremely well played, with some really slick articulation. The lyrics are poignant and convey a powerful message that is still a real issue within our racially divided society. Its a sad song really. To me it relates a view that when you break it down is really common to all sides. We continue to allow differences and past mistakes to cloud our judgement and foster mistrust and hatred. I someday hope songs like this won't have to be written bro, but who knows when or if that day will ever come.
Very very well put about the message, Neomorpheus, and I couldn't agree more. Yes, the golden rule is about fairness to all sides. Yet, while we claim to be a christian society, we'd be lucky if in fact 1 in 10 in our country follow it. Seems it's all become about hate, and power, and money, and pushing people's buttons in such a way that it absolutely precludes thought, judgment and decency. I've been around a while and seen a lot of bs and the resulting violence, but this is the worst it's been in my 50+ lifetime. So I'll keep writing my little songs because that seems better than a primal scream of rage. I really appreciate your thoughtful listen and comments.
Hello Mofo.
Wow mate I do love the voice in this track.
The drum at the beginning it give you for a few second only some sort of anticipation feeling like you awaiting to be executed then the voice takes over to give you come and in your comfort zone feeling.
I absolutely love it and can't wait for the album to be released.
Really well done to you mate bravo.
Thank you, Jamid. I did not mean to make you feel like you were about to be executed, but yes, that voice - if I have to die, well it'd be ok listening to Sunny's voice. Just not anytime soon though! We'll be in the studio tonight doing another new song, so just days away from finishing the album. So 8'll be done tonight, with 2 half-done. I can't wait either. :)
this is amazing piece of work. great vocals. love that (destuction?) guitar sound.not sure if that is what it is called, nice almost dark but not quite. beautiful,
Thanks, Elena! Actually, that is me in the avatar, although since then I've gotten another large tattoo on my back. (Last one.) The singer is indeed a female named Sunny War, who I met busking on Venice Beach the day after Thanksgiving last year and realized immediately that she was very special. We started collaborating in December and are making a series of albums together. I'll pass on your comment to her. Thanks so much for the listen and response!
Oohh fk yeah! Plz don't stop! I post alot of music exclusively to this site. Looperman has had alot to do with keeping me making music, and is only the BEST music community on the web :p
Looperman is awesome. There's no way I could even come close to doing what I'm doing without it. Every time I come here and start listening to loops I'm inspired and something comes out of it. Long live Looperman!
liking the experimental melody of this track, lots of interesting elements to it! Vocals are good and sit really well I think, good production quality and all round great track
ebaby's 'the move' bass is awesome, I've used it in a couple of tracks before, the low end is so warm and shaky
Thank you, LF. Yeah that's a killer bass loop. In fact, I think maybe the bass overall needs to be a little bigger in the track. The melody came out of the bass loop with the talking in it, just rose out of that groove, and then actually Sunny changed it up some when we recorded - since we have completely opposite voices. Saturday, there was nothing. Monday, there was that recording. It's so friggin fun to do this stuff. Anyway, thank you for the comment and I'm glad you liked it.
Thanks, YogeshST! I appreciate the listen and comment. As for the bass guitar slide, yeah, that's nice, and I've no idea how Sunny does anything that she does. I send her these comments, so we'll see what she says. Thanks again.
You only think you're going to win cuz you haven't heard my cookie tin guitar yet ;) LOL! Strong contender for sure! I LOVE music boxes!!! Loops work great for inspiring and building tunes. I like the distorted guitar chops, beautiful acoustic playing and singing. Great atmosphere. I'm getting excited to hear what Sunny can do with a homemade guitar.
Oh I used to win stuff, but those days are over. Sunny will do wonders with a homemade guitar, I have no doubt. That girl blows my mind every time we record - like we are tonight, yay! She is truly brilliant. I can't imagine a better collaborator. Anyway, thanks as always for your comment and kindness and for appreciating Sunny as much as I do!
Thanks, Beatz. This is one of my faves with Sunny so far. We're recording tonight so I'm excited - lotsa new stuff to do. Didn't know about the contest so thanks for the tip. I've requested access to the forums so I can enter... Thanks for listening and commenting!
Fantastic piece of music here with that brilliant loop from Martin...you built a fabulous mood around it...voice is super perfect as usual and the little electronic like tunes are too...
Cool, spacious, trippy intro but I think it should be twice as long before guitar and vocals enter. 5 seconds is not enough.
Yes, maybe your main snare choice (0:22) isn't quite right for this type of song. It's something different, which I appreciate. Perhaps try some others but still use that one for a change.
Yes, cool, dirty bluesy guitar. No complaints about that. 1:24 good high note.
Are you using a pop shield for her vocals? I can spot some plosives here and there.
1:43-2:27 maybe guitar gets too loud and drowns out the groove. Good, dark guitar there but I feel the beat should still be driving it powerfully.
2:51 nice little bleeps in the background. Lots of nice, little ambient touches going on behind Sunny War.
I think the drums need work. Think a bit more rock rather than hip hop/trap/electro. I'm not saying switch to a full, regular rock kit.
Otherwise it's a good piece of dark, psychedelic, guitar groove music.
StaticNomad, thanks for the careful listen and the feedback notes. I may do some drum surgery and your ideas are very helpful. Yeah, the plosives are a bit of a problem now and then, dang it. We should have been using a pop shield but alas. Again, thanks for you, as always, thoughtful comments. Much appreciated.
Ahhh...another brilliance...tension, feeling, groovy...good song...cool song...if I were you I would make some heavier snare sound for this dangerous number...well?
Heavier snare - hmmm, I'll mess around with that idea. I'm doing some drum surgeries on other songs pre-mastering, so thanks for the tip on this one. Danke, Danke.
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roland
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Irrespective, excellent job with this one.
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Wow mate I do love the voice in this track.
The drum at the beginning it give you for a few second only some sort of anticipation feeling like you awaiting to be executed then the voice takes over to give you come and in your comfort zone feeling.
I absolutely love it and can't wait for the album to be released.
Really well done to you mate bravo.
Jamid
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it's a good corporation .good job man .
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you have used megapaul guitar loops ,that german guitar player ,
if you mean those rhythm guitar and power chord .
as a rock fan , I enjoyed this one too .
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what a good voice you have !!
:)
to be honest after seeing that avatar I didn't expect
a female singer !
it's superb .
Elena :)
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ebaby's 'the move' bass is awesome, I've used it in a couple of tracks before, the low end is so warm and shaky
keep at it guys
PEACE
(LF)
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0:19-0:20??
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Great work !
:)
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hats off, Danke
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Cool, spacious, trippy intro but I think it should be twice as long before guitar and vocals enter. 5 seconds is not enough.
Yes, maybe your main snare choice (0:22) isn't quite right for this type of song. It's something different, which I appreciate. Perhaps try some others but still use that one for a change.
Yes, cool, dirty bluesy guitar. No complaints about that. 1:24 good high note.
Are you using a pop shield for her vocals? I can spot some plosives here and there.
1:43-2:27 maybe guitar gets too loud and drowns out the groove. Good, dark guitar there but I feel the beat should still be driving it powerfully.
2:51 nice little bleeps in the background. Lots of nice, little ambient touches going on behind Sunny War.
I think the drums need work. Think a bit more rock rather than hip hop/trap/electro. I'm not saying switch to a full, regular rock kit.
Otherwise it's a good piece of dark, psychedelic, guitar groove music.
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Really enjoyed this one !
Peace
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10/10
Handshake, Danke
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Ben
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Ben