Man I thought I was in lounge town when this started!..haha... It's a great track,so very..what's the right word?...Ahh yes, anthropomorphic in many ways....You've taken some chintzy midday movie like strings amalgamated it with some soft bass and catchy dry drums and then layed this amazing vocalization by Thezerit on top...It's totally and remarkably human from every aspect..it's as if a piece of "The Blob" (the Steve McQueen 50's ScFi flic) fell into one of E.M.I's record pressing machines,while a certain stoned individual was at the controls!..ahahaaha....DOPAGE! (I like that saying! lol)
I have to agree with Bear here,I was aware that you had excellent vocal skills.....if you can successfully merge this with your instrumentation (which surely is a given)your home free....I was thinking this is very Synth Hop and low and behold that's exactly as you described it!lol..the way your mixing the recurrent melody is great,the added affectations of bass and rhythm hits make this something that isn't repetitive in the least so it flows and feels fresh...excellent work! and I'm sure there's a lot more to come!..cheers Dave
thanks dave. I have plans in mind for songs with vocals already underway. I'll have to stop by your page soon to check out what you've been doing, you were one of the first usernames I began to recognize here on the loop.
Hey Richie,great work man!..this sounds super fresh and right in the sweet spot..if the Ramones had practiced a little more they might have sounded like this!(or at least aspired to sound like this)...as you say the vocals are superb,full of confidence,optimism and polish...Pop music is probably one of the hardest genres to crack (I have absolutely no clue where to even start)and to get a tune up and running that sounds this good is testament to your talent,I also love the no synth all guitars angle...man I hope some station picks this up,it deserves it!...cheers Dave
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to listen and comment. Always appreciate it. I thought the "all guitar" approach was a good idea and thank you so much for even mentioning Ramones in the same sentence as my sound on this track. It is a great compliment - thank you.
Man I dig this groove,ever since back in the day when a friend of my sister's asked if I wanted to go to a concert with some bloke called Bob Marley playing I've been a convert...apart from the great bottom end and rhythm groove I love the horn arrangement,it cerebrally takes me back into that early Calypso modal frame but with an orchestrated contemporary slant...this is great stuff!..you definitely have the waters of Babylon flowing through you..way cool! cheers Dave :)
I new you would get where this track was coming from PJB. I watched the great Bob Marley and the Wailer's in the north west of England back in the prior 1970's in Blackpool. AWSOME experience.
After getting lost among your 500 year old musical library .. I thought? What is it that I can contribute to this Society here on Looperman and? Well it is you to come here and talk with me about music and SONG. I am well happy mr Ozzy Jock!
Hey man this grooves along nicely..it's amazing the interpretation you've put on it..love the vocals!..Riddim Mechanic was the name of the loop,I'm Planetjazzbass hehe...this is my first visit to your profile and I notice your a Scott..well apart from being an Aussie my genetic code is Sinclair/Marshall lol..great tune mate! you got de riddim!
cheers Dave :)
The Clan Sinclair's came from the north East Of The Highland's In The Burugh Of Caithness .. They Fought a very famous battle where they all warrior'ed into battle to the Absalute End. true scottish Warriors. (cle'n nhigh ashoct mie'm ardoch.)
You are so kind sir with your feedback and input. I was surfing the looperman blog for the firs time today and your comment caught my attention Mr PJB. I Absolutely agree with your Analogy that POP MUSIC IS SO FUNKING Dumbed down slightly & maybe beyond! but this is the sign of the times when you look at the MOVIE industry, all that special effect's that we are all becoming accustom to? To be honest, I still enjoy a good James Cagney film or Jack Pallance.
You are an inspiration to me my friend and I want you to know I am so delighted that you give soo much away of your talent, I hope the youngies will respect your word and Input. Respect and much Love your way. G'DAY MATE.
I like guitar squeaks!!..the more the merrier...I like that gyro as well...a bit of a tease coz it was so short..But Wayne you know what this track has....##### appeal!!lol..serious mate it's a ##### little number and I enjoyed it very much...cheers mate Dave :)
Sorry for the late reply Dave, life gets in the way and music has to take a break sometimes. That's ok because I usually feel invigorated and rejuvenated after a well deserved break. Thanks for stopping by and giving this one a listen. "a ##### little number", haha, I met a few women who.....lol
Damn,where's my blow gun and safari suit!....nice mix and it throbs along with an interesting beat ..seems a little short but what's here is good...cheers Planet
I like it yessiree!!..ain't heard enough blues around this here lonely loopermun...Man..I'm hearing 100%Big Brother and the Holding Company (minus Janis)..and that is mighty fine!..forget ZZ! haha...tres cooool!!..cheers Dave
Cool trippy groove man..you've got the looseness and laissez-faire of a dope track happening here but with the added tightness of a dedicated journeyman....nice combination of vocals and beat!.....super work!
Pretty cool groove man..I like the transients..however where's the song as in singing?????.I'm not getting down on you,I like this track...but it's not a song in the sense I was making in my 'Why doesn't anybody write songs anymore' thread....Planet
Ah right, a bit of a misunderstanding i think, i thought you just meant tracks in general but now i see you've mentioned "singing, not rapping". Its late, i should probably hit the hay! lol.
What a great riposte to my thread query....Well Mizz Muzic in light of that superb performance (sound of prolonged applause!).. it's interesting how a successful song affects people(namely me! haha)..on one level I'm experiencing the gratification of an enjoyable experience but there's also the aspect of memory over time..how I'll replay this song in my head,how I'll hear things differently that I didn't fully absorb initially,for example the backing harmonies..these are some of the sublimest moments within this tune....I think in many ways you personify the art of song writing and performing..your projecting authentically into the composition and this is reflected in the performance...I have to be careful and not sound like some gratuitous music hack,but the fact remains you've got a world class talent.....I'm not alone in this thinking by anymeans!...Superb!
Crazy mad rhythm man..sort of like an orchestra in a cup....more pounce per ounce..be great to expand on this for a whole set,you'd wipe the floor no worries about that...insane!
cheers Planet
Hey Tony..I saw your forum post and decided to listen to some of your work first before commenting..so I'll be doing it in the forum thread! lol cheers Planet :)
Great track Muzzzzzzzic!....a splendid performance....the backing music,the vocals and whole vibe is really cool.....But!lol I'm putting my studio hat on here so please don't think this is negative, the whole sound needs to be remastered maybe,it's there but hidden under a layer of what sounds like a mastering preset..I'm not hearing the individual dynamics of the instruments enough or your fantastic voice brought to the level it should be.....Don't get me wrong I love the song and the music,but it's not breathing enough on the production side of things....mind you having said all that,it might be that my ears are shot! lol.....I always think there's a risk involved with critiquing or rather someone like myself who isn't a professional studio technician passing judgement.....your a real talent,no dispute....maybe what I'm really saying is you deserve a big production house behind you. :)
absolutely no negativity taken! if you keep telling me my nasty food is good i'm gonna keep put putting a plate of nasty food in front of you to eat. hypothetically speaking, of course. lol.
anyway, i don't think its your ears, just what the fella who sent it had in mind, i suppose.
i will be sure to pass along your thoughts. thanks PJB.
Great intro man,excellent!...This has got a sick rolling beat and I love the way the sirens and electronic samples just get snowballed into the whole groove,very creative use of the vocals....who said Hip Hop was in a rut...great work sharpdawg! cheers Planet
Hey there DoctorMood....Couldn't pass this title by without a listen..interesting composition!...The banjo has attracted a disproportional amount of detractors over the years and I suspect this has more to do with it's presumed social affiliations than any sound it ever produced....It's great to see somebody injecting a new slant on an instrument that's been the backbone and sometimes virtuoso voice of many styles of music....cool stuff!and hope to hear more...cheers Planet ..Oh,and Welcome to Looperman! :)
Thanks for your kindness Planet. I have spent years in the past trying to make the freakiest sound out of the banjo, it's really the only instrument I can play on. Thanks again!
Hey Jamie...wicked tonality right across the board man!...this really floats my boat,I actually saw an old Mowgli film the other day..so this is very contemporary electricity within my cerebellum....Love the way your folding those guit notes and synth flava!...Just on a side tangent,your track 'Cairo' comes up on my mp3 player right after this Miles Davis number,and I always think,this is one of the better tracks on Panthalassa..then I think,Damn that's Jamie's work!...no bulldust....excellent work mate,you have the touch no question!...cheers Dave :)
Hi Dave, Great to hear from you again ( the Loop hiasus thing was a pain!). I'm glad you enjoyed Mowgli Dreaming. Me & Miles Davis on your ipod eh... Christ if only I could have played with that guy... Hope things are good with you (I'll be checking out what you've been up to) and have a merry Christmas - when it comes.
Space cowboy music!..I see a big sparkly Stetson with flashing lights!lol...great gritty chuggin tune mate..bloody good singing as well!...I dig this tune,solid bassline,good riffin and up there vocals....ticks all my R&R boxes!...cheers Planet :)
Thank you very much, pjb. The new telecaster brings out another kind of music than the strat, that's for sure. I'm very grateful for your kind words, thanks again.
Hey Toonz..I dig the "Thud" factor in this track,hits you from the very start,but it's not overdone and there's plenty of transitions to give a strong progressive feel to the composition,nice keys!very well articulated,it all clicks.....Cool House! cheers Dave :)
The F train just pulled in...Fila, man this is a way cool groove!(and contagiously funky!)...you've got this great bass feel,then the organ, guitar and drums spin it up to full steam...excellent elements that just go so well together,there's no partitioning or stray lambs in this music,no side tracks..just one homogeneous unit that pumps along.....Fantastic work!..cheers Dave :)
Total blue note vibe..man if Mel Torme' sung on this you'd have The Velvet Fog playing through a Blue Haze!...I just love the blues when played with tone and feeling like this,where it's flowing and oozing with authentic musical projection.....there's Blues,then there's real blues...though the later comes in many shapes and sizes it all has one thing in common,you don't learn it so much as earn it,and this track has an impeccable pedigree...Bilbozo and Slapjohnson...doesn't come any better!...cheers Dave :)
Now this music should have been the theme for 20 Million Years B.C.(the film staring Raquel Welch...pant,pant,drool)...just an abstract thought,sorry.....Ohh,I like the squeezing guitar tone and volume swells...Jimi and Robin Trower eat your heart out!lol...I listened to your coolab(as opposed to collab) with Twanna the other day (left a review on her page)and was blown away..I mean I wasn't expecting anything less from someone with her musical pedigree...this is a great track and it's remiss of me not to mention the other collaborators MStokes and Tumbleweed(yay guys!)...man there's definitely a snakeskin element to your playing with some serious juju in the mix,very evocative and spaced out...when will the younger generation figure out that you have to be seriously straight headed to get seriously bent musically! lol...love it! cheers Dave :)
Hey Dave!
Thank you for stopping by,it's good to see old friends back on the Loop and by "old" I mean since the old site went down,I am embracing turning 48 on Dec 5th...well..cause I can't do anything about it anyway lol.
Seriously,I think what I like at this age musically and personally is that I feel comfortable in my skin,not that I don't want to push any musical boundaries or limits,I just feel that not having to prove myself or compete is a sweet spot after 38 years of playing.
I'm happy to make music that makes me happy and to share it with our community,if a few other artists here like some of it then I'm very pleased and life is good.
With collaborations,it's a win win!
Ahhh...Raquel wearing a little bit of animal skin...now that's the kind of skin I would definitely be comfortable in.
Oh...you reviewed the track...(my mind also wandered)
MStokes built the frame and I tried to fill it in with something that would complement.These were my "first impression" guitar tracks and I wanted to go back and try a few different things later,which I did but I got further from the feel of his track and went back to this.I do that often and as a musician yourself you know how that can be,sometimes your first idea is best.Mike had this up for a while and I felt it needed a little makeover and as soon as I decided on an intro I found Tumbleweeds track,which is great if you haven't heard it.
What can I say about Twanna except she's awesome!I don't think everyone realizes that she does all the production,even on my guitar.I send her tracks with just a little delay(for myself)and she does the rest.
I'm lovin' collaborating with her Dave.You just play to a track,send it to her,drink a few beers and like magic...you wake up and a song appears in your email..lol,now that's cool;)
WHOA!..this is some damn fine spacey funk,very fluid...superb pulsing groove with lots of very cool peripheral artifacts,this music just breathes so well..Allen nails that spaced out riffing,that dude can play!...You've drawn a line in the groovyverse here that separates yet hybridizes so many elements..funk,reggae,soul,rock and gospel.....your a literal music distillery...one word...Potent!(100% proof) cheers Dave :)
Hey Dave...so appreciate your comment. I am really glad to see that those who hear my music get what I set out to do, which is to prove that music is music, regardless of the genre. You can mix it up and start a new genre like I did..FONK...with an "O" :)
Cool rocking dudes!...got that hot shuffle beat that makes people get up and dance!..I really dig the vocals on this one man...smooth and with a smokey cool vibe..rock on! diggin it!
cheers Dave :)
on Words for Thought (Feat Thezerit) by yeshintae
glad you liked tha track ;)
imma DEFFO check out "The Blob"
ahahahaha seems right up me alley
(who doesn't like 50's sci fi movies ahahahaha)
DOPAGE AHAHAHAHAAHA
Peace from LA
on F It Im Dead by thephilosofist
on Do you remember - featuring NateMonoxide by RichieWinn
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to listen and comment. Always appreciate it. I thought the "all guitar" approach was a good idea and thank you so much for even mentioning Ramones in the same sentence as my sound on this track. It is a great compliment - thank you.
Best regards
Richie
on The Horns Of Babylon - The Ascension Of A Prophet by Mosestone
After getting lost among your 500 year old musical library .. I thought? What is it that I can contribute to this Society here on Looperman and? Well it is you to come here and talk with me about music and SONG. I am well happy mr Ozzy Jock!
You have my RESPECT & LOVE dude. Peace AND Love.
on FREE STYLE by Mosestone
cheers Dave :)
You are so kind sir with your feedback and input. I was surfing the looperman blog for the firs time today and your comment caught my attention Mr PJB. I Absolutely agree with your Analogy that POP MUSIC IS SO FUNKING Dumbed down slightly & maybe beyond! but this is the sign of the times when you look at the MOVIE industry, all that special effect's that we are all becoming accustom to? To be honest, I still enjoy a good James Cagney film or Jack Pallance.
You are an inspiration to me my friend and I want you to know I am so delighted that you give soo much away of your talent, I hope the youngies will respect your word and Input. Respect and much Love your way. G'DAY MATE.
on Steam by theHumps
Thanks!
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on Shpople by Diskonnect
Thanks for listening though, appreciated!
on Why Cant You Love Me by FullCapicityMuzic
"gratuitous music hack" lol
thanks pjb, for some reason i always want to write pbj :-)
on Made Man by TheZerit
cheers Planet
on A New Zero by JustTony
on Wanna Be In Love by FullCapicityMuzic
anyway, i don't think its your ears, just what the fella who sent it had in mind, i suppose.
i will be sure to pass along your thoughts. thanks PJB.
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on Psychedelic Banjo - Lucid Dreaming - Open -G Tunni by DoctorMoodMusic
on Mowgli Dreaming by jfw
Jamie.
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on Kurosawa ft MStokes and Tumbleweed by AllenV
Thank you for stopping by,it's good to see old friends back on the Loop and by "old" I mean since the old site went down,I am embracing turning 48 on Dec 5th...well..cause I can't do anything about it anyway lol.
Seriously,I think what I like at this age musically and personally is that I feel comfortable in my skin,not that I don't want to push any musical boundaries or limits,I just feel that not having to prove myself or compete is a sweet spot after 38 years of playing.
I'm happy to make music that makes me happy and to share it with our community,if a few other artists here like some of it then I'm very pleased and life is good.
With collaborations,it's a win win!
Ahhh...Raquel wearing a little bit of animal skin...now that's the kind of skin I would definitely be comfortable in.
Oh...you reviewed the track...(my mind also wandered)
MStokes built the frame and I tried to fill it in with something that would complement.These were my "first impression" guitar tracks and I wanted to go back and try a few different things later,which I did but I got further from the feel of his track and went back to this.I do that often and as a musician yourself you know how that can be,sometimes your first idea is best.Mike had this up for a while and I felt it needed a little makeover and as soon as I decided on an intro I found Tumbleweeds track,which is great if you haven't heard it.
What can I say about Twanna except she's awesome!I don't think everyone realizes that she does all the production,even on my guitar.I send her tracks with just a little delay(for myself)and she does the rest.
I'm lovin' collaborating with her Dave.You just play to a track,send it to her,drink a few beers and like magic...you wake up and a song appears in your email..lol,now that's cool;)
Thanks again Dave,I appreciate it!
Allen
on Press The Flesh by Twanna1
Hope you are having a great weekend.
Twanna
on Mantis Nocturna-Collab Slap Johnson by Vicen
cheers Dave :)