BradoSanz

Hahahaha, thank you.

Hey Brado, thank you for taking a listen to this!

How am I so creative? Well I suppose that, so far, I just simply don't have a choice. Most days, I feel the need to be productive in one way or another. Sometimes it isn't music, but visual art forms, writing, gardening, cooking, graphic design, electronic engineering, or activism. All of these other endeavors tend to inspire my musical work after a certain point, so it keeps coming back to that.

My capabilities when it comes to music seem to have "ups and downs." I've had slow yet engaged times, such as right now - as well as prolific but less dedicated times, such as 2012 when my albums "Glass" and "The Next One" were released. Each album I've finished has a special place in my soul, regardless of it's technical shortcomings or creative weakness. I expect at least this much from my next release.

I really appreciate the comment my friend!

Thanks Brado I really appreciate it.
I'm about to post my my newest LM
Collaboration in 20 minutes :)
Thanks for the spin.
T2

thank you Brado!

Thank you so much! That helps a lot. Thank you.

-Z

Hey there Brado! Thanks for stopping by to listen! This was not a microphone that I made, but was in fact a vintage Marantz Superscope EC-5. I find myself using that one a lot lately, as it's response just seems to work well for my performance style. "Against mainstream," I suppose you must be right, since it mirrors the way I live (most days). It was kind of fun to make a short song like this, as often when I do they are without lyrical value, more like experiments. I think this gives it a bit of old school pop value. Thanks much for stopping by!

Hey Brado, I've been hanging a bit and noticed quite a few regulars haven't been on much. Life happens and sometime we all just need a break. This is by far my favorite music site! I came across this waves crashing on the beach recorded from inside a cave during a rainstorm soundscape so thought would be cool to write something for it. I'm trying to get together an album of all cbg music with nature theme, the last track was a swamp one. I have look at those thunder crashes, they were added in just because ;) The idea is hearing them from inside the cavern so I left them raw, as downloaded, but maybe some low end cuts would be helpful. I came across 2 original song competitions today so submitted this and a few others just for fun. I love the powerful bass on this. That's my 5 string Ibanez with active pickups. Drums are addictive drums, live on stage kit.The guitar is my electric 3 string cbg, the only one so far I put a magnetic pick up in. Must make more with mag. pickups!!!

Thank you! I'm definitely going to try to pan the lead more towards the center. :)

Thanks Brado! Always good to hear from you!

Glad to know this track could inspire your return deeper :)

Brado!Im suprised you gave it a chance with others being cringy for you, but Im so glad you did. I am slowly getting out of a funk, and working hard this year to bring a lot to the table.

Thank you! And thanks for the tip, I really not great at working with vocals. And sure! I'll certainly see if I can come up with something!

Hey, I guess I've already sent you this track haha! Cheers!

Brado, thank you for listening, apparently more than once! I would probably not be mistaken if I said that this work was as far from intended to be listened to on a phone as is possible. I don't even have a phone of my own any more, and I've never had a smart phone. It is more intended for listening to a first generation cassette copy on any system, or the digital remaster on a hi-fi system. I'm sure that the desktop was much closer to this, so I'm happy that it translated well. No vinyl was harmed in the making of this recording, what you hear is the wow and flutter of the Sansui 2-track cassette deck which it was recorded to. Surreal is definitely a good word from my point of view. It seems that people are able to connect to the work, so I am happy. Thank you for the comment!

Hi Brado,

So very glad to hear this from you both. I'm a big fan of yours and AustinMusic. You two are very talented and inspiring, so I know you guys will come up with something.

Thanks for the comment.

I played the guitar through Guitar rig 5, I think it was atmospheric guitar setting. The project is on my desktop, I'll have to look what I did, but I think I left everything pretty raw.

Cigar box guitar with a handmade maple neck, oak fretboard, tuners salvaged from an old Yamaha acoustic, a humbucker pickup from an Ibanez guitar with Earnie Balls strings, played using a glass slide. The nut is a piece of threaded rod, some bolt I found and cut to length, string trees are just screws, the bridge is a piece of brass rod from a sink drain stopper with a spoon for a string anchor/tail piece. This is my favorite one and first built using a magnetic pickup. Been using piezo pickups in them all but this one. I believe the drums are addictive drums.

Thanks man! Happy New Year :)

Brado,

Acknowledged, but no comment my dear friend.

- Marnie

I like your first suggestion better! :)

Brado: that is a very kind offer! I would be very interested in having you try a remix. BUT, I think I do need to get some lyrics worked out first and I would want to re-record the vocals before I create the stems for you. For the record, the vocal track does have compression, and EQ, and reverb, and I used Auto-Tune to fix up the warbling pitch issues which permeated the entire track. Except that either I don't know how to use Auto-tune properly, or the warbling it so bad that even Auto-Tun can't fix it. :) As I mentioned in a previous response, I think I just need to find a range I can work in comfortably and I need to stop trying to hold notes. And, probably, I should use my condenser mic instead of my iPhone. Anyway, I much prefer the idea of having you do a mix instead of your suggestion of mounting a competition. That's way too much attention. What I really, really, want, is a competent singer. I don't understand why it is so hard to find people who can sing and who are willing to help out on tracks. Loads of producers and lots of rappers. There must be thousands of decent singers out there someplace.

That makes me feel good in a way, like I'm being at least a partially positive influence. I'm a pretty major psychonaut, but still I feel like I am more sober than most humans I meet in life. . . Like people are so repressed and over-medicated, that they can not even sense the obvious. It's hard to feel this way, but also rewarding. When people, such as those around this site, treat me like I'm not a complete nutter, it helps make it easier. Thank you so much for leaving your comfort zone for a few minutes!

Thanks ^^ i know i don't work it good to be honest... it was just a little test , quickly ^^