crazy... I am recording something similar without the main change at chorus...
I mean.. something like this BEGS for instrumentation... be it LFO bass work or some audio clips (vocal, guitar, whatever)
I need a story!... it has all the elements but nothing emotional to back it up! err!
THIS IS HIGHLY EMOTIONAL, I ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO THIS LISTEN/REVIEW! lol
I love it, and I am faving and downloading (probably to remaster)
but you have exceptional talent!
I like all of your synths and layout..
BUT IT IS MISSING SOMETHING ENDEARING!
If you think there's something missing, by all means, take it and add to it. That's why it's up here, for suggestions and remixes. I'm excited to hear what can be done with it...
Cheers for the listen and review...much appreciated!
Quick and inconsequential points of views from me, I noticed the changes in timbre and tonality man. (I am thinking it's compression???) If you are using ableton or Cubase or something, I would drop some room reverb on some of your vocal takes and make it seem like I am in a room with you? Just a thought.
Just saying!
I love it... it's really a sadistic comedy on men... And it's brilliantly performed.
I love the Indain vocal editing! I really appreciate music that embraces life, and has a personal story (i don't write music personally as a rule if it doesn't signify something important to me)
N0mad23 sent me btw... Thanks Sean!!
Dopeness how you are getting upped by some of major users on looperman. Nice!
You should check out SienSystem when you get a free chance, he very very much does ambient style stuff that you would dig (i think)
Mastering I think could be worked on, because I can internally hear a lot of headroom. (I am that jacckass that gets in your car and won't stop messing with your EQ lol)
My ears feel like this is maxing around -3 decibels...
Another little thought, and not big, but on the bugs, you should try layering some stuff on there.. maybe introduce a melody...
anyway
thank you for making this!
Wow, thanks for the great review! I have indeed noticed the props from the big dogs. I'm basking in the glory while trying not to let it go to my head, haha. Um, and also trying not to feel intimidated about coming up with new stuff. Not sure I can make another ambient piece as good as this one! It was one of those effortless and inspired moments, almost like the piece was making itself. So... we'll see, I guess.
This was only the second song I ever put together, so at the time I didn't even know what Mastering was, and I have lost the original file, so I'd have to build it from scratch again if I wanted to mess with that. Actually, that could be why there's so much headroom. Since I lost the original work, I think I rendered this version from Acid off of an mp3 that had found its way into iTunes. Messy.
You seem like the kinda guy who could appreciate a nice tube amp for his receiver. I like that!
Thanks again for stopping by. I'll give you my thoughts when I get to your tracks in a bit. I just added you on myspace too!
I love this track..
this is from a drummer that knows music.
"I can't hear it all the way (alividlife pulls up the volume)
It's cool I like it! not bad! I would actually listen to this! I liked how it started and how it ended.. it had an actual progression.."
LOL
not a very helpful review.
I think you are more talented than you know holmes.
:) Thanks man! I really want to upgrade this one sound-wise. I only need 2 things to be able to open the files! I'm just happy that I actually found the track after all this time.
Hey man?
Will you do me a favor?
Make a BUNCH
I mean
like 10 send channels
and make them all delay and reverb,
and then experiment ?
all right man
LOVE IT
I love this.
It's epic.
It makes me feel like I am crawling out of my skin but in a lovely way.. if .. that.... makes...... any.... sense.......
I know this is older..
I hope you are holdin' up well man.
Keep it up!
That sounds like a fun experiment with the sends at all, there's just one problem... When my motherboard died I had to take a drop in performance and memory. This makes it so adding a lot of fx makes it so I can't hear my song without major glitching. It's a bit frustrating, but I like a raw sound anyway...heh.
Otherwise I'm very happy that you liked this one. "crawling out of my skin but in a lovely way", that's so cool, and interesting to hear!
This isn't too old, still my most recent finished track.
I am holding up well, thank you. You're interesting reviews always cheer me up. Thank you for the helpful words!
more distortion on the bass!!!! (3rd edit, No ... maybe.. just promptly i suppose.. there needs to be a rush of energy .. that I felt could be gained by a distorted saw wave style bass on this.. it would break the context of the mix.. but it might shock people...)
otherwise!
Hell yah!
faved.
downloaded. err :(
You should be on thievery corporations label with material like this.
Yah, keep it up man.. I like how you give into the groove and then walk away from the groove.. really good stuff.
a dezentral and cheevur collab...
that would be epic...
totally epic regardless..
this is the best kinda music.. stuff that has mood.. story.
soo many people forget that we tell stories with our music.
it isn't about who's c()ck is bigger or whatever..
it's about how we used it lol.. you know?
really good, you are a musical storyteller.. this one is one of my favorites.
A part of me wants to ask "how do you do this?", but I know it's all you..
Chop screwed and chilled on the rocks.
Style
Moody as #^#%
and just pure heart.
(PS, on the organs, you should totally add a huge reverb, that little organ with huge reverb, Reverse it, and then render it... after doing that, put that organ over the other organ and fit it into the mix... It would totally add this 3 dimensional effect.)
Can't really comment or complain... It is totally set up for vocals but their ain't none...
I like crazy glitch drum beats, and this has a semblence of glitch, soo cool stuff..
still... you need someone telling a story on this.
soo uhh
yeah...
The rhodes is dope ... but really getting on my nerves after 4 minutes of the same thing...
jump 3 steps or something... make a story out of it musically too
just from my perspective, and I can't see the waveform, bass frequencies may be a bit too boosted... Not hundred percent positive..
wow, listen to the spread on this!
YES, a trance song that actually moves in keys!! yay!
that's really lovely man..
Thank you for the download man, you are too generous...
you should get a simple press kit, and start hitting up labels man.. you "have" something.
You just make great freaking music SIENSystem...
hahah we should collab and make a pop song sometime lol
sorry I have been a b*tch, I am still coming to terms with the whole loss thing..
You are a beast man, this has at least 4 melodies calling and responding to each other, and it's all saying the same thing.
Then to top off the bass.. good bass.. For some reason I am craving a saw bass for some reason... it's probably cause I haven't ate dinner.
Great title, ... I dunno if kinematic is the word that pops to mind... I think of joy..
As always with trance, if it makes me trance out, then essentially it's a trance track...
something about the claps being kinda right kinda messed with me.. not good or bad.. just "noticed" it, when I wanted to just let this digital wave wash over me.
Yeah...
this track needs to be volume 11 :p, and i wanted the claps a little more center or stereo spread.
Fantastic track.
one of the best trance songs I have ever heard.
(I cracked lol ;)
How have you been my friend, its been a few days :) Hope all is well and I can understand how you must be feeling, but no stress man, just keep your head up; I always say.
I've been a bit busy as well. I finally got midi to work with vx4 and can now send midi data from any of the tools i use...it only took 3 days to figure out what was going wrong! But I was happy like a kid on Christmas day.
Thanks for coming by, I'm glad you've liked this one and you know, I do agree with you on that clap. I'm surprised you caught it cuz it is one of the things I wanted to change, but, I updated this one so many times that the last time I thought, blah, just leave it alone. lol.
Cody Meiser is going to be a household name and Califiken?
Seriously!
i noticed wow we have the same birthday
so it was kinda like wow
me: err?
Califken: that was trippy
i thought he played piano like me
so i hit him up
we collabed
back and forth about 20 times
and then i noticed we have the same birthday
so i felt an affinity there
me: definitely, this is amazing!
that's really cool! the bass!!
seriously!
Califken: https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/43613
Sent at 11:10 PM on Monday
me: my only thing is the mastering
otherwise
this
is
EPIC
perfect
amazing
Califken: yeah we gave it like 2 seconds of mastering attention, thigns kinda fell apart there.
but thank you so much Abe!!
me: dude... no.... thank you!!!!!
Califken: it really means a lot when you say those things
me: people need to hear this
Califken: a lot a lot.
me: this
is
both of you?
you guys
are getting down
it's f8cking bad a$$
Califken: will you please leave him a review? i was hoping he would get more acclaim for this,
but he does on his other stuff tho.
me: DUDE
fk
let's post this!?!?!!?
may i??
Califken: a couple of his tracks have way more acclaim than anything i've done.
me: this convo?
just the good stuff?
cool?
Califken: lol
sure.
you mean just like the 10 lines previous right?
not the entire thing?
me: no just from birthdays
END QUOTE.
THANKS CODY!
you don't even know how Epic this really is, I LOVE it.
this is the music for sleep... or even the concious mind..
INCREDIBLE, rocks me to my core man....
Something about you pairing these images and then the sounds they illicit is really something else....
I mean, I have heard plenty of ambient artists, but none of them have this ... .. how do I explain? You have this punk rock ambient thing.. lol
that's the best way to explain it...
it's juxtaposing this immense wonder of our world and it's subtle layers, with this ... cold.. and calculated love...
amazing..
Damnit, I wanna soo do a collab with you lol...
But also, since I know you aren't soo keen on mastering?
I was thinking about taking the few tracks you have from this "Universe" album and linking them straight up across the board, and mixing them evenly and properly, so if you do decide to promote yourself and send it off to labels, your album will have a natural sound state from track to track?
regardless, I can't wait till you start doing images of earth!
wink wink wink
Faved
Downloaded
Recommended...
After Aphex Twin, and maybe Enigma (more easy listening), Brian Eno, Boards of Canada, ... I already know you are one of the best ambient artists I have ever heard.
on well lets go then Mr RN73 by oasisduke
I mean.. something like this BEGS for instrumentation... be it LFO bass work or some audio clips (vocal, guitar, whatever)
I need a story!... it has all the elements but nothing emotional to back it up! err!
THIS IS HIGHLY EMOTIONAL, I ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO THIS LISTEN/REVIEW! lol
I love it, and I am faving and downloading (probably to remaster)
but you have exceptional talent!
I like all of your synths and layout..
BUT IT IS MISSING SOMETHING ENDEARING!
(just my opinion)
Cheers for the listen and review...much appreciated!
on How stupid men can be by FrenchKid18
I love the update!
Quick and inconsequential points of views from me, I noticed the changes in timbre and tonality man. (I am thinking it's compression???) If you are using ableton or Cubase or something, I would drop some room reverb on some of your vocal takes and make it seem like I am in a room with you? Just a thought.
Just saying!
I love it... it's really a sadistic comedy on men... And it's brilliantly performed.
I still wanna cover it ^_^
Who is your favorite painter?
Cheers
French Kid
My fav painter is Van Gogh,lol
on Booster by Anomelie
N0mad23 sent me btw... Thanks Sean!!
Dopeness how you are getting upped by some of major users on looperman. Nice!
You should check out SienSystem when you get a free chance, he very very much does ambient style stuff that you would dig (i think)
Mastering I think could be worked on, because I can internally hear a lot of headroom. (I am that jacckass that gets in your car and won't stop messing with your EQ lol)
My ears feel like this is maxing around -3 decibels...
Another little thought, and not big, but on the bugs, you should try layering some stuff on there.. maybe introduce a melody...
anyway
thank you for making this!
This was only the second song I ever put together, so at the time I didn't even know what Mastering was, and I have lost the original file, so I'd have to build it from scratch again if I wanted to mess with that. Actually, that could be why there's so much headroom. Since I lost the original work, I think I rendered this version from Acid off of an mp3 that had found its way into iTunes. Messy.
You seem like the kinda guy who could appreciate a nice tube amp for his receiver. I like that!
Thanks again for stopping by. I'll give you my thoughts when I get to your tracks in a bit. I just added you on myspace too!
on The Method by siensystem
this is from a drummer that knows music.
"I can't hear it all the way (alividlife pulls up the volume)
It's cool I like it! not bad! I would actually listen to this! I liked how it started and how it ended.. it had an actual progression.."
LOL
not a very helpful review.
I think you are more talented than you know holmes.
on Moorlough Mischief and Ire (feat nabilkhazzaka) by n0mad23
on DIFFERENTIAL by siensystem
"This is Epic WIN!"
Everything in it's proper place...
:)
on mixdown 66 by sumerlin
I like it!
I really love loud chorus(?)
Some shotty 60's and 50's vocals on this would sound cool!!!
I really like it!
Hemi sounds and all...
I love it.
Faving this and downloading
(Thanks for sharing!)
on na pochetku by igooman
screw genres man lol
I like it!
It's strangely neurotic and amazing!
lol
I would like some delay? sometimes? on some clips occasionally?.. that might really really fit this scene...
Ended really abruptly, I hope that means you aren't done???
I love it man!
Keep it up!
on Future Trance by ShadowArts
on Look To The Sun by Masta_KS
I love this.
it reminds me of grinding concrete into stone.
more variations.. man..
you have a lot of space to mess with this composition.
Definitely more dope than wack.
Faving this.
(But may i repent? lol. i love this track)
on 5 Centimeters by siensystem
Some hailstorm wine cheers your way!
I hope to someday see you behind blinking lazer lights and fog machines!
keep it up.
abe
PS, this is just a straight up observation, dupe up the strings, and then reverse some, add some delay and then on a few and some cavernous reverb...
after you have an ensemble of string samples, start to intermingle them along the tracks progression?
just a thought.
You know how I feel about this track lol
on Runner in the Dark by Spivkurl
Will you do me a favor?
Make a BUNCH
I mean
like 10 send channels
and make them all delay and reverb,
and then experiment ?
all right man
LOVE IT
I love this.
It's epic.
It makes me feel like I am crawling out of my skin but in a lovely way.. if .. that.... makes...... any.... sense.......
I know this is older..
I hope you are holdin' up well man.
Keep it up!
That sounds like a fun experiment with the sends at all, there's just one problem... When my motherboard died I had to take a drop in performance and memory. This makes it so adding a lot of fx makes it so I can't hear my song without major glitching. It's a bit frustrating, but I like a raw sound anyway...heh.
Otherwise I'm very happy that you liked this one. "crawling out of my skin but in a lovely way", that's so cool, and interesting to hear!
This isn't too old, still my most recent finished track.
I am holding up well, thank you. You're interesting reviews always cheer me up. Thank you for the helpful words!
on deep underground ruff mix by victormusic01x by victormusic01x
otherwise!
Hell yah!
faved.
downloaded. err :(
You should be on thievery corporations label with material like this.
Yah, keep it up man.. I like how you give into the groove and then walk away from the groove.. really good stuff.
on Switch by Cyryus08
Faved.
Downloaded.
Keep it up.
on who's there? by dezentral
a dezentral and cheevur collab...
that would be epic...
totally epic regardless..
this is the best kinda music.. stuff that has mood.. story.
soo many people forget that we tell stories with our music.
it isn't about who's c()ck is bigger or whatever..
it's about how we used it lol.. you know?
really good, you are a musical storyteller.. this one is one of my favorites.
on what's about me? by dezentral
I have heard a lot about you dude!
wow..
chills
lol
A part of me wants to ask "how do you do this?", but I know it's all you..
Chop screwed and chilled on the rocks.
Style
Moody as #^#%
and just pure heart.
(PS, on the organs, you should totally add a huge reverb, that little organ with huge reverb, Reverse it, and then render it... after doing that, put that organ over the other organ and fit it into the mix... It would totally add this 3 dimensional effect.)
Faved
Downloaded
Dope.
I would love to see the movie.
on Feel This Way by StaySiccRecords
For some reason I feel reason... or FL...
Dope tho...
Duplicate and layer up them drums homey!!
make like 4 drum tracks, and then have some quiet and just there for ambience or something..
Really great stuff!
I like your guys's style A LOT.
just more basslines, variations, and of course
vocals ..
you should hit up Estae or Dynamite.. I like those rappers that throw down s%ck sh$t when they do...
on Let Me C U Shake by StaySiccRecords
gotta love the northwest musicians...
Can't really comment or complain... It is totally set up for vocals but their ain't none...
I like crazy glitch drum beats, and this has a semblence of glitch, soo cool stuff..
still... you need someone telling a story on this.
soo uhh
yeah...
The rhodes is dope ... but really getting on my nerves after 4 minutes of the same thing...
jump 3 steps or something... make a story out of it musically too
just from my perspective, and I can't see the waveform, bass frequencies may be a bit too boosted... Not hundred percent positive..
good stuff.
enjoy the rain.
on KINEMATIC by siensystem
YES, a trance song that actually moves in keys!! yay!
that's really lovely man..
Thank you for the download man, you are too generous...
you should get a simple press kit, and start hitting up labels man.. you "have" something.
You just make great freaking music SIENSystem...
hahah we should collab and make a pop song sometime lol
sorry I have been a b*tch, I am still coming to terms with the whole loss thing..
You are a beast man, this has at least 4 melodies calling and responding to each other, and it's all saying the same thing.
Then to top off the bass.. good bass.. For some reason I am craving a saw bass for some reason... it's probably cause I haven't ate dinner.
Great title, ... I dunno if kinematic is the word that pops to mind... I think of joy..
As always with trance, if it makes me trance out, then essentially it's a trance track...
something about the claps being kinda right kinda messed with me.. not good or bad.. just "noticed" it, when I wanted to just let this digital wave wash over me.
Yeah...
this track needs to be volume 11 :p, and i wanted the claps a little more center or stereo spread.
Fantastic track.
one of the best trance songs I have ever heard.
(I cracked lol ;)
How have you been my friend, its been a few days :) Hope all is well and I can understand how you must be feeling, but no stress man, just keep your head up; I always say.
I've been a bit busy as well. I finally got midi to work with vx4 and can now send midi data from any of the tools i use...it only took 3 days to figure out what was going wrong! But I was happy like a kid on Christmas day.
Thanks for coming by, I'm glad you've liked this one and you know, I do agree with you on that clap. I'm surprised you caught it cuz it is one of the things I wanted to change, but, I updated this one so many times that the last time I thought, blah, just leave it alone. lol.
But oh well. Thanks my friend, catcha you laters.
on Impromptu by Avail
You can't deny this is an amazing track!
I would love to hear something like this LIVE!!!!
:)
how ya been man!
wassup?
How is it going? All cool on my side
on May 12th by codymeiser
Cody Meiser is going to be a household name and Califiken?
Seriously!
i noticed wow we have the same birthday
so it was kinda like wow
me: err?
Califken: that was trippy
i thought he played piano like me
so i hit him up
we collabed
back and forth about 20 times
and then i noticed we have the same birthday
so i felt an affinity there
me: definitely, this is amazing!
that's really cool! the bass!!
seriously!
Califken: https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/43613
Sent at 11:10 PM on Monday
me: my only thing is the mastering
otherwise
this
is
EPIC
perfect
amazing
Califken: yeah we gave it like 2 seconds of mastering attention, thigns kinda fell apart there.
but thank you so much Abe!!
me: dude... no.... thank you!!!!!
Califken: it really means a lot when you say those things
me: people need to hear this
Califken: a lot a lot.
me: this
is
both of you?
you guys
are getting down
it's f8cking bad a$$
Califken: will you please leave him a review? i was hoping he would get more acclaim for this,
but he does on his other stuff tho.
me: DUDE
fk
let's post this!?!?!!?
may i??
Califken: a couple of his tracks have way more acclaim than anything i've done.
me: this convo?
just the good stuff?
cool?
Califken: lol
sure.
you mean just like the 10 lines previous right?
not the entire thing?
me: no just from birthdays
END QUOTE.
THANKS CODY!
you don't even know how Epic this really is, I LOVE it.
on Lets Dance Second Version by GOLDMARCH
That's amazing!
Synths, Drums! .. It's kinda smokey, and full of love... almost desperate with joy...
FAVED!!!
Fun stuff indeed!
Damn on the no d/l ;p
KEEP IT UP!!!
on Omega Centauri (Noise Fragments) by siensystem
you are effing amazing...
this is the music for sleep... or even the concious mind..
INCREDIBLE, rocks me to my core man....
Something about you pairing these images and then the sounds they illicit is really something else....
I mean, I have heard plenty of ambient artists, but none of them have this ... .. how do I explain? You have this punk rock ambient thing.. lol
that's the best way to explain it...
it's juxtaposing this immense wonder of our world and it's subtle layers, with this ... cold.. and calculated love...
amazing..
Damnit, I wanna soo do a collab with you lol...
But also, since I know you aren't soo keen on mastering?
I was thinking about taking the few tracks you have from this "Universe" album and linking them straight up across the board, and mixing them evenly and properly, so if you do decide to promote yourself and send it off to labels, your album will have a natural sound state from track to track?
regardless, I can't wait till you start doing images of earth!
wink wink wink
Faved
Downloaded
Recommended...
After Aphex Twin, and maybe Enigma (more easy listening), Brian Eno, Boards of Canada, ... I already know you are one of the best ambient artists I have ever heard.
KEEP IT UP!!!!
on Dolls Sickness by GRAVEFLOWERS
on Enter the Void by GRAVEFLOWERS
wow.. almost has the digital performers Air drumming from 2000hertz... not in like.. a bad way.. I think that's amazing!
I got a player error, so I had to download, but I am sure I am going to rock this on my iPod...
Vocals really really make this amazing... the whole story and pretense is really something I love...
A bit loud on the production side... But, I like that too....
Clipping a bit...
I really like the mood, and the synths!
Keep it up!
Ima check out some more!
PS, what's this about Mark Twain's claymation series?? lol
didn't he die like 100 years ago?