alividlife

Hi Again Abe,
Thanks for reviewing this song. Yeah, slide is fun and I usually use open tunings, as it's hard to try and chord and play at the same time for me.

As for what each style means...actually nothing in particular. I know there are several styles of Blues you can play and so I was just trying to capture some different styles along the way.

I often run out of ideas to put in it and thus many of my songs are too short. So this is a way of lenghtening them. lol

The first Blues song I made, 'Blues 101', I did for a friend as he requested a blues song. But he didn't say slow or fast, so I did both in that one.
Using software to record tracks instead of a Mixer, you have complete control and can make many adjustments to the sound. Reverb, EQ, Compression, and many other effects you can add in easily without buying expensive hardware.

Then when done, you play the song many times and listen to each track separately and then together one by one with each other to make sure it all blends in properly.
So it takes me about a month or more to produce the quality in a song I like.

Thanks for reviewing,
Randy

Hi there Abe,
Glad you got around to check out my other songs. I only have 5 songs done at the moment as I work alot.
On this 12 string, I tuned it down to a 'D' chord as it is easier on the neck and finger pressure is less... and just capo it up to wherever I want it.
It is a newer one, so no problems with tuning.
I don't have a name for the guitar actually.

As for the drums, I wanted to try a double bass drum set and it seemed to fit okay. I liked the sound, but double bass or kick is made for heavy metal usually. A lot of 'click' to it.
Thanks for the review,
Randy

That's the thing about style. I consider myself to ecclectic. I have this thought, that we as artsits go above and beyond to try to have our own voice, our own "style". I really truely admire the big names that have their own style and their own signature sound, if you will. People like NIN for instance. I will be the first to admit, I draw inspiration from Trent Reznor. He's a world class musician, with his OWN style. You can almost hear ANY Nine Inch Nail song, and instantly know who it is. He's got a style and brand all his own, and everytime they come out with a new album, the same style is there, but I gurantee, there is something there that HASN'T been heard before. I admire that, and I repsect that. That's hard to achieve these days, when nearly everything has already been done. I really appreciate the review and the fav. I guess you could say that I'm more experimental than anything else. I like to try to infuse sounds, into a style all it's own.

Thank you. I'm glad you like it. What's the name of this song? I hope it aint a dis song=0 I don't battle=)

Hi there,
Thanks for the kind review and am glad you also like country music. Basically I am using Windows XP and not a MAC. Altho a lot of people do use MACS for graphics and music.

I am playing all the parts except drums and fiddle. I used loops for those. But, I play and own all the other instruments as shown in my profile.
Sure you can send me that song you have and I'll see what I can do with it when I get some free time. As long as your not in a big hurry I mean.

In another song I did...Altern-rock, now that was all loops. But the other songs are me playing and ocassionally some help on the faster guitar parts from a friend.
I know that if I had a good vocalist, things would sound so much better.
Thanks again,
Randy

thank you for the reply...i can work some thing out

Some of these are great names Neptune is a great name i wonder if it's fitting anyway i will listen ya + i think i will be stealing mannana mata too i have interest in spanish ^^
Thx mate

No I used reasons4.0 I never heard of Ableton. You mean a midi controller keyboard? Looks like keyboard piano thing? As much as I would love to have one of those nope i did it all with the click of the mouse. I used two loops making the track. The dusty rhodes, and congo drum loop. the rest is all me. Thank you for listening.

Thank you. I really don't know what mastering is. I'm not baled to understand stuff about the music. I just try to make it. Like the term you used by saying this is a "midi beat". I have no idea what that means. I was just listening to a song by this guy on myspace. He Is an older gentleman and his song triggered me to make this. I honestly am shocked by the good reviews I received so far about it so thank you.

i dont think i said anything about drinking the blood of the jews, i mean, that would way to kosher for my taste. but seriously yeah mentioning the jews publicly was probably poor taste considering i want to get into the music industry. wow i should quit before people think im racist, thanks for the review.