Darknives

Yo, Mr Knives.

Thanks for coming and checking out this track, which is quite a special one of mine.

Even so, there are still some things about it that annoy me. I may need to turn the bass down a bit at times, or perhaps EQ to make it less muddy as it is a mixture of different takes and playing techniques (bass guitar, synth bass etc).

" I've always loved mixing this kind of instruments that wouldn't normally go together"

That's the sort of thing I also love doing. I'm always trying to show people that any sound can go well with others. That is true but you have to actually do it and really make it work.

"Makes me feel like I'm in the desert watching some weird slow mo dance ritual with fire."

That seems quite accurate and it does somehow conjure up a desert feel. Probably because of that resonator guitar sound plus the Eastern melodies. And then you have the dark, psychedelic strings that add some sort of supernatural mood.

"the melody goes changing with some new instruments every so and then without every truly committing to it"

Yes, I keep changing stuff throughout my tracks. I try to keep things interesting and a little bit unpredictable all the time.

"hope you explore this vibe again"

I'd really like to. I guess I'll just have to try starting some slow or mid tempo far out hip hop vibe and try making it all dark and psychedelic.

Thanks again.

Thanks man! Brain and Ray and me are doing more. We are doing most of the stuff in the private band function at wikiloops dot com. Check it out if you like. We already did some other songs, check out my tracks on looperman and you can find a few we did with Hemanifezt. Thanks for listening!

Thank you so much for the feedback. Yes I play all the guitar so I'll see what I can do! Thanks again!

Thanks for the advice. Yeah the engineer that did it had a really good ear. He processed the vocals but I don't think he touched the beats. Working with another sound engineer who does detailed full track work. Yeah, we can definitely work man, thanks for the compliment. Just let me know.

Hi.

"specially the bass strings, sounds like a fretless bass"

That's all cello. There's bass guitar as well in some sections but those big slides are all cello parts.

I add a slow attack effect to the cello when recording which helps give it a "liquid" effect. And it does also make it sound like a fretless bass, as you say.

"Love progressive chill out."

Me too. I try to make all my music progressive as I'm not that interested in making regular, traditional genres of music.

Thanks again.

Thanks for the feedback. Do you know how much can be done with the completed song mp3 to fix the problem with mastering and levels?

thanks for listening and commenting! Glad you liked it.

thank u man!!

Max

Hey thanks for listening and commenting! I still use computers of course, and I do like some virtual stuff, but it is far to easy to think that a piece of software will turn us into rich famous musicians. I've pretty much always been making noise with real objects, and the more I do it, the more fulfilled I feel as an artist. I appreciate you stopping by!

thanks

I'll def check you out! Thanks for the feedback!