Spivkurl
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Rochester MN, United States
Joined : 1st Nov 2008 - 17 years ago
Last Online : 22nd Apr 2025 - 1 year ago
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on The Streets Are Ours by silverman
Your song gets me up and going, which is what I need, You've done me a favor here!
This is groovy and sweet! I think you took me back in time about ten years... which at this point in time, can't be a bad thing.
Life now hurts, and your song feels good. You should be proud!! Faved! Thank you for sharing!
on world set by dumarecht
I can't deny that I am aflutter when I receive a comment from people in the Netherlands or Germany, and yours was one of those moments. Your song, which I've heard as barter, is an extremely deep and cool experience!
I've been watching the entire series of "The Rockford Files" recently, and this puts me in mind of it, both in the interesting seventies vibe way, and in the private eye aspect. It is questionable and unknown, but it is in your face!
I dig it big time, and I hope that you know it. I realize that you are out there, fighting the fight. And you are winning.
Love it completely, and it's a big fave! Listened a few times!
Silverman gets an 70s vibe as well which is funny im from 1980 (and still fifteen) i geuss loose playing and mixing genres was more commen then. In general i just go with an idea and finish a tune in a couple of hrs without spending too much time thinking about it, its a nice way passing time.
Glad you dig the tune and thanx for listening: let us both fight the good fight
Cheers man
on Medicinal Use Only by silverman
I'm hearing a lot of sounds which make me reminisce about Depeche Mode, which is always a good thing. This definitely does help me associate it with pop music, but it is more than that. It has depth and power which is not normally present in pop music, especially these days.
It also makes me a bit jealous... my medicine has run out, and will not be available without several months of waiting and much effort. Also, it is not legal since my certification has lapsed. A whole year with that certification, and never got to buy once! In a similar way to someone observing that your medicine is "making you younger," this lack is making me feel really old all of the sudden.
Your song is medicine in itself, and I appreciate you sharing these healing vibrations. Groovy, with plenty are harmonics to get right inside the listener.
I must feed the cat, and then repair a toilet (I hate plumbing). So, I will catch you later. Another fave for this awesome song!
on One Twitch Two Twitch Three Twitch More by silverman
Jamming electro throughout, but with so much more to love! It has that ska vibe, like I've also attempted... seemed rejected due to the modern impression of ska (which is more often just rock with a horn section). You've done it perfectly here... it's danceable, fun, and quite in-your-face punkish.
The dynamics are totally sweet, and I can see why you would be bouncing in the chair while making this. I was while listening. Went great as my coffee went down!
The depth of this was like a glimpse of reality without the filters and blinders that we must usually put on. That is no easy task! I applaud your success with this piece!
We totally need to work together on something before I get a gypso vardo built and disappear into the night. The immersion of commonplace reality has kept me from doing the creative work that I require, and songs like this help me refocus, so I thank you for that. When I recover from carrying cement and mosaic tiles (probably 100-120 lbs) home yesterday, hopefully I can get back in the studio.
I'm really happy to have heard this one, and it is a must fave! Thank you for sharing it!
on Hours And Hours by StaticNomad
The breakbeats are a very nice touch, and not all that out of place in a style like this. Gives me thoughts of times passed, when things were not so frustrating and destructive to simple freedom and creativity. I thank you for that!
Your cello performances are, as usual, a spotlight in this tune. Since, as you know, cello is one of my early musical endeavors and influences... I can't help but feel something special when I hear, most especially when it is used in a not-so-classical way.
The progression (not meaning chordal, but progression of time) is quite interesting and non-linear. I appreciate this aspect as well. Music is one of those rare ways that humans can actually control the impression of the passage of time for other individuals, and it adds much to the power of the medium.
I am not listening to this as background music, but trying to actually pay attention, and it is working great for me. Interesting at every level, sonically deep, and well performed. It has kept my interest, and does not disappoint in any way.
I actually find it hard to believe that nearly ten minutes have passed since pressing play, and I take this as another piece of evidence that you have made an amazing piece of art here. I love a good time warp, and you've done just that, for me personally.
Thank you for sharing this! Big fave!
Thanks for the excellent review.
Damn, I wish you had given me a time reference for the "interesting "swell" sort of effect on an unidentified instrument". Then I could identify it for you. it might be the lyre, which is quite prominent in the track, in various sections.
"in an effort to slow time down. You have done just this in an excellent fashion!"
That may be completely accidental. Perhaps more to do with the synth patch used than any skill on my part.
"The breakbeats are a very nice touch"
Yes - I like them and the track was supposed to start with them as I made this track out of some leftover parts from another drum 'n' cell track a few months ago called Opposites Subtract.
"Your cello performances are, as usual, a spotlight in this tune."
They need to be as it's the only played instrument and there's a lot of it. I still haven't used my cello to make any classical music. Maybe I never will though I would like to.
"The progression... is quite interesting and non-linear."
It is and I only repeat/reintroduce sections in a track if there's a real purpose. Otherwise, I tend to keep it progressing and moving into new areas and moods. I could have made this one quite a big longer, especially if I done something like returned to the very first riff.
"Interesting at every level, sonically deep, and well performed."
That's exactly what I always go for. This works fine as background music (due to the chilled vibe) but I think it's better than that and worth paying attention to.
"hard to believe that nearly ten minutes have passed since pressing play"
Yes - the aim is for the track to be addictive in the sense that when a section is ending, you wonder what's coming next. It probably wouldn't be that way if I spent too long on any one section. I think having the drumless breakdown in the middle helps break things up and give the listener time to reflect on what's been and what is to come.
"you have made an amazing piece of art here."
Thanks. It's grown on me as I've been listening back since uploading it. I feel I have many better tracks but still enjoyed making it, even if did take ages (hours and hours).
Thanks again for the fine review.
on Make Yourself A Life by MGproduct
You recorded these vocals in the park?! I respect that utterly as well! I spend an unsafe amount of time in parks here, and I have had trouble practising or recording there for the past year... too much trauma I suppose. It still inspires me some of the time. The damage to the places I hold dear have become almost too much to take in recent times. I feel the almost constant desire to start walking either south or west, and just keep going.
I'm pressing play again, since this was quite beautiful. I really would like to see the lyrics, as this seems to be quite relevant to me and what I was just speaking of, yet I can't quite catch each and every word.
I was just thinking how I wanted to hear something which had not been done before, and I think I found it here, within moments of the need arising. I thank you for that!
It's awesome, and if you feel like collaborating, to bring this to completion, I would like to be involved! This is definitely a fave and DL! Thank you for sharing!
on I Like Me Better - STK Remix by NateJMusic
Who is the original artist? I could not find any link on your profile. It's not really my favorite style of electronic music, but it has some pop value for sure.
Was fun to hear! Thanks for sharing!
Your 100% correct. It's a mix of Tropical and EDM. The artist name is Lauv and the link is the last link on my profile. The SKIO Music link.
Once the contest is completed, I'm going to post the full version (for playback) on Looperman. I doubt I'll be able to make it free though (contest rules).
on The Midieval Song by MWRatridge
The modern instrumentation with an almost ancient composition is an interesting duality here. Gives me some parallel thoughts with one of my recent tracks, "Lain," which to me has the sort of composition you might find in a sea shanty or some sort of thing. I suppose that style was a logical progression from medieval styles.
The distorted guitar was especially stand out, both in that duality, as well as simply awesome performance by one of the best guitarists around here!
The recording and processing of your vocals seems to have also come far in recent times. It sounds cool! Though I admit to not having heard your other recent works.
It was fun to hear your latest, and I'm happy to see you around! Have a good one!
I don't take your compilments lightly considering the talent that you have shown us over the years.
Cheers, Mark.
on Remember by bitronix
Very enjoyable frequency balance going on here, and I like it that the song made me want to turn up the volume. I take that as a good sign in most cases, since many songs (and TV shows and films and youtube videos) make me want to turn my system OFF. You've got the dynamics and the punch, and you didn't overdo it in any way.
Very fun stuff! Simple but also deep, kind of like a modern form of punk. Super cool and faved!
Glad to hear it from you!
on SHORT PUNK SONG by Deathbot
I've been a big punk fan for nearly 25 years now, and it's great when something like this shows up on Looperman. It seems like a lost art at time, but then you hear something like this!
I suppose the mix/master could be improved, mostly to keep the peaks within the headroom as to avoid digital clipping. I like analog or emulation analog clipping, especially on guitars, however clipping from a digital recording going past 0dB can mess up an otherwise awesome track. You can hear it in the little crackles in certain points, which signify a loss of audio data.
Beyond that, this all sounds very good, and very much in the style of old school 90's punk. Enjoyed it a lot! Fave!
on THE PUNK ROCK PROJECT - Beggar by BradoSanz
I found the tone on the guitars to be a nice edge to the song, and the performances were also awesome! I am curious how they were recorded... it sounds like you used amps and microphones. Were their effects pedals involved, or were any effects added to the guitars in the DAW?
The vocals sounded just right for this style of music, at least to my ears. It's not a genre I listen to by choice much, but at the same time I have been hearing it regularly for about twenty years. It seems like this was especially popular in 1996-97, when I spent a year in Boulder, Colorado. All over the radio it was, and I'm sure it had something to do with the state party college there. I also tend to hear this sort of style incorporated into television shows which I watch and re-watch, such as "Workaholics" and "Parks and Recreation."
I think you did an excellent job here. Joseph already mentioned the clipping, so I won't harp on that. I would love to hear the song with live drumming instead, but that is simply one of my frustrations with many modern rock influenced styles... they all seem to use those drum romplers any more. I always found drums to be hugely important in rock, punk, and metal styles. Even so, you composed them well! Probably backing of the mastering would bring out the dynamics of the drum part a little more.
Thanks for sharing the cool song!
Concerning the recording, I used my AKG C214 to mic a custom fully-birch cabinet with two Eminence Swamp Things, one Eminence Man O War, and an Eminence Texas Heat speakers. The overall tone of that setup is thicker while still maintaining clarity. It provided excellent low-end and was a good match alongside a DI recording using a Mesa Cabclone for mid and high range clarity. The amp head used was a ENGL Powerball II set to a low-gain crunch channel. Guitar used was a PRS Wood Library (only ten made!) with Karina body and neck, with 57/08 pickup in the bridge and 59/09 in the neck. Extremely articulate! The most accurate guitar I've ever played or seen. Used a variety of picks to get the tone and sound I was after. This was all ported into Pro Tools 12 and had very minimalistic, basic effects: minor EQing, compression, short-tail reverb and stereo widening.
I agree with the drums. I just don't have access to a real drummer. Truth be told, this song was originally intended to be a sample piece only 30 seconds long (for a punk-style band interested in recording their EP with me) but it turned into a full song! Even though I have most rudimentary setup and my "studio" looks nothing of the sort, they still chose to go with me despite being courted by a number of other local, more-professional studios.. So I'm happy about that. I still have kinks to work out in my mixing but I am a very quick learner. Mahloo has been giving me mixing advice along the way and has helped tremendously through it all.
Sorry for the book but I thought you'd take interest in the details of my recording considering you're very knowledgeable about all the workings of guitars and their related hardware. I really do appreciate you stopping in for a listen!
Brado
on monsterage - no internet connection by monsterage
Definitely has some cool older house vibes, something I'd like to hear on a 45 RPM disc. Danceable, yet chill and groovy too. All around nice party tune, if you don't mind me saying so!
I've enjoyed listening very much! Thanks for sharing! Fave!
thanks for the support! -Hugs-
on Your Greatest Friend by VicaMOOR
The recording seems done very well, and the performance works great! Did you do both the vocals and the instrumental? Both are pretty damn cool.
Nice work my friend!
Thanks for commenting.
- VicaMOOR
on Pianized by mudhoen
You've done something special here! I can't deny it.
This is fusion in the terms that I have used and abused it under in the past. Fusion used to mean something very specific and static. I hope the people like ourselves can change this permanently.
It's an amazing piece! All the elements of great composition are present to my ears, and it's creative as hell!
I don't know how much more I can say, and yet the song continues. That is EPIC. Keep doing your thing! Faved and DL'd! Thank you for sharing!
Many thanks for your kind words, sir!
Mudhoen
on Inside Where We Died by MGproduct
I love the eighties, and as danke mentioned, the synth bass is very eighties in it's sound. There's nothing wrong with that. I think this could go beyond pop with some real instruments and pop vocals!
As someone who plays both synth and real bass, I can fully understand the value of electronic bass. So don't worry about it. Sometimes one element can make all the difference in the completion of a composition.
You could end up with a great album out of these recent tracks, I think, so I hope you do just that. Fave!
on Mareland by MGproduct
This does have a great anthem quality to the vibes! It combines the little bit of EDM I enjoy with some killer ##### techno. Reminds me of some of the Savant that I have heard and enjoyed in the past, before his music got a bit painful. I am enjoying it!
For VM, this sounds completely awesome! You mixing and mastering has broken on through to the other side! Poppin' and deep, like it should be! I can't even begin to think of criticism for this one.
Thoroughly enjoyed! Fave!
on Arcade Blues by ALXSIX
I remember the times of having only an old soundblaster to work with for recording. It worked, but was also really frustrating at times. This song would be even more fabulous with the s/n ratio and dynamics that would come from a dedicated interface. That said, you've done excellent work with what you have at your disposal!
These instruments seem to compliment each other well. Fun tones, which do sound quite vintage. It almost reminds me of Joy Division or something, without the vocals.
Pretty awesome! Fave!
I have a decent interface now but still need to get the right setup. Was a bit tired of turning virtual knobs, clicking and pointing so I decided to go hardware. Lots of fun and more intuitive.
Appreciate your time, cheers !
on Differences by Abilify
For sure you have massive talent for shaping your emotional and mental state into music, and I'm happy that you are still doing it. I know how challenging it can be at times, but it is art or die for those like us.
Your song leaves so much room for more, which is part of why it is so perfect for a movie. There could be plenty of dialog or foley or whatever to build on this theme.
I like it a lot. Thank you for sharing it! Fave!
Thank you very much for actually remembering who I am, i feel kinda recognized!
Im kinda starting to just make very small, bit impactful tracks with an actual meaning, it fits my style so much more than what I did before.
Again, thank u so much!
on BURNING BURNING by CitizenMofo
on Whisper by Cyberliam
This one specifically is deep and awesome! It keeps the pace, and gives me some much needed energy. The dynamics are very cool indeed, as there are things which I can hear, but not quite hear (you know what I mean).
One of these days I've got to get an iPod that can hold more than 1Gb for all these excellent loop tracks I've downloaded over the years. This one will be amongst them. Thank you for sharing it!
DnB as a genre is almost always predictable, yet at the same time there is almost always something to love about a song in this genre. There is lots to love about this one. Big fave!
May thanx to your time and kind words!
Respect!
on Degenerates Breakfast by thephilosofist
This is one of the most ##### (not genre but realism) things I've heard on the loop in quite a while. I love the noise floor, I love the tempo, I love the performance! After more than 5700 comments on here, I can honestly say that I've rarely heard a song like this posted to loooperman. Digging it, and listening again now!
Your songs go into the past, as if they didn't happen, in a similar way to a substance. I suppose that I could refer to them as substantial. This is meant completely as a compliment!
Possibly, if I had not become so obsessive, I would have been able to create things like this. It's never too late, and that is inspiration calling. Thank you for that.
Amazing tune! Another fave! I hope I find this if it is ever available for download.
Would love to have a chat on facebook sometime soon, hit me up.
on Sneakys Trip by thephilosofist
Seems like you have gotten a real feel for that MPC rig! The sound makes me drool a bit, like Aphex used to... This may be a bit to dynamically processed for my tastes, but I also realize that you can't go back and change anything. There is something to be said for that, of course, and it's what live interaction is all about.
Your interaction with the Moog was also interesting. That's a synth I haven't become familiar with yet. I was going to assume that it was direct competition for Korg's mono* series, but I see, after looking it up that I was wrong! That's a pretty ##### piece of gear! There's the drool again.
Okay, I'm listening again, since it's "dense." I also see that you allow download, so thank you for that!
I find myself wondering about the mastering in this song, and I'm sure that's simply a personal obsession. Songs like this, and a bunch of others on Looperman, make me feel like I am losing the loudness war within myself. I have made some songs that are purposely so quiet, that in hindsight it just seems ridiculous... at the same time, I've made songs that are so loud as to be painful. Thanks for be a "collaborator" in the war.
Big fave, and I will download. Thanks for sharing!
Yes the mastering is sounds a little crushed for me as well, I was definitely trying to compete in the loudness war :P It's listenable I think, though, and I really enjoyed making the track, such is life sometimes..no offense taken, btw, if I seem defensive -- I appreciate your observations.
Yeah the MPC is my main weapon these days! It's a relatively simple sampler and sequencer but it's really fun to get creative with sounds...and a completely different sort of feel comes out when resampling literally everything on pads and finger drumming them out. I love it, hehehe
Once again, thanks for listening.
Cheers,
Matt
on SOMETHING TO CARRY by CitizenMofo
I think that the last time I was in SF was on a three year old hiking trip away from my mother forever. No memories, maybe due to the recent head injuries. With this song I can imagine "something to carry."
Not a sort of song which I hear every day, but I'm happy that I did today! You've done something special, like times past, but new and real. I dig it.
Big fave!
I think this song had something to do with my mother dying, although it was a couple years afterward. I wrote another song around this time, which I recorded with a different singer, that made me weep too. It's called "Just Let It Go" and it rose up inside of me when I was driving at 3 a.m. and made me sing it. Crazy things, songs. They can really mean something sometime - personally. But you're never sure if it gets across.
Thank you for your comment which made me very happy.
on Max Volkoff - Heart Beat by max13976
I would barely think of this as lo-fi, at least as a whole. I love the frequency range and saturation, possibly a lower mastering threshold would bring out the details more.
Definitely seemed to stop short, and could be expanded much more fully. I like it so far though, it sounds awesome!
on Max Volkoff - Hunter by max13976
All that aside, I am loving the sound design in this track! Was this actually recorded to tape? I'm hearing tape and vinyl artifacts, so it's a bit of enigma to me, ha ha. AND now they are both gone, so I'm guessing, no not tape.
None of that is taking away from my enjoyment of this piece, it is deep and wide. The spot percussive delay effects here are a great touch! And now something which I can't tell whether it is guitar or not.
Bass response over here is pumping in a good way, and all of the higher ranges are present in a pleasing way! Cool dynamic range and stereo field!
This is very much my kind of tune, and by checking out your profile I had a feeling it would be! I'm not a rapper, but maybe sometime we can collaborate. I'm deep into the busiest and most unpleasant time of the year personally, and have too many obligations to commit to another. I will try to keep watch on your page. Do you have a webpage?
Definitely a big fave!
I don’t do much of remix stuff, actually. There are only two remixes on my profile right now. I love one of them, totally hate the other, work on the third one, but consider scrapping it . . .
Don’t mean to disappoint you, but it’s not tape. :) It’s a plugin emulation. I don’t use hardware, mostly because I don’t have any. I’m a computer guy, so I do everything “in the box”. I don’t use live recordings either, though right now I consider using cuts from one of Chopin’s nocturnes a fried played for me on a piano, really old and really out of tune, and putting it on top of an electronic beat. If I do, that would be the first live recording in my music ever. So that part you mentioned is actually a guitar plugin with a lot of effects. :)
I’m not a big fan of rap or hip-hop either, but I do like to hear rap vocals in an unusual environment, mostly because they differ so much from conventional singing in the songs people listen to on the radio, for example. Besides, they seem to fit my music, and I can put them on top of almost any of my beats not worrying about chords and stuff like that. Long story short, it would be really awesome to collaborate with you, no matter if you’re a rapper or not. :) So please let me know when you have time. I only have profiles on SoundClound (https://soundcloud.com/coolpictures), Tumblr (http://maxwalkoff.tumblr.com), and Promo DJ (http://promodj.com/walkoff), but it’s mostly the same stuff there.