Hey Paul, I listened to this track and big improvement overall. your voice is so much clearer. That new sm brings out the emotion in your voice. A great journey from shitty setup to this. Your mixes getting good. Lyrics like a mantra. Love this concept of repetition. There's is so much life in your voice, unusual and I pressed the play key :). There are certain ideas I'm gonna copy. I love how you eq vox to become more distant. It feels like the duality in ourself. Different characters trying to find their places and communicating. Love what you doing here.
wow Lu always love to receive a comment of thought from you, your a cool friend i have always appreciated and i know your time is often limited, i invested in a hobby that became a passion and improved my mental health and me as a person, so the money i have spent has been a solid investment because it was me and my health that i was investing in, you can't really put a price on that
Hey Robin, what a beautiful composition. Love your minimilastic approach on it. You really got me in intro, hard tacky distorted Piano. But you resolved it beautiful with that low synth and filtered voc. Tempo is really fitting. Bold choice with your drum/perc. You getting ready man. You really understand what an artist needs. You leaving space. I love the lack of transition stuff. You let the instruments be themselves. No annoying sfx.
I'm in love with you mix, look at those beautiful waves. I'm a huge fan of your output. I regrett all the time that we booth not working closer, its my fault. Sometimes it's to painfull for me to record. But man I listened to this track, it touched me. 1000 ideas flashing in my brain. Your like a muse to me. Now I will check out what you made in the last months . Love from a banana
Hi Lu,
Thanks man for the nice comment its much appreciated, i'm glad you liked it and it stocked your brain with ideas :) Itried to get that radio sound on the piano maybe a tad too much distortion but we live and learn.
theres a time and place for us to mess about it will happen when it happens bro again thank you for the listen and comment. :)
Stankface activated, im a simple man. I just need that bass entry. Your mixes evolved, bold choices. Keep it moving is a celebration of latin inspired jazz. That little skat female thing got me. Crazy Ideas, and you let every section be it self , they never try to outdo each other. Very tastfull use of special fx like wah. Your a humble musician,. In my opinion, don't stop with jazz. I would imiditly buy a whole jazz latin fusion ep from you.
BananaLu! Stankface confirmed!:) It's been a minute. Very good seeing you out and about on the Loop. Gratitude for stopping by and checking this one. Also the detailed critique is invaluable. My mixing and arrangement focus must bring clarity and cohesion between all instruments and timbres and tones. And that because my tracks tend to be busy. Again gratitude for the compliments.
High energy synth action, love your entry. That tempo is superb. I wonder all the time how you can come up with all the melodies ? They always interesting and fitting. Your surprised me how you resolve your chords, it's always a journey. Mix is great you filled the whole eq, on my headphones its warm and full body. Love from a banana
Thanks for the compliments, they make me blush in a slight yellow hue :D
The melodies... I just jam until I hit something I like. Then the next day I check if still like it and if so, it's a keeper. No idea where there come from !
The chords is something I do on purpose. I have a special love for certain type of chord modulations, and I try to surprise myself every time. If I think I know where it's going, then there's probably a better solution ;)
for the mix, I'm learning! I used to have everything more or less in the same register but as I get more experienced I think I get a better feel for using different areas of the musical spectrum.
It doesn't always work, but when it does I think it also makes for better tracks :)
I just stumbled on your ep chrysalis, I will check it out on Bandcamp. Lovly name. I love your funk guitar and stakkato way of playing. But im excited what kind if story u will tell with your ep. Love from a banana
Thank you so much my friend. Chrysalis (I'm sure you knew) is the pupa stage between caterpillar and butterfly. Caterpillars are ugly, fat and hairy, then there is this time you can't see what happens and suddenly we have a beautiful butterfly.
I felt that this is sometimes how we grow as musicians or producers. We eat as much as we can, we learn, we try everything, maybe it's ugly, maybe it's hairy, but the wings of the butterfly are already present.
Sometimes all we need is a bit of time to reconsider, grow, rearrange our ideas, try something new and suddenly the chrysalis opens and a wonderful butterfly comes out.
I'm not that butterfly yet... but who knows what might happen and how I can grow in the future. For now I'll keep eating ;)
I'm not even joking. I don't wanna put shade on you. It was a honest and real story. It should be a compliment.. lots of artist screams and it sounds fake. I know what a real scream is, from people who encountered the darkest places. So you should take it as a compliments. Love from a banana
Look, my friend. All of us every single one of us have gone through things in this short life that were not always pleasant. I misunderstood. My English is terrible, just like my music. The performer also has that special quality not simply to sing, but to interpret. That is something completely different. In almost 40 years of playing music, we have met many good singers. But for me, being good is not just about having a beautiful voice. Its about interpreting a song the way you truly feel it inside yourself. That is exactly how Nadine is. She is a very good interpreter, not necessarily just a singer because she has a nice voice. What matters is that she is genuine in her interpretation, and we will miss her since she is leaving to continue her professional journey on another level. Take care. I wrote to you that I really like your music because it feels truly real and honest.
Zooot zoot, pls don't dig to deep. Intro hit hard, love the guitar layers, Micky did a great support on bass, got a great oomph and for a ballad you need live bass. Syntg action is tastefully and doesn't go into a cheesy area, love that. Fck raw guitar, with the right amount of gain. Love the tone. I'm a huge fan of the singing Zotman, it soothes my soul. Love from a banana
Glad to hear you enjoyed it Lu. This was built off a bass loop I liked, but Micky offered to put a real one on it, so of course I said yes! Cheers man, Chris.
Love to see that bad boy evolving , love those mcs. Love the style of Holmes, Fame and Hayn. You keeping them togehter pnnywze. I'm looking forward for a feature. And im thankfull for what you wrote that you even rembered me. It made my day. Felt shitty. Love from a banana
We will always remember you, bro. We consider you a member of the group, and if it were up to us, you'd be collaborating on every song with us. We'd love to send you some material, man. Can u shoot an email to pennycantrell8 at Gmail? We'll send u the songs we're working on. Meanwhile, u keep ur head up brother. Its hard to keep the world from dragging us down along with it, but u gotta fight that shit with us man. Anyway, no matter what, u can always talk to me, or my brother. We got ur back always man
What a nice collab, i got a close eye on Mr. Shenari. There are not many spiritual singers around here. Love your style.
Nice production pnnywze. It relaxed and fits the artist. You are truly the collab master for 2 years I try to catch up with him and you did it. I will take this as an opportunity to write you back. Yes I'm down with monsta squad, it's always fun and I love zour energy on those projects. Hit me, if got a beat laying around where I can put something on. I would love to do this. Love from a banana
Long time no see, brother! U gotta stay in touch with your boy, man. Im gonna email u from here with some links toBeats we are working on, and also my personal email, i think my brother was gonna give it to u as well. Just make sure u get back to me, alright? Dont get our hopes up, lol. We love u man, youre especially loved by the Squadd bcuz you worked hard for us on the first couple of songs we ever did, and it truly helped me, and us, set the tone and lay the foundation for what we would eventually become. That means the world to us and will never ever be forgotten. Be looking for that email! Love from a wise penny
Hey MC Chris, im getting a clearer picture. Who's that woman ? She's fck amazing screams are real, last time I was in psych ward I encountered similiar one. This one is real. She even got that pop thing. The run on " I breath" is out of this world. It like billie if she went conplety psycho. Beautiful production. Mellow guitar tone, more ambient than chords. Mix is bold and fits that vox centric piece. Filtered drums, great choice. What kind of microphone you were using to capture the whole dynamic from whisper to screams. You got a new fan here. Love from a banana
My friend bananaLu, I honestly dont know what style this is that you wrote. In any case, it is not exactly normal. If it is some kind of German joke, then it belongs to the kind of bad jokes you people make. Anyway, our microphones for the vocals have always, been the Audio-Technica AT2050 condenser.
Chris
Listen to it for the last 3 days, wonderful production. Guitar tones works with that 80's stadium drums. Beautiful structures and you kept it dynamic. Lyrics goes well, mythical and you let it breath, sometimes less is more. This a good case. The tone and quality in vox is superb, flawless transition in different styles from spoken , to ballad, to hootin, and then classic rock screams, someone done his homework. Emotional delievery af, with a sprinkle of testosterone. Put this bad boy in an arena and city will burn. This is almost perfect, theres this section when female vox comes in. Maybe cut it a bit and really drag every sylibal in right place, it's annoying I know. Results will be great.
Synth work is tastefull and never to much, love it. But what happend 6 sommers ago. Mystery mystery. When does album come out. For what I'm hearing I can imagine a full blown album with one theme and I want to listen to it.
By the way, how did you encountered me? Im a Ghost.
What happend with you? Im just away for 6 months and you are reborn. The mix is another level, very professionel. I low how you set the bass and and overall balance of layers. You touched my soul, I'm crying because of happiness. when I listened to your demo around february, i knew there is something special inside you. I feel the same as Paul. I'm haunted by this track.... mirrors are lying...your songwriting impresses me a lot. Love from a banana
Hi Banana
So that's all happening in your absence, lol.
From beats to singing.
Your comment touched me.
So sweet of you.
I also think it's a miracle that I can sing this when I feel the right vibe.
Because I've also sung songs just because I wanted to sing, but they're not special because I didn't feel them at the time.
I sang along with you on two of your songs, but I've since deleted them because I wasn't sure if you approved.
Right now, I'm in Spain for eight days, drinking cocktails with my daughter, lol. No music for a while, but I'll be back.
Wild track, thank you for welcoming me back. I'm in for a strange collaboration again it was pure fun. I'm not a metal vocalist, but the last months I incorporate growling session into my daily routine. The mix is great, well balanced and focused. Enough air to let it breath.
Yes sir, I have a ton of material just waiting around for something to be done with it. Im sure my brother and/or other members of the monzder squadd will contribute something too. U still have discord? I can send u some stuff there or email, just lmk
Great professionel mix, bass is in the pocket and gain/saturation is on point. It carries the whole track, some Sade kind of thing. I get this feeling that you are inspired by fennias. Love what you dringend with guitar track in Refrain, haunting minimalistic. Overall humble and ethreal mix.
trip down to memory lane, i was wonderring why it sounds 2000 with those chord arranging and synth stuff. theres soul in here. i red your profile and i had to smile alot. my first studio work was in 2008, i had a little chamber, with windows XP and Cubase and all those midi files. keep the spirit up.
you really turned your production up. Synth work is amazing, all the layers work great and are full and direct in your face. This is some really subtle modulation game going on. this relentless beat got me moving. That is some Mike Dean stuff you putting out here. Im a big fan of you, im getting so much inspiration. i put vox on it, just a demo. if you feel something, let me know.
Thanks for the kind words! I just recently learned how much modulation can elevate a track so I've been trying to find places to implement it! Great ear!! So cool to hear it's got people moving too, never thought any thing I'd make could have that effect haha!
Also man!! LOVE what you did with vocals on this!! They are super haunting and fit the vibe perfectly! BRAVO!! look out industrial world! Bad Node and Banana Lu are comin' for you!!
Like how prominent you made horns sections, eq is alive in this and gives enough energy for edm without loosing natural tone. Well balanced overall, the bass is bouncy af. I can feel the joy in this production. Would love to listened to another version. Love from a banana
Intro got me thinking of toto stuff, really articulate on shuffle. There's some really nice jazz timing on your picking hand. Great change in style into hese latin reverb psychedelic . I'm surprised with this one, I'll check our your other uploads. Greetings from a banana
Great mix, really surprised how you managed the low end. You kept it clean but got that raw feeling. Great synth work some fluffy style. I'm fck impressed with your style range from a bit country pop like Miley Cyrus to. This "protection" line timbre thing was gnarly. I love how you go alternative 80 in the end part. Lots of creativity shining through with energy.
Ethereal vocal delievery, I can feel the pain. Some weird shiat is going on, like Bjork in verse and Werner Herzog in the breaks, never encountered 3rd kind new age stuff in this context. Really impressed. Valve got that blessed touch in his production booth goes hard. If you ever got time I would love to do some crazy stuff. Love from a banana
Hi banana, Thanks for the listen and glad you like it. Wouldn't be possible without ValveDriver's track. Once and a while I try to think in the box but mostly I just create things that I like that can get a bit crazy sometimes. I have time to play, just PM me.
That was a surprise, intro was like Oliver Tree waiting to jump on. But the vox entry changed everything, raw and your growls comes from the the right place in you soul. great mix of 2010 metal scenes and the guts to put those synth in this track. Fck Great execution. I never got the modo drums to sound great in my production, but they banging here. Keep the energy going. I'm excited what's coming in the future.
Pleasing mix n master. Your composition is mellow and fits the vox. Nothing is squeezing and crying for attention like some temporary edm. I can imagine this bad boy on a great pa and people will dance.
recently i thought about what Paul does. I'm deep into Sleaford Mods and my mind was happy that there is a place in people hearts for unusual underground. It remembered me a bit of your style and what is happing in in England music scene. The edits of cyberflares fits your style and booth got something raw and creative. Keep the energy. Your songwriting is getting tighter without losing the mystery. Great to watch your journey and glimps into your world.
Sleaford Mods are a cool band Lu and underground, its great to see my old friend still about and making great music, i got some good lyrical content in the next few tracks, its also the area i am putting more into along with engineering and i think its starting to show with much tighter and cleaner tracks, i will continue giving glimpses of life in song, if you sing the words you feel, it comes across real and to somebody who sings with so much emotion in his work like you thats something you well know anyway, great to see you about
Crazy world music fever dream. Lots of high energy japan funk stuff. Love the tone of the middle break guitar. Where do the key parts come from. reminds me of 2000 yamaha stuff. The hit hat sits great in this mix, gives great forward move. Keep digging in your vault.
Great filtering work on those baddy bass synths. Full and never harsh. I can confirm those Berlin industrial vibes. you nailed the heaviness and precision of german underground. Great production with a lot of air, fx section fits perfect and compliment well. Halftime break is a creepy journey.
Lu, it's good to hear from you, man. I'm glad you liked this one. It's a little bit of a step away from my normal shit. As far as the Berlin industrial vibes, or German underground...I have no idea what those sound like. But, by the end of this weekend I will!
Hey, thanks brother, for taking the time. It's always good to know you're still around.
Take care.
Aaron
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I'm in love with you mix, look at those beautiful waves. I'm a huge fan of your output. I regrett all the time that we booth not working closer, its my fault. Sometimes it's to painfull for me to record. But man I listened to this track, it touched me. 1000 ideas flashing in my brain. Your like a muse to me. Now I will check out what you made in the last months . Love from a banana
Thanks man for the nice comment its much appreciated, i'm glad you liked it and it stocked your brain with ideas :) Itried to get that radio sound on the piano maybe a tad too much distortion but we live and learn.
theres a time and place for us to mess about it will happen when it happens bro again thank you for the listen and comment. :)
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Peace,
Mark
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The melodies... I just jam until I hit something I like. Then the next day I check if still like it and if so, it's a keeper. No idea where there come from !
The chords is something I do on purpose. I have a special love for certain type of chord modulations, and I try to surprise myself every time. If I think I know where it's going, then there's probably a better solution ;)
for the mix, I'm learning! I used to have everything more or less in the same register but as I get more experienced I think I get a better feel for using different areas of the musical spectrum.
It doesn't always work, but when it does I think it also makes for better tracks :)
on Chrysalis - This is what it is by BaoBou
I felt that this is sometimes how we grow as musicians or producers. We eat as much as we can, we learn, we try everything, maybe it's ugly, maybe it's hairy, but the wings of the butterfly are already present.
Sometimes all we need is a bit of time to reconsider, grow, rearrange our ideas, try something new and suddenly the chrysalis opens and a wonderful butterfly comes out.
I'm not that butterfly yet... but who knows what might happen and how I can grow in the future. For now I'll keep eating ;)
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Nice production pnnywze. It relaxed and fits the artist. You are truly the collab master for 2 years I try to catch up with him and you did it. I will take this as an opportunity to write you back. Yes I'm down with monsta squad, it's always fun and I love zour energy on those projects. Hit me, if got a beat laying around where I can put something on. I would love to do this. Love from a banana
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Synth work is tastefull and never to much, love it. But what happend 6 sommers ago. Mystery mystery. When does album come out. For what I'm hearing I can imagine a full blown album with one theme and I want to listen to it.
By the way, how did you encountered me? Im a Ghost.
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So that's all happening in your absence, lol.
From beats to singing.
Your comment touched me.
So sweet of you.
I also think it's a miracle that I can sing this when I feel the right vibe.
Because I've also sung songs just because I wanted to sing, but they're not special because I didn't feel them at the time.
I sang along with you on two of your songs, but I've since deleted them because I wasn't sure if you approved.
Right now, I'm in Spain for eight days, drinking cocktails with my daughter, lol. No music for a while, but I'll be back.
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Also man!! LOVE what you did with vocals on this!! They are super haunting and fit the vibe perfectly! BRAVO!! look out industrial world! Bad Node and Banana Lu are comin' for you!!
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Love and peace.
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Again, thank you!
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Hey, thanks brother, for taking the time. It's always good to know you're still around.
Take care.
Aaron