theHumps
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Ormond Beach, United States
Joined : 11th Oct 2009 - 16 years ago
Last Online : 28th Jun 2024 - 1 year ago
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theHumps has posted 2405 comments on other peoples tracks.
on The Last Road by toastedavalanche
I know what you mean about liking your own vocals, I am the same way but try to find a singing range or style you feel comfortable with and use it to your advantage. I had always sang backups so it took me several years to find my comfort zone for the lead. The singing is pretty good here. Ed mentioned David Gilmore and that's what I thought instantly when you started singing. It would work great on a concept album. I also think the length of it is good and getting all that you accomplished in 2:38 is a very good sign of some mighty fine songwriting.
Cheers!
Wayne
on November Romance by Orlando51
Magnificent track, beautiful, hopeful and promising are some of the feelings I get when listening. The mix is great and the instruments are well played. You two guys are great composers on your own and even better when you collab!
I am going to dl this so thanks fellas!!
Cheers!
Wayne
With much appreciation______Orlando
on Dawn of the legend by DijamMusic
It's well put together and nicely mixed. I like all the space in it even though you used what seems to be a lot of sounds and instruments. There is a lot happening and it doesn't feel cluttered or overdone.
Well done jamid!
Wayne
Hello
How’s it going?
Unfortunately, my visit to LM only confined to Christmas holiday after that it is back to realty.
Mate, you and Ed are the legend of that era and no one can top that.
I am humble that you like my work and glad you liked it.
Thanks again.
Jamid
on Modern Disease by Spivkurl
Wasn't it your town that had a recent shooting? If that is true, how were you affected by it and does it reflect in your music? Hope you and yours are well!
I like the idea behind the song. A "Modern Disease" can be thought of many different things these days. Great lyrics and neat sounds work well together to set certain imagery in my cranium as I listen. You are one of a kind!!
Cool track, gonna dl, thanks for sharing!
Wayne
on I Aint Ever Coming Back DEMO by ImproveWithError
Cheers!
Wayne
on Caribbean Summer by ScottB55
The mix is fantastic and so is the arrangement and production. Damn, you nailed it Scott!!
fav and dl, thanks for sharing!
Wayne
on -Hide- by FatalDecline
I like the flutish synth you used during the drum breaks, nice opposition to the ripping gits.
Definitely a cool track!
Wayne
on Union With Creation by Couchie
Well done!
Wayne.
on Shes Nachos by vigwig
I am going to dl this and fav, this one is right up there with your Camel song from a few years ago!!
Cheers Vic!
Wayne
on The Horse the Hat and the Bunny by traz75
Neat track you got here. There are some nice changes with a variety of instruments that I really like taking center stage. Matter of fact after a few listens I have decided to fav and dl this one so thanks for sharing!
Well done!
Wayne
Actually, i have downloaded some 20K+ loops from looperman. Yes, it take a while to download in the past 1.5 years+, but worth the efforts i think. Its a huge base to look thorough when have to choose loops for a track, but sometimes i find it desperately small too when can't find those what i wants...
Actually, this one were smooth work, the base construct is made by a few (2-3) hours only which is very fast from so many loops i think. The refine process were longer, and the really hard work were the EQ optimising. Just because im dumb for that, plus this time i wants to maxed it with my best. Worked on it about 10-15 hours i think... I know its laughable knowing the result (i bet a competent musician do those mostly basic changes by a hour), but i cant do any more with that - and im really happy with the outcome. :)
regards, traz
on whatsGoing by Spivkurl and promenade by promenade2239
Nice collab guys!
Wayne
I am glad you liked this. It is a bit unusual indeed - it was meant to be a strictly electronic track actually at first but it came out quite experimental at the end, as expected haha. Spivkurl's drums and synths are very powerful and I really liked vocal part a lot. I am not sure about the stylistical qualities of the track, maybe 'ethnic' label will fit in here too. I have some difficulties with writing evolving pieces using daw functions only (I am mainly repeating same elements along the composition when building pieces).
I will be recording using old upright piano soon and will upload more live played music on Looperman. The piano requires some amount of technical preparation so this may take some time though - I whish I had more space for the music only at the moment.
Thank you again for listening and your nice comments.
I appreciate that.
Alex
on bicycles in love by DanGoldstein
Experimental and interpretive music was fairly popular 40 years ago. Maybe I'm not tuned into the right channels but it doesn't seem as mainstream as it was back then. I am starting to see where you are going with your art project more clearly.
There is a sense of fun intensity to the track. I can imagine you are picturing 2 bikes cruising down the street, bumping into each other, a horn here, a toot there, driving recklessly in lovers bliss. The brass sounding instrument sounded like bike horns.
If I could suggest working the drums/percussion a bit. They are cool and can be part of the track but I also want to hear a little of the bikes swooshing or whizzing down the street, weaving back and forth and all about. Kind of hard to explain exactly but maybe that will help you in some way.
btw, this song needs some drums, lol.
Wayne
regards, Dan
on Lethal dose by Rhodesy
Does your name refer to the Olds 442? Convertible by any chance? he
Cheers!
Wayne
on undergroundsound dance by joecramer
Good to hear things are going well and that music is being created again. Well done!
Wayne
Thanks for your nice comment. You are right if you think on 80´s electronic and wave music. Thats something where i came from (including punk and NDW).
But this NIN thing is realy an accident. To be honest, I did not realy have/had much with NIN on hat :)
I just tryed to sing in a style that fits to the music.
stay tuned
joe
on Hold You Closer - Acoustic Instrumental VOX Rdy by BradoSanz
This is prime for some vox, the composition is wonderfully written and recorded, hat's off to you! Why don't you throw down some words, you have the pipes? For an instrumental it stands on it's own.
Wayne
I'll see what I can come up with. It's just hard to find the time with school and all.
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on Icarus by bbedford48
This song has a commercial advertising feel to it, like it could be used by Disney in promotional vids and things like that. I could hear this played for a half an hour while the local realtor showed all the houses for sale in his neighborhood, lol. That's such a lame description, shameful really. I think you get what I mean, it's a solid easy pop/rock song that would appeal to all.
I like it, well done!
Wayne
on Hummingbirds in the Rain by vigwig
Are some of those sounds sitar samples you are using in there? I like the backing vocals "waaateeeerrrr" lol, you are a classic! Singing the blues like one of the masters, keep up the interesting work. There is always a moment of anticipation before I click play on one of your songs. he
Hope you are well, take care!
Wayne
on Brown Heath by DanGoldstein
Lately I've been mixing the paint on the paper and abstractly letting it happen rather than planning it out and it being structured and rigid. That type of approach can bleed onto music making and allow that to more of a freestyle blending of sounds and timings....
When blending watercolor paints so much comes into play, the paints interact differently, the amount of water, the type of paper... These can be analogous in music aspects I suppose. Your song is such a good example. There is tonal depth, a low heartbeat, humanizing aspect behind to begin with. The part around 45 seconds was cool. Reminded me of sci-fi music, hits on the psychological side of how music can affect people.
All round interesting piece. I listened to this several times, freaked me out a bit like psychological torture music, lol.
Take care Dan!
Wayne
My new girlfriend told me that I should give up the whole thing. She thinks folks don't want to be distracted by music when they are focusing on visual art! She is probably right, but I will press on!
on My03-Midiman007 - Verus - Agnes Release Me by midiman007
The only thing I had to do when listening to this track was to lower the volume on the player to one third to hear it at a comfortable level in comparison to playing other looper tunes on the site today. Just an observation.
Wayne
I think I maxed out the volume on this one. Mastered it very hot. I do not know if that is good or bad since most tracks are maxed out in volume. I was just doing what everyone else is in the industry is. Thanks for stopping by..
on She Said by silverman
There is one synth or pad at the beginning, about :18 that reminds me of the music that is on my digital scrabble game I play, lol.
I enjoyed this thoroughly and will download this gem so I will thank you kindly! First track of the day, couldn't have been any better.
Wayne
on JAweGuy - Everything Can Change by JAweGuy
Wayne
on Jazz Is Just A Gas by ScottB55
Top notch, one of the best jazz songs I've heard on the site. Great song Scott, keys were sweet all the way through and a nice variety. Always a pleasure!
Wayne
Thanks so much for checking it out and leaving your kind words.
Yes, these are real musicians that I met on the net and they were kind enough to help me out.
It's always a plus when I get favorable comments from fine musicians like yourself.
Cheers,
Scott
on Keep it Going by crucethus
Still a nice debut, it was new to me today, he. Cool track!
Wayne
on In My Mind ft Oceanically by promenade2239
Nice one, take care!
Wayne
I appreciate your nice comments. This is an older production and probably one of the first here on looperman of mine. The vocal sample is from unexisting acapella but I could use only the short little fragment... Anyway at a time I had no mastering skills whatsoever so that's the reason for strange clap sound placement haha, there's no compression and it is very sketchy...
I played strings, e piano and the acoustic piano (both plugins) - all the rest (drums, bassline, guitar fills) were samples.
Thank you again for listening to my music!
Best, Alex
on Life Gets In The Way by topvega
Wayne
Thanks kindly for taking the time to give it a listen and for the feedback.
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