theHumps

Nice thick guitars rock! Not enough great hard rock and metal uploaded here. Lyrics were a bit tough to decipher with the effects you used but your description said you were going for something dark and moody so maybe it was on purpose.

I like the flutish synth you used during the drum breaks, nice opposition to the ripping gits.

Definitely a cool track!

Wayne

Very cool collab, nice relaxed vibe and some great vox! Wish there were more songs like this uploaded here. Horns were a nice touch and some good use of reverb, really brings the mix together.

Well done!

Wayne.

I am so glad you started doing your own lyrics, they fit the music and the song just shouts vigwig! The words are great, fun and totally you. "Get the kids out of the line of fire", sad comment on life but a great line nonetheless.

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

That's a lot of loops used, I'll give ya credit for that. Take you a while to hunt them all down? This must have taken some time to construct.

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

This is very different, kind of expected though. You both have an interesting approach to music and combined you have created a piece of musical art. Spiv's vocals are great, some cool textural sounds, a neat percussion track(s) and I like the electric piano that does it's job and adds a cool simple rational track among the array of sounds and vocals.

Nice collab guys!

Wayne

Nice one Dan, look forward to see how this one ends up! Ed mentioned Zappa, have you ever seen the video of Zappa playing the bicycle? It's great.

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

This is pretty darn cool man. Love the use of reverb on the horn, creates a spacious atmosphere and helps set the tone of the song. The feel, tempo, the instruments you chose, the uncomplicated but effective drums, the well placed and performed guitars, all of that and more make this totally worthy of a dl and fav!

Does your name refer to the Olds 442? Convertible by any chance? he

Cheers!

Wayne

This was different for me, I am not very familiar with electro music but I found this quite interesting. I liked the background vocals. This reminds me of electronic new wave/club music from the mid 80's. I hear a bit of a NIN influence in there, maybe the vocals are making me think that.

Good to hear things are going well and that music is being created again. Well done!

Wayne

Nice sounding combination with the mic and guitar. I have a cheaper AKG and I've always wanted a nice Guild acoustic, damn, sounds great man!

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

Damn this is good in so many ways Bob! A well thought out song, nice instrument choices and a solid mix. Dig the nicely played guitar as well.

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

Hey Vic, how's things? Too hot for fishing these days so you are writing the hits again?

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

Being a watercolor painter I found this quite interesting and a great approach to songwriting. You always do seem to bring thought to the forefront of your music.

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

Pretty solid track. I am not a big fan of the dance music genres but all the elements are there. Great performance by everyone, loved the singing!

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 know the song you are referring to and I hear the similarities. I like the guitars in the song, some cool effects, tones and fade outs. What are you using for guitars/amps? There is some nice dynamics to the song even though the song is low key and chilled with some tension thrown in.

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

I do like short musical ideas! Short musical pieces can be harder to do than longer because you have to convey your message in that much shorter period of time. Thought the pluck and the pads could have been balanced a bit more but a nice idea nonetheless.

Wayne

Impressive beginning and it only got better when the bass kicked in. I listened to this a few times and "wow!" just keeps popping into my thoughts! Loved the muted trumpet, the trumpet player in my old band would use his from time to time, it always made me smile. Are these real musicians playing bass, horns, flute? It doesn't sound like plugins to me. You have some talented friends my talented friend!

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

4 years, wow, doesn't seem that long ago you joined. 2012 was a tough year form me so I wasn't around often, missed it on it's debut, sorry. Pretty neat track. I like percussion so when you went nuts with the bongos and shakers I was totally diggin' it! You constructed it as an evolving, ever morphing, juicy musical audible treat for me to play and enjoy a couple times to get it all soaked in before I could comment.

Still a nice debut, it was new to me today, he. Cool track!

Wayne

There are a lot of nice subtle keyboard parts scattered about. The piano is nicely played, I liked the part about 1:10 especially. The guitar fills work and the vocal sample seems to enhance the overall feel of the track. I don't care for the sound of the hand claps, just personal I guess. Missed this one when you posted it, sorry Alex.

Nice one, take care!

Wayne

Like others, I liked the intro sample as well, very Beatlesque. I like the thick guitars, nice layering. I think with a little less limiting/compression on the master it may separate the instruments a little more in the mix, things may stand out more. There is an artifact as the song starts, no biggie but it's noticeable. Pretty groovy tune, brings me back a few years. Well done TV!

Wayne

I like the change around the 2 min mark, the walk up. Your vocals are strong and really standout. The song is very well composed. I think a rock kit would would great on this track. It sounds like 90's alt rock to me, real vox and guitars maybe bass, synths and synthesized drums. It works as it is, cool track!

Wayne

Sounds like the blues to me, made me sad as hell. :( lol

I think some compression to the mix might do this a world of good but it works the way it is. Nice separation of the instruments, they all have a place and job to do and it's all good. Well done!

Wayne

The synths at about 40 seconds made me smile, that was such a popular sound back then. That flute was nice, Ian Anderson sitting in that day? lol

Rhythm git had that funky slick sound and attack. Strings were well executed and to me gave the song the 70's total feel. Although disco wasn't my bag back then I can look at it differently now and appreciate it more. You nailed it Scott!

Wayne

Cool track and good to see you back! Interesting track, lot's of neat sounds and effects. The ending was great. Logic has some awesome sounds, I should get into it more, impressed with what you did here with it. The transition in the middle was a nice touch. Well done!

Wayne

Some great sounds in this track. The big "distorted trombone" sound was pretty cool. Sounds a bit industrial to me. A little Herbie Hancock sound in there as well. Would love to see a computer generated video done for this, my mind is full of ideas.

Pretty cool track, interesting all the way through and a great combination of sounds using all the freq range. Well done!

Wayne

I think I downloaded all of alividlife's drum loops, think I just listened to this one the other day. I use ez drummer, easy and real drums as well. The main riff reminds me of Turning Japanese by the Vapors.

Lots of energy. Needs some bad ass bass now and some vox with attitude. So far so good as a starting point, look forward to hearing it finished!

Wayne