rei4real

Dude, thank you a million times for listening to, and reviewing, my tune.

I know exactly what you mean about mixing down.

I seem to spend countless hours fiddling with all the knobs and sliders, but it still doesn't come out like I want it to (especially when vocals are involved). I know that part of the problem is that these cheesy desktop speakers don't reproduce any bass at all, but it's mostly (as you said) a matter of lack of experience. Hopefully, I'll get better at it as time goes on. I just need to learn the right techniques...

Thanks again for taking the time to give me a listen and post a review, rei. I really do consider you to be one of the best guitarists I've ever heard, bro, so it means a lot to me when someone such as yourself expresses a little interest.

Peace, bro.

Mike

Thanks a lot for this nice review.Yeah,very relaxed,indeed,lol
Cheers
French Kid

rei - when I joined this site and started playing with loops I put up my first tracks as "Trance" because of their hypnotic quality. I'm glad I can still create this mental/emotional space with my work. I'm delighted and flattered that you improve! And I'm really delighted to see you've got more tracks up! Will be listening and reviewing more of yours shortly! Thanks much for the listen and review.

Thanks a lot rei, I think you are right, it certainly could use a much more pronounced bass instrument. I am putting the acapella up, maybe someone else will make better music for it. I have lost my interest in the song, I worked on it to long and ended up ruining the instruments with my overdoing the filters and equalizing. I was ready to move on anyway. Thanks.

Thanks! I am condemned creatively.. mostly ;) Now I must work on technique and rhythm. You have so many interesting loops, the next track is on the horizon... completely surely ;)

Ahhhh Rei,

Hey man, thanks for checking out my latest. Guess I have a way of sucking folks in eh? hee hee.

Start out soft so you'll turn up your speakers...and then 'bam' as you say.

Your very right, people don't have to do blazing fast leads in order to make a nice song. The right notes at the right time works the best.
I keep wondering how to better myself with each new passing tune...but its hard.

Thanks again for your review.
Randy

Thanks for the review. Do you have any tips when it comes to produces a song like this?

I record using an electro-acoustic guitar (the one in main pic) but my computer is 8 years old and acts strangely from time to time ; usually when recording. I could really do with a newer much better set-up (its on my wish list) but I have to make do with this for now. Thanks for your suggestions I may try recording pure acoustic with 2 microphones. glad u enjoyed this track.

Rei,
Thanks Rei,
related to music that is the only positive thing about losing the onces you love. It can give you so much emotion and inspiration in music. But I would gladly give that back in return for all my friends and family I lost.
Gerard

thanks!

I know exactly what you mean by it ending too soon. I have a funny feeling this is going to turn into one of those Epic long ass songs, with me sinking more time into it. I wanted to get the rough idea down ASAP with what I was hearing inside my head. I live a block away from a convientent store, I found myself singing out words and practicing some prospective vocal Comps. I was really uncertain what the hell I was singing when I laid down this track and it's rather weak. I hear another chord that the opening here is wanting to move to. I might experiment with it some. I do need to get my hands on some killer TOM drums and Cymbols to pull off the part that kicks in for Drive. I don't know what the Next Level of this song is going to go to, what it's going to sound like. I'm open to any suggestions or ideas anybody wants to toss out. Even loops or whatnot. 120 BMP is what it's set at. :-)

Good ears! I did not get to the chorus and 2nd chorus for the bass part yet. Do you play the bass? Would love to have someone play bass on it. This was done with a MIDI keyboard...

Hi Rei,
This was my Westone Spectrum DX with a Bendmaster Deluxe Whammy bar, Going Through a tiny amp called a Rockman by Tom Scholz, going through a Digitech DSP 256 FX processor. He used the volume knob alot. From that, straight into the old Tascam 246 four track cassette recorder.

Thanks Rei, I just checked out your track that you orginally did. I love it. Thanks for checking mine out and thanks for the loops. peace.

Thanks man, It took some work to make some of the clean loops dirty to blend with the others. Then take everything to a clean sound in the Jazzy Bridge Section. I was feeling a bit Jack White and Eric Clapton on the main grooves. The Feedback guitar sort of Steve Stevens. The Jazzy Bridge reminded me of something Spyo Gyra would pull off. I tried to pump things up before going into the Jazzy Bridge section. A Rockin Pre-Bridge? Kick back into the Punkish Groove, back to the Blues Groove.. well you get the idea. I had to take it all down to electronic Synth work at the end. The fun part is matching up a bunch of loops to a steady groove in the same key.

HI there Rei,
Thanks my man for checking out my latest tune. I appreciate your comments always. This was a fun one to make as well.
Randy