StaticNomad

Tally Pruit*, bass bro.

If it is the evening for you. Otherwise, try not to run that ship aground, Captain Ehab**.

"Marriam-Webster never put out a new addition..."

True but Merriam-Webster do. You're missing an 'e', Mr E.

I'm still thinking about Tally Pruit, wondering what she's up to (hopefully reading this), whether she ever got rid of the nits and if she's still emotionally scarred from being thoroughly Evanated on the bus.

Ha, I'd forgotten about FourObesePussies. I do like that. One obese pussy would be quite enough to deal with but imagine being crushed/suffocated by four of them. Still, there are worse ways to go.

Went kayaking with a friend the other day who I hadn't seen in 2 years. She remembers all sorts of bizarre and amusing things I've said over the years. Probably passing jokes that I quickly forgot. She says I was quite fond of saying (to her?) "Salut, salope", which is my French translation of "Yo, bitch". I have no idea if the French ever say that. Translating "word up" in to French wouldn't work. I still don't know what it really means/where it comes from in English, despite quite often using it ironically as a greeting.

She also says that I once said it was a shame that T-shirts never have logos/designs printed on the armpits and that there should be more of that about. I have no memory of it but that's got to be a joke.

Please start using the noun and verb 'queue'. See if anyone tells you to "stop talking British".

I get the Lobos-Tesseradecade thing now and so may MrWolf14 (having heard Tesseradecade). Technically it works but it's not aesthetically pleasing.

Nomad, stepping into the shadow, forty six and two just ahead of him.

* See - there are an infinite number of possible greetings - even old girlfriends' bizarre names.

**Mr E version of character in classic novel Moby Dick, which I still haven't read.

Skanktastic regreetings, Genital Rolling Pinner.

How goes the Grammar Naziing? I think you should give up on that.

I have returned because I have been thinking about Tally Pruit. What a bizarre name and what a fun little story. Certainly not The Evanator's finest moment. What a heartless bastard he was back in the day.

Tally Pruit doesn't even sound like someone's name but more like it might mean something like "Good evening" in Finnish.

I guess you no longer date any skanks. Wives tend not to approve of that. But, if she's a nice, clean, polite girl, I find that wives are totally OK with it. You can take that marital advice and bank it.

No, you've never mentioned being into Melissa Etheridge. Not sure I've even heard one of her songs.

Congratulations on educating me regarding pavement. I guess in the UK we would just say, collectively, 'paved surfaces'. Pavement here is just your sidewalk.

Also, do you Yank chaps ever use the word 'queue'? Why always this 'standing in line' business? There's a perfect, concise word for what you're taking three words to say and it's 'queue'. Still never heard an American use it.

"Lobos-Tesseradecade"

Is that supposed to mean 'a group of 14 wolves'?

Another time, Optimus Prime.

Nomad, underneath.

Yo.

This is some pretty powerful stuff and very good for only one hour.

Compelling, kind of pretty intro. Good soundtrack music, actually.

Then some massive bass and distorted, crunchy percussion. Sounds like a fat, very fast d'n'b groove might drop. But it doesn't.

Good to hear you're working on a fuller mix as this is well worth pursuing. Master isn't bad though maybe it's a bit too loud.

2:41 nice arp outro. In a fuller version, perhaps the fast d'n'b drums drop after 8 bars or so of that outro arp and then we're into the second half, with perhaps the first 3/4 half returning in 4/4 time.

What do you think?

Trancey greetings, Cru Dawg.

Your title is pretty much composition philosophy/technique - keep throwing stuff at a track and see what sticks and keep on going until you hit on a really cool riff, fill or whatever.

Anyway: I like this.

Intro has a bit of fairground organ feel. That's what they play on the trance Merry-Go-Round.

0:07 much dirtier and then a bit of a music box type of melody and sound.

When that dirty top line kicks in 0:31, it all comes together, even without that much of a bassline. That is such a cool riff. What is it? It's quite a bit guitarey.

This has some of the dirt of grunge but it's very much a dance track so congrats on bringing those genres together - something I also like to do.

2:50 bongo grooves plus metallic percussion are good.

3:36 another synth with some cool movement and timbre, getting more intense around 3:52. shit building nicely before the next breakdown.

4:23 and it sounds a bit like a DJ changing record. Definitely at 4:38 as it sounds like a new track.

Aha my fave riff is returning but then drops out a little before 5:34 when another synth part takes over.

6:07 bassier synth moving about playfully.

Ending is too abrupt though I know it can be hard to do something else that fits nicely.

Overall: an accomplished piece of genre-merging dance skill.

Hi.

I like your simple, chilled intro.

My main problem with the track is that I'm not sure Biggie's vocal style fits your tropical chill style. Something just doesn't feel right about it.

1:50 synth comes to the fore. Good delay and reverb on that a nice, dreamy melody.

I'm meant to say for a while that I'm impressed with your music in general based on how little time you say you've been doing it.

No complaints about the music here, just that its vibe doesn't seem to fit the timbre/mood/emotion/vibe of the vocal. Other people will strongly disagree but that's opinions for you.

Tropical greetings, as always.

Loop-based greetings.

So very, very many comments so what more can I add? Well, mostly that it is a good piece you have assembled here. And that's coming from someone who generally strongly dislikes anything described as 'trap'. I hadn't even heard of that genre until a couple of years ago. I learnt about it through this site and now know just what it's about.

Anyway, the way this builds into something much more badass after a minute or so is well done. Damn fine mix overall too. I don't mind the loud-looking waveform and can't really hear any clipping.

I checked some of the loops and can't hear the Megapaul guitar one. Maybe it's buried deep. Where does that occur in this track?

Oh, wait a minute, for a track in this kind of genre, you're just supposed to say: "Yeah, dope track bro". Sorry about all those other unnecessary words.

Congrats again.

Hi.

I generally dislike most dubstep but I think this is really good. I actually read all the comments before pressing play so was expecting to hear some really weak ass drums.

However, I'm pleasantly surprised to find that they're pretty damn good. I like those scratchy hats (they're not muffled), which is quite a different sort of sound, and also don't see a problem with the kick.

I guess everything can be improved (and I spend a lot of time on doing that in great detail in my own tracks) but I don't see a problem in general with your drums - they're doing a good job.

1:24 that lead and its pitch bend/portamento (?) is very cool. Nice melody.

I don't like to criticise other reviewers but I don't understand Spudsy's response to your reply to him, which seemed quite reasonable and not all "protective of your end result".

Therefore, the following seems quite unnecessary and perhaps a little unpleasant: "However you look at it opinions, unfortunately rarely trump facts. I wouldn't have replied again but you were so protective of your end result what was the point in asking for people's input?"

Good work...

Tidings of comfort and joy

Comfort and joy

I don't actually mind a bit of The Jove, as painful as that may be for you to read. I'm sure I used to listen to the Slippery When Wet album many years ago. It can be catchy stuff but I understand why they annoy people. I will endeavour to keep that douche and his side-douches (bandmates) out of future conversations. I'm pretty sure I saw his keyboard side-douche outside a bar in Beale Street in Memphis in 2013.

You may also be disappointed/baffled to hear I'm a big fan of Enya and have been listening to her a lot for the last few months. Good solo kayaking music.

"We too have pavement."

I thought you Yank chaps always called it 'sidewalk'. And so my American education continues...

I did actually Google 'seacrest' but finding there is a human being called Ryan Seacrest did not help explain your signoff phrase. Now I get it and find it quite horrendous. I'm tempted to find a video clip of him saying that excruciating phrase.

Now is a perfect time to mention of one of my favourite obscure words: illeism. It's only obscure (still never heard anyone say/write it)because it has a very specific meaning and it's exactly what the soulless Seacrest is doing: 'reference to oneself in the third person'. Other examples:

"2014 was a great year for Tom Cruise", said Tom Cruise.
"Ladies just love Evan Wantland", said Evan Wantland.

Yes, Jools Holland is OK and has a certain quirky charm. He's an actual musician (one obsessed with playing boogie woogie piano, that's what the style is called) rather than just some dick presenter.

I had an OK Tuesday though considered emailing you for a well wishing top-up but didn't, somehow managing to make it all the way to Wednesday.

Later, skank dater

Nomad, out.

I salute you*, good sir.

I have listened again and can confirm that your acidic hound isn't incongruous in this track. It fits perfectly and isn't out of place in a track featuring various other creative sounds. It's just incongruous for you as I'm not sure you even listen to any music containing such sounds. They are common in the kind of genres you don't listen to ie electronic/dance kinda stuff.

You're making the flute and marimba a bit of your own kind of sound, as you did a while ago with the piano. I guess that will make a reappearance sometime - it's been a while.

"I'll give it a shot."

I'm sure you're already halfway there, living on a prayer.

This is quite possibly your best track since Hunting For Gatherers.


Yes, I do take definite pride (no '-fulness' required, that's wrong) in the wife-waking goodbye. I've recently written a list of about 15 "later...-er" rhyming goodbyes specifically to be used in conversation with you and that one was at the top of the list as I felt it was the strongest.

I seem to recall you mentioning something about your wife having to get up very early. When I came up with "later...waker", I needed someone/thing for you to wake. I guess it could have been a vomit-stained homeless dude on the sidewalk (known as 'the pavement' in the UK) but the wife thing seemed more fun.

Note how I didn't suggest that the tasty breakfast you make consists of either Dick Pie or Balls Pudding. That would be wholly inappropriate to even mention on a public forum to someone you've never met.


"Seacrest, out."


As hard as I try, I cannot figure that one out.


Later, elaborate suicide faker.


*So hard I knocked myself out, woke up a while later with some temporary brain damage and started writing this foolish greeting explanation.

Hi.

This is excellent work. What a strange and unusual track!

I've also checked out most of your other tracks and they are good too.

I'd like to give you a fuller, more detailed review but I'm not sure if your English is good enough to understand what I'm saying.

If it is, let me know and I will do a better review.

Congratulations.

Regreetings.

Thanks for the vocal info.

" bummed that i could only spend one hour on this one because I wanted more things in it".

Yes, but there's absolutely no reason no to develop this track further. The competition is just a bit of fun. So, now take this track and do more fantastic things with it and reupload as a separate track ie one that took perhaps a lot more than an hour.

There's no reason to abandon this as you have made such a great start and possibly much better than I could do in one hour. I'm not sure I'd even want to try as I'd be constantly watching the clock and might not enjoy the time pressure.

Please keep working on this.

Congrats again..

Greetings.

If you really did make this in only one hour, it's pretty damn impressive.

The mix sounds fairly well balanced and I like your female vocal. Quite a dark sound but a good groove. Really quite hypnotic and ethereal.

Where is the female vocal from?

You should turn this into a full, more varied track as you have a great basis. Just try to add various small changes and fills. The basic hypnotic vibe is a cool one. I love that lead, wailing trippy synth!

Best track I've heard from you.

Another creative track from you. That's two I've heard and two I like.

Start to 0:04 feels wrong, like the drums come in a beat too early. Just feels a bit too awkward.

Left panned drums are an odd choice so I prefer when they go nicely stereo. Then they sound great.

0:28 mid-range bassy synth is very cool and then there's another useful bass synth underneath.

0:52 very dreamy guitar part. A little bit Eastern.

1:17 crazier, reverb-heavy emphatic note that makes things more epic. A bit of a trance sound there.

Nice little ending to take things back down.

I think we definitely have some things in common musically. One notable difference is that you make short tracks and I generally make either long or very long tracks.

Congrats.

A heartfelt hello, Bass Bro.

I am here to offer you objective praise on this obviously nice track bro. Now let me focus...

First guit riff sounds like your kind of style.

0:22 it really comes alive with that mean bass tearing shit up.

Awesome change at 1:03. You've really got the sparser drum groove working well there. Riff over the top has fine timing.

1:14 your acidic hound is good but still surprising and a bit incongruous in one of your tracks. You know I always want you to expand your style and instrumentation. You're doing it here.

This chill grooving section reminds me of me a bit.

1:35 a marimba lead I've heard you use before so you're now making it your own kind of recognisable sound.
Same goes for flute at 2:00. Not a sound I'd use but works well for you.

2:29 pre-badassery, with that arriving fully 10 secs later. It's just a good riff. Some real tight playing in those pull offs. Not sure I could pull that off, so to speak. End section is maybe too short. Drums are spot on and have a vital relationship with that main riff.

I like the idea of Jethro Tool and it makes sense. End section is a bit Tooly though no obvious rip off. I'd try to extend that by 30-odd secs, adding in some other variations to keep shit interesting. How about bringing back your acidic hound there?

Overall: fine stuff that expands your musical style quite a bit.

Later, early morning wife waker and subsequent tasty breakfast maker.

Hi.

This is really well produced and some proper far out, chill out d'n'b. It does seem a bit short but you did say it's only a preview so not to worry.

I like your distant, wailing sounds in the intro - quite cold and robotic and very sci fi.

Really good stereo image in this - sounds sitting nice and wide in my headphones.

0:45 is where it starts to get good for me with that cool, slightly funky synth part. Lots of percussion going on, which is usually a good thing if it's skilfully done.

1:30 some more badass beats drop to push things along.

1:52 your first bassline! That's a fat, subby sound.

2:16 a more beautiful and melodic pad that I like.

End section chords are cool but it sounds like they should continue - probably will in the full version.

Congrats!

Binary regreetings, highly advanced computer software program masquerading online as a real world Missouri bass bro.

Damn, will I ever stop commenting on this track? Only time will tell...

Your new avatar looks good though there's quite a lot of beard and not much hair. It also looks just like Nick Oliveri, another bass player, from Kyuss, QOTSA and other bands. You have been busted, computer software, so next time choose a picture of a less well known closet-dwelling bass player.

"It's the title of a Puscifer song"

Not quite - that's Vagina Mine. I always interpreted that as a variation of "my vagina" rather than the more amusing idea of a vagina miner, like a coal miner (an idea I got from you).

Some of the Puscifer stuff is good, some really isn't. Perhaps my favourite song is The Mission - the one featuring Milla Jovovich, who sounds amazing on it.

Puscifer is a terrible band/project name; quite immature really, as is Cuntry Boner.

In other vag news, I was out kayaking the other day with a friend on a small London river and saw the following graffitti on a bridge:

neo vagina

What the hell is that supposed to mean? Is it what neo Nazis are into? Or is it some sort of advanced, super special designer vagina I haven't come across (haha) just yet?

No, mic still hasn't shown up though I've not been looking for it so that's no surprise.

I'm currently really struggling to do much good in terms of music. Not happy with my playing abilities or sound and feel like I've run out ideas on guitar. I do now have a bow for the cello but haven't started using it yet. I'm busy working on a half decent track merging some dance music you'll hate with some reasonably tasty, funky and mildly badass bass g and guit fiddle riffage.

Track will probably be called Tesseradecade. You would normally not continue listening after 10 secs of that sort of music but, as it's me, you might just give it a chance to see what it develops into (something you'll probably like).

And now I bid you bye bye

Later, anal gyrator...

Hello.

This is indeed pretty chill but also quite powerful. However, the vocals are a bit too loud starting at 0:51. They're just the right level before then.

But they're also good vocals. Whose are they?

Lots of good melody here and a warm bass sound. Quite an uplifting overall sound so maybe it's not really chill but more medium tempo dance music on the chill side of things.

Good beats.

Congratulations.

Hi. I'd never heard of the original song before so I went and checked it out and liked it. Lana Del Ray has a good vocal here.

I think you have done well as your version works just fine. It's cleanly and well produced though I'm not sure it offers a lot more than the original. It seems to be pretty much the same structure and not much of a different genre from the original.

Same vocal at the same tempo (I think) and that's what I'm really listening to. I guess I'm hard to please and was looking for something quite different or unusual.

You beats are all tight, as are your synths so you can be very happy with this working as another version.

Good work, all the same.

Sup, Mystery*

I like the idea of a vagina miner though I guess that's kind of a gynaecologist. Or maybe it's somebody who knows how to extract the precious resources within - diamonds, gold, sapphire - that sort of stuff. Maybe a really effective vagina miner (which totally still rhymes) is, like the fine Kyuss song, a One Inch Man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAXGu81Rk1g

Sorry to miss out on your epic mega reply but it's your own damn fault. I always type in a separate document and then apply my favourite music making technique - Ctrl C, Ctrl V.

Damn, you're right - a faggot is a bundle of sticks, not one stick. Dumb me.

I also used to be a big fan of Dookie (not that I knew what the word meant) and still think it's a bit of a classic album. I even used to play Longview in my teenage school band (me on bass g).

Then they went all big and popular and I have no interest in anything they do. Pretty hard making lots of good songs when your formula is so limited.

"Couldn't disconnect hand from foot"

Me too, to an extent. I used to play drums a bit and even performed as the drummer for 5 nights in a theatre production of Cindarella when I lived in the tiny Gulf country called Qatar. But coordination is hard and playing fuckin fast and varying your grooves and doing accurate badass fills is so hard. And then there's complex jazz drumming, which is another awesome art.

One of a few reasons my tracks tend to be so drum-heavy is because I love quality drummers and guess I'm trying to emulate them. I love great drumming as much as any other instrument. Perhaps, in some ways, more.

Fuck me, that Tidewater accent is amazing! So damn funny.

A mild sorry for the confusing "illegal data aggregator".

I've been mining the 'later' rhymes for a while now for goodbyes and 'aggregator' was my latest so needed something to go with it. No meaning beyond that.

Later, effeminate bundle of sticks.

*Mr E

Regreetings.

"you had a track that had a reversed guitar in the beginning"

No, I don't think you've heard any tracks of mine with reversed guitar intro. However, I had a think about that and I do have one with reversed g intro and it's a very alternative electro blues track I like.
Check it here:

Six Of One

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/147997

Anyway, your track:

Effective bass joins at 1:04. A good pulse sitting behind all that noise. I could do without the scratchy noise but it doesn't ruin things.

Things build well as you change the filter on that bass while stringy synths rise and then fall away around 2:29, leaving us with more prominent bass pulse. Noise has gone now.

2:50 and you're into a cool groove. The build into it wasn't too long and it's a tight groove you can dance to.

Lead high melodic synth parts call out nicely to the listener. Good delay and reverb making this far out,slightly epic and totally my kind of vibe.

4:37 drop of the bass as some variation was required.

2:50-5:49 may be a bit too samey, as the waveform indicates (ie you can see the same shapes) but it's still a cool section. After that, I could have done with it all getting bigger and morphing into some final, epic conclusion to round things off. That's just what I would like to hear rather than a particular criticism of what you've done, which is fine work.

Congrats again.

All hail The Evanator
He ain't no mothafuckin' hater
He always bringin' us a tasty bass riff
Don't turn away
Get in front of it

Vag-based regreetings, my fun china.

Not much work to do at work so I'm back yet again for more chit-chat. Mostly chat plus a little chit.

I watched the Louis CK link kindly provided by The Cru Dawg and am still confused over how you damn American chaps and chapesses pronounce that vag word. He seems to be having a laugh about what I consider the standard way of pronouncing it. I've heard it mentioned on loads of US TV shows and movies over the years and I'm certain it's always pronounced exactly as us Brits say it, just with whichever flavour of US accent the character has.

Yes, "rubbers" in the UK are not really condoms. We sometimes say "johnnies". I don't but other people do, not that I know why. Here, "fags" are not homosexuals but standard slang for cigarettes though we stil have "faggot", though that's seen as pretty damn offensive. What the gay community might even call The F Word, though that's a total guess. A faggot is actually a stick so no idea why gay people ended up being called that.

"I keep hearing that Looperman was not nearly as user friendly as it is now."

Yeah, it was pretty crap. Having a waveform is useful - often indicates to me the sort of track I shouldn't bother clicking on.

But the most significant change by far is the featured tracks page. I joined 4 years ago and did and got a few reviews but hardly "met" anyone and had no idea where to start or anything. So, I stopped using it until about 2 years later. Then I met you, Crucethus, The Valve and others. It's all because of featured tracks. That helps you see what other people are saying and guarantees that other people can find your work. Without it, how would I even know if you'd uploaded a new nice track bro? Before featured tracks, hardly anyone would find my music. Why should they as it was indeed all just a big, long list of tracks in the various different (and fairly limited) genres.

I have not seen or heard of Housebound but will check it out on your recommendation.

I get your point about people who comment on my tracks with no registered "Play" from them. Thanks as I hadn't quite worked that one out.

Finally: G minor for your vagina, G maj for your vag

Later, illegal data aggregator.

Hi there.

I definitely like the sound of this chill piece morphing into a good electro groove and will give a better, longer review when I have the time.

First 5 seconds have a great tone to them and I'd be happy with that intro in one of my own tracks.

Then a cool little high lead around 0:45.

So, more later but big congrats for now...

Regreetings, Mr Spiv.

I'm slightly surprised you so liked my previous review (though it's always nice make someone happy). I've definitely enjoyed some of your other tracks more than this one and probably been more enthusiastic when reviewing.

I'd never heard of Tyco HotKeyz so I googled that shit. Turns out it's a keytar! Now fully Spivified with extra and extra bent circuits or something. I had a look at the instrument and don't really understand how you play it as a proper instrument as it seems to have so few keys. But it's described as a toy so I guess it just plays a load of patterns, which you can modify a bit. I'm not really sure.

"I have grown to love minimal drums in every way"

I definitely understand that.

I also get that you don't like ride and crash cymbals. Bear in mind that using them won't necessarily turn a song into a rock thing. Lots of ride and cymbal stuff in dance music. And then there's the noise, fizzy electro version of a ride. The point I made earlier still stands: taking the track up a bit by moving away from hi hat (to something like ride or crash) might help a lot and also give you the fun of dropping back down into the hi hat groove. But I may well be wasting my time writing these words and making such suggestions.

I have also never seen The Teletubbies and really don't want to but I'm fairly sure the "uh oh" in your track is very, very close to their catchphrase (I think) in that TV show.

Anyway: good track, Spiv.

Take care.

Regreetings.

Sorry to hear you're tired all the time. I've also been struggling this week to do any decent music after work because of pretty much falling asleep in the studio listening back to tracks.

"my creative juices are not flowing as they were"

They certainly were on this one. I'd be proud to have come up with this track.

Also part of the problem with the sharp and piercing noises is the level of the track. It's basically all too loud, as you can see from the waveform. Try just turning it all down at the end of the mix (ie the master). I assume this one must be "going into the red" ie introducing some clipping and digital distortion. Having no clipping at all will make for a smoother listen. Hey, it's not extreme metal...

Congrats again.

Yo.

I played a few tracks on here, looking for something to comment on, and yours really stood out to me.

0:23 you kick in with a cool groove and then a much fatter beat at 0:26. That's pretty badass, actually. This has some serious vibe.

1:03 intersting change.

Some of the high end white noise stuff is a bit too sharp and piercing for my ears.

1:25 cool transition back down into the fat verse beat.

This is really creative stuff.

More thoughts from me another time, provided you reply, which you didn't last time.