StaticNomad
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on Orion by toastedavalanche
Some foreboding piano notes and then some pleasant strings.
0:26 sounds like a very brief little reverbed vocal note as the pizzicato enters.
Vocals seem quite prominent to me. They're good, as usual. Maybe just take the instruments down a bit in level at certain points.
This is pretty decent at this length but I can really hear how a variety good beats would fit well here. How about doubling the length, with a drum heavy second half?
I wasn't keen on the final 8 seconds of sound effect. Didn't seem necessary and wasn't how I wanted to remember the piece. I'd also be happy for the song to just start with the piano notes on 0:11. You can tell what did nothing for me in this one!
Good work, all the same.
Thank you for your informative critique. It's funny that you should mention the idea of a drum heavy second half. It's something I've been experimenting with, but I just can't create or find the drum sound I want atm. It's very frustrating.
As for the final sound effect, if it's leaving the listener with a bad impression, it will have to go.
Cheers,
TA
on Acey Ducey - instrumental by nepaul
That intro rolling keyboard (Rhodes?) riff is very enjoyable and reminds me a lot of old funk records. Kind of like a bassline.
Basic hip hop beat is steady and classic, augmented by some nice percussive additions to keep things interesting.
Some little delayed brass stabs and little hint of guitar panned hard right.
The rising female vocal is short but very nice. I guess it's just the one sample you have there so no other notes.
That keyboard riff does go on for quite a while so I could have done with a change. That's my only complaint about the whole thing. Launching into a killer change could make this an excellent track rather than just a good, simple, yet repetitive one.
Congrats!
on Mile-Deep Island by Evisma
Good to know that The Bass Bro is down with the Slupergroup and happy to make your day. Hearing that makes my day. Has being told that now made your day?
Your day will really be made if we ever manage to get anything done. Even more so if we all like it.
I do remember The Valve saying that he would like to jam his synths in your bass hole and you suggesting he bring the valve oil. Maybe there is room to squeeze The Nomad in too. If not, the bog that's thick and easy to get lost in will have to do.
I am not an alcoholic, a dumbass or a screamer. I'm not great at tuning guitars (I have to use a tuner or I have no chance) but you won't have to be in the same room listening to me take ages over it. No, the worst thing will be having to deal with various back and forth emails, which is so totally unrock'n'roll.
"this won't be like actually playing with someone"
No, it's not and I still really need to do that. This is something else entirely which could be quite interesting.
I've sent The Valve a message mentioning the offer and directing him to this track to see the conversation as well as just listen to it.
I'm looking about my leftover projects for one we can start on. I do have some rock-related stuff which I think will appeal to you. Seems unlikely you'd want to work on a chillout hip hop track so I will now have to regularly think "Would The Evanator like that? How about The Valve?". If you don't, you must be honest as there's no point working on something you don't like.
If The Valve is onboard, maybe there will sometimes be a track that only 2 out of the 3 work on (for whatever reason). But let's not worry about that now.
This might be how you end up a co-composer of a sick 17 min track bro. And how I end up playing on more short tracks. Could be good for both of us. Maybe I can make both of you play on some funkier/bluesier stuff.
I'll probably email you an MP3 of a potential first track in a couple of days. I'm just trying to kock it into a presentable shape.
Collaborative Nomad, jamming another dragon down the bass hole
I'll start in on Satan first thing, and probably send several different versions or angles and let you do comp-tracking. Files will be from start to finish, not a chopped piece that goes there and a snippet that is extra, it will be a solid file like the bounced mp3.
I'll get back to you and the valve soon.
Audi.
on Mile-Deep Island by Evisma
Well, actually, I greet you now (consider this it) and then you greet me later in your preferred, possibly creative, manner.
I still can't hear a problem with the ride and toms in the middle section here. I listened to this three times in a row while typing the whole message and enjoyed it each time.
I forgot to say a few things in my A Different Kind Of Dangerous reply. The track sat there for quite a while (a few months) as just that guitar-as-bass riffage with no violin, layering or clear changes and only about 2 mins long.
I strongly considered asking if The Evanator or The Dirty Sloe Valvebro might like to try coming up with something to go on top as I was really struggling to make it anything more than single line riffage and drums. But I decided it was my job to finish it so I did.
A while ago I was going to propose that The Evanator, The Dirty Sloe Valvebro and Tha Mothafuckin' Nomad form some sort of online band of bros with the mission statement of occasionally collaborating on some of the nicest tracks bro known to man (or beast). I never got round to suggesting it but I guess I am now and I have thought through how it might work. We all use different DAWs so the person who starts the track would be the mixer/producer, with the other two sending in audio and some MIDI parts. It could all get a bit complicated but it might be worth giving it a go, alongside each of our own tracks that we keep all to ourselves.
I hope you're remembering not to segment my posts*, bro. No one likes a post segmenter. Scum of the earth. The posts don't like it and will fight back. I'm training them up right now in offensive anti-segmentation manoeuvres so they will kick your ass and fry your balls the next time you try it.
It is true that they did initially feel lucky to be segmented by you but you took it too far with all the tiny circle intimate place rubbing. It's like a girl you meet in a bar who's happy to just talk to you but when you slap your wang in her ear, you've crossed a line.
I hope you're extremely well.
Unsegmented Nomad, severing this umbilical residue that's keeping me from killing you...
*That ain't cool at all.
(segmented like a mo-fo)
"A while ago I was going to propose that The Evanator, The Dirty Sloe Valvebro and Tha Mothafuckin' Nomad form some sort of online band of bros with the mission statement of occasionally collaborating on some of the nicest tracks bro known to man (or beast)."
Ahh, a looperman supergroup. Loopergroup. No argument here. Mr. Dirt and I have mentioned it in the past, but have yet to present anything to each other. I've been waiting to have written something with a longish breakdown so his synth badassery can be displayed without my over-riding bass guits.
The Bass Bro is down. I may not be the most punctual, but I don't think any of the three of us are very punctual. I do like the idea.
Your proposal made my day. Been about 5 years since I played with anyone, and they were alcoholics and dumbasses, and the music was heavy with a screamer. Not my favorite. I know this won't be like actually playing with someone, but it's a good feeling to have qualified people to write with who aren't all about getting trashed. I'm also pretty sure you know how to tune your guitar. That puts you over my last guitarist. Always tried to tune by ear,.... with heavy chorus on! Maddening!
Evan, who's bog is thick and easy to get lost in.
on Trailbazing ft HEMANIFEZT by TeeGee1965
Once I saw that you'd mentioned R.L., I knew I had to comment again as I'm a massive fan of his. I once went to a gig in London (England) and met his guitarist Kenny Brown. He was R.L.'s guitarist for many years and seemed like a good guy.
I'm not actually that big a fan of Come On In though I do like the idea. I just don't think it was that well done. A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey is still probably my favourite R.L. album.
"It was looked down by the blues guys and probably was too bluesy for the hiphop crowd."
I know - it does fall a little awkwardly between the two genres but I still think that the problem is that is just wasn't that well done and both groups could enjoy it a lot more if someone made a better version.
I also play blues and delta blues (lots of slide) and like to combine it with slower tempo grooves, which sometimes means hip hop. Or it could be funk or reggae - whatever seems to work best.
Here is probably the best delta blues-hip hop crossover I have on the site, with lots of additional psychedelic elements.
Right Place Wrong Century
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/146210
Congrats again on your track.
I love the sound and production of it. So at the moment I am trying to do two things, one is bluesy background with rapping, and the other is hiphop backing with blues type singing.
on Trailbazing ft HEMANIFEZT by TeeGee1965
The only thing about this that really sounds like hip hop is the rapping.
The rest sounds much more like rock plus some funk.
Guitar has quite a 60s vibe to it and that initial riff is a pretty cool one.
0:31 big bends, in a cool bluesy kind of style.
0:39 phased guitar does some really useful stuff behind the vocal. More interesting than just some chords or a particular riff as it doesn't get in the way of the vocal.
Bass is solid and a tight, funky sound.
ooooooh loop by janis71 is OK and adds another vibe.
Overall: it's good stuff that sounds like a proper band.
In any case, I am not educated enough in either of these music genres, I just try to make music that I like listening to, and I am always happy if there are other people who like it too.
"it's good stuff that sounds like a proper band." - thank you for saying that, that makes me happy!! TG
on Impressions From Space by GhostNerdAlex13
I've never heard of you before but this is pretty cool. Not the sort of thing I really ever hear on Looperman.
A real New Order vibe to that chugging, high bassline.
Maybe a bit of The Cure and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) with some of the synth touches.
A good, confident vocal and a bright, uplifting sound.
Vocal level sounds fine to me.
I'll give more detail later as I'm quite short of time right now.
Big congratulations!
on Mile-Deep Island by Evisma
"Wow, three yo's."
Yes, I am very generous with my yos and my yo-yos. Much more so than you with your cookies. I would have given the guy who managed to stick it out for 4 mins at least two. If he made it through one of my 17 min epics, I'd give him a year's supply. And probably throw in a couple of handjobs.
Anyway, I feel that your Sick Track Bro Assembly Skills are now very high and, in some ways, better than The Nomad's. Yes, I do use lots of sounds you don't and perhaps never will but you do a damn fine job with a more limited palette. It doesn't sound quite like a real band but it's not far off and all very fluently played.
I didn't quite realise the Irish vibe this one has until Cru pointed it out. Probably something to do with 3/4 but no doubt also some other scaly shit involved.
"maybe I'll bust out the lap steel and experiment"
Yes - do that rather than a cover. You made such a fine debut with it on Hypnoculars so must do more. Your music is developing even more vibes from other musical cultures and I'd really like to hear you incorporate more Arabic and Asian sounds. Some drones (eg tambura) or other Eastern strings could work really well.
"more tempted to completly remake an old track, rather than remix."
Sure, replay/record and old one if you think you can (I can rarely remember how) but I'm certain you can make big improvements just by remixing the whole track and redoing some drum parts. Try using Aerodrums.
Nomad news: A Different Kind Of Dangerous is very nearly finished though it is a bit messy. It features exactly one metric shit-ton of bass, despite there being no bass instruments involved. You'll like the dirty vibe.
Submerged Nomad, driving another nail down another needy hole
P.S. Don't segment my posts, bro. That ain't cool at all!
"I didn't quite realise the Irish vibe this one has...."
Nor did I, but that section does have a knee-slapping feel to it. Not intentional.
Lap steep is coming out. I don't know about Arabic or Asian, but it will be me. That's all I got.
"P.S. Don't segment my posts, bro. That ain't cool at all!"
Fuck your posts! I'll do with them as I please! I'll rub their intimate places in tiny circles and call them filthy posts that nobody else will ever want, and that they're lucky to be segmented by me. Others would do far worse. Worst part is, when I get to the end of each one, there is a period. Shame.
Evan, slipping into a dream within a dream.
on Adele Hello Remix by Fl4zh
This is a good but quite strange remix, mostly because you haven't used the chorus from the original, which I think is really powerful. I keep waiting for it to arrive but it never does.
On the plus side, you have a massive, massive wonderful sounding bass instrument starting at 0:40 and that seems to be the main feature of the track. I thought the original song chorus might fit nicely over the top.
Powerful production (huge kick too) but a shame about the lack of a chorus. Any particular reason you left it out?
But on the other hand it wouldnt, otherwise thanks!
on Apocalypse 2016 - power version by joecramer
This is some good rocking stuff, with a solid mix.
A bit of an 80s vibe to it (so, maybe a little like The Cult) but that's not a bad thing.
Vocals sound good and I like the reverb but I wonder if there is maybe a bit too much reverb.
Some of the guitar riffs are cool and I can't hear that any virtual guitars are being used.
1:41 nice long, sustained notes. I guess this is Phatkatz's solo. Very nice, fluid playing. A well structured, simple solo and then we're back to the vocals.
Even though it's your vocals in German, the music doesn't sound particularly German though it's hard to explain why.
I guess there's a bit of an industrial vibe as well.
I like the toms and the snare drum, which also sounds a lot like a tom.
Maybe the track could be 1 min shorter but it's not a big deal.
Cool, sustained guitar note right at the end!
That it sounds a bit like 80's is just because i am from them.
You may be right if you think it is a little to much reverb in the vocals but i think it is not much to much :)
The virtual cords from Vita2 sounds really close to real guitars. And with some amp effects they sound even better.
Phatkatz did a good job and played some cool stuff to the track.
Intressting thing that you think the music sounds not german, cause i thought the music sounds (like the vocals) very german.
You know that i am in love with industrial and dark electronic stuff, so it doesn't wonder me to much that there is a kind of vibe of that into this one
There is only one place where i could cut of some of the music and that's at the end. So i thought everybody who needs a faster end could do that by himself :)
I was also really happy that Burt let the guitar stay until the sustain ended. so i could use it really in that way to end the track
Thanks again for your words
stay tuned
joe
on My Condition by toastedavalanche
This is really lovely stuff and that piano is great.
Even better is when it has the delay added to it. Makes a massive difference and turns it into something new.
I've got to know your voice quite well and I could actually hear it as I started listening to the piano parts.
This is more like an instrumental with a few vocal lines rather than a proper song so it feels a bit short. Maybe you could extend it by a minute or so eg by coming up with some other lines and maybe some other change.
Otherwise, it's good, slightly far out, peaceful, warm stuff so big congrats to you.
A short review for a short track...
Thank you for your feedback. This has been an interesting exercise for me. Not sure if I will do more with it or not. I quite like it's simplicity. But I'm glad you could hear the vocals okay. It still takes me ages to get the levels right!
TA
on Mile-Deep Island by Evisma
That's one street hello plus a small, string-based toy for you to play with. I'm a generous chap.
Would you believe I also listened to the whole thing? Took me, like, 4 minutes 6 seconds.
This is fuckin' awesome, right from that cystal clear, wide acoustic g intro. So wide it's going behind my ears.
Then some cool, ominous bass g and a subdued slightly crunchy beat.
0:53 piano is cool and nicely played. Also very wide. Everything great so far.
1:30 reverse cymbal is, believe it or not, good and tastefully done.
1:43 the inevitable heavy rise and it's very good. Great bouncy 3/4 leads and pounding drums. Tom-heavy, I believe. Lead just keeps going up and down - one of your best ever.
2:40 reverse is very cool and almost percussive the way it moves.
2:46 fuckin' cool fill.
Then drums go more badass, with a crunchy left-panned snare.
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Lots of layered guitars and intertwined leads that never get boring or too messy
You're getting really excellent at this Nice Track Bro manufacturing game.
Good fadeout, something you've become better at.
Overall:'twas a great pleasure to listen to this latest piece of Bass Broery. More thoughts another time but no criticisms.
Nomad, more than just a little curious how you're planning to go about making your amends to the dead...
Thanks for hanging in there for the whole 4 minutes. Yeah, that cracked me up. Imagine the self-congratulations for taking in your 17 minute opus. I guess listening to a whole track is not the norm?
Glad you liked this one. Still have an issue with the toms interfering with the riding cymbal in the middle section. Sounds like there is some flanging effect going on. There is not. It's a competition for the same space. Buggin me,... gotta fix it.
Im pretty happy with the tones I got in the ending section. ProCo Rat and a digital chorus. Love it. Gonna use it again soon.
No clue what's coming next. Thoughts of a cover, or maybe I'll bust out the lap steel and experiment. Or revisit an old track. Im more tempted to completly remake an old track, rather than remix. Any suggestions?
Evan, sticking hands into shadows, pulling pieces from the sand.
on Noise on Noise by Deathbot
"I was inspired by those crazy guitar solo's fueled by intense feedback that you only get at live gigs"
This source of inspiration makes sense to me.
I've used dirty, distorted synths in place of guitar in loads of tracks. Sometimes alongside guitar, sometimes not.
Anyway, this has a pretty cool, dirty vibe. Not quite sure where to take it except to suggest that you develop more riffs so that you can extend it by at least a couple of minutes.
Mix sounds pretty decent though maybe one of those synths shouldn't be panned so far to the left. This just sounds like a sketch, as I think you know, so keep going with it, throw some more ideas at it and I think you might end up with a pretty cool, full track.
Yep I think this one will only evolve through trail and error.
Cheers
DB
on Zodiac Sford and NuSkoolFX Remix by sford
This isn't really my kind of style but it has a cool, lazy, funky groove that I enjoy so I thought I should let you know that.
Easy stuff to move your body to.
First minute seems not to have much going on the right hand side (in terms of panning) but then a new synth lead enters on the right. Seems a slightly odd panning choice. Was that intentional?
1:01 and I do like the throbbing bassline.
1:32 it changes a little.
What's up with the very abrupt, cut off ending?
Overall: good, solid dancefloor work.
on Someone is inside my head by Rhodesy
Better someone living inside your head than inside your arse. Especially when they pop their head out occasionally. That looks weird.
Anyway, this is some pretty dense, jazzy stuff you have here, kicking off with some atonal weirdness and then we're into a fat bass and drums groove. A little hip hoppy with the insistent groove and heavy bass.
Lots of guitar on top, as is to be expected, and some of your tasteful runs, as always.
But I'm more interested in the ambient pad strangeness fading in around 1:17. Then some additional bongoey/cowbelly percussion and then a change to a fat ride. I know you love the ride cymbal.
2:05 inevitable solo arrives and it's pretty tasteful. This isn't exactly my kind of home listening vibe but I'd appreciate it a lot in a late night jazz club, for instance.
3:21 cool reverbed guitar note ringing out. 3:41 very cool little run too.
Strange but tasteful guitar ending. The only problem is the pops (eg 4:08), which might be from the delay unit or if you've just copied a piece of guitar audio on the timeline and not crossfaded between the two parts.
Congrats anyway.
P.S. You tell me who's in your head and I'll tell you who's in my arse.
on Little Miss by ImproveWithError
I probably told you that I have most of the EZ kits. I think I recognise this one. Is it the one just called Rock? I tend to forget their names when I'm working with them.
Anyway, your opening lead guitar has some pretty decent bends in it. A bit country for sure.
0:15 there seems a bit of a problem with the bass. It seems too subby and interferes with the rest of the track. Have you just got bass guitar there? Definitely something muddy about the low end.
Song is really quite catchy and fun. Drums are effective and well suited to the genre. Decent fills and switches from hat to ride.
Mix seems pretty good. Powerful but not painfully loud.
My main production criticism is regarding the low end. Oh, and the ending, which is very inconclusive and also cuts off abruptly.
Otherwise, congrats on some good work.
on The 9th Planet by Planetjazzbass
This is some masterful stuff but I definitely have a problem with how loud it all is. It's kind of spoiling it for me as it's just too booming and all seems to stay at pretty much the same insistent level. I want the track to have more peaks and troughs, which would probably be visible on the waveform (which they're not cos it's so loud). Some sounds are possibly a bit distorted.
The insistent thing is partly from the overly repetitive drum part, especially that hat, which doesn't seem to vary at all. Maybe I introduce too much drum variety in some of my stuff but here I really do feel some would help. Even just a change off that hat to, say, a ride cymbal.
But the instrumentation's sounds are awesome right from the off.
0:55 your typical, warm, funky, distinctive bass g sound.
Lots of jazzy lead guitar. A bit bluesy too with some of those bends.
1:32 trancey synth arp floating about. And panning about.
Definitely some strange, skilful, spacey fat groove futuristic jazz right here so congrats to you and Zappo. Or at least his keyboards (maybe they play themselves).
on Ohropack feat VashElite - Questions by Ohropack
I like your bass sound here. Very warm and funky and grooving nicely with the steady drums. Gently enticing, bouncy shit, basically.
0:36 another trancey synth is making the track come alive.
The minimal music all sits tightly behind the up front vocal, not interfering with it at all.
1:47 and that same synth is back. I'm kind of looking for a bit more variety by this point. Not a big complaint - just a preference/desire.
No, that variety's not coming and then the track is over but it's still a pretty cool, swaying, bouncing track so I offer congratulations and multiple word ups, yo.
Take care.
I always appreciate an impartial criticism.
on Catatonia by crucethus
I used to have a girlfriend called Catatonia. No, not really but it does sound like a lady's name.
This is some very creative stuff right here.
Pleasant little wibbly, sci-fi intro. Very cinematic and quite beautiful, especially the distant piano part. And then some guitar strums and 0:42 we're into something wildly different. The film has drastically changed scene.
1:04 not once but twice I thought someone was knocking on my window behind me so had to turn round to look. No, just Cru's bongos.
I have no idea what sort of genre this strummy guitar section fits in. It's clearly not you in dance mode.
1:58 gamelan sort of tinkly sound that is quite pleasant. Beat is a bit 'big beat' but more chilled.
2:29 that's a nice right panned (and then left) synth arp. Fades away nicely. Then tinkly stuff gets more dischordant and children's nightmarish. And computer gamey.
Then a warm pad so you're back to to the beauty.
3:32 gentle, melodic lead suggests this might turn into a euphoric trance track. Often that's what you'd do but not this time.
Instead 4:48 is quite a cool glitchy beat.
4:58 cool added synth to make this fuller and fatter. It's really quite grooving and beautiful now and that lead from 3:32 is still going but then gets squished out by more tinkles.
Haunting, evolving, glassy pad ending to conclude a very varied track. If you dropped the strummy stuff, you could have a more straightforward melodic track but then it wouldn't represent the catatonia you appear to want to represent in musical form.
Congrats on more creative musical endeavours
Ambient Statmad
"I used to have a girlfriend called Catatonia. No, not really but it does sound like a lady's name.
"
It could be the start to a brilliant Limerick!"
"Pleasant little wibbly, sci-fi intro. Very cinematic and quite beautiful, especially the distant piano part. And then some guitar strums and 0:42 we're into something wildly different. The film has drastically changed scene."
Oh yes, normality then the mental storm hits, building stronger and stronger like the strum of a guitar.
"1:04 not once but twice I thought someone was knocking on my window behind me so had to turn round to look. No, just Cru's bongos. "
You know it wasn't my intention to introduce Paranoia since I covered that on another song, but it would be relevant here as well. great observation.
"I have no idea what sort of genre this strummy guitar section fits in. It's clearly not you in dance mode."
no this is myself in deep introspective mode doing my second musical piece of the day.
"1:58 gamelan sort of tinkly sound that is quite pleasant. Beat is a bit 'big beat' but more chilled.
2:29 that's a nice right panned (and then left) synth arp. Fades away nicely. Then tinkly stuff gets more discordant and children's nightmarish. And computer gamey."
This is the cool part of the song for me. I love that beat and the twinkly bits melding with that electro-bass. The synth arp at 2:29 fit perfectly but then I duplicated it and bumped it up a 6th on the left channel and then cross faded them out gently. Then the discord as we start to reach catatonia. You will be proud.. the pad is a timestretch and designed to sound gently haunting and yet peaceful. This part you won't be proud of when I do a Dr Who ref....wait for it..........(I went all Timey Wimey on the pad!!) The melody is from xylient at this juncture.
"3:32 gentle, melodic lead suggests this might turn into a euphoric trance track. Often that's what you'd do but not this time."
Ah hahh! Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
"Instead 4:48 is quite a cool glitchy beat."
As we come out of the catatonic state things are not alright yet. Very glitchy in real life. Very disjointed.
"Haunting, evolving, glassy pad ending to conclude a very varied track. If you dropped the strummy stuff, you could have a more straightforward melodic track but then it wouldn't represent the catatonia you appear to want to represent in musical form."
You sir are the genius That I expect you to be. You nailed it why I wrote this the way I did, and understand it. Now in the future, maybe I streamline this to be more commercial or more palatable to the easygoing listener. But for now, I will enjoy my little piece of art and am grateful that I get to share it with people who appreciate and can also be honest in appraising what they like and don't like. And also be a sarcastic jacka** every now and then as well.;-)
Crutonia
on Real1 by ImproveWithError
The very first thing that struck me about this is the quality of your acoustic guitar recording. Lovely, warm totally pro sound. I'd like to have that sort of sound but don't have a proper acoustic. Two resonators but no proper acoustic.
Some of the guitar playing is a nice combination of somewhat funky and I feel that I can hear the details of your fingers strumming. What a difference a great recording of an instrument makes.
Song is pretty solid but nothing special to my ears. It does sound like radio music. The changes all work just fine.
Bass does a really good supporting job.
1:10 maybe that electric guitar solo could be a bit louder as the acoustic is still dominating. Maybe that's how you want it.
Congrats on a really good production. Doesn't really matter if I'm not that into the songwriting style. I'm sure others are.
Kyle
on synth X by promenade2239
This is some interesting far out stuff.
I watched your video of you programming your new drum machine and meant to make a particular point but never did. The point was that the kind dance style you were doing in that video sounds nothing like the kind of music you seem to make most of the time.
So I wondered if you were going to use the new drum machine to go in a different musical direction.
With this track, it seems you have incorporated the Akai Rhythm Wolf into your usual sound.
Anyway: nice chill intro and laidback slightly funky chords.
0:22 a fun little change and quirky synth sounds.
0:43 nice note.
1:01 we get a firmer drum groove. Sounds like an old 80s lo-fi drum machine. A little bit hip hop.
There seems to be quite a lot of noise on the track at various points. Is that intentional?
2:37 good high, shimmering keys
This is more if your lazy, chillout stuff that I hear as good background music. Not exciting or dynamic music but pleasant stuff.
thank you for detailed review.
The main idea was to make everything on new synthesizers. I started with Wolf only and somehow wanted to see where this 'process' can eventally take me. Then adding more layers I finally ended up with around 30 tracks. I think the noise is coming from Akai Rhythm Wolf - by turning up the 'howl' distortion it always gerenrates a lot of noise. It might be also a result of bad cable connections - probably there was a sort of electrical interference happening. I am awaiting new equipment so I should get cleaner sound next time. I was aware of this but worked too quickly and couldn't fix the problem afterwards.
Regarding to the future perspectives on my music production I actually want to make everything in much simple ways than before. For example: all the ring-modulated background sounds in this song are mainly created using Waldorf Blofeld - new synthesizer I've invested in recently. Waldorf offers amazing sound-design possibilities. Some great textures can be made in just few moments (after mastering it's practical sound-modulation synthesis capabilities and learning how to manage it's menues of course).
Also I intend to record some keyboard music on my upright piano (I probably mentioned this many times before) but it probably will wait again few weeks - I work physically a lot so my hands are quite rough. Overall I still have a very little energy for music, mainly because of too many work commitments.
I worked online with Spivkurl a lot over past few months and wanted also to create some more raw, realistic and powerful electronic sounds. That may be the one of directions of developing my future sound.
The 2 chord progressions of the track are: Bb13 - Ebm9, Ab13 - Dbm9 so V (dominant) - I (minor) which sounds quite jazzy. The other is CM-GM, BbM - FM (all major chords) - a kind of IV-I bluesy/gospel sort of sound. First one recorded on Waldorf's 'Electric Organ' (which actually reminds a proper electric piano sound) - other on Roland's 'D-6 clavinet' preset ('outro' ending on 'electric piano' presets).
At 0:22 starts the 'major' progression, changing the mood. 0:43 was Roland's 'fantasy' sound with a little bit of sitar in it.
You're right about the 80's snare - the one I use (from Akai) is a kind of charecteristic noisy drum maschine sound and it really may reminisce some older recordings. The way I placed few simple snare fills produces quite 80's flavoured sound too.
There is extensive drum layering (Waldorf's bass drums and some other percussive sounds) and complex background (again Waldorf with some deep pads). I placed also some amount of arpeggiated quasi-melodies creating nice funky movement.
I am glad you liked the overall sound and my vision. Surely I want to make more spectacular and original music. We will see. I am still learning how to use new synthesizers so it may take some time.
Thanks again for good words.
Nice day to you, A.
on This Mean Motor Scooter by Evisma
Yes, I had some fun playing around with alliteration, partly because I know you enjoy it (I aim to please). My favourites are the Rachel, Steve and Jimbo ones. Maybe I should do more list-based track comments (and with no hello or goodbye).
I've only met your sister a couple of times and she didn't seem at all racist. Notice how I intentionally spelt that name the other way so you wouldn't think I was directing the racism at her (or her rollercoaster). Good to hear your childhood rollercoaster story.
I'm glad you liked my parody lyrics ("oil up some hefty hos" still cracks me up) and agree that your Stephen Hawking voice idea is a good one. I think I'll instead save those lyrics for when I assemble my one man Evanator tribute band. Gotta have a rabble rousing chorus live and this will be it (your only one). The tribute band will probably have more US No 1s than the original artist due to the generous sprinkling of Nomadgic on the original material.
""1:30 change is a bit of a surprise."
Good or bad?"
Still not sure the first 90 secs fit with the rest so it's not bad but maybe a slightly awkward change. I often find it hard to make big changes without the transition sounding awkward.
"I'm getting better with distorted guitars"
You very much are and I wonder what you have done recently. Probably not any different hardware or software. I also wonder how you've improved your drums.
Regarding your shame over your older tracks, you really should do what I've done a lot of recently - go back and improve them. As I'm getting serious now about releasing a whole load of albums (about 13) I went back and recently worked on all that material (about 70 tracks) in the space of about a month. I was able to make so many improvements, mostly through mixing and mastering. And that's even to some tracks that I'd already spent ages on, believing I'd got them as good as I possibly could.
You've improved so much in 2 years regarding production (much quicker than I did in my early days) that I know you can now make yourself much prouder of your older material.
Congrats on your lengthyish cigarette-free stint. My favourite cigarette joke is "Giving up smoking is easy: I've done it hundreds of times".
Tha Mothafuckin' Nomad, currently listening to his muscle memory.
I've been getting better distorted guitar sounds by recording the line twice and panning, as always, but then recording it twice again with a different distortion that fills in where the first may have lacked. So each guitar line is four separate takes, panned and layered. Whichever distortion is the tinnyiest gets panned the hardest.
As for drums, I've been constructing them from nothing. Kick & snare, then hats, cymbals, toms and other percussion. Usually get a bus track for the reverb so it all sounds the same, and I've been adding a bit of delay here and there to thicken it up. Biggest thing is layering drums to fill in where others lack, like the distortions.
I'll look into some older tracks. I'm leery to because I lost a few projects going in and dicking with stuff. Lost a tracks drums that were painstakingly assembled. Gone. Bye-bye. Never to be heard again.
I've been more careful since then.
In the process of recording a new guitar line. 3/4 with the low E doing 8th notes. Wife says if kind of reminds her of 'Aerials' from System Of A Down, but it's just the 3/4 rhythm. Progression is nowhere near the same.
Evanator, who is quite hip to the bull, yet even more hip to the lies.
on Phobos FT Tumbleweed by PDMuzak
This is some classy stuff. You make a particular type of far out jazz that is different from anyone else on the site and which I'm getting to know as your particular style.
Really fine production here and I like the way the groove fades gently in. Definitely some sort of space music.
Has maybe a bit of a 70s vibe, with that flute, which doesn't sound like a keyboard patch.
I hear this as more of a deep chill track than jazz - maybe because it has such a gentle, laidback vibe.
The outro chords and bass guitar and synth movements are really skilfully done. A proper ending that is its own skilful little movement (a suite?) rather than just some sort of fadeout or ending on an obvious chord.
Great stuff.
on Abandoned Sanctuary by Orlando51
This is some classy stuff and you clearly specialise in drumless, mysterious minimalism. I have a lot of musical limitations and am a bit lost without a good solid groove, which is why I tend to use a lot of drums, whereas you often use none.
I'd find using none quite difficult and have only ever done one proper drumless track (chillout with lots of strings but also guitar).
Anyway, this is another hard one to review as it seems to just keep stretching itself on and on, without any obviously different sections. Lots of gliding notes and a constant air of mystery and intrigue. And melancholy calm.
Seems about the right length so I don't suggest cutting it down, as I did with your last lengthy, drumless ambient piece.
Good work.
P.S. I've wondered for a while why you generally only write 2 or 3 line track reviews when you're clearly capable of saying a lot more ie as you do in your own track replies.
As far as the length of comments are in questiion I can only say the time is my biggest enemy!
Thanks alot for listening and your valuable comment!
With appreciation______Orlando
on Big Red Boat by DanGoldstein
I like boats. Big, red or small - I don't mind.
This has a pretty cool vibe to it but feels like it should be extended. As if it's only a preview. Gotta say the vibe is quite futuristic so doesn't make me think of that boat chugging along.
This sounds like it's going to turn into a fat, pumping dance track once some heavier beats arrive.
Or it can just stay sitting there chilling in its bombastic sort of way for a while.
Congrats.
On the art - yea, not my most obvious music/art sync by a long shot. But it's a happy ride!
Thanks for great visit and comment Static.