StaticNomad
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on This Mean Motor Scooter by Evisma
That Piss Poor Pedalo
The Dinky Little Dumptruck
My Magnificent Microlight
Those Dangerous Dune Buggies
Jimbo's Jivin' Jetpack
Kevin's Krappy Kayak
Sarah's Sumptuous Steed
Steve's Special Needs Space Ship
Evan's Effervescent E-Type
Tommy's Terrific Tank
Bass Bro's Bodacious Brush Hogger
Larry's Luxurious Lawnmower
Rachel's Racist Rollercoaster
Sally's Slutty Suit Of Armour
Skeeter's Skanky Skateboard
Wang's Wacky Wakeboard
"Rachel's Racist Rollercoaster"
This one cracked me up. My sister's name is Rachael. She's far from racist, but I'm not sure if she cares for coasters. I rode some crazy rides with her at a fair one summer because nobody else wanted to get on them, and after three,....I popped. Since then, my insides have become much more susceptible to the effects of the natural laws of physics. One is reversed, though. That is "What goes down, must come up".
on This Mean Motor Scooter by Evisma
Is gonna bang some fat chicks and let them nibble his ear
I said:
This mothafuckin' Nomad right here
Is gonna oil up some hefty hos and make them do interesting things to his rear
Then play some triangle, yeah!
I see you have been busy scootering. And fairly meanly too.
Damn, it's annoying to see This Mean Motor Scooter taken as a title. Like a nice lady you never bothered asking out and now she's spoken for and gone forever. I had the chance to use it but didn't bother and now it's your title for all eternity.
Intro is some sort of "rabble rocker hip hop". The kind of thing a crowd of heavy beer drinkers would chant at a gig. The one man Evanator gig.
0:20 pretty cool riffage.
0:37 a bit of a change pushing the riffage to other places.
1:30 change is a bit of a surprise.
1:33 nice delay on that reverbed drum hit, and the others that follow.
This is where the beer drinkers have a little break and drink some more beer, maybe load up a bowl before the riffage returns, as they know it must.
2:31 nice chunky riffage.
2:40 bass is really fucking deep and the mix is damn powerful. And then a meanish, yet gentle lead. This is better than the rabble rousing first 90 secs and more my thing. Deeper, more meaningful.
3:14 useful drum change. You're getting much better at that.
3:49 ending is a very tasty abrupt pull back. Sounds a lot like a good live band would do.
Guiness bottle top flick is a fun end.
Overall: not as good as Hypnoculars but still some nice shit.
Nomad, currently buying a hot shot gat from a north end guinea.
Is gonna bang some fat chicks and let them nibble his ear
....Is gonna oil up some hefty hos and make them do interesting things to his rear"
Aaaahh,..... poetry. Shit made me laugh pretty fuckin hard. You need to throw that into your next track. Not the same way, or even your voice. The Stephen Hawking voice would be awesome, just stating it at the end of a track during a fade-out, all matter-of-fact like.
"Damn, it's annoying to see This Mean Motor Scooter taken as a title."
I'm sure it is. You were just too slow. "This Angry Hoveround" is still available! Also "These Perturbed Vespas". They are all solid gold. "That Happy Solar-Powered Fan-Boat" would be the antithesis of this track. Great for your trollings around swampy, atmospheric soundscapes.
"1:30 change is a bit of a surprise."
Good or bad? I like it. It is what I heard the earlier part going into. I like the background guitar there the most. Even got a little wah action in the middle there.
"really fucking deep....damn powerful..... meanish, yet gentle.....Deeper, more meaningful."
Those moments don't come often, but now that I'm getting better with distorted guitars, I'll be better at conveying what I'm trying to get across. I hear stuff in my head, but when I record it, it's pretty flat. This track was better.
"Overall: not as good as Hypnoculars but still some nice shit."
Hypnoculars and Constellation were my favorites from the past few months. They can't ALL be the best. We can go from the best track we've ever done, swiftly into the worst, most uninspired shit shamefully attempted,.... and vice/versa. It's the one kind of "magic" I believe in. A sound can inspire a feeling, that feeling can inspire more sound.
Nothing new worth mentioning here. The 16th of January was 2 years, for me, without a cigarette. What sucks is that I quit smoking at the beginning of two really shitty years, but I stuck with it. Glad the hard, psychological shit is over with. Bad things, cigarettes. I don't recommend them.
Evan, antes up with his ass 'cause he ain't got a penny.
on The Deep Dark by toastedavalanche
You're definitely evoking the sounds of the deep with that piano intro and other bleepy synth sound. Makes me think a tiny bit of Floyd's masterful epic called Echoes.
Into is OK but the proper track takes off on 0:41 with that funky beat and nice string part.
And then a good vocal arrives. I'm really getting to recognise your laidback vocal style. It's become quite distinctive.
Somewhere around 1:30 I think some reverse activity starts up.
1:52 a small vocal pop/plosive which you could maybe remove, just to tidy things up a little. I guess most people won't even notice it. Maybe you don't use a pop shield.
I really don't hear any rock music in here at all. What do you think is 'rock' about it? No guitar and not rock drums so I wonder why you hear 'a modern rock sound'.
Overall, it's good, interesting stuff. Kind of late night chillout or cinematic to my ears.
Congrats.
I always appreciate your comments as they always provide useful insight and criticism. The pop you mentioned has had me stumped for a while, I have been waiting for someone to point it out. So nice one for spotting it! After ages of checking through every track meticulously, I realized it is a clash between a panning guitar note and my vocal. I've corrected the problem in a revised version.
The reason I count the song as rock, is because I wrote the whole thing on guitar as a straightforward rock song. Then kind of repackaged it. The reversed sounds and the panning notes in the verses are all done on guitar. The synth in the first vocal part is 3 heavily processed and stretched guitar notes.
But you are right, it's sound isn't really rock at all now. I just hate, hate, hate having to choose a label for my music. Not because I think it's "oh so original" but because I think the audience has to make their own associations.
Anyway's, enough rambling and moaning. Thank you for your thoughts, you have given me much to think over. Especially as I work out what the hell I'm doing next :p
TA
on Hypnoculars by Evisma
You speak like someone who has never been smacked in the fucking mouth.
That's OK, the Nomad has the remedy.*
Don't worry about the late reply. There are older track comments of mine that you still haven't answered. But maybe you have a limit to how much you want to discuss, for instance, Tally Pruit. The Nomad has no such limit.
I think I covered most of the notable points of your fine track last time except for the drums, which have improved so much in the last couple of years.
"Unforgiving"
I told you sliding about was tricky. Such a combination of careful listening and reacting very quickly to wrongness with micro slide wiggles. Sometimes playing faster or more aggressive stuff is like doing some dangerous physical activity at high speed, navigating by feel and having confidence that you just will hit the right notes and stay in time and so on. You can get away with a bit more wrongness when it's fast or aggressive but when slower you need to be accurate and tasteful with your notes and movements.
More Ear Than Eye is a potential track title.
Sliderman says hi and asks if you can be in Manila next Thursday afternoon for your first Sliderbro mission.
Good luck in court. Try not to fall asleep or fart out loud. Silent is OK and would have to be very violent to put you in contempt of court.
Your case could be that of a goat-fucking murderer. He or she leaves a fucked goat at the scene of multiple murders. It takes a wily old alcoholic detective about to retire to spot this key piece of evidence overlooked by all the other Missouri cops.
Or the case could be Cynthia D and Tally P teaming up and reoffending. Will The Evanator send them back to the big house?
I had not heard of Silent Lucidity so I Googled that shit. Might listen later.
Thanks again for my Hypnoculative Xmas present.
Unlimited Nomad, watch things die from a good safe distance
* mildly modified Puscifer lyrics from The Remedy, on the new album. Heard it?
I've yet to hear any new Puscifer. The Mission and Potions are the latest I've heard. Not been looking for anything new lately. I'm going to grab Karnivool's latest pretty soon. 3 years old and I've still not acquired it.
"There are older track comments of mine that you still haven't answered."
No doubt. I usually move on and focus on the present track after a few days of the last track being on here. I've answered a few old ones that had things requesting response, but I've been trying to not leave any new comments unanswered.
Court went quickly. No farts (from me, anyway). Dude had 2 counts Unlawful Use of a Weapon, and 2 counts Child Endangerment. Basically, a young gangsta thug went down the street to another thug's house who owed him money and brandished his gun as a sign of intimidation and thug-mastery, and the guy's 2 little kids were there and saw it. That's it. Not a goat in the case. Shame.
Having no children, therefore no protective parental instinct, the prosecution eliminated me as a juror. They got rid of the old, young and childless. You know, the happy people.
Evan, fucked Dwight Yocum. Johnny Cash grabbed his ankles and he hollered when I poked 'em.
on Hypnoculars by Evisma
Now with added slide balls, which have well and truly dropped.
You're just one day late with my Xmas present but it was well worth the wait as there's some total badassery on display here.
If you ended this at 2:28 it would be an awesome track and right up there with the finest you've made.
First couple of secs sound like a nice warm pad and then we're into some pretty tasty sliding about. No wimpy country winge at all. Sliderman totally approves and is ready to recruit you as Sliderbro for part-time worldwide slide missions.
Background bongoey percussion is working just fine.
0:52 delicate riff is mildly Tooly but also effective, which is the main thing.
1:04 is so firmly up the Nomad street, with its Middle Eastern desert vibe.
Very laidback and funky kind of Mali desert blues (see a group called Tinariwen).
1:51 and the desert bombing campaign has begun! Total badassery right up another of the Nomad's favourite streets. The one filled with killer riffage and balls flying wildly all over the place.
2:04 lead is melodic and reminds me a little of what I was getting up to in Chasm (heavy low riffage and melodic chilled lead guit fiddle).
2:28 battle aftermath back out in the desert.
2:51 return of the slide is cool. You've totally got the hang of this with your first attempt, Daniel San. Must be beginner's luck.
3:15 nice sort of cowbell, the kind of thing I'd stick in and we're back to the badass as it had to return.
3:51, again, would be just fine for an ending but you just can't stop yourself adding more and more nice shit.
3:52 new part is very cool and bright and sunny and bouncy. Then bass g (hey, I'd totally forgotten about that) and drums return 4:03 to add some weight and rock vibe. Slide slides back in (the only way it can).
Fadeout ending is very tasteful and so much better than many of your others.
This has got to be the most Nomadic/Nomadesque/Slidermanish track you've made. Have I been any influence at all or is it just a complete coincidence?
With these hypnoculars I really can see for thousands of miles and even see you sitting proudly in your wide Missouri landscape, happy with your fine new creation and continued musical evolution.
Nomad, still pissing all over The Evanator's black kettle, with no intention of stopping before the New Year.
Pretty happy to hear the opinions on the lap-steel parts. It's a slippery slope, and takes more ear than eye. Unforgiving. I was picking on it yesterday and stumbled upon the verse to "Silent Lucidity". No cover coming, just thought it was neat.
"First couple of secs sound like a nice warm pad"
A stretched and reversed lap-steel chord.
"Background bongoey percussion is working just fine."
That's my Guiro. I'll soon be putting pictures of them, and the lap-steel, on the thread "Show Your Studio", or whatever it was called.
"Have I been any influence at all or is it just a complete coincidence?"
Don't know. I really just play what comes out. Though, anything I listen to, and like, has to have some kind of effect.
Next track has still not been started, though I've had a vocal line stuck in my head for a couple weeks, and that's probably going to be the intro. Mean Motor Scooter may be the title. Don't know. I've not opened the DAW for over a week. Wife has been on vacation, and I've not had the time in the evening to write or record.
I hope everything is going well for you. I'm writing this at 5:30 a.m., waiting to go to the Court House for Jury-Duty. Surely the most fun day of my life. I can think of nothing I'd rather do. Could be a murder, could be a goat-fucker. Coin flip out here. Time will tell!
Evan, done hung the guilty with the innocent.
on looks like trouble by seangrey
I don't know what sort of collaboration you're looking for. For instance, I am also looking to do the same but am quite nervous about working with people online so would much prefer collaborations to be with people I know in the real world, so to speak, and also done together in the same room.
If you're happy to do online collaborations, I'm sure there are a load of people on just this site who would be happy for you to add some vocals to their music. You have a powerful voice people would definitely enjoy using.
"always alone in the studio is a bit boring"
I agree though I'd say more lonely than boring.
Good luck with whatever you choose...
on looks like trouble by seangrey
These are really rather amazing vocals.
Such a huge sound. Makes me think of a cross between Tom Waits, Howlin Wolf, Mark Lanegan, Captain Beefheart and the singer from the band Clutch.
Massive reverb suits the massive voice though maybe there's a bit too much.
Great, dirty blues with some real vibe and I like that ride cymbal in the verse.
0:55 chorus and things get rougher and more powerful.
1:23 pause was a good decision.
2:55 pause is a bit awkward. Good idea but it hasn't been done quite right. Feels like a switch being turned off abruptly.
4:04 extra guitar seemed a bit unnecessary. Almost like one of those secret, hidden tracks you sometimes get on a CD.
Overall: good, dirty blues rock!
I`m looking for colabs where I can sing, always alone in the studio is a bit boring...
on Marnie Grant - Flying Away by MarnieG
0:25 drums sound OK and I like the kick pattern. However, 0:51 when the snare enters, it's just not good enough. Not a good snare sound and not suitable for this type of piece. Simply choose another...
Bass is subtle and doing a good supporting job. Kind of subtle funky.
1:17 flute lead is very good and emotive. Meshes nicely with the strings.
2:08 a useful break and pleasant piano runs.
2:35 bass a bit more prominent than before.
A decent fading, swirling ending. Glad you didn't cut it off too soon, as many people do (on Looperman especially).
Congrats though the main area for improvement is the drums and the snare in particular.
on 10 S M G H ft Rockymutto and New5ense by Eighteen
Stutter intro is decent but then you drop a fat beat and bassline on 0:08. That really caught my attention.
0:26 right panned distorted lead is cool and there's another droning synth sound going on plus fun effects on the vocals. Vocaloid processing? Sounds like a vocoder.
1:10 an accordion?
This is good fun and pretty unusual. You've done a lot of different creative stuff in just the first minute.
Creative synth work all sits nicely with the vocals, doesn't interfere.
This could be a pumping track in a club.
Definitely some leftfield rap. Can't really say it's hip hop. More of a dance music vibe than that.
Slowdown at the end is more fun.
Overall: really well produced, creative stuff.
Congrats.
Is certainly not vocaloid, this is all Rockymutto that you hear (exept the stuttering), it is indeed a vocoder.
the 'accordion' that you hear is just a cheap synth with a pitch wheel.. I should have used an accordion xD that's genious man, I might use it in a next track haha.
Thanks for the nice words man :D I appreciate
~Eighteen
on The Last Road by toastedavalanche
Pleasant piano intro, with a good tone and flow.
Vocal is really quite strong, in a laidback way. You can kind of sing along to it. Good chord changes. Simple lyrics that make sense.
0:48 it gets much deeper with those additional harmony vocals. A warm sound and the bass is also warm and comforting.
1:06 new synth instrument (organ?) that's kind of psychedelic as the harmony vocals come to the fore.
Droning bass is cool in the last 30 secs.
Odd structure to this and I see what you mean about it being a closing track. There's just the one section of vocal song and then it doesn't return when it feels as though it really should.
Overall: warm, pleasant and quite memorable stuff. Can't say I know quite who it sounds like. Really well produced such that I can barely fault it (and I always try).
Big congrats.
I agree that the structure is a little odd, I wanted the vocals to feel isolated, as if there is little else that can be said.
Your compliments on the production have really made my day (and it's only 2am here), so I'm all set for the next 22hrs). I hope you have yourself a fantastic day too!
Thank you,
TA
on Constellation by Evisma
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/172322
Shitloads of guit fiddle and crashing drums and not much synth.
Still not happy with the title. Maybe you can come up with something better. I'm looking for something that combines beauty and heavy power. And maybe something a bit cosmic and psychedelic too.
Sorry if it wasn't what you wanted this year but I didn't know what else to get you.
on Constellation by Evisma
How does it go?
Just some replies to your replies:
You may get your "levelling Syria" wish/bet as I think the RAF (British Air Force) have already started bombing. Maybe there will be retaliation bombing campaigns over meth-heavy Ozark regions. Be on your guard and if you see something, say something.
"we'd have to get Behnam out of Iran before we level it."
How about not bombing anywhere, you crazy Yank?
" adding more wang into the picture"
I promise I will add no wang. Sounds like Constellation might be able to accommodate a 1-incher but 11 will surely be too much for a microvag. Terrible risk of tearing.
Teeth pain is mainly over but damn it took ages (10 days). Not sure I had any injection sites as I was under full anaesthetic so utterly oblivious to everything.
"I may be more Sliderboy than Sliderman for a while, till my lap-steel balls drop."
If you're going with the youthful/inexperienced analogy for your current level of slide proficiency, I think you'll have to be SlideBaby. Maybe I'm more Grand Slide Daddy or Grand Slide Wizard. No, I'm not really that great but I have been doing it for about 10 years. Slide is hard, with lots of accuracy required to avoid undesired notes. I'm looking forward to hearing your first slide creation.
Try dropping your balls on your lap steel. I do that quite often to get a different tone. And that way you know your music is nothing if not ballsy.
I was going to give The Evanator an end of year review but I think I've run out of words.
Nomad, the Chosen One, the One who will deliver the message. A message of hope for those who choose to hear it and a warning for those who do not.
on saha navavatu by clindsay
I know you generally use drums a lot so the lack of them on here was a slight surprise. However, it works fine without. There's still a good groove.
Main delayed synth is quite funky. That particular choice of delay is doing a fine job.
0:23 glitchy sandpapery sounds which add a percussive element.
0:45 lead guitar?
And some other guitar chords in the background.
A decent little break from the vocals in that section.
This is really clean and well produced. Vocals are very good and enjoyable.
Kicking into a more solid beat would have been nice but maybe for this track length it was better not to otherwise you probably would have had to continue things for a while, which might not have been what you wanted to do.
2:03 awkward audio pop that should be removed.
2:19 another, smaller one
2:35 turning up of the delay on the guitar doesn't quite work. Sounds awkward.
Good work, all the same.
-clindsay
on Cookies For Dinner by SeriouslyJoking
"I feel like I won something"
You did but it's only the very small and unspectacular prize of a few lines of thoughts from me*. However, you are free to keep that prize and cherish it forever. Perhaps have it printed out, framed and hung on the wall.
Anyway, thanks for letting me know about that cool guitar loop. I should have guessed it was guitar though it does also have an unusual sound, which is probably the sidechaining effect. You've used it very well.
1:07 vocal rise is very cool. Such a pure and beautiful note.
1:24-1:30 some audio pop problems as you cut the samples off. You can make a more professional job of this by smoothing out those slightly awkward and untidy edits.
1:38 nice change again. Good move to the ride cymbal.
2:05 I don't think you should go back to that section as you've done as it's pretty much exactly the same thing as before at 0:47. Still good but I'd like to either not have it there at all or have it there but with more variation eg another part added on top.
Actually, that's my only real criticism of the track - that there's a bit too much repetition of the same parts in the same way as heard earlier. They're all good parts/sections but that's just my particular "hard to please" criticism. Hey, there's always room for improvement, even when you come up with a fine creation such as this.
Is the piano the one thing you're playing on here?
Congrats again.
Audio pops and repetition noted.
About the piano, no this is entirely made out of loops. I just twisted the piano sample from the beginning and happend to make it sound, as Steve put it, in "my" style.
Thanks again and sorry for late replay, I've been busy trying to write a novel (or a very very very long text?).
Cheers!
on Mommy what is a false flag by aplolatis
Nice guitar part at the start and then some far out, cut up female vocals. Very chilled so far and then you drop the fat groove.
I really like that first line, especially "In fact it's far from". That's quite simple but clever.
Female vocals blend really well with the rap. They really add another cool element.
Excellent chilling hip hop, with some well rapped vocals.
Could maybe do with some other changes but I know loads of hip hop is like that so I guess it's what people like.
Great work.
on I Know You Want Me Too by CitizenMofo
I definitely don't hear it as dubstep. It's got more kind of "horror metal" and hip hop in it. Quite catchy and well made.
I watched your video too, which suits it perfectly. This comment of yours is strange but also quite amusing:
"CitizenMofo
Hi. You're me, so why are you commenting? Because I like you and I think you're cool. Oh, thank you, I appreciate that. No problem. I like you too. Thank you."
Nice lead string and twinkly bell parts too when this takes off more melodically in the middle.
Droning, operatic vocals in the background work really quite well. Is that you too? Ogre vocals are the lead. Nice delayed vocal ending.
Good stuff...
on Cookies For Dinner by SeriouslyJoking
This is a rather cool piece of music, with some obviously skilful arranging of these various loops.
Up to 0:47 is kind of like its own track and then there's a weird, glitchy bass section and then 0:57 that is one killer riff! Which instrument is that? So damn funky, and with some real menace.
1:16 drum fills are great and make me think of 80s hip hop.
Damn, this is so enjoyable! I'm a little busy now so will return later to describe in more detail this loop masterpiece.
A definite favourite for me.
Cool to see you here, I feel like I won something...
And yes yes yes, you got it - it's that killer riff!! That's the one that got me in the first place. And here it is, made by jeroentia:
http://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/85834/slowbeat-sidechain-gitaar-by-jeroentia-free-97bpm-rnb-electric-guitar-loop
Electric guitar, apparently.
Thanks, looking forward to hear the rest of the verdict if you find the time for it.
Cheers!
on Marnie Grant - An Alleyway In London by MarnieG
"artifacts we opted to leave in"
Fair enough but I hear them as errors and as if you've joined two bits of audio together, which often produces an undesirable pop. I edit a lot of guitar and bass parts together, which generates loads of these annoying pops though crossfading the two parts together to remove them is pretty damn simple in the main DAW I use (Cubase). I do a lot of that in almost every track I make.
Maybe you were thinking of adding something like some old record crackle. That might work but these audio artifacts, for me, don't.
"Unless you're hearing something I'm not"
I can only hear what I can hear and have no idea if that's much different to what you can hear.
Still a fine piece of music.
on Marnie Grant - An Alleyway In London by MarnieG
This is simple and very pleasant stuff. Lots of great space in this and I like all the melodies. Great string sound, piano - everything just sits so comfortably in the mix.
But you can instantly improve this, in my opinion, by removing all the audio pops. I'm not sure why they're even in there. Here are some time references for when they occur:
0:02, 0:05, 0:07, 0:16, 0:19 and so on.
0:27 little (reverse?) fill is very tasteful and a useful little addition.
Good piano sound. There are lots I'm not keen on.
I mostly make very lengthy music but would have to say this is pretty damn good at this length. Longer could be better but this is perfectly for this length.
A favourite for me.
Thank you for your detailed comment!
- m
on 06 Spatium by Eighteen
The vocal in this really stands out to me.
Vocaloid sounds like pretty cool software. I've just had a look at the relevant website.
Far out, trippy, dreamy intro with that fluttering synth. Something a bit 70s prog rock about it but more modern and electro. Also kind of dirty cool, slightly vocally bassline.
0:35 cool noise in that drum fill.
Then into a very sparse and simple drum groove and those magical vocals. The panning stands out. Maybe it's a little odd or maybe it's just different. One voice in the left ear, another in the right but not panned as far to the right.
Again: very distinctive vocals. I wonder if most Vocaloid stuff sounds like this. I'm sure I could make good use of such software so will have a think about getting it.
You keep your instrument lineup pretty much the same throughout the track but they're good sounds. Maybe you could add some reverb to the drums to make things go a bit bigger in the second half?
Congrats on an unusual track.
Making this song was for me an excersize about using vocals and vocoders.
usually vocaloid songs really dont sound like this,
also I made the normal vocaloid vocals first and over 2 of them I also used a Vocoder.
usually vocaloid songs are the hyperactive chipmunk sounds that you usually hear in anime songs for example (not really but kinda) (for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtdvIKgQ5As skip to 00:45 and listen for about 10 seconds or so))
anyhoo again thanks for the kind words man, I appreciate!
Cheers!
~Eighteen
on Constellation by Evisma
Lotta love, and rightly so, for this nice track bro.
After listening again a few more times, I don't think I have any real criticism or suggestions.
I would also like to be friends with Constellation. Introduce it/her to some of my tracks and see if it/she feels the same. I don't want to barge in on a complicated relationship situation.
I didn't understand "Usually about opening new lines of equity", though I can see it rhymes.
Yes, tracks are taking more like a month for me now as well. I've slowed down after knocking them out at a furious pace in the 1st half of 2015. Made about 5 albums' worth of tracks this year, average track length 8.8 mins.
Your lap steel tuning doesn't make much sense to me but I'm not really up on alternative tunings. I just know my own (DADF#AD), the one I've used for 10 years. I know you already go somewhat alternative with your bass g tuning.
Nomad news: On Friday I had my first ever proper operation - all 4 wisdom teeth removed so had inner cheeks cut open and stitched back up. Still recovering at home.
While I was in the hospital, I thought I might as well ask if they could also do a dick extension before or after the teeth removal. "Sure, why not" was the reply. I asked for 5 inches but they generously gave me 10 so I now have an awesome 11-incher.
I bet Moby Dick still taunts you. In my library of family books I just found a 248 page copy. I'm guessing it's an abridged version, possibly with the tedious descriptive stuff you mentioned removed. Or maybe they've kept it in and got rid of some good bits. Only one way to find out.
Best of luck unlocking your inner Sliderman, brush hogging and so on.
Nomad, getting it on with angels on the sideline again.
"Iran was wiped off the map in a sneak US nuclear strike"
I'm thinking that leveling Syria may be a better bet right now, and we'd have to get Behnam out of Iran before we level it.
"I don't want to barge in on a complicated relationship situation"
It is an awkward one. See, she was seeing a really nice haiku for a long time. Took care of himself, minded his syllables, paused at the right times. Until one day she was swept off her feet when she met a muzak version of Chumbawamba's "Tub-Thumping". Far less pretentious than the haiku, and hung like a beast,.... which holds the problem. Constellation has been cursed with a very tiny vagina, and though she really, really likes Tub-Thumper, he's just too much man. Should she go back to haiku after such an change?? It's all too much right now and adding more wang into the picture will only make things worse. Check back around June.
"I didn't understand 'Usually about opening new lines of equity'".
A small joke about god needing money. Disregard.
"Your lap steel tuning doesn't make much sense to me but I'm not really up on alternative tunings."
Like standard tuning, but the A tuned up to B, and the D tuned up to an F#. Like fretting 2 and 4 on A and D, respectively.
Good luck with the healing. I know when I had four out at a time, (everything behind the bottom left canine), the worst part was the injection sites. Not the ravine that was left behind. The needle holes up above the gum-line are the biggest bitch. I'm glad I have all the removing done. Took 9 out. Myriad of fillings. I have a partial that gives nearly all of them back to me. $6,800 after all was said and done. Now it's just two checkups and a crown a year, till all the teeth with huge fillings are replaced.
"I just found a 248 page copy. I'm guessing it's an abridged version"
Surely. Mine is about as thick as a pack of cigarettes is wide. I believe I passed 100 pages and they hadn't left the harbor yet. Very engaging till they get out to the open water an start hunting the white whale. Then the story totally stops. Fucking bullshit. I have endless patience,.... but zero tolerance.
Lap steel is going OK. I may be more Sliderboy than Sliderman for a while, till my lap-steel balls drop.
Take care.
Evan, eating a box of Krispy-Kremes at my "need to know" place just outside Area-51.
on Just Let It Go - Instrumental - Vocal Ready by BradoSanz
What makes this a pop song?
Well, maybe it's the simple guitar melodies that sound a lot like vocal parts in various pop ballads. Hard to explain but that's my simple answer to your question to the Cru Dawg. Not really a proper pop song until you add the vocal but then it probably will be. I can already hear you singing it as I know your stuff so well.
Yes, your music does have the potential to make loads/at least some money. If you hit the big time, you can pay me loads to do a strange Nomad remix of one of your hits. Loads cos you'll be able to afford it. Oh, and I prefer English pounds to US dollars.
Anyway, I like the metronomic pulse coming from one guitar part. Not sure if that's in amongst the playing or perhaps a totally separate part, acting a bit like a shaker.
Sounds a bit like a ballad for American teen/early 20s emotional films. A bright, uplifting sound no doubt involving one character pining for the love (or at least hot body) of another.
Simple, powerful widescreen sound and you are good at the drumless stuff that still has a decent groove/pulse to it.
I give this a low mark on originality but that doesn't really matter - it's not that sort of track, just solid emotive acoustic stuff.
Congrats.
That actually makes sense! Thanks, dear friend.
"Not really a proper pop song until you add the vocal but then it probably will be."
Just for that I will do a cantor voice and make this orchestral! Jk, I'll prolly sing a pop song again. haha. Does it change anything if I go full orchestral? :3
"Anyway, I like the metronomic pulse coming from one guitar part. Not sure if that's in amongst the playing or perhaps a totally separate part, acting a bit like a shaker. "
That was actually an extra layer that was simply the up-and-down strike of the guitar without any chords. I liked the firmer time it kept than just having solo guitars. Felt more...structured. So I kept it. Trial and error I suppose.
"A bright, uplifting sound no doubt involving one character pining for the love"
That was actually...exactly what I was aiming for! Glad to hear that I got that across at such a minimalistic stage in the development of this one.
"Yes, your music does have the potential to make loads/at least some money. If you hit the big time, you can pay me loads to do a strange Nomad remix of one of your hits."
That actually made me laugh, I appreciate your kindness. If I ever get loads of money, I'll hold a contest on Looperman and have a 2,500 USD (sorry, I don't live in Europe) prize. Oh, and a Looperman T-shirt. Can't forget that!
"I give this a low mark on originality but that doesn't really matter - it's not that sort of track, just solid emotive acoustic stuff. "
Agreed. I wasn't quite looking to be original as my intention for this when it is complete is to sell it for trailers or videos. Simple stuff. I don't quite have the tools right now to become unique, at least in the way I imagine. My DAW sucks.
Thanks for stopping in.
Depth: 10/10
Humor: 8/10
Overall Impression: 9/10
(just because I'm in a grade-y mood)
on The thrill is back by Rhodesy
When I first heard this I thought it reminded me of some of my own music.
Then I saw Evisma had commented and thought he might say the same thing. And he did.
I think perhaps there is no key change in the whole track (something I struggle with a lot in my own music making) though it's not a problem.
Anyway, one of my first thoughts is how much your main chord (0:02) reminds me of a couple of INXS songs. I think The Gift and Need You Tonight.
First couple of seconds reverse fadein remind me a lot of the intro to Hendrix's Foxy Lady.
Pretty powerful, banging drums and you've got ride cymbal layered with pedal hat/shaker - the kind of thing I also do.
0:30 decent synth melody that returns a lot throughout the track.
0:45 guitar is very cool and funky. Simple kind of melodic tune.
1:06 you're layering little reverse bits of guitar in for a while.
1:28 nice drop from ride cymbal to hat.
1:34 cool little jazzy chords and nice guitar tone, with guitars oppositely panned.
2:09 reverse guitar rise I like a lot.
2:31 good guitar tone and controlled bends. A classic sort of melodic, jazzy solo with some very fluid runs. Better soloing than I'm usually able to do.
3:15 ambient synth pad is good. Maybe the first appearance of it in the track, maybe not.
Bass is solid and supports things well though I didn't notice it much the first couple of times I listened to the track.
Overall: creative, musically impressive stuff that I like.
on Constellation by Evisma
Before you point the finger you should know that I'm The Nomad
And if I'm The Nomad then you're The Nomad and he's The Nomad as well*
So you can point that fuckin finger up your brush hogger
Ah, Tool lyrics - the gift that keeps on giving, whether for use as intros or outros. Or even midtros.
Anyway, you have done a constellar job with this here creative nice track bro.
Intro acoustic stuff reminds me of Metallica's Fade To Black. A clean sound indeed. You have been polishing your strings.
First drum groove sounds a little like something I might come up with. Nice, wideo stereo image on the guitar/s. Gentle stuff, with a tasteful little delay conclusion (of the section) around 1:04.
Then some very delicate, tight playing that, plus the drums, makes me think of something African.
1:36 and the riffage is heading more towards the badass. But still chilled. A riff I'd be happy to groove over.
2:08 far out synths remind me of what I like to do.
2:51 synths are removed and we're back to more tasteful, open spaces acoustic twiddling.
Then your bass monk enters, chanting away as he assume the lotus (a particular cross-legged yoga) position.
Tasteful piano enters and stuff is going far out again.
Ah, a reasonably definitive conclusion. Just letting things hang on delay is a pretty useful way of ending these sort of compositions. Generally better than a fadeout.
Nomad, under a dead Ohio sky, defending his light and wondering where the hell he has been.
*Damn, seems like we're all The Nomad. Must be a state of mind or something.
When he speaks, he speaks through me. (Usually about opening new lines of equity)
Glad you liked the track. I've been messing with this one for a while now. Tracks take about a month now, instead of a week or two. The throat-singing thing is an analog synth effect on my effects pedal with a reverse auto-wah. I like it and will use it again, but differently. Finger-snaps are always fun to record.
Next track will probably have bits of Lap-Steel in it. I've tuned it to Em add9, which is all the strings being strummed while fretting 2 on A and 4 on D. I've not even begun anything else yet, but I'm probably done with this one so it's inevitable.
Evan, born to bear and read to all the details of our ending, to write it down for all the world to see, but I forgot my pen, shit the bed again,... typical.
on Premonator with Spivkurl Promenade Mix by promenade2239
This is definitely an unusual piece of music and I like it.
"a combination of Air and Kraftwerk"
makes a lot of sense to me. I don't know exactlywhy it sounds like the French group Air but it does. Maybe the autotuned/vocoded vocal. This is probably their best known song:
Air - Sexy Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ulZiob5I0
I also completely agree with "a good mix of the organic and the electronic".
Early guitar parts are quite raw and acoustic - an interesting juxtaposition with the far out synth sounds.
First vocal is quite catchy and I can hear some simple piano chords in the background, which add a different mood.
1:41 now a stronger beat and some other weird synth noises. Everything is coming together really well.
2:15 lots of space and really quite a relaxed feel now. Some nice guitar harmonics a little later.
Overall: a very interesting, unusual and creative piece of work.
Thanks for listening and positive words!
Yes, it is quite unusual piece. I am glad that you liked it!
Those 'organic' sounds are on one of the Roland basslines. I used a bass sound that has some other
delayed additional sounds but as I worked quite fast
I decided to keep them anyway. Basically I operated only
with Roland presets, not on it's patch level inside the sound editor. Also some of Microbrute sounds are
quite organic - probably because of the analog nature of the synth and some characteristics of it's filter.
There are 30 tracks here so there is a lot of layering and there is a lot happening in the 'mix'. With vocals, for example, there are at least 5 tracks with different settings for effects which is my way for
creating a sense of depth to the audio I am working with.
Few months ago I started recording real instruments (church organs mainly) using microphones and
I always preffered a 'raw' acoustic sound to the artificially generated. The same regarding instruments.
Of course in this version of Premonator the mix of different stylistical influences is indeed quite weird because I was trying to stick with given audio materials as close as possible and using Spiv's drum samples I mainly 'jammed' on my synths. There is a church 'positive' organ even and of course acoustic piano, string pads, some brass growl lead-ins, few different basslined and several fills.
The 'outro synth' on the left channel is just some real time LFO synth manipulation. Recording this particular way
(I mean: 'live') is fun but I had to make also many adjustments afterwards because the actual idea was to have a kind of a 'proper song' that should also be expressive somehow in a traditional way. The meter is 3/4 but the rhythm grouping is quite unusual
(I tried to explain this in my reply to Ookami somehow).
Thanks for reminding me of Air and for the link to this particular song, I really like chilled sounds like this.
Honestly I didn't really expect such positive looperman feedback considering quite experimental content inside this song so it's really a nice surprise and now I can appreciate the effort that we put into creating this unusual collab project better.
Many thanks for a nice review and also for detailed reply to my comment.