FreeRadical

I don't know FR :P WHO KNOWS?! Sorry. It's late. I'm partially insane right now haha.

Hello FR!
Thanks for listening - I also like the "umph" effect.
=)

Take care and Cheers!
/ SJ

FreeRad ahoy!

Glad you liked my groovy mega chilling, though there are some rocking parts too. I tend to not be able to resist. If you listen to the rock guitar section, ending around 2:22 (with that massive drum fill) you can hear it's made by someone who likes to rock out.

Yes, I believe there are many memorable melodies in this. Loads that I can remember after making it and I'm sitting around reflecting on it, sad that it's basically finished and I won't be working on it anymore.

I hadn't really thought about there being much of an eastern vibe to it. People have said that about some of my other tracks, which I've kind of seen once they've pointed that out.

The only eastern melody I can think of here is the string part starting around 1:36, which goes somewhat with the grooving bass underneath.

There's not a lot of guitar in this but I use both my regular electric (my first electric, which I've played since 1996) and my resonator. I assume you're talking about the latter as the one with a unique sound. It only features in one section - the solo beginning 7:02.

Resonator guitars are fucking cool though people don't seem to use them much outside blues and country. I have no idea why. I do lots of mega blues tracks but I also regularly use slide resonator playing in just about any style I can manage to play - jazz, funk, metal, hip hop, electronic, whatever. This is in no way a blues track but I still stick a big slide solo in there. It's just a fantastically expressive style of instrument playing that you can really feel and put some heart and soul and attitude into.

My resonator is actually quite a crap one (Ozark BTE) as the quality ones are damn expensive (generally between £1000-£2,500). It's electro-acoustic but as its body doesn't have a very good sound, I very rarely just record it straight into the mic - I stick it through amp effects and almost always delay.

I can only think of one good example of hearing the actual sound of the acoustic instrument that I've recorded into the mic and it's in one of my greatest tracks:

Right Place, Wrong Century
http://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/146210

Maybe it's just that the playing is really good but somehow the natural sound seems just fine in that.

I did buy another resonator when I was in New Orleans in 2013. It is a better sounding guitar but I find it awkward to play so don't like it much. But you can still hear it in a good few of my tracks.

Yes, mega chilled outro that I absolutely love. Should be a ten minute track just of that!

Sorry about those last two notes - they were an export error. At least it shows you listened that far!

Thanks again, FR.

Hi FR,
Thank you as always, its stopped snowing now but I hope you are still chilled, and thinking of joining you by the beach! above all comments like this from you just mean an awful lot, so I am so pleased...thanks FR appreciated so so much.
My very best wishes and take care.
Mark

thanks for checking it out Free. appreciate it. Was messing with the envelope a little on the pad and had a little luck I guess. stay warm in the storm! Dan

Yeah u know me xD I always label the track as weird when I am not sure what genre to put it to haha xD.
But my tracks are never that ''weird'' as what u expect it to be xD like cow sound and whatever :p

but on a serious note, :D yeah that bassline is rly popular far as Icould tell, and I just had to use it.
Thanks for ur kind words :D

Cheers!

~Eighteen

Hey FreeRadical,
Thanks for the continued support on my tracks! I really enjoy your music as well, do you have a sound cloud? Mine is www.soundcloud.com/enrico-ludvick so we should follow each other because that is where I put up all my mixed and mastered songs! Again thanks for being a great friend on Looperman!

All the best,
Rico L.

Thanks Radical! I love your music too, and thanks for the wonderful compliments to mine. This was a very very difficult track to complete, but I would say that the 60+ hours it took to create was worth it!

Rico L.

Thanks man :D Yeah I'm all about being a little different haha.

cheers!

Thanks radical appreciate your feedback as always.

Wow, man! That's probably one of the best comments I've received here. It's not only good because it's nice to receive such kind words, but also because it makes me set my own bar higher.
Dude, I hope you don't give up! What you do is pretty awesome. Just in a different arena. Just today I was telling my wife how you have the ability to consistently make 10 minute tracks that never get boring or monotonous, and each one is completely different from the last. That's pretty impressive, man.

"...a force to be reckoned with"

I'm not gonna lie. I like the way that sounds. lol But, it's like I said in my original profile page..."I'm not trying to get famous. I'm trying to get good" That's it, man. My only goal. It seems to be working. Very slowly, but I'm learning.

I'm glad you liked this one as much as you did, and I definitely appreciate what you had to say.

Take care, mister.
Aaron.

Yo yO !

sorry i reply late, thank you , i 'm still learning how to control the tools ..

Do you mean the snares ?
I like that too , i love to shuffle ..

Greetz

Thanks FR im slowly finding the path to get this piece going. It sucks that i don't have any of my old work to go off of ( hard drive went BOOM!) But i shall Continue and finish it soon hopefully lol thanks for dropping by and taking a listen bro means a lot :) as always take care and have a good day

Thanks for the kind words bud,
Well it is all about that bass, no trouble

Hard thing was painting my face green!

Thank you again! It's always nice to have someone come back for more, especially if it isn't something fresh. Appreciate it man!

Thanks! You must have pretty exciting nightmares ...

Thanks allot, FR. So glad you checked it out and left you complimentary words. This one's a bit different from what I usually do, but always like to try different things.

Cheers,
Scott

Mario on an acid trip? You sure we haven't met before? I'm definitely more of a mario than a luigi, and the acid trip is a given. Up to this point, every piece of synth gear has been one off, and to tell you the truth, I'm not fully sure how I built most of it. Have schematics drawn for some prototypes, but I don't usually update after I get them running as desired. This synth is fun for it's simplicity. Was watching Hoarders a couple days ago and say a guy with a Sega Genesis and a Super Nintendo, and it made me long for those long nights of playing... though what I really miss is Stun Runner. Thanks for the kind comment!

Thanks for your kindness FR, but the credit has to go to Ed for inspiring me!

Haha, I don't know many places to get my music out to, I suppose :P But thanks FreeRadical, coming from you that means a lot. :)

Hi!

I use Propellerheads Reason and it has got this vintage vibes.
Maybe I'll pick up this track again.

/Anders