crucethus

SN to tha mothafuckin' Cru G, yo.

You seem not to have liked this one quite as much as my last rocking track, Roar Stone. This was made out of leftover parts from it and is in (mostly?) the same key and same tempo. I think it's a much stronger and deeper track.

I really like the very first cymbal crash of the intro, no messing about there. I thought the string bends were somewhat subtle but you never know quite what will appeal to people (or annoy them).

My Living Colour connection is seeing some of them under a different name in a New Orleans club in 2013. I spent quite a while chatting to the girlfriend/partner of bass player Doug Wimbish, whose setup consisted of at least about 20 separate floor pedals!

"1:15 nice bring it back in"

Yes, nice emphatic stop and I'm really happy with the flow of the first few mins. It's all kind of the same idea - I just keep varying the drums and bringing in new guitar parts (eg slide) and stuff.

"cool reverse sounds"

Yeah, they really do have that feel but there's no reversing - just the extreme timestretching, with, at times, its rather interesting vowelly character.

"2:55 and a cool bassline with some jangles"

Not sure what the jangles are. Maybe from guitar? That's the first of only two appearances of bass g in this.

"3:19 has some time stretching creeping in to the song"

There are bits carefully scattered all over the place. Very female vocally around the 4 min transition section leading to the outright badassery that takes over at 4:18.

5:44 breakdown is hauntingly ambient and more like chillout dance music than metal. I totally agree that the transition back to the hard rocking guitar is not as smooth as it could/should be. That ambient breakdown only exists as a way to break up the hard rocking sections though I don't know if it has anything to do with fisting a turkey. But I appreciate your creative image. Those "vocals" in the ambient breakdown also return later atop the hard rocking guitar. Nice to also hear them in a chillout context.

"Ending was just right"

Yes, lady voices meandering away right at the end. That's a stretched slide note getting a bit discordant through its chromatic movement.

I have deep funk/ambient sections of this track that I left out and am working on as a separate remix track though it's not going very well.

Thanks for my shitting birds, Front Nationale leaders, warm clothing and half eaten fruit. I'll take them all but don't need the cock rings so you can wear all of them at the same time as you carve up the Xmas turkey, otherwise naked.

I haven't got you a present this year so will instead wish you and your Lady Cru extreme happiness and eternal health. Here's hoping they let you out of your CruInstitution at least for Xmas dinner with the wife...

Hi Cru, for some reason I just saw your comments. Thank you so much for taking time and putting some thought into Forgotten. It is one of my favs and it's so good to hear you and your wife liked it! Happy New Year to you!

Thank you very much. That's exactly what I had in mind. The staccato piano is meant to fade out on the characters growing sense of frustration as they fall into depression. It's very downbeat, but that's kinda what I do. Glad you enjoyed.

Cheers

TA

Oh , thx cru

Better late than never: Thank you Steve for listening!
Take care and enjoy the summer.
Cheers!

Your words mean much to me, since I know that you know your way around a synth (or a studio). I'm guessing it's partly the modular brassy tone which gives the impression of brightness and detuning. I would agree. The low note priority based portamento added a good subtle vibrato sort of effect... while the FM (Both F's) and AM added brightness and interest. I can't lay claim to playing all percussion parts myself (some were carefully sequenced with MIDI), but the ride cymbals and tom/kick rolls were spontaneous non midi stuff. I get what you mean about the colors, I think I experience that condition at times. Part of why I like to use certain colors on my DIY gear. Thank you for checking out the track, and leaving your kind words! Have a good day!

Sometimes less is more..

do you hear the sonic screw driver in the background?? :-)

- marnie x

I will take it all into consideration and appreciate the feedback. I also can see why I remind you of that band.

Mister Cruman-chu! How are things going, my friend? Well, I hope.

I had to look up Phrygian Scale. What with me just being the Jackson Pollak of sounds. Isplash a bunch on the canvas, an somehow it all comes out right, as if by chance. Now that I don't have a family surrounding me at all times, I'm starting to find the time to learn all the "good stuff".

It's a damn shame about Mr. Bowie. But this last album and the events surrounding it just further boosted my respect for him as an artist. Instead of going out crying in a media circus sideshow, he turned his own death into his final work of art. And that is fucking class right there.

Take care, mi amigo.
Slöé.

Wow, it definitely does. You speak much truth, truth I will keep with me from now on :) Thanks for the advice and wisdom! Btw, when I say my DAW sucks - it really does. For instance, I'm trying to work with some stems someone sent me (there's only 5 stems right now) and I can only play them as-is. If I add ANY effects WHATSOEVER, it doesn't play because "Pro Tools cant get audio files fast enough." I already have the system consuming as little as it can and it STILL can't handle it. It really is frustrating. I can't WAIT for a new rig lol.

Brado

My dearest CruDawg:

There was no negativity :) I was honestly intrigued at your proposition because I'm just not very knowledgeable on genres. They all seem so blurred to me sometimes. Reading your post makes me want to lash myself 40 times for not paying attention in piano lessons when I was in 4th grade; the knowledge of music and chords and reading sheet music would have come in handy. Now I'm stuck just playing by ear.

What is the definition of arpreggios? I didn't know that this word could apply to live instruments as well. The more you know, aye? And I just noticed that I have a downward progression on the last three chords which was neat for random reasons. And suspended chords? I'd like more detail on this part of your follow-up review as it is very intriguing to me.

Thanks for the generous follow-up, I'd love to know more :)

Brado

So glad you took the time and participated in the contest first and foremost! This track was fun to do and seeing others enjoy, and even remix this, is always uplifting. The vocals will be a great addition, for whoever that does it.

~GO

Thanks Cru!! This is some awesome feedback man :) I appreciate it.

But I do indeed have percussive elements within this track! Before the drops there's a little percussive solo that carries on throughout the first half of the drop. Granted, more percussion probably should have been used, but oh well haha

I really do appreciate you taking the time to give me feedback :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks you very much for your kind words! i am grateful. regards Friso, Producer Sync Diversity

haha cru :P What classifies this as pop? I'm just curious, not looking for an argument or anything :3 I mean, it's just acoustic and piano and hopefully some orchestral strings...Is it the play-style that makes it pop?

Yo.

It has been quite a while since your Crumagnificence has graced the comments section of one of my tracks. So Crudos to you for stopping by.

"the synth bass gives us something else"

Yes, exactly. I'm not totally sure it fits but it is interesting and unusual and that's exactly what I pretty much demand from myself in every track I make. How many stoner rock bands would incorporate dance/dancey synth elements in one of their tracks? I can only think of one and they're a brilliant, obscure Dutch band called Astrosoniq. Check this shit out:

Astrosoniq - Quadrant(2009)[Full Album]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlMDF4zasH4

Anyway, that synth bass arp is used quite a bit in this track, most prominently at 2:14 plus some distortion etc. 6:14-6:47 it also adds something a bit different as it backs up the lead distorted resonator playing.

Drums are indeed a bangin' most of the time though 5:10 for a while they seem more laidback and funky. I thought that might be your fave section, with the triplet, clean guitar on top.

Always nice to upset your wife with some banging riffage. But you can calm her down with one of my chillout tracks if she can't take the intensity of these riffs of glory.

"4:50 you get all apocalyptic with your of sounds."

Yes, a little apocalyptic, with that huge sound. What you're hearing there is slide guitar parts 800% slower, which often adds a vocal-like quality to the sound. A bit incongruous having deep ambient in this banging track but I like to think it gives some unusual character.

No, the ambient end doesn't feature any synth - that's all guitar, even that 7:47 female sort of voice. That's just timestretched slide. Weird end result, eh? I'm half considering extending that ambient ending by 30 or so seconds as it seems too short and I could happily listen to it for much longer. It will be Promenade's favourite section and favourite sound in the track.

In terms of instrument playing, this wasn't really "balls out emotional release" but much more of a contrived sampling and processing job. Most of the guitar parts are clean (undistorted) resonator parts played whilst making other tracks, so not really rocking out at all. I just recycled these leftover parts and totally changed their vibe by adding dirty, yet smooth distortion.

See 6:15 as that killer distorted lead is just the gentle triplet playing from the previous section plus distortion, turning it into something wildly different.

"So what is the message here"

As always - nothing at all! It's just me having fun and trying to layer things up in interesting ways that I hope no one else has done before.

See you around, Mr Cru Dawg, and thanks for the thoughts.

Hi Cru

Thank you ever so much for your kind comments. It's particularly rewarding to hear comments on the way the track was arranged and mixed. Really appreciate that very much.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Best

Richie

Thanks Cru!! :)

Stay tuned. Another track should be coming to Looperman soon ^.^

Man , I have been away for a long time . Didn't see this reply. I'll be glad when the whole election thing is done. Have a belated Happy holidays. Peace.. PDMuzak

Well not until next year , but the dog and pony show has already began.