crucethus

Another of your excited reviews after which I imagine you might need to lie down. Or maybe be driven to hospital by your wife. Great fun and much appreciated.

This is sister track to Right Place, Wrong Century (first bassline is pretty much the same one as that track's main line) and Three Miles Late so share loads of sounds and instruments. I just kept extending it but split it into 3 tracks. It could be one but that would definitely put you in hospital so I split them, then kept extending each one.

Strings intro is kind of its own track - could keep that going for a while! But there's other shit to get to.

Reggae guitars were fun to do - careful delay automation there.

Then some hardcore psychedelic space echo distorted lead guitar. I have modern Roland digital space echo pedal which has stopped working and which I'm shit at controlling. Extreme setting was perfect for that playing.

3:41 trippy lead guitar rise = crazy. Pressing one switch on the pedal makes a weird tape speed up. A true special effect.

3:24 is v. welcome breather as it comes down after all that intensity - even tires me out!

5:18 fast metal shuffle. Damn complex drumming. Check the ride on 6:06. Probably need 3-arm drummer for that (sorry, Rick Allen from Def Leppard).

6:18 wobble = mental. Sort of out of time but that's OK. It's a bitch to control.

I was damn confused if there was any banjo in this. Checked carefully earlier today and there isn't - just resonator guitar recorded by mic so sounds thinner.

There are a few bits of Variax guitar sitar. Best one is on 1:17 so I drop snare so it stands out.

Massive synth bass 2:48. Also heard later eg 5:54.

Most of the bass is grooving on guitar thru octave pedal. It's one of my signature things, not that many people know.

7:42 lead simple, beautiful violin line I thought you might like. Then frog bass plays same melody on 8:06 (up high).

I don't know what the time measures are in chill groove sections of this (2nd half). I just kept layering drum patterns and chopping out hits, moving snares to toms etc. Damn unique grooves and lots of space.

8:42 might be the wah bass you mention. Tis guitar -1 octave porning things up for the slow, dirty, sensual grind. Harder, demented grind came much earlier - now it's time for the funky lovin'.

You're right that this would be a good LSD porn soundtrack. Let's call this genre 'cyberporn' or 'cybecockrock'. Or maybe something even better? Spacelord cyberporn?

A musician friend reckons this is better than Pink Floyd. But they never went this heavy or fast and didn't have any frog bass and not much slide resonator. Maybe it's the heavier, more excitable version of them, with more porn thrown in. But they did have four minds to come up with stuff and I only have one. But I have access to much more technology, FX, sequencers and the wonderful 'Save' (best thing ever).

Enjoy that ending and let me know what you made of it as there be some fine chillin there, I tells ya.

Thank you Cruce,I'm glad it grew on you. I will have to check out Roxy.Thanks again. Stopping by soon. PEACE. THE MACK MAN OUT.

Steve in all these days that we have listened eachother's musiX , always your comments has been thoughtfull & usefull & a pleasure . I'm really gratefull of them all & thnx aloT for time , attention & comment for this one too my good friend ,take care ,best wishes as usual.___Behnam

would wonder to see what you gonna do with it Steve.
just please if you can take a look to my answer to comment before yourself too .
maybe that description can be usefull for you too.
just let me know and i'll appreciate indeed.

Thank (I think!)

Cheers,
Scott

Thanks for the listen and the comments.I agree on the 200hz about 2db or so and mabe a boost at 10k and 15k to brighten things up. Didn't use my SPETRALIVE-NXT on this one, slight mistake. Thanks again.

I can do the oboes, but not the wah guitar. The wah on my bass pedal is optimized for bass, and sounds like dookie when you put a guitar through it. Send away with the ideas, love to hear them. I've got the ear fatigue from listening to this while adding the electric 6 string. Takes twice as long as it should with a Squier Strat's awful inability to stay in tune, and another twice as long since it's left handed. It would sound much better if I had a righty.

Steve, I've been meaning to pick your brain about a MIDI controller, since you seem to know your stuff and may have an answer for me.

I'm looking to get a Akai MAX25, and wanted to know if it would be able to control the Virtual Instruments I use in StudioOne. I know you are not an expert in all fields, but thought you may know if, generally, these MIDI controlling keyboards can control my drums with the MPC pads and synths and strings with the keys. Is that the main function of these controllers and I'm just worried? I'm sure you don't know about my particular DAW, but if they generally work universally. I'd hate to pay 350 bucks and just be able to use the stuff that came on it. Basically, I'm looking for a piece of hardware that I can physically play the drums with pads that are easily assignable, and keys for every other V.I., all with great integration into my DAW. That's why the cheaper stuff got vetoed. Am I being too picky, or am I looking at the wrong kind of product?

It would be awesome if you would let me know of any ideas you have on this topic, or if it's not something you know off hand. Asking you because I hear quality from what you are using and it seems to have a lot of controlability.

Thanks again for the listen and feedback.

Evan

Thanks so much my friend! Your comment about my vocals made me smile! It's been good to use my voice more, between the recent recordings and the radio show. And between the bong, the cigarillos, and talking and singing so much, my voice is turning out a little raspy... I guess I'm not alone though. I appreciate your feedback!

Upon listening back, I'm missing some changes and variety. Additions are planned. I heard lots of vocal lines in this, and will probably use piano to do those after removing it from a section. First piano section is not my favorite, so it is expendable.

Thanks for the feedback and kind words.

Evan

WOW Steve thanks for such a great comment I do love what I create and there nothing better than someone liking what I have put together. Its not the easiest thing in the world to do as my 18year old daughter is finding out as now she is doing this as well and I hope she does well with it.
Thanks again mate

Steve

Hi crucethus and thanx for your comment. I'm working on a new solo and writing a new sound to my Boss GT-100. Going for a mor soft approach, Less is more and If I put some feel into it,it might sound better.

thank you for feedback .
this is my first project but reading your comment
can cheer me up for second .
* smile *

Thanks for the feedback and comments crucethus! :)

Hi Steve, if you want the track stripped back (just rythmn guitar/drums & bass) to do your own thing with just let me know!
Cheers
Steve

thanks for the feedback bro. defo take on board what people are saying and try to improve. watch this space lol

you know what I never herd of Giorgio moroder before I had to go on youtube and do some research on him and wow for his time (1977) I would have to say that music is very progressive. it seemed to me to be more techno-ish then funk but I didn't listen to everything of his. I dig that man making me do some homework lol

Thank you, crucethus

Tried to go with your idea here, no pads though. The closest this came to anything electronic was the drums and an Auto-filter on the drum break in the middle and outro. I try to do as much as I can with just the bass guitar , trying to learn what sounds and textures it can create.

Though way too much of my stuff has sounded the same. I have about 10 tracks on here at 120bpm, don't know why I never thought to change it in the beginning of each track, just went with it.

Let me know how it it as of 1/2/14, the part I did that you and EA83 suggested needs a guitar present, a good lead line that is not in existence at the moment.

Thanks again for the listen and feedback, and don't be afraid to say "No! Dumbass!! That's not what I meant! Put the C# chorus thing HERE, and the jangling nonsense THERE! LISTEN TO ME!!".

Remember, my friend,... I'm married too. Abuse like that is like water on a duck. Beads up, Rolls off.

Evan

Thanks man!

Thank you very much ;)Love Gaga and love the 80's ;)

Ah, Great...Someone who remembers it! Yeah, one of my favorites. Glad you like it and hit me up with your kind words.

Cheers,
Scott