Evisma
Better Than You Since 82
Middle America, United States
Joined : 1st Apr 2013 - 12 years ago
Last Online : 4th Apr 2025 - 5 months ago
Evisma comments on tracks
Evisma has posted 351 comments on other peoples tracks.
on The End Is The Beginning collaboration with Evisma by JuxtaMusic
It's always a shock to hear someone's vocals on my tracks. I didn't really leave much space for vocals by always playing some kind of lead line, but you seemed to have squeezed them in there!
Your singing reminds me a bit of Bob Dylan meets Golden Earring. Interesting.
I figured you would have lowered the music's volume at times but you did not. That might help the vocals come out a bit more.
Good stuff. Had fun listening!
Evan
Thanks agin for allowing me to sing on your awesome track!
on Death is only the beginning by Angstofnorthland
I like the flangey guitars in the intro. sound clip is mixed in well.
This bad boy is compressed to the max! Guitars come in and seem a bit muddy and bassy. Seems like there is a lot of lows and some low-mids that need to be cut for more clarity. Put a mid-scoop on the master and see if you like what it does to the clarity.
Vocals move the song along, though pretty pitchy. I like the writing of everything, so far!
1:12- The crashing cymbal on the left ends abruptly and sounds unnatural. Cant that be extended or delay added to it to help it taper better?
1:14- A lot of static popping sounds. Pretty sure this is the sound of clipping. Something is maxed out here, and I think the compressor is the culprit.
2:42- This is awesome. Would love to hear more of that in the track. Very nice tone and it works well with the different elements.
3:42- Going pretty Megadeth there. Nice contrast.
A lot of this is pretty damn impressive! Only issues are mix and some of the vocal notes, which really is just me being picky. I like getting constructive feedback, so I figure others do, as well.
Evan
on The Lost - Metal Instrumental - Looking for Collab by ajones2814
Well, this is some pretty heavy stuff here. Sounds like it was written for radio.
Tones all work well together.Deep chugging and some nice alternate picking skills. Several 1-2 measure breaks to keep it interesting. Some of the bass' rattle bakes it sound fake, but your profile says you play bass. I'll assume it's real.
This one wants vocals pretty bad. Hope you get some help there. I enjoyed the listen. I'm into more progressive stuff, but this was satisfyingly heavy and aggressive. Thanks.
Evan
on Everything Where It Should Be by StaticNomad
Trrrrrrrrraaaccckk!!!!
Right in with it. Drunken sax and a thunderous kick, interrupted by two rogue plucks. Damn plucks, you can never trust 'em.
Jaunty drums and piano follow with some swanky, soulful sax. Deep sweetness enters, sounding like a half-drowned contra bassoon. Very nice addition.
1:42 makes me think it's coming from waving a huge piece of sheet-metal around. Wild. Followed by solid grooving with cosmic guitar tones.
3:23 returns to earth. Carefree lines abound, followed by some serious sparseness.
5:28 sax needs reverb on it. sound is noticeably drier than everything else. Sounds detached from the mix there.
6:40-6:47 was pretty neat, and unexpected coming from you.
7:44 FUCKING AWESOME NOTE!!! That must have made you very happy when you did it! That's the good stuff,... right there.
Quaint ending, wraps up nicely. Spent about 20 minutes listening to it, going back and forth. I do dig, indeed! Cello outro was a high point.
My new track is done and posted. Feel free to wait a couple weeks before giving it a listen. I believe in reciprocity. You may find it samey, but I like it.
Evan, fucking L. Ron Hubbard and all of his clones.
Great alliterative intro from you.
Some is well with me.
No fuckin' way - 2 Bass Bro reviews in 2 days for this unspecial, average Nomad. Why not go crazy with a triple review?
Trrrrrrrrraaaccckk!!!!
gets right into it cos I removed my 2 min country intro that has too different a mood. Saved for another day. Only problem is I don't make country music.
Are the "two rogue plucks" the banj fill at 0:10? I like it.
"a half-drowned contra bassoon" is a very accurate description for the legato notes at 0:22. Sax player is the only other person to ever play an instrument on one of my tracks. He's also on Way Beyond Wrong, the one with banj metal in it (this is from the same project).
Killer 1:42 riff does sound like someone is waving a huge piece of sheet-metal around. That's just the bow action and the abrupt yet careful way I stop for the last beat of the bar adds that ripping, waving feel.
2:15 I layer in the same approximate riff on top but now distorted. Then lead, distorted, delayed cello arrives so I have three nice layers of it for some thickness and balls (plus piano and no other bassline).
"cosmic guitar tones"
Add delay to slide guitar and you can get cosmic tones. Same goes for bowed cello. Alien, swooping stuff, as best heard towards end of track.
"3:23 returns to earth"
Nice to bring it back down into hip hop drums. Guitarey cello keeps sort of soloing.
4:43 did you like my plucked, delayed cello bassline?
5:28 sax maybe should have reverb but that seemed too predictable for me. May be more interesting without.
6:40-6:47 is swooping, whale call, bowing stuff followed by cool little, funky spiccato riff on 6:47.
7:44 note/tone is cool but there are others after that I prefer. I hit some real good bowing tones with this distortion + delay (plus some shit, of course). An inspiring sound to be used again very soon. I think these distorted cello tones would go well in your music. Perhaps they can via Slupergroupery.
"Quaint ending".
Is it? Cru seems to think similarly. I just tried to make something that was conclusive, for a change.
You only spent 20 mins listening? Damn, I normally spend 2-3 hours* on your tracks, trying to absorb ever morsel of sonic and emotional data.
Thanks for the details. Nuance is not always futile.
Nomad, fucking all these gun-toting hip gangster wannabes
*No, not really.
on Nuance Is Futile by StaticNomad
No need to get up. I'll only be a minute.
Trrrrrrrrack!
We begin with some warped chugging that almost sounds like there is a wah in action. Getting a pretty good tone from that bad boy. Establishing a nice groove. Extra notes at 0:40 are nice. Plucking there?
1:17 tone is a cool, grinding, industrial sound. Fits well there. Ends abruptly to make way for more chugs.
1:46 break has some interesting runs in it. Sounds a bit complex for the cello. Synth afterwards is very nice. Not out of place here at all.
3:41 break is very nice. Reminds me of Queensryche.
4:13 synth seems out of place, but sounds good at 4:42. I'd peel that back so it all hits at once on 4:42.
Active section at the end is slippery, digital and made of glass, with brass tubing running through. Futuristic steampunk.
Good stuff indeed! You seem adequately confident in your new tool. We'll have to mesh cello and lap-steel some time,... without crossing the streams.
Sorry it took me an eternity to listen and review. Not fired up the desktop computer in a while till a few days ago. Been icing the shoulder, and it's hard to do that consistently and be playing guitar. I have, however, used Paul-Stretch in my latest endeavor, with surprising results. Only stretched it 300%, but it gave it dark chanting, industrial steam purges and gong-like accents. Diggin it! May be the outro. Track should be around 7 minutes. We'll see.
Evan, letting the rabbits wear glasses, saving our brothers, feverishly looking for an amen, then thanking Jesus.
Your alliterative greeting is excellent, Dashing Doer Of Daring Deeds a potential track title. Totally sums me up. I'm doing some of those deeds now whilst typing.
See - you can still come up with a good, new greeting. No idea how I'll come up with new, decent ones if we're still greeting each other in, say, 20 years' time. Just think how many yos and word ups I'll have given out by then. Squillions.
I did not get up, get on up, like a sex machine for you. That's what I didn't do.
Trrrrrrrrack!
No wah in intro but a filter that is similar. Automated a little at certain points and then turned off as it all goes BAM! when the fat drums smash their way in.
Cello plucking (pizzicato) around 0:40. Like a lead, clean bass but low, not high.
1:17 tone is cool - plugin distortion added to clean cello parts. All the low end riffage in this through hardware FX unit.
1:46 break has riffage I love. Perhaps complex cos I've chopped up different bits of jammed riffing to make it. Sounds just like heavy guitar.
"Synth afterwards is very nice"
I think you mean the Fender Rhodes at 2:14. 'Tis a surprise that fits fine. Not much Rhodes on top of heavy guitar riffage in general.
2:33 a short cello solo from me. Sounds just like guitar.
Still never really heard any of Queensryche's music though I know the name well, partly cos it's distinctive.
4:13 synth is that same Rhodes instrument from before, now with distortion. Not sure why it's out of place. I like how the clean, swooping cello bowing sits underneath it. If I "peel all that back" I don't know how I'll successfully manage to build up to the return of the badass riffage on 4:42.
"Futuristic steampunk" is a label I'm glad to hear as I hadn't thought of it. I love the third and final heavy section. Loads of distortion on synths and some crunchy drum loops.
I like the glass and brass tubing ideas too.
"adequately confident in your new tool"
Not at all when bowing. Not even close to being decent enough to jam with other musicians, which I can do easily on other stringed instruments. My careful editing skills, as always, make me sound so much better.
Let us indeed mesh cello and lap-steel some time. Let us make some cellsteelstep.
Streams will only be crossed if parts are panned. We will probably both be sucked into some vortex if that happens so keep those parts panned far apart.
Great to hear you have been stretching your shit* and I'm looking forward to hearing that make a difference to your music. That's the idea. Of course you got some surprising results. Try 800% on some simple lap steel lines for awesome ambience beauty.
Ooooh 7 mins. A Bass Bro epic. You must be stretching all your parts!
Static Bowmad, chugging the shit out of that cello, getting an amen, getting a hallelujah, thanking Jesus.
*Ten Mile Turd
on The Warm Glow Of Yesterday by StaticNomad
My spit is fully lusted, bro..... Fully.
Intro line is a great one to start with, with (bowed?)quarter-notes keeping time. I like it. A very "Sit down children, I have a very old tale to tell you" vibe. Got the image of an old man opening a thick, dusty book, about to tell an amazing story, full of loss, tragedy, magic and the power of ancient rage.
3:48- What is that sound? Sounds like a bottle being blown.
Oooohh, 4:00 change is nice. The depth is felt there. Then enters the guit-fiddle.
4:48-5:12 is a special section. An emphatic point is being made in the story.
6:07- The sorrowful grieving of the narrator for the characters pain and trails. This track is very emotive for me. More than any before.
I do like the bell-ish outro/intro. I do, however, agree with Master Wayne on it possibly sounding better with a more natural instrument. A bell with a marimba or musicbox, maybe. I like the line a lot, but think the sound could be better. The other synthy stuff in this track was good, but kinda made it blend in with the rest of your tracks. This song seems special, and I feel it should be treated differently. That may be an idiotic thing to say, but you have something different here. Not so much the cello, but the melodies you wrote carry more weight than most. You feel them,.... and I'm not even high,.... yet.
This one had great feel, was accessorized, and showed your steady progress on a new instrument. I dug the bits of reverse drums in there, too. Forgot to mention it.
Evan, who knows it was a girl, back in Bethlehem.
(Mohamed, My Friend- with Tori Amos)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64LnAIC9RWo
About time we brought her back.
Keep your spit away from my lovely cello. Well, unless you polish it afterwards.
Intro is nice and it's predominantly cello harmonics plus some plucked (pizzicato) slides that I find deep and moving. First bowing arrives 0:29 (high shimmer).
"3:48- What is that sound?"
More cello, of course. I can't explain why there is a connection between bowing and the sounds of wind instruments (apart from the irrelevant blowing/bowing* connection) but there is as you can also produce flutey sounds with the bow.
I first heard/saw that when watching a double bass player bowing and was certain I heard flutey sounds sometimes when he went up high. I asked him about it afterwards and he said yes that was intentional. That guy was playing a 150-year-old double bass, which is pretty impressive.
"Oooohh, 4:00 change" is pretty cool. I add some amp distortion to the bass g (and one cello part) there to give it some added balls. Not trying to go badass but you know I like balls on everything. Except women. They're better without.
"4:48-5:12 is a special section"
Yes - some nice shit and the return of my chimey guitar instrument playing some sad, moving stuff.
"6:07- The sorrowful grieving of the narrator"
I find the high bowing in this section quite beautiful. Damn awkward for novice me to bow the top two strings but that's what I'm doing there. Same goes for 7:54 when it gets bigger and crazier. Similar playing but sounds different.
"I do like the bell-ish outro/intro.I do, however, agree with Master Wayne on it possibly sounding better with a more natural instrument"
I might get rid of that part right at the end, just leaving the low cello note hanging.
"This song seems special, and I feel it should be treated differently."
I've kept the other synth stuff quite minimal and I think it sounds different from my other tracks. Cello is the focus and there may be more of it than guitar in my guitariest tracks.
"the melodies you wrote carry more weight than most"
No idea why. They're really all just jammed, happy accident melodies produced through layering and seeing what happened to come out. Not planned or imagined, as always (my great musical failing).
"I dug the bits of reverse drums in there, too"
Ah yes, you're a sucker for anything reversed. When will you make a whole track just consisting of reversed sounds? The small reverses here are just part of the series of glitch effects on one hip hop drumkit in the middle. Just to give the drums a strange feel and make that section stand out.
My next track will be cellmetallo, no guitar. The Bass Bro gonna drool over my badass cello riffage.
Hope you're well.
Static Cellmad, celling shit up.
*I do enjoy a nice bowjob
on I Will Be Fine by Cestevens1783
The vocals are great, right up my alley, and do a great job of painting a picture. Could be a bit louder in parts, since they are the main focus, but I don't feel robbed of anything here. Always good to hear your voice. My favorite on this site. Would love to hear it on something of mine, but my music is not fitting to showcase your voice. You deserve better.
Thank you again for sharing. Favorited.
Evan
on In The Grip Of Himalaya by Orlando51
Sweet.
Evan
With much appreciation_______Orlando
on My Contest Intrumental - Opinions Needed by BradoSanz
0:53 drums sound like there should be some kind of change in tone till 1:13, then they sound fitting again. Maybe more of a rim-shotted snare there? Or maybe another snare layered underneath, just barely noticeable.
By 2:45 the acoustic sounding guitar gets a bit old on the ears.
Yeah, there you go. As picky a bitch as I can be, that's all I can muster. That said, I have some serious tone envy going on here. I've NEVER captured a sound so clean and PROFESSIONAL sounding. Can't say it's hugely creative or new to the ears, sounds pretty Goo Goo Dolls, but holy crap is your recording good!
Best of luck to you!
Evan
Brado
on Midnight Sun by StaticNomad
Great breathing room till 1:20, then it says "Alright, this is 'bout to get serious".
2:17 is simple but bad-fucking-ass! VERY cool. Went back to it several times. Good stuff there.
Bringin' it down for the ending section, which ends very nicely. Nice finger-work there. Can hear a lot of fret-wiggle in the end section. I need to get on my wiggle, learn to wiggle, then perform my wiggle for others. Maybe give Satan a wiggle or two.
Was never a Sabbath fan, so I don't know if this sounds like them. This makes me think of Alice In Chains more than anything. I can EASILY hear Layne singing on this.
Hope all is well. Things getting back to normal, here. Going to spend some time on my track this evening, since you have enough bass from me for now. Mine has been sitting for a while now. Got about a minute of lap-steel, bass, drums and a Zippo that I've had for about 23 years.
Evan, desperate to control all and everything.
Did you enjoy basking in the glory of my beautiful rays? If you listen for long enough, you can get a pretty bitchin' Nomad tan. That's the Nomadgic rubbing off, though it tends to fade after a few days. Keep topping up and you can have that tan all the time.
"thought you were done with them"
No, certainly not. I'm trying to be more intelligent all the time about my music making and will do a shorter track if that's what feels right. So many reasons for me doing lots of long ones. Above all it's because lengthy seems to suit my far out style. This one is nice and concise but could be so much longer though I'm glad it's not. Still might go back and extend it just a little.
"Great breathing room till 1:20"
Yes - lots of nice space to let that slow, simple guitar and bass groove flow, along with the slowly introduced strings and other ambient elements. Then it does get heavy as I switch to a new low end riff and fat, cymbal-led crashing drums.
"2:17 is simple but bad-fucking-ass!"
You have a chosen a very cool, simple, short and neat little solo. Good choice as I'm really happy with how brief and effective that is. It's all part of the new Concise Nomad. Must get better at that.
"Can hear a lot of fret-wiggle in the end section"
I guess you mean bends. I'm a big bender while we know that you are a straight note slave.
"I need to get on my wiggle"
Yes - just imagine your fretting finger is a synth's pitch bend wheel and move it about a bit. You will hear the sound change in a pleasing way, if you get it right.
"Was never a Sabbath fan"
For a while I have wondered if you actually listen to any stoner or doom. I suspect not. So, so much to choose from (and I know a lot about it) but try Sabbath's song Into The Void for starters. You will enjoy the riffage.
Yes, if Layne Staley were alive I would let him sing on this (I'm a huge AIC fan).
Maynard: I know you're reading this so feel free to have a go and send me whatever you come up with.
"since you have enough bass from me for now"
Not necessarily. I may well ask for more. But for now you are free to play Zippo riffs all day.
Nomad, letting the waters kiss and transmutate these leaden grudges into gold.
All hail The Grudge!
on -WTF- by TinyFinger
Easily the best lyrics to ever grace this site. Speaking to the inner nut-job. Fantastic!
Music is done well. Not much to say about it. Lyrics steal the show.
on Drowning sun by FatalDecline
I wish the vocals were easier to understand. Too heavily effected. Would be cool if you blended the effected vocals with the dry versions. Keep the dry lower, but it would help with clarity and still keep the effects on the wet track.
Pretty cool. Reminds me of Deftones a bit with the voice.
Evan
Thank you for listening\m/
on A little bit of you by fabio1049
I like the melodic feel you're going for here. Lead tone is pretty tasty. Backing guitar track brings the quality down quite a bit. Too much room sound? Was this micd up or does it have a lot of added reverb? Either way, the writing is just fine. It's the room sound and tone of the backing guitar that let's this one down. Gotta say again, though, that lead sounds great. A bit squawky in the beginning, but harmonics are hard to tame with the gain cranked.
A good beginning. Do continue!
Evan
on Summertime by Staggerman
This is all more traditional bass guitar playing than I do. I could not do this if my life depended on it. My track "Basso Continuo" is one that is all bass guitar. Your stuff is more classy. Mine is more crowbar.
I enjoyed this emensly! Love bass guitar work. Great stuff.
Evan
on RacedOut by naga25
Grinding intro. Interesting tones. They sound rather cheap, no offense.
The perc rhythm is off after that as well. Damn, you're not letting up on that guitar loop, are you. Persistent. It gets pretty old after a bit.
1:09 sound enters that does not fit the rest, but 1:46 drums are rather nice. Highest quality sound in the track. I'm guessing it's all loops?
I like the fact that you're bring some rock to looperman. I'd try to find groups of guitar loops with the same effects or clean, and try more changes in the main riff. I like the sound you were going for, and I dig the grinding guitars. If there is any way I can help, just ask. I've received tons of help from musicians here who I now consider as friends. Their constructive criticism has helped me a lot.
Best of luck to you.
Evan
on Little Miss by ImproveWithError
Voice always reminds me of Dylan. Second vocal in the break is pretty cool.
I'm not a fan of the lower stuff on the left. Would sound a bit better centered a bit more.
Not a lot to really say in terms of criticism! More of an intro and outro, but I liked it and the drums had a good sound, though I'd add a bit more hat in the verses.
I do dig it!
Evan
on Shiness by demostar
The chunky bass and guitars around 0:40, or so, really need more to them. That part can sound badass, just needs to stop hiding. More vol, hi-mids and lows. Great distortion on there. I like it.
Drums sound pretty dry. Too dry compared to the surrounding lushness of the guitars and synths. The drums could use some reverb.
I dig the track! Just a few things could make it better.
Take care.
Evan
on Untitled yet by BoneSaw
Take care.
Evan
on You Temperamental by EDRAAK
I don't understand a word of it, and that is just fine. Every element of the first half is amazing!
2:30- Guitars are very tasteful, with a wonderful tone. Background vocals in the second half are very cool!
I'm very impressed with this! Puts my music to shame. Excellent, I can't say enough. Just fantastic!
Evan
Rock on bro
Hamed
on Untitled yet by BoneSaw
I like the riffs you have here! The high lead sounds kind of fake, but I like what it's doing. The stair-stepping backing line is very good, too.
No real criticism here. Though repetitive, I enjoyed it. I hope you find the vocals you're looking for.
Evan
you right, that lead is not really good, i will correct it as soon as i can. I'm still in learning phase, so every critics are welcome....
on Real1 by ImproveWithError
Not my kind of Rock, a country fusion sound, but your voice instantly reminded me of Dylan and his son. Don't hear many decent singers on here. It was good to hear your vocals.
Guitars are pretty minimal. Simple structure, but it sounded like something you'd hear on the radio. I don't think you were going for originality, but it sounds good without having to be complicated.
Take care
Evan
Kyle
on Lost I by AnnFatman
Music is done well. Vocals are really, really good. Can't stress this enough. A very engaging, captivating voice. You guys should do really well if you get exposure.
You should spread out your uploads over more time. I noticed three in a week. They won't get the attention they deserve unless people have time to find them. Upload one track, and comment on other folks' tracks, and that keeps your song on top of the Featured page. (You may already know that)
Evan
I did not know it :D And it's so good to hear, that you liked it :)
on Shine by AnnFatman
The guitar tone may benefit from a bit of EQ low/mid-scoop. That is the only aspect that didn't sound great and crisp. All the singing and playing was really good, just the guitar's tone could be tweaked. I do split hairs often, and may be too picky. If you dig it, keep it.
Good stuff. I'll have to listen to your others.
Evan
on The Warriors Decision by jaytakill
That is one hell of a waveform! I'm expecting this to be a five and a half minute "Clipfest". And,.....yeah. There is a metric shit-ton of low-end mud, or tar. Seems to mostly be in the kick, maybe in one of the distorted guitars. Sounds like you could easily fix that, so nothing to really worry about.
All that said, this is some very sweet shit you got right here! The best heavy stuff I've heard on this site for a long time. Doesn't sound like a mic'd setup. I'm guessing this was mostly done in the DAW. Bits of this reminds me of Mastodon's "Spectralight". I dig this deeply!
The change at 4:24 is a great way to extend the track. Very cool riff. Then a tortured scream and creepy voice outro.
Damn. Some pretty friggin awesome stuff. The mix is really the only issue, but it's a big one. Maybe just some hi-passes or a different kick with more crack to it.
Impressive writing and playing.
Evan
on The Deep Dark by toastedavalanche
I liked this one. Reverse bits were tasty. Vocals fit very well. Modern Folk is what I'd call it.
Evan
Bulldozer is a killer track that I've been listening to for a while now. Sorry For Me has also become a bit of a personal anthem (I'm such a mopey bastard). So, uh, thanks for the compliment. It's something I can run with... NO TAKE-BACKSIES!!!
TA