Man I feel like I just popped a handful of tranks after listening to this one bro! That candy crusher groove is like pure barbituates, without the harmful side effects. I dig the slow guitar there at 3:33, is that the time stretched part? Super tight production wise as are all of your tracks. Nice blend of various strings that together forms a pretty heavy psychedelic cacophony. Very groovy tune. Perfect head shop music!
But you probably needed a while to get over the trippiness of this track. Have you come back down from your tranquiliser trip yet?
I have a vague idea what a candy crusher groove might be but I can't find any info on where the term is from. If I google it, I just get links to that Candy Crush game.
"3:33, is that the time stretched part?"
No, that's just detuned slide guitar. I think I took it down one octave in the computer to make it more like a bass.
Timestretched guitar is very ethereal and shimmering here and can be heard at 5:51 to the end. Strange textures that sound nothing like a guitar.
"Super tight production wise as are all of your tracks."
Thanks. I'm pretty good at it these days though it still takes a while to get everything nice and tight. Lots of mixing work and trimming of so many bits. Especially audio here - all those guitar snippets.
This is indeed a pretty heavy psychedelic cacophony. Hopefully with some clarity and not too much cacophony.
"Perfect head shop music!"
I haven't been inside one in years but, yes, they should all put this on their soundtrack.On repeat.
Solid rockin' track tv and very much sounds like the Zep with Jimmy on his Les Paul. You can really play man ! Yeah I love your variations with the chords and finger picking combinations, sweep picking, hammer-ons, pull-offs etc. Very reminiscent of Pages playing style. Zeppelin was such a great band! Man listening to this I may have to get the Led out and go immerse myself. Love it tv, instant fave !
Thanks, Neo. Yes, Zep is one of my all-time faves. The first 4 or 5 songs I taught myself on guitar were Zep. Stairway was the very first and then Black Dog followed by Rock and Roll. They basically got me into guitar and music in general. I appreciate the kind words.
I took my kids to see the new "IT" movie the other day and now hearing this track really creeps me out. I never have liked clowns !! Pretty dope track man, I love the hip hop groove and deep bass. Do you realize in your description you say "feel free to download" but you have the download function disabled????
thanks bro. have a fear of clowns myself so I'm right there with ya lol. oh and i should have specified that the creepy backtracking is in my track listings.
I love it Cru !
Foe some reason it reminds me of playing Doom, Duke Nukem or Descent years ago. I think it's Duke Nukems Crackdown theme that I'm thinking of. I loved those early first person shooter games. Yeah very sinister video game theme sounding. Loads of cool atmospheric effects and swirling stereo. Awesome track bro, I totally dig the production on this.
Thanks for the props neo, I never got into those first person shooter video games so i don't know the music associated to it very well. But i trust your musical instincts with my life, you are that good!
Cru
Hey bro, this a pretty dope track. I really like your structure and the hard panning is a nice retro touch. This reminds me of some of the new wave bands of the 80's. The vocals are really good, at least in terms of the singers vocal talents. Even though I don't understand Dutch I can appreciate the skills ! Its definitely unique and very cool. Great job.
Retro, i like that but its probally my lack of production/mixing knowledge : ) but as an old skool demo i can live with it. Would like to put in a little more of the stuff you are doing but metal is difficult too me (practice, i know) cheers man
Love it Steve ! I can easily imagine you two in smoky, dimly lit pub, off in a corner on stools. The background noise does clash a bit with the music but at the same time gives it that realistic element of playing live which makes it cool. Props on the guitar playing bro, sounds really good. Having just an acoustic and vocals, both have to be pretty good to pull it off. Nice version of this classic.
The pipe organ is such a magnificent instrument. So powerful and hauntingly beautiful. Growing up in Catholic church I heard plenty of this music. It really brings back childhood memories. Wonderfully played piece man. You got serious talent. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Thank you for kind words! I am glad you enjoyed the sound of the recording and the quality of the performance. Yes, it is a kind of a sacred space of the church that enhances the raw characteristics of the organ instrument making the actual sound more interesting so I tried to stay in tune with that reverberating space of the room of the church while playing the concert as much as I can. 'Fantasia in G Major' is some kind of a trenary form with highly elaborated middle part which is a sophisticated compositional model for 5-part contrapunctal writing on a given gregorian melody though the theme here is not a strict one. The Sonata I played is a secular form of baroque music, not a religious music. I also performed 2 choral preludes based on protestant chorale melodies during the concert - those were organ transcriptions from Bachs cantatas which are strictly religious works.
Great find man ! Its really fresh and raw sounding. This brings back so many memories of playing in bands. Kind of like when the guitar player starts it off with "hey check out this new riff I came up with", and then the other guys will jump in and you end up jamming on it for 10-15 mins. And then its usually forgotten. Is this you and a band or what? Cool track bro, I dig it.
Thanks, Neo. This is me on Guitar (rhythm and lead), Bass and Keyboard. Drums are Jamstick.
It was pretty much the process you described. I came up with the guitar riff and changes and then just went back in and improvised the lead and Organ. Bass was just played like the rhythm track, nothing fancy. I had just started out on bass after playing the guitar for years.
I appreciate the listen and the kind feedback.
Awesome track bro.
BradoSanz' instrumental is really tight and has a nice somber vibe. Major props on the added vocal track. I like your voice, you have great control and lots of power and emotion. Its perfect for the music. Very well done!
I dig this Silve, a really nice throw back tune. Takes me back to the 80's and new wave bands like Human League, Ultravox, Kraftwerk, Spandau Ballet, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, A-Ha, Tears for Fears, Eurythmics, Flock of Seagulls etc.. That was a great time period and such an explosion of synthesizer based music. Really paved the way to the new era of elecronica.
Of course "Time" is the nucleus here and the clock sound merged with the beat is very ingenious and cool. Some really slick progressions and transitions throughout and I love the sound effects! The ending is also nicely done...very sci-fi. Love it man !
I am late on reviewing this one bro, sorry.
Really like the deep bass on this and man the cello is just so smooth in the first section. Really love the transition into the Dnb, that's sweet man. Lots of chilled out elements throughout, great fills and effects, superb production value here. How are you managing the sound swells starting around 4:10, expression pedal? You are so masterful with variation in your tracks. This is a truly wonderful piece to listen to. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Yeah, the cello is fairly smooth in the intro section. I think it has some beauty and playfulness. The track was supposed to be begin with d'n'b but that half tempo chilled groovy intro worked too well so I kept it. You can't really guess the d'n'b is coming, I don't think.
"How are you managing the sound swells starting around 4:10, expression pedal?"
Spivkurl also mentioned a swell effect but gave no time reference. Maybe he was thinking of the same sort of section as you. I don't know what to say as I'm not really hearing any particular swell there. It's just bowed cello, no expression pedal. Perhaps the swell comes from how I'm drawing the bow plus the delay added to the cello part.
"You are so masterful with variation in your tracks."
Thanks. The variation comes from not knowing where the hell the track is going so then I have to experiment with very different elements. Then I get different sections going and have to work out how to stitch them all together. Sometimes I do it very smoothly, sometimes I don't.
Great to hear you thought it was so wonderful. I've got more into since finishing making it. I spent ages on it, tweaking so many elements. I guess I was going for a smooth, clean sound.
Man its always cool when the Monster attacks with another wicked track! I really like the percussive intro and of course when that synth comes creeping in with sinister syncopation. Yeah the beat really makes me want to move. I may have stated it before but your tracks are made for late night high speed blasts down the interstate.
"I'm high, I'm tranced out and my right foot has the accelerator pinned to the floor. The sounds from my speakers merge with the sounds from the exhaust headers to create my melody of speed and sonic energy. The street lights flicker, the dotted lines blur....theres No Internet Connection".
A very eerie and hauntingly beautiful melody Jamid. Like some of the others as I listened I felt almost entranced by it and then it was over. It definitely could have been longer. The question you raise is quite possibly the oldest and most profound question in existence. One that every one of us will ponder at some point during life. I like to think that there will be a continuum beyond our present state but I tend to believe that if there is, we cant remain as we are. If you study different cultures and different religions they all have beliefs of life after death. Is it just a scare tactic to encourage us to live rightously and in fear of consequence of our actions, or is there truth in it? I guess there's only one way to find out. I will have to get back with you on that, but hopefully not anytime soon !!
Hello Neomorpheus,
Thank you very much for your wonderful feedback and very kind words mate.
I find it very interesting and I do hope that we will meet after our death.
Otherwise as Pete said “What is our agenda for living.”
I am really glad you liked it
The reason for it been just over three minute I did it for a Psychology lecture at our University for a project.
I think I will do some more work to it.
Thanks again mate
Jamid
Man this is fun bro !
Its like Quentin Taratinos Heavy Metal version of the Good Bad and the Ugly ! I really dig the spaghetti western guitar picking in the beginning segment but that soon gives way to a nice heavy chord groove. I really dig those chord changes and, oh yeah, that's some real tasty lead. Man this is all done in Shreddage? Unbelievable. You throw in some real ominous breakdown and then a nice return to the western vibe guitar twang and those peaking single coils. Real slick transitioning. The last section really amps things up to another high level of intensity, some real edgy progression with guitar and drums laying down a heavy triplet cadence. This is wicked man, and I love the build to the abrupt hanging note ending.
Yeah, I'm all smiles right now bro. So happy to see and hear the Valvedriver cranking it out once more!!!
I didn't really shoot for the spaghetti wedtern sound, but now that you mention it, it totally is! Works for me!
I'm glad you liked the chord changes and leads. Those were a couple of things I wasn't 100% confident with. Especially the leads. I'm really more of a rythym guy, so I tend to feel like my leads are severely kacking. Nit only in content, but structure as well. So hearing from a guitar man that I'm doing alright is encouraging. Thanjs fir that, man!
Yes. This is entirely done with Shreddage. Around the time I first got it, I saw a comment here in a forum post that someone else made, saying that the virtual guitars are good for back up, or accents, but can never be used for a complete track. I took that as a silent challenge. Honestly, though, I'm still not fully satisfied, so expect more where I've pushed myself even harder.
Funny thing is, about the triplet cadence...I didn't even realize I was doing it, so again, more encouraging words that I'm doing something right!
Hey, man, you take care, and thanks again for the positive feedback. It's truly appreciated.
Yeah I totally agree the minimal aspect here really allows the focus to remain on the vocal and the power of the words. The guitar track is clean with beautiful tonality and the playing is tight. I like the choice of using a picking style here instead of strummed chords. Extremely well played, with some really slick articulation. The lyrics are poignant and convey a powerful message that is still a real issue within our racially divided society. Its a sad song really. To me it relates a view that when you break it down is really common to all sides. We continue to allow differences and past mistakes to cloud our judgement and foster mistrust and hatred. I someday hope songs like this won't have to be written bro, but who knows when or if that day will ever come.
Very very well put about the message, Neomorpheus, and I couldn't agree more. Yes, the golden rule is about fairness to all sides. Yet, while we claim to be a christian society, we'd be lucky if in fact 1 in 10 in our country follow it. Seems it's all become about hate, and power, and money, and pushing people's buttons in such a way that it absolutely precludes thought, judgment and decency. I've been around a while and seen a lot of bs and the resulting violence, but this is the worst it's been in my 50+ lifetime. So I'll keep writing my little songs because that seems better than a primal scream of rage. I really appreciate your thoughtful listen and comments.
Really slick bit of guitar playing and straight up Rock A Billy !
I got turned onto Rock A Billy when Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats came onto the rock scene in the 80's. I'm also into Hot Rodding which has embraced the low brow culture and this form of music is very popular.
Sounds like you definitely got your rig set up properly and the tone is spot on. Are you in fact playing this on a hollow body, maybe Gibson or Gretsch? The first electric guitar I ever played was my Dads Vintage 1963 Sears Silvertone hollow body.
Thanks a lot for your stunning feedback, good to hear you love that music too - I am quite diverse in music styles but as well much influenced by my dad hearing elvis and stuff all day long ;) I am not playing that on a hollow body but on an Les Paul with a standard R&R setup but for sure little finetune applied.
Pretty awesome slide guitar chillout Katz. It conjures up memory of trip I took to a little town outside New Orleans back around 1990. Chalmette, Louisiana, a real nice place, south of the French quarter. A friend and co-worker at the time was raised there. I never had been to Mardi Gras so he offered to take me down there to check it out. Long story short, while we were there we drove out to his grandparents place which was located in the bayou area right on the Mississippi River. I ended up in small boat night fishing with a spotlight in the swamp with snakes and alligators all around and getting nearly eaten alive by mosquitoes. I was freakin terrified ! This song would have been a perfect sound track to the experience. I certainly dig the track think the sound effects add a nice cinematic element to it. Maybe a bit too much walking through the mud though. I would probably like it better from a pure song point of view if the effects were limited to the intro /outro. I was toying around the other night and got into some Pink Floyd sounding stuff and decided to record a bit of it. I may end up trying to work up a track with the material and was wondering if you would you mind if I used a bit of your CBG on it? It may fit right into what I'm working with. I would certainly give you cred for it. Sorry to ask you in the middle of your track comments like this but I don't do it when it comes to mind, I would probably forget the idea later. Again, good stuff here bro, and yes I hope your serious about putting that album together. Keep us posted on that for sure man !
Damn 1990! Seems a few lifetimes ago! That would be quite terrifying! I've never been further south of North Carolina, too hot, humid and busy for me!! I like Maine, we get cold enough so there's no poisonous snakes, insects and alot of the tropical germs can't survive the winters. I'll take the cold over the heat! It's funny when people ask Maine? Where's that? People actually live there, it's not all pine trees? I love the maine woods! Less that will kill you here hahaha Listening to some tracks in my car I realized how much I do use footsteps in stuff. Maybe the next one will be fishing for catfish from a boat instead of walking. I actaully had the thought to add rowing instead. I love the cbg songs on you tube that's one guitar solo playing slide, telling it's tale. I played along with a drum groove for timing, then cut out the drums to keep it guitar and sounds of nature only. When it come to mind that's the best time to ask! Sent you a message with the stems wet and dry, have a blast with them :D The wife said sounds like pink floyd as well, but did David Gilmore play a cbg? Billy Gibbons did :p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHzeNW_nJVY My work schedule has been a bit crazy switching nights to days and back, but I am working on getting together the songs I think will go together for a cbg album, making sure they're mixed acceptably ect. All played on cbgs and maybe bass guitar since I haven't yet built a bass, I have the parts though. I do have some stuff mixed with 6 string playing too. Started experimenting with open tunings on 6 string from what I've learned this past year. Thanks NeoGillian :D
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But you probably needed a while to get over the trippiness of this track. Have you come back down from your tranquiliser trip yet?
I have a vague idea what a candy crusher groove might be but I can't find any info on where the term is from. If I google it, I just get links to that Candy Crush game.
"3:33, is that the time stretched part?"
No, that's just detuned slide guitar. I think I took it down one octave in the computer to make it more like a bass.
Timestretched guitar is very ethereal and shimmering here and can be heard at 5:51 to the end. Strange textures that sound nothing like a guitar.
"Super tight production wise as are all of your tracks."
Thanks. I'm pretty good at it these days though it still takes a while to get everything nice and tight. Lots of mixing work and trimming of so many bits. Especially audio here - all those guitar snippets.
This is indeed a pretty heavy psychedelic cacophony. Hopefully with some clarity and not too much cacophony.
"Perfect head shop music!"
I haven't been inside one in years but, yes, they should all put this on their soundtrack.On repeat.
Thanks again.
Unlimited Static
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Cheers.
tv
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Or were you just...Clowning around !!!
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Foe some reason it reminds me of playing Doom, Duke Nukem or Descent years ago. I think it's Duke Nukems Crackdown theme that I'm thinking of. I loved those early first person shooter games. Yeah very sinister video game theme sounding. Loads of cool atmospheric effects and swirling stereo. Awesome track bro, I totally dig the production on this.
Cru
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It was pretty much the process you described. I came up with the guitar riff and changes and then just went back in and improvised the lead and Organ. Bass was just played like the rhythm track, nothing fancy. I had just started out on bass after playing the guitar for years.
I appreciate the listen and the kind feedback.
Cheers.
tv
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BradoSanz' instrumental is really tight and has a nice somber vibe. Major props on the added vocal track. I like your voice, you have great control and lots of power and emotion. Its perfect for the music. Very well done!
Thanks for listening and commenting though, always appreciated :)
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Of course "Time" is the nucleus here and the clock sound merged with the beat is very ingenious and cool. Some really slick progressions and transitions throughout and I love the sound effects! The ending is also nicely done...very sci-fi. Love it man !
One of my longest projects to put together.
It was actually hard work but fun.
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Really like the deep bass on this and man the cello is just so smooth in the first section. Really love the transition into the Dnb, that's sweet man. Lots of chilled out elements throughout, great fills and effects, superb production value here. How are you managing the sound swells starting around 4:10, expression pedal? You are so masterful with variation in your tracks. This is a truly wonderful piece to listen to. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
No problem about being late reviewing this.
Yeah, the cello is fairly smooth in the intro section. I think it has some beauty and playfulness. The track was supposed to be begin with d'n'b but that half tempo chilled groovy intro worked too well so I kept it. You can't really guess the d'n'b is coming, I don't think.
"How are you managing the sound swells starting around 4:10, expression pedal?"
Spivkurl also mentioned a swell effect but gave no time reference. Maybe he was thinking of the same sort of section as you. I don't know what to say as I'm not really hearing any particular swell there. It's just bowed cello, no expression pedal. Perhaps the swell comes from how I'm drawing the bow plus the delay added to the cello part.
"You are so masterful with variation in your tracks."
Thanks. The variation comes from not knowing where the hell the track is going so then I have to experiment with very different elements. Then I get different sections going and have to work out how to stitch them all together. Sometimes I do it very smoothly, sometimes I don't.
Great to hear you thought it was so wonderful. I've got more into since finishing making it. I spent ages on it, tweaking so many elements. I guess I was going for a smooth, clean sound.
Thanks for the thoughts.
Take care,
Hours And Hours Of Static
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Man its always cool when the Monster attacks with another wicked track! I really like the percussive intro and of course when that synth comes creeping in with sinister syncopation. Yeah the beat really makes me want to move. I may have stated it before but your tracks are made for late night high speed blasts down the interstate.
"I'm high, I'm tranced out and my right foot has the accelerator pinned to the floor. The sounds from my speakers merge with the sounds from the exhaust headers to create my melody of speed and sonic energy. The street lights flicker, the dotted lines blur....theres No Internet Connection".
Thanks for the amazing post :)
much love.
- m
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Thank you very much for your wonderful feedback and very kind words mate.
I find it very interesting and I do hope that we will meet after our death.
Otherwise as Pete said “What is our agenda for living.”
I am really glad you liked it
The reason for it been just over three minute I did it for a Psychology lecture at our University for a project.
I think I will do some more work to it.
Thanks again mate
Jamid
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Its like Quentin Taratinos Heavy Metal version of the Good Bad and the Ugly ! I really dig the spaghetti western guitar picking in the beginning segment but that soon gives way to a nice heavy chord groove. I really dig those chord changes and, oh yeah, that's some real tasty lead. Man this is all done in Shreddage? Unbelievable. You throw in some real ominous breakdown and then a nice return to the western vibe guitar twang and those peaking single coils. Real slick transitioning. The last section really amps things up to another high level of intensity, some real edgy progression with guitar and drums laying down a heavy triplet cadence. This is wicked man, and I love the build to the abrupt hanging note ending.
Yeah, I'm all smiles right now bro. So happy to see and hear the Valvedriver cranking it out once more!!!
I didn't really shoot for the spaghetti wedtern sound, but now that you mention it, it totally is! Works for me!
I'm glad you liked the chord changes and leads. Those were a couple of things I wasn't 100% confident with. Especially the leads. I'm really more of a rythym guy, so I tend to feel like my leads are severely kacking. Nit only in content, but structure as well. So hearing from a guitar man that I'm doing alright is encouraging. Thanjs fir that, man!
Yes. This is entirely done with Shreddage. Around the time I first got it, I saw a comment here in a forum post that someone else made, saying that the virtual guitars are good for back up, or accents, but can never be used for a complete track. I took that as a silent challenge. Honestly, though, I'm still not fully satisfied, so expect more where I've pushed myself even harder.
Funny thing is, about the triplet cadence...I didn't even realize I was doing it, so again, more encouraging words that I'm doing something right!
Hey, man, you take care, and thanks again for the positive feedback. It's truly appreciated.
Skol!
Aaron
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Irrespective, excellent job with this one.
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Really slick bit of guitar playing and straight up Rock A Billy !
I got turned onto Rock A Billy when Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats came onto the rock scene in the 80's. I'm also into Hot Rodding which has embraced the low brow culture and this form of music is very popular.
Sounds like you definitely got your rig set up properly and the tone is spot on. Are you in fact playing this on a hollow body, maybe Gibson or Gretsch? The first electric guitar I ever played was my Dads Vintage 1963 Sears Silvertone hollow body.
I dig man, I must hear more !!
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