Neomorpheus

yes I'm agree with deep house ,
thank you for the comment and attention .
about ending , I should design a better ending , you're right .
I appreciate your comment .

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

Neo, Mr. Neo! How the hell are ya, bud?

That avatar picture is from a set of portraits, (not selfies, but actual portraits with an actual camera), I did a couple years ago. It's subject was the ugly, dirty, gritty side of life. This one had the ficused drive that seemed to fit my approach toward my new life, and my music.

"a combination of a viking ship row master and a ##### tommy gun."

That's a great analogy!

I also love the idea of a suicide rollercoaster. If you haven't used that for a track title yet, you should now!

Thanks for the warm welcome, my friend. It's good to be producing again.

Take care, man
Aaron

Yo, NeoCelloGrunginBustedNutBro.

I recommend shutting out all other possible interruptions when choosing to imbibe the Nomad grooves. Perhaps wear headphones in a sensory deprivation tank. Or go out into the wilderness and listen away, hoping bears or snakes don't interrupt you. If they do, blast the track at them on speakers and they'll surely also get into it.

Anyway:

"a bunch of layered bass as it begins"

Yes. There are certain issues with using cello as a bass instrument - mostly because it's not a double bass. But it seems to work OK here though I did have to add an octave effect to some section just to give a more solid low end.

"That groove is mighty cool man"

Yeah, I think it's fun and addictive.

"a fair share of plucking strings here"

Yes, I think I began this one the day after having my first cello lesson last year. But I've sat on it for ages as I didn't have a clue where to take it and felt rather limited with my riff capabilities. There's more plucking (pizzicato) in it than bowing.

"some dreamy synth pads"

Just one violin patch that I've used in loads of tracks. Sounds like a pad because of the chain of effects (eg automated swept EQ) on it. A lovely sound.

"I found myself on a purple cloud with a velvet pillow at that point"

That's a wonderful place to be. My pleasure to take you there.

"you rolled me off into a storm cloud amid thunderous percussion and a super heavy downpour of some nasty electronic distortion"

Yes - that's just one cello riff at the end. It was sitting on the timeline in this project file and didn't know what to do with it. I thought it was some fairly average, stock hard riffage and considered getting rid of it. Then I realised I might as well tack it onto the end of this track as a final flourish.
"a bit scary it was"

Surely not for someone who makes Meshuggah covers?

Good to hear your detailed thoughts. Another track coming within a couple of weeks.

Hang tight till then...

wow right back. that is a huge compliment. this is my first emotional piece.it has gotten so many comments I started on anouther. hopfully it will be recieved as well. thank you

Glad you gave it a chance! Thanks for your listen and words!

Thank you! Trying to get better and more cinematic! Such feedback just great!!!

No offense taken! Thanks for the kind words. Definitely will keep working on it.

Greetings, good sir.

I'm very happy you liked this one. Sorry for my late response. Ah, my track evokes ##### and intoxicating beverages in the mind. These things are all good.

"...(are those guitar?) plucks."

Yes, high up on the neck of the acoustic I'm about to part with. I don't record much with my mic, but my crappy little acoustic Squier has been in several things.

"....there at 2:43 the guitar and bass are seemingly battling for space a bit...."

Here is where I call complete and total bs on you,.... because it's all bass. (I win!) The lead and the backing are both bass guitars, and I'll bet they're going through the same pickup configuration on both parts. Good ears. They don't get along because I usually roll the blend pot on my bass a touch for recording different parts to separate their tone. So yes, you are correct. They probably are fighting for space since they're the same instrument.

Thanks for the listen, and the feedback. I've got a new one now that is heavier and lighter. Using amp sims out the wazoo!

Take care.

Evan

Thanks for checking this out Neomorpheus!

Greetings, Mr. Neo.

Glad you liked the acoustic intro. I don't memorize how to play my songs, but some guitar lines stay with you. I liked this one.

I like the piano lines I write, but not my piano sound, really. I'll be looking into EZKeys at some point.

Ah, yes. The track went to heavier stuff because I really like using contrast as a way to make up for having no vocals to listen to and follow.

Very kind and generous words from you, good sir. I thank you.

Take care.

Evan

Hey Neo thanks man! a little bit of reggae always goes down well with a band...but playing too much will lead to the fire brigade knocking on your door! lol...all the best Dave :)

Brutal greetings.

You initially confused me with your Hogan Howe reference. "Who the hell is that?", I thought. Then I worked out that you mean Bernard Hogan-Howe, head of the Met Police in London. How do you know about that guy? Is he well known in Texas?

Anyway, yes, I may end uop being arrested for excessive drum brutality. I am willing to face my punishment and make no apology for such a criminally insane display of thunderous, swinging metal madness.

You're totally right about the super-human drumming as that's exactly what some of it is. Multiple kits are often playing simultaneously though if you listen to just one of those kits, you'll find that one drummer would not have enough limbs to pull off that playing, eg when the toms are banging away there's also hats and crash, kick and snare so probably sometimes 5 or 6 simultaneous hits. The drummer would have to attach sticks to his head and ##### to manage it all.

"the guitars aren't to be overlooked"

That's right - never overlook the guitars in a heavy track containing only bass, drums and guitar. My main guitar regret is the lack of a continuing solo around 2:27. There it sounds like a cool, high solo should happen but it doesn't, instead just fading away. I should probably go back and try adding around 10-15 secs of soloing there to make it feel complete.

Yes, this track should probably have a high Looperman brutality rating and warning. Imagine if small children logged on and listened to this. That could be very dangerous.

End riffage around 4:40 is just a return to my previous "chorus" riff, which is easily the best one in the whole thing. That's why you hear it many times.

This may be unsuitable for dead grandmothers' ears but can you believe that my little old mum actually likes this track? She mostly likes jazz, classical and choral music, nothing heavy or aggressive whatsoever. I gave her a lot of warning about how brutal and intense it was but she was amused by the title so said she'd like to hear it. I said I expected her to hate it but she instead like the exuberance, the joy and the swing. "Sorry to disappoint you", she said, as I was surprised she even listened to the whole thing. Mother's metal!

I'm pleased she liked it as I think it shows that, for all its power, it still has some melodic merit and some cool grooves. It's fun brutal rather than evil or depressing brutal. I don't make that sort of music and always look for cool grooves and melody and stuff.

Superhuman Swinging Nomad

Thanks Neomorpheus for checking this out with the video. I discover the art online and ask artists for permission to promote their work with music on my website. I have sold a few prints this way for the artists. I am trying to get more composers involved in writing music for the art and selling the art. It is a way for composers to use their music as part of a business - at least that is the idea! Regards - Dan

Haha tis allright, I dont listen to Cooper so I am not sure if I understand the pun fully xD but oh well

I'm happy to hear everyone keeps saying they never heard stuff like this before, its what I aim for and am very pleased to hear it so often.

yeah the voices clipped indeed, I lowered it a lot with EQing, I put a sine on the voice, and I guess it was a bit too high frequenty.

haha yeah I love anime sounds, so it might be that I have some ideas from what I have heard in the past.

Arcade game sounds I got those ideas from kanye.

Thanks for the nice comment man!

~Eighteen

Thanks alot mate ! It means alot that you found this one pleasing and I'm sure Ed will be grateful for your compliments !:)

With much appreciation_____Orlando

Yo.

##### of cello here, and in yet another style for me, which is surely a bit of a progression.

"the techno groove and especially how you chugged to the beat with the bow there"

Yes - that bowed chugging is called spiccato and I think it's really funky playing along with the solid drum loop and synth arp bass. Cello does not obviously go with techno so I had to spend a while trying out loads of things. This was, at many different points, really quite difficult to make and I'm not done yet as I agree that it's probably a bit too long. I will go back and try to remove some sections from the last 2 mins though it may not be a simple task.

Thanks for letting me know about The Green Children as that band looks quite interesting. 2 Cellos I know very well and they are up there as some of my favourite musicians on the planet. Their skill and accuracy is exceptional and I swear they rock as hard as the very hardest rocking of bands anywhere in the world. Their cover of Voodoo People is totally badass though they don't actually play it as a techno cello track - it mostly sounds like a straight ahead rock song. Live it's just two cellos plus a drummer so no techno elements.

I went to see them in concert a few months ago in Greenwich, in London. They were playing in a very picturesque location - the Old Royal Naval College. They both studied music there and their cello teacher was in the audience. The building has some serious history and has been used in loads of films, some of which I bet you've seen (Patriot Games, Bond films, Tomb Raider etc). Have a look at their full list here:

https://www.ornc.org/past-features

Good to hear you enjoyed my techno cello explorations. More cello tracks coming soon...

Thanks Neomorpheus!
Classic intro indeed. I can not play piano actually so I was just messing around sketching idea's until i've found out that this small and very simply tone ladder actually had the perfect effect and tonality.Pretty sure it might not be original, but it works :)

I hope to finish the piece within a few days!
- Wobbin

Thanks for that. I would love to hear this track on a club sound system and see the reaction of the people as they hear and dance to it. That would be awesome. Lizard lounge has a great reputation, i even know of it up here in Canada.Thanks for the props and help.
Steve

YAAAYY!!Doom blues \m/ I love how haunting the delta slide blues can be, so full of soul and emotion. Thanks Neo B-D I'm going to make some more halloween tunes, wouldn't be right without a zombie and witch one! Both almost complete.

Hey Neo thanks man!..yeah the bass is played on my acoustic electric fretless 5 which I built, black nylon tapewound strings give it a not quite but close upright sound, thanks for the support mate very much appreciated!..cheers Dave :)