TGF Do Something Challenge Week 2!!

[JiveTurkey]

Bumble B strat in drop D. FAS JP IIC+ Boosted Yellow and Boosted OG 5150 into Axe I/O. Drum by Drew!

I am in need of a break right now


I'll listen to everyone else's with fresh ears here in a bit.

 

[fretworn]

 

[Gearzilla]

Bumble B strat in drop D. FAS JP IIC+ Boosted Yellow and Boosted OG 5150 into Axe I/O. I am in need of a break right now


I'll listen to everyone else's with fresh ears here in a bit.

That was great!

 

[JiveTurkey]

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That was great!

Thank you sir Some crap I could fix and I need to put a stick of dynamite in my "workflow" but thank you \m/

 

[JiveTurkey]

Edit - Gear Used:

All Solars All The Time!

Guitar 1 & 2: Solar A2.6S loaded with an Elysian Trident II bridge pickup.
Guitar 3 & 4: Solar A2.6CAR loaded with Duncan Solars
Bass: Solar A2.4 loaded with whatever Ola put in it
Drums: Beta Monkey Drum loops & customized hits

All strings run thru my Helix Rack

Guitar 1: SD1>Deizel Lead>Ola OS Mesa IR
Guitar 2: SD1>Soldano Lead>Ola OS Mesa IR
Guitar 3: SD1>Soldano Lead>Soldano 412
Guitar 4: SD1>Deizel Lead>Ola OS Mesa IR (amp dialed in differently than the one for Guitar 1)
Bass: SD1>Soldano Lead>Mesa Recto 610

B.R.U.T.A.L. Great work dude! Your Helix tunes are Savage \m/

Would have posted sooner but had to feed me childrens... some kind of law on that or something.... Anyway I decided to go outside my norm and went for one of the rock beats... I had fun with this.

Thrashbilly Love it!

 

[JiveTurkey]

As promised, there will be trumpet!!! Here’s some laid back jazzy country blues of sorts called “Frame Of Mind”. All performed by yours truly.

Gear used in production;

Roland Aerophone Pro AE-30,
CF Martin GPC14F,
Takemine EAN40C,
Taylor T5z,
Warmoth Thinline Tele,
Fractal FM9,
Arturia Augmented Strings,
Arturia Solina V2,
Arturia Mellotron V,
Swart R2 Ribbon,

That Aerophone Great work TJ!

Holy s**t my throat is THRASHED. I need to do something softer/more mellow next week. The lyrical content of my submission this week may be interpreted as being lead astray by someone with power in say a religious role or a political one, or it's perhaps related to a polarizing piece of gear and corporate shenanigans of a certain company I'll leave unnamed.

"Ye Mighty and Despair (6th Heaven)"



Same Mac Mini/Reaper/Focusrite setup as before, just not playing actual drums because of family in the house. Vocals and mixing I did today (5th render!) 17 tracks total - Two of them being parent tracks.

I had started this song in another project on Saturday where I had some parts with tempo/time sig changes but after moving some of the elements around, the recorded guitar and some of the midi files got all f****d up so I had to copypasta into a new project and attempt to salvage my work. It started off at 85 BPM but it got skewed to 85.795, along with all of the media items (a play rate of 1.072) so editing had to be done mostly by ear and not to the click -- which I'm kind of used to from recording actual humans playing drums but was a PITA regardless.

• I programmed the drums with my Akai MPKmini using AD2 as a VSTi.
• Verse/Chorus guitar is my PRS S2 Standard 24 Satin in drop D running into my HX Stomp.
• Intro/Bridge guitar is my Ibanez SIR27FD in drop A into my HX Stomp.
• Lead guitar is my Ibanez Prestige AZ2402 in HX Stomp (broke my A string on the first pass)
• Bass is my cheap Ibanez Talman with Helix Native.
• Used my MPKmini to tap in a melody for the vocal -- first time doing this and it helped a lot with writing words.
• Vocals sung into a Behringer B-2 Pro condenser mic

Vocal Processing:

• 1 Vocal Master Track (FF Pro-Q 3 with some mid shifting to work around the guitars and a high shelf dropping a few DB)
• 1 Tape Saturation Bus Track (HX Native's Retro Reel)
• 1 Reverb Bus Track (Waves H-Reverb)
• 1 Delay Bus Track (HX Native's Stereo Crisscross Delay)
• 1 Shouting Verse Track (SSL Comp, FF Pro-Q 3)
• 1 Singing Verse Track (SSL Comp, FF Pro-Q 3)
• 1 High Pitch Track (SSL Comp, FF Pro-Q 3)
• 1 Shouting Chorus Track (SSL Comp, FF Pro-Q 3)
• 1 Singing Chorus Track (SSL Comp, FF Pro-Q 3)
• 1 Bridge Vocal Track (SSL Comp, FF Pro-Q 3)
• SSL Comp used to even out dynamics and Pro-Q 3 for low cut.

Guitar Processing:

• 1 Guitar Master Track (FF Pro-Q 3 providing Low Cut and mid shift to work around the vocals)
• 1 Guitar Left (Live tracked, Panned 50% L)*
• 1 Guitar Right (Live tracked, Panned 50% R)*
• 1 Guitar Lead (Center, Live tracked, HX Native providing Cosmos Echo and Dynamic Plate)

*Before I started recording this idea I was playing around with the L6 2204 Mod model into my Creambackatana. I chucked a Low/High Shelf in before it to remove some low end and drive the front a little bit and it was off to the races. I added the Horizon Drive to the same preset for the 7 string parts but switched to my usual Comp/808/Placater Dirty for the lead.

Bass Processing:

• 1 Bass Track (HX Native, FF Pro-Q 3) - I noticed a lot of you guys doing heavier songs are using guitar amps with bass cabs so I decided to blend the 2204 Mod with my usual SVT sound and I quite liked the results.

Drum Processing:

• Drums are all AD2 samples - Started with the Black Velvet - Post Grunge preset, changed the kick and hi hat. Added saturation and compression to the snare, which is pitched down a bit. Also elongated the sustain on the snare itself.

Excellent lyrics Puciato meets early FNM vocal style is strong on this! Love your do it all ism \m/

 

[JiveTurkey]

Honey & Cheese

I'm a big fan of Tiamat's 1994 album "Wildhoney" and several similar sounding bands that emerged around that time. This week I'm submitting a small song written with the intention of capturing the style and general vibe of this era, which was an absolutely magical time for me as a rock & metal-loving teenager, discovering new and exciting music on a daily basis. Besides my usual gear I also used a 90’s keyboard (Korg Trinity), which admittedly sounds slightly cheesy by today's standards, but is an important part of the homage. Had a lot of fun putting this together for the current week of the challenge!

This is SPEC-FUCKING-TAC-U-LAR. Pro as F. Your composition skills are off the charts and your production is as well. Serious kudos to you. GREAT work

My submission for the week:



My nylon acoustic and Strat have been neglected lately so I wanted to do something with them.

It’s called “WIP” because I didn’t have time to finish it the way I wanted. I ran out of time.

The guitar solo you hear was off the cuff and meant to be a placeholder until I had time to actually record a real one. It’s meh, but good enough for fun.

I’m also not thrilled with some of the electric guitar tones, but they’re close enough to the idea I had in my head.

Recording and mixing on iPad GarageBand is a major PITA… this is making me miss having a full DAW on a desktop. Lots of sloppy cuts between sections and tracks, and it did a weird thing where the lead sounds doubled for some reason… some artifact I’m guessing.

Equipment:
Squier CV Jazz Bass V
MIM Strat
Godin MultiAC
GarageBand drums
HX Stomp XL

I think I used these amps:
Bass - GK
Rhythm - Teemah! > Princeton
Lead/harmony - Dhyana Drive > Princeton
Solo - Scream 808 > AC15

All feedback, advice, comments, constructive criticisms welcome!

I love this! Dig the melancholy pop vibe something fierce! Love the groove and the playing Metro

 

[DrewJD82]

Bumble B strat in drop D. FAS JP IIC+ Boosted Yellow and Boosted OG 5150 into Axe I/O. I am in need of a break right now


I'll listen to everyone else's with fresh ears here in a bit.

F*ck yeah!!! This had a Mastodon meets Inspector Gadget vibe, if that makes sense! I really dig that chorus section (that’s what I’m calling it anyway), that was a ripper!

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Bumble B strat in drop D. FAS JP IIC+ Boosted Yellow and Boosted OG 5150 into Axe I/O. I am in need of a break right now


I'll listen to everyone else's with fresh ears here in a bit.

Dude, that main riff is killer.

 

[JiveTurkey]

F*ck yeah!!! This had a Mastodon meets Inspector Gadget vibe, if that makes sense! I really dig that chorus section (that’s what I’m calling it anyway), that was a ripper!

Go gadget go Thanks Drew!

Dude, that main riff is killer.

Thanks Watt! It's my poverty Testament riff

 

[Whizzinby]

Bumble B strat in drop D. FAS JP IIC+ Boosted Yellow and Boosted OG 5150 into Axe I/O. I am in need of a break right now


I'll listen to everyone else's with fresh ears here in a bit.

Thats awesome dude.

Agree with Drew, the “chorus” countering the main groove was a badass shift, BUT…

… the layered build up at the end was

 

[Whizzinby]

My submission for the week:



My nylon acoustic and Strat have been neglected lately so I wanted to do something with them.

It’s called “WIP” because I didn’t have time to finish it the way I wanted. I ran out of time.

The guitar solo you hear was off the cuff and meant to be a placeholder until I had time to actually record a real one. It’s meh, but good enough for fun.

I’m also not thrilled with some of the electric guitar tones, but they’re close enough to the idea I had in my head.

Recording and mixing on iPad GarageBand is a major PITA… this is making me miss having a full DAW on a desktop. Lots of sloppy cuts between sections and tracks, and it did a weird thing where the lead sounds doubled for some reason… some artifact I’m guessing.

Equipment:
Squier CV Jazz Bass V
MIM Strat
Godin MultiAC
GarageBand drums
HX Stomp XL

I think I used these amps:
Bass - GK
Rhythm - Teemah! > Princeton
Lead/harmony - Dhyana Drive > Princeton
Solo - Scream 808 > AC15

All feedback, advice, comments, constructive criticisms welcome!

Met, that was fantastic. Grooves and tasteful chops. Really well done.

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

This is SPEC-f*****g-TAC-U-LAR. Pro as F. Your composition skills are off the charts and your production is as well. Serious kudos to you. GREAT work [...]

Holy crap, thank you so much, JT! It's 6:30 AM where I live and I just started the day with a broad smile (and a slight blush) on my face. My wife already asked what's wrong with me because I'm usually quite grumpy in the morning.

 

[TravisG406]

Here’s another iPad demo - a little sloppy

 

[Iron1]

My submission for the week:



My nylon acoustic and Strat have been neglected lately so I wanted to do something with them.

It’s called “WIP” because I didn’t have time to finish it the way I wanted. I ran out of time.

The guitar solo you hear was off the cuff and meant to be a placeholder until I had time to actually record a real one. It’s meh, but good enough for fun.

I’m also not thrilled with some of the electric guitar tones, but they’re close enough to the idea I had in my head.

Recording and mixing on iPad GarageBand is a major PITA… this is making me miss having a full DAW on a desktop. Lots of sloppy cuts between sections and tracks, and it did a weird thing where the lead sounds doubled for some reason… some artifact I’m guessing.

Equipment:
Squier CV Jazz Bass V
MIM Strat
Godin MultiAC
GarageBand drums
HX Stomp XL

I think I used these amps:
Bass - GK
Rhythm - Teemah! > Princeton
Lead/harmony - Dhyana Drive > Princeton
Solo - Scream 808 > AC15

All feedback, advice, comments, constructive criticisms welcome!

Love the vibe with this one. Do you plan to complete it and share the final product? I'd love to hear that. Not that this sounds incomplete, but hearing more of this and what you envision for it would be awesome.

Bumble B strat in drop D. FAS JP IIC+ Boosted Yellow and Boosted OG 5150 into Axe I/O. I am in need of a break right now


I'll listen to everyone else's with fresh ears here in a bit.

This rips. Love the layered guitars. And that change at about 28 seconds was totally unexpected, and totally killer.

Here’s another iPad demo - a little sloppy

Good stuff - bonus points for vocals too. So, iPad... is Logic or GB your DAW? I've tried to use the mobile GB to mess with tracks I started on my Mac so many times and can't ever seem to get them to sync...

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

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That really clicked with me. I just love it when unrelenting heaviness is paired with layered melodies. Those chorus-laden guitars after the first riff have an almost black metal-ish tonality, and then the buildup towards the end… Bull‘s eye!

 

[DrewJD82]

Here’s another iPad demo - a little sloppy

Man, with a little production pizazz on the vocals this could easily be a song on the radio! I really dig the tones on this, the little grit with the main rhythm guitar and the warm lead tone. What’d you use on this??

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

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[…] Lots of sloppy cuts between sections and tracks, and it did a weird thing where the lead sounds doubled for some reason… some artifact I’m guessing.

[…]
All feedback, advice, comments, constructive criticisms welcome!

You wanted feedback, you get feedback. So here it is. You‘re a fvcking liar, Metro!

I couldn‘t hear any of the sloppiness you were talking about. All I hear instead is beautiful and massively taste- and soulful playing. I feel cheated! BTW, the first part kinda reminded me of „Sultans Of Swing“, but in a good way.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Thats awesome dude.

Agree with Drew, the “chorus” countering the main groove was a badass shift, BUT…

… the layered build up at the end was

Thanks Whizz! I feel a little more "complete" on this challenge vs last time around where it was just 2 riffs for 47 seconds

Holy crap, thank you so much, JT! It's 6:30 AM where I live and I just started the day with a broad smile (and a slight blush) on my face. My wife already asked what's wrong with me because I'm usually quite grumpy in the morning.

Dude; pleasure is all mine. I am not really sure what I expected to hear from you given your username? Maybe some sort of angular/math-rocky hardcore postpunk wtever kind of thing. Which would be cool too. Instead we get this lush "comparators are failing me" but sort of Opeth-y but not kind of melodic melancholic metal with intentions of epicness boiled down into a consumable piece vs. this genre usually has 8 minute songs at the very least mentality.

Sorry. I over-explained :) I am really impressed!

Here’s another iPad demo - a little sloppy

Your submissions have been super cool. I dig the heck out of the solo towards the end and the sort far away country influenced classic rock brought into 2023 by way of Tom Petty thing really suits you. I could see you digging in even further with that sort of classic rock fresh take with roots flourishes and kicking even more a$$. Good stuff! Keep it up!

That really clicked with me. I just love it when unrelenting heaviness is paired with layered melodies. Those chorus-laden guitars after the first riff have an almost black metal-ish tonality, and then the buildup towards the end… Bull‘s eye!

Thank you sir! My sort intention in that section was kind of let's ripoff VoiVod kind of thing

 

[TravisG406]

Good stuff - bonus points for vocals too. So, iPad... is Logic or GB your DAW? I've tried to use the mobile GB to mess with tracks I started on my Mac so many times and can't ever seem to get them to sync...

Thanks! I did AxeFx into GarageBand on the iPad to limit my options paralysis I've got 24 songs written and this challenge is a great push for me to get something done. I'm hoping after doing all the demos to record real drums and tighten up parts and performances etc.