Mongillo19
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I feel like I just was dropped into an old Gameboy game...maybe a mine or middle of a retro city? Anyway, fantastic vibe and atmosphere
TGF Do Something Challenge Week 2!!
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I feel like I just was dropped into an old Gameboy game...maybe a mine or middle of a retro city? Anyway, fantastic vibe and atmosphere
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As before, I waited until this week's deadline had passed before commenting on the submissions and make one big post. I'll also critique my own submission. Note, anything I might say is intended to be constructive and from my own perspective of personal tastes. I listened to all the tracks at least 2 or more times.
Self critique;
This track came together very well and much like how I heard it my head from the start. I was inspired in one initial sit down with my new Martin acoustic to write and record the whole arrangement. Everything on top of that was like lots of extra gravy. The wind synth trumpet sounds authentic. The strings and flute add an artsy fartsy texture to the track. I really worked on the phrasing of my guitar solos and tried to break free of my tendencies. The tele solo was no less than the literally 80th take before I was satisfied. All prior hit the trash folder. I decided early on to not included drums and I think that helped the mix breath better. Overall, I feel the track is easy to listen to and the segments fit together nearly seamless.
Thanks to all who listened and commented.
@Iron1
The aural assault is both freighting, demonic, and awesome at the same time :) Very tight with drums and breaks. Loved the flanging guitar sounds.
@FAKA!
Raw and rambunctious sound. Very fun. The playing is tightly clean. Love the little harmonies.
@Alex Kenivel
Ozymandias in action :) The quad tracked guitars sound good with the stereo spread. The tapping solo works really good.
@TheTrueZoltan!
Love the big full mix and dynamic contrast between the sections. Good composition throughout.
@metropolis_4
So many interesting tonal elements that blend nicely. Your bass playing has a nice groove. Love the warm lead guitar sounds.
@JiveTurkey
This should the end credit music to the next Tarantino movie. Sounds freakin' fat. Love the slide down transitions.
@TravisG406
I really like understated early guitar tones. They sit out front without taking over the whole mix. The song has good development as it goes and has an often forgotten bridge. Nice solo in the ending.
@Whizzinby
Dreamy guitars. Nice. Bass has good pump. There's great overall feel in this track. Well done.
@Gearzilla
Cool combination of loops and ripping guitar. Made for an exciting listen. I love that kind of contrasts.
Self critique;
This track came together very well and much like how I heard it my head from the start. I was inspired in one initial sit down with my new Martin acoustic to write and record the whole arrangement. Everything on top of that was like lots of extra gravy. The wind synth trumpet sounds authentic. The strings and flute add an artsy fartsy texture to the track. I really worked on the phrasing of my guitar solos and tried to break free of my tendencies. The tele solo was no less than the literally 80th take before I was satisfied. All prior hit the trash folder. I decided early on to not included drums and I think that helped the mix breath better. Overall, I feel the track is easy to listen to and the segments fit together nearly seamless.
Thanks to all who listened and commented.
@Iron1
The aural assault is both freighting, demonic, and awesome at the same time :) Very tight with drums and breaks. Loved the flanging guitar sounds.
@FAKA!
Raw and rambunctious sound. Very fun. The playing is tightly clean. Love the little harmonies.
@Alex Kenivel
Ozymandias in action :) The quad tracked guitars sound good with the stereo spread. The tapping solo works really good.
@TheTrueZoltan!
Love the big full mix and dynamic contrast between the sections. Good composition throughout.
@metropolis_4
So many interesting tonal elements that blend nicely. Your bass playing has a nice groove. Love the warm lead guitar sounds.
@JiveTurkey
This should the end credit music to the next Tarantino movie. Sounds freakin' fat. Love the slide down transitions.
@TravisG406
I really like understated early guitar tones. They sit out front without taking over the whole mix. The song has good development as it goes and has an often forgotten bridge. Nice solo in the ending.
@Whizzinby
Dreamy guitars. Nice. Bass has good pump. There's great overall feel in this track. Well done.
@Gearzilla
Cool combination of loops and ripping guitar. Made for an exciting listen. I love that kind of contrasts.
FAKA!
Roadie
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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.
YES!!!
Here’s another iPad demo - a little sloppy
Wow dude. Trying to picture how you did all that with just an ipad. I mean, I watch old Stargate seasons while I cook with my ipad
Nice job!I really dug this man. I once tried to replicate a smashing pumpkins kind of vibe sound in a recording. It was a bit harder than I imagined trying to use that much gain with open chords and still trying to have it balanced and sound articulate in a mix. Nice job!
Love the use of the octave on this! I would put solos on my stuff if I could, nice job!
I think I managed to hear everyones takes. I got admit I get a little lost in a thread when I haven't read or caught up for a few days
FAKA!
Roadie
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duzie
Shredder
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Btw, did anyone else notice these drums are from Dio's We Rock?
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"Why does this sound like the 90s?" he asks himself before glancing at the title of the track
Nailed it!
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Ok, I'm birthing this one before I get sick of it, I'm pretty much out of time to f*ck with it anymore, anyway. I put a lot of time into this one thanks to having last Monday off. Big Ryche influence on this one. Tricky getting the mix right, it definitely needs some work but there's a lot of f*cking tracks in this. It's not really 9 mins long, I gotta chop the end off.
Guitars-
Distorted- Orville w/ Aldrich pickup
Clean- Gilmour Strat
12-string Johnson C-POS model
Acoustic- Breedlove (can't remember the model name)
AxeFX handled all the amp stuff, the acoustics were recorded with a 57. The distorted guitars are quad tracked and all the acoustic stuff is doubled. Distorted guitars are panned hard left and right and what I dig about it the most is that it sounds like they're right up the middle, as if it's one giant guitar. You can hear every little f*ck up, too.
Used a Splawn Nitro and Quickrod then Leon's GoT Mark IV Filthy preset and another track of JPIIC+. Lead is a JPIIC+ using a Cantrell wah block.
Drums are SD3 and could be a little louder in the mix. Any reverb you hear on the kit is from Abbey Road Plates.
Strings/Choir/Synths are all East West's Opus with multiple libraries loaded in. That plug-in saves so much time when layering pads/strings, I can just jump from library to library in a click. I just use the same MIDI notes and bounce each string/voice section down, same with the synth sounds. There's about 20 tracks of just synths/voices.
My ears need a break for a bit then I'll catch up the newer submissions.
Guitars-
Distorted- Orville w/ Aldrich pickup
Clean- Gilmour Strat
12-string Johnson C-POS model
Acoustic- Breedlove (can't remember the model name)
AxeFX handled all the amp stuff, the acoustics were recorded with a 57. The distorted guitars are quad tracked and all the acoustic stuff is doubled. Distorted guitars are panned hard left and right and what I dig about it the most is that it sounds like they're right up the middle, as if it's one giant guitar. You can hear every little f*ck up, too.
Used a Splawn Nitro and Quickrod then Leon's GoT Mark IV Filthy preset and another track of JPIIC+. Lead is a JPIIC+ using a Cantrell wah block.Drums are SD3 and could be a little louder in the mix. Any reverb you hear on the kit is from Abbey Road Plates.
Strings/Choir/Synths are all East West's Opus with multiple libraries loaded in. That plug-in saves so much time when layering pads/strings, I can just jump from library to library in a click. I just use the same MIDI notes and bounce each string/voice section down, same with the synth sounds. There's about 20 tracks of just synths/voices.
My ears need a break for a bit then I'll catch up the newer submissions.
FAKA!
Roadie
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Ok, I'm birthing this one before I get sick of it, I'm pretty much out of time to f*ck with it anymore, anyway. I put a lot of time into this one thanks to having last Monday off. Big Ryche influence on this one. Tricky getting the mix right, it definitely needs some work but there's a lot of f*cking tracks in this. It's not really 9 mins long, I gotta chop the end off.
Guitars-
Distorted- Orville w/ Aldrich pickup
Clean- Gilmour Strat
12-string Johnson C-POS model
Acoustic- Breedlove (can't remember the model name)
AxeFX handled all the amp stuff, the acoustics were recorded with a 57. The distorted guitars are quad tracked and all the acoustic stuff is doubled. Distorted guitars are panned hard left and right and what I dig about it the most is that it sounds like they're right up the middle, as if it's one giant guitar. You can hear every little f*ck up, too.
Drums are SD3 and could be a little louder in the mix. Any reverb you hear on the kit is from Abbey Road Plates.
Strings/Choir/Synths are all East West's Opus with multiple libraries loaded in. That plug-in saves so much time when layering pads/strings, I can just jump from library to library in a click. I just use the same MIDI notes and bounce each string/voice section down, same with the synth sounds. There's about 20 tracks of just synths/voices.
My ears need a break for a bit then I'll catch up the newer submissions.
Gd'damn Drew! Badass! That was awesome. Really loved the way it would build up and then blam! That beginning in particular, it was like like what you would hear when something really fucted up was about to happen in game of thrones or house of dragons or something.
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f**k you, Drew! Just f**k you!
No words, dude. That you can chuck something like that out in less than a week is ridonkulous!
f*****g epic! Can't wait to hear the version with Vox on it someday. Epic!
When the inspiration hits it hits pretty hard, this all came from me doing that "buh buh buh" Goldie Hawn thing
I kept "bah bah bah'ing" that main melody, I'll have to upload the cell vid I made of me doing it, pretty funny hearing that then hearing the song it spawned. This was just one of those times I heard the riff/keys/drums all at once and once I tracked that it wrote itself. I wish that happened more often!And yeah, that Orville f*ckin' rips!
Thanks brudda!!
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Gd'damn Drew! Badass! That was awesome. Really loved the way it would build up and then blam! That beginning in particular, it was like like what you would hear when something really fucted up was about to happen in game of thrones or house of dragons or something.
Hahahaha perfect, that's exactly how I wanted it to feel, then again in the middle section with the riot noises and the voice of authority saying "Do not run. You will be taken care of" etc, if you put on headphones some of the panning can make ya claustrophobic in that section. I use this Bauer Motion plug-in that does crazy shit with stereo signals, the little lead line in there is going apesh*t.
TSJMajesty
Rock Star
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Ok, I'm birthing this one before I get sick of it, I'm pretty much out of time to f*ck with it anymore, anyway. I put a lot of time into this one thanks to having last Monday off. Big Ryche influence on this one. Tricky getting the mix right, it definitely needs some work but there's a lot of f*cking tracks in this. It's not really 9 mins long, I gotta chop the end off.
Guitars-
Distorted- Orville w/ Aldrich pickup
Clean- Gilmour Strat
12-string Johnson C-POS model
Acoustic- Breedlove (can't remember the model name)
AxeFX handled all the amp stuff, the acoustics were recorded with a 57. The distorted guitars are quad tracked and all the acoustic stuff is doubled. Distorted guitars are panned hard left and right and what I dig about it the most is that it sounds like they're right up the middle, as if it's one giant guitar. You can hear every little f*ck up, too.
Drums are SD3 and could be a little louder in the mix. Any reverb you hear on the kit is from Abbey Road Plates.
Strings/Choir/Synths are all East West's Opus with multiple libraries loaded in. That plug-in saves so much time when layering pads/strings, I can just jump from library to library in a click. I just use the same MIDI notes and bounce each string/voice section down, same with the synth sounds. There's about 20 tracks of just synths/voices.
My ears need a break for a bit then I'll catch up the newer submissions.
That was incredible! I mean like, I-need-a-larger-vocabulary incredible! Damn... The music, the vibe, and the recording quality itself!
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Ok, I'm birthing this one before I get sick of it, I'm pretty much out of time to f*ck with it anymore, anyway. I put a lot of time into this one thanks to having last Monday off. Big Ryche influence on this one. Tricky getting the mix right, it definitely needs some work but there's a lot of f*cking tracks in this. It's not really 9 mins long, I gotta chop the end off.
Guitars-
Distorted- Orville w/ Aldrich pickup
Clean- Gilmour Strat
12-string Johnson C-POS model
Acoustic- Breedlove (can't remember the model name)
AxeFX handled all the amp stuff, the acoustics were recorded with a 57. The distorted guitars are quad tracked and all the acoustic stuff is doubled. Distorted guitars are panned hard left and right and what I dig about it the most is that it sounds like they're right up the middle, as if it's one giant guitar. You can hear every little f*ck up, too.
Drums are SD3 and could be a little louder in the mix. Any reverb you hear on the kit is from Abbey Road Plates.
Strings/Choir/Synths are all East West's Opus with multiple libraries loaded in. That plug-in saves so much time when layering pads/strings, I can just jump from library to library in a click. I just use the same MIDI notes and bounce each string/voice section down, same with the synth sounds. There's about 20 tracks of just synths/voices.
My ears need a break for a bit then I'll catch up the newer submissions.
Very powerful Drew! Epic!
Really liked how you brought everything together. Particularly enjoyed the wah pedal, along with all the various layers being extremely cool. All of the different parts of the song were great!
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Ok, I'm birthing this one before I get sick of it, I'm pretty much out of time to f*ck with it anymore, anyway. I put a lot of time into this one thanks to having last Monday off. Big Ryche influence on this one. Tricky getting the mix right, it definitely needs some work but there's a lot of f*cking tracks in this. It's not really 9 mins long, I gotta chop the end off.
Guitars-
Distorted- Orville w/ Aldrich pickup
Clean- Gilmour Strat
12-string Johnson C-POS model
Acoustic- Breedlove (can't remember the model name)
AxeFX handled all the amp stuff, the acoustics were recorded with a 57. The distorted guitars are quad tracked and all the acoustic stuff is doubled. Distorted guitars are panned hard left and right and what I dig about it the most is that it sounds like they're right up the middle, as if it's one giant guitar. You can hear every little f*ck up, too.
Drums are SD3 and could be a little louder in the mix. Any reverb you hear on the kit is from Abbey Road Plates.
Strings/Choir/Synths are all East West's Opus with multiple libraries loaded in. That plug-in saves so much time when layering pads/strings, I can just jump from library to library in a click. I just use the same MIDI notes and bounce each string/voice section down, same with the synth sounds. There's about 20 tracks of just synths/voices.
My ears need a break for a bit then I'll catch up the newer submissions.
FANTASTIC \M/ Stellar production. Tones are killer and riifage and overall Arch of the song is epic af. I can totally hear the QR vibes and that's a great thing. Raising the bar again!
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Ok, I'm birthing this one before I get sick of it, I'm pretty much out of time to f*ck with it anymore, anyway. I put a lot of time into this one thanks to having last Monday off. Big Ryche influence on this one. Tricky getting the mix right, it definitely needs some work but there's a lot of f*cking tracks in this. It's not really 9 mins long, I gotta chop the end off.
Guitars-
Distorted- Orville w/ Aldrich pickup
Clean- Gilmour Strat
12-string Johnson C-POS model
Acoustic- Breedlove (can't remember the model name)
AxeFX handled all the amp stuff, the acoustics were recorded with a 57. The distorted guitars are quad tracked and all the acoustic stuff is doubled. Distorted guitars are panned hard left and right and what I dig about it the most is that it sounds like they're right up the middle, as if it's one giant guitar. You can hear every little f*ck up, too.
Drums are SD3 and could be a little louder in the mix. Any reverb you hear on the kit is from Abbey Road Plates.
Strings/Choir/Synths are all East West's Opus with multiple libraries loaded in. That plug-in saves so much time when layering pads/strings, I can just jump from library to library in a click. I just use the same MIDI notes and bounce each string/voice section down, same with the synth sounds. There's about 20 tracks of just synths/voices.
My ears need a break for a bit then I'll catch up the newer submissions.
Ho-Lee-Chit
JFC those distorted guitars sound glorious, ripping out the speaker.
What a track.
Thats some next level $hit.
la szum
Goatlord
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Who's the fucking, ignorant ass moron who is gonna post after Drew and follow that?? Anyone?
Er, uhm, I have to get something in before the deadline. I made a promise to myself to see this thing
through no matter what--- and challenge myself with awkardness and seemingly unending discomfort.
I swore not to use any of my favorite amp models, and default to my comfort zone.
I love my comfort zone so much.
To be honest, posting after Drew I feel a bit like a Priest fucking a Pornstar right about now.
All 3 guitar tracks are Fractal Super Reverb.
All G & L Doheny (think Jazzmaster) tuned to drop C
Squier Paranormal Bass
Drums are the "Alt. Rock" file from week 1
Windows 10/Reaper/Tascam Model 12 Interface
Er, uhm, I have to get something in before the deadline. I made a promise to myself to see this thing
through no matter what--- and challenge myself with awkardness and seemingly unending discomfort.
I swore not to use any of my favorite amp models, and default to my comfort zone.
I love my comfort zone so much.
To be honest, posting after Drew I feel a bit like a Priest fucking a Pornstar right about now.
All 3 guitar tracks are Fractal Super Reverb.
All G & L Doheny (think Jazzmaster) tuned to drop C
Squier Paranormal Bass
Drums are the "Alt. Rock" file from week 1
Windows 10/Reaper/Tascam Model 12 Interface
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- 1,447
Ok, I'm birthing this one before I get sick of it, I'm pretty much out of time to f*ck with it anymore, anyway. I put a lot of time into this one thanks to having last Monday off. Big Ryche influence on this one. Tricky getting the mix right, it definitely needs some work but there's a lot of f*cking tracks in this. It's not really 9 mins long, I gotta chop the end off.
Guitars-
Distorted- Orville w/ Aldrich pickup
Clean- Gilmour Strat
12-string Johnson C-POS model
Acoustic- Breedlove (can't remember the model name)
AxeFX handled all the amp stuff, the acoustics were recorded with a 57. The distorted guitars are quad tracked and all the acoustic stuff is doubled. Distorted guitars are panned hard left and right and what I dig about it the most is that it sounds like they're right up the middle, as if it's one giant guitar. You can hear every little f*ck up, too.
Drums are SD3 and could be a little louder in the mix. Any reverb you hear on the kit is from Abbey Road Plates.
Strings/Choir/Synths are all East West's Opus with multiple libraries loaded in. That plug-in saves so much time when layering pads/strings, I can just jump from library to library in a click. I just use the same MIDI notes and bounce each string/voice section down, same with the synth sounds. There's about 20 tracks of just synths/voices.
My ears need a break for a bit then I'll catch up the newer submissions.
This. This right here. This. Favorite thing you've ever done.
Might need a cigarette after that... and I quit smoking over 20 years ago...
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