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[gonzo-x]

hello all..... i'm brand new here! i'm posting a link to my website (i've got several, but mp3 seems to be the common denominator) for you to peruse my tunes. i do it all on this stuff, with a roland vs880ex, and using sparse equipment, a 57, an audio tecnica 4033, an art tube mp, zoom 123 and roland 505 drum machines, and a small dbx compressor. i go for big, aggressive guitar sounds, melodic and intense melody and harmony lines, groove kind of vibes, and go for it vocalizing. i've found my guitar voice, and am closing in on my voice voice, but am still trying to figure out how to write my songs as honestly as i can (no commercial potential here....... [img]http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img] ) and get the best and most honest performances that i can........and god knows i need a real drummer!!!!! (hint, hint) start with "bat's brew".........http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/207/trouble1.html

[Curve Dominant]

Oh, Lordy, I'm listening to "Sugar Cane" by Darling Nikkie. Oh, Lordy, if I was spinning this at a club, the asses would be shakin', folks. So, Mr Darling, ya know ya gotta share some production tips when ya post here, right? So, what gives? curvedominant

[Paul M. Brown]

Check out [url=http://www.TheMusicCollective.com]www.TheMusicCollective.com[/url] There are a number of mp3s from bands who are associated with Roadside Productions and/or have recorded at The Music Collective. Thanks for listening!

[archibald3]

Hey Dan thanks for checking out my Boy Girl Radio stuff!I really haven`t heard much response to it ,probably because of the length of the thread and the amount of material in it.I listened too and enjoyed your stuff as well.I started out myself as a classical guitar player so i have a real appreciation for what your doing there.I would have liked to hear a little more touch sensitivity in your piano piece just because its so integral to the emotion conveyed-i`m assumimg it was played on some kind of keyboard?There is no girl in the band at this point but it is a possibility in the future as we are auditioning drummers and keyboard/computer geeks for the live band right now!You can find some more of our stuff at http://www.garageband.com/artist/boygirlradio -it really ranges-maybe try "the list" and laugh at our pedestrian grand piano flourishes mixed with early bowie weirdness. Arch

[Sofine]

HI all, I feel a bit exposed placing this song here due to the quality of music I've listened to here. However, I want some feedback on my first ever recording - (Pro Tools Digi001). A friend and I were working on writing / mixing & producing a J-pop song (Japanese / Euro Pop) with the long shot ideal of pitching it for the Japanese market! This is NOT my kinda music - it is simply a marketing idea and a great way to break my DAW cherry! It has taken me ages, mainly due to buying & renovating a house / my job / having a girlfriend / and being Irish (alot of drinking). As a result I have put in only around 1 hour every week to this project. Anyway, this is my first attempt at a DAW recording so please let me know your suggestions to the mix / song / mastering / mp3 encoding??? I have a very temporary website up at the moment, with the sole purpose of downloading the mp3 (2.3Mb), so please take 10 mins to d/load and listen to Mukai at the following address: http://www.angelfire.com/home/loungefoot/id17.htm Simply click on the Mukai MP3 link to d/load! I will have one more Jpop song uploaded on Tuesday coming, called Yo! Excuse the cheeeeeze.... Thanks for your thoughts, [img]http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]Simon [img]http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

[kkehrermsn.com]

OK, head over to http://musiclink.net and you'll find links to all my projects. I've release 4 CD's since this site was last updated,so, I'm behind on that. I'll try to get the new stuff up soon. You will see that I am very eclectic which happens when live in your studio. [img]http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] Let me know what you think. DJ Kamakaze

[Mr Darling]

to Curve dominant , production tips, I wish. I am merely the lucky engineer / husband who got aa chance to work with the talented producer Darling Nikkie. I set with her in the studio most of the time, and even tried to convince her to drop parts that are now my favorite from the all project... But when I try myself... arrrg. You can't teach that, it comes from some where deep inside and that's why it inspires us so much. So thanks again, and my sure you check the next mp3 offer. ------------------ Visit http://www.DarlingNikkie.com/sounds for free MP3's

[archibald3]

Hey if you want to check out how IUMA is set up click ny link.Its kind of cool and lets you stream at 192kbs under the mp3 stream option.I believe mp3.com has a limit Arch http://artists2.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Boy_Girl_Radio/ can`t seem to create a clickable link... This message has been edited by archibald3 on 06-02-2001 at 07:49 PM This message has been edited by archibald3 on 06-02-2001 at 07:58 PM This message has been edited by archibald3 on 06-02-2001 at 08:00 PM This message has been edited by archibald3 on 06-02-2001 at 08:26 PM This message has been edited by archibald3 on 06-02-2001 at 08:28 PM

[spigotsaol.com]

Got a new one up at http://www.mp3.com/spigots . Called "shut your mouth". Used real GTR amps on this (But still whacked the sound up considerably), as well as my newly repaired Sansamp PSA-1 (Outboard) (vox and drum distortion). I'm very happy with it, but I want you guys to rip it to shreads. Tell me what's to hot, what's not, That the kick and bass are too muddy, the highs too high, the lows to low. I would love some feedback. Frank PS. Macle, where are you. I need to hear a new tune [img]http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

[Guest]

[quote]Originally posted by dansouth@yahoo.com: [b]Tangent/philbo2 - The drummer establishes a nice, laid-back groove in Fazed, but everybody else seems a little out of sync. This would be a great tune if you could tighten it up a bit. Life Song was tighter - nice textures. You can find my material at http://www.mp3.com/DanSouth (new stuff coming soon - I promise!)[/b][/quote] Yo DanSouth - Thanks for taking time to listen. I agree with you on 'Fazed' - it is loose and wild. We kept it that way because it was a loose and wild jam; that was (we thought) part of the magic. It seemed that tweaking on it would just screw it up. Lord, we've been there so many times! The more tweaking & edits made, the more precise and mechanical it gets, the more life and feeling get drained out of the tune. Maybe we (Tangent) are getting to the opposite extreme, where we'd rather keep the mistakes in, than suck the blood out of a song for the sake of making everything perfect. I can't help feeling that *any* machine can do a perfect flawless performance. Since I am not a machine, my feelings and heart are part of what makes the music breathe and live and be imperfect. If you cut that out, do you not cut out your own heart? How do other members of the forum feel about this? Is it better to do raw, rangy, sloppy music with feelings and soul, or precise and quantized music that is more intellectual and sonically pristine? Is there a way to approach the center between the extremes? Philbo Tangent Music

[strat0124]

I never posted in this one, because I had seen the way folks respond to each other, and I am dead sure that my stuff wouldn't get much acceptance there and secondly I don't need verification of the aritistry my bandmates put into this. We get that in the pubs and/or venues we play. It does get a bit negative, and things get said I am sure wouldn't get said face to face. Good Luck.

[Sylver]

[quote]Originally posted by strat0124: [b] It does get a bit negative, and things get said I am sure wouldn't get said face to face. Good Luck.[/b][/quote] But isn't that the beauty of this forum? Sometimes people are too polite to say "you suck" to your face. If I ever post hear it will be to hear WHY people think what they think about my music, not to get an ego rub. (Though I'm always hoping for an ego rub anyway.)

[strat0124]

Objective Criticism.....ah yes. Well I think some of your posters would agree that is hit and miss. It's about personalities rather than the music.....as in "what can I say to get a rise"......just not into that. Plus I'm bleary-eyed this morning after getting in at 3 am!!!! : ) Not all folks are like that....but it doesn't take but one instance of bad manners to have some folks headed for the door..and it doesn't matter from whom it came. Still rude.

[dansouth]

After following fourteen pages of this thread, I have yet to see anyone make "rude" comments about someone else's music. Criticism is always constructive and cordially presented. That's quite an achievement and a testament to (a) the calibre of people who hang out here, and (b) the calibre of the MUSICIANS that hang out here.

[m2]

[quote]Originally posted by spigots: [b]Got a new one up at http://www.mp3.com/spigots . Called "shut your mouth". Used real GTR amps on this (But still whacked the sound up considerably), as well as my newly repaired Sansamp PSA-1 (Outboard) (vox and drum distortion). I'm very happy with it, but I want you guys to rip it to shreads. Tell me what's to hot, what's not, That the kick and bass are too muddy, the highs too high, the lows to low. I would love some feedback. Frank PS. Macle, where are you. I need to hear a new tune [img]http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img][/b][/quote] Hey Frank, thanks! I'm still lurking about, maybe, hopefully, I'll post something soon. As soon as I can I will give your new one a good listen. Looking forward to it. Macle

[m2]

[quote]Originally posted by spigots: [b]Got a new one up at http://www.mp3.com/spigots . Called "shut your mouth". Used real GTR amps on this (But still whacked the sound up considerably), as well as my newly repaired Sansamp PSA-1 (Outboard) (vox and drum distortion). I'm very happy with it, but I want you guys to rip it to shreads. Tell me what's to hot, what's not, That the kick and bass are too muddy, the highs too high, the lows to low. I would love some feedback. Frank PS. Macle, where are you. I need to hear a new tune [img]http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img][/b][/quote] Hey Frank, great job again. I couldn't begin to tell you how to improve it, it seems all there. The guitars, the groove, all as tight as can be. The only thing, again, I think I said this on Superglue, I think the vocal could be louder, but maybe you're going for that, to kind of make it part of the energy for the kind of music you're doing. I just feel that I sort of have to strain (I don't know if that's the right word, maybe concentrate?) to hear the vocal in the verses. The chorus comes through with the harmonies, but, like I said, you could be going for that, sort of a sonic assault kind of thing. Otherwise, sounds totally pro to me. Btw, I probably asked you this before, but do you master your stuff? Macle

[Vegar]

here's a link to my trance project. it is not ment to be a "serious" project, just something a did for fun to prove that its not that much of a fuzz to make trance/techno music. The song "astri theme" is the one that i personly "like the most" and it is also the first i ever made. please do listen to it vegar http://www.mp3.com/djvegar

[Vegar]

here's a link to my trance project. it is not ment to be a "serious" project, just something a did for fun to prove that its not that much of a fuzz to make trance/techno music. The song "astri theme" is the one that i personly "like the most" and it is also the first i ever made. please do listen to it vegar http://www.mp3.com/djvegar

[MadFor3D]

Strat0124, There are cases like me. I know my music sucks. But when I play it for all my friends and family they are all like, "Wow, that's great." Bullshit! I know it sucks. What I want to know is, what sucks about it? Because, I want to make it better. http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/24/madrone_candea.html Peace, M

[spigotsaol.com]

Macle, I would love to have someone master it, but it's not going to be released, and I haven't got the cash, so I do my own "Quasi" mastering. I mix with a touch of compression (1.25:1 with slowish attack and release times (anywhere between 95-150ms attack and 150-300 ma release) on the mix Buss and that's it. I'll then import it into a second session and mess around with brickwall limiting, more compression, EQ, etc. I'll even mix in a new ambience on the whole track if it seems a little too sterile. Yes, I put the vocal back a bit. I've always felt Vocals were equal to or less than the instruments. I hate tracks where the vocals way out front, so I probably over-compensate a bit the other way. I have started posting lyrics as well now if anyone wants to know what the heck I'm ranting about. On a more somber note: My music production will be put on hiatus for a while. I've taken a position at a facility that is strictly Post. I won't even have a sequencer when I start. I've also gotta learn a whole new system (Fairlight) which will take some time to get anywhere near the speed I now have on ProTools. New console, new codec, new outboard, new mics, new pres etc. etc. I love a challenge though, and I was headhunted for the job, so that makes you feel like you're doing something right, ya know? I will still check in on this forum daily, though, because I've learned so much from it. Happy hunting, Frank

[Steve LeBlanc]

I just recorded this in my gargage on a Tascam 22-4 1/4" four track. [b]Wonder Why[/b](7.8mb) http://www.jamfree.com/music/wonderwhy.mp3 This message has been edited by Steve LeBlanc on 06-16-2001 at 08:34 PM

[Mick_dup1]

Hi everybody, could you check out "Is Life" at [url=http://www.mp3.com/strypedassedape.]www.mp3.com/strypedassedape.[/url] Any input is welcome. Thanks.

[Tedster]

Steve, Just listened to "Wonder Why"...killer funk groove...great guitar playing, piano, and bass too. The occasionally "random" (on purpose) piano kinda reminds me of a style I've heard before, can't quite put my finger on it...Traffic, perhaps? A smidgen of Steely Dan, perhaps? I think there's a great song in there. Me, and this is just me, I'd trim it down a bit...get it a little more focused. The raw material for a killer tune is definitely there.

[Tedster]

And, Mick...kudos as well! Listened to a couple of "Stryped Assed Ape" tunes... Didn't remind me of Floyd at all..to me, sounded much more current. The second one had kind of a "Creedish" vibe to it...hope you don't hate Creed. Not quite as raucous, but in that vein melodically...you'll pardon me, I don't know the names of a lot of the bands, but I hear 'em on the radio all the time. Good stuff!

[Steve LeBlanc]

Thanks for listening Tedster and thanks for the kind comments...yeah it's a work in progress...first demo of what might be a complete tune later...I do kind of dig the LO FI no form thing but this song will probably go through some changes and end up recorded in a real studio. BTW, there's no bass on the tune...I detuned my guitar...with the exception of an occasional overdubbed lick here and there, you're hearing one guitar track and a piano track. This message has been edited by Steve LeBlanc on 06-17-2001 at 11:31 AM

[Tedster]

Steve... It's cool to hear how other folks approach the "creative songwriting process"...yours is a way I really hadn't thought of. Very useful, because no one way is "the only way"...

[Guest]

All the songs I've heard so far sound great. My personal favorite, so far, was JOE MEEK WALTZ.

[michael saulnier]

There is still time to submit a "guitar oriented" song for the Guitar Forum Compilation CD. If you want to... Follow the link below. (Also the Keyboard Forum is doing one too!) Thanks in advance... guitplayer ------------------ http://www.mp3.com/acousticvoodoo Guitar Forum CD Info http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/Forum19/HTML/000537.html

[Steve LeBlanc]

[quote]"creative songwriting process"...yours is a way I really hadn't thought of. Very useful, because no one way is "the only way"...[/quote] Very true...actually I hardly ever write two songs the same way...sometimes I'll just sit down with a pencil and some staff paper and write a tune out...other times a song isn't written until the groove has been jammed with a few players for about 10 hours...never the same, always fun.

[Mr Darling]

Just uploaded a new song to our website : http://www.DarlingNikkie.com/sounds This week it "Flowers" and we still have "SugarCane" avialable to download. So tease your ears with some of Darling Nikkie vocals and productions skills. You can let us know what you think of it in our guestbook. Thanks for all your kind remarks in the past. [img]http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]