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[Chip McDonald]

[quote]Originally posted by Lee Flier: [b] http://lflier.home.mindspring.com/Backtrack.mp3 [/b][/quote] Ripping guitar, Chuck Berry meets Subterranean Homesick Blues meets ... was it the Sidewinders? Hmm. No.. wait a sec... hmm. Frick, this will bug me, I want to say ...uhg. Cowpunk band from ..What was that band that backed Fred Alvin for awhile long ago? Oh well, never mind, I'll remember while driving to work tomorrow when it won't matter. Sorry Lee. Tight... I like the floor tom bashing, the "casual/almost excited on top of the non-casual/excited" singing... Lots of tasteful rock guitar bits. Great rock guitar sound, natural drum sound, cymbals don't sound digital at all. Sounds good! This is "the" drummer? Reminds me a lot of Fred LeBlanc's style (live that is, which is/was much better).

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After 1000+ posts, I guess it's finally time to step into the ring... Check out my song North Star [url=http://www.waterslideisland.com/music/full_mp3.htm]here[/url] . There's no Autotune, no punching in, and it's in full, glorious mono. ;) Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated!

[Lee Flier]

[quote]Originally posted by Chip McDonald: [b] Ripping guitar, Chuck Berry meets Subterranean Homesick Blues [/b][/quote] Funny that you and Macle both brought up Subterranean Homesick Blues, I wouldn't have made that connection but now that you mention it, I can hear it... LOL... [quote][b] Tight... I like the floor tom bashing, the "casual/almost excited on top of the non-casual/excited" singing... Lots of tasteful rock guitar bits. Great rock guitar sound, natural drum sound, cymbals don't sound digital at all. [/b][/quote] LOL... well thanks... I had to go through a lot to get them to sound that way and they still don't entirely sound the way I want, but I am ridiculously fussy about drum sounds. :D I think the ribbon mic is going to solve that problem though. [quote][b]Sounds good! This is "the" drummer? Reminds me a lot of Fred LeBlanc's style (live that is, which is/was much better).[/b][/quote] Yes indeed it is "the" drummer. He can pretty much do anything stylistically that is required of the song, and do it great. Right now he's chomping at the bit to record one of my songs where he totally apes Bonham. :D Anyway, really nice to hear your comments Chip, seeing as I really respect your opinion. Oh and BTW we're playing at the Star Bar in Little Five Points on November 15th, if you feel like coming over! --Lee

[spigotsaol.com]

[quote]Originally posted by tonewoods@rockisland.com: [b]Here's some mandolin-on-mescaline recordings... http://www.ampcast.com/search/band.php?id=10651 The liner notes with pics of the mics, instruments, etc. are at: [url=http://www.bruceharvie.com]www.bruceharvie.com[/url] [/b][/quote] VERY COOL. I love the Lo-Fi drums. If you've got more, post it... Frank http://www.mp3.com/spigots

[m2]

[quote]Originally posted by popmusic: [b]After 1000+ posts, I guess it's finally time to step into the ring... Check out my song North Star [url=http://www.waterslideisland.com/music/full_mp3.htm]here[/url] . There's no Autotune, no punching in, and it's in full, glorious mono. ;) Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated![/b][/quote] Wow popmusic, that was really fucking good! Is your real name Brian Wilson :) It's also kinda like Harry Nilsson, who I love. Fantastic vocals. Is that a ukelele? The only suggestion would be to put it in stereo. :) Seriously though, A+. Macle

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[quote]Originally posted by macle96@yahoo.com: [b]Wow popmusic, that was really fucking good![/b][/quote] Thanks Macle -- That means a lot coming from you. :) Yeah, that's [i]kind of[/i] a ukelele near the end of the song... It was a cheap $7 toy ukelele I picked up as a souvenir on vacation. There are some other toys I used on the song, but in order to maintain a healthy sense of mystery, I'll let everyone guess what they are... :D Thanks again for the kind words!

[Chip McDonald]

[quote]Originally posted by Lee Flier: [b] Right now he's chomping at the bit to record one of my songs where he totally apes Bonham. :D [/b][/quote] Let him go - that's a vine one can always drink from IMO... [b]Anyway, really nice to hear your comments Chip, seeing as I really respect your opinion. Oh and BTW we're playing at the Star Bar in Little Five Points on November 15th, if you feel like coming over![/b] A friend is coming into town the next day and that might make for a lonnnnnnnnng friday after a drive back, but who knows... If you think about it, remind me a few days before, my internal Palm Pilot is pretty clogged up. [ 11-01-2001: Message edited by: Chip McDonald ]

[Steve LeBlanc]

[quote]After 1000+ posts, I guess it's finally time to step into the ring... Check out my song North Star here. There's no Autotune, no punching in, and it's in full, glorious mono. Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated![/quote] Wow man, that's really great. I can hear the Brian Wilson influence but I like this better than anything I heard from him. Seriously. Great job, I don't think Stereo would be a bad idea either...but it sounds great regardless. Unfortunately I'm only listening through computer speakers...I'll check it out later on my home system.

[halljams]

A highly enjoyable experience was listening to your tune popmusic! Great sounding voice. Hey, you even sound like a nice guy in your music. Cool stuff. I like the 2 section thing.

[halljams]

[quote]Originally posted by macle96@yahoo.com: [b]Hi you guys, Here's a song (called All About You), all criticism welcome and greatly appreciated. http://www.angelfire.com/rock2/3songs Thanks a lot, Macle[/b][/quote] ] HEAVY DUTY!!!!! Man, you are a great song writer Macle. All the little guitar parts are great. Cool sounding drums, and a solid bridge. Is your voice really that high or are you altering it somehow? One other point, who is this person that is messing you up so much? Did you and Frank both work for the same boss or something.LOL. I don't mind the negative lyrics(clever as they are) because they are surrounded in great music but i do notice that 3 out of the 4 of you songs that i have heard are kind of resentful toward someone. Not yourself i hope. As a songwriter, depending on your goal, this may limit your appeal in a commercial market. Just a thought. Great stuff though Macle. Always a treat! [ 11-01-2001: Message edited by: halljams ]

[GL1]

Throwing my name into the hat :p [url=http://mahotmagumbo.iuma.com]Mahotmagumbo.iuma.com[/url] Enjoy if you can...... Critique if you will

[techristian]

You can hear our music and see our videos at http://musicinit.com This work is over 3 years old now, but it is all I have to show for today. Next year the new CD comes out, but you can't judge vaporware! The old project was started with TBeach QUAD, EQed with PAREQ, moulded and mastered with COOL EDIT and mixed with n-tracks. The next CD will be finished using the Roland Studio Pack (big difference)

[halljams]

[quote]Originally posted by GL1: [b]Throwing my name into the hat :p [url=http://mahotmagumbo.iuma.com]Mahotmagumbo.iuma.com[/url] Enjoy if you can...... Critique if you will[/b][/quote] Great Harmony and playing. Real easy to digest but still intriguing. A touch "80's fusion sounding" sounds, but still nice. Ok, what the hell is going on the background there? That sort of drumkit thing i mean. Dude that has to be replaced. If you go to all the work to put together such a nice peice as this, find a drummer of equivelent skill to compliment it or all is lost. The rythm section should be #1 priority.(the bass is beautiful by the way) but the drums sound like an afterthought here. Now i take all that back if you were just giving a beginner a chance to try out their chops cause i'm all for that, ya gotta learn somewhere. But as a finished product, it doesn't cut it. Hope this is taken as constructive criticism. I like the tune a lot. Jim :p :p

[spigotsaol.com]

[quote]Originally posted by GL1: [b]Throwing my name into the hat :p [url=http://mahotmagumbo.iuma.com]Mahotmagumbo.iuma.com[/url] Enjoy if you can...... Critique if you will[/b][/quote] <<<"...HAS PUT TOGETHER THE MOST CUTTING EDGE/RETRO MUSIC TO DATE. "INSTANT CLASSIC ROCK" HAS BEEN USED TO DESCRIBE THE MULTI-LAYERED HARMONIES ,DRIVING BACKBEATS AND INTRICATE GUITAR-WORK THAT SPANS ALMOST EVERY STYLE OF CUTTING EDGE PLAYMANSHIP">>> This is a joke, right? [ 11-11-2001: Message edited by: spigots ]

[m2]

[quote]Originally posted by halljams: [b] ] HEAVY DUTY!!!!! Man, you are a great song writer Macle. All the little guitar parts are great. Cool sounding drums, and a solid bridge. Is your voice really that high or are you altering it somehow? One other point, who is this person that is messing you up so much? Did you and Frank both work for the same boss or something.LOL. I don't mind the negative lyrics(clever as they are) because they are surrounded in great music but i do notice that 3 out of the 4 of you songs that i have heard are kind of resentful toward someone. Not yourself i hope. As a songwriter, depending on your goal, this may limit your appeal in a commercial market. Just a thought. Great stuff though Macle. Always a treat! [ 11-01-2001: Message edited by: halljams ][/b][/quote] Hey Halljams, thanks very much!! That's my girlfriend singing the lead (me on the backups), so that would explain the high pitch. As far as the negative aspect of the lyrics (which my girlfriend and myself wrote together), I don't know, better see a shrink I guess!! These songs are really not very serious, supposed to be kind of funny disposable pop. I'm not necessarily proud of some of them, but what can you do?! I'm curious, though, what you mean about the appeal in a commercial market. If you could elaborate, that would be great. Thanks again for the feedback, I really appreciate it, Macle http://www.angelfire.com/rock2/3songs

[halljams]

[quote]Originally posted by macle96@yahoo.com: [b] I'm curious, though, what you mean about the appeal in a commercial market. If you could elaborate, that would be great. Macle http://www.angelfire.com/rock2/3songs [/b][/quote] Like, if you were to shop your tunes to publishers or producers, Lawyers etc.to have them placed with recording bands.

[m2]

[quote]Originally posted by halljams: [b] Like, if you were to shop your tunes to publishers or producers, Lawyers etc.to have them placed with recording bands.[/b][/quote] Oh, now I see what you mean. Yes, I agree. I guess the plan is for us to do this garbage ourselves!!! :eek: We do have songs that are a bit more regular/commercial. In fact, there are a couple that I would love for someone else to do, so we wouldn't have to! :D Macle

[halljams]

[quote]Originally posted by macle96@yahoo.com: [b] there are a couple that I would love for someone else to do, so we wouldn't have to! :D Macle[/b][/quote] I feel that way about everything i write!

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[quote]Originally posted by macle96@yahoo.com: [QB]As far as the negative aspect of the lyrics (which my girlfriend and myself wrote together), I don't know, better see a shrink I guess!! These songs are really not very serious, supposed to be kind of funny disposable pop.[/quote] Well, I really dig the songs I've heard of yours (terrific melodies, production, performances), and the cynical tone of the lyrics of any of the songs in particular doesn't really bother me (the subject matter of "Fingerprints" is icky, but it works really great as a song!)... But I'd imagine that a negative message could get a bit trying for the listener over the course of a whole album -- that is, if you're working on an album's worth of material. I don't mind cynical lyrics, and certainly there's some fun things that can be done with them over upbeat-sounding music, but as a listener I might find it hard to listen through a whole album where the narrarator of the song is essentially criticising another (imaginary?) character for most of the tracks. I'm not insinuating you should write "happy" songs -- just that maybe using either more ambiguity in the lyrics (so we don't know what the heck you're talking about -- something the Beatles often did) or more variation in the subject matter might be something to consider if you're putting together an album. Please don't take my 0.00002 as a criticism of your talent or the work you've done so far. I think you're a great songwriter/performer/producer, definitely one of the best I've heard on musicplayer.com. However, if I were a critic in the audience (and I am, whenever I'm listening to [i]anything[/i]), greater variety in the subject matter would be the only thing I'd be hungry for. You already do everything else really, really well... ;)

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[quote]Originally posted by Steve LeBlanc: [b] Wow man, that's really great. I can hear the Brian Wilson influence but I like this better than anything I heard from him. Seriously.[/b][/quote] [quote]Originally posted by Halljams: [b]Cool stuff. I like the 2 section thing. [/b][/quote] Thanks for the compliments! Regarding the two section thing, I realize the song is on the quirky side... The next song I'm working on is definitely more conventional/accessible/traditional in terms of structure and performance. Just felt like the need to do something weird for the heck of it. :)

[dansouth]

[quote]Originally posted by tonewoods@rockisland.com: [b]Here's some mandolin-on-mescaline recordings... http://www.ampcast.com/search/band.php?id=10651 [/b][/quote] I get a message that I don't have permission to listen to these songs...

[dansouth]

[quote]Originally posted by popmusic: [b]After 1000+ posts, I guess it's finally time to step into the ring... Check out my song North Star [url=http://www.waterslideisland.com/music/full_mp3.htm]here[/url] . There's no Autotune, no punching in, and it's in full, glorious mono. ;) Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated![/b][/quote] I'd love to check it out, but it tells me I need WinAmp. Is your song in MP3 format? I can usually play them with iTunes.

[dansouth]

[quote]Originally posted by nursers: [b]new one from me - called "Radio Babble" - at [url=http://www.mp3.com/thirdstoreystory]www.mp3.com/thirdstoreystory[/url] I did post this already but I was gazumped by a further post before anyone noticed :eek: [/b][/quote] Nursers - cool ambient cut! I'll have to check out more of your stuff when I have time.

[dansouth]

[quote]Originally posted by Lee Flier: [b]Well, I'm still tweaking this mix a little, but have a listen and see what ya think. WARNING: this is a rock song. If you don't like real drums and guitars, don't bother. :D http://lflier.home.mindspring.com/Backtrack.mp3 --Lee[/b][/quote] Lee - Sounds first rate, start to finish. Very energetic, excellent playing and mix. Did you record this with your AW? Singing, drums, guitar, all excellent!

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[quote]Originally posted by dansouth@yahoo.com: [b] I'd love to check it out, but it tells me I need WinAmp. Is your song in MP3 format? I can usually play them with iTunes.[/b][/quote] Yes, it's in mp3 format. If you have any problems downloading it on the Mac, let me know... I've only tested out the web site on Windows browsers.

[dansouth]

[quote]Originally posted by Steve LeBlanc: [b]Last Night's Creation...pretty insane stuff if I can say so, I'm proud of it. Download the [b]Short Intro (4.2 MB)[/b] or the [b]Long Crazy Version (20MB)[/b]: [b]"State of Mind"[/b] http://www.artistlaunch.com/jamfree Smoke it if ya got it [img]http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img][/b][/quote] Steve - checked out the short version. Starts our reminiscent of stuff from the first Weather Report album, then takes a left turn for The Twilight Zone. An idea like this either works of falls flat immediately. You made it work - good job!

[dansouth]

[quote]Originally posted by Henry8x8: [b] http://www.paulleavesley.com/Bass/MP3_Page/Henry8x8-Girl.mp3 Just me, playing my bass, plugged straight into the sound card on my computer. No effects, compression, or anything. Lemme know what ya think. [/b][/quote] Very pretty. It's amazing how beautiful the bass can sound as a solo instrument. Did you use SWR gear? How did you record this. I have two suggestions. First, your idea is nice, and I think you should make it longer. Add at least one more section with some different chords for variety. Second, consider using a good compressor to reign in some of your attacks. I would use a ratio of 2:1 or 3:1 and a threshold setting where only about 30% of the loudest notes trigger gain reduction. This will give you a smoother overall sound. Like it or not, our ears are used to hearing compression courtesy of the radio and television industries.

[Lee Flier]

[quote]Originally posted by dansouth@yahoo.com: [b] Lee - Sounds first rate, start to finish. Very energetic, excellent playing and mix. Did you record this with your AW? Singing, drums, guitar, all excellent![/b][/quote] Why, thank you, Dan! Actually here is what I THINK will be the final mix, and I think it's an improvement over the one I posted previously, though I probably need to rest my ears and have another listen in the morning :D : http://www.what-the.com/Backtrack.mp3 And yes, it was all done on the AW4416. I'd say that's a pretty badass little machine! Thanks again for the kind words! --Lee

[dansouth]

[quote]Originally posted by Themuzic: [b]Sweet sounding guitar man, I've just posted some new stuff on my site also. Just lookin for some input. [url=http://www.mp3.com/Johnny_geib]www.mp3.com/Johnny_geib[/url] Thanx, Johnny[/b][/quote] Johnny, you're a talented guy! I listened to Little Angel - very clean recording with nicely arranged guitars. Your voice is very good, also. The cut reminded me of a slightly toned down "Scorpions" cut (I mean that as a compliment).

[dansouth]

[quote]Originally posted by stub303@hotmail.com: [b]Here's one of my latest house tracks. I just finished mastering this the other day. I normally do tribal/techy stuff, but I still do some funk. [url=http://brancraw.home.mindspring.com/NologyTurnUpTheMusic.mp3]Nology: Turn Up The Music[/url] [/b][/quote] Good club mix. It's kind of monotonous when you're just sitting, but it would play well on the club floor. Seemed a tad thing in the bass/punch department. The mix may have been compressed heavily for MP3, though.