Folk Punk

[LI Slim]

What a great name for a genre. It fits my new song, "I Hate You Spring". Please have a listen and tell me what you think.

http://www.mp3.com/LarryKolker

[Hard2Hear]

Now that you've created your own genre....

The vocal doubling added to it, though I felt like a harmony was going to break there a little in the chorus.
Have I asked you about your guitar setup before? What are you recording with? If I read it, I must have forgotten. I think Starbucks everywhere are calling your name! You should record one with a whole band sometime just to suprise everyone.

H2H

[LI Slim]

The funny thing is that I didn't create it. It's an official mp3.com sub-genre. There's like 1000 songs in it!

My recording set up is a PC, 20gb, 128mb ram,
N-track software, although I use mostly
db-audioware plug-ins
Aardvark Direct Pro 24/96
AT4047 mic plugged right into the Aardvark

I have a Martin 00016C (nylon strings) guitar. I recorded the guitar first. In an attempt to broaden the sound a little, I copied the guitar track, added low end eq to one and high end eq to the other and panned them both out to about 85. The high end track is more prominent on the lead sections.

Also, I'm thinking maybe the guitar should generally be a little louder.

I do have an offer to record this one with a friend's band. I'm going to break down and do it.

[LI Slim]

....please.....

[Slackmaster2K]

Haha. The lyrics totally make this song. "Kiss my ass spring." I love it! "Stop being the coolest time of year"

Definately got the california white suburbian surfer punk style down. Almost Blink 182ish but with talent.

You could easily drop an off-beat rythym in there someplace and play around with the folk ska sound too.

The recording is ok. The vocals were a little loud and the whole thing was a little bit dry. But it doesn't matter...the song makes up for it.

Good work!

Slackmaster 2000

[Ray J]

Larry,

I like the energy coming from this one and I too thought the lyrics were cool. I think accompanyment would sound good with this one, and to continue with the white suburban thing, this is kind of a protest song with nothing to protest which was perfect for the style of the song. Everything fit nicely.

Ray J

[LI Slim]

Thanks, guys.

Slack, you confirmed my suspicion that I should bring up the guitar a bit. How would you suggest that I moisten it a bit?

[GT]

LI,

Very nice, you need to be the Home Recording poster child for "SINGING OUT".

Love the words and tune.

My only pic was the guitar sounded a little out of tune.

I really think that you and Slack should do a colaboration, no kidding I think the two of you would make beautifull music together. I even have a name for you guys.

Slack and Slim, or Slim and Slack.

GT

[CyanJaguar]

Good vox,

Good mic,

Good song

Good expression

I was hearing some kinda low level distortion on the vox. Is that the converters or the pre or your voice?

THe guitar sounded kinda lacking to me. Even though I know NOTHING about guitars, I think it might be just the positioning.

Peace

[rats]

Pretty cool. Not exactly my kind of groove, but I can appreciate it none the less for the concept, and slyness of the lyrics.

Most of the comments above cover what I would add as far as critique, but I will say this: the guitar needs oomph. I'd ultimately liek to hear this with live drums and a bass guitar, but if you could get the guitar sounding a bit stronger, or something...is it an acoustic played with bar chords? hmmm....

IMHO the vocals would sound better either held back a little or really belted out more. It sounds like a guy with a nice voice singing, but where's Long Island Slim? How about developing a personal style? And the little whines at the end of some of your stretched phrases throw it off a bit.

I hope you don't get the wrong idea, I dig it, just got to give to give you the honest low down.

[drstawl]

My approach to this tune was as posted in another thread that suggested that this tune be one of the tunes recorded at this Great Gust known as the 2001 Peekskill H/R Convention.
I've got my ideas of what's needed in another acoustic guitar track.
This tune works as a great track to try to nab in one day by a bunch of folks that have never met.
I'm already excited that this could work!

This is fun in even a virtual sense.

>The funny thing is that I didn't create it. It's an official mp3.com sub-genre.

I need them to add Electro Gamelan!
As to the application of Genre, the "Folk Punk" title has some humor to it, but in reality the "Folk" label all by itself is what you have captured with both the simple but effective chords and the witty lyrics. The best of that genre shares alot of your ideas about production and structure.

The guitar tone sounded fine. It just needs another track with some noticeably different tone that doubles the rhythm mostly but syncopates in a few places with the strumming pattern on the track you've got.

I'm ambivalent as to how drums would work with this. Might sound overproduced; probably wouldn't hurt that bad.