heatmiser
mr. green christmas
Well done sir. Smooth arrangement...flows nicely. Love the steel and the lyrics are thought provoking.
Well done sir. Smooth arrangement...flows nicely. Love the steel and the lyrics are thought provoking.
heatmiser
mr. green christmas
Damn! This is one of those tunes I heard here years ago and said to myself...holy shit -you can do stuff like this at home (or in a tuffshed)? I still don't get how you do it - you suck
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heatmiser
mr. green christmas
Acoustics sound great on this. Very nice harmonies as well. The Jongleurs definitely have a signature sound that I think I can recognize after only having heard a couple of your tracks. Great production here. A lot of pretty intense lyrics on some of these entries. Kind of intimidating really...you guys all need to lighten up
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heatmiser
mr. green christmas
Ah...part 4. Just reviewed this in the clinic the other day. I may not always get your production choices, but I always check out your tunes. You definitely bring something truly unique to the table each time, which is a very good thing in itself. Still loving those nintendo blips.
mjhamil
New member
Submitted My Song "Tomorrow's Just Another Day" to HR Songwriting Contest, Using Edirol UA101, Rode NT2A, Rickenbacker4001, Ampeg SVt4pro, STRATOCASTER, PODX3LIVE, Jason Jones on Drums, Gerry Steele on Guitars, Sonar 7
SoundClick artist: Hamilton Steele Band - Hamilton Steele Band: Original Rock,Blues,and Country so good you'll have to take home to your Mam
SoundClick artist: Hamilton Steele Band - Hamilton Steele Band: Original Rock,Blues,and Country so good you'll have to take home to your Mam
heatmiser
mr. green christmas
Hell, I consider myself a virtual expert on all 4 of those things. That was fun doc. If not an atheist, I am at most agnostic and have considered writing songs in the vein (although perhaps with a less overt message) but have never been able to put it together. Way to carry the torch man.
heatmiser
mr. green christmas
This actually reminds me of the soundtrack to john carpenter's The Thing. Creepy man. I preferred the long intro sounds compared to the last couple of minutes myself. Certainly a different sort of deal than everything else so far...
gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
Simple, unpretentious: what you see is what you get! No fancy tricks, but great drumming and lead part.
gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
What extraordinary restraint you have to have the patience to create such a sustained, long development. There was enough progression to keep it interesting, and yet enough stillness to make it threateningly hypnotic.
rayc
retroreprobate
Heamophilliac Heroes - Pygmy Beat Augmented
HAEMOPHILLIAC HEROES (misspelt in the title sorry)
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service for the 320 MP3 &
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WKWTO665 for the FLAC.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?q=hi&songID=10589061
Streamer by special request but it's a 256 that's then squished & mangled in Soundclick.
This song isn't quite finished. It needs to be mixed and faux mastered. As it is I've done a rough mix & thrown Glaceverb & a master limiter across it for the hell of it.
I'll up a FLAC version for those who want better quality.
The collaborators shall remain nameless unless you can pick who they are or they dob themselves in. the track list is at the bottom.
Here are the lyrics:
Haemophiliac Heroes
Plastic sheets of moonlight
Reflected in cracked glass eyes
Neon illuminates suicides
Who had never learnt to fly.
Time bombs flock to Sunday schools
With their leather bridle eyes
Where carrion feast on stale thoughts
Fattened on open lies.
Hidden, luminous, backstreet warriors,
metamorphosed denizens of the deep,
Reduced pseudo-Casanova rapists,
Through lost innocence they creep.
And they, finding Lady Love
In the form of a young girl
Unleash a thousand lost fantasies
Almost none of which unfurl.
Cellophane-clad merchandise
Again tread the beaten path
& where new Freedom’s vanquished moments
Sail winds of the aftermath.
But multilingual electric deathcries
Simply shatter their perspex minds
& yet again their testament is sworn
Across a thousand neon signs.
All too soon the collector
Undertakes his evening rounds
Charged to extract the final payment
Be it cash or flesh by pounds.
Phosphorescent plastic daydreams
Now crowd into the cell
Switchblade waving gladiators
In horror turn to gel.
And the lying, crying, moulded dollies
Who would once strut and dance and pose
Just a short step from teenage rubber queen
To a middle-aged rubber hose.
I couldn't get my screen print up so the tracking was/is:
1 - Bruno Gtr DI 2 - Bruno Gtr DI 3 - Bruno Gtr DI 4 - Bass verse 5 - Gtr stereo LUSH 6 - Gtr stereo - reverb
7 - Gtr Cello Focus 8 - Gtr to Pignose 9 - Gtr to Big Fluff 1 10 - Gtr to Big Fluff 2
11 - Tambourine 12 - thumb Cymbal 13 - Gtr Wah focus 14 - Gtr Wha Focus 2 15 - Gtr Chiming
16 - Gtr arperg distorted 17 - Bass chorus 18 - Lead intro 19 - lead Solo 20 - Lead noodling
21 - LOH 22 - ROH 23 - Tom L 24 - Tom C 25 - Tom R 26 - Bass drum 27 - snare drum
28 - main Vox 29 - b vox combo 30 - Gtr - Peavy amp
DI with a Behri BDI21, Exotic effects from an ancient Yamaha FX500 heavily tweaked. Big Fluff is the Morrison Muff clone. main Gtr is a Bruno Royal Artist backed up with a Epi Sheraton II and bass is a Vantage. Wha was using the BDI into the Dunlop Jimi Hendrix then into the computer.
Recorded principally in Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.3
HAEMOPHILLIAC HEROES (misspelt in the title sorry)
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service for the 320 MP3 &
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WKWTO665 for the FLAC.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?q=hi&songID=10589061
Streamer by special request but it's a 256 that's then squished & mangled in Soundclick.
This song isn't quite finished. It needs to be mixed and faux mastered. As it is I've done a rough mix & thrown Glaceverb & a master limiter across it for the hell of it.
I'll up a FLAC version for those who want better quality.
The collaborators shall remain nameless unless you can pick who they are or they dob themselves in. the track list is at the bottom.
Here are the lyrics:
Haemophiliac Heroes
Plastic sheets of moonlight
Reflected in cracked glass eyes
Neon illuminates suicides
Who had never learnt to fly.
Time bombs flock to Sunday schools
With their leather bridle eyes
Where carrion feast on stale thoughts
Fattened on open lies.
Hidden, luminous, backstreet warriors,
metamorphosed denizens of the deep,
Reduced pseudo-Casanova rapists,
Through lost innocence they creep.
And they, finding Lady Love
In the form of a young girl
Unleash a thousand lost fantasies
Almost none of which unfurl.
Cellophane-clad merchandise
Again tread the beaten path
& where new Freedom’s vanquished moments
Sail winds of the aftermath.
But multilingual electric deathcries
Simply shatter their perspex minds
& yet again their testament is sworn
Across a thousand neon signs.
All too soon the collector
Undertakes his evening rounds
Charged to extract the final payment
Be it cash or flesh by pounds.
Phosphorescent plastic daydreams
Now crowd into the cell
Switchblade waving gladiators
In horror turn to gel.
And the lying, crying, moulded dollies
Who would once strut and dance and pose
Just a short step from teenage rubber queen
To a middle-aged rubber hose.
I couldn't get my screen print up so the tracking was/is:
1 - Bruno Gtr DI 2 - Bruno Gtr DI 3 - Bruno Gtr DI 4 - Bass verse 5 - Gtr stereo LUSH 6 - Gtr stereo - reverb
7 - Gtr Cello Focus 8 - Gtr to Pignose 9 - Gtr to Big Fluff 1 10 - Gtr to Big Fluff 2
11 - Tambourine 12 - thumb Cymbal 13 - Gtr Wah focus 14 - Gtr Wha Focus 2 15 - Gtr Chiming
16 - Gtr arperg distorted 17 - Bass chorus 18 - Lead intro 19 - lead Solo 20 - Lead noodling
21 - LOH 22 - ROH 23 - Tom L 24 - Tom C 25 - Tom R 26 - Bass drum 27 - snare drum
28 - main Vox 29 - b vox combo 30 - Gtr - Peavy amp
DI with a Behri BDI21, Exotic effects from an ancient Yamaha FX500 heavily tweaked. Big Fluff is the Morrison Muff clone. main Gtr is a Bruno Royal Artist backed up with a Epi Sheraton II and bass is a Vantage. Wha was using the BDI into the Dunlop Jimi Hendrix then into the computer.
Recorded principally in Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.3
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gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
Unusual, original, and a whole mess of cryptic lyrics that I wouldn't mind having in my pocket. Great arrangement, and strong harmonies support a Bowie-esque vocal rendition. I like the idea of having a non-repeating (lyrically) chorus. I note that you said the song needs mixing, so when that happens, you'll bring the rhythm guitars down and other stuff up, huh?
rayc
retroreprobate
MJH - very jazzy guitars & a nice loping gate on the melody. Cool stuff.
Gecko - ta mate. The lyrics date from a very cryptic, mouth full of words period indeed. I'm astounded that the vocalist could manage them at all let alone come up with such a great melody & performance. The varied chorus is a case of being easily bored when reading album covers.
Gecko - ta mate. The lyrics date from a very cryptic, mouth full of words period indeed. I'm astounded that the vocalist could manage them at all let alone come up with such a great melody & performance. The varied chorus is a case of being easily bored when reading album covers.
fat_fleet
Swollen Member
Track Rat- agree with what everyone else said about the 60's stuff. almost has that Byrdsy Rickenbacker jangle. i also get the vibe of some mid-80s college rock, the feelies, early REM, stuff like that... maybe even a little later "slick" Husker Du (c. Candy Apple Grey). great concise lyrics everything tied together in a nice little package, very digestible confectionery pop.
ido1957- nice piece of southern rock riffage. sounds like it could be on the radio, like the Fabulous Thunderbirds or something on one of those Country-crossover channels. slick sounding, nice shredding.
beezelbubba- glad you had the strength to pull through brother! cool sounding arrangement, very dense with the swirling organ(?) and harmony guitars. nice lyrics, very melancholic yet it could be on some mega concept album by U2 or Queensryche or some shit. anyways nice job.
gecko zzed- dude your voice still reminds me of something i can't put my finger on, or maybe it's a bunch of things, but anyways great-sounding meticulously recorded tune. great contrast between the stark lyrics and the gentle lilting melody. nice pedal steel work!
supercreep- man this is a greeeeat song. great vocal melody, guitar riff, the feedback in the middle is really well-done. really imaginative and fun too. i hear Kinks, Cheap Trick, Big Star, stuff like that, but it definitely is not derivative, your arrangements are unique enough to stand on their own.
Armistice- nice indie-pop-sounding vibe here, i'm reminded of a bunch of bands from the late 80s, early 90s, some of em Aussies some of em not. nice layered guitars and spare harmonies give the song a melancholic feel.
VomitHatSteve- very ambitious. even if you didn't tag this as Part 4 and post links to the other parts it would be obvious that this is part of a larger composition. the theatrical style's pretty interesting, not too many people try and pull that off these days.
crazydoc- waitwaitwait just a second here.... you mean you're questioning THE BIBLE?!?! that is truuuuly shocking! i'm gonna call the pope, tipper gore, and the PMRC and force your CD to carry a Parental Advisory sticker you baaaad baaaaad man!
anyways, nice tune man spare folky arrangement.
heatmiser- nice mix, very thick and chunky. distorted vox and bass sound awesome, kinda Beckish. lyrics are pretty funny. i've managed to avoid the Clinic so far but i know the time is soon to face the fire and have my ass handed to me if i want my mixes to get any better!
mjhamil- nice innocuous bluesy number, like the oooohs and aaaahs!
rayc- (better late than never) good sounding song. the vocalist reminds me alot of peter murphy in voice, brooding delivery and "dark" lyrics. like the harmonies. is that you? guitars are maybe a little anemic sounding to my ears, but i like the structure of the song. slap a shit ton of reverb on this and it could have come out in 1983.
ido1957- nice piece of southern rock riffage. sounds like it could be on the radio, like the Fabulous Thunderbirds or something on one of those Country-crossover channels. slick sounding, nice shredding.
beezelbubba- glad you had the strength to pull through brother! cool sounding arrangement, very dense with the swirling organ(?) and harmony guitars. nice lyrics, very melancholic yet it could be on some mega concept album by U2 or Queensryche or some shit. anyways nice job.
gecko zzed- dude your voice still reminds me of something i can't put my finger on, or maybe it's a bunch of things, but anyways great-sounding meticulously recorded tune. great contrast between the stark lyrics and the gentle lilting melody. nice pedal steel work!
supercreep- man this is a greeeeat song. great vocal melody, guitar riff, the feedback in the middle is really well-done. really imaginative and fun too. i hear Kinks, Cheap Trick, Big Star, stuff like that, but it definitely is not derivative, your arrangements are unique enough to stand on their own.
Armistice- nice indie-pop-sounding vibe here, i'm reminded of a bunch of bands from the late 80s, early 90s, some of em Aussies some of em not. nice layered guitars and spare harmonies give the song a melancholic feel.
VomitHatSteve- very ambitious. even if you didn't tag this as Part 4 and post links to the other parts it would be obvious that this is part of a larger composition. the theatrical style's pretty interesting, not too many people try and pull that off these days.
crazydoc- waitwaitwait just a second here.... you mean you're questioning THE BIBLE?!?! that is truuuuly shocking! i'm gonna call the pope, tipper gore, and the PMRC and force your CD to carry a Parental Advisory sticker you baaaad baaaaad man!
anyways, nice tune man spare folky arrangement.heatmiser- nice mix, very thick and chunky. distorted vox and bass sound awesome, kinda Beckish. lyrics are pretty funny. i've managed to avoid the Clinic so far but i know the time is soon to face the fire and have my ass handed to me if i want my mixes to get any better!
mjhamil- nice innocuous bluesy number, like the oooohs and aaaahs!
rayc- (better late than never) good sounding song. the vocalist reminds me alot of peter murphy in voice, brooding delivery and "dark" lyrics. like the harmonies. is that you? guitars are maybe a little anemic sounding to my ears, but i like the structure of the song. slap a shit ton of reverb on this and it could have come out in 1983.
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joeym
New member
OK, here's my entry, Gerry.
lies_master 2_mp3.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage
Song's called "Lies".
Cheers
lies_master 2_mp3.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage
Song's called "Lies".
Cheers
fat_fleet
Swollen Member
interesting that you consider it an Electronica piece. its clearly "Christian Funk"
nice to hear of your Good Work down south. you are a kind man and my heart truly does go out to those people. perhaps my song even played a small part in filling your heart with the hope to continue!
...but in terms of geological time i think you'll find it was over pretty quick, even in the blink of an insect's eye. i mean, what is the length of my song to the age of the Himalayan Mountains or the Grand Canyon?
thanks for listening guys!
like VomitHatSteve's submission, mine was part of a larger piece.
i got asked last summer to write a score for this indie-play. im not a big theater guy but knew someone who knew someone etc so i ended up doing it, it got performed and ran its course and all that. The Cookie Crumbles is part of that- the suspense music. i was going for kind of a Wendy Carlos/Gyorgi Ligeti vibe. i think it's about a C+ attempt, though obviously not everyone's ball of wax!
here's the Main Theme if anyone's interested. it's shorter, friendlier, and i'm sure would've received a warmer welcome but certainly not quite as fun to submit to a "songwriting contest"!
rayc
retroreprobate
Joe,
Straight out of the box BAM!! In much the same way as BSabs used to do.
I'm stunned at how well & convicingly you've managed to genre hop of late. Mind you - it's obvious this is you vocal sweet spot.
Lovely bass tone - some of the runs are very Geezer too.
You must have been a fearsome force to behold on stage.
LOVE the way you stretched Lies from 3.16 to 3.35 - well done!
The changes around 4.10 are great - this song is very dynamic.
Unrooool!
flat_feet,
Excellent sense of perspective and humour. My synapses move at a glacial pace & my BPM is rather later than that so mere river valley erosion is but a pimple on the posterior of my proactively abraided hide. I wasn't keen on doing a streamer as I had to reduce the quality to fit into the 10meg limit but for you...done!
Supercreep - I don't have any gear that links - is this a form of reverse descrimination?
Straight out of the box BAM!! In much the same way as BSabs used to do.
I'm stunned at how well & convicingly you've managed to genre hop of late. Mind you - it's obvious this is you vocal sweet spot.
Lovely bass tone - some of the runs are very Geezer too.
You must have been a fearsome force to behold on stage.
LOVE the way you stretched Lies from 3.16 to 3.35 - well done!
The changes around 4.10 are great - this song is very dynamic.
Unrooool!
flat_feet,
Excellent sense of perspective and humour. My synapses move at a glacial pace & my BPM is rather later than that so mere river valley erosion is but a pimple on the posterior of my proactively abraided hide. I wasn't keen on doing a streamer as I had to reduce the quality to fit into the 10meg limit but for you...done!
Supercreep - I don't have any gear that links - is this a form of reverse descrimination?
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VomitHatSteve
Hat STYLE. Not contents.
I have got a LOT of catching up to do with this thread!
Remind me to listen to all the songs again when submissions close tomorrow.
Remind me to listen to all the songs again when submissions close tomorrow.
gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
Professional , polished and accomplished! A dynamic structure engages interest. The change at 3:20 is masterfully done. Awesome!!
Track Rat
Just Your Average Sized Member
rayc, That's just excellent sir. I love the backing vocals. This has that classic rock sound that's right up my alley.
Track Rat
Just Your Average Sized Member
joeym. VERY slick. Makes me think of Rainbow. Excellent all the way around.