harvesters and drive-bys - a dobro "cover"

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I got inspired yesterday from dobro's thread and short song clip and decided to expand upon it - (waaay too much). I had a beat already I was working on and yesterday I wrote some lyrics and last night I added bass, a bunch of guitars and vocals. This is further proof (not that you needed it) that some people just shouldn't rap. I didn't do much of anything here mix-wise, but that isn't really the point. Hopefully good for a chuckle or two.

This is not directed at anyone in particular, as I don't have terribly strong feelings on the subject, but it comes up often enough here. Just inventing some crazy dialog from the other side of the issue in dobro's thread. Warning - there is plenty of profanity, so steer clear if that's an issue for you. Also steer clear if you really only like to listen to good music:

New, 06/30 mix - straight outta Raymond:



Added Soundcloud player (it looks so squashed!):

 
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Cracking mush! (That's welsh speak for this is great!)
I'll say this, your voice goes from strength to further!, it must be a confidence thing!
Keep going man you're doing just fine:thumbs up:
 
I'm a phenom still living with my mum.

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Nice. :thumbs up:

This one just so rocks. The mix is maybe just a touch dark overall, but the arrangement, delivery, lyrics, music - it's commercial material. Copyright it. I'm gonna lobby for this to be a sticky in the mp3 forum. Vocal up a dB?

And now FTG loves you more than me. I'm gonna hafta do something.
 
Woah Heat - I like hearing you breaking it down and cursing. :D Your voice sounds awesome, and the lyrics are hilarious. Seriously funny stuff man.
 
Cool. I'm glad you guys (and girl) enjoyed it. This was probably the quickest and easiest thing I've put together in a while and it kind of shows, but I wanted to be timely, so it had to be done quick. About every 2 years or so I'm good for a joke rap song. I find that a little goes a long way.
 
I'm gonna mess you up a bit, then. This one absolutely rocks, and one reason is that you were so playful with it. I've seen the same thing with my own stuff: I have this tendency to be serious and sincere when I write and perform. It's a trap sometimes. My best stuff is more balanced and it comes across as wryness, irony, playfulness. It lets the light in. People feel it and respond - it delights.
 
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I'm gonna mess you up a bit, then. This one absolutely rocks, and one reason is that you were so playful with it. I've seen the same thing with my own stuff: I have this tendency to be serious and sincere when I write and perform. It's a trap sometimes. My best stuff is more balanced and it comes across as wryness, irony, playfulness. It lets the light in. People feel it and respond - it delights.
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Hey,
Phylio,,,/ psyccol,,,HEAD STUFF, true tho! (where's the bloody spellcheck when you need it?):)
 
Ha! love it. Great voice. Haven't been around much lately so don't know what your op is all about.

Love to hear a better mix.
 
dobro - yeah, I get the spontaneous factor I think, and that's definitely absent from a lot of my stuff. This was purely done as a joke, but I went kind of far with it and now am considering trying to mix it a little more/better just to see...

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Ha! love it. Great voice. Haven't been around much lately so don't know what your op is all about.

Love to hear a better mix.
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Thanks.

It's a common thing that comes up around here. Discussions about people who just arrive at the site and immediately post tracks supposedly for review/critiques, but never return to comment or thank anyone, or they amazingly get angry when no one responds within 2 hours of their post. The suspicion is that they're merely trolling for hits or page views or likes or whatever. I was just trying to offer some possible dialog from one of those people.

I myself listen to at least a few seconds of almost everything posted here. Many are just so far outside what I like to listen to that I move on. Others sound horrible and I can't think of how to approach the person. Still others sound near perfect, so I know they don't need my advice. I try not to pay attention to post count though, since everyone who joins has to start at zero. Personally, I waited months before posting my first track here. I first got the lay of the land and commented on other people's stuff. When I finally did share something, the response wasn't overwhelming, but at least I got replies. If one has the time, that is how I recommend doing it. What you get out of this site is more or less proportional to what you put into it I think.

Maybe I will mix this further. I think if anything, I could add and remove different tracks more than I did to create more contrast between verses and chorus (hook?). As it is, it just kinds of rolls along at one pace right through the whole thing.
 
Ha, good fun tune Pete. I'm sure you could get it to stand up in its own right outside the context of the forum if you changed the lyrics.

I don't think you need to worry too much about making any more contrast between verse and chorus - I don't think it's quite as important rap as you've got the shift from rapping to singing anyway. That always marks a tonal shift. Plus, on something like Rebel Without A Pause, it's essentially the same thing all the way through - and that's always held up as a classic...

If you were thinking of doing any more work on the mix, then I think there's still room to 'dirty up' the drums a little more.
 
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Ha, good fun tune Pete. I'm sure you could get it to stand up in its own right outside the context of the forum if you changed the lyrics.

I don't think you need to worry too much about making any more contrast between verse and chorus - I don't think it's quite as important rap as you've got the shift from rapping to singing anyway. That always marks a tonal shift. Plus, on something like Rebel Without A Pause, it's essentially the same thing all the way through - and that's always held up as a classic...

If you were thinking of doing any more work on the mix, then I think there's still room to 'dirty up' the drums a little more.
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Thanks rob. I doubt anyone outside this forum will ever hear this, but if they do, I'm not sure the actual point of the lyrics will matter anyway. I let my son hear it last night (I loudly and randomly spoke to him during the cursing parts), and he said he couldn't understand a word I said, but he liked that it rhymed :).

What you're hearing is a substantially different mix from the 1st. Originally, pretty much all tracks were going throughout the whole song. That was ok - but even at 3 minutes, it got a little tiresome. Last night I really cropped a lot of audio throughout, including the drums in parts, and many guitar parts in sections, so that no two verses or choruses are quite the same. I think it made it more fun to listen to. I think I'm ok with where it's at now?
 
LOl... almost falling off the chair laughing.... :laughings:

Well done heat - now go stick it in the rap forum and see if anyone clicks it... :)

So, when it becomes a hit, have you sorted out with dobro who owns the title?
 
Don't quote me, but I'm fairly sure this is the best thing in the world.
My gut was singing hits from the bong,,,then YOU DID! Amazin.

It's Weird Al meets Cypress Hill meets Flight of the Conchords.
 
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Don't quote me, but I'm fairly sure this is the best thing in the world.
My gut was singing hits from the bong,,,then YOU DID! Amazin.

It's Weird Al meets Cypress Hill meets Flight of the Conchords.
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Yeah, I think it's the best thing in the world, and I don't have a bong. Perhaps I need a bong. Perhaps the youngins need an education. Perhaps I'm a garden variety ahole. But it's a great piece of music, a breath of fresh air. I love it when somebody just *does* something and doesn't repeat or imitate.
 
heatmiser said:
What you're hearing is a substantially different mix from the 1st. Originally, pretty much all tracks were going throughout the whole song. That was ok - but even at 3 minutes, it got a little tiresome. Last night I really cropped a lot of audio throughout, including the drums in parts, and many guitar parts in sections, so that no two verses or choruses are quite the same. I think it made it more fun to listen to. I think I'm ok with where it's at now?
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Hey, I was actually commenting on the first mix. I'd listened a few times after you'd posted, but didn't get chance to reply. I then posted based on what I'd heard on those listens without hitting play again/seeing the new mix. Just listening to the new one now - it does sound quite different, more like one of your songs if that makes any sense. Did you add more stuff or just remove some of the layers? I'm hearing parts I don't remember from the first time and can't recall whether it's new or just opened up by the removals?

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I let my son hear it last night (I loudly and randomly spoke to him during the cursing parts), and he said he couldn't understand a word I said, but he liked that it rhymed :).
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Ha, that reminded me of this clip and it's too good an opportunity not to post it up :D
 
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