A wanderer

[joro]

Pretty cool tunage man...

I am digging it....

got that metal sound on the drums...a little weak in the mix though....
vox is cool but I could not make out the lyrics...

umm....no lead guitar???

why no lead guitar??

I think it would improve the tuange man....


Take it easy man,
Joe

 

[dtb]

jake-owa, I dig this tune too. I'd like to be able to hear the vocals better. maybe it's a little muffled or something. and a lead guitar would be cool. love the drumage.

 

[bpoco]

At work with headphones:

Good tune. I like the syncopation of the verses.

I think this song deserves a stronger/hotter guitar. I like it's sound, but it sounds like the guitar is back in the mix. IMO it should be way out front. I want my ears to bleed (LOL) !!

Real drums? I'm impressed. I could never record drums.

BPOCO

 

[chrisharris]

I haven't read the thread, and I never lie about that, lol.

1. I've spun it about 5 times. I forget there's not a crash in it until the very end, lmao. That one crash sounds like absolute shit, but it really kinda' fits... no wait, that didn't come out right.

2. It's good, it grooves...what do you have against reverb? Reverb is your friend. Use reverb like a $50 hooker. Slap it around and then don't think about it.

3. I have a feeling like you're going for kind of a non-conventional sound, so take the following with a grain of salt. All the levels seem okay to me, and the guitar tone I actually like a lot, but the whole thing hits me right in between the eyes as a home recording. It sounds cheap, and I think it's the vocal, and it may be exactly what you were going for. If so, you succeeded with unparalled success!!

Seriously, I'm not slamming it at all, because now I'm on about the 8th spin. It's like it's kinda' hard to understand a lot of the words, but making the vocal louder wouldn't really help...it already sounds really IN YOUR FACE on the vocal, but it's got no clarity and no air.

Anyway, screw me...listen number 10, so it can't suck...Dude...there's that fucking solo crash again,

LOVE IT!!!!

 

[jake-owa]

I don't really like guitar leads, I guess I got all worn out on that stuff. My music is really basic and either has yyrics or solo instrumentation. Thanks for the ideas though guys.

Chris, you hit the nail on the head with the vocal. It's not a level thing it's a clarity thing. I don't use a hell of a lot of reverb in my stuff, I guess it's just what I like.
That crash was added after the fact to end the drum jam which goes on for a few bars with the original bassline.

My project this weekend is to retrack the vocals, add crashes and re-mix a bit. I got the perfect take on the vox last night but the power glitched due to some lightning so it went to perfect take heaven....I'm not even joking, it was horrible.

Btw, how the hell did this get 5 stars?!?

I will see what you fellas think on Sunday.

Thanks all.

 

[Capitani]

Frank Zappa is alive. He shave his hair and made a band with Kurt Cobain in the other guitar and maybe Elvis in the drums ... and they all live happy together in Hawaii.

Good song. Good vibe!

Giovanni Capitani

 

[jake-owa]

Frank Zappa is alive. He shave his hair and made a band with Kurt Cobain in the other guitar and maybe Elvis in the drums ... and they all live happy together in Hawaii.

Good song. Good vibe!

Giovanni Capitani

That's a truly frightening thought but I fail to see what that has to do with this.

 

[Lt. Bob]

Very cool song..... it's always so interesting when you take something that was done in one context and create something different with it.

You definitely should work on this tune some more but I bet you never get that exact feeling with the drums ever again 'cause what he was playing with at the time was fairly unrelated to what it ended up being and once he has the whole song in his mind, he won't be able to avoid playing to accomodate the song.

Nice experimental piece.

 

[Lt. Bob]

You definitely should work on this tune some more but I bet you never get that exact feeling with the drums ever again 'cause what he was playing with at the time was fairly unrelated to what it ended up being and once he has the whole song in his mind, he won't be able to avoid playing to accomodate the song.

Probably the longest sentence I've ever uttered.

 

[jake-owa]

Very cool song..... it's always so interesting when you take something that was done in one context and create something different with it.

You definitely should work on this tune some more but I bet you never get that exact feeling with the drums ever again 'cause what he was playing with at the time was fairly unrelated to what it ended up being and once he has the whole song in his mind, he won't be able to avoid playing to accomodate the song.

Nice experimental piece.

That's fine, in fact I think that's what I want. The4 songs needs more specific emphasis from the drummer. The feel is cool and I have a friend who is fairly 'pro' who can probably match the feel while using more appropriate dynamics and cymbal play.

Glad you dug it.

 

[flat-9]

Ya jake!

I've been reading your posts for 4 months. Now I can put a musical face on the name.

Your posts are somewhat controversial and entertaining, but this tune is not the former nor the latter,......it fuckin' rocks. The lyrics and vocals are to sweet to be so confined! GET THEM OUTTA THAT BOX! Open it up!!EQ needs major punch and sparkle especially on the vox.

You know what you got man????The gift of being able to convey your passion and soul without being daunted by 'rolling tape'! I felt this tune in my gut, bigtime! Get it the fuck out of that straight jacket!!!!!!

peace,
flat-9

 

[Jamal Bucket]

ok this must have come through when my computer was down..

the beat seems to get choppy kinda sorta in spots...
love the stereo vocal (im on phones ) that might make it more apperant.man i want this to just RAGE maybe the guitar needs to be heavier??....or maybe you like it like this...but come on who really knows better? i say me. ..the drum sound is good and FAT..you know you have alot of diff vibes to your music which is very cool...i never know what ill get when i click on it...


im sure your prob done with this..by now..

oh well
jamal

 

[jake-owa]

Thanks Jamal, I'm actually working on mixing this a bit and I'll probably re-sing the thing and repost it in a few days. Most of the complaints are about the vocal delivery and I totally agree. I hope to re-do the drums with a great set in a few days.

Thanks for listening.

 

[rats]

Sounds pretty good on my shitty computer monitors mix-wise. Not sure what you wanted to do with this, just for fun, or whatever. Could use some additional production, was a bit on the simple side. That's cool too though. Bring the vocs out a bit!