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stratmonkee

stratmonkee

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Pretty goofy one here , messing with some speech to text apps and wanted to try them out for a spoken word kinda thing.
 
Cool composition. It's quite jazzy. I like all the little progressions and delay effects. The vocal adds a level of weirdness that sets it off well. Are they Australian accents?
 
Mix: How about bringing the solo guitar up a bit? Not a suggestion as much as a question.

Why the Aussie speakers? Are you Aussie?

I like it a lot, and there's lots to like here - it's singular and memorable, really listenable, has good soloing, and like Manslick says - that drum part is killer. Good work.
 
Bulls Hit said:
Cool composition. It's quite jazzy. I like all the little progressions and delay effects. The vocal adds a level of weirdness that sets it off well. Are they Australian accents?
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Thanks Bulls, had fun with this one, yes Australian accents, to me, they sounded the most realistic, less robotic. There is a Indian "vocalist " at the end as well...
 
dobro said:
Mix: How about bringing the solo guitar up a bit? Not a suggestion as much as a question.

Why the Aussie speakers? Are you Aussie?

I like it a lot, and there's lots to like here - it's singular and memorable, really listenable, has good soloing, and like Manslick says - that drum part is killer. Good work.
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Yes I am going to bring the solo up a little, this was a early mix and wanted to live with it for a few days and see what I thought after the initial tracking/mixing.
Not Australian, I'm from Michigan/USA. Detroit area :>) . I just liked the way the bots Australian accent sounded, especially with adding pitch, punctation like question marks.
Thanks for listening, I appreciate the feedback!
 
stratmonkee said:
Thanks, I sliced and diced those drum loops from my very old Cakewalk guitar tracks Drag And Drop Drummer collection.
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I started w/ Drag and Drop drummer, transitioning to Smart Loops - and eventually got to known Frank pretty well (the drummer/creator). Eventually he played on a lot of my tracks over the years - recording his drums in real time to grids/sketches I sent down.

If you look for the other track you commented on (Up and Down) - the drums are Frank playing live. You didn't like the snare all that much - but it was Frank's snare. :D


I only have a taste comment for this one, bud. I think the bass is STILL (Mix 2) too buried. The spoken word element is a neat experiment ... but it's one of those things that if the next song came up and used the same technique, I'd likely fast forward through it. :D

All in all? Well done!
 
K-dub said:
The spoken word element is a neat experiment ... but it's one of those things that if the next song came up and used the same technique, I'd likely fast forward through it. :D
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That's what I thought the first time I heard rap.

Actually, it would depend what the spoken part was saying. I like this one.
 
Well that was different, I like the experimental nature. The voices make for a cool effect but the delivery/timing/mix/ something?? throws off the groove imo. Drums have a nice tight sound and the soloing is excellent! I like the pad sounds from im guessing the guit synth. Really interesting listen!
 
K-dub said:
That's what I still say when I hear rap.

:D
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I am not into rap music but I love Gil Scott Heron. His innovation and brilliance was so far ahead of his time back in 1971. He influenced so much of rap and hip hop now. A true inovator and poet for his people and way ahead of his time...

 
Smithers XKR said:
I am not into rap music but I love Gil Scott Heron. His innovation and brilliance was so far ahead of his time back in 1971. He influenced so much of rap and hip hop now. A true inovator and poet for his people and way ahead of his time...

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Damn, that is *so* good. Also, it's not rap. You've just arranged another Amazon sale to me. Thanks.
 
dobro said:
Damn, that is *so* good. Also, it's not rap. You've just arranged another Amazon sale to me. Thanks.
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I love him, a pioneer of music and spoke for African Americans. Hypocritical? As I am a white working class guy from the North East of England... I just think great music is colour blind and trancends race, creed, colour, and social status. Amen brother 😇🥰🥰
 
dobro said:
Damn, that is *so* good. Also, it's not rap. You've just arranged another Amazon sale to me. Thanks.
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Get "Pieces of a Man" and listen to this track also. You will hear how Pharrell Williams influence for his hit "Happy" came from 🥰

 
dobro said:
Damn, that is *so* good. Also, it's not rap. You've just arranged another Amazon sale to me. Thanks.
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Public Enemy and Grandmaster Flash cited Gil as a great influence. A great meaning of street music and peace and hope for equality for African American people back in the day. It has just become a byword for drugs, mysogyny, homophobia, guns and materialistic ambition and hatred now very sadly 😟😟 "The Message" has been lost ☹️
 
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