Hey, TRUE!!!!!

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Trailing Behind Again
Spank Me

Here is the remix I told you about!


To anyone else: WARNING, EXPLICIT LYRICS AND ADULT CONTENT!!!


Now that I can post songs again, maybe I'll actually post one for critiques.

You can critique this one, but it's a 3 year old birthday present for True-eurt... :rolleyes:
 
just got done listening to it. pretty funny sounding, but i gotta be honest, it sounds pretty rough! i can't really understand most of the lyrics because they're buried in reverb and a have a strange tinny quality i can't quite describe.

that snare sound gets pretty maddening rather quickly.

i'm really sorry, man--i'm not trying to tear it apart, and i realize it's 3 years old. just felt like you were owed a response...:o

the whip crack during the 1st verse is a keeper though! :D
 
Uh, yeah.....

I did this thing when I had no idea how to track, so a lot of rules were broken.

The guitars are DI'd through a Fostex MR-8, and the crappy efx onboard.

The drums are a yamaha keyboard... nuff said!

As far as the vocal, I eq'd the crap out of it because it was just a mic (and a really cheap one at that) plugged directly into the MR-8. Nothing I've done could fix it.

And to top it all off, I am mixing on my laptop with headphones because I am on a ship in the middle of the Pacific and away from all my gear... and that most of all has a lot to do with the mix.

I really need to get home.... :(
 
Rokket said:
Uh, yeah.....

I did this thing when I had no idea how to track, so a lot of rules were broken.

The guitars are DI'd through a Fostex MR-8, and the crappy efx onboard.

The drums are a yamaha keyboard... nuff said!

As far as the vocal, I eq'd the crap out of it because it was just a mic (and a really cheap one at that) plugged directly into the MR-8. Nothing I've done could fix it.

And to top it all off, I am mixing on my laptop with headphones because I am on a ship in the middle of the Pacific and away from all my gear... and that most of all has a lot to do with the mix.

I really need to get home.... :(
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it's as farking rough as guts......but I farking LOVE it!!! Well done!...hahahaha!...off for another listen man!
Rock on you crazy bastuuuuuurd!:)
 
superspit said:
it's as farking rough as guts......but I farking LOVE it!!! Well done!...hahahaha!...off for another listen man!
Rock on you crazy bastuuuuuurd!:)
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Glad you liked it.


Yeah, it's rough, but I think at the time it was intended to be tlhat way. The only changes I made over the first mix is that I moved the guitar solo to the center of the song, and the sound bytes are different.

And I over processed it this time... :o


True, let me know if it's to your liking. If not, I will post the raw tracks as a PMC and see what the masters can do with it...
 
Rokket said:
Glad you liked it.


Yeah, it's rough, but I think at the time it was intended to be tlhat way. The only changes I made over the first mix is that I moved the guitar solo to the center of the song, and the sound bytes are different.

And I over processed it this time... :o


True, let me know if it's to your liking. If not, I will post the raw tracks as a PMC and see what the masters can do with it...
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nah man!...don't change it!!
THE SONG IS WHAT IT IS!......It's great in all aspects and is totally within context!!.....I like the feel/mood very much....and I understand that it was an 'intended' thang.....it's not pretentious at all.....rock-on!..:):):)
 
superspit said:
nah man!...don't change it!!
THE SONG IS WHAT IT IS!......It's great in all aspects and is totally within context!!.....I like the feel/mood very much....and I understand that it was an 'intended' thang.....it's not pretentious at all.....rock-on!..:):):)
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Thanks. I hope others feel the same way, especially the one it was intended for!
 
:D:D:D...Hey Rokket...!!! This has got to be one of the best songs ever written...

I can put the original up and the one you redid in 2006 on mysoundclick if you'd like for comparison. So far as I listen, there are parts I like better in the earlier version and some I like better in this recent one. I do miss hearing the lyrics plainly..cause those are great!!:D

Sorry it has taken so long to comment. Between work, family and other commitments, I couldn't listen much...anyway, not attentively. In fact, I am still in the process of doing that!!
 
I'll work on the vocals and post it for you privately... :cool:

Thanks for the listen!


btw, pm me and let me know what you liked about the original and this new one. Maybe I can make a good compromise!
 
That's one of the strangest things I've ever heard.

Yeah the drums were pretty cheesey, but otherwise the other instruments and vocals fit together quote nicely in a grungy, raw kind of way.

The sound clips were kind of ... weird. The felt like the stuck out a bit much. Would there be a way to blend them in with the music so that they sound a little more natural?
 
VomitHatSteve said:
That's one of the strangest things I've ever heard.

Yeah the drums were pretty cheesey, but otherwise the other instruments and vocals fit together quote nicely in a grungy, raw kind of way.

The sound clips were kind of ... weird. The felt like the stuck out a bit much. Would there be a way to blend them in with the music so that they sound a little more natural?
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Not until I get home and work with my monitors instead of headphones... :rolleyes:
 
A good laugh!
There're some things you could do to polish it - but I don't know that it's necessary - it's funny & gets the humour across.
More subtle sound effects would be subtler - I don't think that's the point either.
It's not menat to be jazz after all (or was it?)
 
rayc said:
A good laugh!
There're some things you could do to polish it - but I don't know that it's necessary - it's funny & gets the humour across.
More subtle sound effects would be subtler - I don't think that's the point either.
It's not menat to be jazz after all (or was it?)
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If it was, I missed! :D


I think the funniest side joke is in the second verse. "Don't rush me, big boy!"


SPANKY from the little rascals.... :D

I could probably polish this with more time on decent monitors. But the DI guitars are a pain. I wouldn't want to retrack because I think it would lose its feel. This started out as a drop-D experiment, which is why I think there is such a drone to the guitars.

But I still like it after 3 years. I think that's important.
 
It's a funny tune-for sure, it reminds me of the days of my early garage bands-rough sounds and all. The solo definitely is garage sounding in a good way-do you or True have an earlier mix for comparison?
 
Anfontan said:
It's a funny tune-for sure, it reminds me of the days of my early garage bands-rough sounds and all. The solo definitely is garage sounding in a good way-do you or True have an earlier mix for comparison?
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I have one Tony...the lyrics are clear in it...that is one reason I like it best....and of course..the intro on it is awesome with the cracking whip!!!...I'll have to post it on my soundclick page ...give me a few minutes...

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=399801&songID=6692284
 
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rayc said:
It's not menat to be jazz after all (or was it?)
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SHED Jazz!!!:D

Rokket said:
If it was, I missed! :D

I think the funniest side joke is in the second verse. "Don't rush me, big boy!"

But I still like it after 3 years. I think that's important.
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Yah the dont rush me is funny!! And as I said, I think it is one of the best songs ever written...:D
 
Give me a couple months, I'll give you this version with the vocals more clear. I don't really know what happened. They sound clear on my cd player, and on my laptop. Probably the damn headphones, and the fact that I am so used to it...
 
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