smell my new bag of weed

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I have been working on this off and on for the last few days. It is called "smell my new bag of weed".

Someone sent me a link to the Onion Radio News which I thought was pretty funny, so I decided I wanted to use some clips for a song. The riff is unintentionally similar to part of The Wizard by Black Sabbath.

I am still struggling with punching in and out smoothly with the cassette setup I have going, and this turned out to be a pretty ambitious undertaking with lots of different stuff squeezed into 8 tracks.

The overall clarity is pretty good by my admittedly low standards, but here are my concerns: 1) I'm not too happy with the 2nd & 3rd instumental passages and wonder if I should skip straight to the kind of craziness that occurs later in the song? I think I was trying for some kind of buildup, but it seems to take too long to get there. 2) are the drums too loud overall? 3) is the man's voice too loud?

Anyway, here it is...

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=660667&content=music

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Pete
 
I'd hardly say it's "The Wizard" Black Sabbath riff, so you can rest easy.

That's pretty damn funny, dude!:eek:;)

PS: I like that you're using the 688!
 
Viva la cassetta!
A very good job on the tape machine - well recorded.
there are some passages that drag a bit - the expectation that a funny piece of dialogue will fill the gap isn't always fulfilled.
The piece could've used a dynamic change - tempo/key/level something
As it is though it's fun but a bit long - might need he edit you suggested.
The build up isn't as apparent as you'd want. levels you asked about are fine. I'd bring up some of the noodling & wah stuff though - you'd give it sme clarity that way plus, by switching focus from one to the other, add greater interest.
Good work.
 
lmaoooo, the mixdown sounds cool to me, mind you my speakers arent meant for actual production monitoring but it sounds no different from any other actual file type i listen to that was professionally done, off the initial listen

and lmaoooo@that first news clip, that shit had me dying.....
 
Thanks Dave, rayc & Sinistah for checking it out...:)

You make some interesting points rayc. At over 5 mins., it is a bit long. 3.5 might have been more appropriate. I could fade out sooner at the end, but I kind of like the end. I could pick up the song part way through, but would like to retain all the dialog...hmmm :confused:.

I will see about adding some variety to the middle of the song. Most of the tracks are locked up with essential sounds, but I have 2 tracks that conceivably could be replaced with something new.
 
i'd say take out the 2nd and 3rd MONOlogue piece. the monologue piece about police detaining and beating the hippie - now that was RICH!!! the first monoLOGUE is hilarious. if anything i'd play the first monologue piece twice. the guitars are good. lthe drums are good. its a bit long. i'd find a way to shorten the whole thing, without taking out the differences in music/sounds . . . the end section is good atmosphere . . . but yea 5 minutes could be pushing it - at least take a minute off - 4 minutes a work - as the atmospheric sounds can be there on the fade outs . ..
 
I'd agree with all other comments...nothing to add. Funny stuff, good mix wise. Definitely wanted something to fill the void in places, etc... Good mix though!

"This stuff's from CAnada, man!" lol...

@#$% hippies... ;)

Cholo.
 
gullyjewelz said:
i'd say take out the 2nd and 3rd MONOlogue piece. the monologue piece about police detaining and beating the hippie - now that was RICH!!! the first monoLOGUE is hilarious. if anything i'd play the first monologue piece twice. the guitars are good. lthe drums are good. its a bit long. i'd find a way to shorten the whole thing, without taking out the differences in music/sounds . . . the end section is good atmosphere . . . but yea 5 minutes could be pushing it - at least take a minute off - 4 minutes a work - as the atmospheric sounds can be there on the fade outs . ..
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agreed on the length. still...a great piece. it's got a good funky groove and it's pretty damn funny. i like it. =]
 
Yeah it is drawn out, kind of hard for people with short attention spans like me to make it from one section to the next. But it's worth it, pretty funny. Definitely the weirdest thing I've heard in awhile and I'm not stoned yet.
 
Thank you gully, elcholo, castlerock and danny for the comments :).

It would seem that its unanimous...mix is good, but too long and/or repetitive.

I worked on this for a while last night trying to rework the 2nd & 3rd intrumental sections to add some drastic musical changes, but it ended up a frustrating mess.

I even played around with the mp3 on Audicity thinking I could just cut the 2nd & 3rd sections out entirely thereby making the 4 short voiceover bits into 2 longer ones and shortening the song. Unfortunately, I was unable to chop out those parts and get a seemless transition tempo-wise.

Should I be able to do this? If I knew what I was doing, would that be the kind of edit one should be able to make?...If so, how? Or, is what I tried to do unrealistic? This is one of the few times I have wished that I was mixing on a 'puter...:(
 
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