bdbdbuck- Thanks a lot dude. I mentioned in an earlier response that I'm impressed by people who can weave fluently, and both these guys are very good at that. I think they knew just what to play, and that's why it came together pretty well IMO. Thanks for listening.
lynx- Evil indeed. It was written as a message to Osama Bin Laden shortly after 9/11. We all had our ways of venting I guess. Thanks for checkin' it out.
twist- Thanks man. Yea he did some nice sorta "drone" stuff too that worked nicely between phrases. I was more than happy to kick the synth out to make room for his playing. I'm actually really starting to hate synths. It's happening to me.
_ronin75_- Drumkit From Hell, but there is also some percussion I programmed with the Korg Triton. Thqat's the stuff you hear right from the beginning. Thank you.
Guernica-
Imho, bass guitar is not the instrument for transparent compression...... ...It usually tends to compress more effectively/efficiently and be more mix-friendly w/ a bit of a "masher"....
Now
that's something I can experiment with! Thanks a lot Mike. I never did consider transparency with the bass, and it certainly stands to reason that that might be a big part of my trouble with bass. You may have helped me a lot, Mike. Appreciated. Also, Tjarko is on holiday. Least that's how the Dutch say it I guess. Like the Brits. Me? I'm going on
vacation next week. Say it with me...nice and slow...enjoy the word...
vaaacaaaatioooonnnn.
Here's a quote from Tjarko about the bass "buzz" after he sent me the tracks.
The noise is monitor noise. It's an oldfashioned monitor, the kind that shoots off protons at your pickups. I should have turned it off during recording but I forgot.
Interesting electronics they've got in the Netherlands. He said he'd re-track it if I wanted, which was cool. We'll see if it's necessary later. Thanks again, Mike.
TripleM-
I thought Ped's bass part was perfect for the song. Kind of a low, simmering, "don't mess with me or I'll kill you" sound. Excellent job.
The word "brooding" came quickly to mind. I loved it. I really should, like Mike said, work on getting more of that fretless sound to cut through. I lost a lot of definition cutting said noise. Someday after I make a few more tunes I go back to it. I'll have tolisten again to hear what you mean about the opening sax parts. Thanks a lot Trip.
skids-
This was fantastic! I am not a huge sax guy. In other words, I don't ususally like sax that much....Maybe not liking sax depends on the player
I agree 100%. I honestly can't stand the way more people treat a sax. That's why it still amazes me that now, thanks to Steve, I have THREE songs with sax in them. Wild. Also, I'm sure Pedullist will appreciate your comments when he gets back from vacation and reads this. His playing really brings life to the bottom end of this song. Thanks a lot skids.
super_critic- To be honest, I'm not sure I could really take much of what you say seriously. But thanks anyway.
Kramer- The dude from Sam's thread, right? He's got tunes? Thought he was just one of those "I'm gonna help people by making them realize they suck" guys. Either way, lwhatever is going on, let's not screw up a music thread over it. I'd rather that shit stayed in the cave.
muzeman- Thanks Pete. I totally agree about the bass needing a bit more presence. Mike is helping me a bit with that too, and hopefully the guy who actually played the part will be around sometime soon to chime in. The electric guitar chain is Paul Reed Smith guitar>Marshall JCM900 head>Fender cabinet>SM57>PC. Glad you liked it Pete. Thanks again.
Thanks a lot guys. Feels good to get music like this together with people from around the world. Feels amazing, actually.
