Transsexual Mutant Monster Beach Party On Mars - Greg_L original

[Greg_L]

Lol. Thanks man. I dunno about that stuff. I like my own music, but don't expect anyone else to. I really don't care if anyone likes it ever. I just wanna make good mixes for myself. I've never put any thought into making money off of it. I just do it for fun. No expectations = no disappointment.


Must be a Kennedy trust fund baby. I hope y' got this shit c'righted. Cuz one day you may need the wealth-potential in 'em. Get yer operation, r' sumthin'.


You have this gift....just know how fortunate you are, how good you are, and what treasure you're creating. Protect it....for your kids' sake. You know that the ownership of the catalog is inheretible...and that your great, great grand kids can be picking your pockets long after you're...wherever you're going....

Well thanks bro. My music, your music, anyone's music is automatically copyright protected as soon as it's put onto a tangible medium. My stuff is, and I have the master files. Besides, no one wants this crap.

This is great. It's hard to focus on the mix when the song is so much fun to listen to. Eh, just have to listen several more times...

I agree with the sibilance comments. I also think the crashing cymbal near the end of the song is a little crispy. I'd like to hear a little more backing vocals.

Cool man!!!

Thanks Chili. Gonan re-visit the vocals in the morning.

I know you're constantly saying you don't care if anyone likes your music or not, but are you happy with your quality and everything? Is there anything you want to improve on?

I've been quite happy with my songs/mixes lately. They're turning out pretty much exactly as I imagine them when the idea hits me. I really do want to make better mixes. Like on this one, some people are complaining about vocal sibilance. That's something I can pay closer attention to in the future. I don't agree with every critique on every song from every person, but if more than one person mentions something specific, and I feel I can trust them, then there's probably something there to look into.

As far as songwriting goes, I'm not actively trying to improve. If I get better, great. If I stay the same, that's fine too. I don't care. I write what I want to write, play it how I want to play it, and don't care if anyone thinks the intro is too long or too short or whatever. I write and play my songs for me. If I'm happy enough with it to call it "done", than that's good enough for everyone else too.

 

[jeffmaher]

My music, your music, anyone's music is automatically copyright protected as soon as it's put onto a tangible medium.


Copyrighted, yes. Protected, no. Registered US C'right is the only foolproof way. It gets 'judicial notice'. If you discover you music being used w/o authority...and making someone else money, there is much doubt you'll prevail and recover in court if the thief has first registered c'right...his or her name on it. Your stuff is worth taking. You can protect your entire catalog for $45. One mailing. Yours, and your heirs, for 70 years, minimum.
Cheep insurance..in the event you change your mind about selling yer soul. Oh. Wait.......

 

[Greg_L]

My music, your music, anyone's music is automatically copyright protected as soon as it's put onto a tangible medium.


Copyrighted, yes. Protected, no. Registered US C'right is the only foolproof way. It gets 'judicial notice'. If you discover you music being used w/o authority...and making someone else money, there is much doubt you'll prevail and recover in court if the thief has first registered c'right...his or her name on it. Your stuff is worth taking. You can protect your entire catalog for $45. One mailing. Yours, and your heirs, for 70 years, minimum.
Cheep insurance..in the event you change your mind about selling yer soul. Oh. Wait.......

Hmmmmm. What about constantly adding new material?

 

[dewhitt]

I just listened on earbuds, as I'm traveling right now. Freaking awesome, man. I love it. I didn't hear vocal sibilance, but I'll give it a listen (or three) on my monitors when I get home. That's serious mastery of the craft that you are putting on display there - songwriting, arranging, performing, mixing, and maybe the most important, making it entertaining and really fun to listen to. Sweet.

Just curious...how long does it typically take you to put something like that together from the idea in your head to the finished product? I'm just wondering because I feel like I'm the slowest writer/recorder in history, and I'm starting to wonder how long other people take at this stuff.

Also, I don't know if anyone already said this, but that is some ferocious bass playing...lol. I know you have major creds on drums, but jeez, just listening to that bass part made my fingers hurt. Hopefully it is easier to play than is sounds

Really great work!

Best Regards,

Dave DeWhitt

www.soundclick.com/davedewhitt

 

[VomitHatSteve]

Hmmmmm. What about constantly adding new material?

The US copyright office actually instituted electronic filing a year or so ago.
It's $35, and you can keep adding songs to a single registration for several months after you first register (it might be 6, but I don't remember for sure).

My only beef with this particular mix is that the vocals were a little quiet in some places. Otherwise, it's another solid mix.

Edit: Oh yeah! Link.

 

[WhiteStrat]

Me & my 19 y.o. son were just rockin' out to this as we mudded & taped the sheetrock in my new studio. Need I say more? May my studio be infused with a bit of your spirit...

 

[maximusbs]

Yea, You are definitely getting good at that EZ Drummer, ...sounds almost real!!

Fun song and it sounds like it was fun (as well as effortless) to record. It sounds great.

I only heard some high freq. vocal fizziness during the ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh part.

I'm curious too how long it took you from inception to completion to do this or any other tune.
I'll bet it's not as long as most of us spend, because I spend most of my time farting around with drum loops and drum sample programming/sequencing. You don't have to worry about that with your superior EZ Drummer skillz.

 

[joeym]

Listening to your tunes is always a celebration, Greg.
There's so much energy in this one, it burns....! I didn't hear any sibilance that bothered me, I was too busy bobbing my head and wanting to kick something.
Oh....can I have your EZ drummer samples, please?
Great stuff!!

 

[rayc]

the modern incarnation of the Misfits could learn a lesson about how to do this stuff from you. They just hope the false irony will get them by the lack of imagination.
Things song will offend squillions of people &, like all good comedy, is non PC and unafraid.
ON TOP OF WHICH you done a terrific recording.
I really like the panned backing vocal - sounds ace in cans & can't wait to hear it cranked up like WhiteStrat.
Mate, you also have quite the panchent for & facility with psychobilly! Cool!

 

[Greg_L]

Wow, lotsa stuff while I lay in peaceful slumber.......

Thanks guys.

 

[Greg_L]

I just listened on earbuds, as I'm traveling right now. Freaking awesome, man. I love it. I didn't hear vocal sibilance, but I'll give it a listen (or three) on my monitors when I get home. That's serious mastery of the craft that you are putting on display there - songwriting, arranging, performing, mixing, and maybe the most important, making it entertaining and really fun to listen to. Sweet.

Just curious...how long does it typically take you to put something like that together from the idea in your head to the finished product? I'm just wondering because I feel like I'm the slowest writer/recorder in history, and I'm starting to wonder how long other people take at this stuff.

Also, I don't know if anyone already said this, but that is some ferocious bass playing...lol. I know you have major creds on drums, but jeez, just listening to that bass part made my fingers hurt. Hopefully it is easier to play than is sounds

Really great work!

Best Regards,

Dave DeWhitt

www.soundclick.com/davedewhitt

Thanks a lot Dave. My songs don't usually take very long. I have a limited musical vocabulary and just do what I do. I make no compromises and don't get into experimentation and I don't mind standard rock song structures and don't care about thinking outside the box. So, with all that hard-headedness, I usually have the song "written" with scratch tracks in like 2 days. Total time spent actually working on the song from birth to tracking to mixing to posting in here - maybe a week.

As for the bass, thanks again. I used to play a stand-up bass in a psychobilly band years ago, so walks and runs on an electric bass are easy as pie.

The US copyright office actually instituted electronic filing a year or so ago.
It's $35, and you can keep adding songs to a single registration for several months after you first register (it might be 6, but I don't remember for sure).

My only beef with this particular mix is that the vocals were a little quiet in some places. Otherwise, it's another solid mix.

Edit: Oh yeah! Link.

Thanks dude. I'll look into it.

Me & my 19 y.o. son were just rockin' out to this as we mudded & taped the sheetrock in my new studio. Need I say more? May my studio be infused with a bit of your spirit...

Haha, awesome. I've heard your guitar playing though, and I think my spirit would just dumb you down.

Yea, You are definitely getting good at that EZ Drummer, ...sounds almost real!!

Fun song and it sounds like it was fun (as well as effortless) to record. It sounds great.

I only heard some high freq. vocal fizziness during the ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhhh part.

I'm curious too how long it took you from inception to completion to do this or any other tune.
I'll bet it's not as long as most of us spend, because I spend most of my time farting around with drum loops and drum sample programming/sequencing. You don't have to worry about that with your superior EZ Drummer skillz.

Thanks man. The fizziness you heard during the "ahhhhhhs" are kazzoos underneath the backing vocals. So yeah, they can sound pretty fizzy.

I answered your time question above.

I can't imagine having to piece loops and samples together. You guys have more patience than I do.

 

[Greg_L]

Listening to your tunes is always a celebration, Greg.
There's so much energy in this one, it burns....! I didn't hear any sibilance that bothered me, I was too busy bobbing my head and wanting to kick something.
Oh....can I have your EZ drummer samples, please?
Great stuff!!

Lol. Thanks dude. I'll send you my kit through megaupload.

the modern incarnation of the Misfits could learn a lesson about how to do this stuff from you. They just hope the false irony will get them by the lack of imagination.
Things song will offend squillions of people &, like all good comedy, is non PC and unafraid.
ON TOP OF WHICH you done a terrific recording.
I really like the panned backing vocal - sounds ace in cans & can't wait to hear it cranked up like WhiteStrat.
Mate, you also have quite the panchent for & facility with psychobilly! Cool!

Thanks a lot Ray. I don't want to offend people, not always anyway, but stuff like this is funny to me, so I'm gonna write about it. Besides, who cares if a few trannies get pissed off? They're fucking trannies.

 

[K-dub]

Ha ... classic you.

You're an artist who challenges ... and so, will ... like most of us here, not be well received publicly; exactly for that ... until we've died and our brilliance becomes property of the vultures.

Kidding,

K-

 

[Greg_L]

Ha ... classic you.

You're an artist who challenges ... and so, will ... like most of us here, not be well received publicly; exactly for that ... until we've died and our brilliance becomes property of the vultures.

Kidding,

K-

Lol. Thanks Kev, I think.

 

[Bulls Hit]

Tightness. Energy. Production. It's all there. I can't remember I might have asked you this before but do you track your drums first or last?

 

[Greg_L]

Tightness. Energy. Production. It's all there. I can't remember I might have asked you this before but do you track your drums first or last?

Thanks dude. Drums are tracked first along to a rough guitar or bass scratch track. Once the drums are to my satisfaction, I'll start plopping on the other "for real" tracks.

 

[BushmasterM4]

I like it alot. Sounds really good through my shitty pc headphone/mic set, and if it sounds good on these, its good to go. Towards the end it would be cool to put in some monster harmonies. Like high pitched vocals, sort of lili-pution or gremlin type. Like some "yeah, oh yeah" 's.

 

[Greg_L]

I like it alot. Sounds really good through my shitty pc headphone/mic set, and if it sounds good on these, its good to go. Towards the end it would be cool to put in some monster harmonies. Like high pitched vocals, sort of lili-pution or gremlin type. Like some "yeah, oh yeah" 's.

Haha, thanks dude. I dunno if my voice will go that high.

 

[greyharmonix]

this might be the funniest song i've heard in a long time. It's hard to make silly songs that are actually funny and you've done it in spades! that line "Chicks with dicks in the stars!" made me laugh out loud, but the best part about it was it was a good hook (melodically). the whole thing paints such a silly picture and it's a testament to your creativeness, and the tone of the song is just fun. All your songs are just fun, but this one stands out for me. This one and the jambalaya one

 

[Greg_L]

this might be the funniest song i've heard in a long time. It's hard to make silly songs that are actually funny and you've done it in spades! that line "Chicks with dicks in the stars!" made me laugh out loud, but the best part about it was it was a good hook (melodically). the whole thing paints such a silly picture and it's a testament to your creativeness, and the tone of the song is just fun. All your songs are just fun, but this one stands out for me. This one and the jambalaya one

Alright, thanks dude. Glad ya liked it.