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23rd Jul 2008 17:43 - 16 years ago
Description : Dan contacted me about colaberating on Four gray walls or Standing at the end of the world. He sent me this music. for Standing. I thought four fit better. but after recording it. I realized the car effects weren't right for it. So I wrote Drive. Sent it to him and he tweaked his part and here it is. He has posted it in parts unknown. I did this singing and also spoken. Went with spoken. It's a pretty dark piece. I love the music and effects he used.

Comments (15)

If you have time take a listen and give blairrock957 some feedback.

Randall822
Randall822 11th Jan 2009 22:18 - 15 years ago
Hi Blair,

Getting around to catch up on reviewing some tunes here for reviewing mine.

I like this song a lot. Has a good feel to it.
I'd say the voice is a little too bassy as it is a little hard to hear it clearly. Other than my opinion on that, it is a very nice song and well put together.

The car sounds came out very good. The crash at the end is sobering!

Randy
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
I just listened again the other day. Thought the same thing about the vocals. Should go back and adjust the EQ. Probably won't though. Thanks.
santiagosky
santiagosky 6th Nov 2008 03:54 - 16 years ago
I like it...great way of building a scene with music and words alone. I would have liked a possible reverb effect on the vocals a bit maybe, but otherwise, its wicked yo. Great job
Tiltedbeats
Tiltedbeats 28th Oct 2008 15:04 - 16 years ago
i heard the original 4 gray walls pella not so long ago, and the first second i heard the voice i was like 'sickkkk' love the voice and tone of it, awesome chill music.

i have this picture in my head of a guy, in a car, window down, with his elbow leaning on the window, bopping his head and singing the tune. HAHAHHA

sweet vibes mate!

PS: just curious where you got that intro sample from, of the guy getting into the car. because i heard something quite similar on a Stanton warriors tune, a bit different, but similar! both gives the tune a great mood :)
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
Thanks for checking it out. I just wrote and recorded the vocals. Someone else did all the music and FX.
RonGallagher
RonGallagher 12th Sep 2008 19:04 - 16 years ago
Cool.
I am drawn into the sonic scene.
Sonic Cinema of the Mind.
Voltage
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
Thanks for checking it out. Had fun writing this one.
chrudosh
chrudosh 24th Aug 2008 06:30 - 16 years ago
very nice piece of music...brilliant intro and outro:-)

i love that guitar..very impress me..

thanks for that great song!
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
Wish the guitar was me on this one but it wasn't. Just wrote the lyrics and read them. Dan did the music.
ChaseManhattan
ChaseManhattan 20th Aug 2008 10:31 - 16 years ago
i think this is a good track. its almost like a poem/story with music in the background music. its great man i really liked this one
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
Glad you like it. Thanks for listening.
Krook
Krook 18th Aug 2008 05:11 - 16 years ago
I agree with some of the other comments, the guitar is excellent and so is your voice. I really enjoyed the track, great work well done.

Regards

Krook
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
Thanks for listening. I'm actually hoping to do some more spoken pieces.
Planetjazzbass
Planetjazzbass 15th Aug 2008 18:27 - 16 years ago
Hey man...this is way cool.......Songs that encapsulate experiences we all have are always bound to succeed...this ones great I get the been there done that vibe....plus I love your voice...it's a great instrument!.....sorry for being late listening to this sometimes the expanding Looperverse overwhelms me...cheers planet :)
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
It's hard to keep up. I wrote the song to match the music Ruben sent me. While life is good now there was many years of misery and despair in my past. I just tap into it once in a while figureing some people can relate to it.
BKMack
BKMack 2nd Aug 2008 21:43 - 16 years ago
My friends don't understand how I love Jazz and Funkadelic (the original) at the say time. This song simplifies why. It has that same feel. I was blown away with this for personal musical reasons. Thanks man, Can I have another?
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
I don't see how someone could not love jazz and funkadelic together. We must be about the same age. Your friends must be jazz purists. Thanks for the review.
Blair
Scriptique
Scriptique 1st Aug 2008 02:49 - 16 years ago
Great use of panning in the driving parts, but panning the footsteps at the beginning would have been good.

The words are excellent. Especially the "spinning out of control" parts. Great use of double entendre throughout the piece if you ask me.
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
Thanks a lot. Dan did all the music and FX. I just listened over and over till the words came. I really enjoyed doing this one. Who knows I may be the next william Shatner of music. LOL
DonnieVyros
DonnieVyros 30th Jul 2008 13:58 - 16 years ago
Do this all funky because for some odd reason the Wimpy player kept lockin up on me or not playin once the track was loaded. So I downloaded and am listening to it now on WMP.

I let this play in the background as I did a few things and now I wanna ask- Have you ever seen the movie Lost Highway by David Lynch? That's what alotta this reminded me of. Seein someone drive down an empty 2 laned southwestern freeway at night. Surrounded by pitch black and the only illumination coming from the headlights and the scant few stars in the sky. Cool atmos man. Lates!
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
Does that have Kyle McLaughlin as a Sherif? If that's the one I think I've seen it. Big Lynch fan. Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Etc...
scratchrabbitt
scratchrabbitt 28th Jul 2008 18:15 - 16 years ago
I looooooooooooooooove the guitar in this song. I have a soft spot for ...ambient guitar sounds, haha! This song is so pretty sounding :]
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
Thanks for checking it out. Dan did all the music. It's awsome what he did.
PsychotropicCircle
PsychotropicCircle 27th Jul 2008 05:02 - 16 years ago
brilliant track,smooth guitars and very chill.....
when i´d listened to the end i thought ....
oh my god,what a cinematic tragedy and i hope he did not crash his brand new Mercedes Benz....hope you´re still alive...
take good care,PC
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
It's a 76 Dodge challenger with a 6 pack.LOL I think muscle car. Hey but it could be a mercedes. And it's totalled.Dan, ADD188, did a great job with the music. When he sent it to me I had to write something new for it. I had a lot of fun doing this one. Thanks for listening and I'm glad you liked it. I hope do do some more stuff like that.
Rockingchair
Rockingchair 26th Jul 2008 12:44 - 16 years ago
nice elements paited a vivid picture good job!!...Rockingchair FyI the Lyrics track is still in the works Studio is in pieces yet Peace
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
Never any hurry. Glad to hear it though. Looking forward to hearing it. Your better half has a great voice. And you did some great music to show it off.
Blair
DJ_JEZZA
DJ_JEZZA 23rd Jul 2008 18:04 - 16 years ago
Emotive, and strong. Love the spoken lyrics, another great track Blair :) - If I could find the charger for my old phone, id put up all the accapellas i used to make on the bus :P

Not that Dark though.

DJ_JEZZA
blairrock957
blairrock957 replied Unknown
i know the feeling. I used to carry a microcassette recorder in my work truck with me. I've used my phone too. Thanks for listening.

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