A Static Spongebath to you.

That would be one in which I give you some static electricity shocks as you're chilling with your coyote-shaped sponge.

Never heard of Brothers Grunt. Too weird for me, maybe.

Can Tumbleweed really tell compression settings just by listening? Whenever I point out errors in his tracks, he usually tells me his ears are too old to notice them.

I'm crap with compression and have never really got the hang of how to use it. But I have been applying a limiter to the final output bus of most of my tracks for the last few months. It's really helped make everything louder and more powerful though I am a bit concerned about the lack of dynamics in the visual waveform. It all sounds OK though. I know so little about mastering. I'm not a technical guy!

Perhaps someone will one day want to live in Nomadland with me. I'd like it to be a fine lady but I've had very little interest so far. This leaves me more time to knock out nice tracks bro.

Laterzzz.

You wouldn't give me a spongebath? What the fuck? Every good Nomad needs a nice spongebath once in a while. And someone to perform spongeing duties. Am I unworthy? Hell, I'd give you one and use one of your local coyotes as the sponge. That's a badass spongebath!

Mahloo mentioned that there are some timing errors in this (though not where they are) and I'm sure he's right. Making this track was actually quite a bit like metaphorically polishing a turd. It used to sound utter shit and was a lot of chopped bits of guitar and sections that didn't work. It's as cut up and spliced together as any sample-based hip hop track.

I'm surprised you get to do any Loopermannning while driving those heavy valves. You probably just do a bit on your lunch break.

The population of Valvehalla is exactly the same as that of Nomadland. I'm sure both are brutal dictatorships.

Yo.

A friendly fist bump to thee.

Sorry - I realised shortly after leaving my comment on your Overmyth track that you'd already listened and commented on this one. My apologies - I simply assumed you must have missed it due to it being uploaded while you were away from the site. Listening to yours made me think of it.

"I think a lot of times we, on the loop, listen to a track once then never again."

That is quite standard, I'm sure. Some people make a lot of tracks favourites but I bet they rarely return to listen to them. I don't very often.

I'm not entirely happy with this one but I did a hell of a lot of trimming and sound processing work to get it into this sort of shape so perhaps I can't really make it much better. All the same, I'll still probably give it a go.

Take care,

Furious Nomad

Hi.

Sorry for the slow reply.

"it must always be surprising to build all this melody, it seems to be something very complex, but for you it must be a lot of fun."

Yes - my tracks are always quite complicated and contain lots of layers and details, automation, effects and usually lots of instruments. It is good fun working with all these different elements. I love adding lots of small details as I think it makes the listening experience much deeper and more enjoyable. And more interesting when you listen many times.

"it's awesome to know that you do all this on a computer, I'm still imagining that possibility"

Yes - just me, some instruments and software. The drum software is the most important element in getting this kind of heavy sound that really sounds like a very, very good drummer playing live.

"although it is a calmer moment, the energy is not lost, it is intense from beginning to end."

Yes, I decided to have a funkier, calmer section after a few minutes to provide a break from all the heavy intensity. And then it's fun to bring all that heaviness back and then go even heavier for the ending.

"The layers of the guitar are very psychedelic"

I didn't plan that but I make a lot of psychedelic music so it's not surprising.

"a heavy song and at the same time relaxing"

Is it also relaxing? A female friend thinks it's "sexy" so maybe it's heavy, fun, sexy, relaxing, intense and happy.

"It's good to know you're still here."

Yes - I say the same to you. I had forgotten about you as you haven't been on the site for so long.

See you around...

Brutal, toasted greetings.

I don't think I'd heard The Beautiful People before so went and checked it out and I think I can see a connection to the groove at 3:26.

"I've never heard anything quite like this"

Excellent. That's my aim with every track I make. First, to make something I haven't heard before. And then I hope some other people might feel the same.

"bluesy, ballsy and unashamed"

I like to think so.

"so much crazy fun that I can't really critique this."

Sure - I know what you mean. It's supposed to be such an overwhelming riot of sound that you're listening and perhaps not even thinking about technical details or whatever, just letting the badassery course through your veins. Hopefully you can't sit still while listening to this.

Let me know if you have any other thoughts once you've calmed down as I'm always interested to hear them.

Thanks.

Hello for the first time in a long time.

Good to hear you liked this.

"a great powerful mix"

That's good to know. I think it has to be if you want to make a really aggressive, dynamic track that smacks you hard in the face (in a good way, of course).

"there is a straight melodic drum pattern"

I'm not sure what that means. Melody from the drums?

"There must be a harmonic underpinning everywhere in music anyway and I believe in it"

I really don't know as I don't know enough about sound and music to comment with any accuracy.

Thanks again.

Brutal greetings, Mr Mahloo.

I make lots of psychedelic music so I didn't really think of this one as being especially psychedelic. Utterly badass is what I'm going for though, as it's me, I guess I can't help making it a bit psychedelic and weird.

I'm quite curious where these timing errors are so any details on them would be great.

It wouldn't be surprising if there are some as most of the instrumentation is made up of leftover, recycled, cut up bits of guitar and bass from other tracks. I spent a lot of time tidying everything up and tightening the drums wherever possible (without losing the insane vibe) but I'm prepared to do more if it would help.

" riffs are tasty with that bluesy influence"

Yes, I sometimes can't help getting a bit bluesy with my hard rock/metal playing and some of the recycled parts come from a blues track though I guess that adds an extra flavour not present in lots of metal (so does the swing groove).

The slide solo is fun. I've done so much slide playing in so many genres, including heavy tracks.

There's some nice slide in the following heavy track, which is probably my best ever heavy track. Not as mental as this one but still pretty badass:

Chasm
http://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/172322

Thanks again and good to hear it got you banging your head about.

Sorry for the slow reply.

Yes, we've talked about EZ Drummer before. I actually have Toontrack's Superior Drummer but it also plays all the EZ stuff. Only about 3 drumkits used here and two are EZ ones.

Does the guitar here cover "most styles"? I thought it was mostly on the heavy side though I guess there is some funkier and bluesier stuff plus some a bit psychedelic and Eastern so I suppose that is a few.

Heavy indeed.

Thanks again, see you around.

Furious greetings, head-hanging sad shit bro, with your bullshit three ring circus sideshow of freaks.

First you got Trumped, then you got positively brutalised by The Nomad. It's been quite a week.

It's mostly the same sort of chugging for the first minute as the mental drummer progresses through his ape-shit nuts beats, eventually settling on a nice swing metal groove as the first "proper" riff kicks in on 1:20. I think the jaunty character comes from the swing vibe.

"3:00 alternate picking moment is delightful"

I think you must mean the distorted rapid bass g fill. Yes - a nice one there.

"3:23 Drum break seems to need something in the background"

I agree but I don't know what to put there. I wanted a comfortable break from any intensity before kicking into the funkier guitar stuff on 3:35 but you're right that it does sound a bit empty. I should go back and try adding something subtle.

"pretty happy music, while still being heavy at times."

I don't think of it as happy but certainly joyful and exuberant. I know there's only a fine line between joyful/exuberant and happy. Can you believe that my mum actually liked this track? Because of the joy. See my reply to Neo for more on that.

Yes, the ending is fitting and the most badass section - just what was required.

"way more up my alley than your past half-dozen"

It's just as well I don't work on commission from you to make music that you enjoy hearing. I'd get fired. You know it's mostly just my rocking shit that you're into.

Never heard of Volbeat.

So, a furious fist bump to the DTrump if he visits you. But watch out for dark-suited, earpieced types hanging around him. They might shoot your fist off.

The Evanator says the end is near.
The Evanator says we'll see Armageddon soon.
The Evanator certainly hopes we will.
The Evanator sure could use a vacation from this

Hot damn, Sloebro.

Did listening to this track explode all your valves? Maybe you shook them loose with all the headbanging at the end.

"Primus fell into a Vat of Van Halen and used Edgar Winters' towel to dry off"

An interesting comparison though I feel this one may be heavier than all three of those guys though I don't actually listen to any of them. Primus certainly is weirder and Edgar W much bluesier. There are actually some bits of blues guitar in here as this was begun with some leftover guitar parts from a blues track.

"You have a signature sound that you take with you on every track."

Damn, I hope so. Even so, I still have to make the track good. Distinctive but not very enjoyable isn't good enough.

Yes, awesome heavy ending, giving the track the conclusion it was crying out for. Yes, this is the heaviest thing you've ever heard from me. Let's hope I can sometime go even heavier.

This year has been all about the cello for me as I've made loads of music with it, taking in loads of genres. Here are some highlights for you to inspect:

Cellometallo:

Nuance is Futile http://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/176620

Grooving psychedelic cellout:

The Warm Glow Of Yesterday http://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/176476

Cello hip hop, jazz, rock etc:

Everything Where It Should Be http://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/177063

Psychedelic, Eastern, dark dance/jazz/fusion:

Navigating The Neversphere http://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/177970

Psychedelic techno cello:

Dangerous Spaces http://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/180406

Psychedelic Eastern shuffle blues (no cello):

The Mythical Gates http://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/177482

I've made other tracks since you've been on here but those should do for now.

Take care.

ExCruciatingly brutal greetings.

Good point about the snowflakes and pronouns. We've never talked about it but I actually think about that annoying subject quite a lot and have been following the case of your fellow Crunadian Professor Jordan Peterson with great interest. See him defending his refusal to capitulate and be forced to use made up pronouns here (and in many other videos):

Genders, Rights and Freedom of Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kasiov0ytEc

Chubby Checker may well have fisted the night away but perhaps just didn't sing about it. I don't think Elton John was singing "Yeah, I'm totally gay" when he was married to a woman in the 70s.

Anyway, back to the fist bumps, which are much more fun.

Good decomposing grandmother joke. For that you get as many drum hits as there are in this brutal track. So, about 10,000.

"BTW 3.25 reminded me of something New Wave or Van Halen like with the drum tom solos. "

Perhaps though that section probably is a bit too open and needs a little something else (bass?) to go over the top, as pointed out by The Evanator.

"I was Banging my head by the end of this and I loved the ending. "

Good as it deserved that extreme ending. I had to take it even heavier than before and I managed it.

Brutal Primal Nomad, brutalising Crunadian ears primarily for the fun of it.

Yo, Mr Metabolic.

Good to hear you liked this though it's not surprising as I know you love your heavy shit.

I didn't think anyone would notice/mention those early ride hits. Just a bit more activity on top of some unspectacular, simple guitar and bass riffage. First minute is all about getting rid of that riffage and progressing drums into full, banging swing mode, taking in blastbeats along the way.

"I get the feeling a Stoner, who managed to bypass the lazy effects, got a boost of confidence and thought fuck it, I'll be me, come at me universe. "

That's a very interesting and intriguing and somewhat far out sentence. Are you saying I'm normally lazy with my use of effects? I'm still using reverb and delay and stuff here but no doubt in a more restrained way than usual. Yes, it does sound like it has more balls and as though spacey effects aren't needed. Not when there's this much power on display.

"So much happening, yet very cohesive."

Thanks. I had to work really hard at that as the track had been sitting on my hard drive for years in a crappy, messy, overly loud state. So much trimming and tweaking and crossfading between bits of chopped up audio (ie guitar parts).

"The drums just get better and better, jazz/heavy metal."

Yes, I think the jazz connection is simply the cool, swing groove. I think you can dance to it.

Yes, mental ending. I just had to take things up another level and really go out with a crazy blast. The track deserves it and I'm wondering how I can make stuff go even heavier and madder without getting totally out of control. Something to work on in my next heavy track, though I don't really currently have one on the go.

I'll try to make more tracks like this but it's not my main sort of style so it might be a long time before I make anything like this again.

Thanks.

Brutal greetings.

You initially confused me with your Hogan Howe reference. "Who the hell is that?", I thought. Then I worked out that you mean Bernard Hogan-Howe, head of the Met Police in London. How do you know about that guy? Is he well known in Texas?

Anyway, yes, I may end uop being arrested for excessive drum brutality. I am willing to face my punishment and make no apology for such a criminally insane display of thunderous, swinging metal madness.

You're totally right about the super-human drumming as that's exactly what some of it is. Multiple kits are often playing simultaneously though if you listen to just one of those kits, you'll find that one drummer would not have enough limbs to pull off that playing, eg when the toms are banging away there's also hats and crash, kick and snare so probably sometimes 5 or 6 simultaneous hits. The drummer would have to attach sticks to his head and dick to manage it all.

"the guitars aren't to be overlooked"

That's right - never overlook the guitars in a heavy track containing only bass, drums and guitar. My main guitar regret is the lack of a continuing solo around 2:27. There it sounds like a cool, high solo should happen but it doesn't, instead just fading away. I should probably go back and try adding around 10-15 secs of soloing there to make it feel complete.

Yes, this track should probably have a high Looperman brutality rating and warning. Imagine if small children logged on and listened to this. That could be very dangerous.

End riffage around 4:40 is just a return to my previous "chorus" riff, which is easily the best one in the whole thing. That's why you hear it many times.

This may be unsuitable for dead grandmothers' ears but can you believe that my little old mum actually likes this track? She mostly likes jazz, classical and choral music, nothing heavy or aggressive whatsoever. I gave her a lot of warning about how brutal and intense it was but she was amused by the title so said she'd like to hear it. I said I expected her to hate it but she instead like the exuberance, the joy and the swing. "Sorry to disappoint you", she said, as I was surprised she even listened to the whole thing. Mother's metal!

I'm pleased she liked it as I think it shows that, for all its power, it still has some melodic merit and some cool grooves. It's fun brutal rather than evil or depressing brutal. I don't make that sort of music and always look for cool grooves and melody and stuff.

Superhuman Swinging Nomad