Man Of Many Limits - StaticNomad

Yo.

I wish the intro was a bit more epic. I tried adding more reverb to make things bigger and more powerful after 0:23, when bowed cello and second, heavily delayed piano enter. But it didn't work.

"smacling drums"

I love a bit of smacling. Very tasty as a dessert.

"drums enter and add some attitude."

Yes but surely they're not really your type of drums? More like hip hop.

"Huge improvements in sound quality."

Are you saying that my older cello recordings don't sound (as) good? I'm pretty sure I'm using exactly the same setup. I've been, to some extent, a bit unadventurous with my cello recorded sound in the last 18 months and generally just use the same multi effects patch for recording it.

"Lots of little extras here."

Find me a Nomad track without any!

"Editing flourishes I never tried to get good at."

But you still could though one big difference between my music and yours is that I'm all about micro sculpting of the track as that's partly my composition technique. You're more trying to write live band music. I sculpt and shape and obsessively edit and that's partly how new ideas are formed.

"Old guitar playing?"

Yes - everything except the electric guitar part starting 1:09. It really pleases me to reuse old, leftover parts. There's quite a skill to doing it.

"No rockin, but that's alright."

I disagree. How about 1:42-2:04? The track goes up and powerful there, with three cello layers and rockier drums.

"Good hammock music."

Yes, especially if you're lying back smoking weed.

"It all sounded good."

Thanks. I put a lot of careful, patient work into making this. So many interesting sounds to trim and arrange.

Unlimited Nomad, blue as our new second sun.

Hello.

Donovan? You mean the 60s acoustic guitar pop music guy? I've barely heard any music he's made but have a feeling I wouldn't like it.

Mix took ages on this, as usual. So much stuff to trim and work into place.

Interrupted playback is rather unfortunate for you. Try listening again with a fully working connection.

"Good trippy stoner music"

I agree. Kind of dark and far out. Maybe a little like world music. It's got some edge and mystical elements that are hard to place. A slightly unsettling vibe but all held together by tight, fat grooves.

"instrument choices that separates your music from others."

That's always the idea - to do something that no one else is doing. That's always my aim but it doesn't always work out.

Thanks again.

Greetings, my man of many toasts.

I'm not a fan of Lynch films but I think you're right that this track might suit some sort of film made by him. There's a weird and beautiful vibe to it, with the second half getting darker and weirder. The drumless intro has more beauty and no weirdness, I think.

"a highly sophisticated arrangement to all the different instruments"

Thanks. There needs to be so that nothing is interfering too much with anything else. It's quite a mad soup of sounds so careful mixing was required to stop things getting too messy. A bit messy is OK - it can add vibe and grit.

I agree with "dreamy and unnerving".

You know I tend to go for the far out and beautiful but I would like to do more very acoustic sounding stuff. Combining that earthiness with more far out sounds is a deep, powerful mix. A bit like a didgeridoo - both very earthy and far out at the same time. Slide guitar can be a lot like that too - lower notes are earthy and higher notes are ethereal.

"I could listen to this all day."

Excellent. Feel free to do so. Every day.

Thanks again.

Static ToastMad

So sorry for my slow reply.

But you probably needed a while to get over the trippiness of this track. Have you come back down from your tranquiliser trip yet?

I have a vague idea what a candy crusher groove might be but I can't find any info on where the term is from. If I google it, I just get links to that Candy Crush game.

"3:33, is that the time stretched part?"

No, that's just detuned slide guitar. I think I took it down one octave in the computer to make it more like a bass.

Timestretched guitar is very ethereal and shimmering here and can be heard at 5:51 to the end. Strange textures that sound nothing like a guitar.

"Super tight production wise as are all of your tracks."

Thanks. I'm pretty good at it these days though it still takes a while to get everything nice and tight. Lots of mixing work and trimming of so many bits. Especially audio here - all those guitar snippets.

This is indeed a pretty heavy psychedelic cacophony. Hopefully with some clarity and not too much cacophony.

"Perfect head shop music!"

I haven't been inside one in years but, yes, they should all put this on their soundtrack.On repeat.

Thanks again.

Unlimited Static

Thanks very much.

"I really like when all those sounds came and goes like that"

Yes, there are loads of sounds constantly entering and leaving. There's always something new to pay attention to. And often there are multiple new things at the same time. So hopefully lots of things to look out for when you listen again.

"I bet it it took you some hours to finished this track"

It certainly did though that's the same with all my tracks. I find I can keep improving things by making constant small improvements. That way I make highly detailed work that hopefully flows in a pleasing way. I'm mixing and drawing automation lines all the time. I don't record stuff and then mix at the end. I don't really understand that way of doing things.

"Really cool ambiance"

I think it has quite a dark, acoustic vibe to it. No pad sounds used and not much synth. I'd like to do more acoustic-sounding stuff.

Thanks again.

Hello.

As simple as that initial piano intro sounds, I fiddled about with it for ages, trying to get the velocity and timing of the notes right and so on. Then that lone piano gets joined by another, heavily delayed piano and a cello part. Then the drums arrive and we're into the proper track.

"that slide guitar is amazing dirty and very effective"

I've used slide resonator guitar in so many different types of track. I still have quite a few on here. Try this one out:

Right Place Wrong Century

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/146210

or this one:

Honey Mango Heaven

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/162441

But I rarely play slide anymore. Or even just regular guitar, which I'm a bit ashamed to say. Nearly all the guitar parts in this are recycled parts from leftover bits from other tracks recorded in the last few years. I'm good at making good use of old, leftover material when I'm not sure what the hell to do or where a current track should go.

"slightly ominous vibe to it which i really dig."

I agree. It gets darker in the second half. Kind of dark trippy. A bit druggy, perhaps.

Thanks for the feedback.