Randall-Alternate Rock - Randall822

Hello there Steinaa,

Thanks for reviewing the second tune I made with using loops and Pro Tools software which was a learn as you go experience.
Most of my tunes have a combo of loops and my playing abilities within them, as I can play 6 different instruments. I try and not copy any particular artist and therefore don't listen to a lot of music as most people probably do.
(I work a lot of hours)

My fav. music is country 'chicken pickin' style which I am putting out a couple tunes before the end of the year. Just love that Telecaster twang!

So I am glad you liked it...however my later tunes are much better.
I would recommend 'Heavy Metal Highway' if your into metal at all. That one is a fav. by everyone.
And no...sadly, I don't have a good voice so I don't sing myself. A few here have put words to my songs and some have done well and put them on their own web site, giving credit to me as the author. I will review some of your songs in another week as I am at work and doing 12 hour night shifts till then, including 12 hours on Christmas.

Later....and thanks again for your review.
Randy

Hello C69,

Thanks for taking the time to listen and review this tune. This as mentioned was an all loop made track. I love working with loops as they are usually already polished and measured to the proper time.
I have a couple other rock songs near this type, just can't think of their names right now and I don't want to steer away from this page while I am writing this.

Thanks again for your review and am glad you enjoyed it. I left you a review as well.
Randy

Hi there Acrylic,
Thanks for the review!
Actually, no I just was learning my Pro Tools software, and wanted to try a loop based tune and put it together to see how it would come out. You can try it if you want to. :-)))
Randy

Hi Paul,
Thanks for dropping by. It was strange for a moment as we have a fellow at work with the same name and spelling, and I thought it was him. :)

Anyways, this was the only tune I put together of this style music (punk style). I intend to make a few more though.

I love working with loops and rearranging them, putting them together like a puzzle and hearing the results.
For instance, that piano part, I decided to place at the beginning of the tune as I felt it would set the song off.

I made note of your myspace page and will check it out, and will also review some of your tracks here and give you feedback.

You can put some lyrics to it if you want to. That would be cool.
Thanks again for your comments.
You might want to check out a couple of my later tunes. 'Canadian Pride' and 'Guitar Heros', these have a nice beat and a full sound that everyone strives for in recordings.

Thanks again Paul,
Randy.

Hi there Miots,
Thanks for the review. I appreciate it very much and the comment/suggestion.
I'll have to agree 100% about the guitar being overly compressed.

I am still learning as I go, and a person can work only just so long on a song.....so you then upload it and hear others comments to see how your doing, and what can be done better.

That is why the review feature of leaving feedback is important....to help out others like me who are just starting out with music software.

Thanks again,
Randy

Hello Scott,
Thanks for reviewing this track. I am glad you liked it. I had a lot of fun putting it together.
I'll check out one of your songs here in a bit.

Funny, I downloaded the latest version of Adobe Reader and Flash, and now I can't review anyones songs, even my own.
However, on my laptop, I can. So I best not mess with upgrading Adobe on that one for a time. :-)

I am gonna upload one called 'Canadian Pride' in a few min. which is an Altern-Rock type tune you may also like. It is short tho.
Thanks again Scott for the nice review!
Randy

Hi Sky Voltage,
Thanks so much for listening to several of my tracks and for becoming a new fan. :-)
Since it takes me about a month or 2 to create a song and mix it properly, I am afraid I don't have many songs posted as I just started music creation with Pro Tools last Nov.

7 to date in fact. I believe in quality rather than quanity, plus I work a lot, so time is limited. I like a variety of music from Blues to Country and rock.
I play 6 different instruments and what I can't play, I get off royality free loop disk.

I am glad you liked this Alternate type Rock song. I had fun putting it together.

I will review more of your songs over this weekend!
Randy

Hello Abe,
So it looks like you have listened to maybe all my songs but one. I'll have to listen to some more of yours to catch up on with regards to reviews. lol

Now you'll have to remember, this is an all loop venture. I didn't play on this one...I just re-arranged the parts (loops) and put the song together the way I wanted to hear it.

So the guitar sounds/tone you hear are what the original artist/loop maker did.
It was fun to do and I'll do a few more of these types. I have an Inde loop disk I bought and work from that. Gives my fingers a rest. :-)

Many big studios also work from loops disk to fill in parts they need in a song. Since I don't play drums, I use loop disk for most of my songs unless it is something simple, and then I do the drum part from the keyboard.

'Pro Tools' is a professional program and has lots to it. It has taken me over 6 months to learn and I just recently finished the 960 page manual. But, you don't have to use all the program has to offer as it shows several ways to accomplish the same results.

Other good programs that are deep are Sonar, Cubebase, Sound Forge, to mention 3 that come to mind. Not sure how difficult 'Acid Pro' is.
Okay, thanks for listening to this song and reviewing.
Randy

Hi Donnie,
Yes, I would say they have a lot of good loops and constructon sets there. Just go to their web site and they have samples for every disk they have that you can listen to to get an idea of what is on it. Altho, most of the samples are very short. The Sony web site is the same way.

Thanks for reviewing 3 of my songs yesterday.
I am glad you liked them for different reasons.
I do need to get a vocalist and one I believe is in the works, once she comes back from vacation.
Thanks again,
Randy

Hi SEROKSATY,
Didn't look like I said 'Thank you', for reviewing my song here.
So thanks again, :)
Randy

Hello Art,
Thanks for your review. I love that kind of rock guitar sound myself. It wasn't meant to copy anyone, but with so many 1,000's of songs out there, you can't help sounding a little like someone elses song.
Yeah, the Beatles playing/meeting was totally a suprise. But, again they weren't even famous yet. At least not in France.
My next song is a 2 part Blues song. I have it almost finished, but am working a lot of overtime, so it has to wait.
Thanks again for your review.
Randy

Thanks Blair. I had forgotten what 'all along the watchtower' even sounded like when I was making it......so it wasn't an influence at the time I made the song.
Thanks for your review
Randy

Hello there Mokeone,
Sorry, it doesn't look like I responded to your review here. Sometimes I don't always get an e-mail showing that someone did a review of my
song(s).
Anyways, thanks for listening to it and your nice comments.
I may make some loops, just have to look into it more.
Sounds like from what I read, you can't make a very long loop at all. Just a few seconds? Some of mine would be maybe 10-15 seconds long.....like maybe 4 bars.
Thanks again,
Randy

Hello WhiteSands,
Doesn't look like I said 'Thank you' for reviewing my song here.
So Thanks! :-)
Randy

Hello there Six...
Hey, thanks for your valuable comments! That's how I learn to get better. The rock song, I have to agree with you on. Nice piano part, but little else except a lot chord playing, and not much lead guitar to shine through.

As for the acoustic guitar sound, it isn't really distorted on its own, as I just listened to it on the track by itself. What is happening is, the distortion from the electric guitar is overriding to make it sound like the acoustic is distorting as well.
I liked the sound of them 2 playing together, but was no way to get that distortion sound out unless I made the acoustic softer and in the background. Anyways, I'll listen more closely on my next song and try and get things separated more. Thanks again!
Randy

Thanks so much for the review 'Rockinchair'. At my age, I am about to need a real one Ha-ha.
I've got a collection of quality loops disk and I can produce many more songs of any type. It is helpful that I can play 5 different instruments as I know exactly what they sound like.
In fact I have all the instruments here in my house, except for the 'Dobro' which I sold many years ago. It was a 1932 National with a square neck.
I don't play my real instruments as much as I'd like because of my shift work type of job......which also cuts out any live band playing.
So I turned to the computer to help me out and make songs. With all the great equipment these days, anyone can make music without ever having to play a real instrument.

I realize there are a number of other web sites that I can post my music on as well, but I started here and will stick around awhile. I am no spring chicken tho!!! :-)

I will make more varieties of music, and country and older rock is where my roots start from. So there will be more songs with Banjo, Fiddle and Pedal Steel coming.
The Blues song(s) I am finishing up will be quite unique I think.....even tho the one is only 78bpm.
Thanks again for writing and your helpful comments!
Randy

Hi there Junfrey!
Thanks for your nice comments about my Alternative rock song. I usually get 'complaints' that I should have vocals in all my songs, but I am not a vocalist, and therefore, I do make an effort to make my songs more 'interesting' as instrumentals.
I grew up in the 60's era, learning 'The Ventures' many instrumental songs as I was learning guitar back then.
I suppose if I did Rap, or Hip Hop type songs, I could just talk my way through a song.

I will be getting around to listening to your songs and the many other artist on here and will leave comments.

I forgot to mention in my profile that I am almost 64 years old...but I still love rock music and always will. So, I'll make some more songs of that type and other types as well.
Randy