Love the sax by slapjohnson in this along with your own bass playing. The track doesnt really feel like its 'going anywhere' but it is a very cool jam nonetheless. Strong mix game, bass is cutting through very nicely here. Nice mix of instruments, has quite a jazzy vibe too. Good job mate!
Hey mate, thanks for the visit buddy!..totally into having a collab Paul!..I'll get a track together and shoot it your way soon, and I'll be sure to keep your old school epic style very much in mind, this will be totally cool! cheers mate Dave :)
I like this track, as a guitarist I appreciate what you are doing here. Apparently there were some volume issues, but I don't think it is that serious. Well done!
Hey TeeGee, thanks mate! very much appreciate your kind words, I'm guessing 65 is your generation, jeez you'll be as old as I am in 12 years, you poor bastard! lol..be over to check your page soon mate. cheers Dave :)
This is the kind of music I like to listen to much of the time but usually have difficulty finding....quality all the way Dave..the rich sounds wrap very nicely around the bass & flow with the arrangement...is that an alto sax I hear in there (I`m listening with my old Sony MDV600 cans that are great for4 checking highs but shitty on the low end understatement)...music for thinking musicians...always the best stuff over here at your place...Ed
Hey Ed, thanks buddy! no alto on this track, though there is some frequency chatter and distortion from the background electronic track that I made so that would go along way in explaining it. It's a weird thing but I have become addicted to my precision bass these days (haven't touched the jazz in weeks) and now I'm into playing it with a foam mute..I spurned it as a kid go figure! lol...thanks again for your kind words mate your opinion means a lot to me. cheers Dave :)
Hey Danke...thanks man! very much appreciate your kind words, I never use a plectrum so if I tried to play hard and fast on a guitar I would totally shred my fingers! haha...all the best mate cheers Dave :)
Wonderful track MrPJB!
Very tasteful and "groovy" bass lines.
Outstanding work on the guitar: bluesy and "flowing". Liked it.
Overall... good atmosphere and a very pleasant track.
Enjoyed.
Ciao, Domenico
Hey MrWolf, thank you very much for your kind words they are greatly appreciated, I like to play guitar and will do more of it in future tracks..be over to check your page very soon, thanks again mate! cheers Dave :)
Hey Dave! As Pluto was demoted from the planet status a few years ago I found it interesting how you were going to represent a new ninth planet. The intro was pretty cool, some spacey distortion set a mood right away. I thought I might hear more synths than real instruments but the guitars were a cool thought and well played. The synths didn't overpower the mix and added some neat textural elements. This is the kind of music I like to listen to when painting or doing odd jobs around the homestead.
Hey Wayne how's it going buddy. yeah I was going for an ambient feel and I know exactly what you mean by music to 'do' things by. I'd even be happy if it were played in elevators! lol..thanks for dropping by mate I'll be over on your page soon, I really should tune in some Saturday over at Mixposure but I'm always doing stuff it seems..I will make it over for sure sometime soon!..cheers mate Dave :)
Very intersting stuff here, and not what I expected to hear at all! For rap, it is super cool and true in it's realism. Has the roots of hip hop well represented, and is modern in all of the best ways. Some of the recent albums I've purchased are rap, and this would give them a run for their money. I'm assuming you rocked the bass here, because it sound freekin wicked! Inspiration flows from this, and the cannot be bad! Deep, deep, and heavy. Love it! Fave!
Hey Pat...thanks man!..yeah I played all the instruments on this one (minus the drums obviously)...Wordybum/Michael goes full on, pretty awesome vocalist if you ask me, I don't know how they do it and breathe at the same time!...I've always liked spoken word and HipHop/Rap as long as it isn't that misogamist gangsta crap or thug life self centred consumerism, I liked it best when it was more politically/socio economically orientated, there's such a stigma associated with how it sounds and who actually produces it these days..I think HipHop's barely scratched the surface of where it could go...but try telling that to the kids of today....cheers mate thanks again for the listen,glad you liked it! Dave :)
This is some masterful stuff but I definitely have a problem with how loud it all is. It's kind of spoiling it for me as it's just too booming and all seems to stay at pretty much the same insistent level. I want the track to have more peaks and troughs, which would probably be visible on the waveform (which they're not cos it's so loud). Some sounds are possibly a bit distorted.
The insistent thing is partly from the overly repetitive drum part, especially that hat, which doesn't seem to vary at all. Maybe I introduce too much drum variety in some of my stuff but here I really do feel some would help. Even just a change off that hat to, say, a ride cymbal.
But the instrumentation's sounds are awesome right from the off.
0:55 your typical, warm, funky, distinctive bass g sound.
Lots of jazzy lead guitar. A bit bluesy too with some of those bends.
1:32 trancey synth arp floating about. And panning about.
Definitely some strange, skilful, spacey fat groove futuristic jazz right here so congrats to you and Zappo. Or at least his keyboards (maybe they play themselves).
Hey Static..great review man, which is going to help me immeasurably in my next project.....I had a few things to contend with whilst making this track not the least among them was Rob Papen's Punch drum software which I have just started to learn (and obviously not perfected) I got carried away a little with the bottom end and overextended the sound levels!..speaking of which those distorted sounds are actually the backing electronic fx track I made with Reaktor's Metaphysical Function, they sound great by themselves but with added instrumentation get shunted to the bottom of the mix and sound distorted, I'll definitely have to watch out for that in the future if I do something similar, yes that insistent high hat (which got it's own separate track! lol) can be very annoying but weirdly it grew on me and I did up the tempo at one stage, haha, but your right I should have varied this percussion element...again thanks for your insights mate it's going to make my music better!...cheers Dave
hello Dave
A beautiful track from you but so very different from your others maybe because of all electronic additions. What can I say more - everything sounds just perfect to me. A perfect amount of electronic ambiences and space within an 'electric'!
Deep hypnotic drumming (especially on the intro part - till 0:55) is reminding me of some music by Steve Roach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogeY7iDDiYQ There is so much happening in the low frequency drum sound-spectrum of your track and you seem easily entering modern Rap/Trap territories here (also regarding to the drum 'patterns' you're using). Maybe it's because I recently tend to focus on what is happening inside the drum set too much lol or maybe there is some intentional stylistical sound-distortion going on in your mix, not sure. I really like your choise of drum sounds as well as placing of so many little fills throughout (undefined brushes(?) or shaker single thing at 2:40; also the snare lead-in pattern at 4:04).
I can feel almost a direct solar space vibration being projected to me at the very moment of listening. Great composition and guitar playing!
Alex
Hey Alex thanks man!...I did make some mistakes here with the overall volume threshold of the track..Like you I was probably focusing on the deep drums too much and got carried away! lol, it is my new drum software 'Punch' and it's going to take awhile till I'm completely conversant with it, I will also be sampling my synthesizers a lot as well and adding their sounds into punch's sample library so that will be interesting, this drum software is very reliant on midi keyboard control so I will be making hopefully a lot of 'original beats' ! haha...I will wear my hat on backwards?..NO lol...thanks for listening mate!...cheers Dave ?
Thanks for listening mate!..yes I overdid the volume a tad! lol..I'll definitely keep it more controlled in the future, again thanks for you kind review!...cheers Dave and Detlef :)
This composition is sounding very cool! Your bass and guitar work flows so well in the context of the piece, and seems to tell a story. Very interesting synthesis throughout as well. As far as the subject matter goes; I am by nature a very skeptical and paranoid person. I see all these images provided by NASA recently, and they just look like digitally envisioned hope. I don't believe any of it, and I think of it as just one more distraction from the problems right here at home. I realize that it gives some people hope, but I prefer to find hope in correctly living. I think that your song has far more realism than the space programs offerings. I think you guys have performed very well here. I suppose I could add that the whole track sounded very loud to my ears, but it's not important. I enjoyed listening, and I thank you for the opportunity to expound. Great work!
Hey Pat...digitally envisioned hope!...nice one (that would make a good album name!) I'm a born sceptic myself however I do believe that scientists in general do possess at their core the truth of empirical scrutiny, it's more often when their findings are manipulated by government policy or corporate management that the real deceptions start....Yes the volume!..it's pretty obvious that I fell asleep at the wheel( virtual mixing desk! lol) while laying the drum track down....."but officer I was getting into the deep end frequencies and over compensated I guess"...thanks mate! your input is always totally spot on and beneficial...cheers Dave :)
Nice Intro.....Dark beats, ;53 seconds to start to hear that Oort cloud jazzy sound and Kuiper belt guitar. dreamy dare I say Celestial. 2:40 is a small breakdown in the chord structure and nicely welcomed by greys on the planet Nibiru. Nice ambient effects from the planet of Eno! Keys sound like the asteroids gently caressing Gaia to create diaplectic glass like sounds. Well done!
enjoyed that ride!
Cru
Hey Cru..thanks for listening man! It never ceases to amaze me that cinematographers always give objects moving in space sounds of their passage...I guess I'm no different! lol though this track was created while envisioning floating in a tin can and thinking there was something that I could do....glad you liked it mate, cheers Dave :)
Nice guitar work, all the little swirly synth bits too! Cool riff when that sustained piano come in, like that a lot. So many sounds effortlessly drifting in and out give it that great psychedelic funk vibe. Awesome collab, I enjoyed listening to that! :)
Your bass playing never ceases to amaze!! This is s virtuoso performance of some considerable worth. You and your partner Zappo are just having a "conversation" and it punctuated by the Miles Davis style trumpet part that fits so nicely. That rhythm guitar riffing is lovely and syncopates with the kit and your bass perfectly.
We MUST do a collab SOON!
Great stuff Dave. It's a breath of fresh air here on the Loop.
per ususal, you are an inspiration to the rest of the loop. I love the way you mix your bass guitar in with your work, with the stereo panning and whatnot. really makes it sound nice and large, and fitting.
makes me want to stick around this spot :) glad to see you're still active. it really does make my heart warm up a bit. cheers, dave :) maybe I'll send you a project for you to rip bass or guitar over soon!
Hey Matt,good to see you man!..thanks for the kind words buddy,yeah I'm still slugging away at the music something I don't think I'll ever get sick of,yeah mate anytime you want a little bass or such drop me a line,no problemo...cheers Dave :)
Pretty tasty piece of music guys, wouldn't expect anything else really. Big mix, everything shines through cleanly. Some cool reversed guitar.? Keys were splendid especially liked the piano, nice choice of different keys, well played and mixed in. Bass, outstanding as usual pal! The horns were a cool add, reverb puts them in the mix well.
Great overall feel to the track, first one of the day for me, got me movin' and groovin'!
Hey Wayne,thanks buddy,your comments are very much appreciated mate! been using an outboard processor for all my reverbs now (Lexicon MX400)and it seems to be working out well,the added benefit is no accrued vst load on my computer's cpu,the trouble with out board gear is it can get pretty pricey as you well know,I want an Avalon 757,U5 etc etc next....I need heaps of spondula! lol..don't we all! cheers mate Dave :)
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Beautiful track...imaginary and chill...great guitar play, bit like our in Ed's (Tumbleweed) style...:-)
Groovy is super cool...some perc add is too...I was very glad to listen to your new soundscape...
Handshake, Danke
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Very tasteful and "groovy" bass lines.
Outstanding work on the guitar: bluesy and "flowing". Liked it.
Overall... good atmosphere and a very pleasant track.
Enjoyed.
Ciao, Domenico
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Take care!
Wayne
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Great track. sorry I don't have any technical critique for you.
Definitely a keeper.
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Ronabo
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This is some masterful stuff but I definitely have a problem with how loud it all is. It's kind of spoiling it for me as it's just too booming and all seems to stay at pretty much the same insistent level. I want the track to have more peaks and troughs, which would probably be visible on the waveform (which they're not cos it's so loud). Some sounds are possibly a bit distorted.
The insistent thing is partly from the overly repetitive drum part, especially that hat, which doesn't seem to vary at all. Maybe I introduce too much drum variety in some of my stuff but here I really do feel some would help. Even just a change off that hat to, say, a ride cymbal.
But the instrumentation's sounds are awesome right from the off.
0:55 your typical, warm, funky, distinctive bass g sound.
Lots of jazzy lead guitar. A bit bluesy too with some of those bends.
1:32 trancey synth arp floating about. And panning about.
Definitely some strange, skilful, spacey fat groove futuristic jazz right here so congrats to you and Zappo. Or at least his keyboards (maybe they play themselves).
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A beautiful track from you but so very different from your others maybe because of all electronic additions. What can I say more - everything sounds just perfect to me. A perfect amount of electronic ambiences and space within an 'electric'!
Deep hypnotic drumming (especially on the intro part - till 0:55) is reminding me of some music by Steve Roach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogeY7iDDiYQ There is so much happening in the low frequency drum sound-spectrum of your track and you seem easily entering modern Rap/Trap territories here (also regarding to the drum 'patterns' you're using). Maybe it's because I recently tend to focus on what is happening inside the drum set too much lol or maybe there is some intentional stylistical sound-distortion going on in your mix, not sure. I really like your choise of drum sounds as well as placing of so many little fills throughout (undefined brushes(?) or shaker single thing at 2:40; also the snare lead-in pattern at 4:04).
I can feel almost a direct solar space vibration being projected to me at the very moment of listening. Great composition and guitar playing!
Alex
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Thank you for the download - Neal & Helena
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enjoyed that ride!
Cru
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Your bass playing never ceases to amaze!! This is s virtuoso performance of some considerable worth. You and your partner Zappo are just having a "conversation" and it punctuated by the Miles Davis style trumpet part that fits so nicely. That rhythm guitar riffing is lovely and syncopates with the kit and your bass perfectly.
We MUST do a collab SOON!
Great stuff Dave. It's a breath of fresh air here on the Loop.
Best
Richie
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makes me want to stick around this spot :) glad to see you're still active. it really does make my heart warm up a bit. cheers, dave :) maybe I'll send you a project for you to rip bass or guitar over soon!
- Matt
aka thephilosofist aka Circatree
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Great overall feel to the track, first one of the day for me, got me movin' and groovin'!
Hope all is well in the land of Oz!
Wayne