Neomorpheus

Thanks for the listen and comment VN! Pretty cool description there I like the visual. As far as the length goes I'm not big on long audio tracks. I would rather have someone say like you that they would have liked more than complain that its too long or repetitive.

Thanks for the listen and comment Rita, much appreciated !

Thanks Rus !

I figure you would like the Rings of Power, It's Tolkiens story of early Middle Earth and the introduction of the dark Lord Sauron and the creation of the rings. This Serum loop was something I did a few years back when I was dabbling more with electronic music. I was just going through some files hoping I could find something to give me a direction and this just fit the bill.
I like the Santana /Satriani reference. Two great players that I very much admire. I never made that connection during the process here but since you mentioned it I certainly can relate. Of course like you said I do a lot of Latin flavoring, its a style I enjoy. It comes out sometimes even when I'm not trying. Satriani is big on using wah, he's a wah Zen Master. I have loved the effect since first hearing Hendrix' Voodoo Chile and Machine Gun. That intro is just a bar chord that I reversed and stretched. I went corny old school!

Yeah I guess you and I do have a lot in common when it comes to creativity. I know your also quite an adept photographer as well. I do appreciate you convincing me to record. I don't get near enough playing time these days. Hate to admit it but I'm also discovering the onset of some joint discomfort in a couple of fingers which has reminded me that time is creeping up on me. I had to learn it. I still have your No Salvation track. And its still just as cool as the first time I heard it! I'm hip to any kind of collab bro. It may not be quick, I sometimes don't know what day it is with all I have going on, but hell yeah, love to hear what you got. Thanks brother, its definitely fun to get back to some of this. Even though this is the first track I've posted in a while, its not entirely new and I put it together pretty quick. I'm actually working on something totally new so stay tuned.

Banana, thx for Santana mention, even in jest. He was a pretty huge inspiration for me early on. Still is. I do like to play with feeling and of course Santana is one of the best at it. Yes it definitely would be cool to hear more guitar music. Thanks for the cool comment man, I really appreciate it.

Hmm, Miami Vice? I'm guessing its the synth portion. Jan Hammer did the theme for Miami vice and he was big into synth. That was a very cool theme song and the show was pretty cool too. Don't tell anybody but I had a Sonny Crocket blazer and pants back in the day!! Thanks bro.

Much appreciate the listen and comment. I do like the combination of synth and guitar but I don't it that often. This synth loop was made several years ago when I was experimenting more with electronic music. I just ran across it while rummaging through some bass files and it grabbed me.

Thanks for the listen and comment Zoot. Yes there is quite a bit of effects in the signal chain here. Besides the Wah pedal I'm also using a pitch shifter to obtain the harmony. I'm also using the whammy bar quite a bit to bend a lot of the notes in and out. Hendrix used an Octavia pedal quite often in his soloing, I'm using boosted octave fuzz, driving the amp hard, with some added reverb and delay.

Thanks for listening and taking time to drop the comment. The series I'm referring to is based on JRR Tolkiens the "Silmarillion"which is the precursor to the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Its basically the introduction of evil in Middle Earth and the backstory about the Dark Lord Sauron. I'm glad you like the track, I'm hoping to be able to work up a few more soon.

Thanks for the listen and comment madeen.

Eighteen, hows it going man?

I'm not quite sure what your referring to as "low end guitar". Since Kargalar did the rhythm guitar I'm not exactly sure about his set up but in his profile he mentions an SM-57 which is the same mic I use for recording live through the amp. No mention of what he's using for effects but I would assume if hes recording through the amp hes probably using pedals and in this case it sounds like overdrive, maybe slight distortion, so he could be using a Boss SD-1 or maybe an Ibanez Tube Screamer. Of course hes pushing the amp, with a fair amount of gain. Hes also playing a PRS Mark Tremonti SE with dual humbuckers which is a very potent guitar that can produce some quality tone. I'm playing a Suhr Strat standard with 2 v60 singles and an SSH HO dual. Its a direct in set up here with an amp sim. I applied delay and reverb effects in the vst.

There is a bass track in there but the guitars and drums are clearly more dominant in the mix.

The easy guitar you mention is all Kargalar and yeah, I dig that too. That little section works perfect to de-pressurize things, drop the intensity a bit to allow some cool string and stick work to lead in to that nice build section. I know its kind of short but its pretty much dictated by the structure here. Stretching it out wouldn't work as well.

Don't know if any of this really answers your question bro but I gave it a shot. Thanks a lot for the comments.

Thanks for the post Steve. Yeah drums are really in your face and in your ears here. I really loved the structure of this track and the drums set so big in the mix. I just made them a bit bigger. Again I gotta give all the props to Kargalar here, without his input, all I did was make a bunch of noise.

I haven't really kept up with djent since it's not really in my wheel house (dumb saying)! But I still think bands like Meshuggah and a few others will keep some semblance of it alive for a while yet. I actually kinda dig all that polyrythm, weird time signatures and and polymetered riff stuff. A lot of people think that its all relatively new and attribute it to the Alternative/Groove/Nu/Math metal movements. But Bands like Led Zeppelin and Queen were doing it.

Well, the genre was too hard to pronounce anyway - (also you forgot the "d") djent: is it "Dee-gent", "jent", "Digint"? Who knows?

"but even my drummer has a hard time counting past four, so why make the audience do math"? Drummers get such abuse, that's why they want to pound sh!t all the time !

I used to be a drummer. That's why I switched to guitar, kinda like EVH.

Thanks.
Later bro.

Ha ha, only a true bringerofDOOM would answer as such !!

Thanks for the entertaining comment bro.

Hey Wayne, your wish is my command bro. I checked it out and sure enough that lead was on a lower volume than the others(?) so I leveled it up and yeah you were right, sounds better. So, as always thanks for the feedback, especially when it involves improving the track.

Thats man, I appreciate you checking it out and dropping a comment.

I was hoping you would check this out Aaron. Man I would of thought you to be a fan of the alternative/grunge music, especially considering your location. Your right there in the birthplace brother.

Actually I was a huge Eddie VanHalen fan. Still am pretty much. Even though I lost a lot of respect for them when they sold out and went pop. I was an EVH disciple for a while, especially after that first album. Damn, what guitar player wasn't? I spent countless hours trying to learn his techniques and how he created some of those sounds. I posted a track a few years back that was kind of a VanHalen thing. I made the mistake of putting some Dave Lee Roth snippits in it and got some backlash so I took it down.

As far as Evan goes, I mean yeah, hes awesome and I have always admired and respected his talent, for sure. As far as collabs though, I'm really not much into them. I've done a few but they tend to be uncomfortable. Don't get me wrong, I love making music and I love interfacing with other musicians but working together can be difficult. Its why I quit playing in bands. So I don't really approach others for collabs but if someone asks I don't think I've ever said no.

Thanks for your constant support bro, I always appreciate hearing what you have to say in any capacity whatsoever.