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Impressionistic Space Surf. They'll all be doing it before you can turn around. Actually, one of the things I get screwed about in this town is if you so much as mention playing a bit of music you'll have folks asking you PhD level questions as to your purpose or intentions. From now on when asked 'So what's your thing?' I'm going to fix them with a serious look and, you guessed it, tell em: Space Surf mostly.... And why not? It sounds good enough that all I was waiting for was some low-moaning Jim Morrison or some breathless Gene Vincent. Doesn't get any better than that...
Thanks Mr G!
And old collaborator and I said that we worked in "meta-postism"- a nonsense term for nonsensical questions.
Glad you liked it. It does need some Morrisonics or Chet Baker's whispered seductions of the void to complete the dark night of California feel to it.
There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin' like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If you give this man a ride
Sweet family will die
Killer on the road, yeah.....
Cannibalised the verse lyrics and melody from a previous entry, with a new arrangement and chorus. I've been preoccupied with trying to find an original sound for a long time, and this finally feels like a step in that direction. The vocals in the chorus need some kind of fix, so it's another one to revisit at a later date.
Lyrics in the spoiler
Your secret superstitions
That you hide so well
You're not one for admissions
so with you it's hard to tell
But the mumbled conversations
That you have with yourself
And your search for validation
From the books upon your shelf
But here I am
If I can keep it together, you can
Although I'm just a weak shallow man
And you don't think that I give a damn.
And what you see
Is just a small fragment of me
the parts that I want you to see
And the ones I can't hide easily
Do your trials and tribulations
Make any sense to you?
Are you a string of chance mutations
Or did God need stuff to do?
You're a mess of contradictions
A dirty witche's brew
You're lacking in convictions
But what else can you do?
But here I am
If I can keep it together, you can
Although I'm just a weak shallow man
And you don't think that I give a damn.
And what you see
Is just a small fragment of me
the parts that I want you to see
And the ones I can't hide easily
@orchardman it's unusual to hear your voice rather than your wife's, I think this is only the second time? Anyway it's a bit of seasonal whimsy, that even has an edge of melancholy in the verse. The chorus though is one of those, erm, novelty song choruses that reminds me of listening to the radio in the 1980s... I'm glad it's not on repeat all day.
You've done a lot of genre-hopping in the last 12 months, from Celtic, to Country, to swampy Southern Rock. The ones I tend to like better have been the more melancholy ones, but then I've always been a sucker for sad songs.
@marliess Cool upbeat and fun track, love the intro riff. The track itself really reminds me of an old french track by Alex Gopher called Party People - the whole vibe and the vocal delivery are very similar (I'm sure it's just a coincidence, not accusing you of plagiarism). This is definitely my favourite of the tracks you have posted, and I can imagine myself dancing with wild abandon to it, as my younger self.
@Thomas Very nice bass line, and overall groove, and I like the sounds and the interplay between the two sections of the track, with the percussion coming in and out intermittently.
The track's got a good vibe, I think the only thing missing is just more of a sense of journey and progression, because once you've heard the two main sections then there isn't really anything new to tease the ears over the length of the track. I think one or two additional ideas in there would really add a lot of spice to what is already a really good track. A new melodic theme played on a different synth or with a different sound for example, would give the second half of the tune a bit more life.
@JeffChasteen that's definitely one of your more accessible efforts
I'm quite a fan of surf guitar, although I don't have the skills or the timing to play it myself, and this one feels true to the genre. The bass line could be more energetic, but the guitar is spot on. Not sure what the second half of the track is about though, it doesn't seem to add anything.
The vibe is kinda Henry Mancini meets surf guitar, which is pretty cool.
@Halftone Love this, really nice blend of interesting sounds and melodies, with a lovely dark and brooding vibe. The only part that felt overly long was the intro drums, I would cut that down to just two bars, but once the instruments come in it's all magical. The Chinese instruments are awesome, must explore them myself (and @JohnnyGoodyear also made great use of them recently in the Pads thread). Love the vocal sample, or what you did to it anyway, and the geo shredding is beautifully underplayed (nice patch there as well).
What's great about this is that all the musical parts interlock really well to create an interesting and intricate whole, and every part feels like it is there for a reason. It's a great piece of music.
@theconnactic excellent guitar playing as usual, and a nice jazzy/funky vibe to this one, with the bouncy bass line. Would like to hear some more compelling melodies in the lead guitar though, the intro riff isn't really hooky enough for me, and also you play a lot of fast runs which while technically impressive don't really grab me musically.
Also I think this one might be another one of those tracks that could do with more tension/release in the melodies - that's something that @Halftone does really beautifully in his music and it adds a lot of depth to the feel of the melodies. More space, less obvious intervals, more harmonic tension/release would definitely help IMO.
@fauxen so this is a track that has space in spades, which I like, and I thought the intro was great with the chimey bell-like sounds and interlocking melodies. However the track could do with going somewhere from there, because it's really just one idea stretched out over the course five minutes, and by the end the melodies felt like they were just meandering with no sense of journey or resolution. I think it needs more variety and a greater sense of dynamics, as well as more of a journey in the music. The vibe is great though, and I think the track has a lot of potential, but to my ears it needs more work and ideas put into it.
@JohnnyGoodyear some interesting art-rock here, really love the lyrics. It's pretty short, could probably do with being fleshed out a little more, and while I like the vocal melody I'm not crazy about the bass line, and especially not about the shift-up a fifth that it does at 1.10 (the truck driver's gear-shift). I think you could write a better pulsing bass line than this one, more compelling and catchy, and it would transform the song.
On another note, the cover you made is really awesome. You're a terrific graphic designer on the sly (writer, poet, musician, designer, a fair few skills you've got). The leaf that looks like a pair of lips placed just so in that layout with the blacked-out letters, I would never have thought of that in a million years.
Thanks for the feedback Richard!
...very much appreciated.
Thanks for your tuppence-worth Mister. Agree on the bass line. A lazy place-holder that never got replaced. It IS very short, a couplet rather than the whole poem. This is an idea that I've got this far with as an aide memoire more than anything else, but I don't have the stomach for the whole thing today and as this refers to an event from over thirty years ago, I'm not certain I ever will. The 'dead bird' was a young woman/lover who OD'd (and thus the blacked letters of course, and the lips....). Songs and poems, blessings of memory and the curses of it also etc.
@richardyot OK. This is indeed a departure. The hardest thing to coach is confidence. Almost impossible really. Instill it, maybe sometimes, but it's so hard to even define where it comes from/how to acquire it. However, I don't believe it's a 'have it/don't have it' sum. This track has a different level of something or other. Space? Micro-seconds in the delivery? Phrasing? We concentrate so much or judge vox on being in tune or pretty or whatever, but the delivery is also central, and I hear something altogether more self-possessed here. Maybe it's partly to do with familiar material? Maybe. But I'm also presuming this is a result of the work, this SOTMC thing. Could talk about the auto-pan on the strings or the precise amount (too much?) of EQ/whatever on the vocal itself, but I'm hardly qualified, what I do know is that you seem to have found a new, better lane, looking forward to watching (hearing?) you carry on down it.
@JohnnyGoodyear thanks for the comment. Space, that might be it. I'm always tempted to fill my tracks with guitars, synths, chorus and flanger effects etc.. This time I did dial back somewhat and went for a sparser arrangement.
thanks so much!
I hope to get to reviewing others tracks here over the holidays.
Thanks @richardyot I was going for 'Lonely this Christmas' meets 'Agadoo' which my particular vocal style suits rather well I think
Thanks for all your constructive criticism over the last 12 months. Hope you and your family have a merry Christmas and happy new year.
I might have to write something in the rules about this
You will find my membership card on the club steps at midnight....
Because I know there's a lot of folks who don't get the chance to actually visit us at the Club, I wanted to share this picture from the archives. This is Our Fearless Leader way back in the early days and, you know what, he hasn't changed a bit. Still listens to every submission sat there in the same coach seat....
I've made a few upgrades to the listening room since that picture was taken.
Excellent. I heartily endorse the use of Flying Haggis for all Impressionistic Space Surf productions.
Merry Christmas! (Dave, the Flying Haggis guy)
@DaveB Flying Haggis is still one of my all-time favourite apps, really lovely guitar tones in there. Hope it can see some updates sometime.
Bing, bing, bing.....
Thanks!
And thank you for building a great app.
I have all of the amp simulator amps and like all of them in their way, but I always come back to Flying Haggis. As Richard said, it just has such lovely tones.
Snaps ive been waiting for this thread and totally missed it. Here is my December track, made using Egoist, Nave , Vocalive,AUM, Audiobus. LOUD and BASSY be careful witcho speakers.
@Igneous1: cool funky intro and nice rolling melody at 0.50. Enjoyed drop in intensity through middle then build in second half. Thought the vibe around 3 min would have been awesome for a vocal chant. Great tune.
@trackedout: nice rollicking tune, sought of had a ‘piano bar at 1am on a Sat Morning’ vibe to it. Vocals were relaxed and sitting back nicely in the mix, which really fitted the overall vibe. Nice job!
@Derek Buddemeyer: always great to hear guitar by someone who can reeeeaaally play (the counterpoint being my guitar skills rather than anyone else’s here ). Epic ballad a la my misspent 80’s youth, had me reaching for the cigarette lighter.
@Studs1966: Another great effort matching an existing vocal track to a new tune. Beautiful melancholy vibe to start, then some hectic funkiness to follow. Another track with great production, which is a standout this month.
@orchardman: That was some nice plucking! Loved the guitar line that followed.
@Thomas: percussion at the start really grabbed me. Melody really catchy, liked it when it kicked up notch just prior to the two min mark. To me this one screams out for a vocal. Would love to hear where it might go if you took that tack.
@Jeff Chasteen: really cool percussion and base line. Reckon your genre label is absolutely spot on. Loving the spacey, jangly nonchalance of the guitars.
@Halftone: Love the bassline and beat. Opens up beautifully around 1 min with the (guessing) Chinese instruments from GB. Vocals fit beautifully also. As an aside, I’ve been reading one of the threads the past few days about the quality of the IOS music apps…I reckon this song is a pretty strong affirmation that they sound reallyf’n good. The geo-shred parts sound great – love the one around 5:40 Fantastic job!
@theconnactic: Nice job Dimitri. You’ve definitely got a signature sound to your guitar playing. Enjoyed the brass around the 30 second mark and bass runs around 90 sec leading into the guitar funk.
@technemedia: Like the tone of your voice, really fitted the tune nicely. I thought the mix was very egalitarian, in that it sounded like every instrument / voice / sound was the same ‘distance’ from me. Would’ve been cool to hear some parts a bit more forward to get some greater separation. That said, there was some really cool sounds in the mix, nice job.
@raindro: nice little upbeat tune. Would love to have that song cued up if I was having a bad moment, it oozes positivity.
@fauxen: I’m not much of a synth head so probably can’t comment too much on this one. Sounds were nice but felt like the origins of a song.
@JohnnyGoodyear: catchy melody, loved the detuned vox and stuttering background vocals...would love to hear how you did that with the background vox….just sayin. The line about the bird falling from the sky called me back to that great tune you did a few months back around a plane crash.
@Gaia.Tree: thanks for sharing. As mentioned earlier, I’m not much of a synth head so can’t offer a lot of insight. Production was tight and enjoyed the little pitch twists that (I assume) came from vocalive.
@richardyot: really compelling tune and a great listen. The melody draws you in and the diff instruments really play off one another in ways that make you want to keep listening. I reckon it’s the best vocal I’ve heard you do, and probably the least effected by vocal effects (this may be incidental though). Great job, really excellent tune.
Thanks for having a listen to my tune and providing feedback too. Glad it conjured notions of dancing, that was certainly the vibe I was going for. Stylistically I hoping to have a Nile Rogers moment…of course it sounds nothing like him cos I’m not skilled enough that my tunes ever turn out how I intend. But for me it was a happy departure into a new genre.
More broadly, what a cracking bunch of tunes for December. Apologies for my tardiness in providing feedback too.
@marliess Apologies, in my haste, I missed your first first outing into club land. Cool slab of funky dance stuff that orders various body parts to move and enjoy. Did you make that drum track in Cubasis yourself? Cracking groove and fills. Which drum set did you use please?
Thanks Bluepunk! Yep, my first foray into cubasis drums. In terms of patterns, I mainly used the cubasis audio drum loops '110 MonoDrumsDisco 02' & '110 MonoDrumsDisco 05', with a a dash of '130 Who Fill 02' for the (you guessed it
) fills! I also used some cubasis midi loops for some of the percussive sprinkling in the background...I've jettisoned the cubasis project to storage on my PC so I'm guessing a little here, but I think it was mainly the '110 DrumDirt' loops. Cubasis is a bit a monster for drums, I'd never really considered it before this tune. The tempo / stretch function works a treat (with pretty much any drum samples).