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Thanks! Totally agree with you about lyrics. I think I'm warming up to that. Trying to get a solid pace, mix and concept lately. I'll get there!
Thanks for the kind words.
About how it was done, it was rather... simple (but a bit more handmade).
I'm distancing myself from quantization and trying to make my own drum beats.
I composed the melody and harmony on garageband then sampled a guitar and Garageband strings.
For the drums and synth sounds I used an OP-1. All mono.
Sampled most of the sounds via audio plug on the iPad directly to the 4-track recorder, avoiding using an audio interface.
Recorded the final form to tape it on the 4-track instead of a DAW so I could get a humane feel on it.
I finished the mix on Auria and Ableton, just to compare the difference.
Auria sounded cleaner and more studio-like, it's actually difficult not to get amazing results there. (Also, I use its reverb like a crutch.)
On the Ableton mix I had more noise, crackling and shifting transients, and the lack of the tasty Auria reverb made me think of creative stuff to get spacial stereo. So I kept the Ableton one to keep getting used to dirt on the record.
Feels weird while I'm doing it, feels wrong, but I'm actually truly liking the final product more that way. Weird.
Too late in my day to do this response the justice it deserves, but I love this way you're working. Not for the technical aspects (I'm not technical enough to be able to make intelligent comments), but for the leftfield fiddling about nature of it all. Sounds de Bono like and all to the good for that. Keep on.
Driving and relentless body music (as it should be)
Immaculate use of the female vocal loops.
Great modern psychedelia. That stuff is like catnip to me.
Baroque in the best way. Full, complex, but not overly busy. I may love the toy piano best of all. Nice touch. I really like this song.
I like! Back To The Future means nothing to me emotionally, but I do love 50s pastiches. You did it well.
As always, beautiful playing. I like samba, but have no ability. On the other hand, you undoubtedly have mastery. Nicely done.
I'm a big fan of the Horse, and this does nothing to change that. Some people may call it weird or strange, but I call it "more music should sound like this because it sounds great!"
Nicely done.
OT: can you believe that I only recently heard Daevid Allen's Banana Moon? Yes...I am ashamed of my oversight. What a prescient record. Simply incredible.
Fucking great, man.
I think the Sleaford Mods are supposed to be the benchmark for this type of approach, but honestly this smokes anything I have heard by those guys. I always like all of your output, but this one is my favorite. Keep at it.
Strong song with inventive arrangement and production (nice little sonic details in there) Your vocal is exceptionally good. First class song.
Mr G, this is fantastic.
I could certainly imagine LR singing this, but more impressively, I could imagine him writing this. It has the elegance and precision of his best work. Damn you.
I would not change a single thing.
Immaculately crafted, and your voice just keeps getting stronger and more supple. This really is a first rate song. Personal note: I disagree with the cautionary message of the song, but for the most part, I don't care about lyrics anyway. All I am concerned with is their delivery, and you sing them well. Nicely done.
Yes!
I love music that sounds like it wants to sound, and genre distinctions be damned. Yours is a first rate example.
Bonus points for Yellofier (I think that's what it is)
Very strong and accomplished.
I like this. It rocks in that offhand "I'm too cool for this" way(which I assume is intentional) it is great to hear guitars.
Nicely done.
Thanks for the de Bono reference, I'm a visual artist/designer for most of my life, I've always used lateral/diagonal thinking to make imagery, that always helped me professionally, recently I did sound and performance for a stage play and I tried using this workflow to get the job done and I had amazing feedback, so I shifted my music workflow from a more traditional thinking to something a bit far off the left field and it's starting to come together.
I had no idea who Edward de Bono was, I'm sure to read on him now. Thanks again!
I'm jumping into the SOTMC after lurking for a while (and enjoying so many of the songs I've perused). This is a tune that I've been working on for a couple of years, but I'm going to post a demo that I did with a group of friends because:
Please let me know if I'm doing this wrong in terms of posting the song here (or if I'm supposed to repost to a playlist or something):
There are several elements of the disco infusion mix that I like quite a bit, but I think the first mix supports the vocal the best, so I'm picking that one. Very clean and polished sound!
@aaronpc I dig this tune, and I won't pile on about the vocal being too soft. In some ways, I wonder if the vocal is hidden behind some of the gauzy warbles in the verses. The chorus vocal jumps out at me and I wonder if the arrangement gives that vocal a bit more space? In any case, I love the gauzy warbles (both generally and specifically in this tune) but maybe consider pulling it back in some parts of the verse to let the vocal breathe a bit more? In any case, I enjoyed this one.
Reviews later today!
SOTMC Reviews.
Great that there's so many lithe bods in The Tub this month. Very healthy. Give yourselves a clap.
The tums are toned, time to silk the skin. Apologies for whatever is on these 'offcuts' that you will/won't see, as had little spare time and most were recorded evening/night. Unlikely they'll be time to 'do everyone' next month and was pushing Punk posterior to do so this time. Think the audio is out but could be my tired head. Night. 
Usual Punk Rules Apply. Pinch of salt. Happy Halloween.
@JohnnyGoodyear Is that a Mellotron it kicks off with? A lovely sound.
Yep, can imagine Lou Reed singing this. It felt like his death was overlooked somehow compared to other celebrities, but that’s another story.
Plaintive and meaningful lyrics and delivery. You can hear the ache in the vocal. I like how the second part has a subtle build. Good song and mix.
@zpxlng Hello and welcome. No, I’m not in a band, just me myself and I slogging away.
Onto your entry. Off the wall, intriguing and as someone else mentioned, you could imagine Monty Python covering it.
I was a fan of Yello way back and had a few of the albums. You can certainly pick out the Yello sounds here.
Sounds like David Bowie pops up 3 quarters of the way through to ham it up.
Engaging.
This beats being playlisted by MTV. Get Mr Bluey to gently rip the piss out of your music. Lovely.
@Retzilience Kicks off with an old western desert feel.
Sergio Leone is one of my favourite composers, his work in spaghetti westerns is phenomenal. You captured a taste of that and brought it screaming in to the noughties.
Well mixed and well placed samples. Felt the guitar could’ve been a bit less robotic, but the part still fits. Nice work.
@lukesleepwalker Romps in with mechanical hits like a Depeche Mode rhythm section, then The Beach Boys pop up for a few Oohs.
Then in kicks a quite fantastically cool country tinged song. Love the melodies and mix of vocals. Such confidence in the vox, sounds like a proper studio recording. Spacious guitar sound.
Loved it all.
@Bluepunk Fantastic review video again. I kept thinking ‘Is he gonna show the L7 full frontal bit?!’
Gloriously nutty throughout. Thanks for my review.
Boom! At the end, there she is!
@JeffChasteen the battle between the comforting and the unsettling in your tune is my cup of tea; very nicely done. The ruismaker drums didn't work for me in this one as the rhythm felt a little flat when I wanted something that gave a little more gravity to the proceedings. My favorite part of the whole track was the pause at about the two minute mark because it gave my ears the necessary shot across the bow that I needed at that point in the journey. Wouldn't have minded a little more of that "weren't expecting that were you?" in terms of the overall dynamics/arrangement. Nit-picking, though. Good stuff.
@Shaken&;Stirred Are you a fan of They Might Be Giants? I mean this as a compliment, because I am a fan of TMBG: "Murder" recalls their classic late 80s stuff. The toy piano is brilliant; perfect accompaniment. The left turn at about the two minute mark is my favorite part of the tune because I was not expecting the turn and it builds the momentum for the last section of the song, where the energy picks up to a satisfying conclusion. If I was the producer of this song, I'd actually back off on the power chord guitar part in the chorus. There's a hook in the vocal and the rest of the song woozes along nicely--the power chords bring it back to a more traditional arrangement that felt like a bit of the air was let out of the balloon. That's probably just me and my "guitar" fatigue, though. Enjoyed this one.
Apologies all for the very very last minute entry for this month, have had some stuff going on this month that has stopped me doing what I wanted...
This is very much work in progress, and is the initial sketch for the track, I am still doing more to it, wanted to get some guitar on there before submitting but have just plain run out of time.
@DefRobot Cool tune (love that bit at the beginning and how it circles back at the end) but man, the production is just so impressive. Does it take you a while to mix and master a song like this?