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Just to have a presence in the current helter skelter holiday season postings I offer you one of three tracks I'm currently working on. BIAB supplied the drums and organ. The rest is my fault. Main vocals are untuned but the double & backings are all adulterated. This one came about as someone was asking about a BIAB style for psych & pop psych. I cobbled together a style that was closer to garage psych but couldn't get anything aggressive enough to be Freak Beat. As I was offline due to storm damage in our region I resurrected the "style" and worked on the song by replacing most things. I added some leslie automation to some parts of the organ and to one spot in the bvox. Lots of Big Muff clone guitar tone and the bass also has some grind added after the intro. Feel Me SpinHere's a new mix with observations and suggestions incorporated: Feel Me Spin #3 It's a fairly obvious ode to an extinguished luminary of the late 60s. Vocals are UP FRONT...I know: quel horror? I hesitate to say it but it's more of a head phone listen. Thoughts, suggestions and ideas gleefully canvased and accepted. LYRICS: V1B The madcap giggles, From behind his guitar. "You can't see me", "You can hear this far". Peter pans across the room, Peeking at his creeping doom. C1 With each new day We fade away Look at you Looking at me Look at me Looking at you Each afraid To speak V2B Bald man wander in, & sits amongst the din. "You don't see me", "You don't feel me spin". With every eye and one beside In his act of regicide, C2 With each new day We've less to say Look at you & you Looking at me Look at me & me Looking at you Each afraid To speak C3 Look at you Look at me & more each day I fade away Look at you Looking at me Look at me Looking at you Each afraid & here's the "style" cobbled together if you ever feel the need... Style SGU available until about 17th Jan
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Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
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HI Ray ...
Very cool song! I'm not sure who the intended subject of the lyric is - I didn't listen to much of this genre - actually, all the sub-genres inclusive - so I'm absent a reference. The organ at the latter part of the song was a real treat!
It was a most enjoyable listen - seriously! The originality of your music always impresses me. Great start to your 2004 musical journey.
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Ray I really liked that one, the upfront vocal was just fine. Very Pink. Peter
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Your song is very well done. The voices are very beautiful. Laurent
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Ray,
Great melody and love the lyrics... You always write such original and fresh material.
Your vocal sounds excellent - I really like it placed in the forefront. Agree with Alan on the organ. Love the effect at the end. Also, a nice mix.
Great stuff!
Bob
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Love your faults, Ray. I read these words "Vocals are UP FRONT...I know: quel horror?" Then saw your profile pic. HAHA Perfect!
Like Alan, I'm not versed in the genre, but figured you were talking about me. I like Peter's "Pink" reference. I really dig the feel and the vocals up front (unadulterated and all) sounds just right, Goldilokcs.
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ray.
Excellent.
The rhythm guitars are well done. Tasteful, even.
LOVE the Bass. A huge element of the song and sound. I especially like how you use it - as "another essential guitar" - and not just a "bottom". (When I do that, I almost always get a there-is-not-enough-bottom from the bottom dwellers).
I wish the drums had a bit more high end. I would imagine that is to tame the cymbals? And a hair more volume...
The organ was awesome.
Good vocals!!!!
GOOD STUFF.
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Excellent. The rhythm guitars are well done. Tasteful, even. LOVE the Bass. A huge element of the song and sound. I especially like how you use it - as "another essential guitar" - and not just a "bottom". (When I do that, I almost always get a there-is-not-enough-bottom from the bottom dwellers). I wish the drums had a bit more high end. I would imagine that is to tame the cymbals? And a hair more volume... The organ was awesome. Good vocals!!!! GOOD STUFF. fj Thanks Floyd, the bass is built with a duplicate track...the dup has a high pass filter and an overdrive pedal VST on it which is then blended with the original to retain the bottom end and avoid the mush that happens with distorted lows. Yes, the cymbals - but I'll look at a work around.
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
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Ray, this is a fantastic tune! Very impressive arrangement, playing and vocals. Tasteful FX throughout including the big ending. Like how you placed your vocals in the mix. Trying to recall your musical reference, but it's evading me. Really enjoyed this!
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Ray,
You are truly the king of the sixties man bringing it all back home, like a straight dose of King Crimson.
On New Year's Eve I went to a party and wore my purple leopard print skin tight pants just for you man, and everybody was staring at me and I just said yeah baby!!
You should fly over here sometime to the states and we'll go to Woodstock and set up a stage and just let it rip, bring it all back.
What the world needs today. Give peace a chance.
Great song man and I'm going to download that style and use it myself.
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Hi Ray,
I think your vocal is sitting right where it should in the mix, wouldn't call it upfront. Bass sounds great, and I like the lick you are playing on the guitar, nice hook. Organ sounds awesome!! I'm missing the obvious reference you mention and you have me curious, late 60's is when I first started really getting into music.
Sounds great so far (listened to mix3) looking forward to seeing where you take it.
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Hi, Ray. It's a fairly obvious ode to an extinguished luminary of the late 60s. Fairly obvious to you. The obvious guess is Syd Barrett, but what do I know? The vocal isn't up front, but as Marty says, it's sitting properly in the mix. I'd prefer it up front, but I don't really have a problem with making out the lyrics. It probably helped that I'd read them first. After the fifth listen, it finally sinks into my brain that I don't understand this style. I don't have the familiarity with the songs of that period, so I'm listening to the song all wrong, expecting it to sound like something else. Anyway, nice work!
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ray,
I'm starting to get used to your songs. I think this song's chord progression and modulation are especially great. It's psychedelic, but it's quite pop and I can feel your originality strongly. The vocals, guitar, and organ are very nice. Enjoyed my listen a lot.
Best regards.
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HI Ray ... Very cool song! I'm not sure who the intended subject of the lyric is - I didn't listen to much of this genre - actually, all the sub-genres inclusive - so I'm absent a reference. The organ at the latter part of the song was a real treat! It was a most enjoyable listen - seriously! The originality of your music always impresses me. Great start to your 2004 musical journey. Alan Thanks Alan, Syd Barret is the object of the microbio.
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
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Ray I really liked that one, the upfront vocal was just fine. Very Pink. Peter Thanks Peter, I had the good fortune to hear some quite excellent Watchtoweresque guitar by you just recently.
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
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Your song is very well done. The voices are very beautiful. Laurent Thank you 4114
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
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Ray, Great melody and love the lyrics... You always write such original and fresh material. Your vocal sounds excellent - I really like it placed in the forefront. Agree with Alan on the organ. Love the effect at the end. Also, a nice mix. Great stuff! Bob Phanque Bob, BIAB B3 usually comes up trumps.
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Love your faults, Ray. I read these words "Vocals are UP FRONT...I know: quel horror?" Then saw your profile pic. HAHA Perfect! Like Alan, I'm not versed in the genre, but figured you were talking about me. I like Peter's "Pink" reference. I really dig the feel and the vocals up front (unadulterated and all) sounds just right, Goldilokcs. Thanks Marty, we all have our Goldilocks zone don't we?
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
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Ray, this is a fantastic tune! Very impressive arrangement, playing and vocals. Tasteful FX throughout including the big ending. Like how you placed your vocals in the mix. Trying to recall your musical reference, but it's evading me. Really enjoyed this! Ta Ron, An approximate musical time reference for this would be 1967 in the UK and earlier in the US.
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
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Ray, You are truly the king of the sixties man bringing it all back home, like a straight dose of King Crimson. On New Year's Eve I went to a party and wore my purple leopard print skin tight pants just for you man, and everybody was staring at me and I just said yeah baby!! You should fly over here sometime to the states and we'll go to Woodstock and set up a stage and just let it rip, bring it all back. What the world needs today. Give peace a chance. Great song man and I'm going to download that style and use it myself. Thanks David, I'd imagine those duds with a leopard skin pill box hat given one of your influences. I'm pleased you enjoyed my nostalgia. K.C....oh what a power ful band...I play the double "hits" LP quite a bit but I also have the 1st half dozen LPs to deep dive into.
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
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