Here's the Soundclick streamer (problematic but OK)
https://soundcloud.com/rayc/the-keeper-pygmy-beat-extended
And here is a link to a 320 MP3 which sounds a tad better...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dmz7td96pcts96p/The%20Keeper%20-%20Pygmy%20Beat%20Extended.mp3?dl=0

Stylistically this is punkish but more probably new wave. Well, it has a '77 vibe.
Here's a track I'm almost done with. Soundcloud is a bit rough on the cymbals though.
Pygmy Beat Extended's The Keeper (copyright r.cochrane) featuring RealDrums Rock even8.
Greg Loyacano (a fantastic drummer but happy enough to play along with the box on this one) on guitars (Les Paul goldtop, SG greyburst & Mosrite copy into double mic'd Marshall and 4x12 = mics blended).
Bob Harris on all vocals and I did the Vantage bass into a Behringer compressor into a BDI21 DI then into a Scarlette 8i6 interface.
The High hat was a little loud in the stereo drum file. there is no way of adjusting that effectively so I used a sharpish EQ dip and a high shelf to bring it under control.
Ihad some grief getting the right drum kit for this song as RealDrums will only play as part of RealStyles so it was case of listening beyond the other instruments before using the PlugIn mode to drag the drums into Reaper to mix'n'match.
The Keeper
V1
And the keeper did come
Bringing keys for the cage
He walked through the corridor
And onto the stage

Ch1
As he turned to the crowd
Seated in his mind
And searched all the faces
For a love lost to find

V2
His tears fell like kisses
On dark xenophobes
And his eyes blinked like lanterns’
Beneath unlight strobes

Ch 2
As he turned to the crowd
Crowded with their thoughts
Subconscious of the time
And of how it distorts.

V3
And so bowing he turned
And he walked to the wings
His mind floated in mem’ries
Of less painful things

Solo (double intro)

V4
He followed the chalk marks
On the bare timber walls
On past lighthouses dormant
And through empty halls

Ch 3
As he turned to the crowd
Pinned like ghosts enthralled
In the spotlight’s arc
As his past reinstalled

V5
Still on through the evening
Of a starless white sky
To a place where the hangman
Himself had to die

Ch4
As he turned to the crowd
On earth and on snow
To fade into Present,
Past Future to know
Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers
ray

Last edited by rayc; 04/30/16 11:53 PM. Reason: Added new link
Cheers
rayc
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