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04-23-2012, 04:05 PM
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Proggin my ass off
the music for this song was written by a friend of mine who's doing his own mix in Logic. i liked the song so much that i wanted a version to post here in our forum, so i had him send me his drums and music stems for me to mix and add my vocals in Reaper.
i knew he was a big time prog guy, so i tried to follow suit vocally and melodically.
...a black Jon Anderson???
...surreal... :|
Duane aka Les_Kloo all music and composition
Me: vocal, melody, lyrics
Warning: long one...
http://www.box.com/s/6ae62823870c4944036b
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04-23-2012, 04:17 PM
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Very cool stuff, sammydix. I hear a lot of influences here. It's always interesting when a musician steps out of their normal element. It always ends up fresh!
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04-23-2012, 04:25 PM
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This is great man.Very original..vocals rock.Respect.
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it aint worth a bop,if it dont got that pop
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04-24-2012, 02:21 AM
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Cool!
You truly are a multi-genre wizard with vocals.
Still always recognizable as you.
One thing that distracted from the whole was that somewhat buzzy rhythm guitar sound.
But that's small stuff - probably if I'd listen a second song in a row, I would've already gotten used to it.
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04-24-2012, 07:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sammydix
Duane aka Les_Kloo all music and composition
Me: vocal, melody, lyrics
Warning: long one...
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Well, 6:55 is pretty damn short by prog standards . Quality big of prog metal too.
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04-24-2012, 08:56 AM
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Holy crap Sammy!
This is by far my favorite track you've ever done (aside from dogman )
That bass... Fuck me runnin.
Excellent all around.
Love it love it love it love it
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04-24-2012, 09:16 AM
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Why don't you guys perform with this? You seem to have lots of talented friends. It'd be a hit. I'm sure.
(Still listening... man, this is far out...)!
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04-24-2012, 09:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by monolith
Very cool stuff, sammydix. I hear a lot of influences here. It's always interesting when a musician steps out of their normal element. It always ends up fresh!
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well, i've never really sang it much, but i listen to a LOT of prog/avant garde stuff: KC, Porcuine, G.Giant, Yes, Zappa, etc...
i like standard rock just for the raw release of it, but i like the more esoteric stuff for the challenge of it.
thx man.
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04-24-2012, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Dj Gaz Le Rock
This is great man.Very original..vocals rock.Respect.
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yeah, Duane comes up with some excellent songs. not so much in this song, but he has a lot of Fripp influence to his style. so i threw in a little Belew influence vocally also.
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04-24-2012, 09:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by carbon
Cool!
You truly are a multi-genre wizard with vocals.
Still always recognizable as you.
One thing that distracted from the whole was that somewhat buzzy rhythm guitar sound.
But that's small stuff - probably if I'd listen a second song in a row, I would've already gotten used to it.
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i think i hear what you mean and i think i made the whole thing just a tad too hot. this was one of those cases where i just got tired of it and uploaded.
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04-24-2012, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by pattonfreak1
Holy crap Sammy!
This is by far my favorite track you've ever done (aside from dogman )
That bass... Fuck me runnin.
Excellent all around.
Love it love it love it love it
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i may be a 90s guy, but gotta stay contemporary to some degree. so fukit, join 'em! ha! i got da throat.
..and it's still fun.
you know it's appreciated my man, and i'll let Duane know about that bass comment too...
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04-24-2012, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Jorgen
Why don't you guys perform with this? You seem to have lots of talented friends. It'd be a hit. I'm sure.
(Still listening... man, this is far out...)!
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i wish, Jorgen. but i'm east coast and he's west coast.
gotta love the 21st century.
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04-24-2012, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by sammydix
i wish, Jorgen. but i'm east coast and he's west coast.
gotta love the 21st century.
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Same boat
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04-24-2012, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by zeekat
Well, 6:55 is pretty damn short by prog standards . Quality big of prog metal too.
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my version is, but i he told me his mix will be around 9 mins or so. guess he's either gonna add more or rearrange stuff--or both.
i do know for sure that he plans to separate the mellow tambura section and place my vocals a capella there.
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04-24-2012, 10:45 AM
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wow this is friggin killer man. The VOX are awesome. Im also really diggin' that bass tone.. hellaciously delicious!!
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04-24-2012, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by thequietroom
wow this is friggin killer man. The VOX are awesome. Im also really diggin' that bass tone.. hellaciously delicious!!
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good for my palette too TQR. i live in a downtown Atlanta high rise, so neighbors are NEAR. so i have to do 'constrained' screaming.
it's like torture man. i just wanna open up with no limitations when i sing the harder stuff...that's why i stay away sometimes.
just too damned frustrating!!!
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04-24-2012, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by sammydix
good for my palette too TQR. i live in a downtown Atlanta high rise, so neighbors are NEAR. so i have to do 'constrained' screaming.
it's like torture man. i just wanna open up with no limitations when i sing the harder stuff...that's why i stay away sometimes.
just too damned frustrating!!!
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You should make a roadtrip with your laptop into the wilderness and scare the wildlife.
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04-25-2012, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by carbon
You should make a roadtrip with your laptop into the wilderness and scare the wildlife.
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HAHA!!!
i got a huge den closet and tried holing myself in there while standing behind a ton of clothes, but it was to much of a hassle.
the scream closet as affectionately known by me and Kindaf.
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04-25-2012, 11:06 AM
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Great! Vocals are great as usual. I can hear the Fripp influences at times... Great song and arrangement.
Not diggin' the mix though. The guitar tone is weak and harsh, too much mids scooped IMO. Mix is a little dry compared to your other mixes which have great separation and clarity. Just my honest opinions though, ignore as necessary
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04-25-2012, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by shemp
Great! Vocals are great as usual. I can hear the Fripp influences at times... Great song and arrangement.
Not diggin' the mix though. The guitar tone is weak and harsh, too much mids scooped IMO. Mix is a little dry compared to your other mixes which have great separation and clarity. Just my honest opinions though, ignore as necessary
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not surprising since i hate it too. hehe
he sent the stems pre-rendered and i work better with stuff RAW. i'm just not good enough to mix pre-eq'd/compressed stuff together. that was a first and a last as far as i'm concerned. i did it only because i liked the song so much, but this is a Reaper forum and to use his original just didn't feel right. but i stress: never going thru that again!
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04-26-2012, 12:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shemp
Great! Vocals are great as usual. I can hear the Fripp influences at times... Great song and arrangement.
Not diggin' the mix though. The guitar tone is weak and harsh, too much mids scooped IMO. Mix is a little dry compared to your other mixes which have great separation and clarity. Just my honest opinions though, ignore as necessary
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note to self: Shemp is always right
Those amazing ideas, that great programming, terrific bass and off the scale vocals definitely deserve much more interesting ryhthm guitar.
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04-26-2012, 02:40 PM
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agreed. but you won't have to suffer that again unless it's 100% my doing.
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04-26-2012, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by spikemullings
note to self: Shemp is always right
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wha.. wha... what ????????????
hardly
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04-26-2012, 06:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shemp
wha.. wha... what ????????????
hardly
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And . . . he's modest!
Sammy - Wow, what a challenging piece! Amazing vox! Another great job man!
Kyle
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04-26-2012, 07:16 PM
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Proggin ur frigging ass off!
Indeed,
I can smell the smoke coming off!
Gotta be weed induced,
:-)
Thx for sharing
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04-27-2012, 05:31 AM
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I'm with shemp.
Whats with the snare? Sounds like there's 2 of them.
Majorly scooped.
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04-27-2012, 07:57 AM
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@plgrmsprgrs
thx man. that was different even for me. if we do another (and i'm quite sure we will), i'll be better suited. unfortunately, i just won't be able to post it here.
@nerdfactormax
please see my reply to Shemp.
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04-27-2012, 07:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bardo
Proggin ur frigging ass off!
Indeed,
I can smell the smoke coming off!
Gotta be weed induced,
:-)
Thx for sharing
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05-01-2012, 12:48 PM
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I'm in line with what Shemp noticed. I gotta tell you that the bass sounds awesome to my ears in a couple spots though. Did you do anything special with the bass track?
I love your lyrics in this tune too. Incredibly clever.
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05-01-2012, 01:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kindafishy
I'm in line with what Shemp noticed. I gotta tell you that the bass sounds awesome to my ears in a couple spots though. Did you do anything special with the bass track?
I love your lyrics in this tune too. Incredibly clever.
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his original title for the music was Verbing Common Noun, and since i like to keep the composer's title and work with it, i came up with the words based on that.
i used Instant on the bass track.
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05-01-2012, 01:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sammydix
his original title for the music was Verbing Common Noun, and since i like to keep the composer's title and work with it,
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Don't I know it!
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Originally Posted by sammydix
i came up with the words based on that.
i used Instant on the bass track.
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Instant, eh? Now I'm convinced to check it out on the next mix I work on.
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