DocJ's 100 Most Recent Comments

Gimme Shelter by simgo99 5 years ago
I love this; great interpretation! Who is the high voice doing the Sandy Denny parts? The guitar is right on. Sorta miss the distorted harmonica textures, though.
InConSequential by DocJ 5 years ago
Hey, thanks for the kind words. I've been doing some session work recently to pay the bills. I have half a dozen tunes in various stages ... the closest to being ready is a cover of "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush. I'll propbably complete that first; I'm a little burned out right now as far as original creativity. I also want to remix some of my other tunes after getting (OK, overhearing) some great engineering advice.
Ship Of Fire by Royall 5 years ago
OK, this isn't working for some reason. Most of comment is getting chopped off. I'll message you.

Love the Lionel Ritchie "All Night Long" intro percussion and the slick
Ship Of Fire by Royall 5 years ago
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Love the Lionel Ritchie "All Night Long" intro percussion and the slick
Ship Of Fire by Royall 5 years ago
Love the Lionel Ritchie "All Night Long" intro percussion and the slick
The Trees (Rush cover) by DocJ 5 years ago
No sh*t? Wow. You must be an almost-geezer like me. I hope you weren't the one doing the high-pitched whistling during the quiet parts. Those concerts were in Toronto, if I remember right. I prefer almost every song on "Stage" to the studio versions. Some day I'll do covers of "2112" and "By-Tor." Anyway, thanks for listening and sharing your Rush experience!
Magnet Face by rainbowsatan6 5 years ago
Hot stuff! I heard a little Maiden influence in there, too, but not excessively. I like the little Zakk Wylde harmonic/tremolo there near the end.
Took? Taken. by rainbowsatan6 5 years ago
I really admire your speed-metal chops. I wish my wrist could move that fast and maintain accuracy. Recommend you get a little more high-end edge on the EQ.
Ah Leah (Donnie Iris cover) by DocJ 5 years ago
Well, it's nice to see young people interested in music that came out before they were born. Rock On! (another one-hit wonder, this time from the '70s.)
Ah Leah (Donnie Iris cover) by DocJ 5 years ago
By the way, I'd be happy to give this to a vocalist with the lead synth line removed. Record your vocals in a separate track, send me that track and I'll do a remix. Same with the other cover song I posted, "The Trees."
Ah Leah (Donnie Iris cover) by DocJ 5 years ago
A coincidence indeed ... you must be listening to a Classic Rock station, dare I say Oldies? Yeah, I guess 1981 is ancient history now. Anyway, thanks for your comments! I have a bit of digital distortion happening in a few spots, that I just can't seem to clean up without cutting the gain by too much or taking the punch out of the song. I've played with individual tracks, EQ, compression until I was crazy and said to hell with it.
The Trees (Rush cover) by DocJ 5 years ago
Another Alex Lifeson disciple ... greetings! That wasn't an ice cream seller's jacket, it was a Miami Vice jacket. And Geddy was wearing a black one, too, in that era. Both had their sleeves rolled up in true Don Johnson style. These days Geddy looks much the same (with different jacket, bass and hair), but Alex has gotten old and fat. He still burns up the fretboard, though, and plays the 1970s classics with more respect and relish than he did in the 80s and 90s. Recommend you get the Rush in Rio 2004 concert DVD if you don't have it already.

My Rush "Bible," and I wore out several LPs and tapes before CDs came along, was All the World's A Stage. Did you learn 2112 and By-Tor and the Snow Dog note for note, like I did?
The Trees (Rush cover) by DocJ 5 years ago
As a guitarist I relate more to Alex, and I spent my younger life learning his guitar parts, but I'm more in awe of Geddy and Neil. Bass is a difficult instrument to use expressively, but he is a master. He also makes it hard to do covers, because you can't replace his parts with a simple bass line, you have to painstakingly recreate the melodic lines he weaves. Same with Neil's drum track; there's no using loops with similar patterns because there's no such thing. He's so inventive and changes the parts as the song goes on. Anyway, I was trying to be as faithful as possible to the arrangement without matching sounds and instruments precisely. Thanks for giving a listen!
Zero To 60 by DocJ 5 years ago
zallaz and mitz, thanks for listening and commenting. Rock less hard? Like maybe Zero to 40? Not on this one. Recommend you invest in some quality headphones so you don't fry your parents' brain cells ... just your own. Maybe THEY want to invest in some headphones for you. smiley

Next project that's close to ready for public posting is a cover of one of my favorite Rush songs. Tricky thing about covers is making them faithful to the original yet adding some personal touches that blend in.
I Before You Except After Me by Justin V 5 years ago
Nice polished vocals and catchy to boot. Very clever title, I wish I had thought of it first. Why not edit out the amp hum and crackle before the song starts? Some people deliberately keep that kind of noise to give it character / authenticity and less studio-ized. I can respect that.
Reaction by Shred 5 years ago
My first thought after the first few riffs was "Maiden." But then it continued in its own direction and I liked it better than I like most Maiden songs after "Beast." Nice fluid and tuneful leads! I have a Boss GT-6 rig ... the tone you get from your GT-8 is GR-8!
blackangel by brandocamos 5 years ago
Heavy metal, unplugged? For some reason it makes me think of Beck's biggest hit. (Not Jeff, but that alternative guy with no first name, I'm A Loser Baby.) Maybe it's the acoustic parts.
Donocomos by brandocamos 5 years ago
Man, your brother has a right wrist that never quits. Mine hurts just listening to those speed riffs. Maybe this is what the Beach Boys would sound like if they became a thrash-metal band, a la Spinal Tap. I'd bring some of the levels up, go for more contrast between hard sections and soft.
Beholder's Eye by Redstains 5 years ago
Really like the guitars and the tempo changes, and the vocals (the ones that didn't go through the "hell-scream" filter) are better than excellent.
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