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| Suspect Sceptics by artneuro | 4 years ago |
| Wonderful! It's all great, but the bridge and solo are particularly masterful. And I love the 'guest' vocalist bits. You're wicked! -anDroid- |
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| Tempted by artneuro | 4 years ago |
| I love that song and you DEFINITELY have done it justice. Here I was expecting a Split Enz or Crowded House cover but, ever trompe-ing le Monde, you break out the ol' Squeeze. Thanks for keeping us on our collective toes. -anDroid- PS. I still think your voice is real Joey Ramone |
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| Emerald Furnace - Test Mix 5 by Coelacanth | 4 years ago |
| Tremendous piece of music. Listening to it is like discovering a missing Jefferson Airplane/Starship track. It's all good, but those vocals are particularly impressive. I can't really find any element to criticize, constructively or otherwise. -anDroid- |
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| Buenas Tardes Amigo (Cinco de Mayo) by Dyl | 5 years ago |
 Passes mustard with this here big Ween fan from way back, so.. way to go Dyl! -anDroid- |
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| Always A Reason [2006 Mix] by artneuro | 5 years ago |
Great! |
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| I never asked you to be my girl by JHarley | 5 years ago |
Perfect. |
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| Old Red Book by Conor | 5 years ago |
Real purdy. |
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| We Can Turn Around by JHarley | 5 years ago |
Great song. Love that poppin' rumblin' bass! By the end it takes on a very 'man who sold the world' era Bowie-like sound, but with that unique JHarley twist. Keep up the good work! -anDroid- |
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| Love Lobotomised Me by artneuro | 5 years ago |
I was eating dinner in a super busy chinese joint in midtown and the chorus of this song was playing over and over in my brain. In other words, this is the catchiest thing I've heard in the last 3 days. -anDroid- |
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| Fat Dub by Coelacanth | 5 years ago |
Fantastic piece of music. Great words and beautifully sung by Michelle Z. to great effect. Real nice guitars too. -anDroid- |
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| Dirty Love by artneuro | 5 years ago |
Whew! Great guitar work and vocals. We're getting better at this stuff everyday, I'd say. Drums fit perfectly too. How'd you do them? All in all this is a wicked song! -anDroid- |
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| Stuck (Garlic Man's Lament) by Dyl | 5 years ago |
Holy crap this is good! Beautiful tone and tasteful guitar bits and perfect drums. And your voices go so well together? How do you guys get things to sound so high quality? I can't do that! Nice harmonica bit, too. Pretty words. Wonderful. -anDroid- |
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| Man Without A Tribe by artneuro | 5 years ago |
Great song! Sounds very pro quality to me. Every element is great. The tone of that slashing rhythm guitar is so crisp and yet full. Is that your new guitar? Great bends on that solo, too. (Do I hear a bit of Chisel influence here?) Awesome. -anDroid- |
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| Wasn't Life Easy 'The Video by alanatomic | 6 years ago |
Whoa. I don't know how you did this, but it's pretty fabulous. Already a fan of my good man theGranz -I really like the swirly psychedelic stuff you did in the vid that complements his sound so nicely. I notice that some stuff repeats throughout, which is fine, I just thought I'd make this comment: if you are going to be doing any tweaking, the effect I found particularly gratifying and would like to see more of was the bit at, say about 30 seconds into it, where the background goes yellow and you take the natural gyration of the dancer and keep her twisting 'till she kaleidoscopes. If you could do this type of "psychedelic extension" at the end of each of the dancing girl segments, I think you would have an interesting motif around which to base the video, allowing you to avoid perceptions of gratuitous sexiness. Just my two cents. Anyway, great stuff! -anDroid- |
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| the madman at the campfire by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Hey thanks, Bob6. Good to hear from ya. Such kind words. I could pump up the vocals, but I have a tendency to keep them just at the level of embarrassment at hearing my own voice. Maybe that's why one gets a producer.. Anyway, thanks. -anDroid- |
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| Felt Like I Was Falling by Conor | 6 years ago |
Beautiful music. Makes me feel like I'm at a campfire, which is funny, since my most recent song takes place at a campfire. I always dig your sensibility or whatever -the pretty, yet slightly discordant, dreamy kind of sound you create. I'm curious whose lines were whose on this -did you do the first line and your bud the second, or vice versa? -anDroid- |
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| The Spanish Bar & Grill Incident by Dyl | 6 years ago |
First of all, awesome music. Second: this happened to me too! Man, whatever Dylan touches these days turns to gold.. -anDroid- |
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| the madman at the campfire by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thanks, tsunami Dave, thanks Dylan. Art, this was actually a quickie. Not a quickie by some standards, but.. I did the music in one afternoon and the words the next. It could undoubtedly use some tweaking, but I just decided to put it out 'as is' rather than trying to perfect it. Still just stumbling along in the world of songsmithery. -anDroid- |
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| the madman at the campfire by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thanks for the feedback, fellows. I posted the lyrics, such as they are, as requested. -anDroid- |
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| the madman at the campfire by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Number one and only! Thanks, art. -anDroid- |
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| Pipeline Of Fire by Dyl | 6 years ago |
Great track, fellows. I've been away from iComp for a while and it seems like the quality level has gone through the roof around here. Everything Dylan's involved in lately is golden. Nick Cave eat your heart out, Dylan and Zallaz have taken over. -anDroid- |
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| The Happy Divorce Song by Dyl | 6 years ago |
Hilarious and rockin'. Your voice alternates between Mark Knopfler and Lemmy Kilmister. Is that the kind of husband you were? No wonder, buddy! Ha! -anDroid- |
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| Sand (duet) by Dyl | 6 years ago |
Dylan, you've come a hell of a long way since Tucson, France. I'm sorry I haven't been around to witness the progress. This is TOP NOTCH! Wow! Great guest vocals and guitar soloist, but I know from experience this is pure Dyl. Wow again. Wow. -anDroid- |
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| slow potion by longshot | 6 years ago |
I like the concept and the sensibility of the piece. I'd love to recreate this with you somehow using real instruments. (Rather than loops, I mean) A lap steel might work for some of it. We could do it as a country ensemble, perhaps.. Scotchguard would probably help.. -anDroid- |
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| lemonade by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Cool comment, Baboon, thanks! -anDroid- |
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| It Is Well (kids sing) by ssstebbe | 6 years ago |
Heart warming stuff, sir. Very well enjoyed. Did you record it on your laptop straight into GB, or separately? In any case it sounds okay, coughs and all. The piano composition itself, as I remarked when you posted it, is supreme. Thanks for sharing! -anDroid- |
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| interstate by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Wow, thanks for the insights, Pharmakeus. Very educational in an area in which I sorely need education. Thanks! I will try what you suggested (I can't do it in the next few days, but soon) and I'll get back to you. Thanks again, very much for this extremely constructive criticism. This may prove to be just the prod I needed to move forward. More later.. -anDroid- |
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| 22 Years(remaster) by gcooke | 6 years ago |
Nice. Besides being a sweet song with an admirable sentiment, it's also well-written and features some real high-quality sounds. Is that hammond sound a GB instrument? Anyway, good stuff! -anDroid- |
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| The Burning Moon by Conor | 6 years ago |
Excellent, as usual. I love the style you have of alternating between super slow quiet stuff and blistering speed. Man, Bloc Party's got nothing on you. Broken Social Scene's got nothing on ya either, 'cept the other 22 members.. and what's the name of your band? -anDroid- |
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| QAA: sausage party by ponkey | 6 years ago |
| I guess that's just very nice chimey guitars I thought were a piano. Now that I think of it, a piano is just a lyre in a box, strummed with little hammers. Sounds pretty, whatever it is. -anDroid- |
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| TRYING TO FIND powermac by wal4u | 6 years ago |
LOVE IT! Must listen again immediately. -anDroid- |
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| WF-Electrochine by DavidBowles | 6 years ago |
Interesting piece. It does have that busy, Phillip Glass-style, sped up escalators with people going to work in Tokyo soundtrack thing going on. All the elements go together quite nicely. If I were you I'd put some echo or sustain on the horn-like instrument though - sometimes it felt like it stopped kind of abruptly. Anyway, good stuff. -anDroid- |
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| QAA: sausage party by ponkey | 6 years ago |
Another little gem from the Ponkster! Pretty piano, great guitar (that rotary effect sounded great on the solo) and sweet singin'. By the way, I don't know if you meant this tongue in cheek, but in jkane's and my neck of the woods at least, a sausage fest is a term in the local vernacular used as to express one's disappointment, upon arrival at a party, for example, with the presence of an inordinate number of males, and no prospects for a 'chat up' or a 'pull', if I may attempt a bit of your local slang.. so if you're over this way, careful what you wish for. -anDroid- |
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| QAA: heart of dog by ponkey | 6 years ago |
Hiya Ponk! Glad to hear some new material from ya. And a pretty tune, too. I felt it could have gone on a bit longer. Would you consider writing a couple more verses? It stands as it is, of course, but the story deserves to be fleshed-out a bit. I always kinda thought Garcia Marquez popularized (dumbed down) Borges' genre, by the way, although I enjoy both. Guess I ought to check out Bulgakov. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. -anDroid- |
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| Waiting For Comments by Dyl | 6 years ago |
Great stuff, Dyl. Great guitars and singing and the words are perfect. -anDroid- |
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| Cliffs of Dover (Eric Johnson Cover) by macdude02 | 6 years ago |
Great work man! I've never heard the original, but I loved this. -anDroid- |
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| I Didn't Know That You Owned This Road(remaster) by gcooke | 6 years ago |
Great tune. Really nice tones on bass and guitars, and your voice sounds great too. I'd be curious to know what mic you used for this. Neat use of the traffic sample. Kinda reminds me of Daniel Lanois overall. Anyway, pretty darn good stuff. -anDroid- |
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| flute salad by Stun_Nutz | 6 years ago |
Great use of the musical typing option. It really sounds like improvised flute. The subtle use of the real flute sampled from the 'rudimentary love chant' (bad attempt at translation) works nicely to heighten the effect. It's neat too, the way you change the effects treatment of the flute which for a bit kinda reminded me of Miles D's trumpet through a wah wah pedal he did in that 70's fusion stuff, and then finally goes so far as to sound like bagpipes! My kilt was startin' to ride up a little there! Which leads me to suggest an alternate title: "that's no way to treat a flute" -anDroid- |
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| QAA: better tomorrow by ponkey | 6 years ago |
Great song to end QAA. I like the dramatic guitar parts and your singing. This seems like part of a rock opera. -anDroid- |
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| The tSUNAMIS-Spiders Web by PiranhaLake | 6 years ago |
| I came back. Hi! Great tune. |
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| The tSUNAMIS-Spiders Web by PiranhaLake | 6 years ago |
Good stuff man. Will have to listen to more of yours. -anDroid- |
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| Now I Compose by pooey | 6 years ago |
Awesome theme song! Great guitars, bass, drums, everything. Your wife sounds like Chrissie Hynde or Pat Benetar or something -absolutely fantastic singing. It's wierd that 11 people have downloaded this and no-one's left a comment. Don't really get that. Anyway, fantastic song exactly right for this contest. -anDroid- |
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| What's That On The Road, aHead? by Hunksten Proudfoot | 6 years ago |
Nice one Hunkst! I like the synth cat hiss noises and the general animalistic feel of dancing around a huge bonfire shaking bones and clubs and spears at the gods that dominates the first third and the tricky rhythms and smooth sounds that captivate us and keep us on board for the rest the journey. Seriously quality stuff man. -anDroid- |
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| The wood Song by woodguy32 | 6 years ago |
I like this one wood. It's a real departure from your normal surf guitar stuff, and I think that's good, y'know, to explore some new territory. (Not that I don't like your surfy stuff -I do) Nice pianos and harpsichords and organs here. The bass is a little strange, but, overall, it's great. -anDroid- |
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| miracle machines by NICKPHAROAHE | 6 years ago |
Beautiful piece. I feel there should be more verses, but you mentioned that you might be planning to add more. Give me a heads up when you do. There is something weak in the production, but I feel there is plenty of potential for this to be truly great. -anDroid- |
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| List Hater by lilichi | 6 years ago |
You know, I never even notice that top ten list. I just go straight to backstage on my bookmark bar, and then to the music page to see what's new. I never scroll down to where that list is, or the random song list. (of course that may be because I'd never be on there) So, I don't really get the joke. That said, I liked your song a lot. You should be doing your own music all the time! -anDroid- |
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| iComp Theme (Majestic) by jayman | 6 years ago |
Beautiful! Majestic! Grand, even! Very well done. -anDroid- |
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| iComps Lounge by LaFayette | 6 years ago |
Wow. This is quality stuff. You set up a real smooth tapestry of sound on which to display your formidable guitar skills. It's like a showcase or a demo of what can be done with GB. Well done! -anDroid- |
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| iComp blues! by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Tanks fellers! Ermites, jokes about fans aside, the funny thing is when I was writing this song my cable was down and I couldn't get online to check peoples' names and stuff so I just had to include the people who popped into my head, and rhymed, of course! -anDroid- |
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| iCompositions Dot Com by paulhenrys | 6 years ago |
Fun! One of the things I really like about it is that it really sounds like a theme song, like for a children's show on TV like about science or something. Appealing in a really wholesome, childlike way. Good effort! -anDroid- |
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| Contradictions (extended remix) by JHarley | 6 years ago |
I love the way your unique style of guitar work has transferred over to that 5 string bass of yours. It's now a real signature JHarley bass sound. How interesting it's been seeing your sound develop over the last year or so. Great stuff! -anDroid- |
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| OH,ICOMPOSITIONS(SLAPPY'S THEME) by Slappytwac | 6 years ago |
Sooweeeet! I love the bluesy, raspy twinge you put on "iCompositions" when you sing it. Funny and good. The slappy take on the iComp theme. Great! -anDroid- |
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| iComps Takes World By Storm! by Sista Mac | 6 years ago |
Wonderful. Love your singing. That whoo hooo part is wrenchingly sweet -wish there was more of it. Great artwork too. Just great! -anDroid- |
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| iComp Puts The I by enicholsIC | 6 years ago |
Great! You really pulled this off. The lyrics are excellent and totally convey the iComp experience. I really like the sound of your guitars. It's actually a very slick production! Bravo! -anDroid- |
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| Tucson, France by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thanks everyone for commenting. Pharmakeus: I totally agree, but the thing was, I got these drums and bass in one track from longshot and in the beginning it was pretty much completely an exercise in reverb -trying to get enough reverb into my guitar parts to make it match up with his drumming and bassing track which was unbelievably reverb-y, mainly I think because these really were live drums recorded in a room. That kind of reverb is legit, right? Anyway, I may have gone too far, I'll go over it again and see if I can reduce reverb on anything. I think Dylan's vocals are actually set on zero reverb, but. Hmm, is there any way to reduce reverb besides the reverb slider (which is on zero) by the way? Like with compression or something? Anyway, I'll look into it.. -anDroid- |
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| interstate by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thanks fellows, you're very kind. Art, I liked your idea for the movie trailer. That's about what this is, like a trailer hinting at what could be if only I'd get my act together. -anDroid- |
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| The Old iComp Twang by Matt Granz | 6 years ago |
Oh yeah. That's some sweet-sounding guitar there, pardner. What kinda axe you playin'? -anDroid- |
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| the Earth drinks by elder | 6 years ago |
Pretty impressive composition. I'm not exactly clear on what it is -what a random mix is, for example- but it's sure interesting and thought-provoking and I enjoyed listening to it a lot. -anDroid- |
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| It Is Well With My Soul by ssstebbe | 6 years ago |
That's very pretty piano. I'd like to hear the children singing with it. Are you able to bring us a field recording? -anDroid- |
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| I'm a broken link (spam free song) by Dyl | 6 years ago |
Incroyable! Great song in every way. I particularly love the way it strips down in the end. Great stuff. If you really want more lyrics, let me know.. -anDroid- |
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| War on Christmas by offbalance | 6 years ago |
Great holiday song. Great soundbites. Happy Holly Jollyday and a Schnappy New Year! -anDroid- |
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| Monteverdi who? by annamaria | 6 years ago |
Neat! What a zany idea for a song, yet it works. Who'd a thunk it: a 16th century Italian poem sung over the internet with a 60's swing jazz ensemble backing. Strange times we're in, huh? -anDroid- |
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| Swallow the bait by JHarley | 6 years ago |
Great stuff. Lot's of snazzy effects. Those delays on the acoustic guitar chords at the beginning are very nice indeed. And the singing is nice, too, especially on the chorus. Drums are great, too. How do you do those if you don't mind sharing? And that creepy ending -whew. Like the beginning of a Future Sound of London track. Anyway, nice. -anDroid- |
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| Moth, I don't believe you... by JHarley | 6 years ago |
Another nice song from our fearless leader. In the middle the guitar was reminding me of that Scottish 80s band Big Country. Anyway it sounds great. Nice crisp acoustic guitar, nice round bass and tasteful soloing throughout. Bravo! -anDroid- |
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| QAA: Kentucky fried blues by ponkey | 6 years ago |
Real nice, Ponk! Neil went to my high school -believe it or not- got kicked out for punching the gym teacher who touched his butt when trying to push him over the box horse. Prob'ly the best thing could of happened to him. You do sound uncannily like him at a couple points. Anyhoo, it's a sweet little song. Gonna listen a few more times now to get more of the words. Those guitars are great, by the way. And that bass sounds really good, too. How did you do that bass? -anDroid- |
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| it takes time (beastie joint) by longshot | 6 years ago |
I think you guys are onto something matching these high speed beats with the high speed beasts. It's kind of a refreshing way to hear their raps. I have no idea how you are able to create those speedy drum bits, though. Is it just loops speeded up? Anyway, great stuff. -anDroid- |
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| Mr. Morendi (midi bungle cover) by longshot | 6 years ago |
Hey, this is pretty neat. I should listen to more Mr Bungle. I have been listening to Mike P's newer band Tomahawk. It's pretty heavy. The guitarist from the Jesus Lizard's in the band and he gets some heavy tones out of his guitar. You probably know all this already.. -anDroid- |
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| Jam excerpt [live band] by Bob6stringer | 6 years ago |
Oh hell yeah! I dream of playing like you. -anDroid- |
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| QAA: You're Special (JHarley cover) by ponkey | 6 years ago |
Don't know how I missed this one when it came out, but it's a tremendous cover. And I really liked the original. Your voice and phrasing give it a real Echo and the Bunnymen feel. Beautiful! -anDroid- |
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| Between Strangers (a Fractal Garden track) by Ignoramus | 6 years ago |
This is awesome. I love the sound of that keyboard bass - very Gorillaz - and I love the atmosphere of the whole piece. The squawkin' guitar is great too. Great collab. -anDroid- |
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| QAA: requiem for ponkey by ponkey | 6 years ago |
The best kind of parody is the kind that actually makes a successful example of the thing it's parodying. Which this does. Great song, but sad! I promise to play it a lot the day you die. -anDroid- |
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| A Round [Heartbreak 1991] by Bob6stringer | 6 years ago |
It's funny, isn't it, how one of the most sought after sounds around here is the sound of a plain old mic capturing a plain old room containing a plain old guitar and a plain old voice? Why? Because it sounds rather damn nice, that's why. Especially when it sounds as sweet as this. -anDroid- |
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| way down tucson way by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thanks laf, thanks art, any suggestions of where to take the track or what more to add? It'd be great to have you involved. I'm waiting to hear what longshot thinks of this thing, but he's clearly away from a computer at present. Hope he can get to one soon! |
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| way down tucson way by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thanks Dylan and Sis! And hey, there's no time now, but there's always the new year.. I can hear those jazzy keys and maybe even some floyd-ish vocals too. -anDroid- |
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| Gather Your Mind by jkane | 6 years ago |
Real pretty little ditty there fellers. Nice and understated, yet truly moving. Outstanding effort. -anDroid- |
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| ZZ Cop by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| No, I don't know all this already, and that is interesting. I also notice my mixes sound radically different from one system to another. Once I recorded some of my stuff onto a cassette tape and it was almost unlistenable. I definitely need to learn more about monitors, mixing and mastering... artneuro has explained some stuff (he's good at explaining this stuff) and I'm always interested to hear more. Thanks. | |
| ZZ Cop by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thanks pharm, yeah it's supposed to be bluesy, but I lost count of the bars a few times, which 'caused me to start firing guns off all over the place, which 'caused the cops to come after me, etc. etc. I don't know what a KRK_8 setup is, but it sounds neat. Thanks long, and you know what this song really needs -some variation in the drumming. What do you say, my hilarious beat-making friend? -anDroid- |
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| shake baby shake by j_twang | 6 years ago |
Not bad at all -j_twang- nice guitars, bass, good feel. I liked the Social D-style pick slide about 1/3 of the way through. I also liked the way the piece kind of rode along between a few different genres - like, one guitar part is totally surf, while another is more modern. Kinda pixies-ish, in a way. Anyway, good stuff. -anDroid- |
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| Never Be The Same by JHarley | 6 years ago |
Excellent stuff, as usual. Kinda reminds of later Stranglers. Sounds really high in production values- vocals are especially nice. Enjoyed! -anDroid- |
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| The News by Matt Granz | 6 years ago |
Wicked tune! Reminds me of the Jam or something I can't quite pin down. Took forever to load the page, and I came back to the computer about an hour later and it was loaded. Glad I came back, but that must turn a lot of potential listeners off, huh? Anyway, I dug. I dug plenty. -anDroid- |
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| ZZ Cop by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thanks, Art! Your kind words are always an inspiration. -anDroid- |
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| Tarantula Ryder by Blacklilyorchard | 6 years ago |
Very pretty. Your voices sound neat together - almost like one hybrid voice- cool! -anDroid- |
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| Bridging by pm | 6 years ago |
A nice, understated piece with an interesting melody. It did seem to end precisely 4 notes early.. -anDroid- |
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| Winter by donfelice | 6 years ago |
Very pretty tune. Especially the main "liese..ahu..hu..ahu..ahu..liese" bit is really nice. Well done! -anDroid- |
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| Alien Voiceunder by Bob6stringer | 6 years ago |
Wicked! The Chatanooga Choo Choo on high test moonshine! The guitars sound great. How do you get 'em into GB from the GT-6? -anDroid- |
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| Double-You by JHarley | 6 years ago |
Enjoyed it. Wonderful rich acoustic guitar at the beginning. I wonder what kind of mic you have? Does seem to be recorded a bit loud.. Really like the experimental quality of the rest of the song. Nice bass playing, too. -anDroid- |
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| Boy, Girl by Didier | 6 years ago |
Top notch. It's a perfect choice of poem and a great song built to deliver it. Nice singing and backups, harmonies etc. Reminds me a bit of Lenny Kravitz towards the end. Anyway, I really enjoyed it. -anDroid- |
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| Be Undone by btransue | 6 years ago |
Are you kidding? That was beautiful! Yes, a little lengthy perhaps, but very pleasant to the ear. Those 'questionable harmonies' are particularly nice. Whatever mic you're using it's the right one - it couldn't sound better. -anDroid- |
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| QAA: happy halloween by ponkey | 6 years ago |
Oooh spooky! Thanks for cheering me up on a Hungover Halloween. -anDroid- |
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| S p I r A l dance by longshot | 6 years ago |
Neat tune. I like the wash of distortion and the various guitars. Is that an Andy Goldsworthy creation in the photo? Oh and welcome back! -anDroid- |
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| a new york minute by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thank you petercap, Tadashi: arigatou. -anDroid- |
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| Mon jazz ŕ moi... by LaFayette | 6 years ago |
Very enjoyable piece. Pleasant to the ear and relaxing to the mind. -anDroid- |
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| You're Special by JHarley | 6 years ago |
Wow. Speechless for a minute there. First of all it's a lovely song. Your guitar playing is excellent as usual. The solo is particularly reserved and refined. And those strings are fantastic. A bit like in a Bond theme. Are they a software instrument? Logic Pro, huh? Hmmn. -anDroid- |
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| QAA: why kill? (vaporman cover) by ponkey | 6 years ago |
Real pretty. A total departure from the original (sounds funny saying that, right, since I heard the original exactly 4 minutes ago, but I'm trying to imagine listening to this as if Vaporman's version was a much beloved Devo song from the 80s and thinking 'oh great, a cover version' as you do with these things) Cover songs rarely please us but you are onto something with your balalaika. It's a kind of disarming instrument (and not because it can be used to kill a man!) -anDroid- |
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| Why Kill? by vaporman | 6 years ago |
Neato! Nifty! Short and sassy! -anDroid- |
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| a new york minute by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thank you thank you thank you, Ian R, yohmar and Neumuzik. Appreciate the kind words very much. -anDroid- |
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| a new york minute by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thanks theGranz! I know the scenario you describe well - I often ride my bicycle to work and it's like road warriors out there. I never thought I'd get road rage on a bike, but I get it like 14 times a day in this town! This tune is attempting to describe a more peaceful, early morning before the traffic starts vibe. As you point out, that'll last about a new york minute. Thanks artneuro! You're right, that double bass loop was the whole foundation of the track previously and I worked really hard to try to recreate it with an electric bass and a software double bass, but I couldn't get it to sound as good as the loop. Somehow, though, I always felt that loop was a bit of a cheat, so... now I can say I'm playing everything on there -guitars, piano, vibes and bass. Misguided perhaps, and I do miss that nice sounding loop too, but.. -anDroid- |
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| a new york minute by anDroidfrisBee | 6 years ago |
| Thanks ponkey, you were right to criticise me -I was inexplicably overattached to the idea that it must swing which made the whole thing unreasonably difficult to pull off. -anDroid- |
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| Heart Of Stockholm (He Flew Away) by etgilles | 6 years ago |
Pretty impressive effort. You guys are so ambitious with your stuff. Your tracks have a kind of epic feel. I don't know if I'm really qualified to criticize, but from my perspective the intro section could be a little more accessible. I think I understand what you are trying to do with the piece, and it does work. I like the way you set up some tension and then release from about the halfway point and then it really soars. Beautiful, that second half. -anDroid- |
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| "Watered Down" vox by Dylan by longshot | 6 years ago |
Hell yeah! Nice and heavy, perfect drums as usual, and now Dylan's spot-on vocals. Great collab, great song...great! -anDroid- |
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