The Show Your Work Thread

[chefcraig]

As the title of the thread implies, here is a place to post your musical endeavors. Demos, completed tracks, video clips, (you name it) can all be deposited here.

In order to kick things off, here are three links to tracks my former band recorded for our 3rd (and barely distributed) album. That's me on bass, keyboards and snatches of rhythm guitar.

The first track is called "Fantasy", and was written before I joined the band. It was our third crack at getting the song recorded, and I still don't believe we got things right. Look, I love how the bass highlights and probes the melodic line forward, I just believe the guitars make the mix sound muddy overall.

FANTASY (http://www.liquidstoneband.com/music/FANTASY.mp3)

This next tune is pretty much a re-write of Van Halen's song "Mean Street". It also features a rather pointless bass solo, but what the hell...it sounds OK. Inexplicably, the distorted tone I used throughout the tune suddenly drops out right after the solo. Don't blame me, I didn't mix the damned thing.

FEED ME (http://www.liquidstoneband.com/music/FEED%20ME.mp3)

When the album was released, we didn't exactly light up the radio dial. Oddly enough, one of the few places we actually got some airplay was in France. This track, which evolved from a garage jam between myself and one of our guitarists, is one of the few almost punk-like numbers in our catalog, so maybe that accounts for something. Then again, the French seem to consider Jerry Lewis as a master thespian, so what the hell do they know, anyway?

MEDICATED (http://www.liquidstoneband.com/music/MEDICATED.mp3)

I have some instrumental demos up at MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/tombanacek), as well.

[kwame k]

Yeah.....as soon as I figure out an anonymous FTP or such....I'll post!

[Hardrock69]

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/showthread.php?61474-ok-folks........this-is-the-ace-diamond-show!&p=1519258&viewfull=1#post1519258.

[kwame k]

Gotcha......

[jhale667]

OK, I'll start off with a solo acoustic track I did around 2000 or so with a semi-crappy borrowed acoustic and the old ADAT...


http://images2.soundclick.com/33/images/j/song/jayhale+unrequited2.jpg?version=172
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8271708

That's actually one main track of acoustic, a secondary one subtly hinting at/enhancing the chord structure, and I added some volume swells of the root notes on a bass to thicken it up a bit....

[VAiN]

OK, I'll join in...

Here are some original demos that I made at home on the Mac using Apple's GarageBand software. I play the guitars & bass and build the beats using sampled loops. There are no vocals on these tracks, as I am not a singer, nor am I very good with lyrics/melody...

My ultimate goal with these is to hand them off to a singer and have him put lyrics to them. The tracks are a little thin sounding, but pretty crankable. Overall I'm very happy with the end result. Not bad for living room recording sessions. I'm looking forward to hearing what you all think....

Steady (http://www.whitespacecreativedesign.com/STUFF/DEMOS/steady.mp3)
This tune is recorded on my Tele tuned down about 2 steps... The back half of the solo features some backwards guitar with delay. I think it's pretty damn cool sounding, and I'm very happy with this one overall.

aFoot (http://www.whitespacecreativedesign.com/STUFF/DEMOS/aFoot.mp3)
Another one done with my Tele. on this track, I was testing if I could use a 'RockBand' USB mic in the Mac - and, as it turns out, I can! I used the mic to record the acoustic guitar. This is also one of my personal favorites.

Dirt Rock (http://www.whitespacecreativedesign.com/STUFF/DEMOS/dirtrock.mp3)
This was the first complete song that I did with Garageband. This is done with my Seafoam Wolfgang Standard. This one is a bit darker, with a nasty main riff, IMO.

Humid (http://www.whitespacecreativedesign.com/STUFF/DEMOS/Humid.mp3)
Loud, fast & stupid. I really dig the driving main riff. A simple enough tune, but a straight ahead rocker. This was recorded with my EBMM EVH...

Blister (http://www.whitespacecreativedesign.com/STUFF/DEMOS/blister.mp3)
Not too sure how I feel about this one... It has potential and some fun parts.. I basically threw a few riffs together and this is the end result. I layer 2 leads at the end to make it interesting...

[jhale667]

Here's an embed (that actually works consistently) of the live drunkfest Zep cover I posted in the other thread.... :gulp:

[VAiN]

Damn Jay, you are a monster of a player! :baaa:

[Dan]

Damn Jay, you are a monster of a player! :baaa:

That's What The Ladies Say Too.:D

[jhale667]

Damn Jay, you are a monster of a player! :baaa:

Why thank you, kind sir! :baaa: You should hear me when I'm sober... :lol:


That's What The Ladies Say Too.:D

How rude. :D

[kwame k]

First off, let me "preface" this post by saying.....Fuck Craig for starting this thread and fuck Hale for contributing to it......all you other contributers...fine job! Except for that DiamondJimi idiot....seriously, if I knew who that guy was, I'd post his personal information:biggrin:
Free me

<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyOTY4NzI3MjIxMjUmcHQ9MTI5Njg3MjgwNzcwMy ZwPTEwMjI2MSZkPSZnPTEmbz1hMjk5ZTM*NzdjNDE*MDg4ODY5/YmJiOTE5MjQyODMzZCZvZj*w.gif" /><a href="http://www.supload.com/listen?s=Ov6cvr">Download kwame k - Free Me</a>

Shame

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Channel 5

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G

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Daylight

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Detriot Queen

<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyOTY4NzYzMDU3ODEmcHQ9MTI5Njg3NjMxNTc2NS ZwPTEwMjI2MSZkPSZnPTEmbz1hMjk5ZTM*NzdjNDE*MDg4ODY5/YmJiOTE5MjQyODMzZCZvZj*w.gif" /><a href="http://www.supload.com/listen?s=WsouPE">Download kwame k - Detroit Queen</a>


Forget Slow

<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyOTY4NzY3NjY*MjEmcHQ9MTI5Njg3Njc4NjMyOC ZwPTEwMjI2MSZkPSZnPTEmbz1hMjk5ZTM*NzdjNDE*MDg4ODY5/YmJiOTE5MjQyODMzZCZvZj*w.gif" /><a href="http://www.supload.com/listen?s=J3KRqH">Download kwame k - Forget Slow</a>

[jhale667]

OK, since there was some debate in the drum track thread about drummers playing to clicks and still...grooving, for lack of a better term, I (quickly) attempted to clean up an MP3 of an ADAT recording of a tune I did in '02 in Pro Tools ...but figured it'd be more suitably posted here...

http://nyc2img.soundclick.com/63/images/j/song/jayhale+obsessional02demoremix2.jpg?version=186
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10241180

That's my friend Steve playing, to a click, in the living room of my old house... IMO not sounding robotic. Never got around to getting vocals on it because I didn't think the last 3 cover band singers I've worked with had...uh...in one case incarceration issues (did not see that coming...LOL), or shall we say...non-suitable ranges...:hee: I played all the guitar parts and the bass. The dirty rhythm tracks are my Mesa-Boogie (same one in the vid) and the clean tracks were done on one of the first or second generation Line 6 PODs....

Oh, and fuck you too, Kwame! :lmao:

[ashstralia]

yeah, that acoustic thing you posted is really good j.

haven't checked out the rest of the music here yet. as you guys all know, it's summer over here with the associated
global warming problems of cyclones, floods, and lack of bananas.

i have so much stuff but i'm a complete luddite as to how to put it here. if someone would be so kind as to pm me with a
general idea of how to upload? thanks!

[kwame k]

Here ya go, Ash.........goto http://www.supload.com/ towards the upper left hand corner there's an audio link and follow it from there.....it's free!

[lesfunk]

This is funny. 1983 One of my my first High school bands

[lesfunk]

Here I am as a Fat Middle Aged man in a bad shirt

[SunisinuS]

Check the sig.

:umm:

[lesfunk]

From the Ace thread
http://www.savagebrothersband.com/nightclub/multimedia.html

[chefcraig]

Check the sig.

:umm:

Apparently, Myspace is currently having issues with it's music player. Neither yours or mine is working, nor any of the other folks I've tried over the past few hours. :(

[Diamondjimi]

The song is called Legends. Singer wrote about the point in time when all our musical heros are gone.
It's a tip of the hat to them...

<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyOTY5NjM4ODI3NTAmcHQ9MTI5Njk2MzkwMzQ4NC ZwPTEwMjI2MSZkPSZnPTEmbz1kNmFhZDc3YTQ4NjU*ODRmOWUw/ZjIyNWI3MTllN2QwYyZvZj*w.gif" /><a href="http://www.supload.com/listen?s=qQblAW">Download Diamondjimi - Legends</a>
:biggrin:

[PETE'S BROTHER]

i can't open a link:(

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Apparently, Myspace is currently having issues with it's music player. Neither yours or mine is working, nor any of the other folks I've tried over the past few hours. :(

ahhhhhh

[Diamondjimi]

This one's about a guy, his journey and decisions he makes in the game that we call life with the concept of a train as it's metaphor.

Ya know, people die, people are born and some just chose not to participate at all.... Yup, it's called..........(wait for it...)......."On A Train".;)

<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.11NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyOTY5NzA4ODMzNTkmcHQ9MTI5Njk3MDg4ODUwMC ZwPTEwMjI2MSZkPSZnPTEmb2Y9MA==.gif" /><a href="http://www.supload.com/listen?s=kxKnfH">Download Diamondjimi - On A Train</a>

[Hardrock69]

On A Train kicks ass! :D

[ace diamond]

As the title of the thread implies, here is a place to post your musical endeavors. Demos, completed tracks, video clips, (you name it) can all be deposited here.

In order to kick things off, here are three links to tracks my former band recorded for our 3rd (and barely distributed) album. That's me on bass, keyboards and snatches of rhythm guitar.

The first track is called "Fantasy", and was written before I joined the band. It was our third crack at getting the song recorded, and I still don't believe we got things right. Look, I love how the bass highlights and probes the melodic line forward, I just believe the guitars make the mix sound muddy overall.

FANTASY (http://www.liquidstoneband.com/music/FANTASY.mp3)

This next tune is pretty much a re-write of Van Halen's song "Mean Street". It also features a rather pointless bass solo, but what the hell...it sounds OK. Inexplicably, the distorted tone I used throughout the tune suddenly drops out right after the solo. Don't blame me, I didn't mix the damned thing.

FEED ME (http://www.liquidstoneband.com/music/FEED%20ME.mp3)

When the album was released, we didn't exactly light up the radio dial. Oddly enough, one of the few places we actually got some airplay was in France. This track, which evolved from a garage jam between myself and one of our guitarists, is one of the few almost punk-like numbers in our catalog, so maybe that accounts for something. Then again, the French seem to consider Jerry Lewis as a master thespian, so what the hell do they know, anyway?

MEDICATED (http://www.liquidstoneband.com/music/MEDICATED.mp3)

I have some instrumental demos up at MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/tombanacek), as well.

well, chef, it's high time for this..........glad i have finally had an influence.
i've really been trying to have this as it's own forums here at the army for many years.........
perhaps, chef, you and sarge couls discuss making this thread, as well as my own, in its' own forums......much like h.o.m, non-vh, etc..........

[jhale667]

This one's about a guy, his journey and decisions he makes in the game that we call life with the concept of a train as it's metaphor.

Ya know, people die, people are born and some just chose not to participate at all.... Yup, it's called..........(wait for it...)......."On A Train".;)

<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.11NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyOTY5NzA4ODMzNTkmcHQ9MTI5Njk3MDg4ODUwMC ZwPTEwMjI2MSZkPSZnPTEmb2Y9MA==.gif" /><a href="http://www.supload.com/listen?s=kxKnfH">Download Diamondjimi - On A Train</a>

...Always liked that one! :baaa:

[Diamondjimi]

Thanks bro. Strangely enough, that was one of them songs that was written if ,like, 15 minutes. I Never get tired of playing it...

[chefcraig]

On A Train kicks ass! :D

Damn right it does. I love tracks like this, with everything up front and the beat keeping you on your toes. The propulsion reminded me of one of my favorite yet obscure early KISS tracks, "Love Her All I Can". The quiet interlude about 3/4s through briefly calms thing down, setting you up for the final assault. And you can't go wrong with having a train as a song's subject matter. Outstanding!

[chefcraig]

Is anyone else having trouble with these file hosts? I uploaded a CD of my band to my computer, but when I try to upload to these sites (http://www.mp3-upload.net/ supload), it goes on and on, then says file couldn't be uploaded to browser, try again. Or if a site works, instead of getting an instant link to put in the post, I get a link to download the song. Any help here?

[kwame k]

It took me a couple of times to get the upload to work.......

There's a link under the upload dialog box that does single uploads that works way better than doing multiple uploads.

I didn't really research or look that hard for an upload site....just found that one and it seemed to work OK but I guess it's like anything else.....you get what you pay for!

[chefcraig]

Well, I wound up needing to convert the tracks to an mp3 using audioonline by first uploading it there, then uploading it again to Tindeck. This is a real pain in the ass, and takes forever. :(

This is another, earlier take of the track "Fantasy". The sound is altogether rawer, and is a bit faster. I'd have preferred the final take to be somewhere in between the two, but we never got around to doing it.

http://tindeck.com/image/eezu/stats.png (http://tindeck.com/listen/eezu)

[SunisinuS]

Apparently, Myspace is currently having issues with it's music player. Neither yours or mine is working, nor any of the other folks I've tried over the past few hours. :(

Maybe it is for the best lol.

[ashstralia]

i had to use another host site for aiff. hope this works.
back in the early noughties, i did a lot of work for a video production co. mostly tv ads and doco's.
here's a 30 sec ad for a drag racing meet. i had no idea how thoroughly i'd ripped off a certain bald italian american ibanez player....
;)

http://tootiny.net/rpvx9g

[ashstralia]

it appears the aiff format takes up too much space? as i said i'm a complete novice at this...

[VAiN]

it appears the aiff format takes up too much space? as i said i'm a complete novice at this...
Yeah, you'll want to convert those to mp3's. Are you on a Mac? If so, iTunes will convert it for you...

[ashstralia]

Yeah, you'll want to convert those to mp3's. Are you on a Mac? If so, iTunes will convert it for you...

yeah vain, it is a mac. i'll figure out how to do it, i've got a lot of stuff on cassettes too. most of us old farts do, i guess :)
thanks for the advice guys!!!!

[SunisinuS]

I don't seem to have any problem with mp3 links. /shrug. First tune was made in the style of Faith No More for my friend that was a fan of theirs and was going through a break up. The 2nd was a Jingle for a local Internet company, the Guitar there is supposed to be tinny and messy :)

[ace diamond]

yeah vain, it is a mac. i'll figure out how to do it, i've got a lot of stuff on cassettes too. most of us old farts do, i guess :)

i've still got plenty of those, and tons of vinyl too!

[Diamondjimi]

I don't seem to have any problem with mp3 links. /shrug. First tune was made in the style of Faith No More for my friend that was a fan of theirs and was going through a break up. The 2nd was a Jingle for a local Internet company, the Guitar there is supposed to be tinny and messy :)

Got link?

[lesfunk]

Question for DJ or somebody who knows Mac. How to up load from My Itunes?
I am a moron when it comes to that shit. Well, not really, I just never bothered to learn.

[Diamondjimi]

Sorry bro, I'm PC guy....

[VAiN]

Question for DJ or somebody who knows Mac. How to up load from My Itunes?
I am a moron when it comes to that shit. Well, not really, I just never bothered to learn.

You can't upload directly from iTunes, but here's what you do to prep: Fire up iTunes...
Find the track and right click, or control click, the track and scroll down a little to 'Show in Finder'.
This takes you to the track... now you know where it lives. This is where you will point to when uploading. Typically, it's in a folder called 'iTunes Music'. It's usually something like your HD > Users > YOU > Music > iTunes

If you need to convert them to MP3, go to your iTunes preferences, click 'import settings' under the 'general' tab and select MP3. With your track selected, go Advanced > convert to MP3. The MP3 version will live with the original file...

If this sounds confusing, there's help here too: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1550

[SunisinuS]

Got link?

http://www.myspace.com/crylife

[chefcraig]

You can't upload directly from iTunes, but here's what you do to prep...

Outstanding, and thank you so much. This info just made the process much less like trying to remove a tooth with a hole punch and a hammer (don't ask).

This is another early track recorded for our second album. We rerecorded a handful of these tunes for the third release, but this one was discarded. I'm really not altogether certain why, perhaps we felt it a bit primitive and red-necky. The track features the by now patented dirty bass sound I preferred then, and still do. Essentially, we ran a chord from the control room that split into two other rooms, each containing an amp. One was set to a clean, buoyant tone, the other to either an overdriven guitar amp or my bass amp with a distortion pedal. Rather than running direct to the board, we'd mic the cabinets from a few feet away, giving a fuller "room" sound. When mixing, I could then fade between the two tracks to get the proper level a tune required: a cleaner tone for the ballads, a much more harsher tone for the rockers. I initially got the idea from an interview in a guitar rag with Sting, who would do pretty much the same thing using both an upright bass and his electric.

Don't Get Defensive (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=bZRleG)

[SunisinuS]

Lol Sorry my music does not suffice. Rock On The Mighty VH. No Punk Rock. Enjoy.

[fifth element]

http://www.myspace.com/crylife

i got it to play on myspace

great job, SunisinuS

the beat, the feel.....good music

[PETE'S BROTHER]

i did not do this..<object width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1JOwxnVoG6Q&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1JOwxnVoG6Q&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object>

[fifth element]

now Pete's Brother.....that belongs in the Community Theatre on a Monday evening!!

[PETE'S BROTHER]

now Pete's Brother.....that belongs in the Community Theatre on a Monday evening!!

i'll never remember that

[fifth element]

i'll never remember that

I remembered to post MY cartoon....lol...
(love roadrunner)

[SunisinuS]

Outstanding, and thank you so much. This info just made the process much less like trying to remove a tooth with a hole punch and a hammer (don't ask).

This is another early track recorded for our second album. We rerecorded a handful of these tunes for the third release, but this one was discarded. I'm really not altogether certain why, perhaps we felt it a bit primitive and red-necky. The track features the by now patented dirty bass sound I preferred then, and still do. Essentially, we ran a chord from the control room that split into two other rooms, each containing an amp. One was set to a clean, buoyant tone, the other to either an overdriven guitar amp or my bass amp with a distortion pedal. Rather than running direct to the board, we'd mic the cabinets from a few feet away, giving a fuller "room" sound. When mixing, I could then fade between the two tracks to get the proper level a tune required: a cleaner tone for the ballads, a much more harsher tone for the rockers. I initially got the idea from an interview in a guitar rag with Sting, who would do pretty much the same thing using both an upright bass and his electric.

Liner notes? Sorry did not get that far.

[Hardrock69]

LOL! I just record a clean track direct on it's own channel while running a plugin for playback only to get some kinda Marshally sound, and the harmonic feedback I dig.

Then, on mixdown, I can re-amp the clean track to sound however I want it.

My best friend had a mid-50s 50-watt Fender Twin for a few years back in the 80s.

Man, crank that bitch up with a distortion box at high volume and that amp sounded so evil, if it was a person, it would be coming after you with a knife!

[ashstralia]

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=hOIUyq

thanks vain and kwame :)

[chefcraig]

Liner notes? Sorry did not get that far.

You really should come up with some, as I'm digging the hell out of "Rocket Download". Nicely done.

[lesfunk]

Rocket Download had that David Bowie "Golden Years" Vibe

[Diamondjimi]

Awaiting the epic posting of Elvis J. Palmstain's work.......
http://www.dailyicon.net/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/rams-dailyicon.gif

[Hardrock69]

Downloaded a buncha you guys' work the other week. Just now sat down and checked it out.

Jay, great job on Whole Lotta Love.

Goddam, Vain. That song Humid just kicks fucking ass! My fave out of the lot you uploaded.

Chef, the instrumental side of these tunes reminds me of Rush: Fantasy reminds me of Bastille Day in it's opening riff. Feed Me reminds me of Rush during the Vapor Trails era. Medicated just reminds me of Rush in general, lol. Good stuff!

Ashtralia that little .aiff clip was fucking cool.

We got some grate musicians around here. :)

[VAiN]

Downloaded a buncha you guys' work the other week. Just now sat down and checked it out.

Jay, great job on Whole Lotta Love.

Goddam, Vain. That song Humid just kicks fucking ass! My fave out of the lot you uploaded.

Chef, the instrumental side of these tunes reminds me of Rush: Fantasy reminds me of Bastille Day in it's opening riff. Feed Me reminds me of Rush during the Vapor Trails era. Medicated just reminds me of Rush in general, lol. Good stuff!

Ashtralia that little .aiff clip was fucking cool.

We got some grate musicians around here. :)

Hey brother, thank you for the kind words! And you're totally right, there are some seriously talented motherfuckers on this board! Thanks to everyone who had the balls to share. I know for me personally it's a bit tough. Bravo to everyone!

[Hardrock69]

Hey what the fuck. Keep rockin'! :D

[chefcraig]

This track was my attempt at writing tv theme music for the opening credits of an action/adventure/cop show. It was meant to be accompanied by footage of foot chases, car chases, fist fights, shit blowing up, ect, ect. and end up with the hero and his cronies drinking someplace amidst beautiful women. I named it 203 for what amounts to roughly it's running time and because the title "Theme from a Non-Existent TV Series" was already used on an Elton John album in 1976.

Initially recorded for our third album (but left off because only three of the band members played on it), the track starts with my usual distorted bass and questionable sense of time keeping. That's my friend Craig on the leads that ultimately make the tune worthwhile by providing some much needed melody, with my bro Robbie on drums and me on some snatches of rhythm guitar.

203 (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=GWFDT8)

[FORD]

Chef, the instrumental side of these tunes reminds me of Rush: Fantasy reminds me of Bastille Day in it's opening riff.

Oddly enough, it reminded me of Minor Threat's "In My Eyes". :biggrin:

[chefcraig]

Oddly enough, it reminded me of Minor Threat's "In My Eyes". :biggrin:

Oh, my...http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/smileys/lol-045.gif (http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/facebook-smileys.html)

[SunisinuS]

You really should come up with some, as I'm digging the hell out of "Rocket Download". Nicely done.

Just a silly Jingle.


<div><embed style='display:inline;' quality='high' wmode='transparent' id='FlashDiv' FlashVars='songId=18312426&pid=6042834325007497950' AllowScriptAccess='always' src='http://www.myspace.com/music/song-embed?songid=18312426&getSwf=true' width='400' height='77'/><p>Find more artists like <a target='_blank' href='/crylife/music/albums/jiggle-4946382?ap=1&songid=18312426'>Cry Life</a> at <a target='_blank' href='http://www.myspace.com/music'> Myspace Music </a></p></div>

Recorded on:

http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=481 But used the EX model

Liner Notes:

Back when MP3.com was actually a functional and great website, it would allow anyone to upload music, and then package and sell that music for the Artist and actually ship a CD to the consumer. So you could upload an album, upload the cover art, and price the CD at $8.00. Then someone who visited the site could order the album and MP3.com would split the money with you (artist got $4.00) and then would produce a CD complete with your artwork on the cover, and ship it to the purchaser. They also allowed people to download the songs one at a time and the artist would get a nickel for each download.

Where I was living at the time, I had a friend that worked at RocketDownload which was a local Shareware company start up. Knowing that there site got big hit numbers, I told my friend to ask the owner of the company to let me make him a jingle/theme song and if he liked it to post it on his site, only caveat was that they had to link to MP3.com (so I could get paid). Well he agreed, and at $.05 a play I made like $134.60 or close to that (enough to put a full set of tires on my car). :)

The song samples the Apollo 13 mission with myself answering their radio calls.

All Guitars: Me
Bass: Me
All Vocals: Me
Drums: Electronic off Roland Keyboard

The lead guitar is purposefully loud tinny and frantic, meant to grab attention and be noticed (this is a commercial/jingle).
The breakdown and outro to the song was my "Journey/Steve Perry" impression just giving the listener a soft "space" feel and to pound the website into their head.

Thanks for listening.







Audio of Apollo 13's first call help (Houston we got a problem...) answer....Software Costs too much!


As an Electronaut in Cyberspace.
I must a traveled most everyplace.
Now I'm looking for...
Someplace that's free....

Now I have found a site to shareware with you
It's got the Downlow and the Downloads too....

Rocket Download.

Rocket Down.
Rocket Down
Rockit Down.

In the Vacuum of Cyberspace...
You can get your Downloads from one place.

Rocket Download.


Navigating Cyberspace....Software was meant to be free....

Rocket Download

When your feeling low down....

Rocket Download.

[ashstralia]

that's the new sound dude. i'm totally borgnining your concept.
:daisy:

[SunisinuS]

that's the new sound dude. i'm totally borgnining your concept.
:daisy:

http://www.jeffstanley.net/


Tell him Chuck sent you.

[jhale667]

Been busy, struggling with an over-taxed CPU but got Pro Tools working again after a few weeks down and still getting a few things done... Guitar tracks to a new tune... This is a PODfarm Vox AC30, Marshall Plexi and my really-real Mesa-Boogie MK III's dirt channel tripled.... it needs a John Paul Jones - meets- Robert Deleo-in Geezer Butler's basement bass line and drums, but I like where it's going... :rockit:

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10475860

and here's another I did a total cab emulation mic-switch-out on the existing tracks that sounds way bigger now: also AC30/Marshall + a Soldano Mod and the Boogie...This needs a McCartney-meets-Entwistle "The Real Me" vibe...the flange effect is still intentionally heavy at the end, yes... :baaa:

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10029542

[chefcraig]

...and here's another I did a total cab emulation mic-switch-out on the existing tracks that sounds way bigger now: also AC30/Marshall + a Soldano Mod and the Boogie...This needs a McCartney-meets-Entwistle "The Real Me" vibe...the flange effect is still intentionally heavy at the end, yes... :baaa:

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10029542

Being the guy that usually forces a distorted yet melodic bass line over just about anything, this might come as a surprise, but I really do not believe such a treatment would work on this, jay. The melody is already present from the guitars themselves, so to even add a counter-melody would be just too busy sounding, at least to my ears. I honestly think some sort of simple scale or an almost walking bass line would be more effective, and would not overpower the arrangement. In the outro, you could even get away with the bass repeating a 3 note octave figure (think low E, B, High E), essentially marking time by modulating, rather than moving the beat forward with accompaniment. And for this to work, a tone similar to a very clean and undistorted sound would be needed to cut through the guitar, and also to highlight the upper bass notes.

In any event, that's my take on it. Best of luck finishing up, as it sounds great at this stage!

[jhale667]

Being the guy that usually forces a distorted yet melodic bass line over just about anything, this might come as a surprise, but I really do not believe such a treatment would work on this, jay. The melody is already present from the guitars themselves, so to even add a counter-melody would be just too busy sounding, at least to my ears. I honestly think some sort of simple scale or an almost walking bass line would be more effective, and would not overpower the arrangement. In the outro, you could even get away with the bass repeating a 3 note octave figure (think low E, B, High E), essentially marking time by modulating, rather than moving the beat forward with accompaniment. And for this to work, a tone similar to a very clean and undistorted sound would be needed to cut through the guitar, and also to highlight the upper bass notes.

In any event, that's my take on it. Best of luck finishing up, as it sounds great at this stage!

Thanks! :baaa:
Interesting, and totally see what you're saying....maybe waaaaay more McCartney than Entwistle, yes...


:guitar:

[SunisinuS]

On the first track J I would say resist that temptation to give it that one extra "dumb deya dumb deya" skip on the strumming. What was nice from the start was the "non-folk" (if that can be a word) vibe.

[jhale667]

On the first track J I would say resist that temptation to give it that one extra "dumb deya dumb deya" skip on the strumming. What was nice from the start was the "non-folk" (if that can be a word) vibe.

Cool, thanks....I see what you're saying, but I think, or at least the intent is, the strumming will (hopefully) mesh with what I'm trying to imply rhythmically for the eventual bass and drum tracks...it's more percussive, definitely non folk. :cool:

[SunisinuS]

Cool, thanks....I see what you're saying, but I think, or at least the intent is, the strumming will (hopefully) mesh with what I'm trying to imply rhythmically for the eventual bass and drum tracks...it's more percussive, definitely non folk. :cool:


Yea but you then have to go beyond the riff and make a shot to the head. I just said it feels lazy that extra strum....like you are trying to say "uhm" when you are speaking "you know" ? So the fun of the recording process is to get beyond that and give yourself some time to think. Think where YOU want to go with this.

[chefcraig]

Interesting, and totally see what you're saying....maybe waaaaay more McCartney than Entwistle, yes...
:guitar:

Ya know, it's just plain strange where inspiration will come from at times. I was thinking about your tune while flipping between the Marlins game (we lost) to the Shell Huston Open (Mickelson has the lead at 16) when I ran across a commercial for some new "shoot 'em up" video game. The soundtrack had the usual space-opera theme to it (yet another variation on the themes used in Holst's The Planets), and I thought of the problems with coming up with a bass pattern for your song. I was still wrestling with the idea of a repeating figure when I remembered that sometimes, the best course of action is to do...nothing. So here is the pitch:

That's right, forget about a bass line. Instead, you could use a bass level drone from a keyboard (or even a seven string, for that matter), pretty much based upon the three note separation I mentioned earlier (low E, B, High E). This would eliminate the need for coming up with a suitable repeating figure, and could be used throughout the entire tune beneath the various chord changes. It would also change the entire focus and scope of the piece, suddenly making it far more dramatic as well as cinematic in nature.

Let me know what ya think, I'm going to get back and see if Phil can win the tournament. :baaa:

[jhale667]

All taken under advisement, thanks guys. Reeeeally got lucky today and was able to record (system hasn't been cooperating in that respect at all lately) some new Boogie tracks for this tune that I'd already put down a bop-kinda bass line for a few months ago when I'd borrowed a bass guitar but never got around to re-doing the guitar tracks for called "Faux Jazz". I didn't mix the track very high, but you can tell it sounds LARGE....:baaa:


http://images2.soundclick.com/25/images/j/song/jayhale+fauxjazzguitartracks2.gif?version=226
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10479601


(That's the 121/SM57/D6 Recabinet "Green 4x12 set-up on the Boogie + a PODfarm Plexi and a Bassman doing the cleans...)

[Hardrock69]

Dude, firstly I dig that Calvin & Hobbes image.

Secondly, you ought to try Reaper. It is lean, mean, and unlike PT, it is very efficient, stable and trustworthy. It can do anything PT can do, and only 40 bucks for a license.

Just a suggestion. Will download your stuff at work tomorrow and check it out over the next few days. :)

[ashstralia]

i did this version of the racing car ad mimicking a racing car... love the bass at the start.:)


http://www.supload.com/listen?s=JSFe9M

[Seshmeister]

Your neighbours must love you... :)

[ashstralia]

Your neighbours must love you... :)

mate, it gets funnier... i live above a funeral home.. the downstairs neighbours are cool..literally about 4 degrees c. true.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

creepy

[ashstralia]

creepy

not really bro, once the soul's gone we're just meat. :)

[PETE'S BROTHER]

not really bro, once the soul's gone we're just meat. :)

see sammy hagar :baaa:

[chefcraig]

Remember that joke that went:

"What did the drummer say to get kicked out of the band?
Hey, guys...I write songs, too!"

Pretty much the same sort of thinking explains why bass guitarists don't usually attempt to play lead, and this track is further evidence of why the principle stands. That's me plunking away in my typical ham-fisted, wasted-Jimmy Page playing style. The idea was for each lick to "comment" on the end of every vocal, a direct rip-off from the opening of "Yankee Rose". Cheap Trick fans will recognize the bass line, which I stole lock, stock and barrel from "On Top of the World". Fortunately, no one else in the band had heard of that group or the song. I came up with the blues scale ending because quite frankly, I couldn't come up with anything else.

Written as a joke, this was a throw-away song from our first album. Oddly enough, it went on to be about the only original song we ever got requests for.

Muff Diver (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=xetpSl)

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2545/mufff.jpg (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/mufff.jpg/)

[ashstralia]

'it went on to be about the only original song we ever got requests for.'

it'd go off live, that's why man!! 'i CAN'T think; i'm DANCIN' :)

[Diamondjimi]

Remember that joke that went:

"What did the drummer say to get kicked out of the band?
Hey, guys...I write songs, too!"

Pretty much the same sort of thinking explains why bass guitarists don't usually attempt to play lead, and this track is further evidence of why the principle stands. That's me plunking away in my typical ham-fisted, wasted-Jimmy Page playing style. The idea was for each lick to "comment" on the end of every vocal, a direct rip-off from the opening of "Yankee Rose". Cheap Trick fans will recognize the bass line, which I stole lock, stock and barrel from "On Top of the World". Fortunately, no one else in the band had heard of that group or the song. I came up with the blues scale ending because quite frankly, I couldn't come up with anything else.

Written as a joke, this was a throw-away song from our first album. Oddly enough, it went on to be about the only original song we ever got requests for.

Muff Diver (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=xetpSl)


Cool trashy rock & roll. A song about Poontang = win! ;)
The riff and pace remind me of this tune. A fookin classic ,imo!

[jhale667]

Re-tracked a rhythm track with the Boogie direct-out and the stereo-out of my Line 6 DL4 into inputs 1 & 2 of the Mbox...gettin' pretty large...

http://images2.soundclick.com/27/images/j/song/jayhale+bubbletease2.jpg?version=18

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8427890

:guitar:

[Diamondjimi]

Re-tracked a rhythm track with the Boogie direct-out and the stereo-out of my Line 6 DL4 into inputs 1 & 2 of the Mbox...gettin' pretty large...

http://images2.soundclick.com/27/images/j/song/jayhale+bubbletease2.jpg?version=18

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8427890

:guitar:


Sounding better all the time bro.:baaa:
Are you using the 3 cab setup?
And, are you using your Line 6 for Verbs and delay or the PT vst's?

[sadaist]

Remember that joke that went:

"What did the drummer say to get kicked out of the band?
Hey, guys...I write songs, too!"


Interviewer to John Lennon:

Q - Is Ringo Starr the best drummer in the world?

A - Ringo isn't even the best drummer in The Beatles


HAHAHAHAHA! Might be a myth. Still fucking funny.

[sadaist]

Re-tracked a rhythm track with the Boogie direct-out and the stereo-out of my Line 6 DL4 into inputs 1 & 2 of the Mbox...gettin' pretty large...

http://images2.soundclick.com/27/images/j/song/jayhale+bubbletease2.jpg?version=18

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8427890

:guitar:



Motherfuck!

Beautiful man. Sounds so good. Hey, in this clip were you using any of those 5 beauties in your avatar? Just wanna have an image in my mind when I listen to it again.

[FORD]

Interviewer to John Lennon:

Q - Is Ringo Starr the best drummer in the world?

A - Ringo isn't even the best drummer in The Beatles


HAHAHAHAHA! Might be a myth. Still fucking funny.

Considering some of the best drum work on the later Beatles material was actually Paul's doing, that might be a true statement from John :biggrin:

[jhale667]

Sounding better all the time bro.:baaa:
Are you using the 3 cab setup?
And, are you using your Line 6 for Verbs and delay or the PT vst's?

Thanks! Yup, that was the usual 121/57/D6 on the "Green 4x12" on each input, will bounce it to a stereo track later...reeeeally liking how it's sounding! I had a breakdown part I needed a bridge to put them together with, finally found it today. Gotta do leads next... but so far... :killer:



Motherfuck!

Beautiful man. Sounds so good. Hey, in this clip were you using any of those 5 beauties in your avatar? Just wanna have an image in my mind when I listen to it again.

Again, thanks. That one (so far) is 100% the black Charvel mutt-Strat in the avatar...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/163077_10150109296222246_620012245_7458166_2198275 _n.jpg

:guitar:

[jhale667]

Oh yeah, DJ...to answer your other question..only using the Boss CE-3 Chorus emulation in the Line 6 DL-4 ever-so subtly to get a spread between inputs 1 & 2, the only 'verb on it is coming off the Mesa on input 1. That's pretty much my straight-up live sound into the M-box. Only plugs-in on it are like the standard Pro Tools electric guitar EQs, like "Big Stack" or "Add Clarity" on the 57s and 121s, and the Air-Kill "lows only" EQ preset on the D6 tracks (since it's a kick drum mic anyway)...standard presets. :baaa:

Thinking I need to build an isolation box for my cab so I can CRANK my head when using Recabinet...cool as the sound I'm getting is, I can tell my amp needs to be opened up a bit more...:biggrin:

[Diamondjimi]

Oh yeah, DJ...to answer your other question..only using the Boss CE-3 Chorus emulation in the Line 6 DL-4 ever-so subtly to get a spread between inputs 1 & 2, the only 'verb on it is coming off the Mesa on input 1. That's pretty much my straight-up live sound into the M-box. Only plugs-in on it are like the standard Pro Tools electric guitar EQs, like "Big Stack" or "Add Clarity" on the 57s and 121s, and the Air-Kill "lows only" EQ preset on the D6 tracks (since it's a kick drum mic anyway)...standard presets. :baaa:

Thinking I need to build an isolation box for my cab so I can CRANK my head when using Recabinet...cool as the sound I'm getting is, I can tell my amp needs to be opened up a bit more...:biggrin:

I knew a guy 20+ years ago who recorded his demos direct to tape from his Boogie combo. He would unplug the speaker and in it's place he'd plug in a "dummy load' capacitor wired to his jack to protect his output transformer.
Guess you could try that or grab yourself a Hot Plate... (Smaller and cheaper than an iso box. ;)
http://www.legendarytones.com/THDHplt1.jpg

Do you modify your plug in's?

[Diamondjimi]

Just thinking out loud here........

Why does Elvis avoid this thread like MLK Day ? :biggrin:

[SunisinuS]

Just thinking out loud here........

Why does Elvis avoid this thread like MLK Day ? :biggrin:

Work.

[ashstralia]

hey guys.. as promised here's the tele blaster, it's a bit rough and loud, and it cuts off abruptly. oh well.:)

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=mLt19R


why won't the link work? oh well just copy paste it. and the reason elvis isn't here is cause he's BAANNNNDDDEDDDD:biggrin:

[Diamondjimi]

Work.

Nope.... ;)

[Diamondjimi]

hey guys.. as promised here's the tele blaster, it's a bit rough and loud, and it cuts off abruptly. oh well.:)

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=mLt19R

Fuckin A bro. That's great Rock Tele tone. Ya sling some fine chops there Ashy! :baaa:



and the reason elvis isn't here is cause he's BAANNNNDDDEDDDD:biggrin:

I'm surprised it took this long. Faux "Christian" racist redneck with Yngwie fetish.

When was the last time we had a Mod meltdown and get himself banned? :lol:

[ashstralia]

thanks mate. ford said it wasn't the first time he got sand in his crack.... he'll be back....

[SunisinuS]

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Show your Work. Do not Palin.

[jhale667]

I knew a guy 20+ years ago who recorded his demos direct to tape from his Boogie combo. He would unplug the speaker and in it's place he'd plug in a "dummy load' capacitor wired to his jack to protect his output transformer.
Guess you could try that or grab yourself a Hot Plate... (Smaller and cheaper than an iso box. ;)
http://www.legendarytones.com/THDHplt1.jpg

Do you modify your plug in's?


...I tweak them a bit here and there if something's clipping, or if I want to lessen or enhance something, but not so much yet. I would, however, loooooove to get a THD Hot Plate! It'd be a great overall long-term investment in the Cave Studio...:lmao:


hey guys.. as promised here's the tele blaster, it's a bit rough and loud, and it cuts off abruptly. oh well.:)

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=mLt19R


why won't the link work? oh well just copy paste it. and the reason elvis isn't here is cause he's BAANNNNDDDEDDDD:biggrin:


Totally agree w/ DJ, kick-ass Tele-tone, dude! Like the authoritative vibe to the lead playing too, nice swagger. :baaa:

As for RACIS,
Wow. Shock. Oh yeah, and as for his avoiding this thread like the plague prior - wouldn't one have to have work to show first...? :hee:

:guitar:

[ashstralia]

thanks jay. the teles are a bit of work to play, as you no doubt know. so ya have to wrestle it a bit. i love how you can hear the saddle springs vibrating at the start on the plucking bit...

[jhale667]

Love it. That's the stuff that makes it sound real...

[ashstralia]

Love it. That's the stuff that makes it sound real...

and the occasional note that doesn't quite come out..:)

[Hardrock69]

1.God DAM Ash! Fucking awesome!

2. He got BANNEDED? Why? Did he go ballistic in the Front Line again? :hee:

[ashstralia]

thought you guys might find this interesting... tele blast took me 2 hours to do the 59 seconds of music. i used a toneworks ax1500 into a zoom mrs802. when i was doing tv ads, i would've got 600 bucks for that. damn i gotta get me some more of that work.

[jhale667]

Oh yeah, correction: The chorus effect on that last clip I posted is actually from the Boss emulation on the Line 6 MM-4, I'm running to the M-box off the stereo out of the DL-4, my bad... :biggrin:

[ashstralia]

apparently i had a fixation with sliiiiide geeeetar. and ash sings!!!.:)http://www.supload.com/listen?s=OKby8i

[Hardrock69]

I wrote a song once called "SOMF". I actually played it live in a band I was in back in 1985. Got all kinds of requests for it.

[jhale667]

...So one of the guys from the guitar blogs I frequent suggested deleting all unused regions in the PT song files I'm having issues with, saying that will free up some CPU space, since it won't be scrolling past the 29 alternate-takes I did before I got to 30 and liked it...lol. We'll see if that works this weekend. I'm dying to re-track the slide part for the song with the goofy title "DrunkNHorny" since I can play the part about 100x better than the 1st-take attempt that's posted currently, but it's one of the ones that crashes Pro Tools...odd in that it has far less tracks and layers than some of the tunes I CAN still work with...but hey, nothing to lose by trying it on a tune and seeing if it works...as long as I don't delete a track that's still in use in the current version(s)...

[Nitro Express]

I knew a guy 20+ years ago who recorded his demos direct to tape from his Boogie combo. He would unplug the speaker and in it's place he'd plug in a "dummy load' capacitor wired to his jack to protect his output transformer.
Guess you could try that or grab yourself a Hot Plate... (Smaller and cheaper than an iso box. ;)
http://www.legendarytones.com/THDHplt1.jpg

Do you modify your plug in's?

I like to dump my load into another type of box.:biggrin: Not only do I record it, I film it.

[jhale667]

Hardy har.
On the subject of DJ's post regarding THDs, back in '06 when I was asked to do a few more show teching for QR, they played "Waterstock" and Cinderella was also on the bill. Tom Kieffer had IIRC 4 vintage Plexis on stage, each running off a Hotplate (different impedance versions on different heads too, didn't really have a chance to ask his tech what exactly was the reason, likely mixing & matching speaker types/cabs?) so he could CRANK them. I'm not a huge Cinderella fan by any stretch of the imagination, but for a Les Paul pretty much straight into a Marshall, his sound was pretty killer...not like a VH tone, more like AC/DC with bigger balls - so imagining it would be worth it to get one to run the Boogie off when I record. I'd still run a cab in here so I could play with controlled feedback, but bet it'd be waaaaay easier to manage.


Ash, cool slide playing in your last tune post! Don't think I'll ever get up the nerve to sing anything other than backups on any of my tunes, don't think even I want to hear that...LOL! That, much like drums and bass is getting outsourced.. :baaa:

The true resident RA slide-monster (IMO, so far as I've heard) is DJ, though... thinkin' HE needs to post some of his rippin' slide work. (hint, cough, hint) :killer:

[Hardrock69]

Reaper has a feature (hey a poem!) where you can duplicate a track and print all the FX plugins on that track and will then mute the original, taking the load of the original track off the CPU.

Another thing you can do (if you can do it in PT) is to apply FX only to the items on the track, not the track itself. That way, the FX plugin is only applied to the one object in the track, not the entire track.

Note the screen cap below....where to the left of "Guitar Solo-stem" it says "FX". Just click that, and you can apply your FX plugins just to that segment. Notice I have deleted a lot of space on that track. It is true it will lighten the load off the CPU if you delete unused space on each track.

http://i52.tinypic.com/2cmkt2b.jpg


With my current machine (Quad-core AMD and 4 gigs of ram on Win XP) I can run about 15 tracks with about 3 plugins on each one before my CPU begins to struggle. When that happens, I start to get pops and clicks during playback, so that is when I go ahead and print my tracks to duplicates with the FX applied while muting the originals.

[Hardrock69]

Dupe post

[Diamondjimi]

Don't think I'll ever get up the nerve to sing anything other than backups on any of my tunes, don't think even I want to hear that...LOL! :baaa:

I hear ya there bro. I do harmony vocals in my band as well as our 2nd guitarist. When I'm blending my harmony vox (solo'd) I cringe when I hear my voice. I have good pitch, but I still can't get into hearing myself on my own. It really helps when I multitrack (stack) my vocal tracks ( 3 tracks minimum), it really fills it out. And with the natural chorusing of blending the multi takes, it really helps when blending behind the main (lead) vocal. (See trk 6 on my disc) ;)
I may not have a voice strong enough for lead, but I have a good knack for finding interesting harmony lines that aren't typically based on Major/minor 3rd's or singing in straight 5th's.
Kind of the David Crosby approach.
What I lack in lead vocal strength, I try and make up for it in the creative department... :biggrin:




The true resident RA slide-monster (IMO, so far as I've heard) is DJ, though... thinkin' HE needs to post some of his rippin' slide work. (hint, cough, hint)
:killer:

:o I'm humbled bro, thanks for the props.
You just reminded my of the fact that I haven't tracked any real slide work on our new album... (yet). ;) I still have to track 2 more solo's. I might have to rethink one of them... ;)
I have however used the National Lap on a tune or two. I put that thing through my rig for tracking and it simply roars!

And I can't wait to share some of the new stuff after it's completed and mastered. It trumps the first one by a mile, imo..

[Diamondjimi]

With my current machine (Quad-core AMD and 4 gigs of ram on Win XP) I can run about 15 tracks with about 3 plugins on each one before my CPU begins to struggle. When that happens, I start to get pops and clicks during playback, so that is when I go ahead and print my tracks to duplicates with the FX applied while muting the originals.

I tend to group tracks that share parameters and vst's to a buss line to a master fader that contains the necessary plugings. I disable the individual plug ins for each track ( or at least down to a bare minimum, some. I basically tweak the individual tracks eq to bring up basic details of the tone. But usually very little, I don't want to stack too many frequencies. I save the bulk of the tone/detail shaping for the master group track.) This frees up loads of cpu. :baaa:

[jhale667]

All great tips, guys - thanks. I think I'm getting to the point where I need to bounce some of my doubled 3-cab/track rhythms down to stereo tracks, that'd probably free up a bunch of CPU space too...I mean, one stereo track should take up less space than 6 mono ones, right? :hee:

[Hardrock69]

:biggrin:

I would think so.

[jackassrock]

This one's a song about skinny jeans form our first record
Screamin' Inseams (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=oQsIAz)

Second record... a little more singy. Complete with stolen EVH lick in the solo.
Kick It Around (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=0jNq3E)

Now for the upcoming release, A Touch Of Ass. The bass player sings this one (we do about 50/50 on vocals). Oh, this ain't mastered yet.
Romeo (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=YNsGcC)

Here's the old stuff;
From '97 a band called "The Patsy Cline"
Quote Of The Day (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=pZd8bz)
This was recorded with a Washburn LP copy and a Marshall Mosfet. I think the guitar tones are pretty damned good for what I was using.

Live with the Murder Junkies in '06

[ashstralia]

very cool mate. loving 'kick it around'.

[Seshmeister]

Yeah like that one too.

Is the name Jackass not a problem with the TV show/movie?

[Diamondjimi]

This one's a song about skinny jeans form our first record
Screamin' Inseams (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=oQsIAz)

Second record... a little more singy. Complete with stolen EVH lick in the solo.
Kick It Around (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=0jNq3E)

Now for the upcoming release, A Touch Of Ass. The bass player sings this one (we do about 50/50 on vocals). Oh, this ain't mastered yet.
Romeo (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=YNsGcC)

Here's the old stuff;
From '97 a band called "The Patsy Cline"
Quote Of The Day (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=pZd8bz)
This was recorded with a Washburn LP copy and a Marshall Mosfet. I think the guitar tones are pretty damned good for what I was using.

Live with the Murder Junkies in '06


So I guess you knew Gigi Allin... Isn't Hank III a friend/fan of M.D.?
Cool tune, btw...

[ashstralia]

thanks j, i know i'm not the worlds best singer, i just like singing. usually i just put a scratch vocal on there so the real singer can hear what i had in mind...:) like your good self, i'm more into the harmonies. that's what i really loved about jackass' 'kick it around'.

[jackassrock]

Thanks guys. I sang all the vocals on that one. I'm not a huge fan of my voices tone, but like Zappa said, "I can hit the right note about 85% of the time".

And our name has never been a problem, probably cause there's no money to be made by suing me. We did have it before the show came out though.

[Hardrock69]

I feel the same way about my voice. I have a decent range, (3 octaves), but I never sing, so if I began rehearsing, I would be croaking within a couple of hours. It would take me a couple of weeks to get the strength back so I did not blow my voice out....
And that is coming up soon, as I have half a dozen songs with the instruments done, just need to start singing.

I don't like the tone of my voice either though. Not enough highs to cut cleanly through a mix.

[Diamondjimi]

HR, I think your voice kicks ass... Has an (early) Halford quality to it !:rockit2:


There's some talented motherfuckers on this board!

[Diamondjimi]

Speaking of talented MF'ers can wait to hear J's stuff with drums on it. C'mon J, get it happenin dude! :baaa:

[PETE'S BROTHER]

has a roth army build a band thing ever been discussed? think of the jam session we could have at the bbq!!!

[Diamondjimi]

I've brought this up amongst a few of us. Would be cool to put something together. Maybe if we can round up the funds, could hire Kwame to play drums on the project. :biggrin: ;)

To pull it off, we'd basically have a plan. Record and mix the drums to a stereo track, and use "Yousendit.com" to pass it around. Talk about preferred keys and riffs. Each guy would record their part/s and share a rough mix (mp3). All tracks must be done as wav.
Mp3's are easier to pass around quicker.
I'd be happy to get something going with y'all! :baaa:

We could sort of treat it as The Army version of the Hear 'N Aid sessions. Only it would be a long distance thing....

[PETE'S BROTHER]

i'll hook up kwame with some nugs, he'll be in. :baaa:

[kwame k]

:lmao: yep, I can be bought for cheap!

I've been doing collaborations with people as far away as England and it's really easy to share files nowadays....I'm in!

I mentioned before about doing live jams over the internet....there's free software out there and the technology has gotten to the point where there's no lag or latency issues. It's been awhile since I used it but remember it doing a decent job.

[Diamondjimi]

Let's get something goin man!

[Seshmeister]

Yeah count me in.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Bombastic !

[kwame k]

Excellent!

[lesfunk]

Mr. Bombastic!

[PETE'S BROTHER]

mr. excellent

[PETE'S BROTHER]

i regret that i have no musical talents to share with you guys. :(

[lesfunk]

You can serve the coffee

[kwame k]

i regret that i have no musical talents to share with you guys. :(

Now if we could of gotten Ace to just admit that:)

[PETE'S BROTHER]

You can serve the coffee

fine.....

[kwame k]

OK....how about rolling the blunts!

[PETE'S BROTHER]

i have tons pre rolled in case of just such an emergency:smoke:

[kwame k]

I always say....be prepared!

[chefcraig]

i regret that i have no musical talents to share with you guys. :(


Now if we could of gotten Ace to just admit that:)

I was always under the impression he did, each time he posted links to his "work".

[lesfunk]

Ace wasn't very musical but he was certainly entertaining

[kwame k]

:lmao:

Speaking of Ace........do you have to wear a cape now that you're a super mod?

[Kristy]

Ace wasn't very musical but he was certainly entertaining

:crown: The man was GOD LIKE in that cape. And that GQ cover bod of his...:yum:

Calm down, Kristy...calm down.

[kwame k]

:lmao: Got a fat fetish, Kristy?

[Kristy]

No, it's definitely that cape that blinds my better judgement when it comes to men. Remember, I was magician's assistant for about a year. I certainly didn't do that work for the money:biggrin:

[kwame k]

:biggrin:

[Seshmeister]

We could cover one of the old unreleased VH tracks or a rocked up version of 'You're in the Army now'... :)

[Seshmeister]

Or if Kristy will sing...

[chefcraig]

Or if Kristy will sing...

It would be a bit more ironic if she sang Zep's "Kashmir".

[PETE'S BROTHER]

:lmao:

[jhale667]

Speaking of talented MF'ers can wait to hear J's stuff with drums on it. C'mon J, get it happenin dude! :baaa:

Workin' on it, bro....and thanks! :baaa:



I've brought this up amongst a few of us. Would be cool to put something together. Maybe if we can round up the funds, could hire Kwame to play drums on the project. :biggrin: ;)

To pull it off, we'd basically have a plan. Record and mix the drums to a stereo track, and use "Yousendit.com" to pass it around. Talk about preferred keys and riffs. Each guy would record their part/s and share a rough mix (mp3). All tracks must be done as wav.
Mp3's are easier to pass around quicker.
I'd be happy to get something going with y'all! :baaa:

We could sort of treat it as The Army version of the Hear 'N Aid sessions. Only it would be a long distance thing....

This would be totally cool...we SHOULD try to pull it off someday!


:guitar:

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Workin' on it, bro....and thanks! :baaa:




This would be totally cool...we SHOULD try to pull it off this weekend


:guitar:

agreed :baaa:

[jhale667]

agreed :baaa:

OK, let's start with the basics: In the spirit of CVH, I suggest whatever we come up with, the guitars should be tuned to Eb. :cool:

[Diamondjimi]

OK, let's start with the basics: In the spirit of CVH, I suggest whatever we come up with, the guitars should be tuned to Eb. :cool:

Agreed!

But one thing, let's not follow their work ethic. :biggrin:
Seriously though, we need a game plan. Is it simply gonna be a case of Kwame tracking a groove and passing it around and have one of us write some riffs and changes on top?

Idea's, anyone?

[chefcraig]

Number one, you need a roster of players. Who will be involved and what are their roles? Then, it would be a good idea to discuss exactly what you wish to accomplish here. Is this to be a full creative collaboration, or is it going to be a bunch of guys sitting side by side exchanging guitar solos over a basic riff? (Nothing wrong with that, just think about the second side of Abbey Road and the "Golden Slumbers" jam amongst John, Paul and George.)

Next, in the spirit of democracy, it would be cool if there were say, three choices of tunes to be recorded. This way, people could be in some form of agreement about how they could individually fit into a song and where they could comfortably place things as opposed to merely forcing their style over a particular passage or riff that does feel quite right. So you could have a ballad, a mid-tempo number or a flat out stomper, and everyone could go away, listen to them and think about what they could best contribute. Finally, a vote would be passed in order to conclude what the majority feels best about.

After that, it's merely a matter of time and logistics.

[Diamondjimi]

I think a new thread might be in order as not to derail this one....

Here... The Roth Army All Star Band Jams thread.. (http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/showthread.php?62301-The-Roth-Army-All-Star-Band-Jams-thread..&p=1539585#post1539585)

[jhale667]

...Back on topic...lol. Finding the best way to not have CPU issues with Pro Tools at the moment is to, once I'm satisfied with the Boogie/Recabinet 3-mic deal, I need to immediately bounce it (printing the cab emulations, but for this one only kept the EQ on the D6 tracks) to a stereo track. I dumped 6 mono tracks to 1 stereo on "Bubble", and replaced the original mono PODfarm track with one redone in stereo. Nice interplay, IMO. I could've played with them in the stereo field a little more or less, but not bad for a first bounce...

https://s-external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=7e19663e8e3782ae5426b6fe14706931&w=90&h=90&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnyc2img.soundclick.com%2F69%2Fima ges%2Fj%2Fsong%2Fjayhale%2Bbubblerhythmguitars2.jp g%3Fversion%3D221
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10610659

Still need to come up with something spooky for the clean track to do in the breakdown and repeat the original part at the end, but coming along nicely...and NOW a file that's easy to work with again!!

:guitar:

[Diamondjimi]

Still need to come up with something spooky for the clean track to do in the breakdown and repeat the original part at the end, but coming along nicely...and NOW a file that's easy to work with again!!

:guitar:

Maybe try something with a Rotovibe effect. It can be groovy and spooky.:biggrin:

I Like your balancing of the D6 cab mic. I found in my sessions I had to back it off a wee bit to leave frequency space for the kick and bass gtr. But it still has the oomph...

[jhale667]

Maybe try something with a Rotovibe effect. It can be groovy and spooky.:biggrin:

I Like your balancing of the D6 cab mic. I found in my sessions I had to back it off a wee bit to leave frequency space for the kick and bass gtr. But it still has the oomph...


Was kinda thinking the same thing...alter the effect for the mid-section, punch back in with the original clean tone when it turns back around at the end... :baaa:
And thanks, but funny you should mention the D6, I was thinking maybe I should've backed off on it a bit...:lmao:

[chefcraig]

This is kind of goofy. The original lyrics I came up with described a Henry VIII-type figure who habitually killed off his latest wife when bored with her, yet gets the tables turned on him by his current (and last) wife and the court jester. The "Royal Flush" alluded to in the title tells what she did with his head. Believe it or not, the song wasn't nearly as gruesome as that description makes it sound.

We only played this tune (without our singer) the one time after several beers, then abandoned it. I'm not really sure as to why, but it might have sounded a bit too derivative, as even a cursory listen reveals that I must have been listening to Zep's Presence a great deal around the time I wrote it. I dunno if that was the real reason, as we sure never shied away from being derivative of bands like Alice In Chains or Creed in this period.


Royal Flush (http://www.supload.com/listen?s=nwwugz)

http://img1.imagehousing.com/14/15ceec665c03095866865b3e4467900e.jpg (http://www.imagehousing.com/)

[jhale667]

Chef, the mid-section reminds me of the "Barney Miller" theme in a good way... :baaa:

[chefcraig]

I hear ya on that. This was when I was still using that short-scaled SG bass, before I smashed it to pieces after it failed me one too many times. The damned thing really lent itself to over-playing at times, but really was terrific for melodic lines. The thing is, as our guitarists got louder and louder, I needed something to cut through the din, and switched to the hot-rodded Explorer I've used ever since. However, listening to these old tracks, I seriously believe I either sacrificed or simply lost something along the way.

[Hardrock69]

Only time I ever smashed a guitar to pieces was a Hondo Explorer I had got for 99 bucks back in 1985. I was swapping out pickups in the thing, and had it plugged into a practice amp while soldering the new one in, so I could hear when I got a good connection, etc.

Well, I did not have a clamp, as I was attempting to solder the ground wire to the back of the volume pot. And needing one hand for solder, one hand for the iron, I was having a bitch of a time getting the wire to stay close enough to the back of the pot to solder it down. So while all this is going on, of course as I touch everything, the amp is going "BZZZZ! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! BZZZZZZZZZ!!! BZZZZZZZZ!! *KRACKLE* BZZZZT! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!! *POP!* BZZZZZZZZZZZT!!!!

I finally got so pissed off I threw the guitar across the room. It landed by the front door. I took it outside onto the front porch and proceeded to smash it to bits. I turned around and my drummer had just arrived and was standing there with a shocked look on his face. :biggrin:

I did not mind killing it. 99 bucks. It was a good playable axe, but not that great in the quality department. It was time for it to die anyway. :hee:

[Diamondjimi]

A Hondo? ...firewood!

You did the world a favour! :baaa: :biggrin:

[SunisinuS]

A Hondo? ...firewood!

You did the world a favour! :baaa: :biggrin:

That is because you have never owned one. The extra two frets do things you do not understand.

[jhale667]

Yeah, I'd have to agree with DJ...Hondos ARE firewood...:hee:\

Sent "Bubble" off via .WAV file on YouSendIt to some friends in NY for drum and bass tracks this morning. Felt good...lol. Can't wait to hear the finished product...!

:guitar:

[jacksmar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9UbqMyEHDg

[Diamondjimi]

That is because you have never owned one.

Uhh, yes I have. Back when I was 15 I bought on for 100 bucks. (HAD to have a V) . I ended up painting it up like Randy Rhoads' polka dot one.
And yes, it was w wretched piece of shit. :shiznit: (Thinking back now, I think I did toss the fucker on a campfire...):tongue0011:


The extra two frets do things you do not understand.

I've owned a couple of 24 fret guitars in the past. And yes I still have a Washburn MG-74 with 24 of those fuckers on it and I manage quite fin

[Diamondjimi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9UbqMyEHDg

Why is this posted here?....

Lemme guess.......... you're Gene! :lmao:

[jhale667]

Why is this posted here?....

Lemme guess.......... you're Gene! :lmao:

Playing through a Marshall...combo?? :lmao:

[Diamondjimi]

Playing through a Marshall...combo?? :lmao:

On 4 !!! :lol:

[jacksmar]

As usual, thanks for watching.:baaa:

[jhale667]

We'll never get that 30 seconds back, true. :lmao:

[ThrillsNSpills]

LMAO.

for all the crap jacksmar gets you can't discount the combination of a Jackson into a good Marshall.

Kiss tributes are like Trix though.
They're for kids.

25 years ago.

[jhale667]

Busy freakin' busy...
I was trying to get a chance to put down a riff before I left for vacation and couldn't, but since I always take a Strat (usually my Koa one) with me as a carry-on, I was able to work on it all week. Then as I was unpacking yesterday, I new one popped into my head...got scratch tracks down for both this morning....

https://s-external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQAE20eq3ge5C8HX&w=130&h=130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.sndcdn.com%2Fartworks-000009115777-ddidpy-t300x300.jpg%3Fa1786a9
http://soundcloud.com/jayhaleguitar/shes-dirty-rhythm

That's the one I didn't get to last week...and here's the new one. :baaa:
https://s-external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQB_N-F-OcsT-lkX&w=130&h=130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.sndcdn.com%2Fartworks-000009115939-y5le33-t300x300.jpg%3Fa1786a9
http://soundcloud.com/jayhaleguitar/from-where-i-stand-rhythm

They're both just my (Dimarzio Virtual Vintage Single-loaded) Purple Strat and the Boogie, no overdubs yet. For "She's Dirty" used the lead channel on the Boogie and the Recabinet "Green 4x12", but tempered the gain with the volume knob for the verse sections - and I used the rhythm 2 "Marshall/Brown" channel and the Recabinet "Tweed 2x12" emulation SM57/Royer 121 combo on "From Where I stand".

[Hardrock69]

I am getting antsy to get back to work on my current album project. Got sidetracked when the opportunity to remix demos from the mid-90s presented itself. Finally got done with track number 2 Saturday. 8 more to go. The bulk of the work is done, just tweaking the mixes to get it all to sound perfect.
Which can take forever.

As most songwriters, I have a large backlog of ideas and songs. I could quit my job and spend every day recording stuff and it would take me at least a couple of years to get everything recorded that I have written so far that is worth recording.

Only so many hours in the day.

[Diamondjimi]

The bulk of the work is done, just tweaking the mixes to get it all to sound perfect.
Which can take forever.



Ha, the story of my life right now.....:biggrin:

[jacksmar]

Busy freakin' busy...
I was trying to get a chance to put down a riff before I left for vacation and couldn't, but since I always take a Strat (usually my Koa one) with me as a carry-on, I was able to work on it all week. Then as I was unpacking yesterday, I new one popped into my head...got scratch tracks down for both this morning....

https://s-external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQAE20eq3ge5C8HX&w=130&h=130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.sndcdn.com%2Fartworks-000009115777-ddidpy-t300x300.jpg%3Fa1786a9
http://soundcloud.com/jayhaleguitar/shes-dirty-rhythm

That's the one I didn't get to last week...and here's the new one. :baaa:
https://s-external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQB_N-F-OcsT-lkX&w=130&h=130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.sndcdn.com%2Fartworks-000009115939-y5le33-t300x300.jpg%3Fa1786a9
http://soundcloud.com/jayhaleguitar/from-where-i-stand-rhythm

They're both just my (Dimarzio Virtual Vintage Single-loaded) Purple Strat and the Boogie, no overdubs yet. For "She's Dirty" used the lead channel on the Boogie and the Recabinet "Green 4x12", but tempered the gain with the volume knob for the verse sections - and I used the rhythm 2 "Marshall/Brown" channel and the Recabinet "Tweed 2x12" emulation SM57/Royer 121 combo on "From Where I stand".

You must live in EL Lay. You fucking don’t play in El Lay.

Go back on vacation and schedule a couple quarters at GIT. Your “ideas” are like a running toilet bowl. Thanks for the laugh and posting your work. I have figured out you’re the piston head that doesn’t race. I’ve got a guy that works for me like you. Owns more shit than he needs and can’t play worth a shit. You’re like the mechanic that knows everything about cars except how to win a race.

Both your ideas are easy to peg but here’s a tip: Don’t try to out clever yourself. It’s such a fine line. You play like a stepford wife with a broken collar bone. Buy a metronome and get some surgery on your wrists.

Another tip: Don’t home record and post it if you don’t know what the fuck you’re doing.

The next time you hear KISS, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Ozzy, or Satriani don’t say to yourself I can play that. You can’t. You couldn’t carry Paul Stanley’s or Ace Frehley’s guitar case. Put down your ego and guitar(s) and just give up. Soon.

[VAiN]

This is gonna end well... :popc1:

[chefcraig]

Go back on vacation and schedule a couple quarters at GIT. Your “ideas” are like a running toilet bowl. Thanks for the laugh and posting your work. I have figured out you’re the piston head that doesn’t race. I’ve got a guy that works for me like you. Owns more shit than he needs and can’t play worth a shit. You’re like the mechanic that knows everything about cars except how to win a race.

Both your ideas are easy to peg but here’s a tip: Don’t try to out clever yourself. It’s such a fine line. You play like a stepford wife with a broken collar bone. Buy a metronome and get some surgery on your wrists.

Another tip: Don’t home record and post it if you don’t know what the fuck you’re doing.

The next time you hear KISS, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Ozzy, or Satriani don’t say to yourself I can play that. You can’t. You couldn’t carry Paul Stanley’s or Ace Frehley’s guitar case. Put down your ego and guitar(s) and just give up. Soon.

Totally unfair, and equally uncalled for. If anyone here plans on insulting another's original works, at least have the gonads to post your own original stuff in order for folks to make a comparison, as well as to provide evidence that you know what you are talking about by backing it up.

[Seshmeister]

Can we ban him from this area?

[jackassrock]

Does he need to be banned because he doesn't like Jay's music? Or just because he insulted someone here, cause that happens daily.

[jhale667]

Oh, no he didn't... :lmao:


This is gonna end well... :popc1:

This is gonna end with Jerksmear getting torn a new asshole (which hey, his dude will be excited about). :turninggay:

Are you fucking kidding me? This from the mentally-challenged racist bitch -who can't post anything other than his shit-Kiss "tribute" band as an example of his "work" thinks he has room to bag on anyone else who HAS an original idea?

GO FUCK YOURSELF JERKSMEAR.

And it's pretty obvious what this is about Jerky - clearly it REEEEEALLY burns you up that a minority - someone you desperately wish you could view as "inferior" can outplay you, huh? :hee:

Yeah, any day you wanna have a Roth Army "headcuttin' duel" you let me know, k? :wow2:

"Buy a metronome" - can you even PLAY to a click, idiot? I'd love to hear you track an entire original song arrangement to one, but that'll never happen. We see by your posting style that's too much to ask of your tiny little brain.


FACT: You're a hack in a shitty tribute band, dude. NOT a real one. No, it's not better than not being in a band, in your case it barely counts. It's not even a cool one - you play for a joke one, with no staging - through fucking Marshall COMBOS, FFS. You're a pathetic little bitch in a glass trailer throwing stones. OWN IT.


Totally unfair, and equally uncalled for. If anyone here plans on insulting another's original works, at least have the gonads to post your own original stuff in order for folks to make a comparison, as well as to provide evidence that you know what you are talking about by backing it up.

He doesn't have material, or gonads, dude - he's a eunuch in the literal and musical sense.
Fuck him. He can't post anything - nor can he play his way out of a wet paper bag - and he knows it. If he could he would have.


This is not a request - Post something original Jerky - or don't bother ever posting in this forum again. :dafinger:



Can we ban him from this area?


Doesn't matter. His next post better be an original, or ALL of his posts go straight to the dump going forward.

[ThrillsNSpills]

jacksmar's description sounded perfect if he was describing Chickenfoot's new sample.
Jay's stuff sounds great so far, but judging something from just one track is pretty pointless, since it will take shape and be very different after stacking more tracks.

[Diamondjimi]

Seems like Jerksmear is nothing but jealous. A KI$$ tribute? Please.... :rolleyes: Does the world really need another one?
What are they called, the KI$$ Kombo's? :lol:

Give it up, Dude. Jay is the resident Jack Butler round these parts. I'd love to see you even try cuttin heads with him! :Loser:

[hotsummerknight]

good stuff :baaa: thumbs up from me

[Seshmeister]

Does he need to be banned because he doesn't like Jay's music? Or just because he insulted someone here, cause that happens daily.

I just meant from this bit of the site.

We can and do fight everywhere else but if people start shit in here especially if they are doing it because of arguments about other topics then no one will post any of their stuff in here. Who needs the aggravation?

[Diamondjimi]

I just meant from this bit of the site.

We can and do fight everywhere else but if people start shit in here especially if they are doing it because of arguments about other topics then no one will post any of their stuff in here. Who needs the aggravation?

Exactly. If some shitstain wants to carry their Front Line personal agenda against a member here to Gear Street they should expect to have that dick slapped out out their mouth and their post's flushed...

Nuff said!

[jackassrock]

I gotcha, as long as it's not a scenario where people get banned for not liking another member's (moderator's) playing. That's not right.

In my opinion, this forum is full of trolls, arguments, posturing, and showing off. I guess some of that is ok, cause DLR is one of the biggest showoffs in R&R history, and he (and showoff ED) attract a certain element. I know that I'm one too, lest you think I judge too harshly. I see you guys fighting, ganging up on people, and acting like a bunch of dicks to each other every time I visit this site, and it kinda ruins it for me. And that goes for most of you.

Know what, forget it, carry on. It ain't gonna change, so why try?

[Seshmeister]

It seemed that jacksmar was saying that the recording was shit because of arguments they have about politics.

I don't think that's helpful.

[jhale667]

I gotcha, as long as it's not a scenario where people get banned for not liking another member's (moderator's) playing. That's not right.

In my opinion, this forum is full of trolls, arguments, posturing, and showing off. I guess some of that is ok, cause DLR is one of the biggest showoffs in R&R history, and he (and showoff ED) attract a certain element. I know that I'm one too, lest you think I judge too harshly. I see you guys fighting, ganging up on people, and acting like a bunch of dicks to each other every time I visit this site, and it kinda ruins it for me. And that goes for most of you.

Know what, forget it, carry on. It ain't gonna change, so why try?

It'd be different if he had ROOM to constructively criticize my or anyone that has posted in this thread's abilities, but he doesn't, isn't, hasn't, and therefore CAN'T.

Fact is I'd dump them if he was doing it to anyone else here as well, his posts are useless drivel. Has he contributed ANYTHING to this forum ever? No. Nothing, Nada. Not even pictures of the Jackson and Marshall he brags about (unless you count that shitty solid-state combo pic in his lame tribute video). I'm beginning to believe it is as imaginary as another (actually) banned troll that used to drag this place down's "gear collection". Not happening again as far as I'm concerned. Went on too long that time, and I'm being proactive this time - fuck that.
So yeah, due to the fact he's doing nothing but trolling, I will continue to dump the posts (since he seemed to think I was kidding about it). If he doesn't like it, he can post some original material (as if he has any), STFU, or take it up with the complaint department. :dafinger:


It seemed that jacksmar was saying that the recording was shit because of arguments they have about politics.

I don't think that's helpful.


He was, and you're right - it's not, and it's no longer tolerated in this forum.

[ThrillsNSpills]

Give it up, Dude. Jay is the resident Jack Butler round these parts. I'd love to see you even try cuttin heads with him! :Loser:

[ThrillsNSpills]

Okay, this first one was my G & L into a Rockman into the back of a 3/4" video tape deck. A 2 minute 1 take improv over a riff a friend did . Not the greatest, but it has its moments.



If you think the drum machine's annoying, you should have heard the drummers we used to try to do this live.
Sounded like a herd of elephants falling down the stairs. Not that I blame 'em, you really have to have a double bass thing developed to deal with the stamina that it would take.

[ThrillsNSpills]

I love the Jack Butler scene. the arpeggios never get old.
There's a new cable channel that seems to play Crossroads every other day. (Antenna TV)

[lesfunk]

The fact of the matter is that most people who have the skill, experience or knowledge to criticize usually don't because they have the skill, experience or knowledge to know better.

[jhale667]

I love the Jack Butler scene. the arpeggios never get old.
There's a new cable channel that seems to play Crossroads every other day. (Antenna TV)

My favorite part was knowing in advance Steve Vai had played all of the arpeggio sequences for both himself and Ralph Macchio(sp) - and anything else on the soundtrack not played by Ry Cooder, and then watching him have to act like he couldn't play the parts...now THAT'S acting! :lmao:

[Diamondjimi]

[Seshmeister]

My favorite part was knowing in advance Steve Vai had played all of the arpeggio sequences for both himself and Ralph Macchio(sp) - and anything else on the soundtrack not played by Ry Cooder, and then watching him have to act like he couldn't play the parts...now THAT'S acting! :lmao:

It's a bit silly though.

Going first is a crazy big advantage obviously and how come he suddenly can't bend a string at the end?

And where do all those Bill and Ted harmonies come from at the end of the kid's bit?

Ok I need to lighten up. :)

[jhale667]

It's a bit silly though.

Going first is a crazy big advantage obviously and how come he suddenly can't bend a string at the end?

And where do all those Bill and Ted harmonies come from at the end of the kid's bit?

Ok I need to lighten up. :)

I think the cinematographic term is "suspension of disbelief"...:hee:
Meaning, though we know he couldn't bend the string because it was a note beyond the range of a 22-fret guitar neck - and you're not supposed to think about the fact that Macchio's Tele only had 21 frets.... :lmao:

[Seshmeister]

I always thought if I was the Vai character at the end instead of storming off I would have stood there and said 'Pretty good effort for a first attempt huh?' and look pleased with myself. :)

[Diamondjimi]

And where do all those Bill and Ted harmonies come from at the end of the kid's bit?



One word... Eventide! ;)

[Seshmeister]

Judging by the YouTube comments you always see, nowadays at the end Butler would say 'Have you got the tab for that?'. :)

[ThrillsNSpills]

Wow there's so much stuff in this thread I had to bump it to check more of it out.

[ThrillsNSpills]

Outstanding, and thank you so much. This info just made the process much less like trying to remove a tooth with a hole punch and a hammer (don't ask).



What, no bottle of JD?

[ThrillsNSpills]

I don't know if what I click will saddle me with mallware shit, but I'm enjoying the tunes, and the comedy.

Recently I've unburdened myself with verses and choruses and just solo all the way through it.

hmm, solo through the verse, solo through the chorus, except one spoken line that says don't bore us get to the solo.

[chefcraig]

What, no bottle of JD?

This is why I initially said don't ask, as the memory hurts excruciatingly. Yep, alcohol was definitely involved. The tooth was impacted, and the pain was quite frankly so bad that I sought relief with a hammer. No luck, so I wound up going to the dentist the next day.

[ThrillsNSpills]

sorry man, that's some of the worst pain anyone could get.

hope the all-stars project is moving along, even more now that I've had a chance to hear what you guys are capable of.

[jhale667]

sorry man, that's some of the worst pain anyone could get.

hope the all-stars project is moving along, even more now that I've had a chance to hear what you guys are capable of.

A HAMMER, Chef? Holy crap!

I need to rebuild my computer ASAP - going through Pro Tools withdrawls over here!!

[rickymccoy]

Hey folks, i'm new to this forum so please forgive me if i'm posting this video in the wrong place. Here is a Live, unedited concert of my Van Halen tribute band Unchained " the mighty Van Halen tribute " check it out folks & I hope you enjoy it. Unchained - 12 Songs Live from The Chance in Poughkeepsie - YouTube

[Diamondjimi]

http://www.lolroflmao.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/i-cant-see-shit.jpg

[chefcraig]

Fucking lead singers...can't even figure out how to embed a Youtube video. :lmao:

Here ya go, and you are welcome.

Unchained - 12 Songs Live from The Chance in Poughkeepsie


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ZY8xCJg1o

[Hardrock69]

Not bad!

[Diamondjimi]

Not bad at all! :thumb:

[rocknrolldork]

I enjoyed that very much.

[jhale667]

Here's a silly blast from the past - my buddy I haven't heard from in a year or so emailed me an MP3 he made of a 90s 4-track demo of a friend's tune he did the rhythm guitars for and I did the solos he found...I'd totally forgotten about it until I heard it! It was a blues-rock thing, and the singer specifically instructed me NOT to "shred" on it, all the way to dictating what I played for the fills between verses, but the main guitar solo is funny...in the first couple of bars there's this HUGE John Sykes-inspired low-string harmonic growl that when I heard back I was like "Whoa!" did not remember doing that! Funny memory, too - it was basically a party at his place, and my friend had his gear set up, I'm several drinks in and the singer says "Hey, will you put a solo on my tune?" Uh,....OK?

http://soundcloud.com/jayhaleguitar/realize-early-4-track-90s-demo


:guitar:

[Jagermeister]

Here's a silly blast from the past - my buddy I haven't heard from in a year or so emailed me an MP3 he made of a 90s 4-track demo of a friend's tune he did the rhythm guitars for and I did the solos he found...I'd totally forgotten about it until I heard it! It was a blues-rock thing, and the singer specifically instructed me NOT to "shred" on it, all the way to dictating what I played for the fills between verses, but the main guitar solo is funny...in the first couple of bars there's this HUGE John Sykes-inspired low-string harmonic growl that when I heard back I was like "Whoa!" did not remember doing that! Funny memory, too - it was basically a party at his place, and my friend had his gear set up, I'm several drinks in and the singer says "Hey, will you put a solo on my tune?" Uh,....OK?

http://soundcloud.com/jayhaleguitar/realize-early-4-track-90s-demo


:guitar:

Just another reason for me to STONGLY dislike you jhale. :mad:

[jhale667]

Just another reason for me to STONGLY dislike you jhale. :mad:

Why, guitar-envy, FFS? No one ever asked you to play on their demo?? :lol:

And what's "Stongly", btw?


:guitar:

[Jagermeister]

Why, guitar-envy, FFS? No one ever asked you to play on their demo?? :lol:

And what's "Stongly", btw?


:guitar:

Asshole! :mad:

[jhale667]

Asshole! :mad:

Again, what's your compliaint - or should I just dump your posts for trolling?

[Jagermeister]

That would really upset me. j/k I don't give a shit about that and you know it.

That post is as close as you will get to compliment form me Mr. :mad:

[jhale667]

That would really upset me. j/k I don't give a shit about that and you know it.

That post is as close as you will get to compliment form me Mr. :mad:

Oh, OK...so it is guitar envy? :hee:

[chefcraig]

Knock it off you two, or so help me I'll delete everything in the thread except for my own contributions. And NOBODY in their right mind wants to hear that, let alone deal with it. :nanana:

[Matt White]

EXACTLY

GEAR FORUM

Take that pent up aggresion elsewhere......that shit dont fly hear

[kwame k]

Meh, I wasn't happy with the tracks I posted.......delete away;)

[Jagermeister]

EXACTLY

GEAR FORUM

Take that pent up aggresion elsewhere......that shit dont fly hear

Fuck you! jhale and I can fling shit anywhere we want on this board. We don't need you to chime in.

[kwame k]

Yeah, why have a mod of this forum chime in:headlights:

You really gonna have your melt-down today? With all that's happening in VH land?

Talk about shooting your self in the foot!

[Jagermeister]

Yeah, why have a mod of this forum chime in:headlights:

You really gonna have your melt-down today? With all that's happening in VH land?

Talk about shooting your self in the foot!

No melt down. jhale and I were done as far as I know. Didn't need Matt trying to throw his weight around. I could care less what forum I'm posting in. He has a delete button and so does jahle.

[jhale667]

Knock it off you two, or so help me I'll delete everything in the thread except for my own contributions. And NOBODY in their right mind wants to hear that, let alone deal with it. :nanana:

Notice I DID ask for a legitimate complaint (like I needed one for a goof tune I posted) and there was none...


Yeah, why have a mod of this forum chime in:headlights:

You really gonna have your melt-down today? With all that's happening in VH land?

Talk about shooting your self in the foot!

Exactly. God forbid one of the forum mods posts uh...something he worked on... in the "Show your work" thread, right?

[kwame k]

No melt down. jhale and I were done as far as I know. Didn't need Matt trying to throw his weight around. I could care less what forum I'm posting in. He has a delete button and so does jahle.

Dude, it's his job to co-run this forum...........

He has every right to tell you to knock it off, period!

We're all guests here and subject to the very few rules there are here........I'm not trying to add flames to the fire! Just a friendly reminder, bro:beers8:

[Jagermeister]

Dude, it's his job to co-run this forum...........

He has every right to tell you to knock it off, period!

We're all guests here and subject to the very few rules there are here........I'm not trying to add flames to the fire! Just a friendly reminder, bro:beers8:

Yes, yes he does. And I have every right to tell him to fuck off. Which I did. I'm not mad at him. jhale I'm mad at.

And you know I don't like rules even though I didn't break any as far as I know.

Anyway I digress. I shall not post in this forum any longer.

[Matt White]

Fuck you! jhale and I can fling shit anywhere we want on this board. We don't need you to chime in.

You DO need me to chime in pal......otherwise people drop dead from sheer boredom.....

I did get your backhanded compliment to J though............ ;)

so otherwise....FUCK YOU and back to your regular programing

[chefcraig]

Everybody shut up. I love all of you dudes, so quit fighting today (of all days) because of the reasons listed below:

1. It's MAX's birthday
2. I have a friend flying into New York with his cell phone, and he's promised to call me during this evening's performance.
3. I have a hangover that would kill most mortals, and a workload to equal it. The noise hurts my eyes and reading negative crap numbs my ears.
4. Did I mention a ghastly, commode-hugging, blood-dripping-from-the-eyes-type hangover?

[kwame k]

Yes, yes he does. And I have every right to tell him to fuck off. Which I did. I'm not mad at him. jhale I'm mad at.

And you know I don't like rules even though I didn't break any as far as I know.

Anyway I digress. I shall not post in this forum any longer.

You're taking a flame war from the Front Line and spilling it over into other forums......that has nothing to do with this forum!

It is one of the rules, dude!

Just would hate to see a fan self-destruct when we have exclusive goodies and inside info from the Man and the Band we all love!

[kwame k]

Everybody shut up. I love all of you dudes, so quit fighting today (of all days) because of the reasons listed below:

1. It's MAX's birthday
2. I have a friend flying into New York with his cell phone, and he's promised to call me during this evening's performance.
3. I have a hangover that would kill most mortals, and a workload to equal it. The noise hurts my eyes and reading negative crap numbs my ears.
4. Did I mention a ghastly, commode-hugging, blood-dripping-from-the-eyes-type hangover?

Message received and understood....I'm out!

I have a fucking wine hangover from hell, too!

I remember why I don't get drunk on wine anymore!!!!!!!!!

[jhale667]

Everybody shut up. I love all of you dudes, so quit fighting today (of all days) because of the reasons listed below:

1. It's MAX's birthday
2. I have a friend flying into New York with his cell phone, and he's promised to call me during this evening's performance.
3. I have a hangover that would kill most mortals, and a workload to equal it. The noise hurts my eyes and reading negative crap numbs my ears.
4. Did I mention a ghastly, commode-hugging, blood-dripping-from-the-eyes-type hangover?

Totally agree - and I've got friends there too - would much rather wait for an update from them than continue this crap...


But c'mon, that tune IS funny... :lmao:

[rocknrolldork]

Here is the cheesey pop/top 40/dance band that I joined a few months ago. Some of the music is pretty cheesy, but the money was just too good to pass up and the people in the band are super cool. Covering Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruKdCeeWVyc

I always have issues embedding vids, so let me know if this works.

[rocknrolldork]

For the rockers in the joint, which would be most of us, here is my other band Album Cover from when we covered the Queensryche album Operation Mindcrime.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwerfdZ6vmE

[rocknrolldork]

Damn it! Sorry dudes. I tried to copy the code and can't figure the shit out.

Hopefully this works.

LemonWheel - Paris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruKdCeeWVyc

Album Cover - Operation Mindcrime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwerfdZ6vmE

[bigtrouble77]

Figure I'd post some of my stuff here. I don't know anyone into VH (or hard rock for that matter), so my stuff never gets any love. I recorded these songs in college with Cool Edit Pro back in the early 2000's. I'm primarily a singer, but I never got around to putting vocals to these demos despite having completed some. I also didn't get around to the lead guitars, but there are some. I didn't have a drummer so I have to loop a crappy casio keyboard drums. All were recorded with my purple (now yellow) EVH Musicman.

http://soundcloud.com/bob-star

[jhale667]

Rebuilding my Pro Tools rig next week...getting excited! Staying PC-based (I'm on PCs all day at the office, kinda weird trying to switch over when I get home, having now goofed around with a Mac a bit), went with an i7 CPU and 8gb's of RAM to start...I'm going to get it running again with the old system's C drive so I can back up some program files, then shortly thereafter will be pulling that in favor of a new 1TB HD and Win7, at which point I can do the PT9 cross-grade as well as upgrade to the stereo stand-alone plug-in version of Recabinet. Also interested to finally get to record the new Bomber Charvel, it sounds amazing in the room but I'm curious to see if it records equally well...will post some wankage once the system's back up! :baaa:

[SNIPER]

Here is a clip of my old band Midline from about 5 years ago somebody filmed, I think we were opening up for Buck Cherry.

[fourthcoming]

Killer grooves Sniper...Band is tight.....diggin' it.

[Hardrock69]

Reaper! Fuck protools! ;)

[jhale667]

Reaper! Fuck protools! ;)

Well, since I alreeady have it...:lmao: Nah, I like it, and they're way helpful - hung out at their NAMM exhibit for a bit, wish I'd had more time actually, I wanted to check out the new rack unit that does guitar amp emulations.

[Hardrock69]

I know. Still the industry standard so I understand. I guess I am just a Reaper fanboi what can I say, lol.

[SNIPER]

Here is my current band. Karin Comes Killing :devils::devils::mad0233::devils::devils:

[Big Fat Sammy]

Very cool yall. There has always been a lot of talent around here. Here is the promo vid for the 80's Europop band I'm in.