(cool song too)
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
v into 'Razorblade the Tape'
― Merdeyeux, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 23:20 (nine years ago) link
attempt at something live with a new piece of gear. Sounds a bit amateurish but some okay ideas i think
https://soundcloud.com/constantlightduo/fl2028mg
― poop will eat itself (S-), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 04:15 (nine years ago) link
I was away for a while and mostly sans ILX, so just now catching up.
Sounds cool S-! What's the new gear?
emil.y I really like the part where 'Razorblade the tape' where it opens up and the singer says "won't let you get away"
NA 'Vice President' is a sweet song. Sort of reminds me of the controlled unhingedness that YLT has on some of their better louder songs
― Karl Malone, Monday, 18 August 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
What's the new gear?
i believe the gear in question is the elektron octatrack, which i witnessed being used to excellent effect this weekend just gone
― ned's atomic raggett (electricsound), Monday, 18 August 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
Thanks for listening KM. I always thought it would be funny to have a stoner rock band called Vice President but the second best option was using the name for a heavy psych song (or what's a heavy psych song in my mind).
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
NA i liked how your album had all kinds of different songs on it but they all were you, so they sounded coherent also as i mentioned, sensitive family song --> frozen grapes was a stroke of geniusthe first song was my favorite, i think?
here is one thing i did -- it's all me! drums + my little synth. it would sound better with something else in the mix but i left it as is because i was excited that it sounded ok at all. there's at least one noticeable flub in the middle. http://bit.ly/YpsS8s
and here is another (i don't even know what to call this -- is it a remix if drums are added to an existing recording? is it ok to post for listening (but not for download)? i wonder about these things. it's another 13-14th c dance tune with unsolicited extra drums. i think it sounds kinda Third Ear Band ish? http://bit.ly/1qmXTAk
even if no one listens to it, posting things here is good for me because it means i'm not afraid to do so (even if i should be!)
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
i believe the youtubers call them "drum covers"
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link
I'm glad it sounds cohesive. It was supposed to be more cohesive/have more of a shared sound across the songs but I'm not good at sticking to plans like that. I'm really happy with how the album turned out though.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
don't take this the wrong way (you do not sound anything like lou barlow at his sappiest) but it reminds me of what i liked about peak era sebadoh -- catchy songs, variety, some unexpected but welcome turns. except that was 3 songwriters and you are still 1 person afaik :)
drum covers ehi guess it's not against the law if it's not available for download? i haven't really entered the world of youtube because i don't particularly want to be seen.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
Oh it's def going for old-school lo-fi 4-track home recording aesthetic, intentionally not "clean" (though I don't know if I could do clean if I tried), though I was never into Sebadoh specifically. That's my wheelhouse.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
bubble & scrape had the best assortment of songs iirc
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
like a variety pack where all the varieties are good!
i guess it's not against the law if it's not available for download?
eh no one cares unless you're making lots of money from something
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
i thought for sure it would be ok but then i read this! i think people bristled bc he was collecting/distributing his stuff but man those folk people are kinda nuts. http://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/columns/bell-labs_folk-fatwas-from-the-trad-taliban
Although Under The Hills And Nearby was an extremely modest release – a handful of cassettes and a Bandcamp page – I worried that Callow might ruffle folk feathers for using recordings without permission. And so it proved. He wrote to Topic to open discussions, and the curt response was a bill for hundreds of pounds plus VAT. The Alan Lomax archive took a similarly dim view and saw it all in financial terms. Then came a threat of litigation from Mike Yates, a song collector who had made some of the original recordings. Yates let off steam in a rant on the Musical Traditions website – “my feeling of disgust…underhand manner…Callow’s horrible work (he can’t even keep in time with the singing!)”.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
on the other hand, i kinda get itthose recordings aren't his to modify
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
I take a very lenient view on appropriating, especially when there's no money being exchanged.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
true, you do get the folks who will go in whether there's money to be made or not. for instance my brass band plays a version of 'r3d dress' aka 'h1gh heel sneakers', a blues, and a relative of the artist who originally recorded it is relentless as far as going after license fees wherever it shows up. my favorite live video of us ever recently got taken off youtube because it contained the last few bars of that tune (and unfortunately it was in the title of the video).
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
here's a track from a new project i did with two drummer friends, the idea was to make dance music with just percussion sounds that we recorded together:
http://soundcloud.com/artsextract/calabash-boom-hisarna
the mixes came out sounding a little bit more 'polite' than i intended, but it was fun to make and i'm glad we saw the concept through.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 22 September 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
i love it!! esp when the bass kicks in
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 22 September 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
thanks LL, the bass on that track is this gigantic, rickety, bootleg-looking bass kalimba that one of the dudes got at a thrift store.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 22 September 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
that's great!
― example (crüt), Monday, 22 September 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
this is fantastic
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 22 September 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
awesomelemme know if you ever find yourself thinking you need just *one more person*
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 22 September 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
ha, if you want to drive to the wastelands of northern wisconsin, i'll let you know the next time we record. that was the most fun part, it had been awhile since i've had to consider how to mic something.
thanks dudes.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 22 September 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
i would definitely consider it!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 22 September 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
New synths, new choon:
https://soundcloud.com/resistorsings/cant-believe
― L'Haim, to life (St3ve Go1db3rg), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
here's the other track from the percussion project: https://calabashboom.bandcamp.com/track/mbira
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 6 October 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link
new tune, i mumble a lot: https://soundcloud.com/weinventyou/backbone-bending
― Karl Malone, Monday, 13 October 2014 22:27 (nine years ago) link
Hey so did I ever post this before? A quick thread scan says no: I did this cover of a Split Enz song some time back, and it seems to have real good feedback from muso friends, so thought I'd post it here.
https://soundcloud.com/neverembers/one-step-ahead
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Friday, 17 October 2014 09:25 (nine years ago) link
BTW Zac that last track you posted is awesome!
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Friday, 17 October 2014 09:28 (nine years ago) link
thank you! it's kind of numan'd out in the middle but if he sues i will gladly give him 50% of my lucrative royalties
― Karl Malone, Friday, 17 October 2014 14:51 (nine years ago) link
new me + electricsound
https://constantlight.bandcamp.com/track/factory-floor-the-return
new drone
https://automating.bandcamp.com/album/wave
― poop will eat itself (S-), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
NA and I made this instrumental VU cover (Lady Godiva's Operation) yesterday-today and I like ithttp://bit.ly/1zdOOmw
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 27 October 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
yeah, i just listened! it sounds great! i love the neu/cluster vibes in the first half especially
― Karl Malone, Monday, 27 October 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
the recorder is my favorite part, sounds really cool with the effects.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 27 October 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
We should make an ILX:Duets record
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 27 October 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
thank you!!! sorry about the posting blitz. i was extra excited about it.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 27 October 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
We should make an ILX:Duets record― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, October 27, 2014 3:15 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I will do this if surm sings
― owe me the shmoney (m bison), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 01:06 (nine years ago) link
Woah, that "Lady Godiva's" rules! Really spooky and ethereal, but still rockin'.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link
LL I admit I was v puzzled coz when I click that link I get five minutes of just drums (upload date last year), but now that I've found the actual one, this is v cool!
I've been musically inactive for ages because I've had the template for some kind of electro ballad in my head but with no ability to realise it, so instead I noodled over the top of its droney foundation and now I can abandon it https://soundcloud.com/eeeeeein/lfsj5
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 14:51 (nine years ago) link
huge whoops there! i went back to the old one to see how it sounded and must've accidentally posted the wrong link. glad you found the right one!
and thanks everybody!! i'm kinda glad i don't know all the rules about when i should be embarrassed about what i've made/shared because it means i can feel genuinely good when i get any feedback. anything is good because 'audience of one' songs are my specialty at the moment.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/matthew-lee-helgeson/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night-remix-feat-dylan-thomas
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
i struggled with the mix on this one. i mixed most of it while on headphones, and then yelped in agony when i listened to it on speakers. depending on whether you listen to it on headphones, laptop speakers, apple earbuds, or regular speakers, the vocals are either way too loud or buried, and the organ drone is appropriately loud or inaudible. i give up.
https://soundcloud.com/weinventyou/wild-mess
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
i'm excited about a new song again!!this is me and tarfumes the escape goat playing some instrumental rock music!! http://bit.ly/1umSJH6not gonna lie, i love it and tbrr i have very refined and discriminating taste so obvs it's super good
― vigetable (La Lechera), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
pretty rad
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
^
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 22:27 (nine years ago) link
Thx :)
― vigetable (La Lechera), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 22:51 (nine years ago) link
sounds great!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link
here's something recent from my band -- just a rough iphone recording... hoping to do something real in the new year! http://forcesatwork.tumblr.com/post/104877801783
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 23:25 (nine years ago) link