General Music Chat

To each his own. Thanks for listening to my fly on the wall compered to that 5,000,000 hit vevo monster. Have a nice weekend, girls.

https://youtu.be/P9_hegaKOaY

Between gigs and rehearsals and visiting the old folks Mark and I threw together a cute little ditty I have posted here - https://soundcloud.com/jookeyman/paris-swing42-beta-test

Mark threw me a nice meaty bone of a Gypsy Jazz track, arranging a really cool piece. I then did a classical treatment on it w/ 2 guitars and a bass so this is a neo-classical/jazz hybrid #. All of my parts are improvised and not written out (therefore you get the beta version). I didn't get all of the harmonies and counterpoint exactly where I wanted but what the hell, we don't ever talk about music so who cares.

Thanks to Mark for sharing his talents!!

you're most welcome. and thank YOU for putting in time, thought, and your talent to mess w it!

as far as me "arranging" anything.....my only contribution was to strum some chords on my Paris Swing GC-42 gtr!

i know that after you jumped me for my last comments (critique) of one of your tunes, i promised not to weigh in again w any criticisms...constructive or otherwise, but i can't help myself. i yam what i yam and gotta be me....an outspoken yahoo!

ok, here goes...you've got some cool things going on there. i love how the bass line moves both down and then up. nice. and some of the gtr melodies are very cool even though they don't always "make the changes". but for MY tastes...and this is highly subjective stuff here....it's a little too congested for me.

and for my money (of which i've spent none) i think perhaps it might flow a little better w some more space, as my rhythm gtr does have a good amount of chord changes and movement.

there's my (unsolicited) two cents. i'll await hearing from your attorney!

It's like beaming a mullet hair cut into your brain!

joseph and smid....I guess you don't get what we are talking about.....is it possible you could be any more shallow?

ok, here goes...you've got some cool things going on there. i love how the bass line moves both down and then up. nice. and some of the gtr melodies are very cool even though they don't always "make the changes". but for MY tastes...and this is highly subjective stuff here....it's a little too congested for me.

I have one answer to this. Go listen to Bach's 'Fugue in C minor' and get back w/ me. K??

Now i see the problem.

Well, that "Previous Offense" tune is in the key of Dm. AHA! THAT must be why it sounds cluttered to me!

joseph and smid....I guess you don't get what we are talking about.....is it possible you could be any more shallow?

No.

That track I was listening to was sh*t. I can't continue to examine that Volbeat band. It hurts my soul. They make Bon Jovi seem like Hell's Angels.

To contrast, here's the new Melvins tune with 3 bass players and almost no guitar added. Let it fly against the wall. See what sticks. Tchad Blake to the max, jook.

https://youtu.be/DCuB1yAZkKI

Hey Schmeddy-

Is this Mike Patton w/ Buzz and Dale??

No. It's Mike Kunka, the singer/ bass player from Godheadsilo. They're a sludgy bass/ drums duo out of Fargo. The album was started in about '99 but got shelved until now.
In other exciting Melvins news, they were trending on Facebook this week for their Beatles cover/ album/ upcoming tour! I'm excited!

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/05/10/listen-to-the-melvins-cover-the-beatles-i-want-to-tell-you-exclusive/

Speaking of Pop, I was digging the Stooges link you put up. You have to give it up for Iggy. He STILL looks like a million dollars at his age and he's still doing his thing. Watched a reunion video several months ago and those guys still have it.

That album, Raw Power was the one that the band screwed up the engineering/ production so royally. Iggy brought it to David Bowie and said we need to mix this today or the record company takes it to some producer we don't like or trust. When Bowie checked it out, the whole band was on one track, another track for vocals and a third track for lead guitar. He couldn't believe with up to 24 tracks available on the tape they only used the 3. The band's first two albums sound better, but Raw Power has a kinetic energy from the beginning to the end that that's unbelievable.