General Music Chat

Check out my new song, "Song Baked"
I put an organ part at the end.
I've got pictures on my profile of the organ.
It's super old. It's got 32 tubes in the back and it still sounds great.

Staind-ish.
Dig it. Haunting vocal effect.
Summer came pretty hot this time... and still rising.

Hunter,

I've come to expect your stuff to be good. But you're still full of surprises.
Good songwriting, singing, guitarplayin' both rhythm and lead, and cool organ grinding as well!

great job,
Howlin'

f**king awesome man!!

Killer song Hunter..Great chorus, the dynamics are there, love the guitar lead, the organ at the end. All of it.

The organ at the end goes a little long for me though. About 30-seconds of it would have been enough.

That song is a keeper for sure. Good work dude.

Really good stuff. Pretty nice arrangement too.

I agree with Shredd6 that the organ is too long at the end. It would be better shorter, but I also think you could play with the chords more, and improve that part some. I think it would be worth it, cause the other parts of the song are so good.

I like what you are trying to do with the organ, kind of interweaving dreamy and lingering. To accomplish that better, slow the transitions down some more. Have someone else hold a few notes down if needed, to more smoothly interweave the parts, and it would be wicked.

Shorten it, and then fade it out.

Or better yet....

Play the interweaving parts for a while, and then sustain a chord, and start a new song over it. I hear this being on an album, and having the organ be a transition part between the two songs.

Forgive the old reference, but the idea is like that great Cars album, where "Moving in Stereo" transitions into "All Mixed Up". Different genre of course, but same idea. Sadly, I can't find any examples of those songs going into one another online. There is a live concert on YouTube which shows it, but the band kind of blows their own transition. You'd have to hear it from the album.

I just listened to that song again. And I gotta say, it's one of my favorite songs anyone has posted on Bandmix. It's a shame you don't have a full fledged band going Hunter.

There's a lot of creative artistic thought in Sun baked. The lyrics and the delivery of them are right on the money.

The acoustic guitar in the intro kills.

Wouldn't load for me

The organ part for this song was inspired by the transition between Mushroomhead's songs "Bwomp" and "Solitare/Unraveling" on their album 'XX'. There is a really solemn organ part that I thoght about copying, but I decided to do my own.

All I can say is damn, great song!

Im going to nitpick a little, I hope you have a tough skin.

For a commercial song and when I say that one that will fit on a radio format. The song is too long, the folks I know in radio still like 3-4 minutes. The thing is with a little tweaking I can hear this coming out of the radio on one of our local modern rock stations. The song is there.

Musically I love the harmonics you do on the song, thats a skill I never developed, but for me it really adds to the song. From a mixing standpoint, remember Im listening to some small computor speakers. I would like to hear the initial rythym guitar a little hotter. The vocals sound hot but really I think they are where they need to be, just some of the rythym work needs to be hotter under the vocals. When the crunchy guitar comes in, the level is way low to my ears. I think the solo is OK, not great just OK and I think its too long, you could cut 20 seconds in the solo and the song would lose nothing from where I sit, of course that is just my opinion. I would like to hear more of a buildup near the end to make some sort of climax in the song. Im waiting and waiting and it just doesnt happen, and then you throw in that damn organ. All I can say is WHY? For me it just kills the whole song. Thats just me but I would lose the organ all together, its like some other song from left field that has nothing to do with the song. If you want to use the organ use it with the other instruments at the end of the song to build it up, otherwise I think you should just lose it.

Hunter you are a huge talent, youve got great writing skills, and arrangement skills and all the parts just fit the mood of the song until you get to the organ. Sorry the organ kills it for me.

Thanks for sharing the song with us.

Thank you for your opinion.

I agree with JW on a few points. The mixing, of course. I didn't say anything cause you are still learning about recording.

The organ. I had the same thought, that there could be stronger leads over it. Something to make a climax, but I liked the idea of it being a transition part better. Then you can leave the ethereal feel you are going for, but have it be the transition in between songs. I still think that would be killer, for an album.

You have very good songwriting skills, a good voice and play well. You are a true artist... already. What is AMAZING is that you are only 18 (maybe 19 now?) and that means you have the skills and all the time, to make a real mark musically. IF... you continue growing and don't waste the time, many of us older musicians have.

In my 20's I had FOREVER. Or so I thought. In my 30's "Well, 30 is not really that old..." uhh... yeah. Time has a way of getting away. Don't blow it brother. You are too good for that. I would love to see you take advantage of the opportunities, that I myself pissed on, because a relationship seemed more important at the time, or I thought I had forever, or whatever else.

I'm impressed with your varied skills. I'm a fan.

Stay serious, and take it all the way.

I keep thinking that you and Shredd6 should be in closer proximity. I think you two could be the foundation of a killer group. You are both creative, and Ted has a little more experience, and would help alot with the arrangements. But you two, would make a great corner stone to a project that would do some great things. I could see the creativity between the two of you, just erupting into amazing songs.

Right on man! Love the lead!

Got it to load this time. Listening as I type.

I like the beginning. Good acoustic work.

The modern vocal harmony style fits it perfectly.

Nice lead work, Hunter. I am impressed.

I like the bridge. It fits in seamlessly.

The ending is cool. Doesn't really need a big climax. The organ is okay, but unnecessary, unless, as had been said, you're looking to use it as a transition to another song.

You have some killer skills, Hunter, both as a musician & as a songwriter. Keep using them.

You deserve that great band, from what I'm hearing.

Seems the creative ones always make songs longer than the average persons attention span. But I dont consider myself average.
Good job.