I think this is the first song that I've posted here under Mannequin Races that actually has a guitar in it. You can't really tell that it's a guitar but it's in there (middle section around the 1:50 mark). The guitar is heavily modulated but…
What I mean is, your Circuit Bending outshines that of World War Nine.
But check out my old, old AloneTone page ( http://www.alonetone.com/jackmerlot/tracks ) & listen to Skeleton Key 73 or Around & Aboot as good examples of what kinds of synth sounds I've managed; maybe you can give me some advice on how to get some better sequencer software into my flow so I'm not trying to play five instruments at once.
Keep up the good work.
I think this is the first song that I've posted here under Mannequin Races that actually has a guitar in it. You can't really tell that it's a guitar but it's in there (middle section around the 1:50 mark). The guitar is heavily modulated but…
Wow, the overall structural & textural aspects of this have me shaking my head out of wonder.
I play the guitar for World War Nine ( http://www.alonetone.com/worldwar9 ) but I also play electric bass & fill in on the Yamaha DD55 Drum Druid when necessary ( usually 'cause Miroslav is too hungover to come to band practice, but I digress ) but one thing I haven't ever gotten the hang of is keys/synths & such.
I've settled for using various filters & Nyquist plugins in Audacity to modify my guitar sound until it's pretty hard to distinguish from an ( amateur ) keyboardist circuit bending his way through some analogue modeling synthesis software, then jazz it up by using found sound object art as a form of collage, and if I get desperate, I'll set up PixiTracker or another tracker on my phone & hook it up to the line0 on the computer with a god damned eighth inch stereo mini jack, god damn it.
And, the hell if that don't work most of the time, just to make sound collages & have something to talk about besides the Trump White House or the Russians or the Wall to Keep Mexicans Out or...
This is a little short piece with some glitch and some fuzz guitar. The track isn't too inventive but I like how everything fits together. Comments and criticism are welcome. Thanks for listening and reading.
I've been testing out a new synth by Propellerhead Software called Parsec. My short song consists of four tracks of Parsec's with four different custom patches that I have created for it. It's basically a sic-fi/space/ambient instrumental…
This is an older song and hey, you'll finally get to hear me sing badly! This was under my old name Piscean Dream so I couple of you may or may not have heard this before. Thanks for listening!
This is a song I wrote for a girl I liked... I even performed a stripped down acoustic guitar only version for her. She loved the song but didn't exactly reciprocate how I felt. I'm a nice guy and she likes bad boys. Wish I could change that…
This is a song I wrote for a girl I liked... I even performed a stripped down acoustic guitar only version for her. She loved the song but didn't exactly reciprocate how I felt. I'm a nice guy and she likes bad boys. Wish I could change that…
This is a song I wrote for a girl I liked... I even performed a stripped down acoustic guitar only version for her. She loved the song but didn't exactly reciprocate how I felt. I'm a nice guy and she likes bad boys. Wish I could change that…
This is a song I wrote for a girl I liked... I even performed a stripped down acoustic guitar only version for her. She loved the song but didn't exactly reciprocate how I felt. I'm a nice guy and she likes bad boys. Wish I could change that…
I love the juxtaposition of the dirty urbanism against sweet symphonic sounds. Great synthesizers! Good to hear it. It's the National Anthem of The Dirty Beats of America.
This song goes all the way back to my roots of writing music mostly on acoustic guitar and recording/playing all the instruments myself. Also my first 'proper' recording in my new studio space. Thanks for listening!
(lyrics)
Awake me from my…
This song goes all the way back to my roots of writing music mostly on acoustic guitar and recording/playing all the instruments myself. Also my first 'proper' recording in my new studio space. Thanks for listening!
(lyrics)
Awake me from my…
This song goes all the way back to my roots of writing music mostly on acoustic guitar and recording/playing all the instruments myself. Also my first 'proper' recording in my new studio space. Thanks for listening!
(lyrics)
Awake me from my…
This song goes all the way back to my roots of writing music mostly on acoustic guitar and recording/playing all the instruments myself. Also my first 'proper' recording in my new studio space. Thanks for listening!
(lyrics)
Awake me from my…
This song goes all the way back to my roots of writing music mostly on acoustic guitar and recording/playing all the instruments myself. Also my first 'proper' recording in my new studio space. Thanks for listening!
(lyrics)
Awake me from my…
This song goes all the way back to my roots of writing music mostly on acoustic guitar and recording/playing all the instruments myself. Also my first 'proper' recording in my new studio space. Thanks for listening!
(lyrics)
Awake me from my…
Ouch...poignant stuff. Love the stripped down arrangement for the intro, and then the build at 1 minute that seems to add so much weight to your words.
:) Nice stuff. I'm digging the vibe. Whatever the mics this sounds good. Great harmony vocals. I kept waiting for drums and bass to kick in but this sounds really nice.
comes to the senses
a sweetness so sweet
and deep
that the tongue curls
and presses
hard inside the
mouth
holding, for a moment, and for another
the throat catches
closes
so the sweetness cannot pass…
Thanks for your comment on my voice! Made my evening actually. :) I'm pretty shy about it actually...
Anyway killer guitar playing. I've never been much of a guy who noodles around on the fret board or does much lead work so I really like tracks like this! Cool tune. This is a helluva lot longer than anything I will ever write! My hat is off to you.
This track was my attempted submission for Ramen Music #001. I finally got around to uploading it here.
It was made using several instances of the Max for Live instrument "Loop Shifter" that I played in real-time using my Novation Launchpad…
Love all the different sounds and textures. I sure am a sucker for textured and layered sounds in music! Some really cool 'underwater' sounds! Thanks for your recent comment on my newest song 'The End'.
Another one rebuilt after my freak SD card initialization fiasco. The excellent solo work was done by my buddy Gnasty - I love it!
This is the second part of a two part song. I'll get the other part up next hopefully.
Badass Solos: Gnasty…
Nice guitar! A little hot in the mix (maybe just a tad) but it's pretty sweet. Cool song title. This reminds me Alice Cooper and something else I can't quite put my finger on but this is nice! Where those guitars recorded direct or was the amp mic'd?
The Flying Bear features a nice fusion of funk and rock that leaves the listener both satisfied and excited. An experimental vibe is very prominent during the song's bridge, and the entire song can be rooted back to Soulstice Music's Red Hot Chili…
Now THAT was interesting. Love all the sounds and the experimental quality to this. Great synths. Sort of reminds me of Radiohead in spots and also old school video game music. Pretty slick!
done in 2006. simple, keeping the objective of 'spaces' throughout the recording.
certainly not the most endearing song, but i like parts of it.
this song, among a few others (thisisntsomthingyoucancatch) were songs that i lost all my un…
Great stuff. This reminds me of music I listened to as a teenager and I enjoy it a lot. Love it when it picks up a notch at the 0:49 mark. Sounds great in mono BTW. Excellent production and mixing. Well done!
Thanks for your recent comment on my song Tuba Man.
Nice vibe and groove to this one! It brings to imagery of me sitting out on a porch in the wilderness, the sun is setting, and the animals are starting to stir in the surrounding undergrowth... or something like that. This just has a 'feeling' about it that is nice and comfortable!
The first time we played this tune, the drummer and I played it, spontaneously, almost exactly as this recording documents. But we'd never heard it before, had no chart, Kelly was just playing it on the bass and singing a bit, and our parts just…
Thanks for your recent comment on my latest song! I just moved house and am moving back to my roots of drums/guitar/bass so be on the look-out for new material. This a cool groove to it. I miss playing with a live band and coming up with new songs out of thin air. This reminds me of that experience. Nice and raw and has that awesome first take magic quality to it!
(this track's a bit hot, mind it doesn't hurt your ears, please)
So many reasons for sorrow. One sees from within sorrow, and sees only sorrow. But we must look awry at these weeping walls, these streaking-blind windows: they are of our own…
Those drums and guitar sound great! How many mics did you use on the kit? I can hear some bass going with this but that would change the feeling completely.
Thanks for your recent comment on my music! I know my songs are a bit on the short side! I'm working on that. :)
A collaboration that involved 5 musicians over several parts of the world. A crazy stalker tune - Has a soft/hard/soft format. Recorded with The Boss Micro BR(MBR), Mixed with Audacity and then mastered with the MBR.
More details in the Youtube…
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What I mean is, your Circuit Bending outshines that of World War Nine. But check out my old, old AloneTone page ( http://www.alonetone.com/jackmerlot/tracks ) & listen to Skeleton Key 73 or Around & Aboot as good examples of what kinds of synth sounds I've managed; maybe you can give me some advice on how to get some better sequencer software into my flow so I'm not trying to play five instruments at once. Keep up the good work.
Wow, the overall structural & textural aspects of this have me shaking my head out of wonder. I play the guitar for World War Nine ( http://www.alonetone.com/worldwar9 ) but I also play electric bass & fill in on the Yamaha DD55 Drum Druid when necessary ( usually 'cause Miroslav is too hungover to come to band practice, but I digress ) but one thing I haven't ever gotten the hang of is keys/synths & such. I've settled for using various filters & Nyquist plugins in Audacity to modify my guitar sound until it's pretty hard to distinguish from an ( amateur ) keyboardist circuit bending his way through some analogue modeling synthesis software, then jazz it up by using found sound object art as a form of collage, and if I get desperate, I'll set up PixiTracker or another tracker on my phone & hook it up to the line0 on the computer with a god damned eighth inch stereo mini jack, god damn it. And, the hell if that don't work most of the time, just to make sound collages & have something to talk about besides the Trump White House or the Russians or the Wall to Keep Mexicans Out or...
I like how it fits together too!
Cool sounds!
Cool!!
I like this a lot! To my ear this sounds like a lost Smiths track - and that's just positive :)
Beautiful melody! Cool job!
Great song!!
good stuff
It's a bonny tune ...
I would've been toast! Wonderful!
I love the juxtaposition of the dirty urbanism against sweet symphonic sounds. Great synthesizers! Good to hear it. It's the National Anthem of The Dirty Beats of America.
I'd say that was a fine experiment!
very cool reverse samples! dig it!
Sounds like the originality from the 90's I like it man
Cool piece of writing that is! Reminds me of some of favorite early 70's things
picturesque,,, lyrics,, music, and vocals all flow together so well
Instant favorite! Very well played on all instruments!
Great guitar work also - love the tendrils through the bridge.
Ouch...poignant stuff. Love the stripped down arrangement for the intro, and then the build at 1 minute that seems to add so much weight to your words.
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:) Nice stuff. I'm digging the vibe. Whatever the mics this sounds good. Great harmony vocals. I kept waiting for drums and bass to kick in but this sounds really nice.
Thanks for your comment on my voice! Made my evening actually. :) I'm pretty shy about it actually... Anyway killer guitar playing. I've never been much of a guy who noodles around on the fret board or does much lead work so I really like tracks like this! Cool tune. This is a helluva lot longer than anything I will ever write! My hat is off to you.
Love all the different sounds and textures. I sure am a sucker for textured and layered sounds in music! Some really cool 'underwater' sounds! Thanks for your recent comment on my newest song 'The End'.
Pretty cool. Really like the backing vocals. Great feel to this! Thanks for recent comment on my song Tuba Man!
Lol, nice. I'm feeling this tonight. Sounds like you had fun making this one! See what I'm saying. Post some more stuff.
Nice guitar! A little hot in the mix (maybe just a tad) but it's pretty sweet. Cool song title. This reminds me Alice Cooper and something else I can't quite put my finger on but this is nice! Where those guitars recorded direct or was the amp mic'd?
Love the cicadas in here! Did you sample those yourself? Awesome soundscapes. Otherworldly at times. This would be great for a cinematic piece!
:) - Pretty killer and groovy. Some hints of U2 in this one. Nice job!
Man this is funky is all get out! Cool stuff. Reminds me of when the room starts spinning after you've had too much to drink!
Great performance on this. Love the backing vocals. I would bring up the percussion just a bit though. The lead vocal is killer, nice effects on it!
Pretty slick. Nice soulful and groovy. Cool bass line. Definitely a RHCP flair to this. Love the guitar shimmers.
I dig your stuff. It's familiar and different sounding all at the same time. I'll have to download this one and see how this track develops!
Now THAT was interesting. Love all the sounds and the experimental quality to this. Great synths. Sort of reminds me of Radiohead in spots and also old school video game music. Pretty slick!
Great stuff. This reminds me of music I listened to as a teenager and I enjoy it a lot. Love it when it picks up a notch at the 0:49 mark. Sounds great in mono BTW. Excellent production and mixing. Well done! Thanks for your recent comment on my song Tuba Man.
Nice vibe and groove to this one! It brings to imagery of me sitting out on a porch in the wilderness, the sun is setting, and the animals are starting to stir in the surrounding undergrowth... or something like that. This just has a 'feeling' about it that is nice and comfortable!
Thanks for your recent comment on my latest song! I just moved house and am moving back to my roots of drums/guitar/bass so be on the look-out for new material. This a cool groove to it. I miss playing with a live band and coming up with new songs out of thin air. This reminds me of that experience. Nice and raw and has that awesome first take magic quality to it!
Beautiful piano playing! Those piano notes definitely sound like rain drops!
Those drums and guitar sound great! How many mics did you use on the kit? I can hear some bass going with this but that would change the feeling completely. Thanks for your recent comment on my music! I know my songs are a bit on the short side! I'm working on that. :)
Interesting transition at the 1:30 mark. Good stuff. Nice recording and production as always!
Wish I could play piano! Thanks for sharing your talent to others who wish they could! Beautiful soulful stuff here.