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Title: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: StephenM on August 09, 2021, 04:32:05 PM
a number of months ago I asked for someone to act as producer for this song....here it is...TPB did a grand job thanks a ton....and the Mike S. lead that was added really made me smile so much...because I love Mike's guitar playing .....thanks Tim and Mike.  over the next while... I am going to be using this approach more... I want to see what others might make of my tracks....

I recorded these tracks quite raw...my usual crazy stuff... just like one guitar, a bass, drums and obviously several vocals
Drop your cocks and grab your socks boyz, it's time to go to war
ladies at your side, foxes in the foxholes, we're thinking it might be suicide,
boys turn to men, girls turn to men, get your guns let's go.  Raindown fire, rain down thunder, big brother in the sky
It's a good day to die.... it's a good day to die, don't you dare ask why.
Rain down fire, rain down thunder, big brother in the sky,
if this boom boom shit don't work we'll release nuclear winter
I got a tranny just beside me, hope it's got my back,  last night we went out and we got a little bit slack!
It's a good day to die,.... it's a good day to die, don't ya dare, dare ask why
now we're, we're at war, fire across the sky, we saw smoke clouds blowing soutward, this ain't no time, no time to sleep now.
we're at war, we're at war, it's a good day to die.....  ooooh oooooh....big boom boom boom boom across the sky
ooooh oooooh....big boom boom boom boom across the sky
we're all gone, we're all gone.... if this boom boom shit don't work we'll release nuclear winter
where have all the flowers gone?
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: Kenneth on August 09, 2021, 05:34:28 PM
Interesting effect in headphones with the 2 vocals, one on each side. You sound great singing in the higher register, you should do that more Steve!
Mike's lead sounds awesome. It switched to the middle at the end, intentionally I'm sure.
Good tune!
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: Ferryman_1957 on August 10, 2021, 02:20:35 AM
Great rocker of a track, love the vocals and Mike's lead guitar work. Really punchy rhythm guitar with great sounds and nice drum work. The production worked well on this, it reminded me of a lot of late 60s/early 70s stuff where the vocals were often spread quite wide with instruments more down the middle.
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: TPB on August 10, 2021, 04:46:03 AM
Thanks Steve had fun doing this it is different working on others work. Some of the stuff done was to spread the vocals 30 apart a little room reverb.  Sharpened the drums by adding a little 12k  in the Eq and had Mikes guitar slightly panned except at end where I split it the not a stereo track to both channels
Had gum appreciate you letting me play with stems
Tin
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: DarrenG / The Devil's Toupee on August 10, 2021, 04:47:43 AM
Woah! Yes this is really cool. The additions from mike and TPB are excellent Steve. I loved the original you posted. This is really great now. And an excellent lead from mike. Love the lyrics and vocals.
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: guitarron on August 10, 2021, 07:05:30 AM
Like this punk vibe. Very iggy and stooges like
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: Zoltan on August 10, 2021, 07:20:19 AM
There's some good additions to this one, but i much prefer the earlier version. The earlier version was a bit all over, but it also had a hectic "this is war" -type of feel to it that worked with the lyrics.
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: Ray Brookes on August 10, 2021, 02:32:14 PM
Jeez, what a great rocker this one is! Excellent production skills and a stellar collab; well done guys.
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: StephenM on August 10, 2021, 02:50:38 PM
What Tim did with the drums thing...really brought out the ride cymbals and man I love that...ok I learned another trick for my tool box... I have started playing with eq more...I used to be afraid of it...but after reading through alot of posts on the site I started using it more...

Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: Mike_S on August 10, 2021, 03:31:31 PM
This turned out very cool Steve/Tim. What I love about the track is the raucous energy. The guitars/bass and drums are just wild. Its like some dogs just been let off the leash and going crazy. Some great lyrics and vocals. This would accompany a surreal war movie very well, something like Apocalypse Now! Thanks for letting me try to add to the sonic assault Steve!
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: des0free on August 10, 2021, 04:00:19 PM
Sweet!  It's what I call a scorcher!  Agree with "punk vibe".  Agree that panned double-vocals is interesting and rather unique. I love the clarity of the ride cymbal.  Overall a great production!  And nice lead guitar by Mike!
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: des0free on August 10, 2021, 04:01:53 PM
I would also like to know how the rhythm guitar sound was created?  Guitar FX in DAW, or hardware unit, or real amp?
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: StephenM on August 11, 2021, 05:09:47 AM
Quote from: des0free on August 10, 2021, 04:01:53 PMI would also like to know how the rhythm guitar sound was created?  Guitar FX in DAW, or hardware unit, or real amp?
I looked back at the few notes I keep and it was 1 track..(which usually I do many guitar tracks and make a wall of sound) ...mono... on my Harley Benton PRS single coil lead pickup... played direct from the guitar to the Boss Me-25 guitar processor and into the BR1600 (no patches used here)...
the song musically was very minimalist...more like a 3 piece band. 
I'm not big on tweaking (although I am getting more so)... I pretty much plug in and use one of the 4 or 5 presets that I have come to like alot and play.  Everything in my "writing" music comes from a particular sound that I like and then a pattern that I like...but sometimes I am guilty of using similar ones too often...I am working on not doing that.
thanks for asking.
the boss Me-25 is a low price 3 foot switches and a volume/wah pedal multi effects unit... I think I paid only around 150 for it...it's easy, has a looper (which I used to use but not much anymore because the Digitech Trio is so much better for this)
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: Hook on August 18, 2021, 06:03:29 AM
Ahhh, the Klingon battle cry. Well done gents.
Rock on!
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: Geir on August 18, 2021, 11:42:18 AM
disturbingly cool
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: StephenM on September 26, 2021, 03:30:09 PM
Quote from: Mike_S on August 10, 2021, 03:31:31 PMThis turned out very cool Steve/Tim. What I love about the track is the raucous energy. The guitars/bass and drums are just wild. Its like some dogs just been let off the leash and going crazy. Some great lyrics and vocals. This would accompany a surreal war movie very well, something like Apocalypse Now! Thanks for letting me try to add to the sonic assault Steve!
Mike..my 16 year old son heard one of your instrumentals...he said it sounded like me..... I laughed because I could only hope...this is the same child at 6 said I sang better than Steve Perry...lol... what did blow me away though is my snare work....thanks Tim and Mike
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: Groundy on September 27, 2021, 01:44:02 AM
Dont know how I missed this,
Superb Stephen, really good, take a bow..... Alex
Title: Re: TPB the Producer, Mike S on lead guitar
Post by: BerryPatch on September 27, 2021, 07:48:55 PM
You did a great job on this one Mike, as did your production Tim. Great, hilarious song from Stephen of course.