"Painted Gray" (Geir original)

[Gu Djin]

Had to listen to this twice before I heard it?  The first time I was lost in the production and the tones on the guitar.  Second time I heard the song. 

Result.  Instant fan.

Leigh

[pjd1]

Loved this Song composition Geir ! stunning guitar work with killer tones !! you have many fans add me to your,e list !!

Dunny

[Nelson]

Well Mr Geir.
What can I possibly add? You are the Man.
What impresses me more then the nice tones, expressive vocals and pleasant surprises in the mix, is your creativity. I mean honestly the song is a knock out but it's what I would expect from such a talented musician. But what really excites me is to witness such a talented musician reaching, creatively... for something new. This song is so unique and has so much going on, you have to listen to it more then once, to fully appreciate it.
Someone mentioned Bowie but The Doors kept coming to mind... as I listened. 
Outstanding Piece my friend.
3 thumbs up

-Nelson

[launched]

Holy barrel of monkeys, Geir you are on a roll!!

Hell yeah, this is awesome! I loved that Neo-Zappa breakdown in the last section.


Just one more listen... Please??

Mark

[Redler]

Incredible song, Geir! This is one of the best songs you have written, imo!! I love that proggy mood...so different music. I think you'd better get back to your cabin to write more tunes like this! dnlwd it

Kari

[Gary F]

What an amazing production !!!!  10/10

Gary

[Bluesberry]

Damn Geir man.  I mean holy shittttile.  Really great.  If this is your new songs, your new songwriting mood, all I can say is this is going to be quite the year for Geir-rock.  Bloody hell man.  I can't form an opinion coherently other than to say "eagrhetrtittlesnopimhammer" of something like that.  Did you find the hammer of the rock-gods while at your cabin.  Real spook here.

[Geir]

Thank you for the kind words my friends !!!

This one came to life due to the fact that I had brought with me ACA's Squier Showmaster to fix some bad connections and do some adjustments. When done I started playing it, and due to it's crispy single-coil sound I started out playing some funky riffs and I also fooled around with the bluesy intro. I recorded the intro to not forget it and then tried to build it further. added a toy piano and bounced with a heavily flanged pan-echo FX STOP ! ok I started funking around again, but the tempo was completely different STOP .... ok ... hmmm .. change tempo on drums ... play a couple of funky riffs .... .... hmmm ... chordchanges maybe ... one step up .... and another ... and another .... hit record ... leave some funkish dwelling spots ... almost 4: minutes .. hit stop. ..... edit drumpattern .... edit drum-kit .... pick up the bass ...... loop ... funkeeeeeeey .......put a bassbridge on that dwelling spot  cool instrumental ! .. let's put some lead on this ..... coffe break .... monkey thoughts .... some people are just too black and white .... think I'll paint some gray or ... grey ... no dictionary ... hmmmm ... gray it is ... wow that mist came fast ... and sun still shining ... what a great sight .. [input]-[MIC] ... T3V1 ... record ....
... STOP ... no the song must start at the chordchange .... write lyrics .... .. ok ... record .... no ... try again ...  and again ... ok ... close enough . ... now where's a synth when you need it .... try some harmonies .. T4V1 record .. oops there's the tempochange ..... ok .. I'll start there ... make the change smoother ...ok ... another harmonie ...  outta tracks ... T2V2 .. don't need the bass for harmonies here (remember not to deep .. will fight with the bass in the mix) . ...  juggle with V-tracks and multiple backing vox takes .... oooops there's some clicking noises ... I'll fix that later .... ... more vox ... that bridge turned out cool ... bouncing ... coffe break ... bouncing ... ... bouncing ... guitar .. which one .. UV-777 ... funky lead me? yeah right ... new strings ... loop ... play  ... finetuning ... record ... finetuning ... record ....hmmmm ... close enough ... hungry ... matering mode ... hmm the bass is a tad low ... bounce mode ... guitar + mix ... master mode .. new mix + bass ... not too much .. mastering .... mp3-mode ... fry some chicken filet and vegetables ... food drink listen ... hmmm ... close enough ... NO inet ...... what next   listen to radio .. "Where do we go from here ..." cool staccato acoustic guitar ......

I think I'll stay here "A while ..... "

[T.C. Elliott]

Cool guitars... but that toy piano is creepy. It definitely gave the intro a horror film feeling, imo.
But, again, the guitars are cool.
I'm painting our bedroom and bathroom in two days if all things go as planned... I'd switch to gray but I can't afford the divorce. Vast Sky (blue) and Cloud Nine (white) it is!

[Oldrottenhead]

that bass!!! jings crivvens and help ma bump