batsbrew
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ALLAN'S RESOLVE
ALLAN'S RESOLVE http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album.php?aid=2302&alid=-1 stream and download available. this is a rock instrumental, heavy melodic style... this song, was inspired by allan holdsworth. i've always been a fan, but known that the poor guy has starved a lot! LOL his decisions to remain true to his artistic vision, despite hard times and marketing pressures, is pretty cool to me. anyway, i just had this riff that sounded somewhat bittersweet, and i developed it into an arrangment.... Brent Dacus (DWF area) offered to provide drum tracks, so we back and forthed, and here's the end result. originally mixed on a VS1880, i'm about to dump these tracks into SONAR, and give it a new go.. ideas on mix changes?
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/27 12:25:58
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Mix sounds great! Nice, tasty guitar work in here. My favorite parts are the breakup at 1:26, and where the percussion comes in at about 2:03. The last part of the tune, beginning at around 3:17 is killer. I found the first part of the song to be a bit "longish", but not much. Nice job on this!
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/27 13:51:23
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/27 14:01:54
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/27 16:25:33
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Splendid! Helped me wake up before I fell asleep at work.
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/27 16:37:05
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batsbrew, I remember this tune when you posted it a while back... really good stuff. Listening to the download MP3. My only criticism is that a couple of the crashes (but not all) sound a little crispy to my ears, particularly the one center-left. Perhaps just a minor level adjustment is all that's needed (if you have control over it). The rest of the cymbals and hihats are pretty clean.
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/27 19:24:05
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Nice guitar work. I second Darin on the breakup 1:26 & 2:03. I really like the lick at 3:17 and everything after that. Seems like the song kicks in after that point. So my only nit would be to have this kick-in part start sooner.
Nice composition and tell Brent Dacus nice job on the drums.
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/27 20:09:26
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/27 20:34:28
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Hey, that was really cool. I had it cranked up in the Windows Media Player and your guitar playing really had the visual effects going wild. You really made your axe 'sing' in this mix.
Hope to hear more - cheers.
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/27 21:51:48
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Gonzo, very clean mix. Well played and recorded. Excellent drums.
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batsbrew
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/28 11:36:16
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DarinBad
thanks for listening.
glad you dig those sections.......
you know, it's hard to beat the 'longish' rap... and still develop the melody the way i wanted...
actually, i originally had it much longer than it is.......!
LOL
but i edited it down, for that very reason.
Clean-
thanks.
notnat-
scarry, as in with lots of scars?!
or scary, as in 'i'm ****tin' my pants'?!!
LOL
thanks man...!
jsykes-
batsbrew, is suggested for all cubicle dwellers and warehouse toilers alike!!
hehe
thanks!
keith
yes, i posted a long while back.... and now that i've got the chance, to revisit this mix, i think the sonar mix bus is going to sound much 'clearer' than the vs mix bus....
at least, that's what i intend to find out.
i'll have to recreate the mix from scratch, so i'm guessing i'm not even going to look at the old mix... but simply just try a 'better' mix..
the crashes, might be dealt with easily now, because i have more powerful tools to compress and eq properly...
i'll focus on that, with the drum mix..
musiccontinuum-
'kick-in part sooner'..... gotcha.
and i'll tell brent what you said. thanks!
Mamabear
thanks! i appreciate your time to check it out....
Taylor_514C
ha! i've got a taylor 414! in fact, it's on it's way back home, from the Taylor factory in CA, after being tweaked in response to some flood damage i incurred while on vacation.
visual effects work well with this tune.. i don't know why, but whenever i happen to play this thing thru the media player, it always trips me out!!
and don't worry, there's lots more to come...
tdye-thanks a lot for checking it out... glad you liked it.
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Taylor_514C
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/28 12:40:11
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Gonzo,
I haven't played the 414 - deeper tone than mine I think due to the ovangkol back and sides. I hope the flood damage isn't too bad - I would shed tears (seriously) if something happened to mine.
Yeah, the visual effects were wild on your song.
Cheers,
Doug
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DarinBad
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/28 13:12:40
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DarinBad
thanks for listening.
glad you dig those sections.......
you know, it's hard to beat the 'longish' rap... and still develop the melody the way i wanted...
actually, i originally had it much longer than it is.......!
LOL
but i edited it down, for that very reason. I hear you there! I've got a whole bag of stuff like that. 
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/28 14:01:42
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It's always a treat for me when you post here. This is no exception, although I don't think Allan Holdsworth, would figure on any top 100 list of mine for deserving causes...  That said I guess ya gotta dedicate a tune to something. Well worth the download, top notch.
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/28 19:05:35
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man killer song...HUGH....it's like 100 feet tall.....it's like I have to lean wayyy back to see the top of it...great stuff!
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/28 22:17:27
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Another Gonzo great! sounds like you've really got a handle on the EZD now! I always enjoy your guitar work and you always have really good mixes, tight and well balanced. nice job again on this one!
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Paul Russell
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/29 12:59:09
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Excellent mix. Maybe you could pan the toms a bit wider. 
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AvR
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/08/29 19:38:57
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Some very nice work here! Great job.
AvR
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/09/02 11:31:03
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thanks so much to everyone for listening.. Taylor_514C i'm getting my taylor back today, from the taylor factory... after the flooding of my lower level, and the taylor getting wet, it's coming back to me better than it was before... fresh fret re-dressing, the ends have been snipped (due to shrinkage in the dry utah desert air), re-set neck, re-glued pickguard, all set up factory fresh! i'm looking forward to recording with it... darinBad- yep, i've been writing and recording instrumentals like this steady since about 1982.... so, quite the backlog! some of them are a riot tho, and a select few are worth digging out.... to re-do. i just might. Jonbouy top 100 list, eh......?! LOL yeah, i hear you... there is a specific line during one of the melody/solo sections, that was a direct lift from UK-In the Dead of Night..... i twisted it a bit, but it was a holdsworth lift... so, maybe i should send him some of the royalties i'm raking in on this song.....? :D thepogue HUGH ...... like in, mr. Hefner? LOL glad you dug it..... and i hope you didn't get a sore neck. Beagle- dude, EZ Drummer?!!! LOL i think not! my REAL drummer would be offended!!!!!!!!! thanks for listening -- but not for not reading the first post........... hehehe
paul R- toms wider, check! i'll try that out when i get the wav files into sonar, and start re-building the drum tracks into a sub mix... AvR thank you very much!
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/09/02 21:02:56
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Really cool song. I love the way the theme develops over the course of the song. Really awesome guitar work!
Regards,
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/09/03 13:12:25
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batsbrew
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/09/08 10:33:52
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LAST BUMP...
before i move onto the 're-mix' sessions....
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batsbrew
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/09/08 18:16:46
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sliding.....down......the.....page......
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/09/08 18:27:54
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Beagle-
dude, EZ Drummer?!!!
LOL
i think not!
my REAL drummer would be offended!!!!!!!!!
thanks for listening -- but not for not reading the first post...........
hehehe LOL! Oooops! [suck up] I guess that's why the drums sound so darn good!!! [/suck up] and yeah, I'm guilty of not reading the whole post. 
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/09/08 18:37:38
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That was really cool. Well done.
Cheers
Shad
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batsbrew
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/09/09 10:20:18
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beagle-
it's cool man!
LOL
i'm just giving you a hard time..
i still appreciate the fact that you bothered to listen. thanks!
foxwolfen-thanks for listening. glad you liked it.
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/09/09 17:25:53
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Very cool? Great guitar tone, and the drums sound excellent as well. I really enjoyed this.
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batsbrew
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RE: ALLAN'S RESOLVE
2008/09/10 17:42:51
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jwnicholson
thanks so much for listening!
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