Guitarhacker
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hooky instrumental cue (fixed v2)
OK.... what we have here is .....again...a bit different. I wrote and recorded this in 2 hrs.... for a really really short deadline. The need is for a 2 minute cue....hooky rock instrumental with a repeating & hooky melody. Not a lot of time for fine tuning the mix if I wanted to get in under the wire. crits welcome Don't ask me! Bass & drums are from my "studio musicians" .....all the other tracks are me playing with guitar & synths.
post edited by Guitarhacker - 2011/03/24 09:08:55
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/23 13:30:51
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Not my favorite from upper room, but it's clear and clean?
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/23 14:00:47
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Very nice for 2hrs of work. Not crazy about the piano sound, but it works.
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/23 14:45:13
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two hours... it was a rush job.... it'll be interesting to see what happens....
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/23 15:01:41
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Well since there was a deadline, it is what it is.
Being able to fix some of the small timing issues could have helped it.
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/24 09:11:43
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OK... regardless of whatever.... I decided to ..... remix, cut/paste/envelope/eq/timing, and generally make it a bit different. V2 is officially up Here now it's approaching 4 hrs total time.... all for slightly less than 2 minutes of music.
post edited by Guitarhacker - 2011/03/24 09:13:26
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/24 09:52:09
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Not bad for 4 hours. I don't about the choice of the synth. Around 0:37 there was a sudden drop on volume. I like the E-Piano parts, there is soma jazzy hook in it.
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/24 19:53:17
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++1----Great hook ---- Finally something you wrote and played instead of using all played samples from"Band In A Box"
It's nice to finally hear your true talent and not a chord you just typed in a style
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/24 20:44:29
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My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/24 21:37:51
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:37 to :39, it feels like the drummer gets confused about how to make this transition. Then again at 1:22. But I listened on cheapo laptop speaks, so you hear things differently I guess. I think you should stop playing hooky and get back to work.
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/24 21:57:28
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/24 22:02:20
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If this is for TAXI, they sure don't give you much lead time, do they? I wonder if some people stay up all night writing stuff for them.
Anyway, this is pretty cool. And 4 hours for 2 minutes is nothing!
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/24 22:30:45
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/25 07:58:46
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Yeah Janet it was a cue with about 18 hrs until due when it came in. At least one guy did pull an "all-nighter" to get it finished. Several others modified existing tunes.
I've seen a few like this with less then 24 hrs to get it finished and submitted. Most are a bit longer, thankfully.
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/25 15:17:01
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Herb, let me start by saying that I don't think I could do anything in 2 hours, so I'm in awe that you could turn something decent out in that short of a time frame.
It's a catchy tune, and it sounds like you accomplished what you set out to do. Good luck with it.
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/25 19:46:36
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Time limit or not - this is really good.
Nice job on this Herb.
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/25 21:00:35
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I try my best and some times it all comes together.... many times it doesn't.
Thanks
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/25 21:10:00
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philz
Herb, let me start by saying that I don't think I could do anything in 2 hours, so I'm in awe that you could turn something decent out in that short of a time frame.
It's a catchy tune, and it sounds like you accomplished what you set out to do. Good luck with it.
:-( I've been working on my current instrumental for coming up on 4 weeks... And I haven't started mixing yet :-(
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/25 21:37:39
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Yeah but..... Robby, you create epic works of great depth..... I write crass, shallow, commercially viable musical tripe....... 
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/25 21:55:34
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I like the tune a lot, but the instrument choices are not the best. Brings back memories of the playing the flutofone when I was a kid. 
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Re:hooky instrumental cue
2011/03/25 21:56:45
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Well, there was a photo here...Hmmmmm...... 
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Re:hooky instrumental cue (fixed v2)
2011/04/09 23:43:44
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Cool tune, with all your skills herb from playing various music that I can hear in this I don't know what to compare it to.
I enjoyed it either way, Excellent!!!!!!!!
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Re:hooky instrumental cue (fixed v2)
2011/04/10 02:24:41
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Catchy tune Herb, great job for such as short time.
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