Starise
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Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
I started Skiddily Iddily Diddily awhile back and it had been laying unfinished on my hard drive. I decided to try to shape it up some. I was going for a David Letterman band kind of sound with it.A funky filler band kind of thing. The only programming is with midi into BFD2. The rest of it is simply me playing...no loops at all. https://soundcloud.com/starise/skiddily-iddily-diddily The second one is a rendition of "Amazing Grace" updated in the Chris Tomlin version. I tracked vocals with my old MXL 990. Yeah I know quality lol. No melodyne. Maybe I should. The story behind that song is quite interesting. The man who wrote the song was at one time quite a rascal and he later turned his life around. https://soundcloud.com/starise/amazing-grace
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theguitarplayer
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/10/31 15:37:43
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Starise, Well, that first one was pretty funky for sure, both guitar and drums were very creative and sounded really good. Enjoyed the arrangement of this one and the mix was nice and clear sounding.
Now listening to Amazing Grace. Very nice piano sound and playing and your vocals fit in nicely and the mix is just right for this piece. The only critique I would have is how the second song ended, it might need a longer verb tail on it.
Nice job on both pieces. Sing it out!! Praise Him!!
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The Band19 
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/10/31 21:24:49
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Us bass players got to stick together. 
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/10/31 23:07:15
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The instrumental sounded a bit disjointed to me, like a bunch of different voices taking turns shouting "hey look at me" before being interrupted by the next one. Sorry Tim, not really my thing. ;)
On the other hand, I thought Amazing Grace was quite good. Your vocal is very nice. You did a great job with this one! Simple but effective, for sure.
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/10/31 23:08:46
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A cool jam man! I could see Will Lee and Anton rocking that one!
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/11/01 07:38:52
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Skiddly Diddly does it for me.
It's nice to hear guitars sound exciting and adventurous. I miss that quality in so many contemporary recordings.
I like your performance of Amazing Grace and especially liked the timing and pacing. It seemed thoughtful and humane.
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mike
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/11/01 07:51:22
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I liked them both.
The first sounded more like a groove than a song....
Amazing Grace does have a very interesting back story behind it and of course the writer too.
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/11/01 08:04:37
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Hot bass. Very nice. Enjoyed the listen.
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Starise
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/11/01 10:39:50
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Hi John, Thanks for listening and the comments man. In Amazing Grace I hear what you're saying about the verb. I'll experiment next week and see what I can come up with. Hey TheBand19 you crack me up lol. That's my bro Rick awesome! Hi Walt, That's ok I wouldn't expect this to be everyone's cup of tea.The term "call and response" that originated in African music and carried over into some funk, gospel and others is simply a musical statement followed by another musical answer. I think this is what you are referring to. Thanks for your comments. Clint- As always I appreciate your comments, they mean a lot. Mike- It's good to see you over here,we can always use another good set of ears. Thanks for listening . I appreciate your listen and comments. Herb- Thanks man. Yeah I'm still working on getting more structure to my music. It was intended to be a David Letterman jam band kind of thing...not much structure otherwise I guess. Thanks and I value your comments. Chazmcg- Thanks !
post edited by Starise - 2013/11/01 10:43:45
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Lynn
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/11/01 11:55:37
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This is the first thing I've listened to all day, and I enjoyed it! I'm going back for more coffee and will listen to this again. What's cool is I never know what to expect from you.
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/11/01 13:02:53
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Only listened to the funky track - love that bass, that's excellent. Great growly sound. I think the track works in the context you were aiming at, and it sounds like you enjoyed yourself.
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ChuckC
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/11/02 12:15:38
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Starise,
It is a lit odd in terms of having so many different instruments just jamming and all kinda playing lead at the same time so it has an eclectic jumping/pulling feel to it. The other think that hit me is that it sounds as though other than the high hats there is very little going on up high, like everything else has been low passed from say 8 or 9k (maybe lower). Sometimes depending upon the part & the source capture a guitar track may need that, but it seems a little muffled as there is so little going on up there. If there were vocals on here that were clear and present that would be fine, but in their absence, I would pick a dominant guitar lead and let it brighten up a little.
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ChuckC
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/11/03 23:13:29
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Never mind the above Starise, I am on my laptop and these cheap AKG K44 Perception headphones I picked up on sale at Guitar center have a huge frequency dip in the mids to upper-mids... plenty of low end & present hats but no freakin mids? WTF is up with that?!
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/11/03 23:15:27
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Re: Skiddily Iddily Diddily and another
2013/11/04 13:12:31
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It sounds like you got what you were aiming at. I like this freeform funky jam style. It does give each instrument a chance to "strut" around for a while and yet it has that bass and rhythm that keeps it all together (that can be quite a challenge sometimes).
Nice one!
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