Several Species Of Small Furry Blokes Gathered Together In A Pub And Grooving With A Pint (of Real Ale).
 
I started out with this piece wanting to do some 70's prog rock, inspired by Yes and in homage to the late Chris Squire. However, it started becoming more and more Pink Floyd. I could have tried to fight the Floyd urges, but in the end, I decided just to roll with it. It contains loads of Floyd references (hopefully without any actual plagiarism) while maintaining my own weird, crazy, peculiar, nutty, slightly mentally disturbed style.
 
I hope you enjoy it.
https://soundcloud.com/al-rooker/several-species-of-small-furry-blokes-gathered-together-in-a-pub-and-grooving-with-a-pint
 
Just realized this is the first tune I've ever posted here. It's only taken me about 13 years to pluck up the courage :)
 
Notes;

• I had just bought AAS Ultra Analog VA2 which had inspired me to go a bit 70's prog. It features a lot on this track. A very sweet, musical instrument.
• I found the original Stuka sound complete with video on Youtube.
• The guitar solo was as filthy as S***  sonically and took loads of cleaning up. Half way through you can hear me slide down, drop the slide tube thingy and switch to fingers. It wasn't supposed to be a take - just an experiment, but I couldn't be bothered to redo it later because I'm a lazy slob. Not particularly happy with it though, but I have this superstitious belief that it's unlucky to change something once too much time has passed.
• It took me ages to add bomb explosions following the Stuka, panning from left to right and getting closer, then limiting them to make them as loud as hell. After mastering they hardly come out. It's interesting some times how just a little bit of mastering can change the mix - generally for the better of course but it's never the same.
• Drums are Kontakt Abby Rd 70's of course with only vintage analog plugins applied :)

Bonus fact;
I had singing lessons from Liza Strike back in my early 20's. I asked her what it was like working on Dark Side Of The Moon. Her reply, "It was sh**! They paid us peanuts and treated us like pieces of meat. I don't like talking about it. Now give me a C." The illusion was shattered!
 
I was also lucky enough to play on Dave Gilmour's Les Paul Studio and Roger Waters' bass that featured in Live In Pompeii (complete with the original cigarette burn on head stock) that were up for a charity star guitar auction in the 80's. My mate was the custodian of instruments prior to the auctions, so being the trustworthy, reliable chap that he was, he used to bring them round to me to screw about with :)
 
Yes, I am a Floyd fan.

Excellent track Al, beautifully put together and the mix sounds fantastic through headphones. Full marks for the drums, really like the dynamics throughout.

Nice track, really enjoyed the listen. I can hear the fusion between Floyd and YES. The YES bit is defiantly there at the beginning when the bass guitar and drums kick in but then it goes all Floydy :) nice one.

Welcome to the Songs Forum Al.

Too these furry ears you appear to have done a bit of both, a blend of Yes style keys under Floyd guitars.  Mix sounds very good here, everything present and correct, plenty of space around each voice.

Now you have made the first leap, time to share some more, thanks for sharing this.

Very cool song! For a lazy slob, your production is pretty darn good, lol! That guitar solo was worth the listen right there.
 
Definitely hear the Floyd influences, but you made it your own.
 
Regards,
Dan

Loving those backing vocals around 3:30, and of course the guitar solo. You seem to evoke a spirit of experimentation that Floyd had at least up to DSotM.
 
The ending is marvelously bonkers!
 
 

Thank you very much for the feedback and kind comments. I'm working on a lot of stuff at the moment so I'll be sure to post more!

35mm
 
Just realized this is the first tune I've ever posted here. It's only taken me about 13 years to pluck up the courage 

Strange, that, because this is a fine piece of work, and I enjoyed hearing all the Floyd "references" throughout.

Yeah... I really liked that.  Right in my wheelhouse as they say.   Great stuff, and a nice clear mix with everything in its place (including the wild effects).
 
In that first section I'm getting a strong Genesis vibe with some Squire-ish bass, but from then on it's very Floyd and very Pink.      Loved the high pitched squeal and the spoken word followed by The Wall, part II.

Oh man, so many favourites wrapped up in one track. Marvellous!