mike
thanks for listening...
and the nice comment...
trying to keep the 'technique' always serving the song, is always a goal of mine, sometimes i nail it, and sometimes it just sounds like musical diarreah.
LOL.....
yes, the machine gun sound was, of course, all guitar noises.....
i was channeling my inner jimi hendrix ala 'machine gun' with the gypsys
 
all of those 'war' noises are guitar...
the choppers, the sirens, the bombs and guns, all that crap.
i had a seperate buss setup, called "WAR"
LOL again.....
and had all that noise panned across the field, i think there were about 10 tracks in all......
and i ran it all thru a limiter, to get it to sit right in the mix, even tho it is mixed low, in relation to the music tracks....
HPF about 120hz, and maybe i boosted the 1k region a bit, knowing i was going to be mixing it lower in the mix.
 
it's not exactly  "Musique Concrete", but my approximation of it
 
i guess between brian may on 'stormtrooper in stilettos' and 'machine gun', i'm wearing my influences on my sleeve.
 
 

chandler
thanks man, i dig zappa with vai....
saw them in '81, forget where, east coast i guess......
  
 
speedtom
glad you liked it speed, i was always an extreme fan, and even tho it wasn't a concious influence, i can hear where you would find a similarity.... it's in the drum track..
it swings a lot, even while driving straight, and extreme was really good at that.


serious
wow, i appreciate the enthusiasm in the tune, thanks!
 

lynn
thanks for listening, lynn...
you know, i had this riff..
the opening riff, which i guess would be A section (or would it be the C section? crap, i don't know!)
 
that opening riff, i originally came up with that as my AC/DC riff, and it was much slower.
 
imagine, playing that riff at half speed.
with a heavy footed drummer nailing the downbeat.
 
THAT was the original version!!
LOL

leadfoot
thanks for listening and commenting....
glad you dig it


theBand19
thanks for mentioning the bass...
that's actually my favorite part of the song......
the bass is a really aggressive line, and you have to stay on it all the time, it's hard to play backbeat throughout, i have to play with the guitar part on the verses and opening riff, but try to go a little backbeat on the bridge and solo section....
it took me a while, to realize the bass line, i went thru several 'writing sessions' where i was trying all kinds of different approaches.....
and none of them felt right to me, until i did the one you hear on the song.
 

the guitarplayer
thanks john, i really appreciate the kind words

I remember this one... killer performances & production... very impressive...  

Nice one!  Killer guitar, rockin man...love it

"theBand19
thanks for mentioning the bass..."
 
You never fail to disappoint... And I'm a bass player from back in the day, so I always listen carefully to the bass and appreciate a good performance. I believe it's one of (if not the?) most important instruments on the canvas... They're all important? I just really appreciate a good performance on the bass. Listen to Frank's music (Notnat) He always has good bass too. I try... But I'm a piker. 

Bat,
 
Great production.   I hear some Vai in there;)   Your music never disappoints and no exception here.  

 
Sorry I just can not think of anything to say that would be in anyway useful or meaningful.
The means I liked that, it made my ears smile, it made me sit up and listen, I enjoyed it, thank you.