evadianepug
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"BLISS" another Venus tune featuring R.Son and us!
OK, I was thrilled by the response on Flutter. Thanks all. This song is just a tad different. I was involved coordinating musicians and playing bass. The "rapper on this is R.Son (Richard Ceo) a very talented guy. We would appreciate your feedback as always. This has been sent to be mastered also. You'll recognize some of the usual suspects on here. Thanks in advance for any feedback! OH, it is another Porras/Stratton tune. Dena Porras (Venus)- Vocals Will Stratton-Guitars(except lead)and Beats R.Son (Richard Ceo)-Rap verses Mark Cline (CLEAN)- Lead Guitar Darren Matthes (Dmax)- Drums Warren Willingham (evadianepug)- Bass Here's "Bliss" http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10355224
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/04 15:39:12
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Nice, that's got a cool vibe to it. The female vocal seemed out of key in the early phrase and actually from time to time. Not sure why. Not out of tune, out of key.
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/04 15:55:30
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/04 20:01:48
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I'm with Tony, SMOKIN!
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/04 20:46:34
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Pretty good, but definitely not one of my favorites from Dena and crew.
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/04 22:14:36
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/04 23:12:57
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Josh- Thanks. I'll lsiten again but I didn't hear the key variation. Thanks for listening. Maybe your record is warped. LOL Hey, did you ever have a vinyl record? Thanks again, Josh.
Tony- Thanks!
Kev- Thanks. Haven't seen you for awhile. Course, that could be me. :-)
Herb- Thanks for listening. We'll get another one for ya. :-)
Beagle- Thanks,. Hey, I lost my becan. You got it?
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/04 23:15:32
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Warren... looking forward to the next tune.... to answer your question in my thread.... Yes, that's me kicking the vox and the guitars....
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/04 23:25:24
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/05 01:00:07
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Wow! This is great stuff. One of the best so far
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/05 01:00:21
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When it started I was like, WTF?
I have to say, this is not at all what I expected... So A for creativity and stretching!
I really liked everything about this Warren. And while I'm not a rap/hip hop fan, what was good about this was that it fit in with a real song? And I like the "heated" vibe... "oh oh oh..." In fact? Half way through? I closed the blinds...
I'm very impressed sir.
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/05 01:47:16
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This is an interesting mix of alot of different style musicians, I felt like I walked into some steamy underground bar and heard some wayout band...fun
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/05 01:56:13
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I was so INSPIREd I made you a new AVATAR. 
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/05 12:01:13
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I really like the song and performances. Production is top notch.
I could do without the rapping. This feels like a song that wants to be strong rock, but keeps getting derailed by the rapping, and so is neither rock or rap. Of course just my opinion.
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/05 14:08:36
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evadianepug
Josh- Thanks. I'll lsiten again but I didn't hear the key variation. Thanks for listening. Maybe your record is warped. LOL Hey, did you ever have a vinyl record? Thanks again, Josh.
Tony- Thanks!
Kev- Thanks. Haven't seen you for awhile. Course, that could be me. :-)
Herb- Thanks for listening. We'll get another one for ya. :-)
Beagle- Thanks,. Hey, I lost my becan. You got it?
you think I'd let you have it back if I did? 
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/06 12:19:11
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I got a bit of Gwen Stephani (earlier days) vibe from this. Just my ears mind you.
I'm not a rap fan, but this was good IMO.
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/06 12:30:30
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Very cool and different...
who is going to master?
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/06 12:34:02
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what do you mean by "Master"...sounds done to me.
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/07 08:34:50
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The Wrap on Rap: I knew that rap was not usually accepted here, but having a rap as a featurette on a song has always been a mission of mine. When I sought out a rapper, it was not as easy some would think. I've known several. My only request was that profanity be restricted but the artist was otherwise free lyrically. Not only was Richard happy to oblige, but he was very professional. For anyone who listens to rap, it should be known that there is also a melody...the vocal fluctuates but should also be in tune and his lyrics accompanied mine PERFECTLY. Although I still think Bliss's engineering is incomplete, I consider the process of this collab a great achievement.
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/07 11:18:32
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I love this tune. I'm not much of one for rapping, but I would agree with Venus - this fit the tune perfectly and sounded great with her voice.
And, I would agree, the production is far from complete on this tune.
But, this is certainly a great tune, and was a lot of fun to play on.
Thanks for including me, and thanks all for taking a few minutes to take l listen.
Take care.
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Re:"BLISS" another tune featuring Venus and us!
2011/03/07 16:17:56
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Scotty- Thanks! Vicente-Thanks, great compliment! Robby- Well, thank you! Hey, remember that tune" Cause no one knows what goes on behind closed blinds". Or something like that! Ha. Shawn- Thanks for listening and for commenting. We appreciate it! Mark- You know, I have never listened to a full rap tune that I can remember. I usually don't understand what most of them are saying and don't want to hear what some are saying. I did, however, like this guy from the beginning. I have gotten into mixe genres and believe that there is room for that. Remember our "Jazz The Funky" tune with my "square dance rap". LOL!! Anyway, we appreciate you listening and understand that some won't like this. Hey, thanks for saying it though. Gives us something to think about. You know, I don't think much. :-)
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Re:"BLISS" another Venus tune featuring R.Son and us!
2011/03/08 15:11:43
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This is not what I expected at all - which is good. Nothing wrong with what I was expecting, but always nice to get a suprise too. Very reminiscent of No Doubt to my ears (also a good thing).
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Re:"BLISS" another Venus tune featuring R.Son and us!
2011/03/08 15:39:34
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well after the absolute masterpiece which was Flutter, you show your versatility and skill by putting this out there. the tune is excellent, kinda like the Aerosmith meets Run DMC of a few years back, mix sounds pretty balanced but is quite narrow, wanna hear this mastered. great vox all round.
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Re:"BLISS" another Venus tune featuring R.Son and us!
2011/03/10 12:18:30
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Beagle- I wants me becan! Larry- Thanks!! We appreciate you taking the time to listen! Frank- Will Stratton has someone who does his mastering. He did this mix in Afghanistan with a rifle next to him and working on a laptop. He is back home safely (thank God) and is ramping up his studio. The mastering guy is John Vestman. I'm hoping his work fills out the sound here. Shawn- Thanks for the compliment. I believe it can use a bit more bottom and clarity. We'll see what happens. Dena and Mark- You guys rock! Paulo- Thanks, buddy! It is quite different from Flutter. I'm happy that you were pleasantly surprised and we thank you!! Mark(MGH)- Wow, you have been very kind on your critiques. That is greatly appreciated!! "Aerosmith meets Run DMC" What a nice thing to say. As I said before, I am NOT a rap fan. However, when I heard the basic arrangement of this I was drawn in to the tune. R.Son has a great way of doing his thing. Thank you, Mark!!!!!!!!
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Re:"BLISS" another Venus tune featuring R.Son and us!
2011/03/11 15:12:44
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man....I love this tune..I love the work...I love the mix!! the guitars a freakin flaming!!
There been a bit of disscussion (not in a bad way) on the rock/rap issue and I think it can be an "age" thing at times......now I'm an old **** and always been a rocker but a few years back my son turned me on the Rage Againts the Machine and its been all down hill from there...POD, Bestie Boys, Bloodhound gang, Limp Bizkit...ect...now I cant say I run out and buy all the lastest and greatest but if you like rock....you've got to hear Rages''''"killin in the name of" and "bulls on parade"....for me it all came together there......one I "got it"...then then I dove into the BBoys...love 'em...."you gotta FIGHT.....FOR YOUR RIGHT!!...awww never mind..lol
so with that all said..lol
what a FREAKIN GREAT JOB!!!
all of you!!...
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Re:"BLISS" another Venus tune featuring R.Son and us!
2011/03/11 17:03:55
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I LOVED it...Almost a Lincoln Park kinda feel to it.
Whoa.... to you ...oh...earth and sea...
for the devil sends the beast with wrath.....
because he knows the time is short.....
let him who hath understanding.....
reckon the number of the beast.....
for it is a human number...
it`s number is.....
666 So if JESUS rose from the DEAD Does that mean he`s the ORIGINAL ZOMBIE?
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Re:"BLISS" another Venus tune featuring R.Son and us!
2011/03/11 18:13:03
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Tom da Pogue- You silver tongued devil you!! Thank you for the very flattering comments. Dena and Will write some neat tunes. This is the only song on this whole page I didn't write or co-write. It is a bit different bass line for me and it was fun to do. I listened to RATM, both songs you listed. I would LOVE to see thoae guys live. So tight and so loud. Works for me. Thanks again!
Alan- Thanks for listening, buddy! We really appreciate it.
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Re:"BLISS" another Venus tune featuring R.Son and us!
2011/03/11 22:36:48
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I agree about the Gwen Stefani sound. Also reminds me of the female vocalists from Baby Namboos, a side project related to Tricky and Massive Attack.
My only crit would be the rap vocal sounds a bit thin. I know it has lots of efx on it, but maybe just a bit less of the telephone/radio speaker feel would be good for me.
Guitars have an excellent grit to them.
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Re:"BLISS" another Venus tune featuring R.Son and us!
2011/03/11 23:00:42
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Re:"BLISS" another Venus tune featuring R.Son and us!
2011/03/12 02:21:49
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It's been so long since I played drums on this track that I'm not sure if I can pick out any of my acoustic drums in there anymore, but I like the electronica vibe, regardless. I like rap, metal, dixieland, whatever... I'm one of the biggest advocates of letting go of "genres" so this is a great tune for exploring that space that lays outside the aforementioned. Anyway, when's the after party???!!!
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