"headin' for the weeds"

https://soundcloud.com/ba...w/headin-for-the-weeds
written out of frustration over the iraq mess....

Sounds great. It reminds me of Zappa a little with some DLR era Steve Vai thrown in. I really enjoyed the song.

I can't comment on the mix, I just wing it in that department. But your playing and music and vocals are outstanding!!
 
I really enjoyed hearing this!!
 
Bobby
 

Bats, it sounds great! Nice mix and great fretwork!

I knew before I even clicked on the song I would be in for a treat and so I wasn't disappointed at all. Absolutely perfect!!
 
Peace and Blessings, John

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.
 
 

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

the guitarplayer
thanks john, i really appreciate the kind words

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

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

notnat
thanks man.
 

warrenlee
appreciate it, glad you like this one.
 
 
the band19
yes, the bass has been almost more important to me than guitar, since i heard my first beatles tune ("she loves you")
 
 
markno999
thanks for the comments...
Vai, yeah, there could be a little something in there similar....

i had developed a lot of my idiosynchracies in guitar playing, before I knew about Vai (zappa, alcatrazz, roth)...
i've got some old recordings from the early 80's that attest to early wildness...

but folks still reference this from time to time...
he's probably the most 'known' instrumental electric guitarist, after Satch.... so it's inevitable to hear comparisons with music that has those kinds of guitar breaks...
 
 
wookie
thanks for smiling!
and not stickin' your fingers in your wooly ears....

batsbrew



 
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.

You might be right...but today it hit me why it reminds me of Extreme: I had your verse in my head "...and if you think about it" - and after that, just by magic, Extreme's chorus of "it's monster" just followed it! There must be some link between headin for the weeds and it's a monster, although I cannot grap it just yet 

doncolga
thanks man, i appreciate that


speedtom
it's a monster......


i remember that song!
that was off of pornograffiti.
man, what a killer album.
the song on that one, that just slays me, is "Decadence Dance"

that, and 'get the funk out'.
 
 
yea, i can see how you would hear a similarity, it's a timing thing....
the way the chords move in syncopation, against the straight time in both songs....

i'm playing the chords in FRONT of the beat, to drive the song...
which makes the drums sound like they are swinging in the BACK BEAT, even tho they are playing straight time.
i figured out a long time ago, how to imply a swing, by playing ahead, or sometimes, way behind, a straight time drum groove...

and with samples, or midi programs like superior drummer, it's a good skill to have.
LOL
 
thanks for commenting again....

fabulous, LOVED THAT!

Rimshot
appreciate the listen
glad you dig it
 
 
 

sTinGA
alright man, thanks for listening!