What do you sound like on Nu-ILX?

Nothing wrong with a little triggered white noise, I think the snare buzz sounds cool.

yeah it's not terrible. it gets drowned out pretty quickly -- i was playing someone else's kit and wasn't used to the way the snare turned on/off or i would have turned it off in the beginning

Lechera, I like your stuff. 'Watery' reminds me of a more clattery variation on the early modular synth stuff that Sam Prekop was doing with the Sea and Cake: 'Early Chicago' and 'The Sewing Machine'

I was using the Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer as a crutch. It was just too applicable for the kind of music I want to make and it was starting to make its way into pretty much every recording I made in almost the same exact context. Even though it was exactly the thing I wanted it for, I became too dependent on it. And, I don't know, maybe I'm a glutton for self-punishment, but I got rid of it. Instead of just having that magic button to press for instant ambience, I'm making myself try to rely on stacking my two delays (Carbon Copy Deluxe and FlashbackX4) for that sound. Ultimately, even though the Freeze got me where I wanted to be, I do prefer the more natural sound of two (or three) stacked delays. So anyway, here's one of the first recordings I did after the Freeze had made its exit. I'm pretty happy with the direction I'm heading now with my effects chain. I downsized considerably over the past few weeks from about twenty five pedals to about twelve (not counting tuner or loop station). I would like to get another envelope filter / auto-wah type pedal again, but I really need to research it pretty heavily, as my wants for that type of effect are pretty specific.

Anyway, good thread. Always like to read and listen.

thanks! listening to sea and cake back in the day opened my mind to a wider variety of rhythmic options than i had heard before -- it was a long time ago but it must be still swirling around in my brain matter :)

my band recorded a whole album last month (my first ever, i'm v nervous but enthusiastic about the final product), and we put out a cover we recorded (which is not on the album) today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnS5ty-vpMY

that's me on drums and lead vocals; the recording is kind of a snapshot of my drumming after 2.5 years of learning (so far i'm only self-taught)

Damn, that's fucking great. I love your voice!

omg thank you!

Nice work

fun song to sing and play, good choice!

great going brad!

thanks everyone <3

and we just put out the first song from the album!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqVtjNtli8

Omg I love it - nice work! Can't wait to hear more. When is the album out??

New collab track, sort of ambient dancehall: https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/track/chants-x-korma-sleepless-rhythm

This was fun because the other producer wrote the main loop as a demo, so I just got to arrange it into a full track and only think about sounds & layers. I wish I could work like that all the time (also had only one day to get it in, which helped with committing to decisions).

Spacey, and I like the bell sounds!

I made a track this week. Kind of prog/deep house with lots of choppy pads and reverb: https://soundcloud.com/djisbister/chop

I love everyone's new stuff! Such a wide array of sounds.

Here's a revision of a semi-recent thing. I've created my jangle pop masterpiece!

Really pretty.

Thank you! That's what I try to do. There's enough ugly in the world already, how about something nice?

i really like that austin!

Omg I love it - nice work! Can't wait to hear more. When is the album out??

― tangenttangent, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 9:47 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

omg thank you that means a lot!!!! the album is out september 8, here's the bandcamp: http://faithvoid.bandcamp.com

I made a track this week. Kind of prog/deep house with lots of choppy pads and reverb: https://soundcloud.com/djisbister/chop

― DJI, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 11:48 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh also this is v nice

Thanks!

That's a really good song, Brad.

Ok I re-uploaded with the pads un-muted (which was my favorite part! :P)

https://soundcloud.com/djisbister/chop

What have I done?

i love a good 8 minute guitar bliss out, v "small hours"

my band also put out another song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXP5CmuQpjA

i don't sing on it at all but i'm v proud of the drumming. i also love all the cool vocal parts my bandmates came up with and i especially love how there's a track on the album where i don't have to hear my voice at all lol

our album comes out tomorrow and then we're playing a release show on saturday! i'm so excited

i love a good 8 minute guitar bliss out, v "small hours"

O_O

omgomgomg

Did you. . . did you just —COMPARE ONE OF MY SONGS TO JOHN FREAKING MARTYN????!!!

I. AM. SPEECHLESS.

lol i was like "i bet austin will really dig that this reminded me of 'small hours'"

good work imo!!!

Some brass band clips I just found on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqetfMcmlCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4-kNFiXp84

Your band is shit hot Brad! Love everything you've put on here, plz to share a link to the album when it's out. Hope the release party is a hoot!

aw thank you!!! here's the album on bandcamp https://faithvoid.bandcamp.com/album/embrace-nothingness and on spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/5dCZxKeOKenT1nY9OVN7Vm?si=C8avZAxtTwu1pbzHJBlhHQ

Thank you!! <3

I've reached a point where I don't even know anymore if I like the stuff I record or if I'm just fascinated by how actually terrible I am. Anyway, : https://austinato.bandcamp.com/track/computer-love-talk

How did you release party go Brad?

oh lol my kick drum pedal fell apart three songs in and wouldn't stay together after i fixed it but otherwise it was p solid. played in the hot basement of a bar i think we've all vowed to never play again

a song i've been mucking baout with. i get a bit camera shy and i messed it up halfway through, but still it's a bit of sureealist quasi-jazz fluff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWfYWBminrM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4onWiPYq04w&feature=youtu.be

one of the songs we recorded with albini back in the spring. the video isn't great but this is the first of those songs to be officially released

Can't play it?

ugh you can try getting to it through this but don't read the dumb article

if you do read it and wonder why we're apparently releasing a "split EP," the dude from the band wanted to buy promo, but he wanted to promote both albums we have coming out this year (one without me, one with me), but he didn't want to PAY to promote two albums, so he apparently told them it's a "split EP" so he could give them tracks from both albums and get them both promoted for the price of one??? i don't know

That's pretty cool, NA. I like the guitar sounds. I bet the record sounds great, based on what the Youtube stream sounds like.

Been working on this on and off in my bedroom. Might wanna re sing a couple of parts but it's more or less there. Any feedback appreciated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC9tKNZWm9Q

oops, not that. That's old. Try this https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sfEQF6v3aMDnyp-L8I9fRtmGm05GbkN_/view?usp=sharing

I liked it, especially the breakdown at the end. The vocals were a little odd at first but they grew on me by the end of the song. Cool stuff!

thank you. yeah I don't like doing 'normal' vocals.

I recorded this badly 4 years ago but I still like it

https://soundcloud.com/factual-1/kozy

You and austin should get together to make the spaciest all-guitar jams of all time.