What do you sound like on Nu-ILX?

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.

lovely playing Evan

Thank you! I was really enjoying your "old" link up there just now (but haven't clicked the new one yet)

proud of that one. did it a few years ago all in my bedroom with my mates using Reason and various instruments. thank you

Evan, that's rad. Very Vini Reilly.

dog latin, is this all you? Just in terms of production quality, it has a really nice, warm sound. The song is really good, too. I love how it feels kind of formless. I'm expecting a chord change or a refrain at certain points and it doesn't come right away.

yeah just using Reason and my guitar/bass and programmed drums. Thanks man.

I worked out a neat trick where I sped the tempo of the whole instrumental track up to double speed (without changing the pitch, then slowed it down back to the original speed (this time with the pitch changing).

then I did it again, slowed the original track right down to half tempo, then sped it up so it was the same original tempo but pitched up

then I overplayed these two tracks on the original sound and it gives it this weird harmonic fullness

what I'm saying is you essentially have a pitched down track and a pitched up track layer over the top of the original and it gives it this sort of thrombing sound

Well, it sounds really unique either way.

Sounds really good dl! Although I want to hear those handclaps much louder and heavily compressed ;)

those have been bugging me. I'll try some compression. cheers

i am feeling bold so i am going to share this recently recorded improvised noodle for drumset and contact mic -- it's noisy and weird but it's what i sound like i guess? :) https://soundcloud.com/marshmallowy/12-7-2018-improvisation-with-contact-mic-and-drums

on a different note, here is one of my experiments with the looper. it's just voice and drums. it's also very slow but steady i hope https://soundcloud.com/marshmallowy/week-16

I must check these once I'm near a player

the first one is hella noisy and the second one is way different -- not noisy? both are basement Zoom recordings so don't expect much in that department :)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BriUYQFhdQu/

like that LL, using vox as loops is cool..

trying to stop my habit of doing nothing but fucking around with downloading plugins and actually recording stuff, this is a one-mic guitar thing, finally got a pretty good quality large diaphragm condenser recommended by my friend who owns a studio as the only "cheap" (relative term) mic that he would consider using in his studio (Shure KSM27, now called just the SM27)

https://soundcloud.com/matthew-lee-helgeson/folkwaze

LL - some lovely interesting noises and rolls in this drum improv. I really like it

https://www.instagram.com/p/Brk3MIRB113/

thanks guys! i really appreciate that anyone listens to the noises i make and i value every shred of feedback i get.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrnO-p9AKlX/

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2353885886_10.jpg

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2209717444_10.jpg

can i make a request?
can we not post links without a little explanation or introduction or something? i think a tiny bit of context will increase the value of this valuable thread imo.

Sorry, LL. Astralpop is all about the listener's interpretation. So, I'm just about presenting my music with as little context as possible.

But, since you asked, it's a new single for winter solstice.

even just a few words like "here's something i made" would be nice so it's not a blind link to another website that one needs to click to know what it is. speaking only for myself, i am more likely to click a link when i know what it is.

most music is about the listener's interpretation no? :)

Totally agree, I mostly post things here so I can add the backstory about the insecurities and challenges involved, which I wouldn't post elsewhere. And I enjoy hearing about other people's travails as well.

when i post things it's usually because you all are the only people on earth who i share it with, other than a guy i played in a band with back in high school

i post here when i am feeling nervy, and it's a place i feel safe being heard.

i know that most of the stuff i record is kinda half-baked -- i meant to say it earlier but I like random collaborations. if someone has a weird urge to add something to one of my tracks, please be my guest. they're only me solo because i don't have other people to play with most of the time. :)