bats brew

On 5/2/2024 at 1:40 AM, PascalHP said:

I'm a fan of Joe satriani,

the sound reminds me a bit of Yes.

A nice tribute in any case.

hi pascal!

thanks for listening

yea, i like joe quite a bit, but would never claim him as an influence, i was already playing quite a long time before he even hit the scene.

i like his self entitled album 'joe satriani' probably the best of his whole catalog, with 'crystal planet' being my 2nd favorite.

i cannot hear any yes in any of this composition, but it's cool that it has that effect on you, pulling something out of the grey membranes that hits that memory just so.

and to be clear, i wrote this song about 6-7 years before Holdsworth died, so it was never intended to be a tribute in the 'classic' sense, it was really just about admiring his staying power against the onslaught of mediocrity that threatened his very artistry.

he stuck to his guns.

he had resolve.

On 5/1/2024 at 1:41 PM, AndyB01 said:

I love the harmonised lead and this kind of heavy sustain - I'm a Steve Hackett fan so this is right in my wheelhouse and is a great close to a fine body of work.

Fabulous playing.

Take a bow.

Andy

hi andy!

thanks so much for the comments

yes, heavy sustain. the mesa boogie mark IIb head, pushed with a Barber Direct Drive Super Sport was the chain for the solo tones.

steve hackett is a great player, i've always loved his early stuff, and used to have his Voyage of the Acolyte on vinyl.

interested player for sure!

just posted an updated mix.

I HAVE UPDATED this mix,  

brought up the percussion, and bass line.

interested to see how it comes across now.

On 4/27/2024 at 9:41 AM, jack c. said:

great tones.well done.jack c

hey thanks jack! appreciate it.

the tones on this one, were all mesa boogie captures thru a Palmer PDI-09 direct.

long before i got the strymon iridium.

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/allans-resolve

*Allan’s Resolve -
this song winds up the album, and is all instrumental.
It is dedicated to allan holdsworth.

live drum tracks from Brent Dacus.(D/FW area)

On 4/18/2024 at 3:05 PM, steve@baselines.com said:

Nice, tight and creative.  Really good work.

thanks steve! this one was mostly recorded in one day,

the main rhythm guitar i just free played,

then went back and started layering more tracks,

did the percussion track, THEN did the bass track.

wrote some lyrics in about 15 minutes,

and spent an hour doing vocal tracking. one of my quickest recordings, for sure.

2 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:

As always, top notch songwriting, performance and production. 
But I’m a fan, what do I know?

👍s 👏

t

thanks so much tom,

i appreciate the support!

On 4/18/2024 at 3:25 AM, Rikfr said:

Hi BB, interesting tune, lots of twists and turns. Every time I here a tune of yours it reminds me of Steve Vai's "Flexable, very well done.

Nice tones from that Strymon, I just bought a Simplifier dlx,  great fun to turn it up late at night 🤘

 

Rik

HI RIK!

thanks for listening!

yea, lots of twists, for sure..

funny, flexable, i bought that way back when, before passion and warfare, and i thought 'yep, you can hear the zappa influence right away!'

but really, it was similar, but parallel to zappa, IMHO.

the strymon,

is just dead easy to use.

i spend ZERO time setting up tones, and end up digging all of them.

since then, i've gotten a bit more dialed in with the choice of IR's i use, makes the biggest difference.

most of the solo tones, are miced up mesa boogie with a Barber Direct Drive pushing it.

On 4/18/2024 at 10:11 AM, cakeboy said:

Very nice melodic song

thanks so much cakeboy

yea, melody is the thing on this one.

the riffs are melodies, the fills are melodies, the whole thing just drives that idea home, simple, but tricky with arrangement.

sometimes, these things just happen, this is one of em.

it's funny, that Seagull Artist Mosaic, i used for some of the tracks on this one,
smelled so bad of cigarettes when i first bought it (pawn shop, $125 with a semi-soft case) that it has taken about 5 years for the smell to go away.
LOL

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i bought it as a 'banger' guitar,
to take to the desert...
but hell, the cedar top sounds so smooth against the bright spruce top, it's a great sound blender.

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wow, nice, was hoping this would be exactly the way it is.

thanks steve!

rip DB

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/high-time

*High Time -
one of my favorites on the album, the lyric for this one poured out in about a half hour. boom, done.
it's meant to be fun and uplifting. 
reminds me of a roadtrip i once took, i imagine a lot of folk can relate to this one.

Taylor 414 and Seagull Mosaic on this one, miced by ADK Hamburg and Shure KSM44.

one of my very best arrangements,

lots of ear candy,

wanna bump this, one last time

the plexi tones, by the way, are from a Strymon Iridium

On 4/12/2024 at 8:13 AM, jack c. said:

man do ya rock out.great job.jack c

Thank you jack!

Thanks, The guitars on this are tele and strat with humbuckers thru Marshall plexi and mesa boogie mkiib head into a avatar 1x12 with celestion heritage speaker

The trick is the Barber Direct Drive Super Sport pedal driving the amps, and tightening of the low end

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/headin-for-the-weeds

*Headin for the Weeds -

my anti war rant.

the whole 'war' section in the middle, was a blast to come up with.
i just wanted cacaphony, and even tho i tried to impart some angst, it still comes off fairly groovy and proper, exactly opposite of what i was going for!
hehe, so i just went with it.

this was written about 5 years into the Iraq war.
another sony ACID drum track.

the drum groove was written for this song,
but i liked it so much, i have used it in a more recent song as well, one of my "formula One trilogy" songs, called "Silverstone".
 

On 4/7/2024 at 10:59 AM, Old Joad said:

Killer, I love it🤘

BTW awesome TELE😍

howdy old joad!

yep, i like that tele!

it's made out of Catalpa, it's super lightweight, feels great to play, very resonant.

On 4/7/2024 at 7:31 AM, Wookiee said:

Classic Bats, is that waiting on the Shine 

hi wookiee!

this song was inspired by a friend who, as the title says, was waiting to shine.

just needed the right breaks, right circumstances, right planet alignments, etc...

his was an older riff i had, that instead of the maj 7th thing, it was a minor diminished chord.
i still like that riff, and might right another song around the original riff....

On 4/3/2024 at 8:52 PM, DeeringAmps said:

I must agree with all the above. Always a fan!

👍 ‘s 👏

t

thank you tom! appreciate it

On 4/3/2024 at 12:29 PM, daryl1968 said:

Excellent Bats. Great attitude 

thank you daryl! i appreciate that

On 4/3/2024 at 10:04 AM, Rikfr said:

Hi BB, classic BB tune, lots of swagger, like it. Nice tones and playing, all good.

 

Rik

hi rik! thank you for listening and commenting...

yes, the swagger was quite intentional on this one!

it's a fun little riff to play

On 3/31/2024 at 5:37 PM, DeeringAmps said:

I'm a fan so what more can I say than much enjoyed here!

👍's 

t

Hey tom!thanks

On 4/2/2024 at 12:43 PM, freddy j said:

This is a great guitar driven rocker (spiked with a bit of the Blues/Boogie).  You make the Strat and Tele sound good!  I particularly like the sound of that one panned left.  Your playing is excellent!  Great work on the bass line as well as the vocals.

Freddy,

Yea, that tele strat combo really pairs well.

Thanks for listening 

On 4/2/2024 at 12:29 PM, Terry Carroll said:

So good in so many ways. I hear some "City Boy" sounds along with some "10cc" and great Rock/Blues. Really like those harmonies. Rock On, Terry

Hey Terry!

Loved 10cc, don't hear that name dropped often...

Harmonies are always the fun part