bats brew

hi john! glad you dig this one, it's a fun one, i think. it's kinda loosy goosy like vegas is... that's the good ole Budda Wah working on that one...

THANKS SO MUCH, LEADFOOT! yea, someone pm'd me and suggested posting this with it's own thread, cuz folks had not looked at the original thread again, and missed the new song link. yea, that little interlude there near the beginning of the last chorus, it just needed something there to introduce the 'final' section. i like the idea of nice melodies on top of gut punch rhythms. a nice blend of honey badger and honey. LOL

you rock john. you rock. it's cool that bandcamp lets you pull several different versions if you want... and of course, for any of my forum buddies that buy something, i'm more than happy to custom make files for you that are different than what bandcamp offers, and just send a download link. like, if you wanted redbook 16 bit 44.1khz wav files, it's easy for me to burn em. then you dump em on a cd, and can play them in any cd player. just seems no one does that anymore (except me!) LOL i've been thru flagstaff a few times, one of the coolest (literally) places in the southwest. i dig it.

this is my 'rock waltz' it's a true story, about a friend traveling abroad https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/the-travel-song

Thanks so much

sneaking another new one for folks to hear.... this is my 'rock waltz' it's a true story, about a friend traveling abroad https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/the-travel-song

that so warms my heart andy! thanks!

ha! timbo, another wah lover... wah was my first FX pedal, i had always wanted one, mowed a lot of lawns to get the money to buy one. this wah, after many wahs thru the years, is a Budda Wah. it just seemed to want wah in this song, it's kinda sassy anyway.

go to vegas, for valentine's day?

I GUESS "HIGH TIME" would be appropriate for valentines, eh?

hey jack! yep, that's what we do here in bat land, try to rock to the max. that place (the strip) was rockin' to the max when i was there! holy crap

new tune from the new bats brew 'the time is magic' album- "The Strip" https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/the-strip it's kind of a laid back shuffle, but with a hint of desperation. written after my 1st trip to the vegas strip. all events actually happened ! LOL

thanks so much old joad, glad you caught the vibe on this one. it's kind like going on a road trip. kinda edgy, kinda cool, kinda hopeful.

hey mark! yea, i love the shaker egg, there's a maracas track, and a bongo track as well. sexy guitar, we want sexy guitars!

thanks!

thanks jackC! it's great to get some feedback on this project. every song kind of leads into the next, with that same level of production. i mixed this as an 'album', like old school song programming. hopefully, folks will get to experience it the way i intended, it really works well.

hey equality! thanks so much for checking it out. yea, that guitar riff is fun to play, it kinda just rolls off the fingers, you slide it around a little bit, it's kinda sexy! LOL

It's called "The Time is Magic" a full length album, old school style, 10 songs are ordered to work as a continuous listen. i thought i'd introduce some of the songs on it, starting with this one: "High Time" https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/high-time it's an acoustic number, has a cool feel to it. hope you dig it!

i see nothing but Plusses for modern daws. it's up to the user to reign it all in. you have to have a vision. otherwise, you are spinning wheels, whether it's old analog gear or modern DAW.

to be clear, i think i saw it on the plant/page collab, and not necessarily zep... those guys are synonomous with 'zep', so it all kinda falls under the same umbrella

thanks lynn!! well, i'm on a mission... to try to define a certain kind of drum kit sound, that would be a 'bats brew' sound. i've got 3 different kinds of kits i want (dead dry 70's style, hard rock modern, and ballad level)

THAT'S SO COOL, the bodhran, i've seen it used quite a few times, even in a led zeppelin context, i'd love to get one and try to learn some basic rhythms. i'm also wanting to get one of those baritone recorder, just cuz of stupid grogu! LOL thanks for listening, the drum parts i program from scratch using superior drummer 3, usually i start with a loop from the library that i close, then i move stuff around and edit, to use it as a main rhythm motif. but i love working with real percussionists!

ok, just published a new version of this with a revamped drum kit, using a lot of suggestions from listeners https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/running-free-ver-3

well, i'm going to stick with superior drummer, and find a good blend of just the right components. i've spent a long time getting good at programming with this piece of kit, and not switching horses in the middle of the stream. but thanks all the same.

louisville slugger...! heheh, yep, i get that, used to play a lot of baseball when i was young. #2 is becoming the standout, for sure. i could work that snare a bit, i was thinking about dropping the pitch just a few cents.