bats brew

Thanks freddy! Yea, I've got samples of the train noise and riders talking as the train takes off from a stop... Its really cool in the cans

hey andy! thanks for waking up!! heheh, yea, the wah, that's my thing. i try not to over do it.

hey vernon, thanks so much for the support! the cool thing about bandcamp, once you've bought a tune, is that you can download it again, which you'll want to do after this weekend, because i'm updating both songs, as i've just purchased a plugin that i want to try out on both mixes. the 3rd song is going to be called "Open Wheel Champion", which is a celebration of the formula one champion (this year it's verstappen, but could be anyone for any year) its the first song i've recorded with my brand new telecaster build: it will be a a slow and stately rocker with big power chords! heheh

the 2nd one, i posted first... here it is if you missed it: https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/silverstone

thanks so much nigel! i've been doing a lot of homework, and learning techniques like crazy. i worked hard to get the panning just so, that everything had it's place, and didn't step on each other. so, i used these two guitars, because i wanted hard tails, and the Carvin now has a Kahler Hybrid bridge, which lets me lock the trem solid, and the Ibanez just sounds like a good les paul to me. again, all done direct thru the Iridium, and this time, only the iridium, no pedals (except for the solo... that's the carvin, with the REVV g3 going into a marshall model, and the budda wah) the drums: this particular kit, was built around the Gretsch kit in superior drummer 3, and i had been studying Taylor Hawkin's most recent kits, and took some influence from that.

Nobody's digging the train

This is a new instrumental rock song, the First of a 3-song trilogy, inspired by Formula One racing... imagine boarding the bullet train in paris, to cruise all the way to Nice Ville, grabbing a quick bus to Monaco, to witness the Monaco Grand Prix! you can't really take a bullet train all the way to Monaco, but if you could!! this song. https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/bullet-train-to-monaco

she had a great, long run! rip cm.

yea, it's that "test on monitors" that makes my point. ultimately, the monitors are the decider.

FWIW, in the article i read of scheps discussing headphone mixing, he did mention that for his ears, he can only mix on MD7506s and cannot mix on anything else and make it work. any good headphone with a decent range, you can train your ears to understand what you're hearing, versus how it will translate. but we're talking about scheps, not guys on a BBS mixing at home.

when you can mix as good as Scheps, i say go for it. if you are a beginner mixer, forget it.

I'm sorry. I just don't think that's true. Please offer some links to professional mixers and masterers that say they primarily use headphones. I cannot find any myself.

always monitors. i only use the cans for tracking, checking mixes for tiny stuff. you'll never get a mix that fully translates properly thru headphones.

thanks michael! i used my little ibanez mikkro short scale for that one. it sounds fatter than my full scale active bass! LOL, seems counterintuitive to me.... and it IS 4/4! i was just making a joke about the loss of an hour with the time change... 😁

that's ok if it's 'white bread'.... LOL, there was only one little richard! in that case, this cover is for the rest of us, great job!

hi whoisp! yea, nice and funky! i was hoping it was going to be more laid back than it is.... LOL

thanks for listening to this one, nigel! it was a fun one to track.

thanks rik! yea, bass is the spotlight here.. i play thumb/slap style all the time, but i had to write a song that it fit in...

The time changed.... Now the song is in 3/4 time

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/poppin-tight all done with a strymon iridium

hi larry! you know, running direct into the Iridium, and using basic amp models and typical IR's, and straight humbucker tones on both guitars, it just seemed easy to get what i wanted. the drums, yea, i'll tweak em a little, but they basically are holding everything together pretty nicely. once i decide on a lyric, i'll probably follow the electric lead solo a bit, and reduce that part a good bit, filling the rest with simple harmonies. i mean, really, this is probably one of the most simple songs i've ever written, and it started on piano. i could just get rid of ALL the guitars!!! whaahaahaahaaahahahahaha er, nope. not going to do that. LOL

tnx

hi nigel! thanks so much for listening. the tones, came from these guys: that's a 1984 Carvin (played the lead on this one, set in the middle position) and a 1977 Ibanez Artist 2618 (all the rhythm track was done with this one. this recording has 5 tracks. 1 key, 1 rhythm, 1 solo, 1 bass, 1 drum. all done direct thru the Strymon Iridium. and yes, eventually i'll write lyrics for this, and record another version of it... seems i'm on a writing track now, where i do a instrumental version first, to get an idea of what i'm doing melody wise... then later, write a proper lyric and get rid of most of the instrumental melody, revise it as needed. i'll put out the instrumental version first, then do the lyric version and release it on an album. at this point, i'm thinking i need to diverge the project into two different 'bands', keeping 'bats brew' as the rockier instrumental versions, and something new to do the vocal heavy versions. haven't decided on a name yet...

ok, new link with latest mix up!