bats brew

it's sad they boo'd max in austin.

shameful.

makes the US look bad.

 

QUITE THE BARN BURNER YESTERDAY!
WOW

Bumpin for race day!

 

Def bumpin this one....



Worth it.

 

heh, yea, this should have always been mixed more forward and dry,

the first pass (demo) was more roomy, bigger, and a little bit diffuse.

well, the samples i found for the train, the people noise, the station noise, they were all 'found' samples, and even tho i know how to stereoize that sh!te, i have found that whenever i try those trick, they sound 'clownphucked' to me, so i just take em as they are.

i'm really trying to get to that vibe of standing or sitting in a train that is moving at high speed,

you get the feel of extreme force and finesses at the same time..

and to me, well, in my music mind, that sound would be more personal, and it'd be more close and tight.

so, the mix is trying to reflect that.

maybe a really good mixer would have a completely different approach,

and when i'm trying to wear all hats, out of neccessity, 

sometimes it takes me longer to the obvious.

i'll stick to my Strymon Iridium.

 

super happy with it.

$399.

nice,

that hit the spot today.

 

ok, updated.

On 10/16/2023 at 7:06 AM, mark skinner said:

your link somehow got broken..    ms

fixed. tnx.

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/bullet-train-to-monaco

completely new mix.
different drum kit and room treatments.
i may final tweak the kit a bit more.
i like the snare snap, but it may...be too much.

and i guess, a different approach to the mix.
it's quite a bit more in the face.
i think it works better this way than the demo i previously posted.
 

allan holdsworth:

 

Discography

Solo albums

Studio

1976: Velvet Darkness

1982: I.O.U.

1983: Road Games (EP)

1985: Metal Fatigue

1986: Atavachron

1987: Sand

1989: Secrets

1992: Wardenclyffe Tower

1993: Hard Hat Area

1996: None Too Soon

2000: The Sixteen Men of Tain

2001: Flat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie

2016: Tales from the Vault

 

Live

1997: I.O.U. Live

2002: Live at the Galaxy Theatre (DVD)

2002: All Night Wrong

2003: Then!

2007: Live at Yoshi's (DVD)

2018: Live in Japan 1984

2019: Warsaw Summer Jazz Days '98 (CD & DVD)

2020: Frankfurt '86 (CD & DVD)

2021: Leverkusen '97 (CD & DVD)

2021: Leverkusen 2010 (CD & DVD)

2022: Jarasum Jazz Festival 2014 (CD & DVD)

 

Collaborations

1980: Conversation Piece – Part 1 & 2, with Gordon Beck, Jeff Clyne and John Stevens

1980: The Things You See, with Gordon Beck

1988: With a Heart in My Song, with Gordon Beck

1990: Truth in Shredding, with Frank Gambale/The Mark Varney Project

1996: Heavy Machinery, with Jens Johansson and Anders Johansson

2009: Blues for Tony, with Alan Pasqua, Chad Wackerman and Jimmy Haslip (live double album)

2009: Propensity, with Danny Thompson and John Stevens (recorded 1978)

 

Compilations

2005: The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock

2017: Eidolon: The Allan Holdsworth Collection

2017: The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! The Allan Holdsworth Album Collection (box set)

With other artists[edit]

'Igginbottom

1969: 'Igginbottom's Wrench

Nucleus

1972: Belladonna (released as a solo album by Ian Carr)

Tempest

1973: Tempest

2005: Under the Blossom: The Anthology

Soft Machine

 

Studio:

1975: Bundles (band member)

1981: Land of Cockayne (guest musician)

2003: Abracadabra (as Soft Works) (band member)

 

Live:

2003: BBC Radio 1971–1974

2006: Floating World Live 1975

2015: Switzerland 1974 (CD, DVD)

The New Tony Williams Lifetime

1975: Believe It

1976: Million Dollar Legs

Pierre Moerlen's Gong

1976: Gazeuse!

1978: Expresso II

1979: Time Is the Key

John Stevens

1977: Touching On

1977: Re-Touch

Jean-Luc Ponty

1977: Enigmatic Ocean

1983: Individual Choice

2007: The Atacama Experience

Bruford

1978: Feels Good to Me

1979: One of a Kind

1986: Master Strokes: 1978–1985 (compilation)

2006: Rock Goes to College (CD/DVD, live in 1979)

U.K.

1978: U.K.

1999: Concert Classics Volume 4 (live 1978; reissued variously as Live in America and Live in Boston)

2016: Ultimate Collector's Edition (box set)

Gordon Beck

1979: Sunbird

1980: The Things You See

Jon St. James

1986: Fast Impressions (guest soloist on "Fast Impressions" & "Rainy Taxi")

Krokus

1986: Change of Address (guest soloist on "Long Way From Home")

Stanley Clarke

1988: If This Bass Could Only Talk (guest soloist on "Stories to Tell")

Stuart Hamm

1988: Radio Free Albemuth

Jack Bruce

1989: A Question of Time (guest soloist on "Obsession" & "Only Playing Games")

Alex Masi

1989: Attack of the Neon Shark (guest soloist on "Cold Sun")

Chad Wackerman

1991: Forty Reasons

1993: The View

2012: Dreams Nightmares and Improvisations

Level 42

1991: Guaranteed

Gorky Park

1996: Stare (guest soloist on "Don't Make Me Stay")

Steve Hunt

1997: From Your Heart and Your Soul

Steve Tavaglione

1997: Blue Tav

Derek Sherinian

2004: Mythology

K²

2005: Book of the Dead

Corrado Rustici

2006: Deconstruction of a Postmodern Musician (guest soloist on "Tantrum to Blind")

Planet X

2007: Quantum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Holdsworth

 

Holdsworth has been cited as an influence by a host of rock, metal and jazz guitarists such as Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Greg Howe,Shawn Lane,Richie Kotzen,John Petrucci,[Alex Lifeson, Kurt Rosenwinkel,Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Romeo,Ty Tabor,Fredrik Thordendal Daniel Mongrain, John Frusciante, and Tom Morello.

Frank Zappa once lauded him as "one of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet",while Robben Ford has said: "I think Allan Holdsworth is the John Coltrane of the guitar. I don't think anyone can do as much with the guitar as Allan Holdsworth can."

 

 

that's a SHORT list~!~

 

LOL

 

Immediately after I.O.U.'s release, guitarist Eddie Van Halen brought Holdsworth to the attention of Warner Bros. Records executive Mo Ostin. Van Halen had previously enthused about Holdsworth in a 1980 issue of Guitar Player magazine, saying "That guy is bad! He's fantastic; I love him", and that Holdsworth was "the best, in my book". Furthermore, in a 1981 interview for Guitar World magazine, he said that "To me Allan Holdsworth is number one".

6 minutes ago, telecode 101 said:

Holdsworth was  from the 60s I think.

uh, no.

Allan Holdsworth.

 

or

edward.

On 10/13/2023 at 8:36 AM, greg54 said:

Thanks, Glenn.  I don't use Waves plugins anymore because I don't want to lease plugins.   But I will find an alternative.  Thanks for your help!

i bought my waves plugins.

i own them.

no lease at all.

i'll use them for a thousand years.

19 hours ago, markno999 said:

Bat,

Yes, kick sounds about right now.    Really great song and trilogy.

Regards

thanks again mark!

the trilogy idea just kinda came about on its own,

as i got more entrenched in watching formula one, it just seemed like an obvious thing to run with.

On 10/15/2023 at 4:50 PM, Terry Carroll said:

Outstanding guitar work. I would have like some kind of voice in this. There's a good tune in this that I like.. 

thanks so much terry!

i tried to make the guitar the voice.

i have so many songs (so many...) with lyric and singing, that i need some balance in my repertoire, 

this seems like the best way to find it!!

 

but you are right...

it's such a simple song, simple arrangement, it'd be easy to write a lyric to it..

but it really doesn't need it.

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/open-wheel-champion

On 10/11/2023 at 4:01 PM, markno999 said:

Bat,

Sounds good here overall.  Kick may be a hair on the heavy side.   I think the Kick mix, i.e.,  beater vs sub is right so maybe pull it down a db and see how it sits.  

Cool song, love it.

 

Regards

Thanks Mark

 

I've got the kick dialed in now, gonnA upload it shortly...

Maybe check it again tonight?

23 hours ago, Tim Smith said:

Great use of the wah! Kick sounds fine here.

hey thanks tim!

kicks are usually pretty subjective, but i know there will be systems or cans or earbuds where it might come across too much,

so i'm trying to dial that in as best as i can.

 

that kit, is one of 3, that i'm shooting to make my 'sig' sound kits.

 

 

the wah, ha, my first effect pedal.

i kinda grew up on the wah, i use it without even thinking about it.

i guess i'm going for a more 'vocal' sound, listened to a lot of jeff beck and hendrix.

 

thanks for listening!

how's the kick translate?

actively working on the kick, would love some feedback on that,
it's a superior drummer kit i custom built in SD using 'rooms of hansa', with a Masshoff twin shell kick.

i'm not sure if the kick has too much level, or too many lows.
two mics on the kick, the 'sub' is tweaked right at 100 hz, 
the other mic a bit below 100hz.

i updated this mix especially for Max Verstappen, the Formula One open wheel champion for 2023!

it's an anthem, big mix, and i used my new Tele for the first time, to record the guitar parts for this.

it's part of a 3-song trilogy, inspired by F1.

enjoy!

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/open-wheel-champion

bowie was lucky to have hooked up with ronson.

gave him real rock cred.

it snowed in the mountains here.

i do not miss the vinyl sound.

 

i DO miss that ritual of opening up the album, taking it out, putting it on the platter, setting the needle, 

kicking back with the album art, and just listen. for, about, what, 20 minutes?! LOL, then have to get up, flip it, and do it all over again...

 

 

but i never thought vinyl was very accurate. noisy. 

and if you didn't have your turntable far enough away, or, in my case, floating in the air riding on a macrame sling, 

the low end would make the needle jump!! 

how annoying...

 

i bought a nice Yamaha Natural sound receiver, cd player and tape player set back in 1980, gave it to my parents, 20 years later, i had it back, and still have it!

 

i rip my own albums from my cd collection, and i have a hundred cassettes that STILL play, but no vinyl.