Jesse Screed

On 7/2/2019 at 9:40 PM, Jesse Screed said:

On 7/2/2019 at 11:08 PM, bjornpdx said:

Cool song. Love the lyrics and guitar.   Freddy is an amazingly good gtr player and also the nicest guy around here.

I thought I had Jesse all figured out but things are shifting.  Sounds a bit like that guy in the B-52s here and then there's all those coherent posts in the forum lately. Don't know what to think any more.  

😁

Bjorn, thanks.  I hope you continue to prosper.

On 7/3/2019 at 3:43 AM, Bob Oister said:

Hey, Jesse and Freddy,

Really nice work on this very cool, bluesy, experimental alt-rocker!😀

Freddy always does a great job on his stuff, and his guitar tone and playing are excellent on this, as usual.  I really liked the cool intro with the keyboard and vocal effects, and Jesse, your vocals are dynamite on this, and the harmonica is absolutely spectacular!  This sort of reminds me of the really early Rolling Stones blues based stuff, which I always liked.

By the ways, Jesse, I really like your acoustic song, "Sip Some Whiskey" which came on after this on your Soundclick page, good stuff!👍

Anyway, really great job, guys, excellent collab!😀

Have a good one!
Bob

Bob, you are always a positive force, thanks

On 7/3/2019 at 2:07 PM, daryl1968 said:

This is great.  Good job both of you. 

I'm listening on my phone as I am away from home but will listen again when I get back. 

Daryl, you are a forum cornerstone.  Whenever you comment it means much.

19 hours ago, Johnbee58 said:

Nice.  You both added your unique touches to make an excellent work of art.

You should do more together.

😀John B

Jon, I would love to.

18 hours ago, Joad said:

Very cool, This is something Ricky Williams ( Flipper ) would have written. I agree with John.

Joad, I love it when people compare music to others, It exposes me to new music I have never heard.  Now I need to look up Ricky Williams Flipper.

16 hours ago, emeraldsoul said:

Great fun to listen to, very nice collab guys. Jesse your vocal clarity on this one is great, the vocal is nice and up front in the mix. Whatever your vocal mixing chain was, it's a keeper.

well done both of y'all.

-Tom

esoul, my vocal chain in this was like this.  I was in a much larger room, actually it was a dome with 16 foot ceiling and 32 foot diameter.  The mic was an at4033 going into a vs100.  I dropped some la2a post.  I don't think I did any eq tweaks on that track.  I will experiment with this more, unfortunately I don't always get to record in the dome.  It will be back to the box soon.

17 hours ago, freddy j said:

Well Jesse you did it! !!  You took that jangle of disjointed tracks  that I sent you and you created a fun, cool, and relevant song.  Quite a feat -- well done buddy! Great job on the lyrics, keyboard and harmonica.  Thanks for inviting me in on your project!

Thanks to all for listening and commenting.

Freddy, thanks for taking the risk.  You did not dismiss my request to collab.  In fact you freely responded. 

Even though it was a struggle to get the files, you didn't give up, and you gave me free rein.

I had intentions to go full Q with your guitar, but something  in my head kept saying "why do you want to eff something this good up." so I played it straight.

If you ever have some abandoned files that you have come to a dead end with maybe we could do this again.  That goes for anybody actually, I would collab with anybody.

But Freddy, you were my first forum collab.

2 hours ago, craigb said:

If it won't start, how are you taking it to the mechanic??? 😮

she's my girlfriend doot

don'tz got to go nowhere

GUN GUUN

https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/player.cfm?songID=13893932

Freddy J did a collab with me

he did everything but the vocals, and the harmonica, he did the bass and all the guitars, and the drum too

Freddy, thank you so much, you are a special person

rhetorical question

if you have a car that won't start, and you take it to the mechanic to get it "fixed," and it starts, and then three weeks later it won't start again, so you take it to the mechanic again and they get it started, and three weeks later it won't start again, so you take it to the mechanic and they get it to start   and three weeks later it won't start again......

Is it really fixed?

4 hours ago, cclarry said:

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https://www.rayzoon.com/online_shop.html#mp

For the month of July, MetalPak and BonzoPak are on sale for just $19 each, which is 60% off their normal price.

I reallly like the Bonzo Pak.

But even more I like Jamstix.  There is a serious learning curve to use it at full throttle, however if you take the time to even scratch the surface you will be rewarded.

I jumped on the Modo Drum train, I am hoping Jamstix will integrate with MD.  I jump on a lot of trains because I read this stoopid deals forum, but I jump off a lot of trains too.

I have not jumped off the Jamstix train.

I like the Bonzo Pak, and this is a good price.  Thanks Larry

1 hour ago, garybrun said:

HI Jesse.
Thank you for you post... and well written too!
I do not take offence and understand what you are trying to say!
Let me clarify I few things and I hope people understand what I am trying to say.

It may sound a little personal,,, but I am open and honest and straight talking  guy.
I am 55 years old and ever since I was little I was told I would never amount to anything and I wouldnt be even paid in washers!

I was brought up in children s homes , foster homes, sexually abused etc etc..  you have heard the horror stories before may times.
I wont go into to details more...  but I am willing to share via PM if any wants to know.

But... all those bad things that happened have made me into the man I am to day.
Have been a foster parent to 6 kids and kicked the devil up the ***** by turning the experiences around for good and many other stuff...  but thats by the by.

Im not big headed....  but have learned to love myself... the man I am and was made to be.
Unless you can love yourself... its hard to love others.
Yes..  I can sing.. but the good looking bit I am not sure about!  lol

All my skills on the recording side of thing are not so special and everything I have now I have learnt here mostly  (think Ive been over 10 years now).
I just find it weird and exciting... that I suddenly decide to do a country cover version and people liked it.  Thats a big kick to be honest.

I shared it on here... to try and encourage people...   not that I want to be big headed or anything..
Its like sharing with your family.

So if I do come across as being stuck up my own *****...  if you could meet me in person you would know I'm not like that.
Not a good writer or an educated man..  but am educated in lives "hard school" and proud of it.

As I said I will go through a lot of the songs that people have posted up and make comments.
Thanks again everyone and you can say anything to me as it takes a lot to get me offended.

Garyxxx

Hello Gary, thanks for sharing all that info.  I am the kind of person who likes to know more about the people I like.  Your sharing adds to my appreciation of who you are, what you are doing, and why you are excited (as you should be.)

I would never imagine you to be "stuck up on your own """""  You have never come across like that in any of your posts.  Before this I always thought of you as the kind of guy that would make a great friend, and I believe that even more now, after you shared your story. 

I would praise you even more for being a Foster Parent to six kids!  I work with a lot of Foster Children, and they have special needs that only special people can address.  I think you should get an award just for that.  In my life, my music pales to the work I do with Children, and I would guess that you too would say "successfully raising six Foster Children means more than anything."

So although what I said in my previous post may have been a bit misconstrued, as all written word is won't to do, I am a little bit glad that it  compelled to share your life story.  That's why I like to shop at the Farmers Market, I get to meet the people who planted the seed, tended the rows, chased away the crows,  and harvested the food I will use to sustain me. I also feel the same way about the music I listen too.

And Gary, your story gave me pause, and reaffirmed my belief that I am surrounded by remarkable people.

I am sorry if I came across as rude, because you really have every reason to be happy and to shout it out loud.

Peace my friend!

1 hour ago, garybrun said:

4 songs in the Soundcloud Country Top 5  🙂

Will go through later and look at everyones songs... sorry for the delay.

Gary, please don't take offense to what I am about to say.  I have thought a lot about this subject, on whether we as artists are popular because of what we do.  I really think your success has less to do with you "doing something right," and more to do with

 being in the right place at the right time, paired with a dose of luck.

Now let me explain further, I am not saying you do not have talent (which you obviously do), or that you have not practiced your ***** off to hone your skills (which you obviously have), or that you are not a handsome dude that all the kids are attracted to (which you obviously are), that is all beside the question.

Remember that time we went to that little club on a Monday night, and there were only six other people in the joint, and there happened to be some live music, and the band knocked us out with their performance, and we kept asking ourselves why these kids weren't breaking out nationally, and we found out they had to  pay the owner to play that night.  Remeber?

Whatever you are doing, keep on doing it.

Ride that wave baby!!!!!   You are killing it, just keep stepping up to the plate and swing at the ball!

Congrats, you deserve it.

2 minutes ago, scook said:

Drag to timeline to create a tempo map uses Melodyne.

Thank you for the quick reply!   I will validate my Melodyne tonight!

Hello all, I have not tried this yet, but, do you need Melodyne for this to work?  I have not validated Melodyne on the computer at the dome, but would if that is needed.  Thanks

David, I did miss you, but mostly I was hoping you were OK, plus, you write good music, so stick around for awhile.  I hope the surgery went well😉

To

Joad

Daryl

John B

Gary

and Spak,

Thanks for the listen.  I know that my stuff is not necessarily a perfect match for this song forum, but it is the only place I know or care to post, except for SoundClick (where I never get comments),

But I always get a kick out of reading the comments.  It's all in fun for me, and when I hit a clinker I will hear that too, all good.

Thanks again for taking the time!

14 hours ago, Myriad Rocker said:

Can you talk a bit about your micing on the guitar?  I like it.  Also, what you did as far as EQ, etc to it.  It kind of sounds like it was plugged in, but I don't want to make that assumption.

Hello Myriad, thanks for asking.

The guitar is a Hohner HG 90  made in Japan about 1980.  It has a Fishman Rare Earth pickup in the sound hole.   and  went direct into a Roland vs100.  I had post effects of Fabfilter Saturn using the Acoustic Picker setting and tweaked the bands to taste, mostly just rolled off the low end.  Then I went through the IK White 2A to get about 1 db compression.  That was run to the Master where I did some gentle tweaks to taste, but nothing groundbreaking, magic, or secret.

So kudos to your ears for noticing that it was plugged in.  When I was listening on playback the guitar did sound kind of digital to me too,  not terribly so, but some.  It's funny, I am virtually deaf in one ear, but it seems that over time I am starting to hear anomalies in music, my own and others.   I was listening to soome zep today,  songs from Presence, and I had to keep rewinding to see if I was really hearing what I did.

https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/player.cfm?songID=13893118

WTF

This song reminds me a whole lot of Joxh Turner.

Where I come from country music is the# 3 genre on virtually all radio stations I can get over the air, third only to crop reports and weather.

and you did a great job

On 6/29/2019 at 1:31 PM, bjornpdx said:

 once I've put you to sleep the subliminal messages I've inserted will go to work. Do you feel it, that irresistible urge to send me money....

WHAT IS YOUR ADDRESS?    Will you take coupons in lieu of cash?

I always love your music, so majestic

2 hours ago, Gswitz said:

Interesting. It was closer to 80 when I started and I turned it down a little to get to 60.

I think I'll play with it some and see how it goes. I've got plenty of drive pedals, and with the Rock Crusher, I should be able to drive it plenty hard set at 60. I've been playing it and it sounds fine. 🙂

I'm off to go record one of my favorite Jazz players. He has a friend with a case of fancy guitars and we're descending on his house and recording all afternoon. 🙂 Should be a good time. Wish me luck!

 

GOOD LUCK!

6 hours ago, Joad said:

It's been pointed out to me that comparing your songs with other bands might come off as a bit insincere and maybe not helpful to the over all point of this forum.

so i'll knock it off

and keep my comments on the over all mix and minor random babbling...

once again, all apologies.

 

Sometimes I can be slow on the uptake, but why do I get the feeling you are being sarcastic?

I'm not really offended by anyone comparing my work with someone else, but in my case the comparison usually goes like this, "you sound like (insert artist name here) ON ACID"

I did have one poster compare my music to  garbage, I imagine there is a band named garbage, but I don't think they meant that band.

If it makes you feel better, say three Hail Marys, and be done with it.

You are forgiven.

very good this

inverted

On 6/24/2019 at 12:44 PM, Bapu said:

Seeing John Hiatt live that is.

His voice is beginning to give out. Saw him Friday night. Took about four songs to get over the very rough spots but the rest of the night was marginal IMO.

sure ok,

your random thoughts haven't been so stellar lately either.

but.....whatever

No more Wham bAm Thank You Ma'am

It's going to be a slow boat to Cheena from now on.

you just wait and see

E soul

so great to hear from you

way so much going on here

tasty acoustic there at 3:30 or so

so if you really you are in the weeds

I say cut this down to no more than 3:00

you can do it man

I could say more but right now i am indisposed

anyway, it doesn't really matter, but it is really good, now make it better

RIGHTEOUS HOMEY

so I checked out that link

and I typed in beatles

and noticed that electric light orchestra was far removed

but it is still a great resource

On 6/9/2019 at 7:37 AM, SPAK said:

Hi Jesse

Couldn't differentiate really for critic, and I don't normally comment on your stuff as I don't 'get it',  but this is bloody good, my wife asked wtf was I listening too and as Lynn said, John and Yoko came to mind ...not sure if she believed me ... don't think so ..... Thanks, and for what it's worth the mix is spot on for this stuff.

Steve

that is a great story,

I am happy that your woman tolerates you so early in the morning

she must be a gem stone

keep her close

11 hours ago, Bapu said:

I even did it a few times just to be sure I wasn't 'drunk at the time' something went nutzo.

you used some great phrasing

"did it a few times"

"to be sure I wasn't drunk"

"something went nutzo."

the truth will set you FREE