bats brew

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!

thanks for commenting dream art! thanks, i'm gonna finish this one up this week.

Thanks Rik! Lead louder and lead louder? Hm, I don't know, ill try it and see

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/blues-seven just getting started with this one, i'm curious to know how it translates. it looks like it's missing some mids, but sounds nice to me as is.

ok, new link with latest mix up!

https://www.eventideaudio.com/plug-ins/spliteq/ this is the one.

GLAD YOU DIG IT OLD JOAD! it was hella fun to record it.

howdy ho Rik! thanks so much for checking this one out, i kind of feel like it's special for me, because it came out so easy, as it was all fresh in my head when i recorded it. it's like the images in my head just became immediate sonics, and that doesn't happen all the time!! and yes, learn guitar. you start now, who knows how long til you are really good. i think it took van halen all of 4 years to get almost as good as he got, technique wise.

And the champ is crowned!

Verstappen on pole for Japanese grand prix!

hi nigel! thank you for commenting the mix of guitars on this, is a kind of experiment.... the marshall model i used in the Iridium just made sense using the ibanez with the classic Super 80 pickups. gave it an old school sound. i've been experimenting with a LOT of cabinet IR's to match to the marshall model, with MY guitar setups, and i'm closing in on my very best choices. this song is as much an experiment in cabinet ir's and 'less gain is more' approach than my previous stuff. what's really interesting, is that, i'm using far less gain than i usually do, but in the mix, it sounds pretty saturated. which i'm still coming to grips as to why it is that way. it's a sound i've had in my head for a long time, saturation, but without so much gain, not so much distortion.

i use maxxbass all the time. i know exactly what it does, by personal experience.

thanks dream! i do enjoy playing guitar! heheh, when i don't have stupid cracks in my fingertips, like i do now, from yardwork. LOL, sux gettin' old!

Waves MaxxBass, that's what you want.

well thanks, daveT2!

alright eric! thanks so much for listening. real fun tune to track. came together really quickly, couple of days. that bass is pretty aggressive, eh?! i guess i think of the bass as being the pace of the race, and the guitars are like the whining engines. LOL silly netflix, and their 'drive to survive' show, got me hooked in... then i started going backwards in time, looking at previous seasons, and drivers, and history, "Schumacher" "Grand Prix", "Rush", "Ferrari race to Immortality", there are a few more, but man, what a legacy. and so hard core. crazy mo fo's. i used this guitar for all the tracks, instead of switching out, i wanted a more smoother sound; i did switch amps and cabs, but used the same guitar.

"Silverstone" https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/silverstone i became enamored with formula run racing this last year, after watching the british grand prix, decided to write a song that tried to capture all that energy and raw power. this was done using a '77 Ibanez Artist 2618, with a marshall model thru a strymon Iridium.

yea, i don't write and record my stuff for folks that dont really care. so, it will never be an issue for me, translation wise. nothing beats a good ole home stereo for chilling out and listening. listening. listening.

yea, but that aint what i'm talking about.

i NEVER want to listen to music on a cell phone! ?

i guess what i was really trying to say, is that Fulltone was not the only game in town. and the Barber stuff, is as boutique as it gets!! fulltone spent a butt load of money on advertising. Barber sells mostly by word of mouth. and they will NOT break the bank! there are lots of 'boutique' pedal makers out there, but i'll keep my fulltone pedals, they work great, sound great, were worth the money i paid for them. i'd say, i use the FATBOOT III pedal more than any other pedal. typically, it's the first stage of multi gain stages with my other pedals. makes the fuzz sound awesome!

i've been using BARBER pedals for almost 20 years now. tho i have two fulltone pedals, i'll not miss a beat.

TNX for the interest, eric. not sure when the album will be complete, i have two other projects going in parallel, so the album work just gets done in between breaks of the other projects. i have a target of 9 songs, i have 4 complete, and 2 in the works.

hey hockeyjx! thanks for listening and commenting yea, bass was too low, i'm working on that one. i have two tracks of bass, summed to mono, and one is clean and midrangy, the other is low... i've placed a tape emulator across the midrangy bass track, which has compressed it slightly, and overdriven it slightly, and when mixed with the other track, has fattened the bass up nicely and made it a bit more aggressive. that should 'beef' it up a bit like your suggesting. i don't want to add any more instrumentation, because i feel it's already busy enough, and i'm looking for skinnier mixes for this particular set of songs to go on a new album. but, if i didn't pan the rythm guitars hard left right, and brought them inwards a smidge, that changes the entire 'thickness' of the track, without quite as much separation... i'm on the fence about that move, because it's so clear right now... but THAT might make the mix seem more thick, without adding anything. food for thought, thanks!