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heh! i don't about that, but sometimes happy accidents happen, that just work out! i like that aspect of recording, i just try whatever, if it works, great, if not, i just record over it. i've learned to NOT be precious about recording stuff. i used to think that the 1st takes were always best, but honestly, i think you can always improve on any take. but there is something about spontaneity

hey tom! glad you caught this one, thanks for checking it out

thanks so much nigel the guitars were fun, because i was trying out a new technique that i really don't normally use, to play the rhythms.. and it forced me to really really focus on the timing of the rhythm parts, because i wanted them to boogie... slightly back beat, if you know what i mean... and you have to play those parts consistently, or it just doesn't work rhythm wise. once i got it, it was fun to push and pull the groove based on simply plucking the strings with my fingers, instead of using a pick. i'll keep refining that style/method, it's fun to do. gotta have the gain structure right on the amp, tho....

thanks kevin! the intro was fun.... i didn't want it too long, but it had to be long enough to elicit the right vibe before diving into the abduction~~~!! LOL the wah, i wasn't planning on doing a wah part, but as i hit 'record' and walked to the pedalboard, i blindly stepped on the budda wah, and just starting going. that was an off the cuff, in the moment solo, i was planning to over write, but kept it.

for folks that don't dig the videos... https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/space-farmer

hey jack! yea, some of those sounds were cool nasa sounds, but most were sounds i created using soft synths and a lot of tweaking. kinda gives it the old sci-fi vibe!

hey, i'm all open for offers!! heheh

hey kev! yea, that opening was fun. spent a bunch of time just demoing sounds to use... of course, there are samples mixed in as well, some sounds i got from NASA! thanks

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still selling. there's a lesson in there somewhere! ?

i think the facts speak for themselves.

Thanks t

thanks so much jim! that whole guitar sound thing, was real fun to craft.

howdy ho noynekker! anthemic, yes, that was always the goal, to make the arrangment sort of soar... working with (what was new at the time) the strymon modeler, just opened up so many new tones to me, that it was easy to just take off with it... i also had just added a new digital delay, the Boss DD-200, and the combination of those two things there, are all you hear, really. everything printed in real time. made it easy to mix. i pushed the electrics with a pedalboard, but the tones are basically all direct. no amps used on the album.

hi andy! yep, the guitars all done using a Strymon Iridium direct... and the Taylor 414.

hi john b, thank you for listening and commenting

thanks bapu, glad you dig this one.

thank you nigel. this wishbone ash thing.... heheh. i really gotta download a few tunes, and listen more often.... i had an album way back when, but they were never on the radar as an influence, so i find it intriguing.

i worked on this some more. more low end. gives it a slightly different feel.

THANKS JACK!

"Spring Morning" https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/spring-morning

i play electric bass. when i'm recording it, i typically split two inputs, and use two pedals for DI line level captures: Sansamp Bass DI Strymon Iridium with the sansamp, i'm dialing in a very deep clean bass tone (the basis of the sansamp is the venerable Ampeg svt amplifier) with the Iridium, i'm using a marshall superlead amp paired with a ampeg 4x10 IR, and the marshall is set for an aggressive lead tone, eq'd for midrange and high end bite. then, i mix those two tracks together to a common mono bass sub buss, and blend the lows to the highs based on the song and arrangment. this gives me pretty in your face bass tracks. if the sansamp has too many low, i just use a HPF and find the sweet spot. i'll take anywhere from 150hz up to 300 hz out wherever i have buildups. i'll compress and/or limit the bass sub buss to get the levels consistent, if they aren't already. i can post clips to demonstrate if interested.

yea, those little speakers are not bad, but they mostly all sound kind of thin... really any 'computer' speaker, if i made the vox sound good on those, they'd be too loud. i hate recordings where the vox just sits on top of everything, but that's just me. i like a certain level of blend... a lot of the classic rock tunes i like, the vox is almost buried... but i kind of like that. hate modern pop mixes. well, hate's a heavy word.. i mean hate hate hate. LOL

alright mark!! you and jack c.... you know, i played with vocal levels a lot, i think where they are is just right. you listen on cans? or speakers? in the cans, it's really floating in the middle, and is very clear, i guess i favor can mixing because it seems most people listen on ear buds these days. but yea, it's just a subjective decision, to make the listener draw in deeper to the music, to hear the vocals. they are part of the music, really, as by design. i appreciate your comments, and thanks for listening

ha! nice T! getting the album, extends the rockability of the user. heheh