bats brew

1 bump before its gone

hello wookiee! easy groove, yes, it's almost 'boring' compared to my normal stuff, but for this song, it had to be totally in the pocket. thanks for listening!

hey freddy!! yea, stax!! if i had some buddies that had horns, it'd be a neat experiment to strip out a bunch of the guitars, and put horn parts in there ala Exile on Main street.... maybe i'll DO THAT, with a lyric version of this song later. this recording features the use of the Strymon Iridium modeler, but a few of the solo tracks were actually the modeler used as a preamp into my mesa boogie mark amp. miced up, etc. there are a LOT of tones in this one. i should have called it 'frankenstein', but that name has been previously used. LOL

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/memphis-honky-tonk-1 kind of a cruisin' song. this is my 9th demo i've posted, working on a 10-song instrumental album, my first all instrumental. looking for any issues i've missed, 1st impressions, or other. thanks.

hey wookiee! a straight up song format, with lyrics! heheh, you should do more of these, the length is perfect, and could easily be attached to a longer instrumental piece. the guitar sound is very similar to tones from early genesis, i clue in on the straight notes with no vibrato. the snare could take a bigger verb or room sound, but not too obvious. this one is good to go, basically, thanks for sharing that.

ok, this one's gone now, i'll move onto the next one

Updated version of this mix: https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/hdn-eastwest3-eq changed a few things, kick level and eq re-tuned snare and bottom mic mix bass eq rhythm guitars punchier lead tones smoother spitballin' here

yea, i like that snare too. i'm using a bunch of different snares on the 10 different songs, but i may switch a couple out to this one.

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/headin-eastwest-a1 ok, this one is getting close, but i'm not sure about a couple of things: the amount of room/ambience on the snare; the midrange of the whole thing; i had the kick much hotter, and brought it down, think it might should go back up. any comments are appreciated. this is one of 10 new instrumentals that will be on my next album "Elemental"

hey freddy, don't bother, i took it down. 4 days of the song posted, was enough for me to make decisions on for the final mixes.

wow david, that's nice of you to say, thanks.

hi starise! thanks for listening to this one, i thought you might dig this one... this one, may turn into a vocal tune, after i'm done with this instrumental album. in fact, i had an idea, of turning all the instrumentals, into vocal tunes, and making them all feel different, if i can.

thanks brasil! appreciate the comment

thanks tom! this one's quite a bit different than the last one... i'm looking at an entire album of instrumentals, that go from nutzo, to super chill.

hey wookiee!! thanks man, yea, spent some time on the drums on this one. still editing...

hi douglas! thanks for listening... that's funny, that this one makes you think 'progressive'..... my working title for this one was 'blues-1' heheh

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/insignificant this is the 6th demo in a SERIES of demos that are all slated to be on my upcoming album, "Elemental". this instrumental was inspired by something that happened during a white water rafting trip down the gauley River, in west virginia.. it's the name of one of the class V rapids...."Insignificant Rapid", and it can be tricky. this was all done using the Strymon Iridium, for both guitars and bass parts. this is an unmastered file, direct off the Mains, 24 bit/48khz file. around -18LUFS

hey freddy! your too kind, man. these demos i've been posting, 5 so far, are all going to be on my next album. i'm almost finished with 7, and just started #8 yesterday. they will all be different from each other, and mostly instrumental.

hi bjorn! you know, i don't really have a camera, and i fairly detest the phone videos that clog the interwebs these days, plus i have giant hairy feet and a 3rd eye, so i don't know if folks would want to watch me mangling a guitar. Heh.

hey andy! yes, the prog vibes are strong in my brain palace. LOL (sherlock reference) the keyboard solo, YES, got to have that, i so rarely get a chance to do it in my typical writing, this one was just begging for it.

hey man, it's cool to prog out every once in a while, i think...

heheh, illegal.... that never stopped anyone, ever. thanks for checking it...

hey douglas! yea, this is a kinda go for the throat thing... while still trying to be groovy bass was done with two paths, direct thru a sansamp bass di, for the low end, and thru my strymon Iridium marshall model, for the high end, ala geddy lee style. i roll off the marshall around 400hz, picking it up again with the sansamp for the low end. it's a bit tricky finding the sweet spot.

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/shakedown i've written 3 somewhat mellow melodic instrumentals, two somewhat rowdy rock grooves, now something unapologetically progressive. smoke em if you got em, and crank it up.

hey douglas! yea, i'm finding the new delay pedal to be an exceptional purchase, a lot of bang for the buck, and not very complicated. i've re-written the drum part now, with more open space, and less syncopation, more gliding... i always wondered about how much room sound was needed for this, so i've also remixed the drums, and put more of the two ambient room mics i have available into the picture.. i think it sounds much more dialed in now.. i've pulled this one down, will post the new version again some time later. this is the 4th of 6 i have finished and have posted here, i'll post the other remaining two soon