bats brew

HEY GARY! REALLY glad you like this one...it's a special one, for me, anyway... this started out as an instrumental, and featured more guitar solo instead of the lyric parts.. maybe i should put a whole album together of just this kind of stuff.

heh! hey tom, yea, i posted this one back during the demo process.... this one's a bit slicker than the one i posted before i finished, sometimes i think i'll post the before and after, but then i figure 'zero reason' to do it.... i've already done it by myself a dozen times!! glad you dig this one, thanks!

this is my floyd influence showing. ? fresh off the new bats brew album "The Wild Animals" This one was based on an instrumental i did way back when, on a cassette-based multitrack machine. it was originally called "Pali Face". i always wanted to do a song version of this, and once i got the lyric idea, the arrangement came together nicely. Lost Dream lyric: Here’s the dream that floats along the ceiling, Out the window, lost into the breeze. Walking in the dark there is no seeing, Fight the fear that brings you to your knees You stand along the edge to nowhere, You slowly fall into the sea. You run as hard as can, to something, A brilliant light envelopes all. That’s when you learn you found the answer, It came to you in a dream…. It comes to you, in another dream…. in another dream.

wanted to feature a tune that's a bit different than the other ones on the album: "Lake Katherine"

WOW! so much fun, with an iconic tune. congrats!

hey douglas, thanks so much man, glad you dig this one. took this one down, gonna post a new one now....

HEHEH, freddy, crack me up... thanks man, i'm glad you dig my stuff, i hope more folks get to hear some of it. i tried to put an album that worked from beginning to end together, like my favorite old classic rock albums. it's got pacing, and ebb and flow, and a bit of drama and goofiness, the whole thing. you really have to hear it from beginning to end, to get the whole vibe.

hey david!! thanks for listening, i appreciate it. you know, i used to play several reggae songs back when i toured doing cover tunes, and i've always been a huge bob marley fan, have several of his albums on forever rotation, but i don't think i could do a legit reggae vibe, without it sounding a bit karaoke... it's an intriguing idea, i think i'll go there with a demo, and see what happens....

yea, i bought a pedal recently, and decided not to keep it, took it back, instant credit back, no issues. and, they honor other shop's lowest prices as well.

well, i really,REALLY appreciate that synk! sometimes i feel like it aint worth it... but then i remember that im doing it mostly for the fun of it!! ??

hello andy! thanks so much for listening, yea, you def hear some blackmore DNA in my playing.. i cut my guitar teeth on DP and rainbow.

that's frikin' awesome andy!! thanks for the support. if you did the download, and want the wavs, or high def, gratis, i'll hook you up. pm me.

ha! hey synkotron! cloud of sound, is what they should call it, it floats in and out at times.... seems to NOT be the best streaming service! LOL hey, thanks for listening and commenting... what's great, rather than fan rubbish, is to hear about certain arrangement or mix elements that work, or dont work, even if it's a finished product, i often use comments for current projects, to get ideas to try, or fix things i missed before. i may crank out a lot of tunes, but i'm trying to make them all 'no filler'. heheh so, i have to keep upping my game, and i need feedback to do that. so any comment is great, even if you say it sucks.

wow, nobody? this is a good one, folks.

hi starise! thanks... and i hope it starts to do well!! heheh, i'll leave the light on, for any interviewers.....

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/middle-of-nowhere this is off of the new Bats Brew album "The Wild Animals" if you want to pick up a copy and support your vitual local musician, it's here: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/batsbrew13 SONG INFO: ah, the middle of nowhere, is the center of everywhere~! just when you think you are lost, you're not. that is, if you are where you want to be. sometimes i want to be in the middle of nowhere. it is compelling. this tune came about as a direct influence from listening to an older Queens of the Stone Age tune... or rather, an album: Songs for the Deaf. i had been listening to this album, and when i was done, i had this beat in my head. nothing i had heard from my listening experience, but still, this beat was in the head. it's almost like a backwards shuffle! like if you turned it around, played it backwards, you could jam to La Grange or Tush. LOL i guess the message is, when you are with who you want to be with, anywhere you go together, is the center of everywhere. lyric: Middle of No where Stand, in the middle of no where Fly, to the center of everywhere Look around and get your bearings, Your moving on the path i'm sharing We're looking out for each other You are my only lover Middle of no where is the center of everywhere Center of everywhere, Center of everywhere Middle of no where, Middle of no where Center of everywhere, No where, everywhere, No where, everywhere, No where, no where, No where, everywhere, No where, no where. recording specific stuff: the drum track was written in superior drummer 3.0, with a custom kit where every piece was taken from multiple kits and edited for sound. ok, pulled out all the stops on this one, as far as guitar stuff goes... guitars used, left to right: '82 Carvin DC200K, with duncan custom custom in bridge; '77 Ibanez Artist 2618, stock; "86 custom build, strat/paul/explorer hybrid, with bill lawrence pickups and a lil 59'r in the bridge; '04 custom USACG strat build, with bill lawrence pickups. Demeter silent Speaker cab with celestion V30; used for clean rhythm track. (2) Roland 1x12 cabs, closed back, one with celestion Heritage G12h-55, one with Carvin British series; Avatar Vintage closed back, with old celestion G12C-30 '82 Mesa Boogie Mark IIb. Palmer PDI-09 for one of the rhythm tracks; miced roland cab with 57 for other rhythm track; Shure sm57 miced onto Avatar for the solo; PDI-09 for solo harmony track. every track used a different guitar, with the white strat used for the solos. i used a little ibanez short scale bass, a Mikkro model, thru a Sansamp Bass DI. surprisingly enough, the little short scale bass sounds BIGGER than my full scale Carvin LB70. Vox were done with a ADK Hamburg, being driven thru a ART DPS preamp. percussion done into a Shure KSM44.

the salesman turned gray, when he went to ring it up, after the deal was struck. he went in the back to get the case, and looked pale when he came back. LOL they go for anywhere from 900 to 1600 on verb and bay i use it a lot.

bumpin this one before i take it down...

i found THIS, in the consignment section at GC: 1977 Ibanez Artist 2618 I walked into GC to look at Les Paul Double cuts. They didn't have any. What they DID have, was a 1977 Ibanez Artist 2618, priced out at $899 (which is about $400 cheaper than anything I’ve found on EBay).... I talked them down to $599. Really good condition, one small chip out of the finish on the back, and the pickup selector knob is broken off, but the selector still works fine. Looks like the original frets. No checking in the finish, it's beautifully worn, gold finish is coming off the hardware at a very normal rate, for a 34 year old guitar. Serial # E775404 Mahogany Body with Maple top Maple neck Ebony fretboard with dot abalone markers Machine Head Smooth tuners Pickups Super 80 Controls 2 vol, 2 tone, 3 way pickup selector Harmonomatic bridge Hardware Gold Finish Antique Brown 24 frets all in pristine condition. NO wear at all on frets or fingerboard. Almost just like the one I bought in 1979, which was a 2619, meaning, it had block inlays and a phase switch on the bridge humbucker. I wished I had never sold it. This sort of makes up for it. This is the SECOND time I went into a store shopping for a Gibson Les Paul, and left with an Ibanez Artist. LOL Built in Japan in 1977. Research on Ibanez can be difficult as they supported all sorts of numbering systems and numerous factories in different countries. This was the second year of production for this model. Based on the “E” designation in the serial number, it would have been built in May of 1977. The Ibanez Artist was only built with these specs for four years, from 1976 through 1979. Sometime in 1979 they cheapened all of the appointments and changed the model to the AR200, which made the earlier models hard to find and very much in demand by serious Ibanez players. The guitar features a mahogany body with a carved solid maple top, hard maple set neck, bound ebony fretboard, abalone dot fretboard inlays, original Flying Fingers ceramic pickups, and gold plated Hardware and pickups. The finish is a rich antique brown sunburst. It came with a hard shell case, but I cannot say for sure if it is the original case because it does not say Ibanez on it. Having said that, in 1977, Ibanez may not have been putting their name on the outside of their cases like they do now. Bottom line is it’s a nice plush lined arch top, very well padded case that fits the guitar like it was made for it. The lining inside is lime green, if that sheds any light on the originality of it, and amazingly, it DOES NOT stink! LOL Whoever had this before me, possibly the original owner, took incredibly good care of it, and did not play it very much. Info i found, that i could not vett: This guitar was made at the Terada Plant, Japan, 1977, Production Number: 5404. I was actually shopping for a Gibson Les Paul, back in '79, when I bought my original 2619. I had just finished about 6 months of demoing every les Paul I could get my hands on, waiting to find the right one. This guitar has a nice warm tone and sustains for miles. It’s actually the closest thing I’ve found to a Les Paul without being made by Gibson. This Ibanez is the only guitar I’ve ever heard that can compare to the Les Paul, which amazes even me. The Flying Fingers pickups are killer. A pic from the original 1977 catalog:

i never go into GC asking questions. i ALWAYS go in already knowing what i want, how much it costs, and whether it's in stock or not.

thanks symmetry!

another newly posted tune off of "The Wild Animals"... "Middle of Nowhere" https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/middle-of-nowhere

hello paul! thanks for the kind words, and yea, you're right, those breaks let your brain relax for just a second! heh.

hello harryC! yea, there is some cool dynamics happening, by design, it just seemed that the arrangement was so 'go for it', that it needed breakups...

hey douglas! thanks for listening to this one, yea, the bass part was fun, but kinda hard to give that galloping vibe and keep in the pocket..i took a few passes to get it the way i wanted.