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Hi Gary - thanks a lot for listening. Which guitar is out of tune? (you know the story - I've listened a million times, so I won't hear it anymore)

Hi, I've got a new song called "Easing Up". you can hear it here: https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14103520 It features: - plenty of guitar parts - MODO Bass - Superior Drums & Percussion - various little synth parts (and a Mellotron) - the usual suspects Please feel free to let me know what you think ?

Hi Bapu - thanks a lot for listening and for your comments. Drum reverb is a tricky one - I'm not a big fan of too much reverb - on anything

Hi David, Thanks a lot for listening and for your comments. Maybe I'm slowly learning something ;)

Hi Douglas, Thanks a lot for listening and for your comments

Hi Tom, Thanks a lot for listening and for your comments. First of all, I made a major f*&% up - it's not MODO (that's the next somg) it's the Trilian Acoustic Bass! (I edited the original post). Drums are a DW kit from the Darkness SDX (my fav at the moment). I know nobody likes long songs - but I do. And this is supposed to be like coronavirus - so it sticks to you and won't go away

Hi, Here's my first Coronavirus Lockdown output. It's called "Shedding" and you can here it here: https://soundclick.com/r/s8ddlt This one features FUZZ - as in real Fuzz pedals ? Played with my Strats and Tele (sometimes through a Leslie) Trilian Acoustic Bass Superior Drums The usual Suspects... Please let me know what you think... Don't forget - Download CDs (including my newest one "Pull the Other One") Are still available at https://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JohnBraner and all the normal streaming services. CDBaby won't be selling physical CDs anymore - so just contact me if you want one - or look on Amazon or Apple etc.

Hey Paul, Nice to meet you - and thanks a lot for listening and the kind words. (sorry about the lack of vocals - that's my "thing")

Hi Tom, Thanks a lot for listening Old Timer isn't mocking you, or me for that matter - I got an old stratocaster and this was it's initial outing (for me) I use mostly S-Gear's Wayfarer or Mercuriall ReAxis for (software) amps, and then I bypass the speakers and use Torpedo Wall of Sound for my speaker sim. Lateley I've been using Celestion V30s for almost everything and occassionally a 2 x 12 cab with Celestion Blue Alnicos. I've beem using MODO bass for a little while now (replaced Trilian) and I really like it. "I still don't know" is really old. I updated it a little, but most of it is original including Superior 1 drums, and the bass was maybe the Spectrasonics one before Trilian (Trilogy?) But to be honest, I can't remember - it's all bounced, so I just kept it as it (redid eq, compressor, console emulator etc) re: SD3 drums - I guess I like beater click even more than you do Anyway - thanks again for taking the time to listen

Hi, I've got a new song out. It's called "Old Timer" - you can check it out here: https://soundclick.com/r/s8c4ap Featuring: Strat guitar Amp/Speaker sims odds and ends noises Blue 3 Hammond MODO Bass Superior Drums All comments/ideas/critiques etc welcome! ? John B Don't forget - Download CDs (including my newest one "Pull the Other One") Are still available at https://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JohnBraner and all the normal streaming services. CDBaby won't be selling physical CDs anymore - so just contact me if you want one - or look on Amazon or Apple etc.

Thanks John - I fixed the original post to put the links in (I thought that would happen automatically)

Hey John B - thanks a lot for listening and for the comments! (your fellow) John B

Hi Tom, Thanks a lot for listening! 1) I always start with the MIDI grooves in SD3, but then I edit them a lot, to make them fit in. 2) All the amps are either Mercuriall reAxis or S-Gear (usually Wayfarer) 3) David Kolker is a singer/guitarist/song writer - the samples on this song are of him singing, and there's one short one from a guitar solo (and then I echo'd it)

Hi, I've got a new song out. It's called "sitting Duck" - you can check it out here: https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13944445 Featuring: Avenger and Pigments synths various odds and ends MODO Bass Superior 3 Drums and me playing Strats and a Tele Also, there's a remake of one I did from 2004 - featuring samples of David Kolker (great guitarist from NYC). It's called "I Still Don't Know" https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13944449 Don't forget - CDs (including my newest one "Pull the Other One") are also available at https://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JohnBraner and all the normal streaming services. As usual, let me know what you think.

Hi Tom, What a cool way to put it! Thanks! Thanks a lot for listening and for your comments

Hi Lynn! Thanks a lot for listening, and I'm glad to hear I helped inspire you!

Hi Bjorn, Thanks a lot for listening and for your comments - I'll settle for looking at screen savers ;) The arps are all Avenger, and Serum is the nastier parts in between. I'm having a lot of fun playing with wavetables, and both the Avenger and Serum parts are sweeping through wavetables.

Hi Joad - thanks a lot for listening!!

Thanks a lot for listening cclarry and amiller! Jesse, it should work for you - it's getting a few plays.... ?

Hi, I've got a new song out. It's called "Recalibration" - you can check it out here: http://sclk.co/r/s8a1ud It's a little laid back, and more synth oriented - and features a couple of new (for me ) synths. Avenger Serum some Kontakt stuff MODO Bass and me playing guitar ? Please feel free to send me some feedback ? Don't forget - CDs (including my newest one "Pull the Other One") are also available at https://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JohnBraner and all the normal streaming services.

Hi Lynn and Allan - and thanks a lot for listening. Sorry for the late reply, but I've been away in a place where you don't get much signal - so nicely out of touch with the rest of the world! Thanks for the kind words - maybe some day I'll meet a singer/collaborator to work with - but I think these songs are much more "can be whatever you want them to be" without lyrics especially the awake/asleep related stuff...

Hi Tom, First - Thanks a lot for listening to my stuff - and for your comments. I'll try to reply to some of your comments. First of all - I've anguished over the low end on these. In the end, I tried to get them "right" on my system - but it wasn't easy (they sound a little different every day) and I really don't know how they translate to different types of playback setups. Also - making them in to MP3 doesn't help. (YMMV) Yeah - that's definitely supposed to be there. Just a little "Time Shaper" plugin to screw around with the pitch, tape stop kind of thing Thanks again for taking the time to listen/comment

Hi, I've got some new songs out. These 3 songs are part of a collection of three songs - called "3 Piece Suite". It consists of: 1 "Tubes" https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/player.cfm?songID=13871083 2 "Your Mileage May Vary" https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/player.cfm?songID=13871082 3 "Perchance to Dream" https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/player.cfm?songID=13871081 They're meant to be played together (with no pause in between) but I know most people like to stream/play individual songs these days. I have uploaded the entire "Three Piece Suite" if you want to hear the whole thing together and have a spare 16 minutes ? "Three Piece Suite" https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/player.cfm?songID=13871078 I got some of the ideas for these in the middle of the night, so they kind of slip between dreaming and being awake. They're not for everybody's taste - but maybe somebody will like them ? Feel free to let me know what you think. They feature the usual characters: Superior 3 drums MODO Bass Omnisphere lots of Kontakt stuff Diva plus my real guitars through S-Gear or Mercuriall amp sims and Torpedo WOS speaker sims.