Hard Poppin' Bubba

[kakku]

Hi. Got this tune finally to decent shape. I used Shreddage srp on the guitar parts. It is a very nice vst. Drums is DrumCore Lite.  Take a listen if you like faux hard rock/pop or just for fun. Comments I welcome

https://www.soundcloud.com/madrigal7/hard-poppin-bubba

This is the better version:

 

Edited May 9, 2019 by kakku

[Johnbee58]

Does have a poppy quality to it.  I'm hearing something that sounds like a sax in there.  Nice touch.  Is it a real horn? Makes me move my feet.

?John B

[kakku]

Sorry. The version I posted had mistakes in the last chorus. Here is the better version imo. 

https://soundcloud.com/madrigal7/hard-poppin-bubba-last-chorus-fixed

Edited May 8, 2019 by kakku

[kakku]

18 hours ago, Johnbee58 said:

Does have a poppy quality to it.  I'm hearing something that sounds like a sax in there.  Nice touch.  Is it a real horn? Makes me move my feet.

?John B

Thank you. I use only vst instruments

[Lynn Wilson]

kakku, this is a pleasant surprise.  It has a nice blend of upbeat pop with shred guitar, and the arrangement has a few unexpected turns that held my interest.  IMO, arranging is one of the hardest things to master even if one can make a good mix.  It can be learned, up to a point, but is mostly in-born.  You seem to have the touch because I never know what to expect from you.  Keep it up!

[kakku]

4 hours ago, Lynn said:

kakku, this is a pleasant surprise.  It has a nice blend of upbeat pop with shred guitar, and the arrangement has a few unexpected turns that held my interest.  IMO, arranging is one of the hardest things to master even if one can make a good mix.  It can be learned, up to a point, but is mostly in-born.  You seem to have the touch because I never know what to expect from you.  Keep it up!

Thank you for the nice words and analysis

[bjornpdx]

Kakku

Pretty much ditto what Lynn said except I think the timing seems too rigid or something.

[kakku]

1 hour ago, bjornpdx said:

Kakku

Pretty much ditto what Lynn said except I think the timing seems too rigid or something.

Thanks Bjorn. I forgot to humanize

[freddy j]

Hi Kakku,

 

I tried listening (on all the links) but could not get any to play.  The 3 dots just kept winking and blinking but the music would not load.

I'll try again later.

[kakku]

34 minutes ago, freddy j said:

Hi Kakku,

 

I tried listening (on all the links) but could not get any to play.  The 3 dots just kept winking and blinking but the music would not load.

I'll try again later.

Ok. I just tested and now it seems to work alright. Thanks for trying

[kennywtelejazz]

Hi kakku ,

I listened to your most recent version.

In away , at least to my ears ,your tune has a retro sound in places that remind me of the band called Mountain .

I happen to Love Mountain ( still listen to them )  In your song the guitar parts have the type of crunch and way of playing chords that reminds me of the phrasing Leslie West would play when he played power chords.

Your song seems to be coming along nicely . my suggestion would be , play around w the arrangement ...flesh it out some

all the best,

Kenny

[kakku]

9 hours ago, Kenny Wilson said:

Hi kakku ,

I listened to your most recent version.

In away , at least to my ears ,your tune has a retro sound in places that remind me of the band called Mountain .

I happen to Love Mountain ( still listen to them )  In your song the guitar parts have the type of crunch and way of playing chords that reminds me of the phrasing Leslie West would play when he played power chords.

Your song seems to be coming along nicely . my suggestion would be , play around w the arrangement ...flesh it out some

all the best,

Kenny

Thank you for your analysis and listening. I think you mean I should add some licks or similar stuff to it. I agree. I will try to do that. The retro thing is because I Am retro. I like more the 'old' way rock was in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. The Mountain band is new to me  i think. Forgot to add that kontakt always crashes when I open it. Luckily i did guitar templates when kontakt did not crash. Using templates I can use the guitar vst but cannot open kontakt or it will crash

Edited May 11, 2019 by kakku

[amiller]

Yeah, that was fun.

[kakku]

4 minutes ago, amiller said:

Yeah, that was fun.

Thanks for listening

[Leadfoot]

Sounds really good kakku! It reminds me of a rock/pop song from the eighties in spots. Nice job!

[kakku]

On 5/13/2019 at 7:42 PM, Leadfoot said:

Sounds really good kakku! It reminds me of a rock/pop song from the eighties in spots. Nice job!

Thanks LF

Edited May 15, 2019 by kakku

[Douglas Kirby]

This song is a rocker with a bit of synthesizer lead to spice it up.  I thought it was a cool song - an interesting listen.

Thanks for posting.

[kakku]

On 5/15/2019 at 10:57 PM, Douglas Kirby said:

This song is a rocker with a bit of synthesizer lead to spice it up.  I thought it was a cool song - an interesting listen.

Thanks for posting.

Thanks for listening and commenting 

[PhonoBrainer]

Nice and fun. Nice to know you are retro rawk, plus a bit of Scandanavian 80's synthpop to boot. Its a cool tune.

 

One crit to track down is maybe that open hi-hat on the left side that pops up JUST AFTER  the "2 and" in many measures. That open hi hat is a ton louder than it needs to be IMHO.

 

As in, "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and"

 

Certainly is a breeze to listen to!

cheers,

-Tom

[kakku]

5 hours ago, emeraldsoul said:

Nice and fun. Nice to know you are retro rawk, plus a bit of Scandanavian 80's synthpop to boot. Its a cool tune.

 

One crit to track down is maybe that open hi-hat on the left side that pops up JUST AFTER  the "2 and" in many measures. That open hi hat is a ton louder than it needs to be IMHO.

 

As in, "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and"

 

Certainly is a breeze to listen to!

cheers,

-Tom

Thanks for commenting and for the tip. I need to check the hi hat thing