Victim

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This is my first complete song generated entirely on my Powerbook. All drum, bass & synth programming, electric and acoustic guitars and all backing vocals by Darren Chapman. Lead vocals and lyrics by Tim Triolet.

Thanks to all who volunteered their ears on my early mixes. Your input was invaluable.

Comments, suggestions and critiques are welcome... it's my first complete Mac song and any more suggestions to make it better are appreciated.

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Lyrics

All my friends have gone away again
Now I sit alone a dying man
All my life I've lived a lie
Believed it true in my minds eye
Now I sit alone a haunted mess

Now all I fear has come to life

In my mind, what I thought integrity
False pride inside of me
Now I cry
Just a victim of my own demise

All my life I've had a dream of grandeur
Totally denying mindful ways
All I took I felt I gained
Fearful truths they now invade
Now I live within my grand illusion

In my mind, what I thought integrity
False pride inside of me
Now I cry
Just a victim of my own demise

Song Stats

Hits: 4117
Comments: 47
Fans: 17
Plays: 995
Downloads: 207
Votes: 32
Uploaded: May 18, 2005 - 10:06:19 PM
Last Updated: May 18, 2005 - 11:02:24 AM Last Played: Nov 14, 2009 - 03:35:23 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Hardware:

Powerbook 1ghz - 512 RAM
M-Audio MobilePre USB
Apex 430 Condenser Mic
1990 Fender American Strat Plus
Taylor Acoustic
Tannoy Reveal Nearfield Monitors

Software:

Logic Express 7.1
Reason 2.5

Comments

	said 1648 days ago (May 18th, 2005)
	Full bore dread For a withered soul, Triolet sure belts it out. Production is flawless, as far as I can tell. Excellent playing and synth noodling, Chapman. Great song construction. The varied angles of attacks on the repeating lyrics prevents repetiveness. It's a wrap.

Emily Rohm	Emily Rohm said 1648 days ago (May 18th, 2005)
	Haunting. This is well put together! Vocals are good. I especially like his tone on the lower parts. Guitar parts are powerful without being overwhelming. Heavy metal is certainly not my forte so I don't have many intelligent things to say but I enjoyed this. Check out my latest song called Monica's Waltz

Mystified

Mystified said 1648 days ago (May 18th, 2005)

Impressive
Wow! Some great playing in this! I'm impressed. I'm not
the best at offering comments for this particular genre, so
I'll just say that ...yup....it's very impressive! Love the voice
as well--matches the heavy metal all the way.
My only nit is that maybe the vox could be a *little* more
forward in the mix. It got buried a couple of times to my
ears--but again, maybe that's the genre, too.

Very well done!

Check out my latest song called Father Time

Peter Greenstone

Peter Greenstone said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)

Yeah!
Thanks for letting me check out the work-in-progress. This
final version sounds really stunningly excellent. Everything
fits just right and sounds full. Great singing and playing,
and I love the way you used that synth ambient loop ( I think
that's what it is); it really makes an excellent sonic contrast
to the guitars. As I told you before, it has a bit of a Stone
Temple Pilots sound to it (which is great). Excellent job all
around; well written and executed.

Check out my latest song called From Nothing

aclarke	aclarke said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	Yeah, too! This is perfect! Your attention to every detail has paid off well here. Everything sounds balanced- excellent guitar sound, vocals (lead and backup) are spot on. Very tasty lead... as I told you before very Blue Oyster Cultish. Downloaded (to replace the earlier versions) and faved! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

TobinMueller

TobinMueller said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)

Deserved pride
Crystal clear production, very present and alive. Radio
ready in every way. Very cool guitar, great changes,
everything sounds like real instruments and is balanced
perfectly. I like how you didn't drench anything
in reverb, yet when the singer goes into his upper
register during the verses, I feel like a touch of reverb
would help (the chorus "In my mind" is perfect, but the
"All my life" seems too dry for some reason in my ears).
Great guitar solo. Wonderful brooding track, haunting
sections. I can see this performed live, licensed for film,
on a CD. Really great work.

Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

cjhoose	cjhoose said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	wow - great production! For that matter, great writing and performances. Check out my latest song called Julia

thetiler

thetiler said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)

faith in heavenly father
It's easy to be a victim in this world, look at all the alcohol
abuse, tearing up families right and left. If we try in our
hearts to do what is right and let the consequence follow
then things will turn for our good. It may not seem great
at the time though. I guess that is what is meant by faith.
. .

The negative elements in this world want you to loose
faith in a higher heavenly power were you can become a
victim to man made culture's wisdom and there is a whole
lot of culture in the United States especially, just ready to
suck us down the tube.

Lotsa of talent here in your tune!

Thanks for all the hard work to make that talent.

Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

Pie	Pie said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	Hey dude... ...this is great. Reminded me of the 'Pull' album by winger. Don't be offended, I love that album. The rest of their stuff was pretty lightweight but 'Pull' rocked. This track is actually heavier but reminded me nevertheless. Keep on going. Pie Check out my latest song called Kaleidoscope (Single)

dchapman	dchapman said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	Hey dude... Wow, I didn't think that anyone ELSE on the planet owned that album. It was by far their best... never considered it as an influence though, maybe the tapping a'la Reb Beach... loved his playing. Thanks Check out my latest song called Waiting for the Other

Pie	Pie said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	Hey dude... I think it's one of the most underated rock albums of all time. Heavy and melodic. JUNKYARD DOG!!!!!!!! :-) --- these online signatures are a load of bollocks! Check out my latest song called Kaleidoscope (Single)

aclarke	aclarke said 1647 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	Hey dude... Thanks guys. All album I never heard but now feel the need to buy. Cool! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

alley-oop	alley-oop said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	More metal to chew through my thin cranium. All so tasty, production, playing, lyrics, singing. Great job! Let's have an encore! Check out my latest song called anymore

AquilA	AquilA said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	That rocks... Thanks for sharing. Excellent production and a very cool Alice in Chains/Jerry Cantrell kind of sound. Well done. Maybe when I grow up I'll produce and play like that. Check out my latest song called Bounce Buffet w/ Hectorious

SlimGirlFat	SlimGirlFat said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	Oh YES! At last, Great production on this Darren,, Great lead vocals from Tim and your backing harmonies are spot on. The guitar playing just rocks! A totally awesome track. I really look forward to hearing more of this music from you.. D/L Slimmie Check out my latest song called Not Enough

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	Wow!! This really rocked! I get the Alice in Chains/ Jerry Cantrell reference, this sounds a lot like them! I hope we don't have to wait another year to hear more. Check out my latest song called Smoove

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1648 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	Wow!! This really rocked! I get the Alice in Chains/ Jerry Cantrell reference, this sounds a lot like them! I hope we don't have to wait another year to hear more. Check out my latest song called Smoove

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1647 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	Rockin' Very cool. Alice in Chains came to mind to me as well. Nice and heavy, loud, crunchy. Overall a great job. --D Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

mcsweb	mcsweb said 1647 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	Your handle on production is fantastic Completely professional. I sometimes felt that the song drags just a tad, but that's really just a nit. Good brooding sound. Thanks for the early listens on this one! Check out my latest song called Pearls of Perfection

	said 1647 days ago (May 19th, 2005)
	Well done Professional sounding production. One strange thing to my ear is the choice of melody in the first line of the chorus "In my mind". The word "mind" is sung in two notes, F sharp to D whereas it would have flowed better (in my humble opinion) going from A to D. I hope this is constructive. thanks for sharing

grid stalker	grid stalker said 1647 days ago (May 20th, 2005)
	strong silky smooth production loved opening hook the most. it hooked me into main body of song which also delivered. curious---- what's your guitar setup? are we listening to amp simulators? Check out my latest song called Eddy Current

dchapman	dchapman said 1647 days ago (May 20th, 2005)
	strong silky smooth production This tune is using the apple amp simulators. I was experimenting with them to see how good I could make them sound. They turned out pretty good I think... but needed alot of tweaking to get there. Check out my latest song called Waiting for the Other

Jim Bouchard	Jim Bouchard said 1646 days ago (May 21st, 2005)
	strong silky smooth production I think they are indeed quite good. Surprising, as you might never know. Great heavy sound, almost humbucker fat, nice sustain...almost an e-bow sound at times. I really like this! The whole thing! --- "Vote for me, and all your wildest dreams will come true."-Pedro Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze

	said 1646 days ago (May 20th, 2005)
	Yeah... solidly good rock Very classic sounding. And your vocals too are down the middle hard rock. I love your guitar riffs with harmonies(?). Very cool. Glad to see you posting some songs. Top hard rock material here, my man! But you suspected as much : ) Jack

alanfraser

alanfraser said 1646 days ago (May 21st, 2005)

Well produced without sounding synthetic
And that's probably because most of it isn't synthetic.
Very cool changes. Excellent production. Definitely
rocks.

Coolest of all is to hear new material. I lost track after
you were uploading tunes from your original band and I
had hoped you would move forward from there. Very glad
to see you pushing a new tune and I don't see a thing
wrong with a shameless plug.

Check out my latest song called It's For You w/Mystery Lady

Syncopatient	Syncopatient said 1646 days ago (May 21st, 2005)
	Production is outrageous Every detail of this is perfect in my opinion Darren. All instruments fit with vox.....vox fits with instruments....flawlwess. The production values are stunning and care to those details has really paid off. Most excellent work...great song! Check out my latest song called Jazz Praise

	Anonymous said 1645 days ago (May 22nd, 2005)
	impressive you do all this on mac by yourself? ... very impressive! ... oh, i see you use Logic ... is that much better than garageband? ... perhaps this is why song sounds better than average? ... excellent guitar, vocals and production ... i especially like bell sound in synth ... brightens up mix nice ... i do not like metal as rule but this was good ...

Cameron

Cameron said 1633 days ago (June 3rd, 2005)

excellent
Well, I'm finally back on site to check out a tiny fraction of
what I've missed over the past few months...your tune is
one of the first I've heard this go 'round.

This is truly excellent, both from a production standpoint
and for musical content. Lots of interesting stuff in this
mix. It's very well put together.

I don't usually gravitate towards the metal genre but this
tune is tastefully done.

I don't have any "nits" to pick on this tune. I think it is one
of your best yet that you've posted here.

Check out my latest song called EPONYM

	Anonymous said 1632 days ago (June 4th, 2005)
	GREAT! Your pafomance is Great! ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Z293

Z293 said 1623 days ago (June 13th, 2005)

You backed up your reputation with this
First thanks for stopping by to comment on one of my songs. Had a little computer trouble and wasn't able to post when this first came out but I'm back up now.

I have to admit I've been waiting for this first complete submission from you. You put out a lot of advice in the forums and I wanted to see you talk the talk. I think you nailed just about every aspect of what your all about. I believe you have set a standard to look up to on production from Logic. The song writing for this genre was perfect. I get the feeling that you don't look at yourself as a lead guitar player but I also thought your solo was perfect for this song. I try to comment on peoples' work but I usually am not a very good critic. Just wanted to let you know what I thought of your first from the ground up submission.

Check out my latest song called The Fine Line

dchapman	dchapman said 1622 days ago (June 13th, 2005)
	You backed up your reputation with this Thanks for your kind words. I did put a lot of effort into this song. I'm glad to see that it's realized. Thanks again. D. Check out my latest song called Waiting for the Other

said 1620 days ago (June 15th, 2005)

Rockin' and great..
Take it from this old school metalhead...your song rocks! Great songwriting, great vocal performance, great guitar tones, and a fantastic guitar solo that makes its point without silly noodling. You even have a great lead tone in here.

I am truly amazed that you recorded all of this with Logic EXPRESS! I was all set to buy the Mbox/Pro Tools Le setup tonight, but the production of this incredible song has me taking pause.

A great tune, truly.

dchapman

dchapman said 1620 days ago (June 16th, 2005)

Rockin' and great..
Thanks for your comments.

I think that the software is merely the tool. Don't let my production with LE
sway you from a purchase you're thinking about. I could have done this
production with Cubase, ProTools or DP. I just chose LE for all of it's Mac
friendliness (it's nice to convert those old GB files) and price.

But it is indeed a fine program and worth checking out! Thanks again.

Check out my latest song called Waiting for the Other

kingkongcaos	kingkongcaos said 1612 days ago (June 24th, 2005)
	\,,/O_o\,,/ i wish i had long hair........ this was grrrrrrreat!!!!

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1605 days ago (July 1st, 2005)
	the weight of the baritone really like the low vocals, like eddie vedder. great sound guitars, tight performance. radio ready, guys! Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

ronnielong

ronnielong said 1579 days ago (July 27th, 2005)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy Sh!T!!!

HOw did I miss this the first time round???!!

Jeessuus dude.... perfect. Just damn perfect.

Reminds me a bit of Alice in Chains...an thats a damn
good thing..

VERY glad you got yer hands on BLAZE (can't
wait..hehe.).... And VERY glad to have a heavy Metal
Brother on this site.

Bad ass.

DO MORE!!!

-Cheers-

Check out my latest song called ... How I learned to Love the Bomb

gkeller	gkeller said 1562 days ago (August 12th, 2005)
	Wow! I was very impressed when I heard this, as were a lot of other people, as I can see from the posts. You guys sound great! I agree with the Alice in Chains references. I can definitely see the similarities. My friend made the comment that you guys sound like professionals. Record deal material. Very nice! Check out my latest song called Super Trance

8piscean8	8piscean8 said 1548 days ago (August 27th, 2005)
	Slick Production I have heard some other well produced songs on MacJams but this one probably tops them all. I agree with one of the other posts that states they feel the song drags on a little. Other than that the song is great. The vocals and guitar are very Alice N Chains like which is pretty cool. Lets hear some more! When does the album come out? Check out my latest song called The End

CIPHER	CIPHER said 1545 days ago (August 29th, 2005)
	Phenomenal I am speechless. You are totally what I aspire to be. Your production is superb. I prefer clean sounds for metal and hard rock rather than sludge and your stuff is right there. It's how I hear my music in my head. Of course, you have the gear, the talent and the patience and effort to make it happen. Consider me a big fan. Check out my latest song called Is this anything

good boy seldom	good boy seldom said 1507 days ago (October 7th, 2005)
	I like the way it fades in the beginning. The guitar sounds great. You're voice reminds me a little of layne stayley (is that right?) from Alice in chains. I like the mood of this song, very somber. Well done! Check out my latest song called You never knew

EuroFever	EuroFever said 1496 days ago (October 17th, 2005)
	Great work! Loved man I totaly do. Eurofever Check out my latest song called Deep Spirit - You're The One That I Want (Tune Up! vs. Cascada Remix)-www.eurofever.tk

spacekev	spacekev said 1493 days ago (October 20th, 2005)
	haunting The guitar sounds great. The verse has a really cool haunting sound. The loops and guitar picking work for me. Check out my latest song called Let Go

dchapman	dchapman said 1492 days ago (October 21st, 2005)
	haunting Loops? Check out my latest song called Waiting for the Other

Drew Kopr	Drew Kopr said 1411 days ago (January 10th, 2006)
	Not sure how i missed this one DC, but is an awesome tune with fantastic production, instrumentation, and vocals/writing! Check out my latest song called WinterSong

ktb	ktb said 1372 days ago (February 19th, 2006)
	closet air guitar as I keyboardist I yearn to re incarnated as a screaming guitarist in the vien of what I hear here. good job on all aspects technical. the overall result is a cool rock number. one that's already got me grabbing the tennis racket. that doublung effect or overlay is sooo cool, keep em coming Check out my latest song called off the deck (w/Z293)

stuck2mojo	stuck2mojo said 1250 days ago (June 20th, 2006)
	great song Hope you're not tired of the Alice In Chains comments, but it's almost like hearing new stuff from them. I like everything about it. This song is what this site is all about! Very creative with excellent use of the software mixed with solid musicianship. More, please! Check out my latest song called The Wanderer

scotsmanlerxt	scotsmanlerxt said 1177 days ago (September 1st, 2006)
	Stunning I wish I could get such a great metal sound from my guitar; very nice. One of the finest tunes all around I've heard just about anywhere, radio included. Check out my latest song called Colton's Music Box

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Name: Darren Chapman

I've been playing guitar for almost 23 years. Began playing full time in clubs at 19 and have played in countless cover bands. An Alice in Chains Tribute for 3 years and an all original act "Out of the Blue". My bands have allowed me to play to au... [see more]

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