Fists of Righteous Harmony (w Vac)

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The final, new and improved mix of this song is available on the Fists of Righteous Harmony CD! Check it out here:

http://www.thelostrecords.com/forh-artist.html

Neal Stephenson's book "The Diamond Age" is my favorite read of all time, give or take a book or two. The Fists make a dramatic comeback in this science fiction novel, swarming into the future Shanghai. Vac (Steve Vaccariello), who also loves that book, plays bass, and rhythm and lead guitars.

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Hits: 3196
Comments: 59
Fans: 11
Plays: 758
Downloads: 58
Votes: 22
Uploaded: Jan 02, 2006 - 05:16:54 PM
Last Updated: Oct 24, 2006 - 02:24:52 PM Last Played: Jul 20, 2009 - 02:41:15 PM

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guitar (1063), rock (1432), kapow (11), Vac (13), pv (40), perceptualvortex (48), trajectory (7), electron-positron annihilation (13), Neal Stephenson (1), The Diamond Age (1), Fists of Righteous Harmony (2), nanotechnology (1), Vacariello (2), China (5)

Hardware:

Mac G4, Steve's gear

Software:

Soundtrack, SoundEdit, Kompakt, WireTap, GleetchLab

Comments

	said 1407 days ago (January 2nd, 2006)
	Great Funkin' Jeff Beck Great groove goin on here - also love the various guitar tones and solos. Production is very clear - every instrument is distinct - the bass is very tight - and the production doesn't distract from the performances, it focuses on them. PS. Cool picture.

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1406 days ago (January 2nd, 2006)
	Great Funkin' Jeff Beck Thank you DN, I appreciate that about the production. Thanks for listening and faving this! Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

Joshosh

Joshosh said 1406 days ago (January 2nd, 2006)

Man, Vac can
tear itt up! Love your tunes man. Production is always so tight. To me, the guitars and bass are mixed SO well. They really have room, stand clear of each other, and allow all the other standard PV effects and sounds to create depthin the music without interrupting the solo instruments in the forefront. Just really impressive production, and the performances themselves are sick too. I mean, legit sick. Damn.

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perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1406 days ago (January 2nd, 2006)
	Man, Vac can Thanks Josh, you really nailed what I was aiming for; I didn't want to obscure Steve's great playing while I was building on it. I have a lot of respect for your musical ears, so it's nice that you like my tunes. And I'm glad you like Vac's killer playing as much as I do. Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

chakeres	chakeres said 1406 days ago (January 2nd, 2006)
	Nice Another nice one David. So are we all going a little up tempo for the new year. :-). Nice energy, now we just need to get all this energy we have into one song. Tell Steve he is top shelf in my book, but you are one shelf higher. Look forward to doing something new with you. John Check out my latest song called Steady

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1406 days ago (January 2nd, 2006)
	Nice Heheh, funny I thought the same thing when I heard your new tune. You are too kind, thank you. I'd also like to work on something together soon, and I've got a few ideas. Thanks John! Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

	richinthelbc said 1406 days ago (January 2nd, 2006)
	Great guitar work You are an amazing guitar player. I think I saw You do this song live with at the G3 show. You could definatly hold your own with that group of guys.

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1406 days ago (January 2nd, 2006)
	Great guitar work Steve would appreciate that, and I agree with that opinion! Thanks for listening and commenting rich. Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

hacked_to_pieces	hacked_to_pieces said 1406 days ago (January 2nd, 2006)
	Really like the the guitar nice playing nice arrangement only thing I didn't care for was the drums at the beginning right after the first bass line overall great tune and prodution thru out. Check out my latest song called blues shuffle

perceptualvortex

perceptualvortex said 1405 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)

Really
I think I know what you're talking about, because I struggled a bit with
getting the right drums for the beginning, before the lead comes in. I
appreciate your observation there. Thanks for listening, hacked; I'm glad
you like this.

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Einarus	Einarus said 1406 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)
	You know... ...all these really fast, rockin' guitar tracks are unhealthy for me to have in my system when I get my driver's license... But until then... ...Rock on! Check out my latest song called Good Things Come in Fours

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1405 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)
	You know... Yes, you're going to be weaving through traffic, and doing screeching, skidding u-turns. That'll be cool. Are you allowed to drive like that in Iceland? ...yeah, here neither. Thanks for listening Einar! --- Check out my latest song: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/16698">Fists of Righteous Harmony</a> Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

Mcboy	Mcboy said 1406 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)
	oh man that bass line just cooks......the guitar is very very kool......the groove happening....me likes! i love those licks.....!!! 9-9-9-9 Check out my latest song called Heros( aclarke/mcboy)

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1405 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)
	oh man Thank you Mcboy, I always appreciate your comments. I agree that's a cookin bassline and great guitar. Thanks for faving our tune! --- Check out my latest song: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/16698">Fists of Righteous Harmony</a> Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

dreadmon

dreadmon said 1406 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)

Excellent
This piece is just a funhouse of fretwork, and I'm digging it beyond all belief. My one nit - it's too short! One of those odd cases where I could've listened to this for another four or five minutes - so maybe it's good that you "leave 'em wanting more." Excellent work - great, solid production, awesome performances - killer energy! Way to start the new year!

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perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1405 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)
	Excellent Yes, I agree it's too short... this is one that could go on for me too! Thank you, I appreciate your comments dreadmon, I'm glad you're digging the production and performances here. --- Check out my latest song: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/16698">Fists of Righteous Harmony</a> Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

	said 1406 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)
	sound sensation My knees are knockin and my synapses firing on all 8. Screamin scintillation. A brilliant display of percussive polyphony. Yes. Nice gear. Vac is the antithesis of vacuousness. This is extreme goodness.

springclock	springclock said 1406 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)
	sweet this is a hoppin little number with great tones and nice production. well done....nice and firey Check out my latest song called 150cc (Final Version)

caroline	caroline said 1406 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)
	pinkish pv... but mostly purple!! i stayed and listened though - thank you xxx Check out my latest song called clink that link mjrf

selters	selters said 1406 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)
	cool! nice little rockabilly feel to this (i think). A great instrumental! I wish there were some vocals on it! good production and great playing! really like the bassline! Check out my latest song called No One will be looking in the places that you hide

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screamalexz said 1405 days ago (January 3rd, 2006)

completely amazing.
the bass is amazing, the guitar is amazing, the way it comes sort of screeching in. it has some awsome rhythem to it's lead soloing style. this is a great instrumental, but with such awsome playing it almost makes me want to hear some vox, to make it really powerful. i donno, i had the thought of the way eric clapton did the cross roads cover with like chords or something simple during singing then in breaks going into lead. the bass part was killer. made me think of the who's bassist a little. sad thing he passed away. i can't give any real criticism, because the musicians in this blew me away! sounds like that are why i love music. knowing there's something so great gives me something to strive for.

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	said 1405 days ago (January 4th, 2006)
	Tittillating Nipples! I had to pull out the whip cream and dress up my girls tatas after this one! Dropped a cherry right on top and began licking like spanish fly on a group of virgin! Fresh meat where? At the deli! Hey Stevo great licks! Keep the tongue in shape! PV Always rippin and brilliant! Great song artwork too!

drakonis

drakonis said 1405 days ago (January 4th, 2006)

Very nice
Great great groove, very well-played bass & guitars, fun fx, holds
together very nicely. Everything is mixed well, but I do have one
headphone gripe, and that is that the bass is permanently off to the right,
which feels unbalanced to me, at least in headphones. I'd have preferred
the bass to be really close to center (or centered but stereo-spread L-R a
little), and the guitars to dance a little to the left and right. My right ear
got bass-thumped :-) But other than that minor suggestion,
performance, writing, and production was wonderful on this! Great tune!
ttfn,
Drakonis

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perceptualvortex

perceptualvortex said 1405 days ago (January 4th, 2006)

Very nice
Thanks for pointing that out Eduard. My crappy headphones at home don't
have much bass so I didn't pick up on that. But yes, now that I'm listening
on better 'phones at work it does sound unbalanced. I'll definitely fix that
for the album. Glad you liked this, thanks for listening and commenting!

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FEEL	FEEL said 1405 days ago (January 4th, 2006)
	It does guitar sounds a bit like jeff. Bass is right on. Never have time to read anymore but listening to the interpretation is quite pleasing. Great job the two of you...has a bit of a happy feel to it. Regards, John Check out my latest song called Pigs Fly

thetiler	thetiler said 1404 days ago (January 4th, 2006)
	like that electric funky strummin on the guitar. Nice licks on the guitar, bass is groovin cool. Nice travilin funkyness ! Thanks for sharing Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1404 days ago (January 4th, 2006)
	Very cool Excellent guitars. I agree with Drak the bass might be better dead center. Great piece. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

rtcooper	rtcooper said 1404 days ago (January 5th, 2006)
	What A Break Out Great Groove from the Get Go. MX achieves quite a spacial SoundStage with no trainwrecks despite full charge going on. Fine Licks. PRO Level Production. rtc Check out my latest song called Intimate Anyway

Tadashi Togawa	Tadashi Togawa said 1403 days ago (January 6th, 2006)
	Book that music rings I am not reading the book. Ah, I want to read. Rhythm and guitar. All are very good. Check out my latest song called Mexican taste

	said 1403 days ago (January 6th, 2006)
	yes, righteous guitar riff..... Very high powered, high octane, and all that very high kind of thing! Need to come for air. Everything sounds tight and clear and funky. Kudos Jack

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 1403 days ago (January 6th, 2006)
	great tune Using Wiretap, eh? That's a great little simple program... what did you use it for here? Just curious. I hear the gleetchlab, too. I gotta figure that program out someday... Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

perceptualvortex

perceptualvortex said 1403 days ago (January 6th, 2006)

great tune
Thanks Eric! I use WireTap a lot in making my own loops. In this case, I
used WireTap with Kompakt (the Demo version, actually); I try a whole
bunch of stuff in Kompakt, recording it all. Then I bring the sound file into
SoundEdit and chop out segments as loops (and mess with them, of
course). Most of the recording is discarded. WireTap is just a convenient
way for me to record whatever sound experiments I'm doing sometimes.

Another thing I use it for is with Soundtrack. Soundtrack has nice fx control
panels, and you can get cool noises by looping something and changing
the fx parameters. Sometimes it's easier to get the effect you want by
recording THAT, than by finding the parameters and changes that work
best, and then keyframing them (if that's even possible).

So, that's the long answer. The short answer is that I used WireTap to
create some of the synthy stuff in the background. As for GleetchLab, it
seems confusing at first, but once you understand a couple of basics it
gets easier. Not that I fully understand the whole thing. Grokking the matrix
is important.

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Fists of Righteous Harmony

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thoddi	thoddi said 1403 days ago (January 6th, 2006)
	tight The future Shanghai... or the ancient city of Shanghai... ...anyway great tune, well performed. Could be the soundtrack to the movie:) Great guitars on this:) Check out my latest song called Don't tell me what I can't w/KTB and Ingve

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1402 days ago (January 6th, 2006)
	tight First one, then the other. Thank you thoddi! --- <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/16698">Fists of Righteous Harmony</a> Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

Drew Kopr	Drew Kopr said 1402 days ago (January 7th, 2006)
	Whooo Doggy! Kicking some major ass on this one PV. Vac's stuff is great and, it goes without saying, the drums and production are spot on, cool as an August sail boat ride in the San Fran Bay! Check out my latest song called WinterSong

	Eseoh said 1400 days ago (January 9th, 2006)
	sweet That bassline is the best part of this song. Everything goes together pretty well too. Check out my latest song called Lost (original version)

Eseoh said 1400 days ago (January 9th, 2006)

asdf
Great great groove, very well-played bass & guitars, fun fx, holds
together very nicely. Everything is mixed well, but I do have one
headphone gripe, and that is that the bass is permanently off to the right,
which feels unbalanced to me, at least in headphones. I'd have preferred
the bass to be really close to center (or centered but stereo-spread L-R a
little), and the guitars to dance a little to the left and right. My right ear
got bass-thumped :-) But other than that minor suggestion,
performance, writing, and production was wonderful on this! Great tune!

Check out my latest song called Lost (original version)

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1400 days ago (January 9th, 2006)
	asdf Thanks Eseoh! You took the words right out of... uh, drakonis' mouth! I agree about the off-center bass, and I've already corrected it for the next version. Thanks for listening! --- <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/16698">Fists of Righteous Harmony</a> Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

WG	WG said 1400 days ago (January 9th, 2006)
	Cool Stuff The art work rocks... Oh yeah and by the way I dig the sweet groovin music too :D Check out my latest song called Clouds Go By

Scorpjammer	Scorpjammer said 1399 days ago (January 9th, 2006)
	Holy Smokes! This is so cool! High energy from start to finish. OK, Dave, are you drumming, or using loops? Good choice if they're loops. Man, can you mix a tune! Great stuff! Scorp:) Check out my latest song called Seaside Samba

perceptualvortex

perceptualvortex said 1399 days ago (January 9th, 2006)

Holy Smokes!
The guitars and bass are real, the rest are loops and homemade sounds.
The drums are all Drums on Demand loops, with a few exceptions. A lot of
the loops come from the East West Zero-g Pro Pack, and several are
homemade. I suppose I could detail this stuff up top.

Hey thanks for stopping by for a listen, Scorp, I'm glad you like this!

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Epileptic Gibbon	Epileptic Gibbon said 1399 days ago (January 10th, 2006)
	Man, what do I need to say… … about this? Not a lot, basically. I could hear this being recorded by Liquid Tension Experiment (another recommendation to you, if you don't know them). Very slick, very fine, very groovy, very cool! Amazing playing and performance! A pleasure, as always, PV. Check out my latest song called Fiddler Off the Roof w/Komrade K & Caroline

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1399 days ago (January 10th, 2006)
	Man, what do I need to say… Oh yah, Liquid Tension Experiment... I haven't heard that for a while, but the CD is around here somewhere. It was Tony Levin and Mike Portnoy that sold me on them! Thanks for your kind words Eppy, glad you like our tune! --- <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/16698">Fists of Righteous Harmony</a> Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

Macaudion

Macaudion said 1397 days ago (January 12th, 2006)

Sorry that I missed this PV and Steve
You guys - Groove'n in a whole new way... This one is just silly good!
Cookn' - Very psychedelic and in a very good way. At least from what I
read about such things : )

This is very slick and kinda fun too PV. Very different. I enjoyed this,
and can't wait for it to pop outta no where and mix my mix up a bit to
create quite the interesting sceene.

Sorry that I'm running through here, but I'm playing catch up.

Thanks guys. Dion

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Macaudion

Macaudion said 1397 days ago (January 12th, 2006)

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perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1366 days ago (February 12th, 2006)
	Sorry that I missed this PV and Steve Well, now it's playing catchup for me... I'm glad you enjoyed this Dion, I have a great time making these high energy songs! As always Steve's guitar and basslines are always fun to work with. Thanks for commenting and faving! --- <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/17791">Lastday</a> Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

	said 1390 days ago (January 19th, 2006)
	this rocks Of course, I'm sure you already know that. :)

underdog.	underdog. said 1388 days ago (January 21st, 2006)
	tasteful jamming this is a great piece - i hadn't heard much of your stuff before today but i'm pleasantly surprised. you're definitely a top tier mac jammer. peace u. Check out my latest song called The Prophet's Profits

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1366 days ago (February 12th, 2006)
	tasteful jamming Thanks for the kind words underdog. I'm glad you enjoy my songs. --- <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/17791">Lastday</a> Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

glennkav	glennkav said 1370 days ago (February 8th, 2006)
	Kicks butt! I love this! I think the guitar sounds great and production is good as well. Curious if you are micing the guitar or playing straight into the computer. Check out my latest song called Anlagapalooza - Pedal to the Metal

perceptualvortex

perceptualvortex said 1370 days ago (February 8th, 2006)

Kicks butt!
Hey thanks glennkav, I'm glad you like this! My friend Steve played the guitar and bass tracks in this song, and he didn't use a computer. Instead, he played directly into his Korg D1200mkII digital recording studio, and burned his tracks to CD from there. Then he gave me the CDs with his bass and guitar parts and I imported them into my Mac, and mixed them using Soundtrack. Thanks for listening!

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glennkav	glennkav said 1370 days ago (February 8th, 2006)
	Kicks butt! Thanks for the info! Check out my latest song called Anlagapalooza - Pedal to the Metal

mandimonkee	mandimonkee said 1365 days ago (February 13th, 2006)
	tap tap tap One of those songs that you start you bump along to and don't even know it... Nice work, made me feel wired. Check out my latest song called Regression (collab w/Moses)

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1365 days ago (February 13th, 2006)
	tap tap tap Thanks for listening Mandi, glad it wired you! --- <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/17969">December Rain</a> Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

chikoppi

chikoppi said 1088 days ago (November 17th, 2006)

Magic Ancestor Laser Canon
You know, this does sound like the soundtrack to an anime flick. All about young heroes with superpowers who fight demonic androids and experience every shade of teen angst in an adventure set in a post-apocalyptic landscape.

I really like the mix of the instruments. The delay and reverb could easily have become overwhelming, but instead everything blends nicely and has a lofty, soaring character (nice playing and riffs too!). A lot like listening to someone enthusiastically telling a story with many twists and turns. This never for a moment feels repetitive - though I was hoping for some break out in the bass line.

High energy drums that sound great... but then - what else should we expect?

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	said 874 days ago (June 19th, 2007)
	nice! great guitars, bass, production, etc. well enjoyed.

surak777	surak777 said 864 days ago (June 28th, 2007)
	Nicely done Nice bass tone and the guitars remind me of Joe Perry (aerosmith) nice! Check out my latest song called The Long Road

	said 569 days ago (April 19th, 2008)
	Great! Cool work here my friends. I enjoyed this very much! This has some influences from Country style? (Progressive-Country). Enjoyed! Take Care - Yeman A. Al-Rawi

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 569 days ago (April 19th, 2008)
	Country Hey thanks, Yeman! Yes, Steve's guitar playing definitely has a country and rockabilly feel to it in a lot of songs. I think progressive-country is probably a good way to describe it. I'm glad you enjoyed this! Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

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