midlife revolution

smokey bacon jnr

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Description

This is a resubmission of a song. I've beefed up the drums and added more dynamism to it. the song samples a poen by Drew Roberts. To hear the poem go to: http://www.archive.org/details/drmidliferev

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Lyrics

I've got a midlife revolution
Staring me in the face
I've got an iron constitution
Rusting all over the place
I've got to work on getting younger
Even though I'll loose that race

Song Stats

Hits: 1238
Comments: 19
Fans: 3
Plays: 192
Downloads: 41
Votes: 6
Uploaded: Oct 11, 2006 - 05:28:53 AM
Last Updated: Oct 11, 2006 - 05:28:53 AM Last Played: Oct 13, 2009 - 04:21:06 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-ShareAlike

Song Actions

Keywords:

Heavy (164), poetry (123), spoken (16), alternative (305), industrial (128)

Hardware:

guitar, bass, m-audio interface, dual 1.8 G5 powermac

Software:

Logic Express, Double Bass Mania Drum Loops

Comments

weitermitfahrer	weitermitfahrer said 1137 days ago (October 11th, 2006)
	dark kind of has an indy film feel to it...pretty cool. Check out my latest song called Exo theme #1

smokey bacon jnr	smokey bacon jnr said 1137 days ago (October 11th, 2006)
	Thanks thanks for your kind comments. --- Smokey Bacon Jnr - useless like his father Check out my latest song called Sunless

musichead	musichead said 1137 days ago (October 11th, 2006)
	big drums!!! I love the big drums!!!!!!!!!! Im like you... I like the different guitar sound. Its thick!!!! cool song!!!! I of the bands I play for are looking for intro music to play before we come out on starge.. i think this is a good one for that...!!!!! of course Ill ask if I use it.. Check out my latest song called Lets Take a Holiday

smokey bacon jnr	smokey bacon jnr said 1137 days ago (October 11th, 2006)
	cool Please feel free to use it how you like. It would be cool to think of my song introing a band! Thanks for the positive feedback. --- Smokey Bacon Jnr - useless like his father Check out my latest song called Sunless

apb	apb said 1137 days ago (October 11th, 2006)
	Cool liked this alot. Bit in middle .. er of revolution .. lol .. that made me think of a bit in Tour De France by Kraftwerk (I think) ..great guitar work. Thanks for sharing. Check out my latest song called Misplaced

Monkaton	Monkaton said 1136 days ago (October 12th, 2006)
	Good Production I like your vocals and the guitar riffs and sounds. Drums and bass are also good. The wah guitar gets a little acerbic, but so does a mid life revolution. Great sound. Good song. Check out my latest song called Darkness of the Night

smokey bacon jnr	smokey bacon jnr said 1133 days ago (October 15th, 2006)
	just to clarify Thanks to everyone for their comments! The vocals are sampled off the web (see song description) and are not my own. I've just fitted them into the song - they fitted perfectly with no time stretching etc. --- Smokey Bacon Jnr - useless like his father Check out my latest song called Sunless

Mokus	Mokus said 1135 days ago (October 13th, 2006)
	Revolution... Good use of the poem...I'm not sure why I like this but I do...it just sort of fits with my mood today. I like the phaser on the guitar...and great vocal effects. Thanks for sharing... Check out my latest song called Ceci n'est pas une Fender

rayfieldstorm	rayfieldstorm said 1127 days ago (October 21st, 2006)
	logic 101 if you composed this song, an your father was useless, then, you are not in fact, like your father. Check out my latest song called So Fine

smokey bacon jnr	smokey bacon jnr said 1125 days ago (October 23rd, 2006)
	ha ha Thanks for that vote of confidence! It's actually something my mum once said, and it's obviously stuck with me in an ironic, but sort of truthful, way!!! And no, my father isn't really useless, but he was, in fact, a clown called Smokey Bacon. --- Smokey Bacon Jnr - useless like his father Check out my latest song called Sunless

littlewing55

littlewing55 said 1119 days ago (October 29th, 2006)

the big bang and its aftermath
Very nice work, especially how you streched that vocal bit into a given form and structure.Forget adolescence and its slavery to the hormones, look ahead for the intellectual penetration of the world and space.
Beefy drums well placed in the sound panorama, and they don`t loose strength throughout the arrangement.
Its presumably a better choice to use Logic Express, if it comes to more serious controll of music.
Life without music is comfortless ;-)

Check out my latest song called heavy Duty 3rd

smokey bacon jnr

smokey bacon jnr said 1118 days ago (October 30th, 2006)

Thanks
thanks for the comments they are very much appreciated. Logic has a lot more features for controlling sound than garageband - you can control the way one aspect of an effect changes over the course of a song for instance using automation. It takes a while to learn it however, cos it is not intuitive like garageband, and recording sessions take longer to set up. The beauty of garageband is plug in guitar and blast away.

---
Smokey Bacon Jnr - useless like his father

Check out my latest song called Sunless

Pete_NB	Pete_NB said 1118 days ago (October 30th, 2006)
	Scary Groove! I loved the vibe this song puts out. Puts me in mind of some mean-ass mutha on a mission in the back alleys of a foggy urban setting. Nice blend of guitar sounds as well, they really complement each other well. Check out my latest song called First of Fall - Slide

smokey bacon jnr	smokey bacon jnr said 1118 days ago (October 30th, 2006)
	cheers thanks for that! I really appreciate your comments. Watch out in those alleyways! --- Smokey Bacon Jnr - useless like his father Check out my latest song called Sunless

jie	jie said 1118 days ago (October 30th, 2006)
	cool Excellent, loved the overall feel. and agree with the lyrics. Check out my latest song called Gods Got HisPlans, Ive got mine

smokey bacon jnr	smokey bacon jnr said 1116 days ago (November 1st, 2006)
	Thanks for that. Yes, middle age comes round a bit bloody fast. Where did all the time go? There's loads to fit in and hardly any time left to fit it in to. Argh. --- Smokey Bacon Jnr - useless like his father Check out my latest song called Sunless

rovert10	rovert10 said 1097 days ago (November 20th, 2006)
	Like it Could have happily listened for longer, especially that ballsy riff. Check out my latest song called Gears

smokey bacon jnr	smokey bacon jnr said 1093 days ago (November 24th, 2006)
	Thanks thanks for that - I love riffs!! --- Smokey Bacon Jnr - useless like his father Check out my latest song called Sunless

WillyB	WillyB said 609 days ago (March 22nd, 2008)
	sweeeet! nice raw sound with a great vibe. It'd be very cool to hear what a good engineer in a big time studio could do with you on this ...IF you could keep that vibe goin! Check out my latest song called Lazy River (w/TERRAPLANE)

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