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This is my entry to the LIOLI #4.
I would like to thank Bud for motivating me to attempt this. If it really sucks please point your finger at him. Totally kidding Bud.
I decided to play off the train sounds. Abstractly i created the crowd boarding and the train ride.
I had a older tune that had been posted way back when. It was among a bunch others I dumped during a spring clean out, also sometime ago. I almost forgot about it until this came about. i was able to use parts of it plus added/subtrated and build from it as well. The train clips should be self evident.
Plus, i emulated a lot of train sounds on guitars as well.
The loop that is required. i turned into the crowd and female voices also a deep train sound thats goes by every now and then. In addition the some other noises going on.
I also added some synth playing for the heck of it.
Train sound effects courtesy of:
The Freesound Project (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=25068
Hardware:
Railroad Stuff, You know metal, steam, electricity and an engineers cap
Software:
Logic Express
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vic &mdash 05/23/07 - 09:48:39 PM
this is rad, it's also totally unlike you. i love it. who knew you were such the loop master. it's almost like a scene in TJ Hooker, when they are looking for info from an informant who hangs out in a bikini bar. awesome. [ Reply to This ]
damn &mdash 05/23/07 - 10:41:30 PM
your right, i need a bikini bar in this. well maybe the next loop it contest. I figured this may come as a bit of a shock. Theres stuff i do that doesn't get posted or I never got a round to finishing. All in fun!
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wow &mdash 05/23/07 - 10:15:35 PM
vic - am waaaay impressed - that was a pleasure to witness. you set up a really cool mood. loved the panned burst of steam accents thru-out. are you saying the piano loop is in this but you're using other voices? this is very creative. you always have nifty graphics, too. bravo, brother!
anne [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Anne &mdash 05/23/07 - 10:49:23 PM
The voices was the piano loop. I also hacked it up for single voice hits. the loop was also used for the passing rumble swoosh as well and a few other effected noises. Oddly i was originally going to do a r&b thing.
Thanks for listening. Appreciate it!
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Man this is cool &mdash 05/23/07 - 11:09:45 PM
really dig the vibe - what a great beat you've cooked up - and the textures are outrageous. I'm really happy you hopped on the train. [ Reply to This ]
Got you to thank... &mdash 05/24/07 - 08:00:15 PM
for me attempting something. I'm glad you picked a locomotive sound bite to use. that influenced me and i could see the possibilties to play off of it!
Really glad you dug. Ended up being a lot of fun!
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Did someone say "Diesel" powered?! &mdash 05/23/07 - 11:34:23 PM
Ok, this tune grooves like crazy. That's good. And you're using compressed air for drums. That's really good. And it has a screaming guitar solo. What more could one want?
Very nice stuff, with great textures. [ Reply to This ]
!!!!! &mdash 05/24/07 - 08:08:36 PM
Funny, for that you get the engineer cap. Of course it's been kicked around of adding a bikini bar.
Thanks Vic. I appreciate your listen!
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Techno Soundtrack &mdash 05/24/07 - 01:53:49 AM
Like Michael mentioned, this sounds different from what we've heard from you before, which is cool. I understand about the backlog of stuff that isn't finished.
So what's the light at the end of the tunnel? :)
I bet I dream of trains tonight. [ Reply to This ]
You know &mdash 05/24/07 - 08:18:05 PM
how you listen to inatimate things and hear a rythm or sound that sets you off? the train sound bite told me.
At the end of the tunnel I think we will be serving steamed clams and hot lava worms at the bikini bar back in the caboose. Thanks Bill.
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Wow &mdash 05/24/07 - 05:43:28 AM
You definitely took this tune in a way different direction. One of my favs indeed.
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Thanks D.D. &mdash 05/24/07 - 08:27:18 PM
I was lost at the beginning on what to do until i heard my train a comin'. I'm not one to do loops. But i was fortunate enough to rethink it in a different context.
Really appreciate you climbing on board for the ride.
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woo hoo.... &mdash 05/24/07 - 07:38:19 AM
bladerunner hopping into a train........chasing that android........and making love to her or kicking her butt.....hehhehhe....nice soundscape for the fuzz solo.........kool..... [ Reply to This ]
Thanks McBoy! &mdash 05/24/07 - 08:34:15 PM
I'll decide what to do about the female android when I see her in good light first. Then we can all meet up at the bikini bar. It's always fun to emulate different objects on guitars.
Appreciate your riding along!
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Loads of fun! &mdash 05/24/07 - 11:45:24 AM
Wow! What a surprize! This really does sound anthemic. I think I agree with Michael2's TJ Hooker comment...But you should be careful about adding a bikini bar...it might not mix well with those frequent blasts of steam!
Be well bro! [ Reply to This ]
It was a fun diversion &mdash 05/24/07 - 08:39:52 PM
Come on Mike, you want the bikini bar just like everyone else. We can also sit in the baggage car and play guitars like the beatles did in a hard days night. Theres a lot of train songs we could play :-)
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All aboard! &mdash 05/24/07 - 12:39:00 PM
great stuff Vic - the guitars sound awesome on this, and the production is great - i love the panned steam bursts on this. This is really different for you, but a fantastic track - the guitar playing is some of your best yet. sexy and funky - what's the address of that bikini bar?
Steve [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Steve &mdash 05/24/07 - 08:51:31 PM
I just decide to play like a train. And just imagined going on a ride. Theres a lot of wierd things that i've done but never finished or posted. The train sound bite got me rolling down the right track.
The bikini bar has been added in the back. It's being decked out in a 1940's hawaiin theme. That means a lot of umbrella drinks!
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Wow... &mdash 05/24/07 - 01:07:20 PM
I always suspected that steam engines would have fit into Blade Runner... the relentless beat that hammers away underneath it all is really moves the mood. And that guitar...
Awesome ride, Vic. Sinister and overcrowded, steam hammers, androids and hell, yeah, a bikini bar! [ Reply to This ]
I thought like a train &mdash 05/24/07 - 10:47:31 PM
Just listened to you song. really enjoyed it. guitars and trains go together. I originally was going to do something based on the loop but the train sound track spoke to me.
And yes a bikini bar in the caboose!
Thanks Rik!
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I'm beggining to think.. &mdash 05/24/07 - 04:10:13 PM
...my effort is sh*t compared to this (and others).
Brilliant, dude!
Jim [ Reply to This ]
i beg to differ &mdash 05/25/07 - 01:09:32 PM
i thought yours was pretty cool. But your also welcome to join everyone in the bikini bar!
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those graphics &mdash 05/24/07 - 04:25:54 PM
Is that you in illustrator making those cool pics you have for your songs? I dig that style.
Oh yeah, the music..:)
Cool train music, and tasty put together. Nice fuzz train groove from the guitars. Could be a cool soundtrack to some action movie... [ Reply to This ]
the graphics &mdash 05/25/07 - 01:23:51 PM
is in part some retro line art. to start off with then i just add or change in photoshop. sometimes they are original from start i use freehand though. the head on this guy i picked up.
fuzzy guitars are alway warm. Thanks for listeniing Thor
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freehand... &mdash 05/25/07 - 04:36:01 PM
I've used freehand for years, but have changed to illustrator after adobe sort of took over macromedia and stuff. Do they still develop new versions of freehand?
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Imagination is more important then knowledge!
- Albert Einstein. [ Reply to This ]
freehand &mdash 05/25/07 - 07:32:04 PM
they haven't done nothing since the buyout. They don't promote it either. so who knows what they plan on doing. I've used since version 1 and use it everyday at work. It will be a sore day if it is dropped
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most excellent &mdash 05/24/07 - 04:42:39 PM
holy cow! this is way intense - it has all the power that a locomotive symbolizes!
i'd say Industrial if someone forced me to pick a genre - yet there are lots of other influences in here too
those voices sounds are freaky - and the guitar work is just right
most excellent!!!
thanks
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Thanks Smokey &mdash 05/25/07 - 02:55:08 PM
I knew i could play off the train sound track. so i took that route. those voices where the piano loop run through a different synth. and jst add some bangin and clangign on the guitars before i knew it the trpi was over
Thanks for giving it a listen
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Rock the Train!!! &mdash 05/24/07 - 05:21:04 PM
Thanks Kren &mdash 05/25/07 - 07:35:35 PM
Please rock this train. it's meant to be rocked off the tracks,
Thanks for the listen. I appreciate it!
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wow &mdash 05/24/07 - 05:41:29 PM
I love the layerz and the voices are creepy . Your use of the train is cool ! I dig it mucho ....good stuff indeed! [ Reply to This ]
Thanks DJ &mdash 05/25/07 - 07:41:01 PM
Myself I like a lot of layering. kind of weaving things in and out. the train track is what got my attention and i new i could emulate a lot of train noises on guitars as well. definately fun!
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Very imaginative &mdash 05/24/07 - 08:23:16 PM
I enjoyed this, was kind of out there... and thats okay very intriguing listen. Thought the guitar solos and accompanying sections were excellent. quite a departure from what I have heard of yours yet the same signatures of your style are there. Well done! [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Norman &mdash 05/25/07 - 07:47:57 PM
Usually i have little snippets of some odd guitar stuff in the songs. This one gave me a little more room to color it a bit different and use some tricks that didn't have to be in a song context. This tends to be a bit more of what i do when I'm just playing around.
Thanks again, totally loved your new song that's posted.
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Hey &mdash 05/24/07 - 09:50:12 PM
Nice one, Vic! The mix sounds absolutely killer! I just added a sub to my rig- what a great tune to try it out on!
I wish I had more free time to work on my entry for LIOLI 4, but work really got in the way this round. [ Reply to This ]
Hey Back &mdash 05/25/07 - 07:52:53 PM
Heck Mike, I was actually looking forward to hear something from you on this. There should be laws about working getting in the way of fun stuff. Maybe on the next one I could help you out in some way if your bogged down.
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Great fun :-) &mdash 05/25/07 - 06:38:57 AM
I thought the lyrics needed a bit of work.
Love the Isley Bros solo.
Nice to hear something different.
Cheers
Dick
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real funny Dick &mdash 05/25/07 - 07:59:16 PM
Do you think i should take out a line or two? :-)
You're right the tone on the solo does remind me also of "who's that lady". I may have used a Big Muff setting through my pedal board.
And look who's talking about doing something different. Thanks Dick!
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Post industrial psychedelic train time! &mdash 05/26/07 - 11:04:46 AM
Yeah... that sounds like we could blame a Big Muff for some of that...
I love the sustain-y solo. I hope you tied some scarves to your arms and legs before playing...
Great rhythmic underpinning in the 'sounds' and the bass-line... ties it all together...
This is a fun one, Vic... Headphone heaven...
Ed [ Reply to This ]
industrial psychedelia &mdash 05/26/07 - 03:07:24 PM
theres a new gendre! I still have a big muff i bought back in '74. but it's way to noisy to record with.
When don't i wear those scarves. But, a box fan is also required for the whole blowing in the wind effect. Also standing on a stack of Marshall amps hieghtens the experience as well. This was really fun to play around with.
Thanks Ed!
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Holie WHat the!! &mdash 05/26/07 - 08:00:57 PM
MAn took me off guard... Totaly sucked into this one... This is a great work of music top notch all the way. Holie!!!!! [ Reply to This ]
Hey E.B.! &mdash 05/26/07 - 10:29:10 PM
This actually came together pretty fast. around three days. the hard part was waiting for ten days to post it. I had some really stranger pats that i ended deleting.
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neo industrial tribal music &mdash 05/26/07 - 10:36:16 PM
That's how I would describe this. A wonderful combination of industrial might, textural voices assembled in an almost tribal-inspired style of chanting, and the cries of human anquish expressed by the screaming guitar .... or to put it another way ... this song kicks a**.
Good stuff [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Bill &mdash 05/26/07 - 11:07:11 PM
Thats a cool gendre label. Actually i had no idea what it should go under. It was fun to let loose on this.
I still haven't seen your entry yet. i was sure you'ld be in on it.
Thanks again fo listening!
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No entry this time &mdash 05/27/07 - 01:05:50 AM
I was really busy with other things when the LIOLI came up this time around so I don't have an entry in this round. I have some stuff I have posted that I put together over the last month and a half some of which started before that as other pieces but I have not done that much from scratch lately. [ Reply to This ]
Hi vic &mdash 05/26/07 - 11:10:49 PM
Diggin it.
Nice work. I suspect a lot of messing round with the nobs and buttons on this one.
The guitar playing is very happening.
I like the fuzz fx
nice rhythms using the train sounds
well done
original loop is hard to ID...
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heya Tim &mdash 05/27/07 - 01:07:50 PM
Yeah some knob and dials got the treatment here. I had some parts that i deleted, they where really off the wall. i had a voice turn into a slide whistle, funny sounding but over the top. the loop i used with a couple different synths and hacked up parts of that as well.
i appreciate you giving it a listen. it was a fun project to take on.
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Whoa! &mdash 05/29/07 - 12:19:31 PM
I wouldn't want to get in the way of this train. Lot going on here. I like your guitar as usual. Exellent job there! I like all the different synth and percussion sounds too. Maybe just too many of them going at once for my somewhat aging ears. [ Reply to This ]
thanks Tom &mdash 05/29/07 - 08:24:10 PM
we're all getting aged ears. on this on i thought i'ld let it all hang out.
Thanks again for riding the Vic express!
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You've been gone too long when the bullet hits the bone &mdash 05/31/07 - 11:27:33 AM
There's always something happening at this station. You've given every moment of this song some detail to capture the listener's attention. This is like a marriage between Golden Earring (definitely a "Twilight Zone" vibe) and Skinny Puppy. Great opening moments and the thumping bass nails the rhythm right to the floor. Nice use of the synth voices to create transitions in the song even where the rhythm remains constant. Love the effected guitar solos! [ Reply to This ]
thanks! &mdash 05/31/07 - 09:37:55 PM
i figured i could go all out as long as i had that bottom going steady. really was a fun one to play with. kinda like a kid playing with a train set.
Thanks for the time out to listen!
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neeto bageeto &mdash 06/10/07 - 03:20:09 PM
thanks much &mdash 06/10/07 - 10:40:45 PM
since it was a lioli with a train loop. i figured i might as well make a bigger train wreck out of it :-)
Thanks for the listen!
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Definitely should win &mdash 07/01/07 - 03:58:44 AM
It's really cool!! Kinda sounds Bon Jovi-ish at the beginning, then it turns into a tv show song hahaha like michael2 said [ Reply to This ]
thanks &mdash 07/01/07 - 01:08:08 PM
in the loop it contests i don't think there are any winners. cash would do fine.
and yes there is a bikini bar at the back of this train;-)
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Collage &mdash 08/09/07 - 04:08:06 PM
A true master of collage! Really Great!
I like your attitude!
Only critic: the mix is a bit too much separated.
Try to fill all the spots from -45 to 45. Give each instrument/noise it's own place. I'm sure it will uplift it even more! [ Reply to This ]
Thank You &mdash 08/09/07 - 04:51:01 PM
It's been awhile since I listened to it myself. You could easily be right. With fresh ears I'll more than likely hear it in a whole new light.
Thanks for the listen
I've been enjoying the songs of yours that I have managed to catch
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LIOLI6 &mdash 09/02/07 - 08:06:38 PM
Please join us for LIOLI6.
It'll be both a challenge and a lot of fun! [ Reply to This ]
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