Where Will It Lead LIOLI

Vic Holman

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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

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Uploaded: May 23, 2007 - 08:53:42 PM
Last Updated: May 23, 2007 - 08:53:42 PM Last Played: Jan 21, 2010 - 10:02:38 PM

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Railroad Stuff, You know metal, steam, electricity and an engineers cap

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Logic Express

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michael2	michael2 said 993 days ago (May 23rd, 2007)
	vic 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. Check out my latest song called Blow Yer Blues Away

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 993 days ago (May 23rd, 2007)
	damn 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

	said 993 days ago (May 23rd, 2007)
	wow 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

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 993 days ago (May 23rd, 2007)
	Thanks Anne 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

bud	bud said 993 days ago (May 23rd, 2007)
	Man this is cool 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. Check out my latest song called Sailortown w/echoroom (MJRF 2010)

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	Got you to thank... 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

VicDiesel	VicDiesel said 993 days ago (May 23rd, 2007)
	Did someone say "Diesel" powered?! 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. Check out my latest song called Nonesuch

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	!!!!! 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

	said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	Techno Soundtrack 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.

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	You know 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. --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

DeputyDoofy	DeputyDoofy said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	Wow You definitely took this tune in a way different direction. One of my favs indeed. Check out my latest song called Turbo Boost (MJRF10)

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	Thanks D.D. 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. --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

Mcboy	Mcboy said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	woo hoo.... 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..... Check out my latest song called Bluesphemy (MJRF 2010)

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	Thanks McBoy! 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

	said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	Loads of fun! 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!

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	It was a fun diversion 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 :-) --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

echoroom	echoroom said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	All aboard! 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 Check out my latest song called Give in to Love (w/t Birdman Wayne: MJRF 2010)

Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)

Thanks Steve
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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now where's those car keys?

Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

	said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	Wow... 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!

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	I thought like a train 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

The Infinites	The Infinites said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	I'm beggining to think.. ...my effort is sh*t compared to this (and others). Brilliant, dude! Jim Check out my latest song called Day-Glo

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 991 days ago (May 25th, 2007)
	i beg to differ i thought yours was pretty cool. But your also welcome to join everyone in the bikini bar! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

thoddi	thoddi said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	those graphics 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... Check out my latest song called A sense of summer

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 991 days ago (May 25th, 2007)
	the graphics 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 --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

thoddi	thoddi said 991 days ago (May 25th, 2007)
	freehand... 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? --- Imagination is more important then knowledge! - Albert Einstein. Check out my latest song called A sense of summer

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 991 days ago (May 25th, 2007)
	freehand 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 --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	most excellent 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 Check out my latest song called SkyWind

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 991 days ago (May 25th, 2007)
	Thanks Smokey 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 --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

Kren	Kren said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	Rock the Train!!! Don't Rock the Train Baby!!! No This is great!!!! vEry cool!! Check out my latest song called MAWULI HABIMANA LIOLI1

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 991 days ago (May 25th, 2007)
	Thanks Kren Please rock this train. it's meant to be rocked off the tracks, Thanks for the listen. I appreciate it! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

Dj French Toast	Dj French Toast said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	wow I love the layerz and the voices are creepy . Your use of the train is cool ! I dig it mucho ....good stuff indeed! Check out my latest song called Its The French Toast(Colab W/WillBill808)

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 991 days ago (May 25th, 2007)
	Thanks DJ 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

Norman Goodman	Norman Goodman said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	Very imaginative 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! Check out my latest song called Love Devotion Surrender

Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 991 days ago (May 25th, 2007)

Thanks Norman
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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now where's those car keys?

Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

	said 992 days ago (May 24th, 2007)
	Hey 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.

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 991 days ago (May 25th, 2007)
	Hey Back 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. --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

DWL	DWL said 991 days ago (May 25th, 2007)
	Great fun :-) I thought the lyrics needed a bit of work. Love the Isley Bros solo. Nice to hear something different. Cheers Dick Check out my latest song called Big Dog

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 991 days ago (May 25th, 2007)
	real funny Dick 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

Ed Hannifin

Ed Hannifin said 990 days ago (May 26th, 2007)

Post industrial psychedelic train time!
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

Check out my latest song called Next Time Around (w/jiguma)

Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 990 days ago (May 26th, 2007)

industrial psychedelia
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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now where's those car keys?

Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

	said 990 days ago (May 26th, 2007)
	Holie WHat the!! MAn took me off guard... Totaly sucked into this one... This is a great work of music top notch all the way. Holie!!!!!

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 990 days ago (May 26th, 2007)
	Hey E.B.! 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. --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

announcer	announcer said 990 days ago (May 26th, 2007)
	neo industrial tribal music 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 Check out my latest song called Power Grid

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 990 days ago (May 26th, 2007)
	Thanks Bill 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

announcer	announcer said 989 days ago (May 27th, 2007)
	No entry this time 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. Check out my latest song called Power Grid

timothy devine	timothy devine said 990 days ago (May 26th, 2007)
	Hi vic 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... thats a complement Check out my latest song called Inside of You

Vic Holman

Vic Holman said 989 days ago (May 27th, 2007)

heya Tim
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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now where's those car keys?

Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

bronco	bronco said 987 days ago (May 29th, 2007)
	Whoa! 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. Check out my latest song called Confusion

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 987 days ago (May 29th, 2007)
	thanks Tom 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

chikoppi

chikoppi said 985 days ago (May 31st, 2007)

You've been gone too long when the bullet hits the bone
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!

Check out my latest song called Loop It or Lose It 9

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 985 days ago (May 31st, 2007)
	thanks! 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

DJ WERD	DJ WERD said 975 days ago (June 10th, 2007)
	neeto bageeto very different, i love different. great work on the synths! Check out my latest song called YO 808 vol. H20 - ext. homospien mannifestation

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 975 days ago (June 10th, 2007)
	thanks much 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! --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

JohnnyCalling	JohnnyCalling said 954 days ago (July 1st, 2007)
	Definitely should win It's really cool!! Kinda sounds Bon Jovi-ish at the beginning, then it turns into a tv show song hahaha like michael2 said Check out my latest song called Minstrel Boy [featuring Richard Schletty] (DJ Remundo) (V4C01)

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 954 days ago (July 1st, 2007)
	thanks 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;-) --- now where's those car keys? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

Mute Albino	Mute Albino said 915 days ago (August 9th, 2007)
	Collage 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! Check out my latest song called Flies On Oranges

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 915 days ago (August 9th, 2007)
	Thank You 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 --- what is the norm? Check out my latest song called Away In Black (MJRF2010)

LIOLI6	LIOLI6 said 891 days ago (September 2nd, 2007)
	LIOLI6 Please join us for LIOLI6. It'll be both a challenge and a lot of fun!

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