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Down To Nothing w/Smokey Bacon Jr (feat. Drew Roberts) by Pete_NB [Email]

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Hits: 554
Comments: 40
Votes: 4
Plays: 97
Last Played: Dec 04, 2008 - 12:35:20 PM
Downloads: 11
Fans: 19
Uploaded: Oct 06, 2008 - 08:47:39 AM
Last Updated: Oct 06, 2008 - 11:04:10 AM
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This is a collab a long time in the works but it was worth the wait and shows that when making music, two Pete's can be better than one. Smokey Bacon Jnr sent me the main riff and was able to take my boatload of barely congruous guitar parts to craft the following. Kudos to Pete for putting it all together, providing the sound engineer skills and anchoring the soul of this song.

Special thanks to Drew Roberts, a poet from the Bahamas who was the writer/vocalist of our little dittie.
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wow pete X2 !!! &mdash 10/06/08 - 09:14:43 AM
lol man .... this is great. Love the lyrics and the guitar work scorches the ears ! Hot Damn yes ....... I can download and am! This rocks!!

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Cool! &mdash 10/06/08 - 11:35:40 AM
Thanks for the kind words and the plug for this tune in the forums! Your making me more excited about this song than I already was!

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yes... &mdash 10/08/08 - 10:49:19 AM
Thanks for the plug - that was really good of you!

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Down To Nothing &mdash 10/06/08 - 09:24:31 AM
Whew! Jack just linked this in chat - first thing I'm hearing this morning - Wake Up Call! This is great - thanks!

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Thanks Karen &mdash 10/06/08 - 11:37:58 AM
Glad we could help get you up and running this morning with this wake up call. Digital high-octane coffee provided right here free of charge!

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Meat And Potatoes &mdash 10/06/08 - 09:45:24 AM
And tons of gravy!

Is this what we can expect from the guitar new set up Pete_NB? You might need an ice pack to keep the computer from over heating! Screaming riffs!

And Smokey, you've got this serious Lou Reed thing going on - NYC era. I love what you've done here.

Great vocals, production and dastard lickage make this an easy fave/download.

I need an ice pack

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Ice is for rum! &mdash 10/06/08 - 11:47:39 AM
Gravy is totally my favourite vegetable. We were back and forth with this song long before I got my new toy (Firebox) but it was used for a portion of this, while some of it was just plugged straight into the back of the mac. I'll be using that for the remainder of my future tunage until something better comes along.

Smokey pointed out that the vocals were actually done by the writer of the lyrics, and I had incorrectly attributed them to Smokey. Sorry Drew!

"Dastard Lickage". I love it!

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Wicked. &mdash 10/06/08 - 01:25:30 PM
Love that guitar sound. What's yer setup? This butt kicker goes very well with morning coffee.

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Set up &mdash 10/06/08 - 01:43:23 PM
Most of my stuff was my Squier strat plugged straight into the Mac and using the Garageband emulator. Some of it was through my Presonus Firebox and once again into the GB emulator.

Smokey can give you his set-up if he likes but I believe he uses Guitar Rig.

Thanks for listening!

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my set up &mdash 10/06/08 - 02:05:03 PM
I have a guitar plugged via an Audio Buddy into the back of my G5. In Logic Express I use Guitar Rig 3 for all my sounds. The bass on this track was done with Reason using the Electric Bass pack - I tried a straight bass guitar but couldn't get a clean enough sound, so the keyboards came to the rescue. Drums are Beta Monkey Metal samples... All the mastering etc was done in Logic.

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Great &mdash 10/06/08 - 04:18:08 PM
Great and cool riffs on the guitar... And i like the bass playing..... Great song... Thumbs up....

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Bass &mdash 10/08/08 - 09:43:14 AM
Smokey laid down quite the kickass electronic bassline here didn't he?

Thanks for the comments!

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Down To Nothing &mdash 10/06/08 - 04:24:21 PM
Man ...this rock hard ...hot dam guitars here !!!
the whole song production is super ..the wailin
the effects ..alol so good ..Kudos ..thnx alot
for sharin !!!!

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Cool &mdash 10/08/08 - 09:45:25 AM
Glad you liked it Feter. Smokey looked after all the production, I just sent him some guitar parts and he stitched this rocker together quite nicely.

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This is just &mdash 10/07/08 - 01:16:28 AM
a great track. Everything spot on.
Cheers
Len



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Thanks Lengold &mdash 10/08/08 - 09:48:48 AM
It's a treat to be involved with a song when someone knows how to engineer so well. Smokey gets all the credit for composing and putting this together. You should check out his other stuff!

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stop it! &mdash 10/08/08 - 10:44:54 AM
Thanks Pete, you're too kind!! But it would have sounded pedestrian without the scorching lead guitar giving it's ass a good kicking.

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This rocks &mdash 10/07/08 - 08:22:56 AM
rocks and rocks

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Rocks, rocks and rocks. &mdash 10/08/08 - 09:50:01 AM
Third times the charm!

Thanks for listening.

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rocks &mdash 10/07/08 - 11:42:02 PM
I love the part near the end where it kinda stops and starts again.
I'm going to steal that!
great rock and roll.

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well... &mdash 10/08/08 - 10:47:26 AM
My lawyers are watching! Glad you liked it ...

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Starts and stops &mdash 10/08/08 - 11:02:24 AM
Let us know what you come up with!

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lost your Tan! &mdash 10/09/08 - 07:44:55 AM
Oh no its all over now. Like the riffin and leadin straight forward rocker how could you not like it!

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It ain't over &mdash 10/10/08 - 06:56:31 AM
Have no fear, just press play again!

Glad you can dig it.

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nice &mdash 10/09/08 - 08:45:20 AM
nice production, mixed well. I like when it breaks at 1:05 and kicks in with the lead. good stuff.

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Thanks &mdash 10/10/08 - 07:39:54 AM
Thanks for taking a listen! Smokey gets the credit for the mixing and production. I had a blast adding some guitar.

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Some monstrous guitar tones here... &mdash 10/10/08 - 10:06:55 PM
...great riffing, great crunch, great interlacing lead bits...

This is the most 'songish' thing I've heard from Pete_NB, and I like it...

Little crit-lets, since I'm hoping you guys are going to do this again:

There are bits where this shouldn't be possible, I know, but the drums feel like they're not quite sync'd to the guitars...to my weird ears they sound like they're rushing the beat...

And I like the lyrics, but for me the sort of half-spoken vocal sits oddly on top of the main musical bed...

Like a little textbook of guitar sounds and approaches, though, and loaded with true guitar candy moments...

Ed

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Astute as Always &mdash 10/14/08 - 09:20:27 PM
Ed,

The song-ish nature and the interweaving of lead parts is the positive influence of Smokey. Audio engineering has never been my focus or forte, but Smokey's riffs and compositional skills, and patience at the dashboard really gave rise to something that I think is pretty special. All I did was take some fun riffs and run roughshod over them like a beast, and Smokey made sense of it all.

We've got a rework in the wings, and you're spot-on crit-lets will be addressed.

Thanks for the listen and the advice.

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Great tune! &mdash 10/20/08 - 11:56:49 AM
i like the guitars and the tune! Great work! I think maybe a reverb and a little closer mix of the vocals would make the vocal track not stand out so much...unless that is what you are looking for, then great job! :)

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Cool Man &mdash 10/20/08 - 06:16:41 PM
Glad you dig it. And thanks for the advice. We're waiting on someone to come back to us with a track or two on this to take it to the next level and we'll take your thoughts under advisement.

Thanks for tuning in!

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Nice setting &mdash 10/22/08 - 05:24:37 AM
The guitar at the intro was outstanding. If I say the vocal was a little too much up front, would you be mad? (BTW, I really dig the vox.)

The guitar is miles beyond me.

Keep rockin' on, brother.

Dave

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HEy! &mdash 10/23/08 - 09:11:24 AM
Glad you can dig it. And we rarely cry around here when receiving thoughtful critiques.

Thanks for the listen and the thoughts.

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cool &mdash 10/28/08 - 09:02:56 AM
some rockin guitar love it good arrangement

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Rockin' and Arangin' &mdash 10/28/08 - 10:13:30 PM
It was a blast doing my thing over Smokey's smokin' riffs. Amazing what a difference a musical effort can have when it's properly orchestrated. I've learned a bunch from this collab.

Thanks for the listen!

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Ripper mate &mdash 11/01/08 - 07:15:03 AM
lovely playing and mix, guitar tone is killer. Words are great and fitting. Great riffing

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Rip &mdash 11/06/08 - 01:06:40 PM
Thanks for the listen and the kind words.

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Big and juicy &mdash 11/03/08 - 06:05:22 PM
If this were a steak it would be one of those 72 ouncers. This is some really cool guitar riff oriented balls to the wall rock and roll. Nicely done guy's.
Peace
Guy

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Wait.. &mdash 11/06/08 - 01:08:21 PM
...until you see the version with the onions and mushrooms!

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Great stuff &mdash 11/14/08 - 04:47:40 PM
BUT

Drums suck

Vocal too forward, and given it's nature you might want to try messing it up a bit with delays and distortion and suchlike.

Great groove, GREAT guitar, great potential

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so pete &mdash 12/04/08 - 09:52:21 AM
you know i love this ... absolutely a BEST of 2008 track !

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