Erratica

Reggie_Pole

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I stole the opening guitar bit from my earlier "Son of Erratic," and slowed it down by two. Although the original version of this had nothing to do with my "erratic" series (except for that), I figured that maybe it should, so I injected much erraticism. It's certainly not as prettified as its ancestors, but it is definitely erratic enough to qualify. Features my foghorn guitar setting, jingle bells, slipshod playing, sub bass, weirdnesses, cymbal crashes, sorta-harmony guitar part, no cowbell, the Zebra PunchBlaster, loudness, lots o' work --- phew. Might sound better with headphones.

As always, comments, critiques, complaints, and criticisms are welcomed.

Photo: from The Outer Limits, "The Form of Things Unknown" (1964)

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Song Stats

Hits: 334
Comments: 24
Fans: 12
Plays: 41
Downloads: 29
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Uploaded: Aug 15, 2009 - 07:42:42 PM
Last Updated: Aug 15, 2009 - 07:42:42 PM Last Played: Nov 24, 2009 - 12:46:31 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
PublicDomain

Song Actions

Keywords:

erratic (4), Reggie (3)

Hardware:

iMac, Ibanez JS1000, PreSonus Firebox, BOSS GT-8, coffee through a straw

Software:

LE7, Ozone 3, Audacity, Addictive Drums

Comments

Feter

Feter said 102 days ago (August 15th, 2009)

Erratica
Great great structure ..the guitars wail so
good with real sense of telling a story and
describing some mixed flickering pics ...
the guitars never too much distorted and thats
a touch of a real musician ...very wonderful
orchestrated ...a top notch production ..
thnx alot for sharin !!!!

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Reggie_Pole	Reggie_Pole said 101 days ago (August 16th, 2009)
	Hi Feter Flickering pics. Yes, haha. It does flicker in a most erratic way. Thanks, man. Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 102 days ago (August 15th, 2009)
	we control your set, we control your hearing outrageously cool. the structure of this great and tight. great guitar playing and riffs. i really like the use of your effects here. Check out my latest song called November

Reggie_Pole	Reggie_Pole said 101 days ago (August 16th, 2009)
	From the inner mind Hi, Vic. Thanks much for giving this a listen. I used a lot of effects, or maybe they used me. Hard to keep this one under control. Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

tokai

tokai said 102 days ago (August 16th, 2009)

Reg
the one man band. The guitar orchestra is superbly conducted and weaved into you musical web seamlessly. Everything sounds in place and at the correct volumes as one would expect from the perfectionist. Man, you are a gifted musician your skills of production are always on show and make me wonder. All your tunes can never be played just the one time. We have put in the application for a knighthood, just waiting for liz to get back to me, god bless her....
God save the Reg.

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Reggie_Pole

Reggie_Pole said 101 days ago (August 16th, 2009)

Production
Well, always a crapshoot. Actually, I spent a ridiculous amount of time on the arrangement, not so much on the production. Even now, though, I can hear many places where things didn't work the way I intended. I guess that's always going to be a problem. If I waited, I would never post anything. Thanks, Steve, and give my regards to Liz.

Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

Z293	Z293 said 102 days ago (August 16th, 2009)
	I used to love the Outer Limits. Reggie your songs are always such a musical adventure and this one is no different. The drums are great and as you say "slipshod" playing, well that's just not true. Check out my latest song called The Fine Line

Reggie_Pole	Reggie_Pole said 101 days ago (August 16th, 2009)
	Still my all-time favorite TV show There was a local station here that ran the entire series a few years back, followed by The Prisoner, another classic. I gobbled it up. Thanks Z. Your comments and musical views are important to me. Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

davajonah	davajonah said 102 days ago (August 16th, 2009)
	What? No cowbell? Sadly lacking without. Seriously. I have no idea how much time you spend in putting these epics together, or how much coffee you must have to drink. But it's time well spent. Cut back on the coffee though. Check out my latest song called Pavlov's Dog

Reggie_Pole

Reggie_Pole said 101 days ago (August 16th, 2009)

Good cowbellists
are not that easy to come by, let me tell you. I work on songs the way I read. Always a stack of books on the night stand, always five or six songs in the making. Chip, chip away. I don't know how long this one took. Months of on and off. I know it was a lot of hours. Was it worth it? Oh, I'm pretty happy with it, though it has a few problems still. Coffee is good staple for me. I'm of Scandinavian descent.

Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

Henke

Henke said 102 days ago (August 16th, 2009)

Heavy, Man!
Rock (instrumental) at its best! At least to my ears. You always get such sweet sound out of your gear, guitars, drums, cowbe.. oh, sorry, jingle bells etc etc! And that's after listening on computer speakers! I guess this kind of stuff really needs a decent stereo or, hm, a stadium or something.. :-)

Stay well. (No real worries about too much coffee if you take it through a straw, is there?)

/Henke

Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

Reggie_Pole

Reggie_Pole said 101 days ago (August 16th, 2009)

Ambient listeners
Well, I didn't expect you and dava to approve of all this racket, not to try to pigeonhole either of you, of course. My privilege. Thanks for the compliment on the sounds. You'll be pleased to know that one of my future works has a cowbell part. I am jazzed. The straw. Yes, it's true. But it in no way impedes by daily consumption.

Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

Wummimann	Wummimann said 101 days ago (August 16th, 2009)
	Reggie what a production - the long intro, the Drums, rhytm changes are totally professional. i like the sound of your guitar with this strong sustain - is thtis only boss gt-8? you have created a special genre in music. reggie style. Great. Check out my latest song called Delusion

Reggie_Pole	Reggie_Pole said 100 days ago (August 17th, 2009)
	Hi, Wummimann Reggie style. Hmmm. Well, it's an acquired taste I suppose. Heh. Yeah, that's the GT-8. I have relied on it quite a bit. I still can't make good chunky power chord backing sounds like you do. I'll have to work on that. Thanks, friend. Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

lengold	lengold said 100 days ago (August 18th, 2009)
	Powerful Reggie, this is so good. Loving the composition, guitar tones, bass and especially the fantastic drums. Needs a bit of cowbell here and there though. Great stuff. Downloaded. Thanks. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

Reggie_Pole	Reggie_Pole said 97 days ago (August 21st, 2009)
	Mr. Len Hey, man, thanks for giving this a listen. Another bombastic effort from the desk of Reggie. Cowbell soon. Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

ste	ste said 99 days ago (August 18th, 2009)
	acid rock love that bassline. awesome. Check out my latest song called sweet potatoes

Reggie_Pole	Reggie_Pole said 97 days ago (August 21st, 2009)
	STE Glad you liked it. Only took three tracks! I really need to learn to play bass. It would sound soooo different. Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

Calchas	Calchas said 88 days ago (August 29th, 2009)
	I love the old Outer Limits series... And I love this trippy tuneage as well! Awesome beginning! As for the rest, I never knew coffee through a straw could be so sonically satisfying! Ha ha... Love your so-called "slipshod playing" throughout Duane. My fave tune by you so far dude! Be well friend! Check out my latest song called It's Not The Same

Reggie_Pole	Reggie_Pole said 76 days ago (September 10th, 2009)
	Mike Nice words. Thanks for stopping by. I'll be awaiting your return. Take care! Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

johnnyblues	johnnyblues said 80 days ago (September 6th, 2009)
	More Cowbell! Another excellent song. Has a "live" sound. Love the photo! Check out my latest song called The Other Side

Reggie_Pole	Reggie_Pole said 76 days ago (September 10th, 2009)
	Hey Johnny Yes, cowbell on the way. Thanks for dropping a comment, and I'm glad you liked the picture. That was a great TV series. Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

tonestones	tonestones said 80 days ago (September 7th, 2009)
	Foghorns! I have GOT to add this foghorn to my sonic arsenal. This is killer stuff! You such a great sound out of your guitar. You get a really rich, full sound out of LE7! Hard to believe. The controlled feedback is amazing. Check out my latest song called Damballa

Reggie_Pole	Reggie_Pole said 76 days ago (September 10th, 2009)
	I was wondering if anyone would comment on the foghorn sound. Glad you liked it. Your comments are mucho appreciated. Check out my latest song called Examination Dream

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