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Title: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: stoman on October 08, 2013, 02:57:55 PM

Time for a little bit of retro sound again! This lyric by Paul inspired me to try a 70s disco-ish song, and thanks to Mark and Andy it turned out quite nicely in the end.

Thanks everybody, and I hope you'll enjoy the listen!

Lyrics: Paul Dempsey
Vocals, Guitars: Mark A. Shrider
Bass: Andy Gupta
Music & Mix: Steffen Offermann

NIGHTFALL
(Paul Dempsey)

Sometimes you can be high
Sometimes you can be low
But you hustle the day
Just fitting in the flow

And when you got a woman
You need to satisfy
Sometimes you cheat
Sometimes you lie

Life can be so hard
It can drop you to your knees
It can make you crawl
Some days can be so long
You cry for nightfall
Cry for nightfall

And always you keep trying
Betting all the games
Hey your luck has gone south
But you’re sure it’s gonna change

Where under the cover of darkness
The pain will begin to ease
But you still got that woman
That needs to be pleased

Maybe hang out on the corner
Where anything goes
Where the boys play for keeps
And everyone knows
An insult will mess up your clothes

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: AndyG6508 on October 08, 2013, 03:28:24 PM

Hey Guys,

Thoroughly enjoyed this collaboration - done super fast too, just the way I like it.

Steffen - fantastic musical arrangement, got us all grooving the moment we heard it. Very nice choice of bed instrumentation.

Mark - you really brought it up several nothces with your guitars, and a really good vocal.

Paul - another fabulous piece of writing, I can imagine Steffen being instantly inspired to write this music once he looked at your lyric. I really like the line "an insult can mess up your clothes"!!

Thanks for letting me play.

Andy

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: rightonthemark on October 08, 2013, 04:43:52 PM

nice to see another collab done.
it's funny that this stuff is so out of my element but i like taking these kinds of tunes and kicking them up a notch with a hard rock guitar and vocal.
to me that's the beauty of collabing...combining styles that might not otherwise find their way together.
plus i find Steffen's material usually easy to grasp and find the pocket to play in.
 and of course Paul's lyrics are always top notch.
and there's Andy laying down the groove.
i think it turned out quite well.
thanks for letting me be a part.

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: PVD on October 09, 2013, 11:41:51 AM

Guys:

Tks for giving this one a chance, it turned out well, I really like the the chorus.  Mark you done well on this, maybe out of your zone, but it works well.

Paul

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: Billy on October 10, 2013, 01:51:42 AM

Sort of Black Sabbath go disco.  ;D

Strange blend but I like it. Nice one, guys.

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: stoman on October 10, 2013, 09:53:57 AM

Thanks, Billy!

Yes, it's an unusal combination, but it seems to work. I was originally looking for a typical 70s wah guitar, but I never said that explicitly, so this is what became of it. :)

Thanks again to Paul, Andy and Mark!

Regards,
  Steffen

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: Zax on October 26, 2013, 11:09:35 PM

Wow... This one didn't take long to complete.

Great job by all!!

Mark... your guitar work sort of reminds me of Mark Knopfler in spots (compliment).

Frank

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: gbm on October 27, 2013, 03:58:15 AM

Just heard this on Mark's youtube channel, nicely done, good song, the vocals and guitars make the song!!

cool!!

G

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: stoman on October 27, 2013, 05:32:06 AM

Thanks for listening, Frank and Gary!

Quote from: gbm on October 27, 2013, 03:58:15 AM

Just heard this on Mark's youtube channel

Mark has a YouTube channel?

... just had a look - there is nothing on that channel. Where did you find it, Gary?

Regards
  Steffen

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: gbm on October 27, 2013, 06:49:17 AM

Steffen

http://www.youtube.com/user/rightonthemark1/videos

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: Paulo on October 27, 2013, 07:02:47 AM

Oh!!! Nice combination  ;D

Yeh, the guitar sounds like "Money ain't for nothing" in some spots.

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: Tricia41 on October 31, 2013, 07:00:15 AM

Really cool! I love the beat, the guitars, lyrics, melody . Everything works great!
The bass had me tapping fright away! Great job everyone!

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: AndyG6508 on October 31, 2013, 07:40:47 AM

Thanks Tricia, it was new style for me to learn and play! And its cool it worked to scare the ghosts away.

Quote from: Tricia41 on October 31, 2013, 07:00:15 AM

The bass had me tapping fright away! Great job everyone!

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: rightonthemark on October 31, 2013, 04:59:50 PM

thanks for the listen & compliments.
it's a lot of fun pushing myself to do tunes outside my comfort zone --- even if that means i have to drag it into the hard rock realm.
\m/

Title: Re: Nightfall - 70s disco style with PVD, ROTM, AndyG and Stoman
Post by: CosmicDolphin on December 14, 2013, 01:18:45 PM

I think you invented a new sub-genre  ;D

it works though, quite a catchy little number

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