Musicians Collaboration Studio
Virtual Music Studio => Finished Works => Topic started by: canuk62 on March 22, 2009, 01:13:02 PM
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Here's the latest tune to emerge from the Cool Beyond Zero dungeon. More or less the softer side of what the boys are churning out...just a simple storyline based on something all of us will have to deal with at some point in our lives, and a tribute to all the moms out there. Hope you you enjoy it! :)
Marc
Steve McAndrew-Vocals/Guitars
Jay Schankman-Keyboards
Todd Vierra-Drums/Percussion
Marc Traynor-Bass/Harmonica
Mamas' Dream-Traynor-2008
It's been an all night flight, rushing back to my home town
Sister made the call, Mama won't last long/better hurry-up and come around
Staring out the window at the starry sky,collecting my thoughts as the hours go by
Thinking back to the times in those growing years in that old neighbour hood of mine,
and all those childhood dreams..
Mama worked real hard, to feed and raise-up the klan,
After Papa never returned from fighting the war in Vietnam
Working 2 or 3 jobs in the night and day, their only family was an ocean away,
But she always found the time to clean a skinned knee and wipe the tears away
Growing-up on the East side was sometimes hard,
Never really had too much we could call our own,
But Mama always taught us kids to know, to cherish those things that really mattered the most,along with lots of love, another thing that we had plenty...man we had alot of dreams
I'll soon be on my way, we burried Mama today,
she gave the grandkids a smile then the angels took here home to a better place,
Her and Papa left their home back in Belfast town, to follow their dreams and build a future around this family, and now they're both looking down with angelic grace
Little brother had a plan-now he's flying freighters for Uncle Sam,
Sisters living on a farm with a brood of kids and a loving man
You could tell the satisfaction by the look in her eyes-her and Papa's dreams had materialized,Mama died with a smile and her heart was filled with a mothers' pride
Mamas' life wasn't easy...she worked real hard
Raising-up this family...had to fight alone
But in the end Mama took a last look around, with her grankids playing-jumping up and down,
And at that moment there's one thing that I'm certain,
Mama realized her dream.
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Great song guys!! Key changes are cool!
Jay
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Really nice :)
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Thanks HDA and Paulo :) :)
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Thanks guys...next one cued-up is a nasty ear-splitting excersise in heaviness >:D
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Great song, and in case you didn't know its Mothers Day today in Ireland and the UK :) A great song for all Mothers, especially one from "Belfast Town".
love it
Bobby
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Thank's to all ;)
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Great song guys...you done a real nice job of it Marc :)
CD
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Great song guys...you done a real nice job of it Marc :)
CD
Thanks bro :) Doesn't sound like it, but between Todd and Steve, think this is another one of those 8gb 5 minute 30 plus trackers...during the mix,was getting warnings from my Intel monitoring program (for the cpu) my processor was running at dangerously hot levels...wound up bolting this big monstrous-looking manifold/massive fan to the thing...now have to run it with the side panel off as it won't fit now..sticks out an inch or so wider! ;D ;D ;D As long as my daughter doesn't erronously stick her foot inside there when she's using it, should be OK now! :D
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Song sounds great...really great job on this song...the mix sounds fantastic.
Love the backup vocals.
who did the mix and was this song recorded using digital DAW...it almost sounds to warm to be digital.
This song has a "Dr hook" or perhaps "Trooper" vibe to it.
I love Dr Hook and Trooper... 8)
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Hey Guys,
Great listen!!
Love the harp intro!! And a great vocal....
To my mind, has got a Stone'sy 1971-1972/Southern Rock vibe to it, with an underpinning of "I'd rather go blind" at places.
Great mix as well, vox, guitars, piano, bass and drums nicely balanced with a warm sound throughout.
Good to hear another tune from CBZ.
All the best
Andy
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Thanks guys :) When I was originally humming it in my head (how I write everything really), kind of heard a bit of a motown-ish kind of vibe. I tracked the original demo just with the drum machine, bass (and I think) acoustic....had to basically let Steve know the vibe I had in mind (verbally)..kind of a "Little Wing" type of chordings (which I wouldn't have a clue on how to play ::)) and he immediately knew what I was talking about, just took the ball and ran with it. ;D
In this one (think my second mix?) I used to a great extent tape saturation VST's to give it a warmer sound (adds natural analogue type clipping) and less "prestine" (or harsh) digital sound..there's lots of clipping, but in the anolgue sense, makes everything gel together IMO anyway ;D, although to be honest, this one pretty well just mixed itself really...guess we're getting the hang of it or something.Also Todd is using a boatload of API pre's on the drums, so I don't mess with his tracks much either, a touch of eq and thats about it (and some more tape saturationm especially on the kick and snare :D).
Later!
Marc
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Congratulation! A song for the mothers and for the heart. Great!
Everytime when I listen to your songs I'm wondering how good you all play and sing together, like a real band.
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thanks for the tape saturation VST comment marc...I know you dont want to give away any trade secrets however I will take what i can get.
All I can say is the tune is good and it has the 70's sound written all over it.
I couldnt write a modern song if it killed me however I will take a 70's sounding song any day of the week.
Even the guys who wrote good tunes in the 70's cant do it anymore so my hat is off to you bro.
Excellent work.
im also learning a lot just by listening to the songs your doing...the guitar tracks are intersting...they have a wobble "rolling Stones" thing going on that really works in the recording...something i need to work on myself...its more of a ying and yang type of thing...complementary opposites within a greater whole.
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Thanks guys :) The people singing together so well, and the ying and yang are all Steve BTW ;D ;D ;D
As with the retro thing, it's nothing really intentional or anything like that...like Lenny Kravitz or whatever using that as a marketing tool or whatever (fake)....usually just write or play the kind of stuff I (we) like (thats why we're jamming here and not on the Billboard 100! ;D), which happens to be in that late 60's-mid-70's period I guess...which (IMO) was the pinnacle of rock. Just thinking that, in the mid-50's, R&R was do-wop and Rockablilly...shoot ahead just 10 years, and you had Revolver & Sgt.Pepper from the Beatles, Hendrix, Cream, Stones, Purple,Bob Marley (OK, he's reggae!),Floyd and Zeppelin & Cooper coming on board with all those super groups. Think about whats evolved in the 40 years (!) since then..hmmm....U2, Duran Duran,Nirvana ,G&R...not a hell of alot really! (you can dance to some of it, thats about it) ;D ;D ;D
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. Think about whats evolved in the 40 years (!) since then..hmmm....U2, Duran Duran,Nirvana ,G&R...not a hell of alot really! (you can dance to some of it, thats about it) ;D ;D ;D
Great Rock didn't end in the 70's ! ;D
The Ramones
Pearl Jam
Pixies
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Joy Division
New Order
Soundgarden
Manic St Preachers
Radiohead
Snow Patrol
Oasis
REM
Ash
Foo Fighters
Green day
Kings of Leon
White Stripes
...and those are just the ones on my IPOD !
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. Think about whats evolved in the 40 years (!) since then..hmmm....U2, Duran Duran,Nirvana ,G&R...not a hell of alot really! (you can dance to some of it, thats about it) ;D ;D ;D
Great Rock didn't end in the 70's ! ;D
The Ramones
Pearl Jam
Pixies
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Joy Division
New Order
Soundgarden
Manic St Preachers
Radiohead
Snow Patrol
Oasis
REM
Ash
Foo Fighters
Green day
Kings of Leon
White Stripes
...and those are just the ones on my IPOD !
Not putting down those bands you mentioned because everyone has different tastes in regards to music however being a guitar player who plays lead guitar and wants to hear lead guitar those bands you mentioned dont really do it for me.
To be honest i have not liked any bands since the 80's and even most of the stuff in the 80's was a bit cheesy.
The 50's 60's and 70's are the decades I like in regards to bands and music...70's is probably the most experimental time in regards to music so im going to have to say that was my favorite decade for music.
i have not bought any music since the 80's...I have not heard a band I liked since...:D
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. Think about whats evolved in the 40 years (!) since then..hmmm....U2, Duran Duran,Nirvana ,G&R...not a hell of alot really! (you can dance to some of it, thats about it) ;D ;D ;D
i have not bought any music since the 80's...I have not heard a band I liked since...:D
That's a real shame !
I'm sure you'd find something you liked from all the records released in the past 20 years !
CD
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Sweet song. :)
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Thanks Tricia, Mark, Vincent, Soulfrontier, Andy, and Bobby, glad you like :) :) :)
Marc, Todd (& Jay) thanks for making it happen :) :)
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Thanks Tricia..I just LOVE getting people riled up here ;D ;D...especially Mark just goes nuts when I get on my sooapbox...especially his "pet" bands like Oasis! ;D (I call it British Toxic waste! ;D)(and I am placing the first U2 album and early Police under the umbrella of the "old" guard ;D) I do still buy some music, but it's usually Canadian bands (ie. Tragically Hip)who are extremely original. There WAS a faint glimmer of hope, when I thought the "alternative" movement gave a real kick to the music industry, lead by Cobain, Soundgarden,Alice in Chains, (FIRST Pearl Jam album..the rest stank, one trick pony) and the like...but as soon as Cobain expired (inevitable), the rest either got bloated by success, burned out or just faded away into obscurity within 2 years or so...then everything went back to where it was, just re-recording the same stuff. Really, though, all I was saying was that, from the 50's to early 70's, (rock) music went through a very dramatic and exciting period of creativity and re-invented itself into an art form..then hit a brick wall in the mid to late 70's, and has been stalled ever since.
I was about to take back a comment on the Chilli Peppers, then heard a big hit today...then it was like "hey, that verse is ripped from a Hendrix song", then they hit the chorus "Hey, thats ripped from the Beatles"..just re-writing and mixing different covers to make 1 tune. I'm not saying I'm any better, but not making millions like these people, so I can ripp off anyone I please..it's a hobby! ;D ;D
Later!
Marc
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I rip off singers all the time too! ;D There are only so many notes to play/sing in the scale right? ;D
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Thanks Tricia..I just LOVE getting people riled up here ;D ;D...especially Mark just goes nuts when I get on my sooapbox...especially his "pet" bands like Oasis! ;D
I'm not a massive Oasis fan, but their debut album was fantastic.
I prefer Snow Patrol and they were awesome live a couple of week ago.....you don't have to live totally in the past ! ;D ...I'm only 7 yrs younger than you..not 27yrs
CD
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Thanks Tricia..I just LOVE getting people riled up here ;D ;D...especially Mark just goes nuts when I get on my sooapbox...especially his "pet" bands like Oasis! ;D
I'm not a massive Oasis fan, but their debut album was fantastic.
I prefer Snow Patrol and they were awesome live a couple of week ago.....you don't have to live totally in the past ! ;D ...I'm only 7 yrs younger than you..not 27yrs
CD
;D ;D ;D Not totally in the past..generally my tastes are little more on the aggressive side...I LIKE these guys...think I'm the only dad in kids crowd when they walk in, THESE guys are cranking! ;D ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlG9R944Z1Y
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Hey Marc,
and I thought that you are a big fan of all the terrible stuff from the eighties?
Hey CD,
I agree with vincent and Marc. Just listen to the old heros and you will know what I mean. Oasis is terrible, I cannot listen to their songs, it hurts :-) I hear a lot british bands in the radio this "brit Pop" stuff. They all are only very bad copys from the good old Kinks and the Beatles. Terrible!
U2 was great in the beginning, now they are only a shadow of their own. And Bono seems to be a great pretender :-).
Hehe, its a question of taste and age.
so long
sf
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Hey CD,
I agree with vincent and Marc. Just listen to the old heros and you will know what I mean. Oasis is terrible, I cannot listen to their songs, it hurts :-)
That's ok Holger...I uphold your right to be wrong ;D
Lots of great music in all decades, it's only your taste that hasn't moved on ;)
CD
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Hey Marc,
and I thought that you are a big fan of all the terrible stuff from the eighties?
Hey CD,
I agree with vincent and Marc. Just listen to the old heros and you will know what I mean. Oasis is terrible, I cannot listen to their songs, it hurts :-) I hear a lot british bands in the radio this "brit Pop" stuff. They all are only very bad copys from the good old Kinks and the Beatles. Terrible!
U2 was great in the beginning, now they are only a shadow of their own. And Bono seems to be a great pretender :-).
Hehe, its a question of taste and age.
so long
sf
You've read my mind exactly Holger..just explained it better than I could...although we live in 2 different continents and cultures, we're exactly on the same page with that. ;D ;D There ARE some bands today that have a very original sound and attitude. I'm Canadian so of course I pump the Canuks. Go check out "The Tragically Hip"...you either get it, or you don't (they have a studio about 2 hours from here, in a converted 150 year old farmhouse in the country..do all their recording there, got a bunkhouse upstairs...Bob Rock has to jump on a plane from LA and mix there, they absolutely refuse to be a part of that world..really mellow down-to-earth guys who can record anywhere, but don't.). When people think of Canadian" bands, they think of Nickleback, Bryan Adams, Alanis (who grew up 10 houses away from me)..but the Hip are the real royalty here, the rest are just cashing in on the biz and making their mega fortunes, but these guys will be 60 and still doing what they do, they aren't a gimmick (AND they blow away anything that has come out the UK in about 2 or 3 decades BTW Mark..take that! ;D ;D)
Later!
Marc
http://www.youtube.com/user/thetragicallyhip?blend=3&ob=4
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That's ok Holger...I uphold your right to be wrong ;D
Lots of great music in all decades, it's only your taste that hasn't moved on ;)
CD
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you can call me T.Rex ;D ;D ;D
Hey Marc
thx for the link, great music! I listened to a few of their songs. Not so bad! ;)
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Hey Marc,
and I thought that you are a big fan of all the terrible stuff from the eighties?
Hey CD,
I agree with vincent and Marc. Just listen to the old heros and you will know what I mean. Oasis is terrible, I cannot listen to their songs, it hurts :-) I hear a lot british bands in the radio this "brit Pop" stuff. They all are only very bad copys from the good old Kinks and the Beatles. Terrible!
U2 was great in the beginning, now they are only a shadow of their own. And Bono seems to be a great pretender :-).
Hehe, its a question of taste and age.
so long
sf
(AND they blow away anything that has come out the UK in about 2 or 3 decades BTW Mark..take that! ;D ;D)
Later!
Marc
Take That...?..went off 'em when Robbie left mate ;D
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You gotta show a little patience Mark >:D >:D
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You gotta show a little patience Mark >:D >:D
I'm back for Good now 8)
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Hey Marc,
and I thought that you are a big fan of all the terrible stuff from the eighties?
Hey CD,
I agree with vincent and Marc. Just listen to the old heros and you will know what I mean. Oasis is terrible, I cannot listen to their songs, it hurts :-) I hear a lot british bands in the radio this "brit Pop" stuff. They all are only very bad copys from the good old Kinks and the Beatles. Terrible!
U2 was great in the beginning, now they are only a shadow of their own. And Bono seems to be a great pretender :-).
Hehe, its a question of taste and age.
so long
sf
(AND they blow away anything that has come out the UK in about 2 or 3 decades BTW Mark..take that! ;D ;D)
Later!
Marc
Take That...?..went off 'em when Robbie left mate ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D Naw Steve, just like poking Mark in the ribs there..all in good fun! >:D >:D
"Take That"...think I saw a clip of them once somewhere...were they really a band? I thought it was a Monty Python parody (kind of like the Ruttles) about a couple gay hardressers starting a band or something like that..they were real? Wow..learn new things everyday! ;D ;D
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I knew you were having a laugh Marc. :)
Two song titles by Take That are -
Patience
and
Back For Good
We were having a laugh too!! >:D >:D
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I knew you were having a laugh Marc. :)
Two song titles by Take That are -
Patience
and
Back For Good
We were having a laugh too!! >:D >:D
I only do that in public with Mark..our offline chats are quite boring and technical ;D
BTW I do know who those guys are, as they do play them in Canada..the Canadian girls have a fetish for the Brits I guess more than they do with Yanks....Prince Harry can relate to that, he's nailed more Canadian girls when he trains here than all the rock stars combined, makes Mick Jagger (in his prime) look like a Monk! ;D ;D ;D (Harry for King! Harry for King! >:D)
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Hey Marc, you'd have to "get rid" of Charles and William first....Harry is 3rd in line to the throne I believe.
Another fine song gentlemen. I was expecting a Neil Young vocal at the start with that warm harmonica intro but even better with Steve giving a very polished performance....you know this stuff is very listenable and I certainly enjoyed my listen. I've put it on my mp3 player and I didn't even pay anything......decent music for nothing....I love this site. :)
Billy.
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Thanks Billy :) Yeah, who's going to pay for all the commercial garbage out there when you have this place ;D It does really make you scratch you head on how and why most stuff out there is being pushed, it's all about image and packaging I guess as it's always been ???...pretty sure the decision makers in the music industry probably never played a lick in their lives, like the Simon character on Idol ;D
I'm pretty sure the queen will live to 125 before giving the keys of the castle to that Charles moron who married that old camel (i'm amazed how handsome his kids are...thankfully they got some decent looking genes back in that pool from Diana! ;D)...and the youngest is a bit of a nutbar who'll get nailed in a bar brawl or step on a mine before being a contender...William doesn't do anything...he's the "good" one.. so he'll make it I'm sure! :)
Later!
Marc
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Great song and performance!
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Great song and performance!
Thanks Henry :)