What do you sound like on Nu-ILX?

recorded a song with my gf when we were snowed in today (she did the vocals & silly noises, i put it together & did the drums)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFy3V4MHhUg

Started working on a pair of tracks this weekend:

Here
and here

Good to see a canister of Tony's on the kitchen counter in your video, Jordan.

Here are some of my results from NaSoAlMo

that was from my po' boy party :D

my band released a new record (our 8th) last weekend, but it's not available online yet. the title track "w3 make 'em say ooh" is streaming here, and there are a couple more on our myspace:

http://www.1055triplem.com/pages/5750418.php#m

wow! sounds really good! i like the live-sounding recording, especially with the vocals

thanks, we were pretty dirty about the recording, all in the same room with mics in the middle for the most part. no close mic'ing except for the bass drum & sousaphone.

new music!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/txc29o

"Head Fulla Hate"

Immersed in some old (OLD) vinyl

http://automating.bandcamp.com/track/shands-down

Great track Crutis! (i think you should turn up the vox, though)

That's a nice strict tempo Cosmic. Kinda reminds me of that 16 Bitch Pileup vinyl noize thing.

My friend Clementine and I made this: Merry Xmas IMM!

"Head Fulla Hate"

I really like this, but there's too much reverb on the vocals. I was walking about the place a few days ago singing "fuck around fuck around" to myself like a loony.

I cannot resist using delay on vocals tbh

Gah Rob is like that too, he reverbs the feck out of everything. My vocals on one of his tracks sound like I fell down a well, and now I'm paranoid they're buried thus because I sing like shit.

My singing voice is probably the weakest part of my music. I've used and mis-used loads of tricks and techniques to make vocals less cringe-making to listen to: reverb, echo, double tracking, using funny voices, setting the vocal track volume low in the mix. But over the past year I've intentionally cut back on these and grit my teeth and gone "aaaargghgh" while mixing, because although it sounds terrible, after a few weeks when I listen to the song again, it's not as bad as I remember.

Yeah its that old "hate the sound of yr own voice" thing innit? I've sung in things on and off for years and I cannot shake disliking the tone of my vocals even though I'm a reasonably ok (if not strong) singer.

I released a new EP today. It's called Labyrinths. You can stream, download at your own price, or order the CD here:

http://sg-and-the-ae.bandcamp.com

P.S. This bandcamp site is really nice.

Bandcamp is great isnt it?

It is totally great. Their FAQ is hilarious too. I loved this entry:

My band is already on MySpace, Virb, iMeem, Fuzz, ReverbNation, Fairtilizer, Pistachio Nut, Red Pistachio Nut, and Natural, All Natural White Pistachio Nut. Why should we bother with Bandcamp too?

Ruxak & Shaedo - Fag Break

Made this with a friend ages ago as part of a bigger track. It got accidentally opened and played at completel the wrong speed the other day and we preferred it like that, so here it is

My submission to the excellent http://newweirdaustralia.com/ series.

here: http://automating.bandcamp.com/track/when-use-becomes-abuse-2

drone

Sorry to keep spamming my other half's stuff instead of anything of my own, but this is pretty damn good. If you like electro, 8bit and kraut, you will love this:

http://pselodux.bandcamp.com/

City Fighter Jacky in Poke World. The title (and some of the track titles) came from this bizarre plug-in controller for the TV we bought from a $2 type store that had computer games built into it. Every single one's name was typoed or misspelt, and most of them didn't work.

Listening to CFJiPW - some really groovy stuff in there! I'm just picking tracks at random but I love "Rescue Kuck," especially the twirly Last Ninja synth that comes in at 0:45.

Also digging the St3v3 G01db3rg material - I'm generally iffy on this kind of organic-instrument, vaguely Elephant-Sixy stuff, but the tunes are good and the mixes have a nice feel, not too home-made but not too precise and cleaned-up.

Sweet cover art too. Actually, everything I'm checking out from this thread has pretty cool art! Like, the Rooftop Access album isn't my kind of thing* but I love the cover.

* - to be fair, it probably would be if it was just on in the background, but when I'm clicking individual tracks on the internet I get impatient and want things to be happening that I can sing along to. I am a simple man.

Thanks very much, Doctor.

the first fruits of a collaboration between frequent thread poster S- and my good (ha!) self

VI

lately I've been producing and beat making for various local rappers...this one is particularly whacky - the MC is Sargon and this is his diatribe about Gary Puckett (& the Union Gap):

http://www.sendspace.com/file/d0wftt

http://dickdestiny.com/blog1/2010/02/09/funky-rock-n-roll-needle-and-spoon/

New album drops tomorrow.

Have a track to download for free! Bass programming by electricsound.

http://www.last.fm/music/Spitfire+Parade/Death+On+The+Eastern/Seconds

http://www.myspace.com/herecomethetransients

They're rough as hell rehearsal tracks, but all we have right now.

Live in Sydney in January:

http://automating.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-sedition-16-january-2010

Video of a small part:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi-vbs3mnJo

(warning pretty much all arse shots)

"The Pencil"
http://www.sendspace.com/file/yodnkp

"Let Go"
http://www.sendspace.com/file/j91h2d

hey, i played on this singer/violinist's record, the first track is up here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ida-Jo/176029030736?ref=ts

it's by far the best recorded drum sound i've ever gotten, thanks to the gear/expertise at sm@rt studios (which unfortunately is closing in like a week).

my latest jam, kind of a departure from what i usually do

http://soundcloud.com/matthewmathieu/rotting-in-the-san-antonio-sun

i like it!

yeah thats fuckin dope man

good drumming, jordan

thanks! the best part is that i got the drum tracks from the session, so i can sample myself and use those good sounds for my record.

http://www.myspace.com/clonefeed

new-ish song called "sawbone"

I just had to get a bandcamp page. Very lovely.

http://danielfridholm.bandcamp.com/

sounds really good

yeah, into it

playing drums for a friend's band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4MPTohKLw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiGXfgGsPwY

This is a not very well produced old track I did of me doing the opening to Bohemian Rhapsody (all my voices)....

http://www.angelfire.com/band2/slayerrobfl/

The other two tracks are a pisstake of Witchcraft, a doowop song I wrote called "I Hate You, Bitch"....and played guitar and did backing vocals on. all very rough, keep in mind.

Bohemian Rhapsody sounds badass. Do the rest!

lol thanks. part of the reason I didn't go further is that I'm a baritone and can't really sing Mercury's solo part. I also have switched computers and need a new (re: PIRATED) version of CoolEditPro.

You might want to try REAPER - one of the included plug-ins is a pitch shifter that can be accurately set for cents/semitones/octaves.

thanks for the tip. I got pretty good at pitchshifting on CoolEdit actually but I always sounded like a chipmunk. what I usually did was lower the backing music a few steps instead, sing over it in a range I can do, then undo the key lowering of the backing music and pitchshift the vocal up a few.

I made a really weird cover of "Never Gonna Let You Go" by Sergio Mendes that way....which I don't have anymore.

I recently did a piece for my electronic music class based on W. S. Burroughs' cut-up-technique (actually not his original idea but he's who tuned me in to it). I recorded a piano track to 1/4 in. tape and cut it to pieces and reassembled it.

Hope you enjoy it:

Cut Up Technique