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So the second week we recorded a load of improv stuff. but this week we actually thought a little about what we were going to play(sort of)

It's nothing amazing but I thought you could hear it as your my shortscale homeys

http://www.filedropper.com/--ste-039

have a gander.

the song is called ''my asshole tastes of yop'' I have just decided.

i see you've gone for the sclub7 form of song titles. I like Hurb, sounds good and as if you are having fun

I'll have a listen to this when i get home, my phone won't play it without shitting the bed.

lorez wrote:i see you've gone for the sclub7 form of song titles. I like Hurb, sounds good and as if you are having fun

It's not really called that, but I was drinking yop when I posted and thats how my mind works.

Tis very fun indeed, the question in my mind though is do we add a bass player to the mix? I sway either way i just cant decide. I don't really want to add another person to complicate things. but I also don't want to sound gash.

listening now, i don't think it particularly needs a bass player. sounds really good in a lot of places!

Cheers stew, thanks for checking it out. still not convinced on bass or lack there of.

here is a longer improvised bit from our second weeks practice if anyone is interested.


http://www.filedropper.com/--ste-043

i'll check this out tomorrow Hurb.

I was thinking about the need for adding more to this and wondered if there was anyway you could trigger some samples or other sequenced stuff. Otherwise I really like the rawness of drums and guitar, especially if you play with some lower tunings that could fill up some of the gap that might be filled by a bass player.

I could do, but I'm unsure I want to go that route as I have to take enough to practice as it is. and I am liable to trip over if I have samples to deal with.
I really want to get a boss digital delay though for short choppy samples.

The wobbly bass is kinda growing on me I think it sounds a little like an organ to my ears, I think I could maybe go down that route trying to emulate a organ for bass.

I seriously dig this. i love it when it goes off. octavey riff is well creepy.

I'll have a proper listen to this tomorrow when I'm back in work and have some time to myself but: really impressive, Hurb. Was really interested to listen to it, since this is sort of the kind of stuff I end up playing when I go to that improvised music workshop I go to. Don't reckon you need a bassist - liked the sub-octave stuff (how were you doing it - two amps?). What I most wanted to hear was what the balance between proper improvisation and (oh god, forgive me) motifs was (you know what I mean - semi-planned little sections you can drift back to if you wander). Great stuff. In a similar vein - have you listened to Warm Digits yet?

THEGREATJONZINI wrote:I seriously dig this. i love it when it goes off. octavey riff is well creepy.

Oh cheers mate, much appreciate the listen and comments.

maybe look at a looper as well as a DD Hurb then. I went to see Russian Circles recently was impressed watching him manage 3 loopers as well as his other pedals to create some amazing sounds. I know what you mean about managing everything all at once with samples/etc but I thought this might add another dimension. As I said I love the rawness of just guitar and drums on the 2 tracks

benecol wrote:I'll have a proper listen to this tomorrow when I'm back in work and have some time to myself but: really impressive, Hurb. Was really interested to listen to it, since this is sort of the kind of stuff I end up playing when I go to that improvised music workshop I go to. Don't reckon you need a bassist - liked the sub-octave stuff (how were you doing it - two amps?). What I most wanted to hear was what the balance between proper improvisation and (oh god, forgive me) motifs was (you know what I mean - semi-planned little sections you can drift back to if you wander). Great stuff. In a similar vein - have you listened to Warm Digits yet?

cheers, was two amps yeah. It was funny this week actually. I had to ask for a bass amp and the guy who runs the place(the same place that hosted the futureheads in there early days) couldnt figure out why I would need a bass amp. he looked confused and was like what are you gonna use that for??

I actually want to get into the song writing process now.

warm digits? not sure/

I fucking love Warm Digits lately - playing up your way soon (tomorrow?) too. Guitar and drums twosome.

Was just the star and shadow to see melt banana on Monday actually. wont be able to see them this week though. will check em out.

tim, liking the warm digits, thats similar to what I had in mind when i heard hurbs tunes but with a bit more rawness. now i need to explore more of this now

lorez wrote:maybe look at a looper as well as a DD Hurb then. I went to see Russian Circles recently was impressed watching him manage 3 loopers as well as his other pedals to create some amazing sounds. I know what you mean about managing everything all at once with samples/etc but I thought this might add another dimension. As I said I love the rawness of just guitar and drums on the 2 tracks

cheers mate missed this post. I have had loads of loopers in the past but I dunno I think the looper thing has been done to death and I was hoping to just keep things as simple as possible. I just have a rc-2 looper at the moment if I was going to loop anything I would loop the bass. I think. The only loops I want to do with my guitar is with my pds delay so I can change the speed and make it all garbley just for background noise I did that on one recording I will post that up tonight when I am back home. would really like the pds 8000 for this as 2 seconds of loop is limiting.

at the beginning of this recording is the pds not the best but will give you an idea of what I want from the pds style delay loopers.

http://www.filedropper.com/--ste-040_1

hmmm

sorry son, not had a chance to listen to those last two yet, been a busy weekend!