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all mesa boogie markIIb

it's my halloween song!!


heavy mark boogie tones, with some nice feedback sections with about 6 guitars going at once...


at IAC:

http://iacmusic.com/songs.aspx?SongID=79709&ArtistID=30211


or Nowhere radio:

http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album.php?aid=2302&alid=-1
or
http://tinyurl.com/yx5kqx

(download 320kbps mp3, or stream)



a new mix of this song-recorded a few years back.
with a new DAW is in the house, i thought i'd revisit this one.
i did some cool experimenting with the mix on this one, and i wanted to share it.


story:

it's a little ditty about 2 brothers and a lycanthrope.......

it's loosely based on the original wolfman movie, the one where larry talbot gets bitten by the werewolf, and
he see's the pentagram in his hand, and he knows he's fucked, so he goes to the old gypsy woman to try to be cured, and she basically tells him the only thing for him to do, is to kill himself...... what a bum deal...

anyway, these 2 brothers have been partying all night, both drunk as skunks, and one of them staggers out into the moor, and proceeds to meet his maker.

the remaining brother wants revenge, but is sober enough to figure out that he'd better get some ammunition first...
so he goes to see the gypsy-witch, to get some aconite (wolfsbane), and a spell here, and a prayer there, and thinks that he's well prepared, and so he goes out to the moor to get his revenge.



but that's not what he gets......



“The Payment”
Written by Robert F. Gilliland
c1999 Robert F. Gilliland


Nightime, on the moor
drank up all the mead
mist is in the air
full moon, did the deed.

never saw the evil...
that poor ole son of a *****
felt the claws that gripped his throat
yeah, he was dead without a twitch.

'it's your brother down on the moor,
with his head down at his feet!'

drink the aconite, tonight
toast the witches curse
pray to whoever you believe in
to pass over you the worst

it's your brother on the moor,
with his head down at his feet
and the debt has not been paid in full
will you, your maker, meet?

run into the moor
and see the evil eye
upon you cast a glance,
and the payment, it is nigh.






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yikes.....
20 listens, and not one comment...
wazup?

nobody in the halloween mood?

song's too heavy?
not heavy enough?
not enough blood?

really looking for mix and production comments.....
 
New LINK provided at IAC:

http://iacmusic.com/songs.aspx?SongID=79709&ArtistID=30211
 
elpelotero-
thanks for checking out the clip.

you know, when i was first mixing this, i had much more bite and high end in the rhythm guitars....
and i found that when i listened to the mix back, it was always harsh.

i've learned to mellow the guitars out a bit, so the elements i really want to stand out can do it, and it works well for high volume listening.

i mean, it's strictly an engineering decision--since i'm playing all the parts i have to kinda not think about the idea of being a guitar player first, and really satisfying just that want.......
 
Sounds good, although I can't hear the snare drum at all. But then again, they sound kinda fake, so I'm not going argue any further.

I really like the guitar tone, I think it's **** near perfect.
 
dwsabianguy

thanks for listening.

there's plenty of snare, at least, i can hear it...
but i know what you mean about the drums..
i like the timing, and the hits..
but i'd change the sound out, if i could.
it's too much trouble to try to fix what i've got (stereo track is all)

it'd be easier to just get some dude to lay down new tracks on the existing stuff...
 
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