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Hi all
I've got a (very very) rough demo of a track I'm working on with a poet who wants to do a shouty, punky track.
I've cobbled together a riff and he's shouted some placeholder words into his iPhone, so I've stuck them together and put this one minute of song together. (I've nicked some temporary drums from Arctic Monkeys).
He says he wants it to go a bit mental and heavy with the guitars at the end of what I've got so far, but it's not really my genre. Any advice on where I could go with it?
Cheers
J
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What does he have planned for the vocals for the heavy part? If I'm thinking of angsty songs that are heavy then it's the vocals/drums that usually make it heavy.
As for going a bit mental well you could go with Pixies/ Frank Carter/Slaves for a punk vibe and it would fit well. I'm guessing he doesn't want you to suddenly turn it into a Slayer track which would also be mental and heavy
I'd say you want to get some more electronic / sound design elements in there. If you just go for a 'realistic' drums + bass + guitar vibe it could end up sounding a bit tame or dated next to contemporary stuff like Sleaford Mods or whatever.
Is it recorded to a click and do you have stems for it?
I'd be up for doing some electronic farting about with it if you fancy a remix?
Thanks @RichAC So the first one verse might have nothing more than what's there now, but the second time the riff finishes into the second verse, more guitar comes in, and so on? Or do you mean the riff would get more layers too? Sorry for the basic questions, but I haven't written many songs so need things explained at the idiot level!
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Cheers John, wish there was some way of hearing what's inside other people's heads. It's so hard talking about musical ideas sometimes, isn't it? It's like we don't have the language to get things across in words. I'll try to find something...
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Actually, Sleaford Mods is probably a good reference point. I don't know much of their stuff, but it definitely fits with my mate's kind of style
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Yeah, it's to a click, and electronic farts might be just the ticket. At the moment both the guitar and vocal are rough, but certainly happy to send you the stems of what we have so far if you fancy a noodle around.
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Telecaster American Deluxe, Cornell Romany amp, without the talent to use them properly
Sally I've got far too much on just now or I would have asked for the stems too. Look forward to hearing it when you eventually get it finished
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Currently sounding like some kind of Kasabian B side.
Hopefully that won't offend your musical taste
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Telecaster American Deluxe, Cornell Romany amp, without the talent to use them properly
It made me think of Rage Against the Machine - where Morello's guitar often ends up crescendoing with what are effectively electrical fart type noises. Ashes in the Fall around 2.40 mark has a cool melt down.
Not so much practical recommendation as a potential source of inspiration?
Thanks! Love them, so will dig out that track and have a listen
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There you go.
A bit of pissing about in the style of some kind of electro lad rock a la Kasabian.
Did a V2 with some sample mangling:
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