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Drug-Free Tree House

By ViridianLoom on May 22, 2022 10:04 pm

Ran out of time unfortunately but I was attempting to do some vocals on this track. But alas, I suck, and couldn't get them to sit right or sound good (me, I'm bad) in the mix without ultimately ruining the song so I'm opting to just kick them out so the song stays dope as fuck and not ass.

This is supposed to be my take on a summer time song about hanging out in a tree house, listening to records, playing dungeons and dragons, whatever. The drug free part is an in-joke with my girlfriend and it was supposed to be humorous and dumb.

I'll share the lyrics here too.

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I love how heavy and rocking this one is. That intro comes in and just smacks you in the face. The synth melody is nice too. I love the lyrics; great concept for a song! The guitars and bass sound so good. I love how this song keeps getting funkier and funkier after the 2:50ish mark. Like wow that bass! And then it goes doom/black metal! And then back to prog rock groovy goodness! This is awesome!

very cool composition and guitar work! I also like the mix. love that it has so many sections! can't blame you for not doing the singing too, must have taken you ages to make this big_smile

Do friends and family get to hear the vocalized version? You definitely don't suck.

The bass really fits great in here. Also I think you did a great job on the drums. Fills in the first minute or so complement the guitars well. You establish strong groove, esp considering part of this is in 11/8.

blighters_rock wrote:

Do friends and family get to hear the vocalized version? You definitely don't suck.

The bass really fits great in here. Also I think you did a great job on the drums. Fills in the first minute or so complement the guitars well. You establish strong groove, esp considering part of this is in 11/8.

*sigh* yeah I'll go ahead and upload a version of the song on youtube with the vocal parts and then ping you when its done. Thanks for the comment on the bass, fun little fact I didn't mention in the description is that 2:50 bassline is the first slap bass part I've ever written. And I was pretty happy with how the drums came out in general, I'm getting a slightly better ear and feel for it now that I've been under the weeklybeats gun.

The bass is perfect: great playing, but the mixing is excellent (section containing 1:23 and the way it sits PERFECTLY under the faster guitar playing (again, the more clashy bits 2:17 or so specifically impress.) Really partial to the ending section in particular, but this is exceptional work.

The main riff feels like driving a muscle car - lots of energy and rawness. I love the energy in the track with this riff. The breaks with the cool guitar lines and the funky bass is really nice. Awesome quality!

This is really more of a basement jam if you ask me, it rocks too hard for treehouse
- Ebrit

It is just us weekly beaters... you could have sent the track with your vocals on it! smile I even send some tracks with my vocals and god knows I have no clue about what I am doing when I sing.

There is loads of cool riffage action, funky time signature, cool tones. Like the multiple different sections on the track. Very clean playing too.

Rock!

The guitars kick ass! Great summertime vibe in that intro melody. I bet this will sound great with your vocals given the proper time to produce them.  I can see why you would run out of time.  The instrumental tracks are super well crafted and detailed. I like how it shifts from surfy, to metal, jazzy, and all sorts of styles.

thank you for this straight edge anthem!  post the vocal version one of these weeks!

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