Really like the vocal "ah" synth you have going on. For me, the song really takes off around 2:30 when that synth comes in. It's got this cool sludgy groove, with that heavenly synth sound on top that makes me feel like I'm getting resurrected. I really dig where it cuts out to just that synth, but then when the guitars come back, the rhythmic pattern you use hits really hard. The 3:30 guitar solo sounds good, but it's too quiet in the mix! Glad you're back in the groove.

Also, I second all the good things you say about RC-20. Such a cool plugin. I'm gonna need to try the ozone mastering thing. I usually just put Logic's master bus "Rock" preset on.

Really like the vocal "ah" synth you have going on. For me, the song really takes off around 2:30 when that synth comes in. It's got this cool sludgy groove, with that heavenly synth sound on top that makes me feel like I'm getting resurrected. I really dig where it cuts out to just that synth, but then when the guitars come back, the rhythmic pattern you use hits really hard. The 3:30 guitar solo sounds good, but it's too quiet in the mix! Glad you're back in the groove. Also, I second all the good things you say about RC-20. Such a cool plugin. I'm gonna need to try the ozone mastering thing. I usually just put Logic's master bus "Rock" preset on.

Solid track. I do like your guitars tone, I didn't know you are using virtual amps. I use most of the time Reaper too... Good job.

Solid track. I do like your guitars tone, I didn't know you are using virtual amps. I use most of the time Reaper too... Good job.

Rockin' track!

Rockin' track! [url="http://www.instagram.com/yourholybuddy"][img]https://media0.giphy.com/media/3ov9jScWmv8WqHtVkY/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47k3hqbpbggk4jbj5sha4xyc7qfbscbqpy82qpe8zv&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g[/img][/url]

I enjoy reading the backstory of a track - it was interesting to see how you approached the creation of this track. The drums are great, super interesting and sophisticated. It sounds like it may have taken a lot of time to program this?

The arrangement seems pretty complex, how do you go about composing these? Do you have things like "riff A, B, C, D, E" and then move them around? Is it more fluid than that? As this is quite proggy, i am wondering how you do it.

I enjoy reading the backstory of a track - it was interesting to see how you approached the creation of this track. The drums are great, super interesting and sophisticated. It sounds like it may have taken a lot of time to program this? The arrangement seems pretty complex, how do you go about composing these? Do you have things like "riff A, B, C, D, E" and then move them around? Is it more fluid than that? As this is quite proggy, i am wondering how you do it.

I can definitely hear your extensive work you had with this song. It is full and rich sounding and I can hear every detail in the mix clearly. Musically great heavy-psych-rock and a freaking good solo at the end. WOW.

I can definitely hear your extensive work you had with this song. It is full and rich sounding and I can hear every detail in the mix clearly. Musically great heavy-psych-rock and a freaking good solo at the end. WOW.

Not a huge loss on the vocals with a synth like this.

Not a huge loss on the vocals with a synth like this.

Really like the section from 1.50 as the track really comes together there with a strong melody. The dynamic change was welcomed later too.  A lot of the times, less gain does sound better.  Even for the heavy stuff. 

Really like the section from 1.50 as the track really comes together there with a strong melody. The dynamic change was welcomed later too. A lot of the times, less gain does sound better. Even for the heavy stuff. :)

Whoa, are those choral stabs at ~2:40? Whatever they are, they really spice up the track! Love how this one turned out.

Whoa, are those choral stabs at ~2:40? Whatever they are, they really spice up the track! Love how this one turned out. :D

Wow, you did this in a week?  Writing the drum part alone would take me an entire week!

I LOVE how busy the drums are.  They really pick up every single accent and make the whole thing a headbanger.  It feel like the time signature is changing but it isn't.  I need to try that.

This song is amazing, favd and dwnld'd

great ending

wholeheartedly agreed.

Wow, you did this in a week? Writing the drum part alone would take me an entire week! I LOVE how busy the drums are. They really pick up every single accent and make the whole thing a headbanger. It feel like the time signature is changing but it isn't. I need to try that. This song is amazing, favd and dwnld'd great ending [quote=Devieus]Not a huge loss on the vocals with a synth like this.[/quote] wholeheartedly agreed.

Thank you yeah the time signature is mostly just 3/4 or 6/4 depending on how you group up the riffs, but the area where it gets the most wonky is 3:30 because it's 7 bars of 3/4 which makes it sound more complicated like there's a weird time signature thing going on. It's a trick I use a bunch, an odd number of bars for a section. Also yeah, the drums took a while but not as long as you might think. I tap in the kick and snare on a midi controller, then I paint in the rest but there's some tricks to do a lot of steps at once like selecting every other hihat in the off beat so you can toggle the velocity down and stuff. If I were to quantify the hours spent on them, maybe four hours on and off?

[quote=orangedrink]Wow, you did this in a week? Writing the drum part alone would take me an entire week! I LOVE how busy the drums are. They really pick up every single accent and make the whole thing a headbanger. It feel like the time signature is changing but it isn't. I need to try that. This song is amazing, favd and dwnld'd great ending [quote=Devieus]Not a huge loss on the vocals with a synth like this.[/quote] wholeheartedly agreed. [/quote] Thank you :) yeah the time signature is mostly just 3/4 or 6/4 depending on how you group up the riffs, but the area where it gets the most wonky is 3:30 because it's 7 bars of 3/4 which makes it sound more complicated like there's a weird time signature thing going on. It's a trick I use a bunch, an odd number of bars for a section. Also yeah, the drums took a while but not as long as you might think. I tap in the kick and snare on a midi controller, then I paint in the rest but there's some tricks to do a lot of steps at once like selecting every other hihat in the off beat so you can toggle the velocity down and stuff. If I were to quantify the hours spent on them, maybe four hours on and off?

Triton Extreme - Anima Voice Pad, a part of the Korg Collection I got because of your tunes

[quote=levelcapybara]Whoa, are those choral stabs at ~2:40? Whatever they are, they really spice up the track! Love how this one turned out. :D[/quote] Triton Extreme - Anima Voice Pad, a part of the Korg Collection I got because of your tunes ;)

Pretty much! I have a very chaotic workflow where I just record tunes of random ideas throughout the week in the same project, and then I just start taking the ideas I like and piecing them together at like the 30 minute mark of the project lol. This song consists of like 6 unique sections in this order A-B-C-B-A-D-E-F, and for the sections that repeat I try to change things about them so they sound different the second time around. So section A has that Choir voicing come in over it, which highlights the coming D section with its choir-centric progression, which signals the coming rhythmic change of the E section. F is just some melodic noodling using the A section chords. I'm trying my best to take fewer ideas and change them a bunch so they sound different throughout the track.

[quote=Kedbreak136]I enjoy reading the backstory of a track - it was interesting to see how you approached the creation of this track. The drums are great, super interesting and sophisticated. It sounds like it may have taken a lot of time to program this? The arrangement seems pretty complex, how do you go about composing these? Do you have things like "riff A, B, C, D, E" and then move them around? Is it more fluid than that? As this is quite proggy, i am wondering how you do it.[/quote] Pretty much! I have a very chaotic workflow where I just record tunes of random ideas throughout the week in the same project, and then I just start taking the ideas I like and piecing them together at like the 30 minute mark of the project lol. This song consists of like 6 unique sections in this order A-B-C-B-A-D-E-F, and for the sections that repeat I try to change things about them so they sound different the second time around. So section A has that Choir voicing come in over it, which highlights the coming D section with its choir-centric progression, which signals the coming rhythmic change of the E section. F is just some melodic noodling using the A section chords. I'm trying my best to take fewer ideas and change them a bunch so they sound different throughout the track.

your current week song transitioned into this so well

your current week song transitioned into this so well

oh my god this sounds so amazing on headphones, when i left a comment last week i was on speakers

oh my god this sounds so amazing on headphones, when i left a comment last week i was on speakers

Really liked this, but the ending is a very special musical thing.

What did you use for drums on this?

Really liked this, but the ending is a very special musical thing. <3 What did you use for drums on this?

Thanks! I'm currently using the Studio Drummer library that's nested within Native Instruments Kontakt, although I think I'd like to gradually move towards using Battery instead since you can build kits with samples on it. The guy who got me into the whole thing of home recording metal tracks from the bedroom was Grant Stemage of Metroid Metal fame and he used Battery 3 on a lot of his tracks. I also occasionally use Microtonic which is a synth-based drum machine vst and that was recommended to me by Zantilla (Electronic/Chiptune artist who was a massive influence on my music).

[quote=ilzxc]Really liked this, but the ending is a very special musical thing. <3 What did you use for drums on this?[/quote] Thanks! I'm currently using the Studio Drummer library that's nested within Native Instruments Kontakt, although I think I'd like to gradually move towards using Battery instead since you can build kits with samples on it. The guy who got me into the whole thing of home recording metal tracks from the bedroom was Grant Stemage of Metroid Metal fame and he used Battery 3 on a lot of his tracks. I also occasionally use Microtonic which is a synth-based drum machine vst and that was recommended to me by Zantilla (Electronic/Chiptune artist who was a massive influence on my music).