I spend a lot of time printed on large coloured paper rectangles pinned to teenage girls bedroom walls :roll: http://PuppetXeno.bandamp.com/ admin@bandamp.com http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1941.html My 666th post to bandamp :evil: So it was kinda obligatory to put my most horrendous song up here. Well... actually I couldn't really decide, but I didn't want to scare you all away :roll: Anyways... This is against church and pro sin. Very immature I know, and the quality is bad at best, but I just want to get this 666th post done with and go on amping. Have fun y'all! :) Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:48:29 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2150.html Atticboy wrote and recorded this tune today in 3 1/2 hours... On analog equipment in... the attic... where daylight never reaches... and everything is cramped.... [img]http://www.geocities.com/xeno_tron/Attichole.jpg[/img] Well... it was a thrilling experience going through that old workflow again... Methinks I be doing that again quite soon... ... must say, I'm still shakin' ... [i]"Find you a lovin', or find you a hell - the best way of discoverin' - is shit I can't tell"[/i] Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:45:59 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3142.html Alright... This is what happens when Puppet.. . . . .. isn't "happy" with current world events.... He took a nap early today - kinda right after work and dinner, and woke up at 21:30, decided it was time to hurl some thought provoking material into the world. Because he tends to get bored very quickly he didn't spend more than 2 1/2 hours on this, front to end. So this is your brand new finished product. Started from scratch and... different yeah. Thank you for paying attention. Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:19:45 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1840.html Song of love and wonder... And don't tell me the vocals are too far to the back because it was intended this way. If you believe you can't hear them just listen more closely... And enjoy thought I'd share this... Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:44:21 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3465.html Ok this is a teaser track - not exactly the final product, though it can be seen as "a" final product to some length, because it's well, mixed down and mastered and all, sounding as dirty and gritty as intended. However, this features my own vocals instead of BasketCases who also wrote the lyrics, and it's well, censored :D The instrumental backing was done with my live rig (EMX plus loop station), vocals, dog and edits in Cubase. Enjoy - and if you're 18+ and interested in the uncensored version (with mr Cases vocals, and additional text in the end), just pm me or BasketCase, provide an email address that can take atleast about 5 MB mp3 attachments, and we'll send ya a copy. :razz: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:31:11 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1644.html I guess this is my view of punk music. It's an instrumental remake of a song I created waaay back in '95..... It used to contain an agitated ranting against the mind numbing drag of dayjob life but over all these years my mind has grown too numb to pump out a new set of lyrics to once more touch that authentic intention - so I kept my mouth shut, and my brain focused on the instrumental parts. I hope you can enjoy it somehow, someway... Just figure yourself in a punk club, ready to put the thrash out the mosh pit... and this comes along... ps. another version can be found [url=http://www.achterband.nl/?c=album&id=11]HERE[/url] Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:16:07 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4044.html Hmhmmmmm one from the retro archives then... Happy birthday to me :roll: I joined the club of "ancients" today :razz: This song is actually about how it is impossible to outrun the progress of time, not that the lyrics are that obvious but I had a lot of fun throwing this one together. Features a Boss DR 55 for drums, a Zoom 1010 for guitar effects and a Roland Space Echo on the vox. And that synth is an actual SID Station (Mos 6581 synthesis - Sound Interface Device chip taken from the 80's Commodore 64 home computer - gotta love it!) So please - the production value is just as I want it - except maybe for the mastering applied... It's a retro thing... I dunno... Just hope you enjoy! Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:29:02 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1246.html This is a re-recording of a song I wrote in '95. It was inspired by the feelings I got while developing a picture of a mysteriously beautiful girl I snapshot at some dodgy underground party, of which I had otherwise only minor recollection. For this version, recorded many years later, I had to recall the right sentiment but ofcourse it had blurred somewhat over time (hence the lo-fi effects experiment). The end bit of the lyrics (being utterly drowned by the instrumental noise) reads: "reach in, reach deeper, and destroy... reach out and destroy" it stands for: however nice the picture turned out to be, it had very little to do with the actual girl you went after. trying to pursue a dream, you might find yourself running for a cold shower... This is probably the dreariest song I ever wrote. Except for "So Happy" but I'm not bloody likely to upload THAT anywhere! Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:20:11 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3585.html From 4th of November 2006, live at the Theatercafe in Alkmaar. I have to admit that I screwed up the guitar solo bits a little, but this was the set closer and I already had a couple of beers by that time ;) All voices, guitars, synth/drum part mutes done live by yours truly. Excuse the not superb sound quality, the levels to the minidisc recorder's input distorted slightly. Uh, it's all about the essence heh, too bad my mic's gate locked out most of the audience sounds in the end. I guess they could have cheered a little louder :razz: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:34:01 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4811.html Joint production of TritonKeyboarder and me! Produced in Germany in the beautiful Harz mountains, this is a song that we quickly put together and features some of the lovliest vintage equipment: there's an actual Rhodes in there, aswell as the portable Yamaha QY-10 which I brought along, and we used an Atari ST for midi sequencing. We hope you enjoy! Thu, 03 May 2007 05:15:52 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2700.html For my 1000th post.... date mark 6/6/6... (try it sometime :evil: ) here's something I got stuck working on... Basically... the story to this lil tune is this: I have an evil fridge. It makes really weird noises that can be interpreted as agonized screaming from a gremlin trapped inside... I've tried to let it out but all I find is cans of beer.... anyway, This is an ode to the poor sucker inside the fridge... Thanks [url=http://spoon.bandamp.com]spoon[/url] for the idea for doing this... And if anyone has any ideas for building this one into something full-blown, I'd love to hear it! :) Puppet "sir Trippsalot" Xeno [i]ps. uploading this one also as it being part of my Cubase learning curve... a first for me... I'm used to hardware, see...[/i] :) Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:57:10 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2413.html I'm not into the urban lifestyle at all... I don't get the rap attitude at all.. and song explains why and / or what. I hope you like it... It's a couple of years old and was part of the Stormrider project. All instrumentals are by me (guitars, bass, keyboard organ) and voice too. I'm personally not too happy with the vocals or the lyrics... but I really wouldn't know what else to do with this. enjoy... . . . ? Sun, 14 May 2006 12:23:52 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1329.html Let the good times roll... Created for the Stormrider project, during the heyday of my "Rock Star" carreer. The live version had a very fast solo in it, but I couldn't find a copy audible enough to post here. This is all in the name of good fun. :D Some parental advisory is applicable. :D Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:15:12 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1502.html This song isn't about anybody in particular... :razz: just because of the name "Valentine" doesn't mean it's about someone with that name... I mean... that's just coincidental okay?! .... anyways, I plan to re record this song... I'd like some ideas from my fellow bandampers... please... go ahead, add ideas, please tell me if this song works for you, and how you'd like to hear it :) I'd love to incorporate all comments for a new version :) [i]ah hear the phone rings time for a night out fragile hearts await to break like glass on classy smiles and aerosol touch of plastic warmth enthusiastic spasms of a lovelife on the thresh of lifting off... she paints her face down with red and sticky glue wrapped around her eyes it looks like wings of butterflies look at all the flesh displayed all this ecstasy unveiled "run away with me," her body screams, "you will be pleased to please, please me" she's a happy valentine such a happy valentine kisses, hugs and funny talk electrifies the air look at her attention span, "what with who and why and where?" a gazillion pretty friends to give her all the love she needs in the centre of the universe she says: "it's just ol' silly little ME" it's a happy valentine such a happy valentine[/i] enjoy ;) please comment... I want to re-do this song, I'd appreciate any suggestions how-to an whatnot, I'd love to make it sound completely different! Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:27:33 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2054.html Noise experimentation... I've decided to put it up here because I took a whole different workflow on the project this is part of and am thinking about getting into this style again... Good idea, no? Lemme know what you think :) and... please don't forget to rate this song - though I've taken it out of the battle ps. this doesn't feature sampled loops or anything, it's all built from the ground up, hardware only. here's some additional information: http://forum.bandamp.com/Lyrics_Review/15077.html for your info [b]this song sounds exactly as intended; yes, overdriven. it's [i]noise[/i]... and I've puts lots of effort in there to get all the effects right... please understand this, and that the production quality of this project is, to my own will, pretty much as crisp as I could get it....[/b] thank you for your time.... Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:45:59 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3800.html Thought I'd put this up... I have a rich imagination :shake: --------------------------------------------- We are beginning to lose sight of our belongings... Our spiritual meaningfulness... Our love for life... We are beginning to lose love for what we should love... We are beginning to hate all that we ever knew necessary to our happiness... We are hating what we should love See no future... and no past unable to be our own past, we fall back... to our future back to our future did you ever love what you should lose? what you need, what you must what you have, what you trust what you mind, what you see, what you'll never mean to me what you'll lose, what you'll touch what you'll fall for, what so much all these things can get enough, all this La la la la laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa(argh) we are beginning to lose sight of what makes us better than the insects and the things that bug us grow bigger daily in retrospect - .... there's no ... there's no hope there will never be it's never been like this before, not this strong it's never been this strong before it's all soooo wrong... sooo, sooo wrong... ---------------------------------- original title "Downgone", originally conceived and recorded 2001 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:01:48 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1745.html And now, for something completely different. This is called "Hound" and is written for a very special person in my life, whom I regret to say, had to let go for various reasons. One of them being the inevitable odyssey of self discovery... played on a Klira acoustic 12-string I bought off a haggard old man at the Queens-night market (some Dutch local affair) for 60 Euros. Can't keep the damn thing in tune... Oh well... HOUND admit it - you wanted me to understand you before your time too wild to settle down, just learning how to look around you had me, noble and wise, caged in the palace of your trials and I could not escape I was only trying to get inside... I believed in anything that you would tell me I would give just anything if you could tell me now when you told me to relax, I was breathing with your breath when you told me to be strong, never more did I go wrong when you told me to be true, I tied myself to the ground when you told me to get lost, I lost my touch, I'm more loyal than the hounds that stick around more loyal than the hounds that stick around more loyal than the hounds that stick around more loyal than that hound that sticks around I'll believe in anything that you will tell me I would give just anything if you could tell me now ... ;) Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:38:11 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3423.html Testing my live rig here, doing a song I wrote in 1994. After a few test runs over the past few weeks, I decided to start rehearsing for real and this is the first song I recorded with this live setup. Everything you hear is done in 1 take - this is me, doing 1 take, like I would do it live, on my own, with no additional band members that is. No overdubs, no post-editing, this was recorded front to end in the exact 5 m. 36 sec. it lasts. Please tell me whether this holds any ground or should I abandon this idea of going live, alone, with a loop station and a sequencer? Really, finding the right band members won't work :shake: so it's this or it's nothing at all. Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:35:59 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3584.html Heya! I haven't been posting much lately, mainly because I've been working hard on my live set - I had this gig coming up, my debut with this solo project (well, more of a tryout actually -...) and, this debut was last night (4th of November, 2006 - Full Moon night :D ) Anyway, it went really well! Didn't take me long to get comfortable, and I'm very confident about the continuation of this project right now. So - this is me, doing my stuff on stage. All guitars played live by me, using a Boss RC-50 to let stuff loop. Switching between patterns / (un)muting parts on the Korg EMX groove machine was done live too, I'm not using pre-programmed song sequences. Naturally I did program the drums and synth sounds myself, not using preset patterns. I hope you enjoy... if you wish you can compare this to [url=http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3423.html]the first rehearsal[/url] of this song, see how this finally turned out! I'm pretty happy about it myself. Uh, ofcourse, the signal to the little minidisc recorder was so loud, it distorted the inputs a little, but hey, that's Rock n Roll! :D Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:25:07 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/6519.html Thought I'd upload this... It's a really old ('98?), really minimalist sample based industrial-punk groove piece, with all home brewn samples I had made just for the occasion. I made this with a friend at a friends house, who now, 10 years later, has become lead singer in our band. We are now in a 4-piece typical rock band formation working on a version of this song aswell, that's why I'm posting it. So - do not expect ultra hi fi super smooth samples here, they were made via the soundcard input at the time, and at 8 bit mono settings only. There is no panning involved - it's all about the groove of this funny little song. I just hope you can enjoy! Created in Impulse tracker. Guitar sound created with roland vg-8 sampled into cpu. Drums samples via Alesis SR16. Voice sampled via crappy mic on cpu mic input (even worse). "Life is a logic" is my voice, "beep beep beep" is Art's. :razz: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:26:31 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2111.html Up tempo high energy rock tune... Did this in '96 probably, on fostex 28h 4 track cassette recorder, when I was still an over ambitious guitar kid. I had only been playing for like 3 years... I took the original master from cassette and brushed it up a bit in WaveLab... so production quality isn't all that, but maybe the song itself is okay? Wouldn't know what genre this would be - "nightflyer" btw was the name of a fictional drug which featured in a pen and paper RPG we called "Ultimate Firepower" - think robocop scenarios... enjoy :) Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:02:06 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1817.html I just need to upload this for contrast... It's old... '96-'97 maybe... from original 4-track, brushed up a little... I have newer versions but I think maybe I want to redo it again. Just wanna know if anyone can even bear hearing this... Anyway, it's punk... metal... pretty raw. Used to be a live set opener (with an extended intro drum that was) quality isn't real good but maybe that's just for the better enjoy! :) Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:21:13 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1196.html Created some time ago for the Stormrider project. I've tried to put in some '70 police-series feel into it, since the subject of the lyrics could have been derived from a '70-s police series episode plot. The vocals were deliberately mixed to background with a lot of reverb added to them because this is designed to be played REAL LOUD! (so you can actually hear what's being said, and be blasted away by the instrumental bits in the process!) Sun, 11 Sep 2005 04:50:44 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1211.html I like to live life out loud. This song is an example of how loud and intense I like to experience some of life's things, ... I'm really interested how this song affects you as a listener, and what you think of it. If you can find the time, please let me know. reminder: this is long, long version! (extended, not the "short / radio" edit!) Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:43:08 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2987.html Archive material: old skool PX on a 4 track versus drum machine :razz: This ditty from 1996 did see a fair share of turntable time at the ole goth clubs..... Thought I'd share it with you, it's one of my more interesting lyrics I think... Anyway posting the lyrics aswell because I am aware that the vocals are somewhat buried in the mix... Well, if you turn the volume up real loud, which one is supposed to :) you kinda will understand why that is... So, hope you can enjoy, looking forward to comments etc :) [color=black][size=10][font=verdana][b]she wears a face in every mirror spreads her scent through every sky she answers questions never thought of teaches why there ain't no "why" her sacred will remains unbroken as her name remains unspoken covers candles with the glass pierces straight through every mask she's the serpent riddle queen she's the goddess no-one sees bends the future in her greed feeds the suffer, spills the need she's the angel fallen high welcomes all to her goodbye as she'll follow, she will lead burns the books when shadows meet to her door the lovers lineup but she knows the borderline as rivers flow towards their source she's been broken many times she calls the day and cuts the night came shattered in from every side harvest love to carry on turns the moon, and takes the sun she's the serpent riddle queen she's the goddess no-one sees highest good is highest speed the empress of make belief as her waves are slow decay she who hunts, the rest all prey a little closer, fade away time has come to rape the day... bits of silver, bits of gold a set of cards that they may fold a last embrace, a final ride they were buried out of sight pinch my ears and sting my eyes find a truth within her lies burn in heaven, fall from skies who can understand her cries she's the serpent riddle queen she's the goddess, no one sees to I might find that all is well as she summoned up my hell the churches ring their dying bell break the mirrors of her spell a little closer, fade away time has come to rape the day...[/b][/font][/size] [size=10][i]this stuff is protected by international copyright laws... remember what rights you have is none![/i][/size][/color] Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:30:52 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4055.html Joining the ranks of those who have been uploading their versions of this song, here is mine. I made an overlay backing track containing drums, sequenced bass and extra plong synth, and added it to toastedgoat's version. This does not have bells or swordfish' guitar in there, as the toastedgoat upload with fishes guitar was, sadly, corrupted, and I could not use it. I tried my best at mixing what I could, apparently overdid the mastering effects (it does not sound so well in mp3 form! missing the "body" that it has as .wav!), even so, with the vocals to the back and the guitars to the front it does achieve a certain "loudness" which I like. This is far from finished! But everbody is uploading their premature versions, so am I! :razz: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:52:20 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1218.html This is a song of mourning. Created in my "gothic heyday" a couple of years back. I've tried to put in extra dreariness with the out-of-tune vocals... I may not be that much of a singer but I did this on purpose. I'm curious if this works for anyone - and what you think of the song, as a whole. Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:12:45 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4767.html Ok it's not a new song, but I just wanted to share because for some reason I find this song to be more interesting the longer I have it in my archives. If I recall correctly this was one of the last songs I made on 4-track tape cassette. The whispery vox are intended this way, because the lyrics are pretty explicit - if they were turned up in the mix they'd dominate and this would destroy the intent of the listening experience. It's more about the music as a whole, as is usual with my work. I want the listener to guess about the brash filth that exits my cranium in this one ;) Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:49:26 -0400 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1833.html This is my very first multitrack solo production, done on fostex 28h 4 track. It was inspired by those harsh and cold eastern winds that winter brings - the ones that cut right through your coat to chill your bones. Nothing too comfortable indeed... I couldn't resist flipping the cassette over for recording the lead, which is now in reverse... So, this is part of my personal history, I hope you can enjoy :) 1993... I was... 16. Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:14:16 -0500 http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3368.html Hey hey - I spent today doing this experiment... :) I got some new toys and wanted to test a few things, and some recording techniques. I recorded all the parts directly into my cpu which I normally don't do - anyway it's experimental, but I guess I got myself groovin' like good ole times, should be worth something. So what kind of images come to your mind when you listen to this track? Are the lyrics making any sense? I hope you can enjoy! cheers... 8) Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:20:37 -0400