Comments on: Eggdrop

Eggdrop

strangeguitars — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:29:27 -0800

First post, so I'll start with something short and old. This one is sort of bouncy. Country/Dixieland style. Guitar, bass, and drums. No vocals. Written in 1983 when I was 16. Rerecorded in 2001 with bass and drums added (Oded Fried-Gaon on drums). The three back to back solos were taken from the original recording.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:22:02 -0800

Hey, this is a really sweet and fun song. Welcome aboard!

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:42:24 -0800

I like it, I do!

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:09:58 -0800

This is a curious little number with a lot of heart. Fulfilling its own little destiny in the great big universe of music. And as such, it is absolutely perfect.

By: melodyg

melodyg — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:34:30 -0800

I love it. It sounds like a song that can be used in an old western chase scene. Very uplifting.

By: lazaruslong

lazaruslong — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:02:16 -0800

Hahahahahhahahahaha. This is fucking great.

Seriously, when the drum break came, I laughed at the vibraslap out loud. And then the next break the squeezy toy actually made me choke on my own saliva a little, I laughed so hard.

That was great.

By: InfidelZombie

InfidelZombie — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:02:10 -0800

I love it! Little instrumentals like this are always cool.

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:04:49 -0800

Greatness. Squeak squeak!

By: strangeguitars

strangeguitars — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:03:38 -0800

Thanks! Actually the squeaky toy is a bicycle horn, which I had to play because the drummer, uh, had his hands full....

By: erikgrande

erikgrande — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:03:31 -0800

Funs stuff. Enjoyed the drum and guitar playing. However, that type of guitar sound just happens to give me fits. Are the main licks being plaid on a bridge humbucker? And it's just so clean. Sterile. I don't know, just my own hangup, I guess.

By: strangeguitars

strangeguitars — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:20:10 -0800

Plaid guitar!

Wasn't completely sure, but on listening again, the melody is in fact completely clean and direct. It's a Rickenbacker 330 with very thick strings (.012 high E and unwound 3rd string).

I guess this is sort of a product of home recording tools being made available. The lead solos were recorded using a Les Paul Custom going (direct again) into a Fostex X-15 4-track cassette recorder. I guess that's not as naked sounding as the rest of the guitar, which was direct into a Roland VS1680.

Naked guitar sounds (electric guitars being recorded direct with nothing added at all) don't bother me so much, and sometimes it's nice to hear a guitar's "real" sound, but now that you point it out, I'm going to ask myself from now on whether I really want that sound or not, and how it contributes to the music. Usually I think a lot about the sound, but this time was just plug in and record.