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[D]

Up at 10 am to continue.

We got a great fuckin intro, a great lead riff, great verse music, great chorus music.

Now we are tryin to tie them all in, I have to come up with the lyrics and then we gotta start tryin to record this fuckin beast of a song which isnt gonna be easy cause it has so much different shit goin on.

I kickin around song ideas, not exactly sure what Im gonna sing about, I know it aint gonna be a sappy love song, its gonna be loud and aggressive whatever it is.


Death,Suicide, something...


If I had to compare it something, It would probably be early Metallicaish mixed with Chili Peppers mixed with GNR, I dont know its totally original though.

stay tuned.

[Butch Français]

early metallicaish mixed with chili peppers mixed with GNR sounds pretty interesting D!
you have to hire me as your drummer or bassist or guitarplayer if you go on tour
I do backup vox too  

[D]

People use to my tearjerkin love songs are gonna be in for a surprise.

Lyrics are gonna be interesting.

I have to figure out someway to make it heavy without makin it satanic.

ITs gonna be one hell of a challenge.


I figured out how to put kick ass distortion on my drum beats to give them an industrial feel, I was gonna do it on Altaration but It just didnt work out, but Altaration has improved dramatically.
We gave it a whole facelift.

We added another guitar which really beefs it all up and gives the sound a much fuller quality.

I added drum fills and changed the drum beat when the distortion kicks in to keep it fresher.

We are addin bass, Im doin my solo's, and I am not gonna post this fuckin thing until I sing it properly.

So Im hopin Im not buildin this up and I hope u all can tell the improvements in it.

I will post it as soon as its finished.

give me another day or so.

[D]

Click here to download the newest song from me.

Its an acoustic song called "Half Page"


The song is a very simple recording its only 1 guitar and 1 vocal, very simple no frills music.

Hope u like it, Let me know what u think.

Turn it up kind of loud, i still gotta mess around with the mixing some.


http://www.savefile.com/projects.php?pid=861617

[Timothy]

Listned to "Half Page" about seven times and I like it more each time.



You vocals on it reminde me  of the Dude from Green Day in parts..

[D]

Listned to "Half Page" about seven times and I like it more each time.



You vocals on it reminde me  of the Dude from Green Day in parts..

 

Ive been wrestling with that song for awhile, I dont know if I should leave it like it is or try to add some other stuff to it....

I probably need to turn the guitar up a little louder but I kinda like it just stripped down, no effects, no drums or anything.

I think my vocals have improved tremendously since some of the earlier songs I posted.


Thanks for listening dude!!! I will hopefully have a few more up pretty soon including the complete "Altaration"

[journey]

I love Half Page. It's an awesome song that's sung with lots of emotion. You did a great job. It's my new favorite song. 

[*Izzy*]

The vocals on that are some of the best I've heard from you I think, good job love the lyrics too, what's the story behind it?

I will hopefully have a few more up pretty soon including the complete "Altaration"

I'm seriously drooling, can't wait?

[loretian]

D, Half Page sounds great!  The lyrics are *extremely* well written - and it's cool to hear you tone things down for a more simple, heartfelt song even though we've all heard how much more you can do, if you want to.  Can't wait to hear the new Alteration!

[Queen of Everything]

Woo!!!  I likies - I likies ALOT!  I said my opinion in the "songs you recommend" about the sound of it.  But seriously its very well written!!  I love the lyrics!!! 

Nice work, yet agian my friend!!! 

[D]

Thanks Guys

and just a reminder

This song isnt considered to be a "Big Gun"

SOoooooooo......

U all are still in for some even better stuff.

[Timothy]

I can't stope listening to Half Page. The song gets better with every spin.

[D]

I can't stope listening to Half Page. The song gets better with every spin.

Thanks dude that means so much to me.

Personally I hate my vocals on it.

Im gonna make the guitar louder and resing a few parts here and there.

I sang that at like 7am in the morning and my voice sounds "Tired" in places.

So Im gonna turn the guitar up some, sing a couple of the parts over and then I should be satisfied with it.


Im thrilled u like it and hopefully the new Altaration will be finished in a couple weeks.

Im goin home Jan 6th and Im gonna work on it hard for about 4 days and Hopefully by mid january it will be done.

[Gunner80]

Half Page sounds really good D. I think you should sing it in a lower key though.

[badapple81]

Lyrics are great D 

I agree Timothy.. try a lower key 

[badapple81]

C'mon D.. this is like waiting for Chinese Democracy jesus christ.. where's a new track? 

[D]

new tracks will come soon, I didnt want to compete with the Chinese Democracy leaks...

its called good timing my friend..

who the fuck would wanna hear my stuff with the CD leaks out u know??


Ive been banging my head against a wall coming up with a proper solo for "Altaration" Im close but Im a perfectionist somewhat and its gotta be just right. once i get that solo, the song is done. Actually it wont be cause Im sending it to Loretian and he is gonna put some big time flavor on it with his pro tools and awesome production skill.

Im also in songwriting mode with a lot heavier stuff.

That one song I was talkin about earlier is like metallica meets GNR meets RHCP's so hopefully I dont fuck the lyrics up and it comes out like I want it to.


Half Page is also gonna be re-recorded to sound better.

Next song Ill probably have up is called "Lifetime of Misery"  I dont know yet, I am workin here and there though, I need a good kick in the ass cause Ive been slacking off. *hides from Loretian*


Its gonna be worth the wait I hope.

just stay patient, soon is not the word......

[Oddy]

thanks for the update man.

i know you're taking your time with things to get things perfect but keep in mind that you're getting better and better both song wise and production wise.

a thing i think you're gonna have to consider is the song production quality between your earlier songs and the songs you have now. for the album to flow well the songs are gonna need to have the same style production on them so some don't stick out too much.

i don't think i'm making sense. maybe loretian knows what im going on about since he's the production guru.

[D]

The songs u guys heard earlier were Demos of a rougher quality.

Some of the very very early songs may not even end up on the CD.

The only songs u guys have heard that are 100 percent on the CD are:

Welcome To Reality,Half Page,Altaration,Scarlett and maybe One Foot In the Grave and I Wish U Knew is a very very big If right now.

So hopefully I can have all my songs hooked up by the great Loretian and they will all sound amazing like his stuff sounds.

Right now, Im workin strictly on uptempo,heavy type stuff to balance out the softer love stuff.


another thing to keep in mind is, some of the very first songs u heard were done years and years ago, Ive improved about 1000 percent vocally with great coaching from people like Conny and my Girlfriend who have made me realize how important emotion is over being techincally correct.

Ive improved just with overall songwriting,guitar playing, just putting together a song.

So Im hoping to impress u all and Im hoping this CD is great compared to CDs from the early 90's and I dont want it to be great just for a guy on a message board u know.. Does that make sense?

Time will tell I guess but im really gonna start working very hard to have something done.

[journey]

Right now, Im workin strictly on uptempo,heavy type stuff to balance out the softer love stuff.

Walkin' Dead is an awesome song that Donnie's working on. It's an epic, heavy, emotional song that has tons of changes with lots of complexity. It also has lots of tempo changes and probably his heaviest vocals so far.