DUB inside for ya dubbies

[rsmus7]

free which man?
would have preffered an instrumental to be honest, or a full song.
the repetition got a bit much for these old ears.

the tunage tho is great,as always outstanding

arent we all men?


so whats a full song then?

I understand the mark about the repetition tho, its jsut my first dub experiment. I see what I can do to change it asaI have time for it.

thanks for listening, john.

[krushing]

thanks

krushing

so what would you call it then?

I thought dub because of the bass and the drumrythm

and the feeling it provoces (at least in me)

I guess you can call it whatever you want
I hate genres with a passion anyway, so maybe my initial comment was a bit contradictory...for improvement suggestions, there could be much more variation with the delays - for now, it's a bit dull with 'em just clicking away for the whole song. The more I've played live with a tape delay (a Dynacord Echocord S65 from '67), the more it's becoming an instrument, and the fact that it rarely is strictly on time makes it just more interesting.

[rsmus7]

thanks

if I could get an Echocord that would be great.

I know those old tape echo machines and they are really the spice for the sound.
But they are rare and expensive

[Glassback]

hmmm, well I've been struggling to know what to say here, so I'll just be honest...
I don't think this is what I personally might call dub.
It's dubish - that is to say it's got elements of dub. The percussion clacks are the right sound for instance but have no motion - they're pretty static throughout the tune.
I like the electric piano riff but not the acoustic guitar, which doesn't seem to fit imo.
I like the whispered and spoken vocals near the beginning and end but not the sung vocals, which again don't seem to fit.

On the whole it's got a nice laid back vibe and sounds OK production-wise although the sung vox and acoustic guitar are, imo, a bit too upfront.

The bass doesn't (seem to) change and also doesn't flow with a dub feel.
Not too keen on that metallic sound in the left <<< speaker either.


These thoughts are purely from a personal point of view, after many listens, as to what is and what may not be Dub and are meant to be taken as constructive critisism, not flaming.

[bluedad]

I'll echoe Micks' comments and only emphesise that I love the electric piano riff!

[rsmus7]

thanks for listening and comments mick and bluedad

I fully understand the critisism

yes and I understand the feelings about the statics of the drums ( tho I like the metallic sound ) and the guitar and sung voice.

I think I will try to make a remix of it asap.

and for sure I´ll keep the piano.

[dover666]

yeah - a dub dj is a musician ... check out Prince Fari....

[krushing]

I know those old tape echo machines and they are really the spice for the sound.
But they are rare and expensive

They're not that rare - even here in Finland I see all sorts of tape echoes being sold almost constantly. As for expensive - the classics have an additional "cult" value (Roland's Space Echo & Watkins Copycat & Vorg Echo Orbit for example), but other less-known models can be found for pretty cheap. I paid 300€ for the Echocord, a friend of mine paid about the same for a RE-301 (he was lucky though) and another friend got a Korg Stage Echo (which is essentially very similar to a Space Echo) for about 400€.

Nothing wrong with digital & plugin delays, it's just different.

[rsmus7]

well these prices are what I call a bit high

a friend of mine bought a tape echo last year for 80€

that would be more my price

but I know they are not quite often to get and not that cheap.