The Wagtunes Corner

[wagtunes]

musicals end with everybody doing a dance number.
even the bad guys and anyone who died joins in.

(admittedly ive not seen many musicals, this may not always be the case)

I'm sure I'll think of something

[vurt]

youve certainly covered a lot of ground style wise
ill have a proper listen and fully comment next time im in the studio
but been a fun project to listen to. probably my favourite as a whole "album" experience from you.
well done.

[Music Bird]

Both the newest tracks are great!

Hope you can check out my backing track. I used Massive, Kontakt, and Triton (for drums).

[wagtunes]

Both the newest tracks are great!

Hope you can check out my backing track. I used Massive, Kontakt, and Triton (for drums).

Thanks. Almost done. Backing track listened to and commented on.

[wagtunes]

16th and final track from my upcoming CD "Mad Scientist"

I thought to myself, where can I go with this that would be totally unexpected.

So I turned to a 160 year old public domain song, changed the lyrics and gave it the pirate vocals treatment. 29 tracks and a total nightmare to produce. But about as off the wall as you're gonna get.

All in all, I am very pleased with this CD. Every song brought something new to the project. Anyway, I hope you liked it.

Mad Scientist Finale (Take Me Back To Transy)

I used to be a mad scientist
But now I'm locked up having fits
Look away, look away
Look away, Frankenstein

I lost my marbles mixing goo
And now I sit and think of you
Look away, look away
Look away, Frankenstein

I wish I was in my lab
hooray, hooray
And not lying on a slab
Please take me back to Transy
Hooray, hooray
Please take me back to Transy
Hooray, hooray
Please take me back to Transy

My experiment it got away from me
And trashed this land from sea to sea
Look away, look away
Look away, Frankenstein

They blamed me for the lives we lost
And billed me for the whole damn cost
Look away, look away
Look away, Frankenstein

Repeat Refrain

Instrumental Break

And so I sit and write this song
I pray to God it won't take long
Look away, look away
Look away, Frankenstein

They gave me 25 to life
To sit and play my drum and fife
Look away, look away
Look away, Frankenstein

Repeat Refrain

Outro

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... -to-transy

[Bansaw]

I enjoyed this one!
Reminds me of my Celtic roots. Tune seems familiar
I'm amazed at your song output. I often like your lyrics too.
Keep up the good work.
Where is "Transy"?

[wagtunes]

I enjoyed this one!
Reminds me of my Celtic roots. Tune seems familiar
I'm amazed at your song output. I often like your lyrics too.
Keep up the good work.
Where is "Transy"?

The tune is "I Wish I Was In Dixie" which is now 161 years old. I just changed the lyrics and did my old pirate vocals. Totally off the wall tune.

Transy is short for "Transylvania" which is in Romania.

Right now I'm trying to decide what to do next. I am not coming up with anything at the moment.

[Bansaw]

Ah. I don't know why it reminded me of a Celtic tune.
Actually a lot of Scots settled in the South of the U.S. (Bluegrass etc.). Celtic music had a huge influence in that area.
I'm on a song now. I've ditched the vocal melody 6 times so far. Slow this one.

[wagtunes]

Ah. I don't know why it reminded me of a Celtic tune.
Actually a lot of Scots settled in the South of the U.S. (Bluegrass etc.). Celtic music had a huge influence in that area.
I'm on a song now. I've ditched the vocal melody 6 times so far. Slow this one.

Hey, take your time with it. Not everybody is a machine like I am. Some people need to take time to create a song and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm sure when it's done it'll be great just like most of your stuff is. There are like a half dozen people here whose music I look forward to hearing. You're definitely on that list.

Looking forward to hearing your latest when it's finished.

[Bansaw]

thanks.
With the one I am doing now, I think I've made it more complicated than it needs to be. Anyway, we'll see what it turns out like. I am getting some enjoyment out of the songwriting process, and I guess thats what counts in the end.

[wagtunes]

Hi Aaron:

Set this up for you to listen to so you don't have to go hunting through this gigantic thread. I picked these as they've had no comments so far.

Track 1 - Return To Darkmoor. An old Vocaloid tune from my prog rock CD "The Dungeon Masters"

Return To Darkmoor

Casltes strong and heroes by the score
Peaceful mind returns to darkmoor
Searching through the embers
Ashes of our past
Dragons rule the land
Darkmoor returns at last

The part we play
Fighter, cleric, bard
It matters not
For they're equally hard

But we go on
For our cause is just
Dragons to slay
It's because we must

So our journey begins
We won't stop until
Until we win

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... on-masters

Track 2 - The Medusa. Also from "The Dungeon Masters"

The Medusa

Beware the Medusa
Her beauty will kill you
Don't love the Medusa
Her death stare will strike true

Throughout her path
Destruction
Fight hard
Then run

She will turn you to stone
Forever More

Forever More

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... on-masters

Anybody else want to give these a listen it would be greatly appreciated. My Prog Rock CD didn't get a lot of feedback.

[hivkorn]

Hi Aaron:

Set this up for you to listen to so you don't have to go hunting through this gigantic thread. I picked these as they've had no comments so far.

Track 1 - Return To Darkmoor. An old Vocaloid tune from my prog rock CD "The Dungeon Masters"

Return To Darkmoor

Casltes strong and heroes by the score
Peaceful mind returns to darkmoor
Searching through the embers
Ashes of our past
Dragons rule the land
Darkmoor returns at last

The part we play
Fighter, cleric, bard
It matters not
For they're equally hard

But we go on
For our cause is just
Dragons to slay
It's because we must

So our journey begins
We won't stop until
Until we win

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... on-masters

Track 2 - The Medusa. Also from "The Dungeon Masters"

The Medusa

Beware the Medusa
Her beauty will kill you
Don't love the Medusa
Her death stare will strike true

Throughout her path
Destruction
Fight hard
Then run

She will turn you to stone
Forever More

Forever More

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... on-masters

Anybody else want to give these a listen it would be greatly appreciated. My Prog Rock CD didn't get a lot of feedback.

it s hard to give an advice when you don't know this 'kind' of rock , the way you're building the song THE MEDUSA reminds me a famous french artist IGORRR , i can't be objective on the song but the sound is too clean (for me and with the headphone i have)...i think you should find yourself and write song you have in your head and not the one the world expect...ONLY MY OPINION.

[wagtunes]

Hi Aaron:

Set this up for you to listen to so you don't have to go hunting through this gigantic thread. I picked these as they've had no comments so far.

Track 1 - Return To Darkmoor. An old Vocaloid tune from my prog rock CD "The Dungeon Masters"

Return To Darkmoor

Casltes strong and heroes by the score
Peaceful mind returns to darkmoor
Searching through the embers
Ashes of our past
Dragons rule the land
Darkmoor returns at last

The part we play
Fighter, cleric, bard
It matters not
For they're equally hard

But we go on
For our cause is just
Dragons to slay
It's because we must

So our journey begins
We won't stop until
Until we win

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... on-masters

Track 2 - The Medusa. Also from "The Dungeon Masters"

The Medusa

Beware the Medusa
Her beauty will kill you
Don't love the Medusa
Her death stare will strike true

Throughout her path
Destruction
Fight hard
Then run

She will turn you to stone
Forever More

Forever More

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... on-masters

Anybody else want to give these a listen it would be greatly appreciated. My Prog Rock CD didn't get a lot of feedback.

it s hard to give an advice when you don't know this 'kind' of rock , the way you're building the song THE MEDUSA reminds me a famous french artist IGORRR , i can't be objective on the song but the sound is too clean (for me and with the headphone i have)...i think you should find yourself and write song you have in your head and not the one the world expect...ONLY MY OPINION.

Thanks for the advice. Actually, writing the song I have in my head is what I always do. I have never caved in to commercialism.

As far as the sound being too clean, actually the mix on this isn't as clean as it could have been because back then my mixing skills weren't what they are now.

[aaron aardvark]

wagtunes,
Thank you for the reviews! Man, I'm getting the red carpet treatment here! "Return to Darkmoor": I'm surprised you didn't get reviewed on this, if that is actually the case. Instrumentally, this is fantastic! It starts out sounding a bit 60's to me (not a bad thing). At times it reminded me of something Yes would do, which is no small feat. The "lead" violin sounds excellent. The vocals (Vocaloid I assume) are pretty good. I dig the 60's organ. Is the electric bass Modo Bass? Sounds very good! I'm working on a song now where I have 2 tracks of Modo Bass with different settings (playing the same notes), and some Helix Native "amp modeling" & effects on one track. So far I'm only using Modo Bass for bass parts that are too difficult for me to play; I like sliding around a lot on one string. The IK Brian May is working out better than I expected for rhythm guitar, on this song I'm working on. Back to your song (the title sounds like something from "Lord of the Rings"): parts of the song remind me of Genesis/part Yes (a good thing), with the organ, Mellotron, and lead (Moog?) synth. OK, so how are you getting so much more volume than me, without fatiguing over-compression? Careful compression? A limiter? Both? What is it/they? I like the epic "strings". The bell. Piano sounds great, very nice playing! What piano is that? All of the drums sound sound excellent. Excellent job!

[aaron aardvark]

wagtunes,
Now listening to "The Medusa". The vocal synth mutates into something unexpected. Between this song and the previous one, I didn't know you had these sort of piano chops up your sleeve(s); probably my favorite part of the song overall. Now the song changed to something entirely different. This acoustic guitar sounds like it is some sort of VST at times. Other times it sounds pretty real. I like the lead synths a lot. At ~5:20, the strings sound very nice. This is very good, though I like 'Darkmoor' better overall.