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tonedef71 · Post by **tonedef71** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:59 am

"Keep your eyes on the prize and stay on target..."

https://soundcloud.com/tonedef71/stay-on-target

SuitcaseOfLizards · Post by **SuitcaseOfLizards** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:35 pm

Nice rocking number! Really enjoyed it.

Track remind me of Front 242 'Headhunter', which is one of my all time favorites!

Really dug this, more please!

tonedef71 · Post by **tonedef71** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:25 pm

SuitcaseOfLizards wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:35 pm Nice rocking number! Really enjoyed it.

Track remind me of Front 242 'Headhunter', which is one of my all time favorites!

Really dug this, more please!

Thank you for the kind words of encouragement.

I like creating rock-oriented digital music; unfortunately, it is not a genre that resonates with the majority of listeners. I'm not sure if rock music will ever regain the dominance that it once enjoyed decades ago.

Thank you for turning me on to Headhunter. It is interesting to me to hear examples of music other folks are rockin' out to.

SuitcaseOfLizards · Post by **SuitcaseOfLizards** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:53 am

Full disclosure: I played rock/metal guitar for 25 years until diabetes killed the feeling in my fingers; now I'm a dark ambient musician.. likely very few of me around!

There will always be an audience for rock, but smaller than in its heyday, for sure. Which is a shame.

IMHO: guitars or keys, if it rock - IT ROCKS.

tonedef71 · Post by **tonedef71** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:47 pm

SuitcaseOfLizards wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:53 am Full disclosure: I played rock/metal guitar for 25 years until diabetes killed the feeling in my fingers; now I'm a dark ambient musician.. likely very few of me around!

There will always be an audience for rock, but smaller than in its heyday, for sure. Which is a shame.

IMHO: guitars or keys, if it rock - IT ROCKS.

I'm sorry to hear about the diabetes spoiling your guitar playing.

Dark ambient sounds like a natural offshoot of ambient to me; I'm a little surprised it is not more common.

"If it fits rocks, it ships rocks."

Word.

enroe · Post by **enroe** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:43 am

“Stay On Target” starts off pretty loud. It's a nice, strong driving cool song!
The main motif is maintained throughout the entire length of the song - and holds
everything together. It's a pretty good, slightly meditative song!

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:09 pm

Solid, well produced track with the "stay on target" samples working as the chorus. Strong and inventive guitar work.

tonedef71 · Post by **tonedef71** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:26 am

enroe wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:43 am “Stay On Target” starts off pretty loud.

I had presumed SoundCloud would tamp down loud volumes (like every other music streaming service), but I guess not.

enroe wrote:It's a nice, strong driving cool song!
The main motif is maintained throughout the entire length of the song - and holds
everything together. It's a pretty good, slightly meditative song!

Thank you so much for listening and for the kind feedback!

tonedef71 · Post by **tonedef71** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:27 am

Frantz wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:09 pm Solid, well produced track with the "stay on target" samples working as the chorus. Strong and inventive guitar work.

Thank you for listening and for the positive feedback!

Allomerus · Post by **Allomerus** » Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:19 am

Nice track. I love the rocking "guitar" in it and the beat. As a guitar player I feel for you and your loss of playing. I'm lucky my fingers still work. Anyway, great work and keep up with it.
Well done!

Negoba · Post by **Negoba** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:26 am

This has a nineties industrial feel, which was a time of great music for my tastes. It sounds like the soundtrack to a Matrix movie or something adjacent.

It also reminds me a little of the Doom Soundtrack by Mick Gordon which is a great example of more modern techno metal if you haven't already digested it.

Great job again!

tonedef71 · Post by **tonedef71** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:57 am

Allomerus wrote: Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:19 am Nice track...Well done!

Thank you for listening and sharing the encouraging feedback.

tonedef71 · Post by **tonedef71** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:13 am

Negoba wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:26 am This has a nineties industrial feel, which was a time of great music for my tastes. It sounds like the soundtrack to a Matrix movie or something adjacent.

Although I am not overly familiar with 90s industrial, I did rock out to some Propellerheads, Nine Inch Nails, and Stabbing Westward.

Negoba wrote:It also reminds me a little of the Doom Soundtrack by Mick Gordon which is a great example of more modern techno metal if you haven't already digested it.

Thank you for sharing; I had not previously heard that Doom soundtrack (I had only ever heard the Quake 2 soundtrack). I see that Mick Gordon is playing an 8-string guitar; 7-string guitar is being used on "Stay On Target". I might consider embracing the lower frequencies of an eight or nine-string guitar for a future track, although the five-string bass does its job well already.

Negoba wrote:Great job again!

Thank you for listening!

Negoba · Post by **Negoba** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:35 pm

I just recently got a 7-string which is fun but has such a specific sound.

I can't imagine using an 8-string. I know Animals as Leaders has two 8-string players but then they have no bass player. I like a traditional bass.

tonedef71 · Post by **tonedef71** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:22 am

Negoba wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:35 pm I just recently got a 7-string which is fun but has such a specific sound.

Like a five-string bass, a 7-string guitar conveniently exposes lower notes, which get lower still when tuning down.

What notes did you end up tuning to for each of the 7 strings on your 7-string guitar?

Negoba wrote:I can't imagine using an 8-string.

There is clearly some overlap between 8- and 9-string guitars and 4- and 5-string basses (and possibly the 6-string bass). Despite the overlap of a sound register, the tone is certainly different between guitars and basses due to several differing factors such as string gauge, length of neck, degree of resonance from other strings, different characteristics of pickups, etc.

Negoba wrote:I know Animals as Leaders has two 8-string players but then they have no bass player.

I'll have to check out Animals as Leaders; I'm not familiar with them.

Negoba wrote:I like a traditional bass.

I do, too. To my ears, it can have a fuller, beefier tone than the higher-numbered string guitars.