holy carp, i finally wrote something new.

[sully]

most here wouldn't know, but the past few years have been a musical drought for me. i haven't really been into playing, or hearing myself play the same crap over and over again by myself. so last night, i decided to write something. not having a bass makes it difficult, but whatever. so anyway, yeah; here's what i wrote and recorded last night in garageband. the drum loop is courtesy of apple, the guitar was recorded with my line 6 tone port, and i used my reverse spalt top firebird. the usual disclaimers apply; the solo guitar track was one take; there's some parts of it that i like, some that i really don't, but i'm too damn happy right now that i actually wrote something to care. last disclaimer is that this is completely not something metal like. so if nothing else, give it a listen and be a little happy for me.

http://www.sullyville.net/music/regrets.mp3

sully (nervously hits the "submit new thread" button)

[MartinBarre]

Pretty cool. Sounds like something from a movie score. I like it, although I don't like the guitar tone myself either on the lead or rythm. But I do like the melody and the playing.

[jackson1]

dude... Mark Knopfler or whatever you call yourself ... those were some great guitar sounds and nice rythm riff too!

[UFORocks]

cool man

[Shawn Lutz]

cool Sully, nice job! I'm also happy for ya...I'm in that funk right now myself and can't seem to shake it so I know excatly what you are talking about

[FlyingSkull]

That was cool. Atmospheric. It had a randomness that was interesting too. Thanks for sharing that.

[Newc]

Interesting. The lead/rhythm seems to be a bit shaky for about the first 1/3rd of it, but it starts to click near 1:00.

You should focus on the vibe going on from 1:00 to the end (but without that shredding bit at 1:18-1:25, though it might work as a reversed track buried in the mix) - just that sparse, breathy vibe. Think "overlooking L.A. at night, watching the clouds cross the moon", or some sort of tranquil desert imagery.

Congrats on breaking the fog

I think this track could "be something" with a bit more focus.

[scotty]

Dude that was great. There are a lot of mp3 submissions that I am hesitant about responding to but I wanted submit a response on this before it was even done playing. Great job!

What ever happened to that star guitar you have?

[VitaminG]

great stuff, sully. Best thing I've ever heard from you. And congrats on rediscovering your muse.

[ken]

It has real mellow vibes, while still being upbeat and punchy. It captivated me for 9 minutes and 52 seconds... because I listened to it four times in a row. I really like it Sully. I think the tone suits it. Record more of stuff like that.

Mark Knopfler or whatever you call yourself ...

I got a hint of Sultans of Swing era Dire Straits from it too.

It's certainly better than the formulaic crap I've been recording...

[sully]

wow! thanks so much for your kind words, guys; i really appreciate it.

What ever happened to that star guitar you have?

if you mean the mahogany star, that was a custom build for our very own dreamland_rebel.

[BenoA]

Nice tune!!! As some said, very atmospheric... Kinda dark and foggy!

I did love the "grindy" clean tone. Would have been cool with a light delay sync with the tempo.

[sully]

thanks! the guitar tone was basically a jcm800 with the guitar's volume knob rolled down to about 3.

[BenoA]

That's my kinda tone dude!!!

[Boxcar Willie 84]

sounds good sully! glad you are slingin the ol' axe again!