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Trash Can Jam (w TEXASFEEL) remix
by Rocha Malhada

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Submitted on: Nov 12, 2008 - 02:38:56 PM
Last Updated: Nov 12 2008 - 02:38:56 PM
Keywords TEXASFEEL (18)Samba (12)Sears gas grill (1)Rubbermaid trashcan (1)Dead-blow hammer (1)1¼" combination wrench (1)½" drive break-over bar (1)
Description A re-mix of a previous post; In this mix, I attempted to remove the clips I had, and tried to add a little more ambiance to the overall sound. This is one of my favorites that my brother John plays on for me, because it reflects his great talent on the guitar and his love for music. He took a rag-tag experimental effort of mine and truly made music of it, Thanks John.

An experiment with household objects.

I'm playing the cuica, Sears gas grill, Rubbermaid trashcan with Dead-blow hammer, and the 1¼" combination wrench with the ½" drive break-over bar.

My brother John (TEXASFEEL) graciously added the guitars to top it off.... Thanks, bro!

Enjoy the taste of Brasil!
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Feter

apb

J.A.Stewart

MarkHolbrook

TG

egobandit

lengold

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davisamerica

CraizeeMusic

bud

PickQuickRecords

HenriROGERsoloandbands

five_extra_arms

kassia

tokai

Savage_Beast

aclarke

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Skean said 58 days ago
Hey brothers
You 2 Rocks..... I love this... Cheers

Rocha Malhada said 49 days ago
2 rocks
Thanks bro, always great to see you here

. - Harold

Karmatoburn said 58 days ago
" drive break-over bar
no limits on your imagination. Good call on the combination wrench. Nice samba feel. John's playing is outstanding. Love the mix.

Rocha Malhada said 49 days ago
RE: no limits..
Thank you John. I really appreciate the kind remarks

. - Harold

magnatone said 58 days ago
Trash Can Jam
Well - could this really BE more COOL?

Rocha Malhada said 49 days ago
RE: well...
maybe :)

Thank you Karen - I'm a bit remiss in responding to all these comments, sorry about that.

. - Harold

Feter said 58 days ago
Trash Can Jam
Music is amazing when it came from a talented minds
certainly ours is one of these ... Johns guitar just
PERFECT ..what a combo? Kudos bros ...thnx alot for
sharin !!!!

Rocha Malhada said 49 days ago
RE: certainly ours
As always Feter, thanks so much.

. - Harold

TG said 57 days ago
gorgeous
I enjoy this very much....Downloaded!

Rocha Malhada said 49 days ago
RE: enjoy
Tom, glad to have you stop in, always.

. - Harold

egobandit said 57 days ago
this time
I downloaded I remeber this. Great rubbermaid you got goin on! excellent on all levels!

Rocha Malhada said 49 days ago
RE: this time
thanks, Tim - glad you snatched a copy - you never know when I get the happy (D) finger again...

. - Harold

said 56 days ago
Very nice!
I remember hearing this one and thinking what a cool concept. I still think that :) John's guitar track sounds great, too!

Rocha Malhada said 48 days ago
RE: I remember..
Thanks for listening and commenting again, Mikey

. - Harold

lengold said 56 days ago
Love
it.
Downloaded.
Thanks.
Cheers
Len



Rocha Malhada said 48 days ago
RE: Love
Len, always glad to have you stop by. Enjoy the DL...

. - Harold

davisamerica said 55 days ago
:-]
:-] .... now why did I buy all this F ing software ??????????

Rocha Malhada said 45 days ago
RE: now why did...
:-|

well, the gas grill kind of has its limitations... Thanks for stopping in, Jack -

. - Harold

CraizeeMusic said 55 days ago
positively amazing!
yeah those are some killer guitars. very smooth, I love the originality of the percussion too.

Well done!

Rocha Malhada said 45 days ago
RE: Killer guitars
Thanks Marshall - check out some of John's stuff on his page, http://www.macjams.com/artist/TEXASFEEL

. - Harold

Diviner said 54 days ago
Lovely track
Esp love the fact that some of the sounds are household items. Well done, this is brilliant, really enjoyed. Brilliant guitaring as well.

Rocha Malhada said 44 days ago
RE: lovely
Thanks Keith, glad you enjoyed the track.

. - Harold

bud said 54 days ago
I loved this the first time around
even better now. Worth the revisit for sure.

Rocha Malhada said 44 days ago
RE: second time around
Thanks for revisiting this. I had re-loaded Cubase after going months without it when I bought a new laptop, and opened this project - I didn't realize how much clipping I had left in it before and some of the panning was strange(?), so I took another stab at it... Glad you approve.

. - Harold

PickQuickRecords said 53 days ago
Slick!
This one cool tune dudes! Sweet little piece gents.
I heard the first version long ago, but this is so much more refined.

BTW: I'd be having a taste of steak on that grill! lol

Thanks for sharing.

Rocha Malhada said 41 days ago
RE: taste of steak...
Thanks for re-visiting Chris.

Would you like that medium rare? :)

. - Harold

HenriROGERsoloandbands said 50 days ago
Brasil ?

Sounds more Spain to me than Brasil :-)

Never mind, great sounds and mood with a cool guitar and nice rythms .

Rocha Malhada said 41 days ago
RE: Sounds more Spain
Thanks for listening and commenting, Henri

I guess it reminds me of so much of the music I heard while growing up in Brasil for 18 years, that I made that association. My bad.

. - Harold

five_extra_arms said 50 days ago
Trashed
Harold and John,

this could've been a funny tune, but it was really authentic Brasil!! I love that you experimented the way that you did. The foundation of guitar gave you tons of room for exploration. The percussion reminds me of Depeche Mode "Construction Time" era noises, only not sampled and not synthetic.

So, what did you guys throw on the grill after that tasty jam? I can smell it from here.

Bob

Rocha Malhada said 41 days ago
RE: smell it
Come on down, Bob - the fire's still burning, I think it's about done now. :-|

Thanks for the nice comments.

. - Harold

kassia said 50 days ago
jammin
SO COOL! what a great combo of creative sounds and that silky guitar over the top. awesome. just brilliant.

Rocha Malhada said 41 days ago
RE: silky guitar
Thanks Shay, what a nice description of John's guitar work. thank you for listening and commenting!

. - Harold

Studioplayer said 49 days ago
Yep
Rubbermaid trashcan with Dead-blow hammer!! LOL That's great. Creative stuff. It actually has a nice thump to it.

Rocha Malhada said 41 days ago
RE: thump to it
Thanks David - I tried all kinds of EQ and such to make it sound more like a bass drum, but it ain't happening. The plastic ridged bottom gives about a "thud", and that's it

Thanks for listening and commenting.

. - Harold

afkingsport said 48 days ago
Awsome
Very nice. Your recording nice and clear. I need to change my software, and learn a bit more. Very cool song Diggin it.

Rocha Malhada said 41 days ago
RE: thanks
Thank you Anthony. If I could just sing as well as you do....

. - Harold

tokai said 47 days ago
well, that is ingenious
of you, must look around the house to see what i over looked. Definitely got that samba vibe to it, and that guitar sounds it off rather well. Glad i found this, i went to college with a guy that made a c.d from house hold objects.

Rocha Malhada said 40 days ago
RE: around the house
Really is amazing what you can find, especially in the order of drone. I had thought about adding my battery powered hand drill, makes a cool sound when you power on & off...

. - Harold

VicDiesel said 44 days ago
Apart from the cuica
this doesn't sound all that Brazilian. Samba has a very characteristic rhythm.

Your rhythm section is pretty cool. I think the DIY approach is in the spirit of the everybody-join-in notion of the Brazilian carnival.

The guitars are cool, but not really latin american....



Rocha Malhada said 40 days ago
RE: doesn't sound all that Brazilian
Interesting.... I was born and lived there 18 years. A lot of influences in "their" music, perhaps I'm guilty of association. Samba is probably the wrong genre; me beating on the gas grill doesn't emulate the percussion executed in the traditional samba schools for certain

I would recommend "Fanfarra" and some other tunes off the "Brasileiro" album by Sergio Mendes...

. - Harold

awigze said 42 days ago
whuduya think RL?
If you are into 'found sounds' perhaps you have discovered the timbre clarity of metric wrenches over standard toolage.... let me know what you think. : )
I have always wanted to get a mic up to a squeaky wheelbarrow wheel- the ones with the metal tub.... it has an odd reverb quality. The results of an idle childhood

Rocha Malhada said 40 days ago
RE: metric wrenches...
I haven't compared the UOM effect, but what does count is the size and quality/weight of the combo wrench. Pipe and crescent wrenches suck due to the damping effect of the assembled parts. The other critical aspect is how you hang the wrench - a thin leather chord works well....

:-) hope this helps.

Thanks for the listen and your comments.

. - Harold

smokey bacon jnr said 40 days ago
Brilliant
what more can be said? Great combination of sounds.

Rocha Malhada said 39 days ago
RE: what more .
Thanks smokey, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping in to listen and comment.

. - Harold

Savage_Beast said 35 days ago
Wow
Love the idea of the household items/tools as instruments and the guitars are outstanding. This came out great. How about a whole album like this?

Rocha Malhada said 34 days ago
RE: a whole album
hmm.. I wore my hands out beating on that grill.

Gee Dave, did you bring everyone over with ya? Thanks man.

. - Harold

edpdx said 35 days ago
The 2 styles
are combined very well. Very well mixed onto headphones, sounds great. Ambient Spanish style guitar combined, great concept.

edpdx


Rocha Malhada said 34 days ago
RE: The 2 styles
Thank you for listening and commenting, glad you're happy with the mix..

. - Harold

davisamerica said 35 days ago
back
for a second listen and thank you Best of 2008 forum for the line up. Very darn creative Harold and John

Rocha Malhada said 34 days ago
RE: back for second helping
thanks, man. Lunch....

. - Harold

lavalamp said 35 days ago
Cool
Love the mood you guys set with this one. Liked it a bunch.

Dave

Rocha Malhada said 34 days ago
RE: mood
Dave, thanks. It's always a pleasure to have you stop by listen and comment.

. - Harold

aclarke said 33 days ago
Okay Harold... you win
Hands down this is the most creative percussive based track I've heard on Macjams. Brilliant and very close to pure genius.

John's playing only gets better and better. I've always felt he's one of the most under-rated players here and a master of any style he chooses.

Very cool song, Harold!
Adam

Rocha Malhada said 32 days ago
RE: creative percussive
Thanks Adam - that's pretty high praise...

I agree about John, he is a master on the guitar, one of the best on this site.

. - Harold

awigze said 28 days ago
fishing line
Fihing Line.. or monofilament as they say in the movie biz... works well in the hanging of open or boxed wrenches... why do we know such things?

Rocha Malhada said 28 days ago
yeah...
I'll bet that would work even better than leather.

thanks,

. - Harold

fambroski said 28 days ago
My kind of Percussionist
I've always wanted to work with percussionist with a drummers sensibilities or a drummer with a percussionist sensibilities. Drummers generally play on the beat and percussionist off the beat. I've always wanted a something in-between. I would always say " Look I don't care if you play a cereal box as long as you've got a groove"
I want a percussionist like you.

Rocha Malhada said 28 days ago
RE: kind of a Percussionist
Thanks, Miche - I guess I'm niether, so I must qualify :-|

I guess I should practice up a bit and build the calluses on my thumbs and palms, sheesh that grill top tore me up, and I was sore for days...

. - Harold

Jarvoid said 27 days ago
Beggar me
Thats the best bit of rubbish I have heard in a long time....well rubbishbin anyway, oh okay you call it a trashcan. I say tomato you say tomato.......it doesn,t work when it's written down does it?
Cracking good idea, do you play real drums as well?
I just stumbled along here after reading one of your posts ,got side tracked to this tune and forgot what the post was .....bo***x.

All the Best Jarvoid



Rocha Malhada said 27 days ago
RE: tə māt′ō, tə mät′ō
It's! even different in Texas twang...

I don't play drums, I just used my thumbs and palms to beat the gas grill, hammer on the rubbish bin, etc...

Thanks Chris. Hope the visit revealed more about the author of the post... :-|

. - Harold

Remark80 said 27 days ago
Great Tune!
The guitar work on this is tremendous! With the originality of the percussion I think this is awesome. Great playing. Glad I stopped by!!

Rocha Malhada said 27 days ago
RE: Thanks Sean
Glad you stopped by, too - I'm over listening to "Free Yourself (Revised)" right now, great song

. - Harold

Dj French Toast said 19 days ago
Noise
I love making music with non trad stuff . This sounds real good . What is the noise that sounds like a frog in it ? Great guitar and general feel . I think it was a little short was just gettin into it when it ended but thats your call....great song:)

Rocha Malhada said 19 days ago
RE: hey DJ
that "noise" is the Cuíca, a Brazilian instrument (the little red drum looking thing sittin on the right side of the grill). It has a stick in it tied into the calf skin head that you rub on with a moist rag... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu%C3%ADca

Thanks for dropping in man..

. - Harold



Youra said 12 days ago
Soul brothers
Great rythm section ! A great peace, never heard the original, and it doesn't appear in you song list. Guitars and funny gear mix perfectly in this samba laid back feel. Well done.



Rocha Malhada said 12 days ago
RE: Soul Bros
Youra, thanks for the listen and comment...

. - Harold

timothy devine said 7 days ago
nice
you will dig this/ 450 miles somba

http://www.macjams.com/song/47633

house hold rhythm section here like u

my brother john just moved to texas
my brother bill, has a bunch of songs up here
william devine

nice to see brothers
brother to brother
peace

Rocha Malhada said 6 days ago
RE: Brothers
I wouldn't be here, if not for my brother's encouragement.

I listened to iG's tune (again) - I'm afraid his is a much more polished and authentic sound, great stuff.

Thanks for listening and comment!

. - Harold

shavingronaldscar said 3 hours ago
nice!
your brother John does great work! really smooth... the whole track is nicely chill.

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