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Blue Drifts
by gudkarma

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Submitted on: Feb 28, 2005 - 10:10:59 PM
Last Updated: Feb 28 2005 - 05:16:41 PM
Description (yet again) Another blues experiment. No vocals this time just me and my slide and synths. Just wondering if this works at all. some feedback would be appreciated (as always).
Lyrics 'its in there'
Hardware imacG4 17inch. m-audio keys. yamaha accoustic/elect.
Software: garage band. snowed in by storm. chai tea.
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Rebsie said 1411 days ago
Fantastic combination
Wow, groovy slide guitar! It goes brilliantly with the
synth too. It definitely works for me. I'm thinking it
might benefit from having a section with something
else added to it, to give it a little more variety, but
overall I think it sounds great.

gudkarma said 1410 days ago
Fantastic combination
oh thanks rebsie. yeah i know what you mean about adding. actually i added a lot. i got many guitars going in there to make it thick...yet skinny. i was going to add voice....but i've done that before on previous blues songs. i just wanted it to be something slightly meditative,,,yet not.
er....actually....i just made it how i thought it should be. i didnt think that much about it till now.
hmmmmm.
thanks!


Kevensor said 1410 days ago
Delta nightmare.
Sounds like a soundtrack for a song about a delta bluesman who has to finally make good on the pact he made with the devil. Loved it!

The one thing I would say that needs improvement is the high slide notes on the guitar seem to not sound right. (shrugging) not sure if you understand what I mean.

8-7-8-8!

gudkarma said 1410 days ago
Delta nightmare.
hmmmm..no i'm not sure what you mean. i did some very free sliding around..and hit some sour things..maybe thats what you mean?

i guess no one realizes these songs are completely spontaneous.
so any mistakes i make that are so tiny i usually leave it in.
its part of the song in my mind.


Kevensor said 1410 days ago
Delta nightmare.
I din't mean that it sounded wrong, or bad. Hope that wasn't the impression I left. I didn't express myself well, sorry.

gudkarma said 1410 days ago
Delta nightmare.
i didnt take it negative at all.
no worry.

Syncopatient said 1410 days ago
I'm diggin it
This works really well. Keep going with this piece. You've
got lots of great spaces intertwined with excellent sounds
and panning. Oh to put vocals and harmonies in
here...something cool, like way in the background for
harmonies....don't think it needs lyrics like that of a
story...just some cool phrases.

A melodic hook over the top of this would be icing on the
cake. Cool track!

gudkarma said 1410 days ago
other ones
Old Muddy

gudkarma said 1410 days ago
other ones
these are other blues scapes as you can see some i used voice in some i didn't.
but you can see the soundscapes i was trying for.


Brownsville Moan


Stovall's Blues


Delta Overture


Blues 92


and Nehemia's Blues.........which i realize now....i never posted. duh.


chikoppi said 1410 days ago
Smokey. Dusty. Superb!
This is an appealing combination of your ambient music and blues guitar talents. I really like the percussive details you sprinkled throughout. Outstanding production. The piece is uber rich and evocative. It definitely carries me away to a mysterious and imaginative landscape. This is far better than some of the less than effective "professional" instrumental backing I hear occasionally in films. I'm at a loss to suggest any changes.

gudkarma said 1410 days ago
Smokey. Dusty. Superb!
changes.......we dont need no stinkin' changes!
thanks brother.
i'm never so sure anyone 'gets' my music.
heh...not that it matters really.
but its nice to have company.


mandolinquent said 1410 days ago
Paris Texas in space...
Lovely playing. All that sluggish sliding is so rich. What
was that early John Carpenter movie set in space where
the astronauts played C&W all the time? This should ahve
been the soundtrack.

mandolinquent said 1410 days ago
Paris Texas in space...
Lovely playing. All that sluggish sliding is so rich. What
was that early John Carpenter movie set in space where
the astronauts played C&W all the time? This should ahve
been the soundtrack.

Del said 1410 days ago
Ambient whiskey drinkers blues
Didn't expect this use of electronic effects, after your very good acoustic blues tracks in the past. But this has such depth and power, and combines the best of your inventive-yet-grounded-in-tradition blues playing with the room-filling aaspects of the modern electronic sound. Sounds absolutely professional, but with way more edge-personality than normal synth music. Like New Age Ambience that chews tobacco and drinks whiskey.

gudkarma said 1410 days ago
Ambient whiskey drinkers blues
Del. hah! new age 'bacco chewin' mutha ---------WATCH YOUR MOUTH.
: )
thats great!
thanks.
if i ever do an album......i'll quote you.


Del said 1407 days ago
Ambient whiskey drinkers blues
When you quote me, remember that's Del with one L. I haven't been immortalized on a jacket cover since my high school gang days!

gudkarma said 1410 days ago
Ambient whiskey drinkers blues
also.....i'd like to add: i didnt use any synths in this song. just guitar tracks. i tweaked around with settings on the guitars...and of course i used a drum loop.


Sentinel said 1410 days ago
Woooeeee
makes me want to prepare a fine plate of hog
maw,greens, and taste of molassses pie.

TobinMueller said 1410 days ago
Psychedelic blues
Psychedelic electro-acoustic blues. Ray Lynch meets
O'Leary's ghost at Hunter Thompson's funeral and sips
lemonade, exchanging flashbacks. Moody, great sound,
wonderufl balance of frequencies and space and finger
articulations. Excellent production. Sweet and sad and
controlled, all within the bending universe of the Asian
delta.

gudkarma said 1410 days ago
Psychedelic blues
ah damn.
i should have titled it HUNTER THOMPSONS FUNERAL.
bah!
thanks tobin. gee....i really didnt think anyone would dig this so much. i'm happily surprised.

said 1409 days ago
Very fine...

very fine, indeed. An excursion into a moody, mysterious bluescape. Kudos my man!

Jack

Peter Greenstone said 1409 days ago
Beyond Cool
This is a fantastic blend of Wild West, Delta Blues, Cyber
Wasteland, and something else. Very well arranged and
mixed with cool creeping slide guitar and subtle effects.
It most certainly works for me. It's great as is, though
there's probably room in there where you might add
something else and make it even better. Very original feel
to this and I love it.

said 1409 days ago
Dig down deep
I visualize days and nights in the Bayou. Brass shovel in
hand, preparing the foundation for a House of Blues to
which all blues players, living or dead, are welcome. A
foundation of rock. Substantial columns of hard wood. A
ceiling of loosly knit burlap.

K.I.S.KISMET said 1409 days ago
Tantalizing....
all the subtle elements that linger about the slide like smoke. A witty marriage of sounds. I wish that my daysrecently spent snowed in had turned out so well.

SpasmodicMan said 1409 days ago
Caught yet free
Blues man caught in the perfectly balanced world, sliding
between the walls, asserting roots in the air perfumed by
atomized sweet and clean. You keep you character alive in
the heart of sanitation and come away smelling like a
rose.

Stun Nutz said 1407 days ago
props
Good showcase of talent and creativity here.
Effective blending of different styles. This would
definitely be great on a soundtrack. I love the
artwork, too!

bronco said 1406 days ago
Spooky
The very first part was especially haunting. It did get to be
a little too much of the same as the song went on. I think
if you could put a contrasting bridge in the middle it
would add a great deal to it. But this is another great
example that music doesn't have to be super complicated
to be good.

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Artist Bio new jersey dweller. kumdo/tai chi chuan study. bhavana practicing. cucumber sandwich lover. guitar fumbler. always open to collaborations....[more]
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