For those of you unfamiliar, I've got clips here:

Pop's Unmaintained Little Web Page

Feel free to listen, comment and enjoy.


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Pop -

Always liked your stuff but I don't think I'd ever heard With Each Passing Hour before for some reason. As always, nice job. I like the progressions you come up with - kind of reminds me of a vanilla sundae with just the right kind and amount of toppings. The B3 flavoring fits right in.

I really like the songs! They all sound great as well! Sounds like uplifting "booty music" with extra passion. Every song sounds so similar, in the way every song on Kylie Minogue's Fever album do. Sounds like it was all recorded on the same day. And it sounds like it was recorded live for the most part to me as well. That's always a sign things sound great. Now you got me wanting to hear the rest of the songs that aren't linked.

-Dusty

That is some really nice music...thanks for posting! Welcome to our humble home.

Warren

Some Tuneage I recorded for a friend (me on drums / piano).
My Piano Stuff (fun screw around stuff)IUMA Page

Today's stars are tomorrow's meteor fragments.

Thanks to all for taking the time and for the kind words.

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Sounds like uplifting "booty music" with extra passion...Sounds like it was all recorded on the same day. And it sounds like it was recorded live for the most part to me as well. That's always a sign things sound great.

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Booty music?...who else qualifies as "booty music"? I want to see what kind of company I'm in.

What's the opposite of recorded live in one day...oh, yeah-spending a year playing all the parts myself. Call me a master illusionist.

The "live" feeling usually comes from a good mix. So it feels like the guitar is leaking into the overheads and every performance isn't perfect like on a Steely Dan record. Hmmm, booty music. Well, booty music makes people smile by being smooth, and something about it just feels sexy. All booty music is sooo different musically sounding its hard to pinpoint an artist that sounds much like you. Booty music always takes place "tonight". Booty music can sound caring and affectionate, but being a 19 year old guy I read it as bullshit to get some leg. And that deep smooth rolling bassline... THATS BOOTY! Oh, and booty music also isn't repatitious (thats got to be spelled wrong like normal rock, i.e. The Cranberries. Booty music isn't appologetic for saying "baby". Oh and booty music has those "skaish/reggaeish upstroke guitar lines" Oh, and piano is generally essential in booty music, however it usually stays in the background. Oh, and lots of reverb on those drums!

I might have a completly wrong perspective on this shit. Maybe the songs are really about death, pain and suffering and I'm just missing the point. Or maybe its that late 70's Elton John feeling distracting from the real message. I'm not dissing, I love that shit, I got 20 (atleast) Elton albums .

How'd you get the whistlie synth sound at the beginning of "with each passing hour"? I've heard that tone in a LOOOOT of booty music man!

If I had to list some booty music it would be:

Marvin Gaye, The Pina Colada song, Clapton's Wonderful tonight (take note of the word "Tonight" which is found in almost all the songs of yours that are available to d/l now, A few Phil Collins tunes, some elton john, and a great portion of 1970's one hit wonders.

Unfortunatly booty music faded away for many years. And transformed into lifeless shit, a la JT's new album. Cry me a river

Keep it booty Popmann, fo' shizzle.

-Dusty

I got you. I grew up on old Elton and Phil collins and--I'm betting Hall and Oates would be booty music?

Cool. I like that. Now when people ask what kind of music I do, I can say, "It's just booty music." That'll blow their minds.

hahaha, yeah! Hall and Oats know a thing or two about booty.

-Dusty

I loved "With Each Passing Hour" - really and truly impressive. It's just a great song and sounds wonderfull as well.

"Needed To Fall" seemed a little too casual in comparison, but still a good tune.

Very nice.

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their drums"

Eleanor Roosevelt

Popmann,

I like "needed to fall" a lot. I hear the collins influence for sure. What bass and signal path do you use for that bass? Has a great round sound. Also, what mic and pre do you track your vox with?


Thanks,
Justin

Needed to Fall was the first song I used my new bass on...Carvin LB75 5 str fretless. The signal path for it on the song was:

Maudio DMP3> ART Levelar> ART DIO A/D...

Any of the other tunes, it's pretty much the same...just with an old Peavey 4str fretless w/EMGs...

The vocals are a Neumann TLM193 into the DMP3>DIO...on a few tunes I threw a compressor in-the Levelar or a borrowed RNC. NTF was for sure the Levelar.

Popmann,

Thanks for the reply. I think it says a lot for the ART DIO. The whole mix has an openness that mine dont have. I had heard good things about that unit even though its an ART. The TML193 sounds very good on you.



Justin

Hey Popmann,
All I get is a bunch of machine code on my screen when I attempt to listen to your stuff. Maybe it's my computer, but I can't listen to the stuff.
Is it posted elswhere on the net?
thanks.


KenMeister

It is better to try and fail, than to never try at all.

Try right clicking one of the links and choosing "Save Target as..."

There are instructions on the page for it...you're not the first one that's had a problem with Comcast's MIME type mapping. Anyway, the right click thing usually gets around it.

I've had "Need to Fall" in my MP3 player for quite a while. and didn't realize it was you, Pop.

Nice job. Great vox! Tastey acoustic playing.
It's got that I-recorded-at-home drum sound that could get retracked better, IMO. But the feel is good.

Dan Richards
Digital Pro Sound
The Listening Sessions

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It's got that I-recorded-at-home drum sound that could get retracked better, IMO.

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But, is there ever a sampled kit that doesn't have that sound? That was a kit from "Real Giga Drums"...ahh, the last recording I made prior to the GigaPC going belly up.

Getting time to make a new record. Not sure how to handle the drums. I really want a drummer to play...but, I've had a hard time with that in the past. See, my stuff's not quite as simple as it appears. My "straight four" pushes and pulls a lot...with some very odd accents...drummers want to come over and barrel through it. Boom-caa-boom-boom-caa. That doesn't work for me.

Ideally, I'd like to have a good session player play in a real studio. Someone else manning the desk...so I can concentrate on getting the best vibe from the drummer. Then, just import those tracks into the VS at home and keep going. I'm tempted to advertise, "Wanted: studio drummer for pop project. Must have maple piccolo snare." That doesn't sound anal and demanding at all...

But, who knows...thanks for listening, and the input. Needed To Fall was a post album experimental recording. You should check out some of the album stuff below. There's even a few with real drums.

This is great recording and great singing popmann.....

Hmmm....time to get myself a DMP3

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Originally posted by Jon:
This is great recording and great singing popmann.....

Hmmm....time to get myself a DMP3

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Yup. Popmann's stuff definitely demonstrates that you can get a good sound out of the DMP3. errr.. or that he can. Some of his clips convinced me to get one.

Tom