Author Topic: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!  (Read 1797 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« on: February 14, 2017, 10:41:06 AM »
I was inspired by Hardwired To Self Destruct to make a big fat rock/metal album.

I love what i came up with so far.

It's not quite as polished as HTSD. More like Saint Anger with much better production !!

https://soundcloud.com/davidoakes/sets/the-juggernaut-iii

What do you think ?



*UPDATED WITH NEWER MIXES
« Last Edit: February 15, 2017, 04:39:39 PM by Kotowboy »

Offline Sir GuitarCozmo

  • Official Forum Sous Chef and broler5
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 13979
  • Gender: Male
  • Kelly Clarkson BEEFS
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2017, 01:22:46 PM »
Sounds excellent!  :tup

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2017, 01:32:52 PM »
Many Thanks !

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2017, 07:30:25 AM »
https://soundcloud.com/davidoakes/sets/the-juggernaut-iii

Here's day 1 of track 2. They sound similar because they're going to be a two-parter to open the album :)

Plus i'm probably gonna change the drums a bit anyway as I used the previous song as a template just to get started.
« Last Edit: February 15, 2017, 04:39:20 PM by Kotowboy »

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2017, 07:06:10 AM »
https://soundcloud.com/davidoakes/sets/the-juggernaut-iii

5 tracks up now !!

Recorded RumbleStiltskin this morning. I love it ;D

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2017, 02:55:42 PM »

Offline Elite

  • The 'other' Rich
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 17546
  • Gender: Male
  • also, a tin teardrop
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2017, 03:03:05 AM »
Wow! I like the guitar tone, it's pretty fat and defined. What gear are you using to record? (Guitars, amp as well as interfaces/mics etc.)

Hey dude slow the fuck down so we can finish together at the same time.  :biggrin:
Squ
scRa are the resultaten of sound nog bring propey

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2017, 03:07:44 AM »
1. Gibson Les Paul

2. Blackstar HT 100 head ( Emulated Output into Line6 Audio Interface )

3. Logic Pro 9

4. Toontrack EzDrummer ( I double up with some punchy MIDI drums to beef it up a bit. Mixed low so you can't tell they're Midi drums - plus slight distortion to beef them up a bit more )

5. Waveburner Mastering Software ( Comes With Logic )

6. Peavey 4 string bass.


:) Thanks for listening ! I almost never put any reverb on my rhythm guitars and I have 2 bass tracks going at once. I record one on a clean channel then copy and paste it into

a new track and put loads of dirt on that one. The clean one gives all the attack and the dirty one gives it some oomph.

I also copy and paste the solos so that there are 2 identical tracks in mono.

It means it pushes it up about 3 or 4 db - but that also means you only need to turn it *down* in the mix and it's not fighting to be heard.


I also turn the Humanise on EZDrummer on maximum so it doesn't sound robotic. It does mean that some hits aren't smack on the beat - but that just makes it more realistic.
« Last Edit: February 20, 2017, 03:13:51 AM by Kotowboy »

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2017, 12:00:07 PM »

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2017, 10:30:03 AM »
https://soundcloud.com/davidoakes/9-danger-uxb


Just came up with this riff whilst browsing the web so I stopped everything recorded it :biggrin:

I'm loving it so far.

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2017, 06:17:03 PM »
https://davidoakes.bandcamp.com


11 tracks up now. Just one more (hopefully 9 minute 3 part song) to write then it'll all be done !!

I've been working on this album since Feb 13. And it's the first new music i've worked on since September.


Online mikeyd23

  • Posts: 5479
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2017, 08:32:01 AM »
Sounding good man! Really like "Groover".

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2017, 09:28:34 AM »
Sounding good man! Really like "Groover".

Thank you so much !! I only just wrote that one last night. I always wanna do more experimental stuff but when my method of writing is

i. write out 16 bars of drums

ii. record a riff for 16 bars Left and right

iii. record bass

iv. copy pasta 16 more bars of drums

v. try to come up with a 2nd section


...it's a bit hard to plan out something really odd and weird unless I already have the idea in my head.


Also Danger UXB! really reminds me of Aint My Bitch from LOAD. What you reckon ?

Online mikeyd23

  • Posts: 5479
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2017, 10:24:57 AM »
Also Danger UXB! really reminds me of Aint My Bitch from LOAD. What you reckon ?

Yeah a little bit. Your stuff sounds like a cool blend of your influences (at least who I assume your influences are based on the stuff you post about here). Like a mix of Green Day, Oasis and Metallica!

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2017, 10:55:15 AM »
Can't argue with that.

Bit of Mastodon too.

Especially in "The Drop".

Offline Kotowboy

  • Yes THAT Kotowboy.
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 28561
  • Gender: Male
Re: KotowBoy's New Heavy SH*T !!!!!
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2017, 12:10:38 PM »
https://davidoakes.bandcamp.com/



All 12 tracks are done !!! Just finished "Jacknife" today.

Started this particular project on Feb 12. Not bad. Interestingly it's the same length as the first Juggernaut album I did but has twice as many tracks.

Also I worked on that one for about 8 months because I was still learning Logic.

EP1 is on iTunes already etc but i'm still gonna tweak the other 2 to make sure i'm happy with them before releasing.


:)