"Share some good music" Friday

Bass here, but is it “bass” or a just a stringed instrument with some thicker strings… she hardly gets below the 12th fret… (sorry, getting a bit philosophical here :grin:)

In any case, a Japanese bass player wielding a Dingwall (@howard, nudge, nudge :smile:) and it sounds great!

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Looks like a bass to me :wink: Very cool

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Wow. He tuned that Dingwall EADGC for that.

Check this one out:

Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Polyphia… wow

He’s really good.

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The '80s really did love overcompressed drums :slight_smile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71YvHBkNWco

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you can thank Phil Collins for that :smile:

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It’s actually kind of humorous in retrospect. Such a distinct and yet undesirable sound :slight_smile:

Today I always feel bad in a mix if I have to run the drums that far into the limiter or otherwise compress them that much. In the '80s we did it on purpose :slight_smile:

But there are reasons to compress depending on the song, which is to open space in the frequencies to allow a song to breathe. I will post an example in a second (as soon as I listen to it)

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Oh there’s absolutely reasons to do it. And I do do it. My drums are always compressed to some extent.

I’m just laughing about ubiquitously doing it everywhere as a stylistic theme of the times :slight_smile:

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This is a brilliant song to me. Bring Me the Horizon are so creative, snd it was recorded in home studios with each member of the band separate.

The mix is amazing, compression used to open space and you can hear all the instrumentation.

It is so good to hear Oli reach back to his metalcore roots, I must confess I was one of those who thought he blew his voice out; he hasn’t growled like this for a decade at least.

And the contrast between his voice and Su is just incredible. Moa has just a couple parts, but her brootal scream at the end just caps the breakdown.

The human brain likes to seek patterns, and the song constantly changes up, and in the video none of the patterns repeat, this song was crafted on so many levels.

A Kingslayer is someone who does the right thing according to Oli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKyXvNkGQKc

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Oh that’s fantastic. Thanks for sharing that. That’s almost electroindustrial in places, love it.

Another great Aussie band @howard👍
Cheers Brian

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I just had notice Batzorig is releasing a new song in a few hours. Batzorig is an incredible throat singer and the range of sounds he makes doesn’t seem possible.

Here he is with his daughter Maral. Just a feel good song.

Here is a great song from one of Australia’s best bands,
Enjoy,
Cheers Brian

And another
https://youtu.be/7eGnrTZBE-0

My addition from Oz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSNxFGW09Mo

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Here is another great band from down under, actually from New Zealand, but had most of their success in Oz Dragon - Young Years - YouTube
Cheers Brian

And another from Dragon Dragon - Rain (1983) - YouTube

And another from Dragon, this one shows Tommy Emmanuel in the band👍
https://youtu.be/MA_Bo-5w4ZE
Dragon were a very underrated band,
Cheers Brian

Almost from OZ, an AC/DC cover. This is a new band who if my Japanese is accurate (which it isn’t) will be releasing their first album at the end of this month. But Saki on guitar is from Mary’s Blood and that is like rock royalty in Japan. I hope they do well because they are fun

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That spin-off they mention with Gacharic Spin would have been awesome :slight_smile:

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