Made 3 New Solo Songs Today- mp3s/videos of them

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #1 10-28-2006, 12:16 AM

Fairly productive today- came up with these three solo pieces that I'm pretty happy with. All are made in one take as usual using my Looperlative.
The March To War
How Not To Make A Song
Bedtime For Bella

vids of my ugly ass playing them:
The March To War
How Not To Make A Song
Bedtime For Bella

They're all pretty different- "The March To War" was all thought out ahead of time- different sounds were supposed to represent the gathering of footsoldiers, wardrums, the distorted solo was meant to sound like a general speaking to the troops in a hollow way- saying lots of words with feeling but not much behind it (kinda wish I threw in more mindless fast passages now), harmonic bends to sound like howls, etc. etc. "How Not To Make A Song" was the opposite- I was very much sleep deprived- had just hopped out of the shower and was going to take a nap, but grabbed my bass instead. Kinda silly, nothing planned out, but I kinda liked the outcome anyways. "Bedtime for Bella" was a little lullabye I made for my daughter.

Made another piece, but it's too disorganized to post- I'll try to make a good version of it tomorrow.

Just thought I'd share

mastersrhythm · #2 10-29-2006, 06:30 PM

Great effort and very original!!!!
Keep it up.

Supernova67 · #3 10-29-2006, 06:48 PM

great songs man. Really like "Bedtime For Bella" (especially since i'm going on 30 hours and no sleep). mind posting the chord changes?
-Travis

Bassist4Life · #4 10-29-2006, 07:24 PM

I'm psyched! I'm downloading the files right now. I enjoy the music you have posted on your website. I'm looking forward to listening to the new material.

Joe

Bassist4Life · #5 10-29-2006, 07:39 PM

Very groovy! My favorite is "How Not To Make A Song".

I really enjoy creating music by layering bass tracks; however, I don't have the gear that makes it so easy.

I have an 8-track, so I have to lay down tracks individually. I have an Autumn Leaves sample on my website.

I did some other tunes were I messed around with altered tunings and harmonics. These were inspired by Jeff Schmidt. I didn't keep track of what I was doing with my tunings so I couldn't re-create those recording, but I loved the process.

Thanks for posting your new creations. It's really inspiring to see and hear you paint with sound.

Joe

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #6 10-29-2006, 09:32 PM

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Joe- that's a sweet little sample- post the whole thing for us to hear! That and Little Sunflower are two standards that I've always wanted to do in a solo/looped context, but haven't done it yet. Jeff has an amazing solo version of Little Sunflower that I recently heard, although I have a more laid-back way of playing it in mind.

As for "Bedtime for Bella," it's very simply put together- it's in D, the background chord is just a double-stop playing D and F#, and the two main chords are just D and Bminor.

Bassist4Life · #7 10-29-2006, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Joe- that's a sweet little sample- post the whole thing for us to hear!

Thanks Bryan, I really appreciate it. I wasn't able to post the entire file due to the restrictions on the size of our free tripod website.

I just started working on my own website tonight and I'm going to post a bunch of my mp3's. I will absoultely include Autumn Leaves.

Thanks again,
Joe

GG90 · #8 10-30-2006, 03:48 AM

hey great work on those songs! i really like them, especially bedtime for donna that was beautiful

i've really been inspired by your recordings, i feel like making another one of my own when i get the time! thanks again for your positive comment, peace

Bassist4Life · #9 10-31-2006, 07:35 PM

Here is the link to my MP3's. On this page you find the entire arrangement of Autumn Leaves. I hope you enjoy it. I got my new website up; however, it isn't very developed just yet. I hate that tripod won't let you link directly to files and images. I guess I would have to pay to get that feature. Anyhow...

http://basscorner.tripod.com/mp3.html

Joe

ii-v · #10 10-31-2006, 08:20 PM

Bryan, I really dig the harmonic intro.

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #11 10-31-2006, 09:18 PM

Good stuff there, Joe! Particularly Nadia's Theme and Pulse.

Bassist4Life · #12 11-01-2006, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

Good stuff there, Joe! Particularly Nadia's Theme and Pulse.

Thanks for listening Bryan. I appreciate your kind words. I believe the music we create is a reflection of our humanity. It always feels good when someone hears music I have created and has a positive response.

I have always enjoyed visiting your website and checking out your audio/video clips. I notice that for your new recordings, you give your basses equal time. If I remember correctly, you recorded each piece with a different instrument. Did you plan it that way?

Thanks,
Joe

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #13 11-01-2006, 10:08 AM

Pretty much. While all of them are similar in make, they're all capable of very different sounds, and each has a different feel (and scale length for that matter!). Picking up a different one inspires different playing, and back when I had an A/B input switcher, I even enjoyed switching between basses for different parts within a song. I'll have to get another one of those