Pretty Soon

michael2

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track wasn't ituned to 440, so I made it noisy with harmonies (couldn't figure out how to adjust the tuning on the software instruments, and i only had about an hour to mess around).

picture the Jesus and Mary Chain if they were noisy on their acoustic songs. been really busy on the child rearing scene, so haven't been around much, and this song is the first song i've recorded in awhile. Nicole went to the grocery store with the baby, so I took advantage of the time; I just improvised a guitar and vocal track at the same time, and then added stuff to it.

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Song Stats

Hits: 1227
Comments: 31
Fans: 9
Plays: 172
Downloads: 83
Votes: 6
Uploaded: Jul 24, 2007 - 04:53:04 PM
Last Updated: Jul 24, 2007 - 04:53:04 PM Last Played: Jan 20, 2010 - 03:14:10 PM

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Keywords:

fuzz (13), dirge (5), harmonies (31), more songs about california (1), ()

Hardware:

intel mini mac, MXL USB mic, SM57, Ibanez bass run through my trusty classic fuzz, Hamony Broadway acoustic,

Software:

GB, some soft synths from the remix jampack ( I used the "electroclash lead" sound)

Comments

Sudra	Sudra said 971 days ago (July 24th, 2007)
	That's wicked! I love these lazy-grunge type of songs. Reminds me of the lost Nirvana recordings. Definitely going on my favorites. Check out my latest song called Rugburn

michael2	michael2 said 971 days ago (July 24th, 2007)
	thanks for listening and commenting. i'm glad that you like it. Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

	said 971 days ago (July 24th, 2007)
	LOve it MAn for a guy messin around this is just great! I get a Flaming Lips vibe on this more early stuff! Ya know in November my wife will give birth I hope I will have time also! Great goin squeeze em in bec I enjoyed this one!!!!!!

michael2	michael2 said 971 days ago (July 24th, 2007)
	hey congrats on the baby. do you know what it will be yet? Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

	said 967 days ago (July 28th, 2007)
	A girl November shes due

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 971 days ago (July 24th, 2007)
	electric cowboy a campfire song under tunsten lights. nice little tune for a one hour time limit. Check out my latest song called Happy You

michael2	michael2 said 971 days ago (July 24th, 2007)
	thanks i'm always happy to get nod from your direction. Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

dajama	dajama said 971 days ago (July 24th, 2007)
	Nice! This is laid back, nicely distorted and fuzzy, and the vocal is terrific. Makes me think of summer (something lazy about it) and makes me want to play along. Very cool. Nice work. Peace. Check out my latest song called Across the Wire (MJRF)

michael2	michael2 said 971 days ago (July 24th, 2007)
	i'm really glad you liked this one. wasn't sure about the drums, but left them in anyways. Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

Godchaser	Godchaser said 971 days ago (July 24th, 2007)
	Lovin' it Makes me think of summertime songs from the 60's with a mod,modern twist - all the different sound sources you used fit together so perfectly to create a instant fav - lazy summer grunge folk rock music = whatever it is I dig it! Blessings, Check out my latest song called As i Walk

michael2	michael2 said 969 days ago (July 26th, 2007)
	love your description. thanks so much for stopping by, and I'm really stoked that you like. Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

cjdaley	cjdaley said 971 days ago (July 25th, 2007)
	It has been a long time classic Michael2 tune, pretty and crammed full of sonic surprises. I like this tambourine (?) thing. Check out my latest song called shortbus spaceship (feat. the Flying Monggz from the Ninth Planet) by the Monggz

michael2	michael2 said 969 days ago (July 26th, 2007)
	hey there i put the tambourine in as an afterthought. i just played everything live on one of the drum kits from the world music jampack. it was wandering-euro-gypsy or something like that. Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

	said 971 days ago (July 25th, 2007)
	Great tune I dig it... Thanks for sharing. Take care --- Kenta

michael2	michael2 said 969 days ago (July 26th, 2007)
	thanks Skean you have wide open musical taste, so I really appreciate the comment. Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

cjhoose	cjhoose said 970 days ago (July 25th, 2007)
	like the tambourine actually. it all sounds good to me, sound fx included. Strong laziness. (?) Check out my latest song called Julia

michael2	michael2 said 969 days ago (July 26th, 2007)
	thanks i love getting comments from people who's stuff i respect. Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

VicDiesel	VicDiesel said 970 days ago (July 25th, 2007)
	ta-ta-ta ta-ta ta Curious combination, all that distortion, and the folksy vocals, but it works. I feel like whistling along to this. Victor. Check out my latest song called Big man

michael2	michael2 said 969 days ago (July 26th, 2007)
	thanks Vic curious indeed. i generally work from the "what happens if i press this button?" school of recording. Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

bud	bud said 970 days ago (July 25th, 2007)
	Chillin on a sunny afternnon This has a really great vibe and reminds me a little of Syd - but I guess any lazy acoustic guitar reminds me of him. Nice high freq refrain over the "ba bas". Sorry your time is tight - but you managed to make something really special in the brief window of opportunity. Check out my latest song called That E Thing

michael2	michael2 said 969 days ago (July 26th, 2007)
	mmmm Syd. You know I love him so. I think I was actually going for a faux country vibe at first, and then wouldn't you know it: out came the fuzz pedal. good to hear from you. Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

cchaplin	cchaplin said 970 days ago (July 25th, 2007)
	I like it This one for putting me knee's up when I'm on a bender. Very cool. Check out my latest song called "C" Frame

michael2	michael2 said 969 days ago (July 26th, 2007)
	thanks and pour one for me. Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

rainfice

rainfice said 969 days ago (July 26th, 2007)

never soon enough
You're totally brilliant man!
This is the coolest thing that's happened to me all day.
Much easier to listen to than most of the lost Nirvana stuff. I had at least a dozen of those songs on a tape I somehow ended up with in 1996. I always thought they were dirty like that because it was a copy of a copy of a copy...not to offer Nirvana any disrespect. They remain forever in my favourite of favourites catagory.

Way off topic. Sorry.

That's some seriously gnarly distortion, balanced perfectly with the nigh on effortless acoustic strumming. Perfect vibe for today, though I am so many miles from California.
The software sounds just right too.
Peace,
-Rain

Oh, forgot to mention the atom heart mother era vibe i picked up too. Listening for the third time now.

Check out my latest song called Moment

michael2	michael2 said 969 days ago (July 26th, 2007)
	hey man thanks for stopping by. glad you approve. i like the distortion on the bass too. maybe if Cobain hadn't of killed himself, we would all have the treat of hearing him jam with Floyd, but instead you get me :) Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

JimReid21	JimReid21 said 969 days ago (July 26th, 2007)
	Nice feedback Nice song and i like how everything is compressed together. Im curious to which microphone you chose to do the vocals Sm57 or Mxl? Nice work- Check out my latest song called happy when it rains

michael2

michael2 said 969 days ago (July 26th, 2007)

thanks for commenting
appreciate your stopping by. i used both of the mics for the vocals actually. i plugged in the 57 first and did the guitar and vocals at the same time, then i used it for the bass. after listening to the results I thought the vocals were a little muffled, so i did another track of vocals with the MXL. The MXL is generally much better for vocals, and if I had more time I would have recorded this better (should have recorded everything with the MXL), but when you got a 4 month old in the house you take what you can get.

Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

ledebutant

ledebutant said 968 days ago (July 27th, 2007)

SuperFuzz
Wonderful backing vox and I dig the sound you got on the bass, big-time. I'm from Seattle, so that's mandatory, really. They make us sign something.

I think you should start a business showing people with four month old babies how to have a life. I was face down drooling in the carpet when my daughter was that age, so I'm impressed, grocery store or not!

I think it's worth going back sometime in the future, when you can steal an hour, to tweak the production a bit. I say this only because the song and your performances are REAAAALLLY good. Some fine-tuning would send this into the stratosphere. Love your vocals, especially.

Check out my latest song called Merton's Prayer (work-in-progress with Jim Bouchard)

michael2	michael2 said 968 days ago (July 28th, 2007)
	thanks ledebutante, very nice of you to say. i'm so bad about going back to things (i usually just go onto the next thing). someday. how old is your daughter now? aren't they the coolest. when she smiles at me with that big toothless grin, i feel like my heart will explode. Check out my latest song called Acting So Strangely (with ParticleDots)

buckhorn	buckhorn said 965 days ago (July 30th, 2007)
	M2 You are a legend... in your spare time. This reminds me of the beatles in flannel and torn jeans...on surf boards. This was a very enjoyable listen. Check out my latest song called when(mjrf2010)

Heightened	Heightened said 838 days ago (December 4th, 2007)
	Pretty Soon You have to be my favorite MacJammer. Love your stuff entirely. Check out my latest song called Another Time - Another Place

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Name: michael2

I'm a guy who never wanted to do anything but play music. I grew up with classic rock and prog rock before discovering punk and the new york dolls once I got to high school. As i got a little older (and less angry), I developed a love o... [see more]

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