Complete Control is ready

I finished yesterday afternoon (and sent to Lurholm) my track for last Apskaft covers compilation, it's Complete Control by Clash.

I followed more or less the original hooks as usual, and modified, enlarged, shrinked, cutted away parts 'til the result is barely similar to original song.

Briefly, it's composed by three movements: first one reminds Kim Thayil workout, the second is circus sludge, then third is a sudden turn to a latin with Trent D'Arbyesque vocals, and back to the first two movement.

First reviews at Garageband

Well, of course I copy and paste the most accomplishing :-) ) People came back from holidays and had a dozen of reviews at Garageband for Behind The Curtain in Experimental Rock contest.
Now it's 57th on 129, a little above half chart, with a 3.1 score. A little better than Laguardia 3:00 AM (final score 3.0, sound logical :-D).

Song was Track of the day in July 25th.

REVIEWS

wow
interesting guitar harmonies. This is a crazy ass song, cant really wrap my head around it. Crazy guitar work, not much else to the song obviously. weird drum sampler used instead of real drums. One of the weirdest songs ive heard on here. definately experimental rock>? not sure what to classify this as.
Extra Credit: Guitars.

This is where math and rock meet
This is where math and rock meet, and it's messy. But through all the craziness there is a good melody and it's catchy. These guys are tight. I notices after the song ended I was kinda holding my breathe - cool.
Extra Credit: Guitars, Drums, Bass, Melody, Originality.

wow
amazing musicians.very very tight. sounds a little like primus. very original. i think i just had a convulsion.
Extra Credit: Guitars, Originality, Grooviest Rhythm.

Intersting and progressive
Guitar sound should be improved. Everything else in a mix is ok. Although it's complicated it has a memorable melody which is a good thing. Only problem is that there is no some chill out part. It's on and on all the time. Although nice shift around 1:50. It sure is interesting and original. Should have some more changes and dynamics. But considering it's shorter than 3 min it's ok.
Extra Credit: Bass, Originality.

Blipblop, a jazz for spazzez
What the f..!! did i just step into a japanese arcadegame??
Walking slapp-bass, skilled guitars, and good drummer = much creative jazzjamming. Dont know what to say? Its to much! hehe well for most people anyways. It changes the songcostym to fast and often, around 1:55 is the only melody i can remember 10sec after listning. Well it all depends on what your plans are for this song? No MTV hit i promise ;) haha. As for the for musiclovers its a goodvibe tune, making smiles appear.
Extra Credit: Guitars, Production, Originality.

Wowza
This is definitely out there. It is way interesting though. These are some crazy good musicians from a physical standpoint. Fingers and hands must be flying constantly. I could go for a bit more of a mood range, though. It is the same energy almost throughout the entire thing. Really good job though! The Ending is sweet.

ok
Very trippy. It sounds too artificial though. The midi sounding bass kinda ruins it. Very jazzy. A more natural recording will do this song justice. Sounds like a computer game meets primus.
Extra Credit: Originality.

50/50
Touch of primus sound in there. Would like it better if it was live instruments instead of so electronic sounding. As it is, unsure. Can heard the potential though.

Well, sound very pleasant. Many extra credits for originality, production (very clean, I used dry setups on Guitar Rig) and execution. A couple of guys just hated it and gave me for sure one star, so probably the average opinion in people who liked it (sometimes reviewer are not dealing with "their" genre(s), and I wonder why) is around 4.5.

I think this is quite positive!

Summary of activities

Many things are on the go, maybe too much.

• On Garageband still no reviews, seems like in august most of reviewers are on the beach. Meanwhile, I continue in doin' mine to earn another contest entry.

• I'm a little stuck with Maya 3D. The usual wall of complexity at 25% of self-instruction, mostly based on the great number of new info (brain refuse to fill in further, it's "bored"). I need it for my job and next videos. Anyway I learnt basics in modeling and rigging, which is the most important thing. I've seen I can re-use my old bevelling basic solids Lightwave tecnique, and add new sculpting features to a defined shape. I prefer to go into deep with these two parts then start with FX (liquids, sparkles, fluids, mass scenes management and so on).

• I have to do a Clash cover (Complete Control from first record) for Apskaft, we're doin' a compilation based on Rolling Stones top 500. As usual we random assigned tracks, I had to choose among Who's Baba O'Riley, Clash's Complete Control and a song by Springsteen. I eliminated Springsteen immediately :-D, so I was uncertain between clash and one of the very few songs by Who I like, but Clash was nearest to me, I listened a lot to that record (and to London Calling or Sandinista!)

• Collaborations. I'm keeping contact with various musicians to make a team-up record in the next future, but I'm too busy to start anything. Good luck they are all calm, pacific and patient people :-D

• I found a NING group pretty interesting, Progrock.ning, and joined immediately. After a half dozen NINGs by electronic musicians, I can talk about avant & prog with a few nice people. They inserted three songs of mine (intro, Behind the Curtain and Møre og Romsdal) in the main playlist, and we started to exchange info and opinions via forum or shoutbox. Friendly, and freaky as prog deserves. Well I'm passing most of the NING-time :-D there.