My Music.....would be awesome if you guys could help me out!

msloan

hello fellow eggers.......I know we have lots of great music lovers on this forum as evidenced by the "what are you listening to forum".....I know many of you have great tastes.  

with that said, when life doesnt get in the way, I write and record music of my own.....sort of a wanna be rock star.....lol  Anyway, i'm no pro, but it would be super cool if those of you who have time and interest could check out my soundcloud page below and listen to as much of it as you want and let me know how awesome it is.......or how bad it sucks.....I'm fine ether way, I would just appreciate any feedback you guys want to give!  so thanks in advance for your time and interest!  

https://soundcloud.com/masque13

TEXASBGE2018

While not my particular style of music, I took a listen. You have some catchy stuff and you have some talent. I'm not a touring musician anymore but I've been playing for over 25 years. My biggest advice would be to try and reduce the length of some of your songs.

Maybe try to reduce a verse here and there. If you really desire to "be a rock star" most casual fans wont want to listen to a song for 5+ minutes no matter how catchy it is. When I used to tour we always tried to shorten our songs to around 3-3.5 minutes. Did you record all the instruments or is this you and your band?

msloan

TEXASBGE2018 said:

While not my particular style of music, I took a listen. You have some catchy stuff and you have some talent. I'm not a touring musician anymore but I've been playing for over 25 years. My biggest advice would be to try and reduce the length of some of your songs.

Maybe try to reduce a verse here and there. If you really desire to "be a rock star" most casual fans wont want to listen to a song for 5+ minutes no matter how catchy it is. When I used to tour we always tried to shorten our songs to around 3-3.5 minutes. Did you record all the instruments or is this you and your band?

hey thanks a bunch for taking the time to listen!  Yes, I should have mentioned that I am simply recording for myself, and I actually dont have any ambition to try and "make it" these days.....therefore, I dont really worry too much if the song is too long etc.  I am used to listening to bands like Kansas, Dream Theater and Pink Floyd, Rush, amongst many many others, so long songs are kind of the norm.

but i do agree that if I were trying to get the on the radio or with a "record deal", some self editing would be a necessary evil.

nearly 100% of what you are hearing is all done by me in my studio.  Occasionally, here and there, I have a couple of buddies that lend some keyboard parts and a few guitar solos....but outside of that, it's all me, good or bad.

I really appreciate you taking the time to listen and comment!

thetrim

If you can make it down to butt blast, I am sure we can set up a live studio audience for you to play in front of.  You have some great stuff!

TEXASBGE2018

msloan said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

While not my particular style of music, I took a listen. You have some catchy stuff and you have some talent. I'm not a touring musician anymore but I've been playing for over 25 years. My biggest advice would be to try and reduce the length of some of your songs.

Maybe try to reduce a verse here and there. If you really desire to "be a rock star" most casual fans wont want to listen to a song for 5+ minutes no matter how catchy it is. When I used to tour we always tried to shorten our songs to around 3-3.5 minutes. Did you record all the instruments or is this you and your band?

hey thanks a bunch for taking the time to listen!  Yes, I should have mentioned that I am simply recording for myself, and I actually dont have any ambition to try and "make it" these days.....therefore, I dont really worry too much if the song is too long etc.  I am used to listening to bands like Kansas, Dream Theater and Pink Floyd, Rush, amongst many many others, so long songs are kind of the norm.

but i do agree that if I were trying to get the on the radio or with a "record deal", some self editing would be a necessary evil.

nearly 100% of what you are hearing is all done by me in my studio.  Occasionally, here and there, I have a couple of buddies that lend some keyboard parts and a few guitar solos....but outside of that, it's all me, good or bad.

I really appreciate you taking the time to listen and comment!

Nice! Ya, I can see those influences in your music. I have a large musical taste and even moreso a gear taste. After I quit playing every weekend and started a family I have reduced my gear significantly and just don't play like I used to. I used to own one of Geddy Lee's basses (an actual bass he owned, not his Fender Custom shop stuff) but after clearing house I got rid of it.

msloan

TEXASBGE2018 said:

msloan said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

While not my particular style of music, I took a listen. You have some catchy stuff and you have some talent. I'm not a touring musician anymore but I've been playing for over 25 years. My biggest advice would be to try and reduce the length of some of your songs.

Maybe try to reduce a verse here and there. If you really desire to "be a rock star" most casual fans wont want to listen to a song for 5+ minutes no matter how catchy it is. When I used to tour we always tried to shorten our songs to around 3-3.5 minutes. Did you record all the instruments or is this you and your band?

hey thanks a bunch for taking the time to listen!  Yes, I should have mentioned that I am simply recording for myself, and I actually dont have any ambition to try and "make it" these days.....therefore, I dont really worry too much if the song is too long etc.  I am used to listening to bands like Kansas, Dream Theater and Pink Floyd, Rush, amongst many many others, so long songs are kind of the norm.

but i do agree that if I were trying to get the on the radio or with a "record deal", some self editing would be a necessary evil.

nearly 100% of what you are hearing is all done by me in my studio.  Occasionally, here and there, I have a couple of buddies that lend some keyboard parts and a few guitar solos....but outside of that, it's all me, good or bad.

I really appreciate you taking the time to listen and comment!

Nice! Ya, I can see those influences in your music. I have a large musical taste and even moreso a gear taste. After I quit playing every weekend and started a family I have reduced my gear significantly and just don't play like I used to. I used to own one of Geddy Lee's basses (an actual bass he owned, not his Fender Custom shop stuff) but after clearing house I got rid of it.

Oh wow!   Man that would be awesome to own one of his basses!!!!  Very cool that you did. 

Yes, I have bad bad gear buying habit.  My wife tolerates it pretty well most of the time.  But she kind of got worried when I got into bbq so hot and heavy years ago because now I had another habit that required more stuff to be bought.  Lol

msloan

thetrim said:

If you can make it down to butt blast, I am sure we can set up a live studio audience for you to play in front of.  You have some great stuff!

Now that would be cool.  Thanks for the kind words!

SGH

For a guy on a BBQ forum, you sounded pretty darn good to me. I wouldn’t mind teaming up with you and let’s record some of my “Trump” songs to post on YouTube just to piss the snowflakes off. I have some pretty darn good ones that I wrote. In fact, I just finished up “Trump Train” a few days ago. It’s a good one. I would love to put it to music. 

DoubleEgger

Nice. I have no music/art skills and I’m impressed by those that do. Bravo sir. 

thetrim

Here is a video of a band that played a few years ago at the second or third Brisket Camp.

They did a great job on the main stage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4KRmIBG1Gk

JohnInCarolina

SGH said:

For a guy on a BBQ forum, you sounded pretty darn good to me. I wouldn’t mind teaming up with you and let’s record some of my “Trump” songs to post on YouTube just to piss the snowflakes off. I have some pretty darn good ones that I wrote. In fact, I just finished up “Trump Train” a few days ago. It’s a good one. I would love to put it to music. 

You should definitely start a new thread based on your Trump Train song and post all of the lyrics.  I’m sure everyone would love to see it!

SGH

JohnInCarolina said:

You should definitely start a new thread based on your Trump Train song and post all of the lyrics.  I’m sure everyone would love to see it!

I have no doubt that the good, God fearing folks would love it. They raved over my Christmas poem “Twas the Night Before Trump”. However, I didn’t even post my other Christmas poems due to the recent Buffaloism. 
With that said, I think my poems and songs would be even more appreciated if I put them to music and they could here me sing them in my powerful baritone voice. Plus if they were on YouTube, the Buffalo could not strike. 
Im hoping that he takes me up on my offer. I feel that my songs at a minimum would be a YouTube hit.  

JohnInCarolina

SGH said:

JohnInCarolina said:

You should definitely start a new thread based on your Trump Train song and post all of the lyrics.  I’m sure everyone would love to see it!

I have no doubt that the good, God fearing folks would love it. They raved over my Christmas poem “Twas the Night Before Trump”. However, I didn’t even post my other Christmas poems due to the recent Buffaloism. 
With that said, I think my poems and songs would be even more appreciated if I put them to music and they could here me sing them in my powerful baritone voice. Plus if they were on YouTube, the Buffalo could not strike. 
Im hoping that he takes me up on my offer. I feel that my songs at a minimum would be a YouTube hit.  

I think if you can manage to sign the song while shaving your balls on the video, you’d probably get more than a few hits on YouTube, and maybe also some marriage proposals from some Log Cabin Republicans.

SGH

JohnInCarolina said:

I think if you can manage to sign the song while shaving 

I can most certainly sing and shave at the same time. I fathered all my children while shaving

TEXASBGE2018

Well this thread has taken an interesting turn....

JohnInCarolina

SGH said:

JohnInCarolina said:

I think if you can manage to sign the song while shaving 

I can most certainly sing and shave at the same time. I fathered all my children while shaving

Grader07

Sounds good on my end!  

FlyOverCountry

Your songs kinda remind me of Survivor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc71KZG87X4

msloan

FlyOverCountry said:

Your songs kinda remind me of Survivor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc71KZG87X4

hey I dig survivor and I'll take that comparison all day long!  thanks for listening and taking the time to comment!

lkapigian

msloan said:

FlyOverCountry said:

Your songs kinda remind me of Survivor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc71KZG87X4

hey I dig survivor and I'll take that comparison all day long!  thanks for listening and taking the time to comment!

Dave Bickler was great in the Real Men Of Genius Campaign where he Spoofed himself

https://youtu.be/lsC3ni7A88M

GATraveller

Much better than I expected.

msloan

GATraveller said:

Much better than I expected.

Thank you!

FlyOverCountry

msloan said:

FlyOverCountry said:

Your songs kinda remind me of Survivor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc71KZG87X4

hey I dig survivor and I'll take that comparison all day long!  thanks for listening and taking the time to comment!

Me too.  Every time I hear Eye of the Tiger I jus want to punch Apollo Creed in the FACE but then I remember that the commie guy already done killed him.

msloan

for any of you that like some of my stuff enough to download etc.  I am including a link to an album I have on Bandcamp.  It's a name your own price deal, so you can download it for free.....but if you want to donate to the cause that can be done, if you want.  I am fine either way, I set it up that way.....we all want to get paid, if for no other reason to help pay for the gear in my studio.....but the main thing is that I just want to share my creations with folks who are interested, so it's free for those who want it free!!!  enjoy!

https://marksloan1.bandcamp.com/releases

thetrim

Just remember there was a record exec that told Queen that Bohemian Rhapsody was too long and nobody would want to listen to it....

SGH

JohnInCarolina said:

You should definitely start a new thread based on your Trump Train song and post all of the lyrics.  

I wish that I could. But the Buffalo has forbade it. You remember what became of my good, God fearing Christmas poems. Buffaloed. 

JohnInCarolina

SGH said:

JohnInCarolina said:

You should definitely start a new thread based on your Trump Train song and post all of the lyrics.  

I wish that I could. But the Buffalo has forbade it. You remember what became of my good, God fearing Christmas poems. Buffaloed. 

Yes but all those good, God fearing forum members had a chance to witness its greatness before it was killed.  You only live once man.

msloan

hello friends!  been tinkering around the studio some last few days and hung out some with ole Doc Brown and we took a ride in his time machine and out popped this new song from me!  I hope you enjoy it.....buckle up and head back to the 80's with me!

"The Smallest Thing"

https://soundcloud.com/masque13/the-smallest-thing

lkapigian

Good, clean “ Rick Springfield ish” I like a quicker tempo and cut it down to 305.....better man than me, keep it up 

leemschu

@SGH this is by far my favorite trump song so I’ll have to see if you can beat it. https://www.google.com/amp/s/yellowhammernews.com/watch-rick-bubbas-chris-adler-sings-obama-farewell-song/amp/

SGH

leemschu said:

@SGH this is by far my favorite trump song so I’ll have to see if you can beat it. https://www.google.com/amp/s/yellowhammernews.com/watch-rick-bubbas-chris-adler-sings-obama-farewell-song/amp/

I will take a shot at it when I get back in the US. I have some good ones my friend