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by jeff robertson
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:39 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: I got 999 titles and (Almost No Regrets prefight)
Replies: 4
Views: 463

Re: I got 999 titles and (Almost No Regrets prefight)

Oh man, this is gonna be tricky with that short deadline but the title just begs for a countryish song, which I haven't done in a while. Imma try to get in this.
by jeff robertson
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:26 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: I don't just _like_ magic, I (Love Magic prefight)
Replies: 12
Views: 783

Re: I don't just _like_ magic, I (Love Magic prefight)

The music reminds me fondly of open-mic jams. It is exactly a jam. That’s captured early in the process when I’m just laying down some tracks to sketch out the general sound of the song. This would all presumably get re-recorded once lyrics were written. Notice the keyboard is literally just 1 bar ...
by jeff robertson
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:18 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: I don't just _like_ magic, I (Love Magic prefight)
Replies: 12
Views: 783

Re: I don't just _like_ magic, I (Love Magic prefight)

in the interest of keeping myself honest and making sure I don't try to recycle any part of this in the next fight I actually manage to be in, I am revealing what I had recorded at the moment when I gave up trying to get something in before they post the songs. https://jeff-robertson.com/flvxx/sf/fl...
by jeff robertson
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:42 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: I don't just _like_ magic, I (Love Magic prefight)
Replies: 12
Views: 783

Re: I don't just _like_ magic, I (Love Magic prefight)

I’m not sure I hate anything enough to use it for this optional challenge while also wanting to listen to it enough to steal it
by jeff robertson
Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: The internal struggle is real (Man Vs. Beast reviews)
Replies: 10
Views: 927

Re: The internal struggle is real (Man Vs. Beast reviews)

Add : This is like some uncanny valley shit here. The contrast of "yes, this is some sort of indie rock band" instrumentation with chopped-up loops-and-samples "oh, this is a DJ" production is disorienting. Like, what is foreground and what is background? Are the takes the "...
by jeff robertson
Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:39 am
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Man Vs. Beast
Replies: 2
Views: 153

Re: Man Vs. Beast

Oh yeah Here it comes You got me digging me like a dirty dirty dog You got me jumpin like a old bull frog You got me sneaking round like a snake in the grass You got me coming hard and you got me coming fast Animal woman, you drive me wild! Man or Beast, I love you chile! (Solo) Wooo! Alright! Yeah!...
by jeff robertson
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:12 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: The eternal battle of (Man Vs. Beast prefight)
Replies: 7
Views: 586

Re: The eternal battle of (Man Vs. Beast prefight)

Submitted after the deadline with something really silly. Guitar, bass (which is also guitar), drum machine, vocals. 4 tracks, exactly, like a 4-track. Sounds like fog hats version of “I just want to make love to you”, as played by a half-assed stooges tribute “band” of the aforementioned instrument...
by jeff robertson
Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Why go to sleep only to (Wake Up Again reviews)
Replies: 28
Views: 2449

Re: Why go to sleep only to (Wake Up Again reviews)

Flxxvm Fru.... - Ceasefire Now. I think this is a collab. It was not a collab. If the reason you suspected a collab was the vocals sounding so different than my prior entry, that is entirely due to my voice being shredded by the time I did this take. See, the song was originally supposed to be some...
by jeff robertson
Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:58 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Why go to sleep only to (Wake Up Again reviews)
Replies: 28
Views: 2449

Re: Why go to sleep only to (Wake Up Again reviews)

The lack of reverb made it sound unnatural, which would be my only criticism for your track here. I don't tiktok so I don't know how much reverb you'd typically add but here's some more reverb (there WAS a tiny amount already) and slowed down 5% which is about the most I can do without giving the v...
by jeff robertson
Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:49 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Why go to sleep only to (Wake Up Again reviews)
Replies: 28
Views: 2449

Re: Why go to sleep only to (Wake Up Again reviews)

So, kind of both and neither. For a while I had a vintage Acoustic 126 bass amp, and if you turned it past 5 it sounded just like that. Good to know you can get the same effect without making your ears bleed. I just went and looked at the actual effects chain, and realized most of the fuzz on that ...
by jeff robertson
Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: A song of a ballad of a tale of (Blood and Fire prefight)
Replies: 13
Views: 1126

Re: A song of a ballad of a tale of (Blood and Fire prefight)

Thankfully the challenge is to not use it, and TBH that should always be part of the implied challenge. Well, yeah, but when everybody keeps talking about AI then I'm gonna at least go see what it does, curiosity and cats all that. My curiousity was satisfied that I can write better lyrics than the...
by jeff robertson
Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Why go to sleep only to (Wake Up Again reviews)
Replies: 28
Views: 2449

Re: Why go to sleep only to (Wake Up Again reviews)

AJOwens wrote:
Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:04 pm
Is that fuzz bass, or just an overworked amp?
It's a clean electric guitar (not bass) recorded direct into the interface, pitch shifted down an octave, and then run through an amp simulation plugin that is set for some overdrive.
by jeff robertson
Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:34 am
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Ye Olde Lyric Marte
Replies: 99
Views: 63798

Re: Ye Olde Lyric Marte

Lyrics "written" by ChatGPT under the influence of Jeff Robertson Blood and Fire Verse 1: I've been walking through the valley of the shadow of death I've been searching for a reason to take another breath I've been haunted by the memories of the ones I left behind I've been living with th...
by jeff robertson
Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:33 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: A song of a ballad of a tale of (Blood and Fire prefight)
Replies: 13
Views: 1126

Re: A song of a ballad of a tale of (Blood and Fire prefight)

Man, these recent 2 fights have been my first back since an AI capable of writing lyrics was available. For two fights I resisted the temptation to plug the title into Bing and let 'er rip, but this time, after the admonishment of the optional challenge, I've tried it already. I'm gonna go stash the...
by jeff robertson
Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:26 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Name a state with no Daylight Savings Time (Surprise, Arizona reviews)
Replies: 23
Views: 4306

Re: Name a state with no Daylight Savings Time (Surprise, Arizona reviews)

rone rivendale wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:58 pm
I sing the vocals. But the vocals are put through an AI filter to sound like someone else.
I've been considering doing something like that, as I can easily conceive of writing songs that need to sound like a different person is singing, and no time to organize a collaboration.
by jeff robertson
Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:52 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: 100 Artists for SongFight #1000!
Replies: 54
Views: 2324

Re: 100 Artists for SongFight #1000!

I plan to be in as many fights as possible in 2024, so I should be in this one.
by jeff robertson
Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:43 am
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Wake Up Again
Replies: 10
Views: 568

Wake Up Again

as FLVXXVM FLORVM wake up again it's time to die bombs are falling from the sky rubble strewn around the street piles of arms and legs and feet the horrid smell of burning flesh and rotting bodies, stinking death children stumble without eyes their skinless faces, helpless cries they scream for moth...
by jeff robertson
Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Hit snooze, then later (Wake Up Again prefight)
Replies: 21
Views: 1850

Re: Hit snooze, then later (Wake Up Again prefight)

After several days trying to do a convincing song that you could put up against actual metal bands, but with a drum machine and no bass, I decided the best I can do for these lyrics is "insane man playing on a street corner as people walk by uncomfortably".
by jeff robertson
Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:45 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Name a state with no Daylight Savings Time (Surprise, Arizona reviews)
Replies: 23
Views: 4306

Re: Name a state with no Daylight Savings Time (Surprise, Arizona reviews)

Reviews done from listening on laptop speakers. I usually like to do reviews using the same monitors I mix my songs with, but they're like waaay down in the basement, so nah. Add : Dude this is way too short. I need more of this. This groooves. Basement Bunburies : The sweetness of the opening guita...
by jeff robertson
Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:10 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Hit snooze, then later (Wake Up Again prefight)
Replies: 21
Views: 1850

Re: Hit snooze, then later (Wake Up Again prefight)

I have never done anything as hard and heavy as the lyrics I've written are going to require to make them serious. If I can't make it not jokey I'll just donate the lyrics.
by jeff robertson
Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)
Replies: 22
Views: 1667

Re: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)

Lunkhead wrote:
Thu Jan 11, 2024 12:51 pm
This is going to be the biggest fight since "Strong Coffee" nearly a year ago. Lots of good songs!
So what you're saying is, we can go back to multiple titles per week?

I've been away since 2016 and mostly not even lurking, so I've kinda been under a rock.
by jeff robertson
Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:53 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)
Replies: 22
Views: 1667

Re: Where Gen X'ers are moving to (Surprise, Arizona prefight)

FLVXXVM FLORVM checking in.

Since my last fight I have moved multiple times, sold all my gear except for 2 guitars, and then recently (as in, last week as Christmas presents) reaquired things like stompboxes, audio interface, and microphones.