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I just released this on Bandcamp a couple of days ago, here's the album description: Piece #911 3 freely improvised tracks First 2 tracks are single track recordings, played on my 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass, that I named "Mr. Growly - The Noodlemancer", tuned in G# standard tuning (as in one half step bellow the 4 upper strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E string), through my "amp-less" setup, directly into a handheld Zoom H4n recorder, and only edited with a simple Wav editor. - "A Dorian Ody-C#" : Here I take you on a timeless, time dissolving, musical folk drone journey slowly flowing down a fluctuating colorful stream of consciousness. Take 2 of a free improvisation. (full length, uncut, version of the track I entered the BassChat Composition Challenge April 2025 with) - "Lament For Burning Bridges" : Improvised 1st take. (minimalistic black gaze?) - "Hail Satan" : Primarily played on my Santana 3/4 classical acoustic nylon string guitar, on which I scratched out the first "n" and the last "a" of the logo, so it is now named "Satan". Freely improvised 1st take on top of a programmed drum track. (black noise core/metal?) - Can be listened to an downloaded for free here: https://fjernsind.bandcamp.com/album/piece-911

The Dorks (well here I both swapped a letter and made it swap position, not sure if that counts?)

Is to be found in an uncut version, along with the tracks "Lament For Burning Bridges" and "Hail Satan", here, where it can be listened to and downloaded for free: ▶︎ Piece #911 | Fjernsind https://fjernsind.bandcamp.com/album/piece-911

Take 2 of a free improvisation with some minor post production edits. Played on my 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass, that I named "Mr. Growly - The Noodlemancer", tuned in G# standard tuning (as in one half step bellow the 4 upper strings of a 6 string bas in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E string), through my "amp-less" setup, directly into a hand held Zoom recorder. Here I take you on a timeless, time dissolving, musical folk drone journey slowly flowing down a fluctuating colorful stream of consciousness, with the help of my brand new EHX Pico Deep Freeze sample sustainer.

I have solved the issue. I found an online free Wav editor and used that to cut out small parts of the track, to get it down to ever so slightly less than 5 minutes. This primitive way of doing it does make the track kind of jumpy at the points where it has been cut, but I kind of like that effect actually, so will post the track soon.

@lurksalot So I finally got an idea, thanks to my newly acquired EHX Pico Deep Freeze sample sustainer pedal, and recorded 2 takes of a drony and folky improvised bass solo/solo bass piece that I named "A Dorian Ody-C#", however I think take 2 was considerably better than take 1, which turned out sounding a bit rushed, take 2 being played in a much more, fitting for the track, relaxed and carefree manner, and additionally take 2 also had a slight jazzy vibe that take 1 lacks, only issue, in the nature of free improvisation, take 1 is 4 minutes and 32 seconds, which does fit within the time limit set for this competition, whereas take 2 runs 6 minutes and 1 second. So the question is, could you possibly, in the name of artistic freedom, make an exception and allow my entrance for this month to exceed that set time limit with 1 minute and 1 second? I promise this will not become a bad habit, and I'd really rather not have to record another, third, take, as I know it will ruin the immediate, spontaneous and authentic vibe of this being a free improvisation. Mind this was recorded exactly as it was played, no post production, and I do not do edits, and currently got no means to make them either. Also I don't think that my track running slightly longer gives me any advantage in the competition, I would say likely rather quite on the contrary, though I do realize why the time limit was set (I assume to not force people having to listen through five, or however many, 15 minutes tracks just to be able to vote, and I do agree that in this regard about 5 minutes does seem reasonable). However I of course would understand if you see this as a slippery slope you'd rather not take a step out on.

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EHX English Muff'n (which is not Big Muff based, despite the name, but based on a Marshall preamp, and is a genuine tube overdrive).

Maybe I just like the sound of old VHS tape rips then. You know that is actually a desirable effect nowadays, VHS quality. Or was at least a few years back.

The bass doesn't sound like the album version either, it is much more raw sounding. Try actually listening to the two side by side.

Well, it might not be live, but it definitely doesn't sound like the album version either.

P Bass with stainless steel rounds, pick, and a Tech 21 Oxford, or Joyo Oxford Sound. I bet you can get pretty close with that.

I am partial to this live recording, just amazing raw P Bass tone!:

I have never tried the bass Elixir Nanoweb nickel-plated ones, only the guitar ones, cause I tune my main bass to G#, so I find the highest gauge Elixir guitar strings, gauge .080 fitting for that, I buy individual strings for a tension balanced set. The Nanoweb guitar strings are rated considerably higher on the brightness scale than the bass ones, and described as "bright", whereas the the nickel-plated Nanoweb bass strings are described as "warm", so assume there must be a difference in how they are wound or coated compared to the nickel-plated guitar ones. But for what it is worth new Elxir Nanoweb guitar strings sounds something like a week old or so regular XL D'Addario ones, and feels a lot smoother, then after about a week or so, with everyday playing, that new string zing will be reduced ever so slightly, maybe similar to 2 week or so old D'Addario strings, and stays that way for what seems forever. I aim at changing strings every 3 months or so, with daily playing, and by that time I haven't noticed any decline from how they sound after a week or so of everyday playing. By that time they do tend to have been sporadically miscolored, but that doesn't seem to affect the tone of them. From what I was told Stainless Steel Nanoweb bass strings are supposed to sound and feel more like fresh uncoated nickle-plated strings, and keep that fresh tone for what seems forever as well (they are rated considerably higher on the brightness scale too, and described as "bright").

Spot the difference: I also tuned it up to G# standard tuning, same strings.