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A few one man “bands” in the middle of nowhere writing constantly between…
AlasAnIsland: a post rock project with an album on the way
body/body: an experimental rock band with two albums waiting for production (soon) and vocals.. eventually
March25th: a “pop punk” project with one recorded EP and plans for a full length
More music soon!!
AlasAnIsland: a post rock project with an album on the way
body/body: an experimental rock band with two albums waiting for production (soon) and vocals.. eventually
March25th: a “pop punk” project with one recorded EP and plans for a full length
More music soon!!
This is why I want a baritone
Sorry I’ve been so absent UA-cam, I’m going to release an album really really soon! In the meantime, the only guitar I’ve been playing aside from updating bits of the album has been when I tuned Crusty to drop C, to see if any of my riffs sounded better in a heavier tuning…. Now I want a baritone
Today I dusted off my SEW to see if it was as good in drop C and, well, I want a baritone, but this is a good start
This is just some random riff I made up and not anything going on to the immediate three albums, but I have set aside 12 jingles for the next album I’m going to start writing on (album4)
Doing all my production on my iPhone is tedious but I’m really excited to drop this batch of songs on y’all. None of these have been released except “the interim” and the song I used for Strat week, so ten of these are unheard!
I’m going to be trying to get it released in the next week or so, so keep your eyes peeled for a “full album” video, and a new playlist!
Guitar nerdery for the video is that the Ibanez has a Dimarzio Tone Zone and the Tele is a Seymour Duncan Custom 5. Also, I built the Tele from a Squier Bullet for heaviness and it’s incredibly satisfying to play some heavier riffs on it. I can’t wait to build a baritone!
#instrumental #squier #telecaster #ibanez #sew761fm
Today I dusted off my SEW to see if it was as good in drop C and, well, I want a baritone, but this is a good start
This is just some random riff I made up and not anything going on to the immediate three albums, but I have set aside 12 jingles for the next album I’m going to start writing on (album4)
Doing all my production on my iPhone is tedious but I’m really excited to drop this batch of songs on y’all. None of these have been released except “the interim” and the song I used for Strat week, so ten of these are unheard!
I’m going to be trying to get it released in the next week or so, so keep your eyes peeled for a “full album” video, and a new playlist!
Guitar nerdery for the video is that the Ibanez has a Dimarzio Tone Zone and the Tele is a Seymour Duncan Custom 5. Also, I built the Tele from a Squier Bullet for heaviness and it’s incredibly satisfying to play some heavier riffs on it. I can’t wait to build a baritone!
#instrumental #squier #telecaster #ibanez #sew761fm
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Відео
Riff Evolution (“tresbon” to “Daisy”)
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Happy March25th! This became a kinda weird kinda ironic holiday my dad would group text me and my siblings every year to celebrate my first band (we played one terrible show but at least that happened) • Instead of rambling about how my musical upbringing was torture I figured I’d showcase some riff evolution! So at the end of “the interim” in the gibberish in the outro I played this jingle on ...
AlasAnIsland - the interim (guitar playthrough)
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Here’s a playthrough of a song I already released! Uhh • So yeah, this is just a really quick mix but it’s better than phone audio. Basically, since the last time I posted this song, I got a whole real bass guitar, and I also went through the entire album to get rid of the seemingly randomly placed Zildjian chiming so even non guitar stuff has been changed around a bit, and yeah… … … … 🧐 • Oh! ...
Six Strats on one song (it’s Strat week!)
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It’s Strat week! DISCLAIMER: some of these have really old crunchy strings on them because they’re not in my normal rotation. They’re all running through my Zoom G6 on the same signal chain with the same distortion settings so I didn’t do any extra dialing in of effects to bring out the best of every guitar so this is very objective Here’s the guitars in order of appearance: Squier Classic Vibe...
AlasAnIsland - winter, over and over
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This song is based off a very short jingle I wrote in 2016-17 and never really attempted to make a full song out of it. When I was recently playing a guitar from that era, I was reminded of it and thought now would be a great time to give it a song. Many times I’ve decided to write a “winter album” and many times I’ve failed. This songs name is a tongue in cheek reference to those times, and to...
AlasAnIsland - flatspin
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I wrote this one to round off the teaser EP, and wanted to incorporate the pre-breakdown jingle in to a song (I play it as a warmup a lot) the song itself is named after a stunt you may have seen if you’ve ever attended an air show and the driving point is to find your center, and stay focused. The “breakdown” of this song foreshadows the general concept of the next three albums but the whole E...
AlasAnIsland - glare
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The first song off the teaser EP. this song was written during a visit home after the full length was written and recorded, and recorded immediately after I got back to my house. (You) UA-cam has already gotten a playthrough, this is the “album version” and this EP is my first to go up officially on some streaming services! #fender #fenderstratocaster #onemanband #postrock #squier #rascal #zoomg6
AlasAnIsland - mvmt
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While the working name for glare was “bright” this song was “dark”. It was also written during my visit home, and started out as a jingle I was playing when my guitar was unplugged and I couldn’t hear it over background noise and conversation. The general concept is that the biggest moves are made in silence. #fender #fenderstratocaster #onemanband #postrock #squier #rascal #zoomg6
AlasAnIsland - flatspin (guitar playthrough)
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Here’s that song, and this was my first try playing it through! • I know, I know, it’s not a competition and maybe I missed a pull off somewhere or double picked a note somewhere but part of that has to do with the fact that I couldn’t hear the drum/bass track over my amp (ROCK N ROLL🤘🏼) and uhh, that’s just about it so I figured I’d just let this one loose on y’all before I start doing any hea...
AlasAnIsland - mvmt (guitar playthrough)
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Here’s an imperfect playthrough and here’s why; • Last night I spent too many hours changing simple things on this song which has been recorded in full since I got back from Michigan. Do I prefer the pluckier verse or the ringy verse? which chord voicing of the chorus do I like more? Should I play the song on the neck or the middle pickup? Should I do two tapped verses and one strummed? The ans...
AlasAnIsland - glare (guitar playthrough)
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AlasAnIsland - glare (guitar playthrough)
body/body - reach (guitar’s playthrough)
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body/body - reach (guitar’s playthrough)
AlasAnIsland - interim (guitar playthrough)
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AlasAnIsland - interim (guitar playthrough)
body/body - “monsters” (guitar playthrough)
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body/body - “monsters” (guitar playthrough)
body/body - lakehouse (fainting spells) “live”
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body/body - lakehouse (fainting spells) “live”
Try learning how to play before writing anything
Promo SM 😅
*Everlong x The killers has entered the chat*
Coulda been a mastodon song
Definitely appreciate that!!
Force of nature Curiosity generated question Thoughts of triumph thoughts of defeat Emotion and sensory projection Breaking down barriers within the mind
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That would sound amazing on drop A or lower tuning!
1,000,000% why I gotta build a baritone!
this guitars having differerent sound propaganda has to stop lol
i mean, i get it, but we're talking two different instruments here so your point doesn't make sense
I could nerd out about this for hours but I’ll try to keep it short lol. I built the Tele to sound similar to the Ibanez so I actually really appreciate that. Mostly when it comes to guitar tone, it boils down to whoever is playing because attack and clarity seem to be most effected by picking, with some pickups maybe being brighter or darker. If you have a “muddy” sounding guitar, you can pluck strings differently to compensate Some guitars can be warmer and fuller or thinner, but most of us are going to plug them into a bunch of pedals and amp of choice, and those are going to have EQ’s to compensate right? I did a song with my six Strats playing through the song and the cheapest ones sounded honestly quite close to the more expensive ones, and even though I mixed them to sound most like themselves, I could’ve adjusted the EQ’s to basically make them all sound the same. I think that some of the most expensive guitars can be spec’d in ways that sound essentially the same as much much cheaper guitars just because that’s the sound they’re going for (warmer, darker, etc.) and at the end of the day… Most guitars sound great. Period. There’s a level of “oh that sounds good!” That just lumps everything into a similar sound compartment in the tone library of the mind lol All that being said, I did record these on my phone speaker and adjusted the EQ in Dolby On. Also, the Telecaster is basswood like a typical Ibanez, both guitars have roasted maple necks, both pickups are alnico 5 humbuckers, 17k in the Ibanez and 14k in the Tele. Hopefully some of this insight is useful to you! I appreciate the comment and discussion 🙏🏼
This riff sounds amazing man. . 🙌🏿🤘🏿
Thank you!! 🙏🏼 I definitely plan on writing more like this in the future!
Very Stratisfying😊 🤓🤟💕
It was actually quite Stratisfying to make too! 😁
Yessssss
yeah man your hair is truly amazing
Lol, thank you! I actually hate getting haircuts and grew it out forever but the last chick that cut my hair did a really good job so props to her too!
I have to ask. What conditioner or product would you recommend to have bomb hair like that?
Lmao! I use OGX’s tea tree and mint shampoo and argan oil conditioner and I gotta say after the first time I tried that combo I’ve never even thought about using anything else 🤘🏼
Cool!
Thank you! I’m going to try to figure out how to turn off the invisibility soon 😆
You know I love this! ❄️ 🎸
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I've listened to several of your videos multiple times. You really write catchy good sounding music.
Thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to listen and to comment! I’ve got a lot in the works and I hope my future projects catch your ear as well 🙏🏼🤘🏼
I definitely will. After listening to this one again, it sounds like it could be a Placebo song. Have you heard of that band?@@josiahsimmonsofficial
No weird question but do you know Gretchen Bryce she uploaded your song in twitter
I do, I had no idea she made that post though! Thanks for letting me know!
@@josiahsimmonsofficial my brother I had lost her contact a while ago and me and her was on to some serious business if it’s not a big problem to you can you let her know a guy from New York Brooklyn is trying to reach her 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you and by the way you talented 🔥🔥
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Pretty😊
Coolest shirt❤
I couldn’t pass it up! 😆
"promo sm"
That’s 🔥🔥
🤘🏼😬🤘🏼 much more on the way!
sick jam i love the vibes. You are inspiring me a lot, that is also my dream and i am currently woking on it maybe i can inspire you too ;)
Thanks for listening! You’ve got some great music on your channel🤘🏼
I love when you play chords❤
That’s why I have to remember to slow down sometimes and let them ring out a little
@@josiahsimmonsofficial Yessssssss ❤️
The full song here: ua-cam.com/video/DzUT8RRj7ak/v-deo.html
love it
Thanks for listening!
Randomly discovered your channel through mindlessly scrolling shorts. Love your style brother, I too am a veteran GarageBand studio technician lol. Keep up the good work and God bless you.
It’s great to have the studio in your pocket at all times! Thanks for listening, God bless🙏🏼
Agreed keep up the good work
Thanks for listening, much more on the way!
love it brother 🙌
Thanks for listening!
I love that chord progression.
Thank you! It lives in a song coming to the first album!
Hell yeah man 🤘
🤘🏼thanks for listening!🤘🏼
Hey what’s that first chord you’re playing?
I think it’s D# and then some but I don’t have any formal music training lol Here’s a micro-tab E-X- B-15- G-12- D-12- A-13- D-13-
So it is written. So it shall be done. 🎉
Keep going man ! It’s pretty
Thank you! I’m full steam ahead on writing drums right now and that’s the most tedious part. The rest is smooth sailing 😁
that is so cool to hear!!
The jibberish or the struggle? 😆 either way, thanks for listening!
@@josiahsimmonsofficial the jibberish dude. It was fire! And you're welcome 😁
Sounds good to me and gibberish can help with creativity. Keep it up! God bless.
Thank you! I appreciate your insight 🙏🏼
Man, that was awesome!
Thanks for listening!
@@josiahsimmonsofficial no problem bro
It’s always the videos with a small amount of likes and comments that are the best
I appreciate the kind words and your listening!
Nice tone and chords, is it an actual song or are you just playing chords? If it’s an actual song what’s the song
It’s a song I wrote. It’s on one of my working albums and the song is called “Airquotes”. Should be coming soon!
Horrible. Jk, sometimes vibing like that late at night can be cleansing to the soul and lead to breakthrough riffs for your playing. Keep it up.
Ngl you had us on the first half
This was definitely a song that came from one of those riffs, couldn’t get it out of my head so I had to make it a song. Nice delivery on the “horrible”, you got me 😆
Mc LOVIN THIS!🎉 🎸 ❤
your music is clarity
I’ve I ever use this I’ll name it something about clarity
Those cords are sick
Thank you!
Love the face 😆 Dont let it make you blue 💙
Exactly how I felt 😂
Gno place like gnome!
There's snow place like gnome for the holidays ! 🎸 🤘 xox
Great playing and atmosperes! Love cheers 💚🎸
Thanks for listening! 🧡
What song is it?
One of mine, on my full songs playlist as “itsgood ¯\_(ツ)_/¯” and “(__________)”
@@josiahsimmonsofficial nice 👍
ua-cam.com/video/arQj2hESul0/v-deo.html
Beauty! I like your hair 💙