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Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:39 pm
by Santuzzo
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Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:15 pm
by benjamin801
I'm pleased to announce that Lars' customer service is as impeccable as his playing.
This arrived promptly and frankly I feel guilty at how little it cost me; after putting the CD in my shopping cart, I expected to be charged extra for shipping at checkout, but was not. I have the feeling he had to spend half of what I paid him on postage.
In any event, here's the care package:

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:19 pm
by '63-Strat
Congrats!!!
Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:25 pm
by Santuzzo
benjamin801 wrote:I'm pleased to announce that Lars' customer service is as impeccable as his playing.
This arrived promptly and frankly I feel guilty at how little it cost me; after putting the CD in my shopping cart, I expected to be charged extra for shipping at checkout, but was not. I have the feeling he had to spend half of what I paid him on postage.
In any event, here's the care package:

Benjamin,
I'm glad it got there already. Kinda surprised, too, because sometimes postal service here takes forever when sending stuff overseas.
Thanks for posting this and thank you for the support. Seeing this put a big smile on my face!

'63-Strat wrote:Congrats!!!
Thank you, sir

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:12 am
by nightflameauto
Got mine on Saturday, also with a nice little note.

Love the artwork. It looks even nicer in print than it does on the screen. Still lovin' the tunes.

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:24 pm
by Santuzzo
nightflameauto wrote:Got mine on Saturday, also with a nice little note.

Love the artwork. It looks even nicer in print than it does on the screen. Still lovin' the tunes.

Awesome, I'm glad you got the CD alright!
Thanks for the support

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:45 pm
by Loins of Fire
Sounds pretty good man. Mind giving me some info on how you got the artwork/case done and how you got it printed on the CD. I will be looking into doing the same thing shortly.
Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:02 am
by Santuzzo
Loins of Fire wrote:Sounds pretty good man. Mind giving me some info on how you got the artwork/case done and how you got it printed on the CD. I will be looking into doing the same thing shortly.
Thanks!
The artwork was designed by :
https://www.facebook.com/DutchKillsI got the CD duplication/printing done at a place in Berlin:
www.Deine.CD
Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:21 am
by VTM
Just placed my cd order.

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:40 am
by madkeithv
Dude! You finished it! Awesome. I'm going to have a listen now and will provide feedback.
Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 5:33 am
by Santuzzo
David Lee Broth wrote:Just placed my cd order.

Thank you very much

I will ship the CD ASAP!
madkeithv wrote:Dude! You finished it! Awesome. I'm going to have a listen now and will provide feedback.
Thanks, man!

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:36 am
by madkeithv
I have listened, and I like it. Did it get any mastering? The new versions seem even more polished and finished than the samples you put up before. Good job!
Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:39 am
by Santuzzo
madkeithv wrote:I have listened, and I like it. Did it get any mastering? The new versions seem even more polished and finished than the samples you put up before. Good job!
Thanks, dude!
Yes, I mastered it myself.
Thanks for checking it out!

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 2:00 pm
by VTM
Received your cd today. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet but I'll check it out this weekend and report back with an in-depth, song by song analysis.

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 2:46 pm
by Dickarms
will scope this out later.
Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:54 pm
by Santuzzo
David Lee Broth wrote:Received your cd today. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet but I'll check it out this weekend and report back with an in-depth, song by song analysis.

Thanks!
Glad to hear you received the CD. I hope you enjoy listening to it!
Y0UNGBL00D wrote:will scope this out later.
Thanks!

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 2:16 pm
by VTM
I listened to your cd quite a bit this weekend. I hear a strong Dream Theater influence on Unexpected Complications and Floating. Crisis Management reminded me of Rush with a hyper Neal Peart vibe.
It's cool that your tracks often hint at a particular band/style then you go off and morph it into your own thing as the song progresses.

Another thing that jumped out at me were the fast runs that you end with a bend/vibrato. It must have taken a lot of practice to pull off those fast runs, then nail the bend & vibrato all the while keeping it on pitch.

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:47 am
by nightflameauto
Still listening to this here and there and have to say Crisis Management really sticks with me for some reason. That's just a killer song. I like the others, but that one gets me every time.
Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:25 am
by JerEvil
Man this is really good! Great playing!
Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:51 pm
by Santuzzo
David Lee Broth wrote:I listened to your cd quite a bit this weekend. I hear a strong Dream Theater influence on Unexpected Complications and Floating. Crisis Management reminded me of Rush with a hyper Neal Peart vibe.
It's cool that your tracks often hint at a particular band/style then you go off and morph it into your own thing as the song progresses.

Another thing that jumped out at me were the fast runs that you end with a bend/vibrato. It must have taken a lot of practice to pull off those fast runs, then nail the bend & vibrato all the while keeping it on pitch.

Thanks so much!
Good to hear you like the EP.
Yes, I had to practice the fast runs a lot. My alternate picking is not very fast, so everything that is somewhat fast took me loads of practice.
nightflameauto wrote:Still listening to this here and there and have to say Crisis Management really sticks with me for some reason. That's just a killer song. I like the others, but that one gets me every time.
Awesome!
Thank you very much!
JerEvil wrote:Man this is really good! Great playing!
Thanks, man. I appreciate it!

BTW: sorry, guys I had not replied to your posts any sooner, but I am in the US right now and had not been online for a few days.
Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:33 am
by VTM
Did you use the HD 500 on this? Pretty sure I'm hearing the recto sim.
Also, what software did you use for mastering? Your cd is super loud and has that professional sheen to it. I put your cd on after playing a cdr of some of my stuff and I had to turn down my stereo a good 10 clicks because it was crazy loud.

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:38 pm
by Santuzzo
David Lee Broth wrote:Did you use the HD 500 on this? Pretty sure I'm hearing the recto sim.
Also, what software did you use for mastering? Your cd is super loud and has that professional sheen to it. I put your cd on after playing a cdr of some of my stuff and I had to turn down my stereo a good 10 clicks because it was crazy loud.

Yup, used the HD500 and the recto sim is on one of the rhythm patches, the other one is the fireball model. Both are boosted with a screamer sim.
I used Ozone 5 for mastering.
Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:33 am
by VTM
Santuzzo wrote:David Lee Broth wrote:Did you use the HD 500 on this? Pretty sure I'm hearing the recto sim.
Also, what software did you use for mastering? Your cd is super loud and has that professional sheen to it. I put your cd on after playing a cdr of some of my stuff and I had to turn down my stereo a good 10 clicks because it was crazy loud.

Yup, used the HD500 and the recto sim is on one of the rhythm patches, the other one is the fireball model. Both are boosted with a screamer sim.
I used Ozone 5 for mastering.
Thanks for the reply. I need to spend some more time with the fireball model. I had kinda dismissed it but it clearly deserves another listen.

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:52 pm
by Santuzzo
David Lee Broth wrote: Thanks for the reply. I need to spend some more time with the fireball model. I had kinda dismissed it but it clearly deserves another listen.

I really like the Fireball model, but I am not sure if I would use it by itself. I think it sounds very good when having two rhythm guitar and the other rhythm is using a different model.

Re: my 1st EP is finally finished!
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:58 am
by VTM
Santuzzo wrote:I really like the Fireball model, but I am not sure if I would use it by itself.
I don't think the Fireball model would cut it on its own, at least not for the tone I'm going for. It's too bad there is not a 6505 model on the HD.
What do you think of the SLO they added with the last update?