FujiSkunk’s customs! Classic Synths 3-Pack!
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2 great songs to add to my collection. Especially J.D Souther. Thanks for making these & sharing with us. Keep up the great work you do, look forward to your next tune posting!!
This doesn’t happen very often, but when I looked up “You’re Only Lonely”, I had an “OHHHHH, that song!” moment.
Wow. Nice job!
thanks for the aerosmith song
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />Thanks for the kind words everyone.
To those who downloaded the “greatest hits” version of “Last Child”, I’ve corrected the album title to Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits so that it really will group with the DLC from that album now. Please download again, and sorry for the slip-up!
It would be awesome if you add from GHAerosmith – Beyond Beautiful that songs will be perfect for RB3 is from the album Just Push Play, Keep Rockin!
At long last another another custom is complete, and just in time for Halloween. Here is “Witchy Woman” by the Eagles, with all instruments except keys, three vocal parts and full reductions! Click the image below to download the XBox 360 track.
To those who were keeping track of this one over in my WIP thread, I just realized I did not give this a new ID after changing the band name from “Eagles” to “The Eagles”. If that gives anyone grief, let me know and I’ll re-upload with a new ID.
And speaking of “The” Eagles, I’ve assigned that as the band name so that it will sort correctly with the other Eagles tunes. The album name is still Eagles, but I don’t think any other tunes from that album have been submitted yet. I encourage anyone who does to use the proper album name, without the “The”.
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_wink.gif” />My original notes from the WIP thread:
Working on this song in particular made me realize how you have to find a balance between realism and “fun” when creating a video game. I’m pretty certain the toms are not consistently colored across the whole song. I was doing what Harmonix recommends, generally making sure to change colors when going between cymbals and toms, so that even non-pro drummers can tell when something different is played. As a result, I think I created what is my favorite drum track so far. Consistent or not, this thing is a blast to play! Hopefully the other instruments will be just as fun when I finish them. I know the vocals certainly will be.I must also give props to oscarj08 for helping me make the drums even better before calling it “done”.
Please enjoy!
Please make sure your song is in the Customs database, and link to the database page instead of a direct download link.
Respectfully, I feel like my question just got answered with, “Because I said so!”
I get all the advantages the DB offers, and I’m all for it. That’s why I added the song, and all my other completed customs as well, before I announced here. But for someone who just wants to hurry up and play the tune, I don’t see the harm in offering a direct link as well. Fewer clicks that way.
Is that wrong to think?
Respectfully, I feel like my question just got answered with, “Because I said so!”
I get all the advantages the DB offers, and I’m all for it. That’s why I added the song, and all my other completed customs as well, before I announced here. But for someone who just wants to hurry up and play the tune, I don’t see the harm in offering a direct link as well. Fewer clicks that way.
Is that wrong to think?
We as your gracious hosts are asking nicely.
….and THANK YOU for the awesome Eagles custom!
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />With 40 minutes to spare! If you’re on the American west coast, at least… which I’m not…
Anyway, here’s my second Halloween track, “Spooky” by the Atlanta Rhythm Section, finally complete and playable and singable on everything, at all skill levels. Image linky.
Notes from the WIP thread:
This is a cover of the Classics IV song, which is no surprise given several ARS members were originally in the Classics IV!I had a very good MIDI to work with when putting together the drum and keys tracks, but even then I’m not entirely sure they’re accurate. In the original song, particularly during the guitar and keys solos at the end, there is a lot of subtle play in the cymbals. A standard MIDI file can’t really capture those little nuances that effectively, but the authors definitely tried, which then made it difficult to determine exactly which cymbal is being played at a given time, and whether it’s worth trying to capture that in the game chart. I decided to mix it up at least a little bit, and I think it turned out all right. Opinions and critiques welcome, of course.
The keys were another mystery. There is a lot of jazz color in the original chords, and the MIDI chart had that as well. Whether they got all those jazz bits right is anybody’s guess, but I think the resulting game chart does well enough. The solo is another matter. There were definitely some notes missing in the MIDI that I could clearly hear in the original, but putting those notes back in made the solo a lot harder to play! I don’t think it’s impossible to play, but it’s certainly above my current skill level. I’d like to hear from other keys players on whether they think the solo is at least realistic for someone who plays for a living.
Oh, and when is a triplet not a triplet? I swear those are supposed to be quarter-note triplets at the very beginning, the very end, and in all those fills through-out, but when I actually charted them that way, they ended up very off. This just goes to show that rock and roll is indeed “sloppy” and sometimes you just have to accept, and chart, a little sloppiness, even in a game like Rock Band that demands precision.
Finally, I have to say, ARS is woefully neglected, even within the classic rock community. They’ve got a lot of great songs, but you just don’t hear about them anymore. This neglect is apparent even on the Internet. I actually had to put some effort into finding a decent shot of the album cover for Underdog, and even when I found one I had to do some GIMPing to make it more presentable.
Guitarists, you get three solos! Keyboardists, you get a solo too! Bassists, you get a special little treat: If you play on expert and don’t make a mistake, you’ll enter the bass groove just as the singer sings, “when everything is gettin’ kind of groovy.”
Hope you like it!
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