Yaniv’s workshop – Andrew Bird 3-Pack!! (Plus loads of Pavement, and much more!)
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Thank you so much for these great Wilco tracks. I tried my hand at charting Jesus, Etc. a while ago. It didn’t go well.
Thank you so much for these great Wilco tracks. I tried my hand at charting Jesus, Etc. a while ago. It didn’t go well.
Hope you enjoyed our effort to chart it
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” /> Singles from Tom Waits, Simon & Garfunkel and Magazine!
Three new singles today!
I’m so happy to give one of my favorite artists in the world, and certainly the coolest human being on this planet, Tom Waits, his rock band debut!
“Make It Rain”, from his 2004 album Real Gone, is an hellish bluesy song, with an absolutely brilliant and unique vocal performance from Waits. So unique, that I had no idea how to even start charting it, so I turned to one of the pros… and he didn’t disappoint!
So thanks to the brilliant BornGamerRob for charting vocals on this!
Please note, the video shows a live version, because there’s nothing quite like watching Waits perform this song (or any song, for that matter). The custom is the studio version, which is quite similar except having a much cooler guitar solo, by legendary guitarist Marc Ribot, and not whoever the random guy in the video is. If you want to hear the exact version of the custom, it’s this one.Hope you like that one, because I plan to chart quite a few more Tom Waits tunes in the future! (if you’re a fan and there’s specific ones you want, let me know!).
Legendary post-punk band Magazine with their most famous, and one of their best, songs.
Legendary guitar riff, great solo, and lot of fun on all instruments. One hell of a rocking number – check out the video!
Thanks Nolan for the video preview!
I’m sure this one needs no introducing.
Not only a classic, but one that fits Rock Band perfectly. Lots of little guitar lines, brilliant bass that feels like it’s soloing all over the song, insanely difficult keys parts (including sax parts charted to keys), and of course those famous vocal harmonies.
I knew it’s a big one, and felt quite a responsibility when I decided to do it, so I was sure to give my absolute best to chart it and get it as good as I can. I’m extremely pleased with how it turned out – hope you liked it too!
Thanks Nolan for the video preview!Hope you enjoyed those!
Amazing stuff as always. Thank you!
As a Tom Waits suggestion may I offer up ‘Picking Up After You’? It’s taken from the ‘One From The Heart’ soundtrack featuring Crystal Gayle.
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Amazing stuff as always. Thank you!
As a Tom Waits suggestion may I offer up ‘Picking Up After You’? It’s taken from the ‘One From The Heart’ soundtrack featuring Crystal Gayle.
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oh wow I’m a huge Waits fan who heard pretty much all his albums, and you somehow manage to suggest a song I don’t know, from one of the only albums I didn’t hear…
I’ll be sure to check this one out!
In fairness, its maybe not the most Rock Band of tracks. But it is brilliant.
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />29.7 – The Dismemberment Plan 4-pack with Nolan!
Ok, these are technically not my customs, but I’ve done vocals and keys to all, and they’re seriously one of the coolest pack of customs I’ve ever seen or played, so I highly highly highly recommend you check them out!
If you’re not familiar, the Dismemberment Plan are a Washington based experimental indie rock band, and their 1999 album “Emergency & I” is regarded as one of the best indie albums of the 90’s. It’s ultra original and fun, there’s nothing like it, and it translates amazingly to RB – especially if you’re a drummer!
Personally I always wanted to chart these, but thought the drums were too difficult… until one day I saw Nolan just upload the full album on drums to the DB! I immediately contacted him and we made a plan, along with Meta123, to bring the whole album to C3! This is the first pack. I charted vocals, keys and pro keys, Nolan did everything else.
They all got really awesome preview videos and they’re insanely fun, so make sure you check them out! Here they are:
Their most iconic tune, this one includes an insanely cool drum beat (seriously just listen), an iconic synth riff and a brilliant catchy melody.
Short, punchy, immediate, and extremely non-symmetrical with an extremely catchy chorus, another ultra cool, unique fun track.
No words to describe this one other than complete madness. Absolutely insane devil-tiered drums that I’ll never ever be able to pass, the most unique vocals chart I’ve ever done (seriously just listen) and just, well, madness all around. Also my favorite song on the record.
A somewhat calmer, story-song about a mysterious invitation, based on a cool drum machine beat. Great fun to sing along to!
So that’s it for now, hope you liked our work on those
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />2.8 – Neil Young 4-pack!
Hello C3! And now it’s time for a tribute to my single favorite artist in the world… Neil Young!
This Neil Young deep cuts pack allows you to go a bit further than the “Heart of Gold”s and “Rocking in the Free World”s you already know. Containing 4 brilliant and very different tracks, from 4 different album (Actually one of them isn’t even in a studio album), I cherry picked some of the best least known Neil tracks and made this pack! Three of them are upgrades of existing drum customs, one is brand new. Hope you like it
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There’s so much to say about “Tonight’s the Night” – the bleakest album Neil made in his life, dedicated to do friends (including his former guitar player) who died from heroin use, and recorded when Neil was regularly drinking a bottle of tequila a day. It’s also, in my opinion, the best album of his career. And Mellow My Mind is my favorite song from it.
An heartbreaking ballad with Neil’s voice constantly breaking, it’s actually a really good Rock Band track as well. None of the instruments are too difficult, but they’re all varied and fun to play. No pro keys for that one, sorry.
Many thanks to MrPrezident for charting the very drunk vocal track to this one! I recommend doing a few shots before attempting to sing this. Haven’t actually tried this, but it sounds pretty awesome.
From saddest Neil to angriest Neil. “Revolution Blues” isn’t Neil heaviest, distortion-wise, but he’s rarely been this angry. Based on the character of Charles Manson, who Neil knew before his terrible crimes and was deeply impressed by, this song was written when Neil discovered he was a terrible murderer.
Easily the best fit to RB in this pack, this song has 2 guitar solos, tricky and ever-changing drums, and bass guitar that sometimes seems to solo over the whole song. You’ll have a lot of fun playing any of those instruments.
Technically there’s also a keyboard in the song (well, at least the credits say so) but it’s barely audible most of the song so I couldn’t chart it. Also, video preview shows a slightly old version of the charts, so it’s been improved since. Thanks to MrPrezident for his assistance with charting vocals to this one!
So we’ve done angry, sad, not it’s time for one of those chilled, relaxing and achingly beautiful tunes Neil is known for. “Lotta Love”, a highlight from his 1978’s “Comes a Time” album, is one of those beautiful, honest and touching songs Neil tracks, and makes a great custom too! If pro keys players felt left out with the two previous songs, this is the one where the keys shine, and you get to play some absolutely beautiful piano. Hope you like it!
Last but not least, this is just as classic Neil as it gets. Written as early as 1969, recorded in 1974 and only released in 1977 “Decades” compilation album, Winterlong has made a name as Neil classic tune despite not appearing on any album. It was even covered by Pixies, who play the song live pretty often to this day.
It’s not difficult but it’s fun on all instruments, and includes some classic, CSN&Y style, vocal harmonies. A big fan favorite and for a very good reason!
Many thanks again to MrPrezident for charting vocals to this song!
Also, since I made a very stupid mistake (project splitting in two and stuff), the video preview shows a very old and inaccurate version of the drum chart. So if you catch some mistakes in the drum chart video (there’s quite a few), rest assured they’re fixed in the actual custom!
Huge thanks to Nolan for all video previews! Make sure you check our (mostly his) awesome work on the Dismemberment Plan 4-pack!
See you next time
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />Your work is awesome, I recommend anyone to give your songs a try because they clearly are the result of hard work.
Happy to be a part of this pack, but you certainly did all the hard work. I am sure these will get played a lot with my group. Thanks!
Keeping the content Canadian since 2017!
SomeOldGuys: https://db.c3universe.com/songs/all/__user/someoldguys
MrPrezident: https://db.c3universe.com/songs/all/__user/MrPrezidentHappy to be a part of this pack, but you certainly did all the hard work. I am sure these will get played a lot with my group. Thanks!
Thanks for your contributions! A lot of hard work, but wouldn’t say all of it – I don’t think those harmonies in “Winterlong” were so easy to chart…
Your work is awesome, I recommend anyone to give your songs a try because they clearly are the result of hard work.
Thank you Farottone! Very high praise coming from you
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />So it’s been quiet lately, but not because I haven’t been working. In fact, I’m sitting now of a somewhat astonishing amount of finished customs (26 in my last count) – all saved for some really epic C3X tour dates.
So now the journey finally begins, I’m glad to present my first contribution:
Together with the great ejthedj – David Bowie’s Heroes! The original, full version.
How can you begin to describe a classic like “Heroes”? For all of Bowie’s amazing works, this is the one that always stood out for me. The title track of his 1977’s album, written and recorded in Berlin, “Heroes” is an epic, emotional masterpiece about a (possibly gay) love story, with the Berlin Wall standing between the two lovers. It is groundbreaking and genius in almost every way – from Tony Visconti’s extremely creative production, Brian Eno’s synthesizers and effects, to Robert Fripp’s unique use of guitar feedback, and Bowie’s himself gave one of the best vocal performances of his lifetime.
Since his release, “Heroes” was widely regarded as Bowie’s best work, or close to it. It made countless ‘best songs ever’ lists, used in lots of movies and TV shows, covered by countless artists (from Coldplay to Depeche Mode, to King Crimson and Motorhead), it’s been adopted by Bowie’s himself as a staple of his live shows, usually as the set closer, and it’s currently Bowie’s most streamed song on Spotify – ahead of his many other hits. It’s been a staple of popular music ever since the song was released.
A pretty-weird cover version of “Heroes” (or actually, the single cut of the song) was released as early RB1 DLC, but now you finally get to play the original, full song, in all it’s 6-minutes epic glory, and join Bowie himself in delivering those classic lines. All instruments are varied and fun to play, and we’re sure you’ll enjoy playing this absolutely classic tune in his original and best version.
That custom is mostly the work of ejthedj – I’ve only done tempo map and drums, and went through the other charts.
Video preview:
We’re aware of some vocal issues, they will be fixed soon.
Thanks, and get ready for many more to come – and earlier than you might think!
So, a 5-pack from one artist coming to C3X this Friday! Plus another additional single of mine, and many more others.
Go to the trivia thread to try and guess the artist and songs:
http://customscreators.com/index.php?/topic/17642-c3-next-generation-trivia-contest-leg-1-week-2
Please note, those pictures don’t necessarily represent the song title (actually, only two of them does) but might represent a prominent line from the song. Might be a hook, opening line, or memorable from any other reason.
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