A nice song about losing your mind.

[EuroAussie]

We have our return gig at the Hard Rock Cafe tomorrow nite, which will be quite an upbeat affair (coz thats what they want, as its hard rock cafe ..).

 

But we were working on this slower number to throw in the middle of the first set, this is just a rough recording from our rehearsal on sunday.

 

Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions, very welcome so we can do justice to it.

 

Its called The Kill by 30 Seconds To Mars.

 

Guitars used were my Gibson J-150 jumbo and a Furch cedar topped Jumbo also.... plus rubbish mike on the laptop.

 

[ol fred]

Good work EA, Gibbys seemed a bit distant in the intro though. Overall first cut sounds darn good

 

Hope you weren't really depressed when you wrote this

[MissouriPicker]

I like it alot. The guitars sound good and I like the lyrics. Good stuff, my friend. One of the things I really like about your music is that it is not over-produced. You guys are very easy-to-listern-to. Don't lose that quality.

[Eyecon]

Guitar was very very good. Vocals, need more energy. I know it's a tough song to sing.

[j45nick]

This is a great song, and I like your approach to it. The question I have is how it will play at a Hard Rock gig. I admit I've never been to a show there, so I don't know if it is a venue people really go to in order to listen to music. This song, with this arrangement, needs an audience that is willing to pay attention to the performers, rather than trying to talk over them in order to impress some girl or guy.

 

Back in my days of working with groups in clubs, we used to say that we were usually playing second fiddle to a glass of beer and a piece of a**. It's tough to compete against. Usually, bar owners want upbeat stuff that makes people buy more booze. The good thing is that even in the toughest setting, you usually find a few tables of people that are really listening to you. You play to them, and pretend the loudmouths at the bar aren't even there.

 

It's a good song. Do it.

[EuroAussie]

Thanks a lot guys for listening, your feedback and support.

 

We just returned from the HRC soundcheck and have to say this track sounded really good through the massive PA at the venue. The open EB strings really rung out nicely with a lot of overtone. Looking forward to playing this track tonite for sure. Will be using the SWD as the rosewood sounds really good at this venue. Both lush with plenty overtone and also with great bite for playing fifths and crunchier chords.

 

I should record the gig so hopefully will update this thread with the live performance from tonite.

 

On a side note, when we rehearsed this track that strings on my J-150 were very worn, and strange as it sounds I have to say I really like the tone of the Gibson Jumbo with really worn strings. The sustain is lacking but there is still great note seperation and a lot of warmth.

 

I think Pete Towsend actually said once that he prefers to play with pretty dead strings and I can now appreciate more the reason why, especially when it comes to strumming.

[moej45]

Great tune...and flawless arrangement. I second the fact that this is a tough song to sing....and it's actually the lower parts that are hardest. That being said I think this is a new one for you guys so I think a week or so in and this should be exact on point. All the high parts and high energy sections were nailed and to be honest...in a bar those are the only parts most people are paying attention to. Let us know how it went over

[Eyecon]

Mark, in this acoustic version Leto gets the crowd into. Plus he's playing a Gibson.

 

[EuroAussie]

So we had a great gig last night at the HRC, gave this track the treatment, and while it didnt set the house on fire, it also didnt completely die also. In the middle of a fast paced set it actually I think fits rather well.

 

Anyway, here's the footage from the gig, cheers !

 

The camera was placed on top of the mixing desk.