My dad stopped through town and left us some of his gear over the weekend. We made a few tones on his Neural DSP QuadCortex and tried to demo everything we created. And he left his custom Mayones. @iambean and I hashed something out real quick in 4 hours. I'm not sure how permanent this song will become, probably won't become anything. Also, no real quantizing and no real EQ/Mastering done, since we were trying to move quickly. It still sounds badass.

Made a clean tone, a lead tone and a djenty tone along with a bass tone of course. 

I also recently got a new bass, the Ibanez EHB1005MS, EHB stands for "Elec. Headless Bass" and it's a 5-string; MS stands for "Multi-Scale" meaning fanned frets. It's a beast!

Tony Awards - Iscah Demo

Recently procured a new headless bass from Ibanez. EHB1005ms and yes in sea foam green. Positively one of my favorite basses. This drum groove is kind of an old one and an inside joke, but sounds so legit with this kit and the way it was programmed that I barely recognize it myself. I also just bought GGD Matt Halpern PV sample library. Guess I should have mentioned that too

Found Missing

Messing around, my 7 string guitar was somehow in a triple E octave and not how you think. BEAEGBE. It was cool. Used my EHB1005ms and was attempting a jazzy finger tone. Drums are GGD PV Halpern sig.

RHM1005ms
Schecter Diamond Series 7
GGD PV Drums

Shadows On Concrete

Let's face it, I want to be metal, but I don't have the riffing chops. I can't write a convincing riff, but I can groove. I also do not know where to start regarding tone when it comes to plug-ins.

The Exercise in Mediocrity

Messing around with my Darkglass Alpha/Omega 900. Did not mean to do DI pre but this is where we are. Meant to track post DI with the distortion, so had to add it digitally. Sorry. Otherwise, the A/O DI signal is THICCC wow. Waited so long to mess with this...

That Is Why We Must Find The Light

Sample comes from Prometheus. Used my Darkglass Alpha/Omega 900 head for the DI bass tone.

No Man Needs Nothing

Had this little idea, played out the initial idea to completion. Think it sounds cool and neat. The root descends and passes many octaves within the chord until resolving peacefully. I don't think this would work on an instrument with higher tunings. Lower frequency in the bass allows the close grouping of the notes to meld well. Tried to spic up the tone with some effects, used a grain delay, but in the end the EQ'd DI tone from the Darkglass A/O just sounded way too good to mess with. This is not JUST dry tone, of course I have reverb, chorus, delay (and grain delay), and a dirty tone mixed with this, hardly decipherable mixed together but add to the overall vibe.

Descending Purpose

Sample comes from the great limited animated series, Pluto. Typical gear, Scarlett, EHB1005MS, Schecter Demon 7, Darkglass Alpha Omega 900. Can't find myself to write an angry riff, kind of disappointing.

(You Might Learn) All Sorts Of Things

I was listening to the newer songs from Last Chance to Reason, and thought, "I can write a creepy heavy verse riff like that". It did not come out the way I anticipated, but had its own flavor so I rolled with it.

Originally I was not going to add vocals to it at all, however, I was inspired after a phone call with one of my close friends regarding one of our mutual friend's destructive behavior. This is very likely to become part of Iscah's next project, Instructions Unclear.

Lyrical inspiration is based on a flame burning too fast, too bright. An Icarus flying too close to the sun too soon. A man at wits end, burning the candle at both ends.

Your destination undefined
Your life is so self-undermined 
There are no answers for you here
The shadow you create by burning all that you hold dear
It’s enough

Duly Noted (Iscah Demo 2024)

This started as a piano melody for a hip-hop song I was working on. I had a shower-thought of this bass line which matched the key of the pressure in my showerhead. It was this bouncing bass and rolling bass groove, and immediately I realized the shower head bass groove and the hip-hop track I started months ago were in the same key.

Hemlock Groove

This has a hardrock feel to it for sure. Like many moments as a musician, you hear ideas right before waking but say to yourself "I will definitely remember this...." and then ultimately can never recover that brilliant idea. I had the fortune of hearing a vocal hook, which underneath that was the musical arrangement I tracked here. I thought it was too tame and wanted to make it a bit ugly and added the outro. I revisited this track 3 times on the morning of my mind's ear hearing the hook (intro). Gives me 32 Leaves vibes at the start.

Viral Signs

Singer-songwriter and a primary writing force in Iscah.

I want to do covers, collaborate, or write for you. My voice is mostly suited for modern metal/progressive metal (djent). However, I love many differing styles of music and can work with whatever you have in mind. So don't let the pedigree deceive you. I am no producer, so almost everything I have here is a demo. I also love playing bass and writing grooves. My skill is not solely vocals if you wish. Metal bass is just one color in my palette. I can also be a consult and objective ear/suggestive mind for your writing. 

You can follow my band's links here:
https://linktr.ee/iscah_metal

SoundCloud:
@IamBean

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