Tacky TigersIntroduction: Hello, peeples. You've stumbled upon the home page for the Tacky Tigers, which is a name of a fictional band who plays fictional songs by a composer with a fictional name, Don Ignacio. Most importantly, if you hate the music reviews I write because I said that "Madonna is a doodiehead" or "Kiss is stupider than your mother" and you feel like spitting some of those sentiments back in my face, then you are more than welcome to e-mail me comments about how much my own songs are crap. But also keep in mind that I don't have these high tech things such as microphones, professional mixers or ... real instruments, as a matter of fact. All of these are programmed songs. Sorry! Anyway ... I'm a bit tired right now and I'm going to take a nap. The following songs were written and mixed during the months of February 2006 and March 2006 El Rollo Grande (3:18) This one comes in three parts, but I won't tell you what these parts are! Anyway, this sounds like it's supposed to introduce something, so I put it on here first. I like the rhythm section here. It sounds normal. Kind Lady (5:10) This song sounds so ultra serious that it's a good thing that I haven't written lyrics for it. Although, I think as far as melodies go, this is probably my best. Not that I'm tooting my own horn or anything. Lime Green Beetle (4:27) There's a story behind this one, but I'd rather not tell you what it is. This one turned out pretty techy-sounding and polished, which I'm surprised was accomplished considering I'm as sloppy as hell. Anyway, I am happy with this one, too. I don't even care what you'd have to say about the matter. Fascinating Things About Electricity (4:36) I think this is probably my best song. I had actually written a different song based on the same (though pretty basic) chord changes, but I didn't like it so I wrote a different one. So there. And the rhymth section is the most modern sounding of all these, even though I'm still using those '80s synths. Another Start (3:56) I don't really have any personal opinion about this one. I don't think it's particularly good, and I don't think it's particularly bad. There's a lot of horn sounds in this song and then it goes all '80s briefly a few times amidst horse galloping. I ask you, could I have gone wrong with that? Other Opportunities (6:06) This is one of the weirder ones, although I don't think it's one of my best. I downloaded a synthfont full of weird sound effects and I peppered this song with them (including some voices). This one comes in three musically not-related parts which led up to me doing "El Rollo Grande" not more than a week after this. I was in love with that huge banging drum in the Part B of the song. Wait For Hope (4:40) This song is FRUITY. There are a few things I probably should go in and fix (notably, way the transition after the first chorus into the verses is very clumsy), but I'll do it when my fake band gets together and actually records this. Until then, I'm not going to bask anymore in this fruitiness. Sonic Sand Harvest (3:55) Whenever I listen to this, I always feel like it should be longer. This is probably the most "experimental" song on here (though it's not particularly original). Since all of these songs are in 4/4 time, I thought I'd write something in 3/8 time and base it on a whole tone scale. Yup. Miranda (3:03) As I was working on this song, I remember thinking it would turn out to be the greatest song I ever wrote and perhaps even surpass Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" in popularity. I really hate it now and it makes "Wait for Hope" not seem so fruity. I think I ripped the piano line off someone, but I have no idea from whom. The songs following were all written and/or mixed between December 2005 and January 2006. The Gerbil Song (5:12) ...Because my gerbils deserve a song dedicated to them. I'm rather happy with this song not because of how it turned out, but this is the first song I wrote that actually has a legitimate chorus. I wanted to end the song nuts with the percussion and I didn't really succeed with it, but whatever. I probably spent the longest on this song than any other here. Take that for whatever that's worth! Rewards (4:00) This may be the most elaborate song I did as far as trying to layer sounds. I worked on this one manic evening in January '06 and the next day, I thought it was an idiotic mess. I probably spent more time trying to mix it than I did writing it! This sounds like it was supposed to be for an 80s fantasy soundtrack or something. Yes, I'm a nerd. Again, sorry about the synths. Radio Dance (4:25) This is the very first song I did when I discovered that synthesizer mixing program, which was very useful! Anyway, being a nerd, I was excited that I finally had real synthesizers to play around with. This is my synth pop song. Willy of Wheels (4:36) This was written before I discovered the synthesizer mixing program, but I spent a deal of time mixing it. This is my goofy music hall song. It turns into a classical music song in the middle of it. Basil Redux (4:04) I didn't spend very much time on this at all. This is one of the most rhythmic songs on here. I tried writing a melody, but I didn't put nearly enough chord changes in this. (There isn't a chord change at all until like a minute into it at the "chorus.") Tell Me Something (5:51) I also wrote this before I started using the synthesizer mixing program. Actually, this was written when I was supposed to be studying for my finals in Dec. '05 of that explains the rambly nature of this somewhat. Tacky Tigers (5:24) This was already loaded onto the site back in September '06 in midi format. I'm still not sure if I like or not, but it's my ficticious band's namesake! This is the song that our ficticious fans want to hear. This is my contribution to the Latin world, as if they really needed it. Rings (2:58) I should probably do more with this. This is my gothic-sounding classical music thing I made (and I also wanted to play around with sound effects). It's based on a loop that I think sounds pretty nice. Again, I should do more with this and maybe edit some of the melody. Hargrove Lake (5:04) I was really proud of this song when I just finished writing it. Now I hate it. Go figure! Half of it is based on a "Pachabel Cannon" loop and the other half is based on a loop semi similar to the one featured on "Rings." Look at Me (3:16) I wrote this one back in March '05, and I still think it's probably one of the best things I've done. This was previously loaded on the site in midi format, but this one's more polished and sped up a bit. Guinea (4:12) This was also written back in March '05, and it was my attempt at doing New Age. It sounds much better after I mixed it on the synthesizer program. Some of the instruments I used sound kind of awkward. I probably should rethink that, but I originally did that on purpose. Technical Malfunction (2:58) This is kind of a goofy rhythmic song. I was messing around with the synthesizers trying to mimick a spaceship launch or something. I kind of lost interest in it, though. Snail Smears Us (5:14) I really threw this one together quickly. One of my friends is a music major, and he was talking about a "diablo" chord. I thought I'd experiment with it. This might be worth touching up sometime in the future. Midi SongsThese were uploaded on the site in September 2005. They are all in midi format, which unfortunately means they're going to sound differently depending on how your computer interprets the file information. This song was written the same day I went to that Alice Cooper/Cheap Trick concert (hence the name ... clever? ... Um ... not really ... Most of the song names are either stupid or arbitrary ... so ... I didn't really labor over these names). Anyway, there's a lot of fake-midi percussion instruments on this one. Among of all these songs, I think this is my favorite. That's why I put it on top. Because that's where good things like this brilliant song deserve to go. (I put these in order of my favorite to least favorite ... sort of.) This name was very arbitrary. (I looked at a speech I was supposed to read for criticism and analysis class and saw the word "Lost Chapter." I figured that name was too pretentious so I changed that to "Chapstick." ... Hmmhmm.) Anyway, this is a piano-based pop song. (It's based on a loop that I thought was awesome enough to warrent dishing out to a whole song.) There are several spots that I should improve, but I don't care anymore. Don't Look At Me Like That, Man This pop song is probably better than "Lost Chapstick." The name I gave this actually makes a bit of sense, seeing that this song was supposed to sound paranoid. The melody is generic, but ... seriously don't diss my melody. ... Okay, you can diss the melody. I don't care. Every self-absorbed musician deserves to make a half-witted political statement of some sort, and here's mine. Global warming is good. ... Amen. ... This song is meant to be classical with a party-time pop-rock ending, but ... that's not quite how it turned out. So sue me. This was something I wrote for a crude RPG game that I never made. ... This is the "We're adventurizing" theme. Very 80s sounding. ... Ew. One of the very few songs here that was meant to have a specific theme attached to it. ... If you listen to it, you'll probably note that not only is this the most pretentious song in here (probably). The central melody is also stupid and ... um ... this is a synth-pop song (NOOOO!!!). But ... I like it because it's probably the most ... um ... "out of the box" song. Yeah, it sucks ... or not. This is me trying to be new agey like Enya. Yet, I have neither the voice nor the anatomy. Um ... this was actually a genuinely serious effort ... I like some of my melody/harmonies, but this song is kinda boring ... but it has a build-up! And I put ocean waves in there!!! ... Ew. This is the very latest song I wrote (and ... it's kinda sloppy and half-hearted), but it's the only actual **GUITAR-ORIENTED** song on here, and ... so, the Tacky Tigers can have a real guitarist now. I didn't know what to call this, so I gave it the name of the BAND. I didn't mean for it at the time, but this song sounds very Spanish. Amigos! (Excuse me, critics of John Roberts.) One of the more straight-forward and simple songs. This is just a regular old folkish-poppy song. Among the earliest songs I wrote on here ... I was quite proud of it at the time. Maybe, I still am. ... Actually, this is a serious song title. ... Um ... I don't want to explain it, though. The name's just random letters I typed when originally naming the file. I didn't change it, because ... that's a strangely weird name and ... maybe people would think it means something ... Anyway, this is a boring classical song. I don't know why I wrote it. ... Or maybe I do know why I wrote it. ... Um ... This is the song I wrote that preceeds all of the "elaborate" songs on here (i.e. everything but those things I did in high school). Some of these notes are missing their cue (due to general sloppiness), but I'm never going to fix them. I almost have a good thing going here ... Things go overboard in the final third, but ... whatever. This is another song that's meant to be paranoid. So ... enjoy ... If you dare ... A flawed pop song, but I still kinda like it. Some of the melodies introduced in the song's final third are stupid ... but ... it's happy. Because, as we all know, frogs are happy. If I actually cared about things like "credibility" and "hypocracy" I would never have put this song on here. Why, do you ask? Because this song contains one thing I claim to hate: a drum solo. What's worse, it's a Midi drum solo. ... I really don't know what possessed me, but ...... Ginger Baker effectively melted my mind from having listened to those live Cream albums. I originally called this "Turn the Page" until I figured out that a Bob Seger song was also titled that. Figuring that I couldn't have that, I decided that I earned the right to *own* that page. I mean, Bob Seger sucks. So does this song's ending. ... Holy crap, this is a horrible song ... A short and goofy polka-type song with Midi-whistling in it. I hope you don't vomit. If you notice, I tried to put a very brief heavy-metal passage in it. It didn't work. I consciously made the jerky-beat a tribute to Japan (that really awesome rock band). The flute noise misses a few cues (again ... I'm a very sloppy person) and ... um ... yeah, this song sucks. I really don't like this song ... Well, I mean I like it, but there's some really HUGE flaws in it that ... I don't really want to fix. For a start, the melody repeats *a lot*, but ... there are some good things about it ... Oh, and this is classical music. It proves why wedding music sucks. This is **THE** very first song I wrote. I wrote it in the year 2000 when I was a junior in high school. I was extremely proud of it, and spent the next four and a half years wondering why I couldn't seem to write anything else. Anyway, this song *really* goes all over the place. It's a little strange. Going back to that RPG game I was writing songs for, this was another one. (Actually there were more on here that were meant to be on that RPG game, but I wasn't consciously thinking about a video-game-related theme.) This is for the generic "fire-world" scene, and I think I ripped this off the original Mario Brothers soundtrack. ...This is also something I wrote in high school. I never could finish it. It's kinda pretty, though. The title is a reference to "Hamlet," but it doesn't actually mean anything. This is the evil, "pillaging" song ... hmmm ... This is among the first songs I wrote, so don't hate it. I like the bass-line on this one (that I must've ripped off of something). I couldn't quite dish this out into a full song, though, and the middle part (honestly) was written in about 15 minutes. ... This song is pure soft-pop suckiness ... ...Yay... Album review over! (Oh wait, this wasn't an album review. ... Am I allowed to give these songs a score rating? ... YEAH! A++++++++++++++ ... My Web site. My rules.) 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