90 Seconds to Impress Me - Or You Get The GONG!

[@Sergio-nb4hj]

"Johnathan, You Blew It" actually sounds like a pop punk song/album title

[@michabien5321]

Sounds like something Arnold would say

[@KINGJADEX]

Sounds like a Dropkick Murphys song. haha

[@moonboogien8908]

Rhyming "song" with "long".... Genius. But you had the opportunity to throw in "gong", an you blew it.

[@Pfaeff]

Now I'm gonna have "I'm the king" stuck in my head for a while. Good job!

[@BurnTheNuance]

Man, musical tastes are incredibly varied and I love it. Solid solo though. I thought it was gimmicky garbage, but I'm sure plenty of the shit i like people would say the same.

[@The_Buff_Guy]

@@BurnTheNuance hey man, you can like what you like. Music is subjective. I don’t think gimmicky is the right way to describe my song, though. Cheesy, sure. Repetitive, oh fuck yeah. Gimmicky? What’s the gimmick? Interesting choice of words. I’d like to hear some music you’ve written sometime so I can take notes on how to not be gimmicky.

[@sartajhanspal5604]

I'd like to hear Trey's vocals on all the vocal-less audios

[@turboesther36]

Type-O Death Punch

[@FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS]

Holy shit

[@MegaDraws24]

I want Steaks, Cakes and Icecream. Not a big bowl of nicely Produced Riff salad! haha

[@someoneyoudontknow3257]

Finally Edit: 90s is very generous. I think what you said about knowing in about 30 is spot on for most types of entries. You know when you're getting an actual instrumental vs an incomplete/lyricless song. I love that you're trying to do right by everyone and show your reaction to everyone's entry, but with 1000+ entries to sort through, imo that's too generous. Take American Idol for example, (bare in mind haven't watched in 10 years might be different now) during auditions they of course listen to everyone, but what we the viewers see is the funny ones, generally brief clips of the horrible ones (DISQUALIFIIIIIIIEEEDDDDDDD) and we see the solid, big contenders and I'd be cool with that even if my own entry doesn't make it on a video and I think alot of others would too. I imagine releasing 1 video a week by this point your several hundred entries ahead of us viewers and probably have 5 give or take videos ready to go or being put together. I know this blew up way bigger than you ever imagined but maybe consider how you structure the vids from a production stand point such as giving yourself a timeline for how long it should go next go around whenever that may be. No doubt you gotta be about burnt out trying to critically listen to soooo many entries. I know I'm sitting here critically listening with you getting burnt out alongside you waiting to hear the "cool ones" and I think alot of the people voicing complaints or begging for the gong are doing the same.

[@antsonc]

This is gold entertainment and instructional as hell.

[@jamrhein2]

"Gonna do more songs a week". Finally disqualifies Brock, only does one extra song.

[@LexiPixeL_]

Isaac's killing it with these little edits.

[@JeffPearson68]

Even at 100 songs/week it will take over 3 months to get through them...currently we are at 5 songs per week....

[@JabbinJoel_Sc33p0]

huh? it'd take around a month if that to mix out 100 songs.

[@JeffPearson68]

@@JabbinJoel_Sc33p0 there are 1300 songs entries left...100 songs per week is 13 weeks

[@jasonguest5820]

i wouldn't think he'd make a video for every single entry.

[@JeffPearson68]

@@jasonguest5820 No, all I'm saying is that even if he did a whopping 100 entries for each week's episode, it would take 13 weeks. Currently he is doing 5 songs/episode so that's 20 songs/month @ 5songs/episode... which is 240 songs/year....it's gonna take over 4 years at this rate. The new model of the Rev amp will be out long before that lol

[@pedropessoa2246]

Times Is Strange sounds awesome... I love that first groove

[@manlikesmetalmusic637]

Wooh stank face achieved and i avoided the gong! Apologies about those guitars man, i was using the cheapest interface at the time and noise interference was a major issue n makes all guitars sound like they're under water

[@user-yk4gd1fl4z]

90 seconds! I’d say that’s pretty generous.

[@russellzauner]

concur - I also would disqualify anything after 4 bars of not changing the riff as long as the rest of the amplitude is flat af which means the song has literally ZERO volume or expressive dynamics, even though you're engaging the big fat forebrain we all sport at our advanced ages it doesn't mean your sub or un conscious isn't going to be irritated as hell and screaming at the back of your eyeballs GONG GONG GONG and honestly, if the estate of Chuck Barris is good with it, there is enough people wanting to push gear that we could probably have a game show with legit af prizes. I don't know man...game show host? of the coolest game show? damn.

[@jamrhein2]

I would have stopped at a minute if there were no vocals and the instrumental wasn't engaging. Anything with vocals I would stop if I became disinterested. Like if I knew it definitely wasn't going to win I'd just stop whenever.

[@precisionbrown6829]

Yeah I’m a 60 second guy

[@MykeOwns]

Let me see that gong g-gong gong gong

[@russellzauner]

Now it's just down to what gongs Sweetwater needs to show off during Gearapalooza or whatever it is and trey might actually have one of them gong tree thingies by next video.

[@MykeOwns]

@@russellzauner He already bought one, had it on last Friday's stream

[@chhau123]

your singing just made it so much better lol

[@SteveHupe]

#Gong will make this a bit more tolerable to sit through instead of 2 minute long intros with like 12 different riffs smushed together like a 6 year old trying to make breakfast for their mother.

[@jeffc1753]

Ha, a little Child’s Play reference there?

[@SteveHupe]

@@jeffc1753 nope, never seen it.

[@jeffc1753]

@@SteveHupe There’s a scene where a 6 year old literally does that (attempts to make breakfast for his mom).

[@FrightboxRecording]

@@jeffc1753 😂 I know it well.

[@No-cg9kj]

Yeah, I actually like music like that. I like riff salad. I like linear prog music that deviates from typical structure. I like instrumentals. I like MUSIC. I don't give a fuck about vocalists or "songs" lol. I also didn't enter this contest. I mostly write video game soundtrack-esque music because that's what some of my favorite music to listen to is. I own several OSTs and actively listen to them...on purpose.

[@jasonleighton1584]

That second track was BRUTAL. I can dig a good deathcore/grindcore song.

[@leocubiasmusiclifestyle7460]

Can’t wait to take a listen to those 4 songs 🙂

[@deepvoiceguy2589]

Much love and thanks for the listen, Trey. 🤘🤘glad you dug the tune. Just to clear up the lyrics thing, it was “I still ain’t losin”. Cuz you’re right, “I’m still elusive” would’ve been trash. Best of luck to everyone else in the contest. Keep rockin out 🤘

[@treyxaviermusic]

Hahaha yeah that's a LOT better

[@treyxaviermusic]

quit lyin we all know what you really said was "and I'm silly goose lips"

[@treyxaviermusic]

it's the only thing that makes any sense

[@deepvoiceguy2589]

@@treyxaviermusic alright you called it, my bad.. the real lyrics are “head up to the moose tits” 😞 Still the best lyric I’ve ever written though.

[@bigkid757]

Sounds like the Buff guy called his vocals in from a cell phone. 😂

[@The_Buff_Guy]

Just gotta listen on something besides your cell phone speakers, bro. 🤘

[@BurnTheNuance]

@@The_Buff_Guy Nah, still pretty lame sauce.

[@caseygroves3046]

I whole-heartedly agree with the 90 second rule! Thanks Trey.

[@No-cg9kj]

You would hate 90% of the music that I genuinely enjoy.

[@neckcheese1356]

Really liked that Reko song a lot. I know that you felt it didn't go anywhere, but I think that works just fine for a track like that.

[@hobby8master]

Right after I complemented him in the last vid for fully listening to each song lol, but seriously, gotta do what you gotta do.

[@prs149]

I've been watching your Channel for a while and I just learned you went to Berkeley. COOLNESS

[@JonLucPritchard]

brock is an absolute legend

[@linusfotograf]

Brock, what are you doing?

[@allyourbasearebelongtous2191]

That "buff guy" song... Sounds like a South Park character is singing.

[@AngirasDarbha]

Oh boy, he's got an entire month's worth of submissions before he finally gets to mine. I'm never gonna get heard lmfao.

[@dominicspizzirri4399]

This is a highlight of my week. I honestly am upset there is an date…even if it is…a year or 5 away…but anyway, I love this.

[@julianaraneta5416]

Bongs are oldskool, hit the GONG

[@Insill]

"90 Seconds to Impress Me" would be a cool band name or a song title.

[@kiefdemon1979]

I'm the king is stuck in my head. I'll return to this in a week to see if it's still as good or still stuck in my head.

[@rocad_guitar]

At 6:43 ngl I thought my internet pooped out lol got me good

[@DullBullet]

i don't mind that it's getting a bit lengthy. I look forward to these every Monday now!

[@JaFoste_Studio]

thebuffguy straight up wrote a Godsmack song

[@ABlankAndrew]

The Buff Guy sounds like Plankton

[@leocubiasmusiclifestyle7460]

The Gun , what a great idea 🤟

[@therisendead7]

I was totally going to say that you are way too nice...then you completely DESTROYED THE LAST GUY!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! "MF'er sends me 6 emails..." Hahahahahaha

[@therewasascene]

I thought pop punk “bold and spicy note choice” was really good! Piqued my interest instantly Such a bummer that “I need to practice” guy didn’t drop the big dropper. Your improv vocals killed me on the first one

[@jackmarshall757]

what you were talking about at around 20:30 is exactly what Guitarist like Mark Tremonti say.

[@johnbeamon]

There have been a lot of submissions that spent 90 seconds repeating the intro riff 4 times, then the intermission riff 4 times, then the verse, chorus, then the intermission riff 4 times... I think the 90 second gong is about 100,000 submissions overdue!

[@stevenswisher4339]

I'm the king and I'm gonna prove it Another day comes but I'm not losing

[@radiogigguidewithgreggo943]

I think you also need to group some DISQUALIFIED songs per episode to get through all this. Happy editing.

[@adamdavis307]

for god sake Jonathan!! hahaha

[@pigeonade]

That expression of "has it been 90s yet so I can gong" haha. Maybe lower it to 30s

[@CaptainPantys]

Wait why was brock disqualified hahaha too long of a song?

[@russellzauner]

Every Day: HEY you pay for that Ice Cream! Once in a Blue Moon: ICE CREAM IS *F R E E* Trey: wow people really like ice cream all a sudden

[@pierre-claudemeriot6562]

For real. He's giving away an amp. Of course people are gonna participate

[@dustyashberry6140]

Come on man. You can do 9 hours of roasting somebody's songs/mixes but you can't do more than 20 mins on the contest songs.......God Dammit dude! These episodes are hilarious.

[@ZOIDGARTH]

19:10 why is the profile pic an unwrapped mesh uv? strange choice

[@Kizamime]

thebuffguy: BET YOU'LL NEVER GUESS MY FAVORITE BAND. IT'S FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

[@The_Buff_Guy]

Naw, it’s Megadeth and Rammstein, but I do enjoy some FFDP!

[@AcidropOSY]

You should upload the first song with your vocals on Spotify. Please.

[@SpinGoldmusic]

Nice! Ya 90 is very generous.

[@DJ2017KEH]

Sweet. Love the #Gong!

[@andersfaester7956]

So since this won't be finished for a while, are we "allowed" to release the track to the public, or would that result in a disqualification? I suppose not, since Trey keeps saying you can release the songs through Distrokid...?

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

What percentage of the track has to be rock/metal for a possibility of being reviewed?

[@pal7316]

none, the song can be any genre

[@rezolution6272]

TheBuffguy. Really dig that lead \m/

[@deepvoiceguy2589]

Thanks a lot Ma brotha 🤘

[@flexyofacechase1786]

.. I know what I'm sayin, there's no use in prayin!! I'm ded

[@antemorph66]

Really enjoyed Times is Strange. Really odd and different yet familiar

[@slowster2945]

"Lyrics started coming to me really fast" screams incoherently into microphone....

[@lifewithintergrity]

Even with this, it’s just not enough songs in a week. Maybe more frequent videos, or make them longer? Getting kind of drawn out at this point.

[@rawkinj6609]

14:27!! Totally Deep Voice Guy!!

[@deepvoiceguy2589]

Dammit, I’m busted 😞

[@Bob-Whiting]

@ Trey/Gear Gods I agree with you bud. My problem is all I do (until recently) is write lyrics for 40 years. So now at 62 I have taken up guitar to add music to my lyrics. Working on it bro, LOL While you're distracted by riffs, runs and solos with zero or almost zero lyrics, an old man secretly practices to slaughter them all. hahahha! Suggestion: Use a trashcan lid for a gong, we deserve it!

[@ryansaunders683]

@3:31 Wait, didn't we see a real gong behind Trey last Friday?

[@brianburke808]

Who else immediately checked their submission to see where 90 seconds ends up? :D

[@silent-trouble]

Yeah, :D ... it is pretty much exactly where my 2nd chorus ends going into the bridge and solo... so i hope he likes verse and chorus or im fu*ked. That would be really disappointing.

[@TheJammerman]

Yes

[@willlacy112]

Yo the Jonathan curtis song with Trey's vocals is pretty 🔥

[@Tkivo]

omg Brock... wtf? why? after all this time... why? I'm not even in this contest and still know the rules. Why Brock?

[@Ghaos]

Idea, get rid of the 'disqualified entries' first, then focus on the remaining.

[@bmhyakiri]

But those are what make these videos funny...

[@bornindisorder151]

Deezer is actually the only music streaming service I use and I think it's fine. Lots of metal there. I'm more of a CD guy, tho.

[@prs149]

You may be right about Savatage

[@sartajhanspal5604]

21:25 beTREYed haha i'm sorry

[@jmd76family]

Get a virtual gong!

[@treyxaviermusic]

oh I've already acquired a real one, it's happened

[@joevance8983]

Im the king is a solid fucking taking a dump song. I feel like i conquered that shit.

[@deepvoiceguy2589]

Probably cuz I wrote it while taking a dump. Glad you spotted that, good ear 🤘

[@joevance8983]

@@deepvoiceguy2589 they say a mans best work comes from the shitter. Cool song man and good luck with the contest

[@deepvoiceguy2589]

@@joevance8983 many thanks bro. Best of luck to you if you’ve also entered.

[@joevance8983]

@@deepvoiceguy2589 i apprieciate it my friend but i did not enter the contest. I know i am nowhere near where i would need to be in terms of criteria to win this contest. I record my playing, albeit just running my katana into my laptop via usb into a basic voice recording program i can at least get somewhat decent quality just so i can listen back to it and elaborate any ideas that mightve popped out at me. What kind of guitar do you wield sir?

[@playdelay]

#Anxiety about my song, that I slaved over for months, increases#

[@SteveHupe]

You were supposed to write it for the contest, but it helped you get a song finished. Either way you finished a song and put it out there. It's a great accomplishment. Even if you don't win, at least you put it out there which is more than a lot of other folks can say.

[@moonboogien8908]

It's good to be king

[@SonsOfDeForest]

8, 11

[@BadMotivator66]

'be-TREY-ed' hehe

[@TheLemonKiller]

I think people should step away from the guitar for a bit. Then head over to using Guitar Pro and write with that. You'll see you ideas in a different way and you'll really be able to wrote some things you wouldn't have thought of. The down side is you might write something you can't actually play but sounds really cool. But it definitely helps you get your head in a different space as well as into a more song writing state rather than just jam/noodle one.

[@filip100000]

exactly what i did a couple years ago and yeah, you might come up with something you can't play..... so fuckin practice until you can

[@wowwhataworld.9590]

Vocals on song at 15:00 minutes sounds like if Southpark were taking the piss out of metal haha

[@The_Buff_Guy]

Hey thanks Bro, I love South Park 🤘

[@wowwhataworld.9590]

@@The_Buff_Guy Haha awkward...

[@The_Buff_Guy]

@@wowwhataworld.9590 it’s cool dude. You nailed it.

[@darthbanana7]

i like the pop punk song a lot, if it was ur vocal tone had like real lyrics i would listen to it

[@wowwhataworld.9590]

RIP Brock

[@SteveHupe]

Man, Brock... Brock, Brock, Brock.... Why?

[@julianaraneta5416]

He unintentionally trolled trey hahaha

[@TheSouldead1]

The second one needs a little more fluctuation in the vocals and a cleaner production. Otherwise it had a decent flow.

[@justinvallange]

That and tighter multi tracking on rhythm guitar imho

[@ThomsenTower]

The gong idea is good. But you should automate it. To your credit, you are being nice to all submissions and let them run for too long. This series will never end…

[@jconrad7082]

I sent my song 2 months ago and youre now reviewing songs from a month ago - have you skipped some?

[@deepvoiceguy2589]

These are from 2 months ago, bro. Be patient yours is coming 🤘

[@WIMPY86]

Not sure about the guy that used your Nail the Mix to write a tune lol Writing course seems better in this case LOL

[@martinpettersenlangebraate5153]

I'm The King is kinda like a fusion of Metallica and Nevermore

[@deepvoiceguy2589]

That’s the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me.

[@martinpettersenlangebraate5153]

Good to hear, man! Love your work though :)

[@EsotericallyObvious369]

You had soooooo many opportunities to use the word gong singing about john and his long song......... " " < Gong

[@maxmeconse8462]

The buff dude song sounds like the dollar store version of Death In Fire by Amon Amarth...

[@deepvoiceguy2589]

Haha yeah it kinda does 😂😂 fukn love Amon amarth. Thanks bro.

[@noobasaurusrex9608]

Awwww shit, I was waiting for the gong to arrive haha My song only goes for 2 minutes, can you just humor me for the other 30 seconds 😅

[@thommysguitarcorner4687]

The Buff Guy sounds a bit like Kermit the frog, haha

[@deepvoiceguy2589]

You’re not wrong.

[@saberreiter8569]

" I feel a littel Be-Treyed" haha....sorry

[@treyxaviermusic]

YOU SHOULD BE SORRY ACHIM

[@voag1344]

YOU DIED hahahaha

[@jamesgarrett5669]

Deezer is something like Pandora

[@TanjilMuzahid]

brock for the win

[@BeanDogStudios]

BUT WHAT ABOUT MY INTROCORE?!??!? 😭

[@RolandDeschain1]

Most label execs will give you 20 seconds to get to a hook. Hence the golden rule of demos: NO... LONG... INTROS!!!!

[@brooklynboy1000]

Uh. It’s called CD baby.

[@Hanssone]

I like buff guy song

[@thegreenembers]

If it was about production it would be called prod not prog