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Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 11 2016, 02:09 PM

Hello friends!!

Welcome to our new collab!! But before we start, please check out the final video for the last one we've done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OymX3SaklSQ



This time I've recorded a backing track in the style of Audioslave, and once again GMC founder Kristofer Dahl will provide vocals!


Backing track:  Audioslave_Collab.mp3 ( 4.53MB ) : 325


Jamtrack:  Jamtrack.mp3 ( 7.9MB ) : 311



We need your guitar solos, arrangements, chords, bass guitar, backing vocals or whatever you would like to add to this one!


Tempo: 95bpm


Chord progression & Scale choices:

Intro: Riff in E minor

Verse: (Em - D - G - A)

Chorus: Riff in E minor

Bridge: (Em - Dm - Am - C) + Riff in Em


Over the riffs you can use E pentatonic minor or E minor scales:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator


Over the verse you can solo using E Pentatonic minor or E dorian

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator


Over the bridge you should follow the chords with its triads, pentatonic. So you would play Em Pentatonic, then Dm Penta, then Am penta and finally C major penta. Experiment with this even if you are not used to solo using different scales, it's pure fun!



IF YOU NEED HELP TO USE ALL THIS INFO LET ME KNOW! I'M HERE TO GUIDE YOU.


IMPORTANT INFO About files required:

In order to make the things easier for compiling takes and mixing I need that each participant shares 3 files:

- Audio file with the mix of the backing and your guitar.
- Audio file only with your guitar (If possible this audio should have the same length than the mix version)
- Video of you playing the solo, and if it's not possible a picture. (Mp4 format if it's possible)

The best way to share this is compressing in a zip file to be downloaded from here or using sharing service as dropbox, wetransfer, and copying the link here.

If you decide to share your files using soundcloud please remember to "allow downloads".

Thanks!


DEADLINE: December 3rd

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END RESULT

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Nov 11 2016, 02:21 PM

First a warning: I can leave absolutely no guarantee I will be able to sound anything like Chris Cornell at all. But it will be fun for sure. Who's in?!

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 11 2016, 02:29 PM

You always sound like Kristofer Dahl which is great! Go for it!!

Posted by: yoncopin Nov 11 2016, 02:57 PM

Yeah, this is the right response! I'm going to give this a go again, just loaded the backing into my DAW to jam.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 11 2016, 03:23 PM

GREAT!!

Posted by: Sensible Jones Nov 11 2016, 03:59 PM

Oh yeah! I'm in!!
Definitely Bass with attitude!

Maybe Guitar as well!! (Now, who did I loan my Whammy Pedal to?? I think I might need it back!!!)

Posted by: yoncopin Nov 11 2016, 06:02 PM

I feel like I may have a winner again This is a GREAT track to jam to! I didn't video it again, because I'd like to expand the part and my camera is behind me when I'm working the wah. Anyway, I just wanted to get it recorded to share and so I wouldn't lose the idea. What do you think?

https://soundcloud.com/pragmapack/audioslave

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Nov 11 2016, 07:45 PM

Yes that's the spirit, thanks!



Very promising already, this take has lots of energy coming from it!

Posted by: Todd Simpson Nov 11 2016, 07:49 PM

NICE!!! I dig the wah! Sounding really cool so far

Posted by: bleez Nov 12 2016, 10:43 AM

Playing around with the backing, thought Id give my whammy pedal a blast

https://soundcloud.com/bleez666/audio

Posted by: Gitarrero Nov 12 2016, 01:51 PM

Awesome, I'm gonna make it this time!
Do we already have lyrics for this one?

Posted by: yoncopin Nov 12 2016, 01:54 PM

How did you make your wah do that effect? Sounds so right on

Posted by: bleez Nov 12 2016, 02:29 PM

Im using the http://digitech.com/en/products/whammy-dt
Its both ridiculous and awesome

Posted by: Phil66 Nov 12 2016, 10:15 PM

Brian and Scott's takes have made me want to have a go at this one so I'll give it a go

Posted by: Todd Simpson Nov 12 2016, 11:48 PM

Very cool tone and soloing! That whammy is really 3 pedals stuffed in to one fixture. Harmony, Detuner, Whammy, all in one handy box Very cool pedal.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 13 2016, 12:29 AM

This is epic!!! I love it man. I couldn't stop saying wou wou wou while listeing to you wah wah wah licks.




Yeah!! Lots of killer whammy licks there! We really need this, and more of this!


I can suspect that this one will be an awesome collab.







Kris is working on lyrics but I don't know if he have it finished.

Posted by: yoncopin Nov 13 2016, 02:26 PM

Love it! Thanks Gab!!

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 13 2016, 10:39 PM

Thank YOU!


I hope that we have more takes for this one! Let's make a big hit!

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Nov 13 2016, 11:07 PM

I plan to begin the tune with the ever so creative "yeah, yeah, yeah" - but spanning over two octaves (if I can pull it off).

Here are the draft lyrics:

Verse:
Long ago when the sky was blue 
and the grass was green
I fell in love
I fell in love with a beauty (whispered: so mean)


Chorus:
Now the grass pulls me under - it’s tearing me apart
A cry from down under - as we learn to live apart


Bridge:
When everything is said and done, 
I pull the trigger on my loved one
And release the bird, we caged inside

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 14 2016, 12:59 PM

Cool lyrics Kris! I can't wait to hear you singing it over the track! So you are going to experiment with really high Cornellish lines.

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Nov 15 2016, 09:07 AM

Yes - I think I have range but very little control! Fingers crossed!

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 15 2016, 06:49 PM

Nice! Hey guys! Please start posting your only guitar/bass takes to let me start giving this the right structure.

Posted by: GeneT95 Nov 16 2016, 01:56 AM

Testing some lines for the collab. It's a bit rough but as usual a process.


https://soundcloud.com/shallowlines/audioslav1

Posted by: yoncopin Nov 16 2016, 03:05 AM

Ok Gab, my wah is starting to give me issues, so I need to ship it in for service. I recorded my riff and video, it's a bit short but I figured you could use it. Here's the preview and files, audio kicks in at around 0:05

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jjgp65x4tln3gb0/Audioslave.zip?dl=0

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 16 2016, 06:28 PM

Hi Gene! That sounds VERY promising! I ca already hear parts that would work great on the final mix.





Beautiful! Thanks a lot mate!

Posted by: Mirba Nov 16 2016, 08:04 PM

I quite enjoyed the backing track so I tried to come up with a solo on this. Unfortunately I couldn't get the video in perfect sync with the audio.

Also there is a small audio stutter in the youtube video(at 0.03s), but not in the audio only files for some reason. I hope that this doesn't matter that much



https://we.tl/H12JW3l1Iu downloads with and without backing track.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 17 2016, 03:41 PM

Awesome! What a nice surprise Mirba! Thanks a lot for your take!

Posted by: GeneT95 Nov 18 2016, 02:45 AM

Aye. Here is my vid and guitar only file. My part is louder just for listening. Although its pretty simple stuff and an effects part mostly.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 18 2016, 05:12 AM

This is pure greatness! I'm happy to have some Whammy parts for this collab. I think that it's a must for a Tom Morello inspired track!

Thank you Gene.

Posted by: GeneT95 Nov 18 2016, 01:16 PM

Thanks Gabriel.

I may play around with it some more. I found if I played a lot of notes it turned to mush or didn't mesh with the song. Probably because of my delay setting and delay tail. But its the holidays soon here and I knew I better get a track up before time was taken by family and merriment.

As usual it is a great Collab. Can't wait to hear Kris' vocals.

Posted by: tflava Nov 18 2016, 01:55 PM

Hello guys i Will also try to join with the verse and bridge.

I Will first send my ideas to you gab.

Greetz tim

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 18 2016, 02:09 PM

Yeah, also, when using Whammy, it's better to create melodies with a few long notes. That's what I prefer playing and hearing. Thanks again for joining this one.




Awesome Tim!! Can't wait!!

Posted by: sidthekid Nov 19 2016, 08:39 PM

Hey. here is a short tapping-style solo that I'm playing with (my part starts at 1:25). I want to improve my guitar tone, any suggestions? Also any tips for a better solo welcome!

https://soundcloud.com/user-428681433/audioslave-collab-take-1

Posted by: bleez Nov 20 2016, 12:34 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ9EsuQgVwk


vid
[attachment=45528:audio.wmv]
guitar only -
[attachment=45529:audio_guitar_only.wav]
with backing
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Probably should have set the camera to my foot, it was busier than my hands

Posted by: GeneT95 Nov 21 2016, 12:39 AM

Cool Bleez. Really likes the stutter pick select at 00.43.

Posted by: bleez Nov 21 2016, 12:51 AM

aw thanks dude I found that part quite difficult, flicking the pickup switch while using the whammy pedal. It required more coordination than Im used to

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 21 2016, 04:32 PM

Better solo?? This is killer man!


Regarding your tone. I think that you could experiment with the EQ used. It's tricky to say what you have to change since there are lots of possibilities and maybe the best is to try different amps (if you are using emulators). I can say that your tone could sound warmer, there are some frequencies in the migh mid range (between 1.5 and 3 khz) that are a a bit disturbing for my ear. You can try lowering these frequencies, or maybe searching for an amp that doesn't make them sound strong.

I also think that a compressor could make this solo sound better, or maybe just more regular picking intensity. There are some notes in the end that can be head clearly.

By the way, we need this solo so even this version could work for the song! I can fix the issues with EQ and edition. But you also have time to fix it and record a new take.






Man!!! Record a solo album, this is so awesome!!!!!! Thanks a lot for your magic.

Posted by: bleez Nov 21 2016, 06:25 PM

I wish! Thanks mate, I appreciate that a lot Its such a cool backing track.
Cant wait to hear the end result........ and what Kris will do

Posted by: Spock Nov 21 2016, 07:32 PM

DAMN THIS RHYTHM IS KILLER!!!

I'm inspired! How much longer? I'm in. May take me a while to shake the cobwebs from my fingers.

F&¢K YEA!!!




GAWD DUDE!!! I just got put to school on that vid. That is the most perfect accompaniment I think can be written for this. Better than Morello himself would come up with

Posted by: bleez Nov 21 2016, 07:53 PM

you're too kind, sir

December 3rd, plenty time to get some awesomeness recorded, dude.
Its been far too long since Ive had the pleasure of being part of a collab with your good self.

Posted by: Sensible Jones Nov 22 2016, 04:53 PM

Almost there with the Bass Gab! Will be up by the weekend!!

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 23 2016, 02:41 PM

Excellent! Thank you SJ!

Posted by: klasaine Nov 23 2016, 08:12 PM

Cool groove.
All the heavy riff parts seem to be pretty well taken care of so I played some parts over only the chordal sections.
Clean arpeggios and an E-bow part. No lead stuff. More 'atmosphere' than anything else. I did do one Wah part on bar 4 of the first riff sections.
I do the same thing each time the sections repeat so by 1:25 you've heard it all from me. *I didn't cut and paste though so there are subtle variations throughout, especially with the E-bow and Wah parts.

https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3/my-parts-gmc-collab-wtrk

Posted by: Spock Nov 24 2016, 05:57 AM

I hate to say I am going to back out of participation of this collab. I had a hemorrhoidectomy today and I am in some of the friecest pain ever. I feel like someone shoved a blender blades up my ass and evidently this is going to last 5-6 days.

I went into this surgery thinking it was going to be a piece of cake. Enjoy a few nice relaxing days off comfortably numb on pain killers - but as it turns out I actually NEED them, which takes the fun out of it.


The good thing is I've actually started being motivated to play again, but I just can't sit in a chair, or stand for any period of time - having to lay on my side.

This takes "pain in the ass" to a whole new level. It's like I spent my first night in prison.

Here I am pre-surgery, looking very optimistic just after receiving a heavy dose of some sort of drug to calm my nerves.

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Nov 24 2016, 08:28 AM

Yeah!! These are super cool additions Ken, I love the added harmony and lead throughout.



Sorry to hear that Spock - I wish you a speedy recovery!

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 24 2016, 01:34 PM

This is so awesome klasaine! I knew that you could bring something new to this one and that's what we've got! I can suspect that this one will be one of the best collabs ever!

Posted by: klasaine Nov 25 2016, 06:17 PM

Here's a short video of the Ebow part.
It's over the Em - D - G - A chords.

Posted by: tflava Nov 25 2016, 06:39 PM

I also have a piece over that progression.
Only have to record it

Posted by: bleez Nov 25 2016, 07:47 PM

damn, thats a bit of a bummer!
that is some pic, keep it handy incase we ever do a Kyuss collab take care mate.


Very cool!
Epic to see Mr Lasaine throwing in a take this collab just got extra classy!

Posted by: tflava Nov 26 2016, 07:56 PM

 audioslave_only_audio.wav ( 4.25MB ) : 109

 audioslave_audio_with_backing.wav ( 4.25MB ) : 92


Hello Guys,

Here my take.
I tried to make things easy and melodic.

Greetz Tim

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 26 2016, 10:00 PM

That's so beautiful man! I'm so happy you've joined this one.




Yeah! That sounds tasty Tim! Well done! Thanks a lot for your take!


This one is getting really big!! Keep the takes coming!!

Posted by: Todd Simpson Nov 28 2016, 05:11 AM

Best of luck to you on your recovery!!! When I was bed ridded after breaking my back, I moved my entire recording setup next to the bed so I could record/web surf/etc. Made it a lot less terrible

Todd

Posted by: Spock Nov 29 2016, 09:16 AM

Indeed man. That would be ideal, the only thing is this, to my absolute shock, has been the worse recovery experience I have ever gone through. If anyone ever tells you that having hemorrhoids removed is a walk in the park, do the world a favor and punch that fools nose through the back of their head.

I have never lived through so much pain in so many places at once in my life. To top it off you can't even go to the bathroom - for either reason. After the surgery I had to go back to the Emergency Room and spend 6 hours. Ugh, long story. But all that to say that I didn't celebrate Thanksgiving, I didn't even watch the entire Clemson game. One of those hurts that won't allow you to enjoy anything, laying down, sitting up, watching tv, playing a video game - nothing. All I could do was find a comfortable position and hope to stay that way for as long as possible.

I might go into work for a half day tomorrow. I just don't know how long i'll be able to sit at a computer chair. It's a great thing I have an empathetic, more than generous boss.

1 cool thing happened though. You know my friend's band, Kelen Heller. Well one of the guitarists decided to call it quits - he has come to loath the music industry. So he came over to visit me last week and wants to write music together. Finally, someone that I can count on not to change what style they want to do. He also enjoys writing songs exactly like I do, behind a computer, one part at a time, as opposed to organically.

I got your message - haven't decided whether to respond or not. Part of me just wants to forget the whole election cycle and concentrate on life. Happy and hopeful for Trump - but not worth arguing about with friends. To many other, more important and edifying things to focus on. Politics is not good for the spirit.

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Dec 1 2016, 08:55 AM

Here are my vocal files. I haven't done any mixing but hopefully Gab will get us a preliminary mix shortly. I will now focus on getting video recorded before the deadline.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5415283/audioslave-collab-kris-vox.zip

@Gab please note:

* I have only applied low cut to these files

* they need a bit of autotune to sound ok

* the chromatic descent at the end needs a dreamy type of effect (moving pan, phaser, chrous, filter, delay, fuzzy overdubs etc you name it)

Can't wait to see how this one turns out!

Posted by: Sensible Jones Dec 1 2016, 07:23 PM

I'm sorry to say that I might have to pull out of this Collab. I really don't want to but I have 3 guitars I'm building for Clients that all need to be finished for delivery this weekend. They're all mostly finished apart from the Final Set-up which can be a bit time consuming.


Hopefully I'll be all good for the next one!!

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 2 2016, 06:51 PM

Great job Kris!!

I've been working a bit on the vocals. There is still work to do but this is a preview to let everybody hear how this is turning!

 Audioslave_Collab_with_vocals_premix.mp3 ( 2.71MB ) : 76

Posted by: GeneT95 Dec 2 2016, 11:13 PM

Cool. I hadn't listened to the vocals yet. Sounds great.

Meant to ask, Gabriel, what program do you use to modify the video?

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 3 2016, 03:25 PM

To edit video? Adobe Premiere CS5

Posted by: GeneT95 Dec 3 2016, 11:29 PM

Ah. Good program. I haven't use it in a while. Was just curious.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 4 2016, 05:20 PM

yeah, it's great! I've used Sony Vegas in the past, but I prefer this one.

Posted by: Todd Simpson Dec 4 2016, 07:57 PM

I"m glad to hear you have found a guy willing to work on/near your term on music. I spent many years "doing it in the room" with the other guys and it's fun But I have also found that I can do it by myself as well and just email tracks back and forth. Provides a lot more flexibility. I hope it's productive and please do share with us what hapenns!

Todd

I"m glad to hear you have found a guy willing to work on/near your term on music. I spent many years "doing it in the room" with the other guys and it's fun But I have also found that I can do it by myself as well and just email tracks back and forth. Provides a lot more flexibility. I hope it's productive and please do share with us what hapenns!

Todd

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Dec 5 2016, 10:44 AM

...and here is my video. Needless to say I am very excited about this one - with so many cool contributions!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5415283/kris-vid-audioslave-collab.mp4

Posted by: Mirba Dec 5 2016, 03:46 PM

Hey Gabriel,

I hope i'm doing this right, and that you can download both of the tracks.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 6 2016, 02:53 AM

It's perfect! Thanks Mirba and Kris for the files!

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 6 2016, 05:44 PM

Hi guys! I'm here to say that I'm enjoying mixing this one TOO MUCH! Your takes are beautiful. I'm so proud of this community!

This is a pre-mix with everybody's takes except tflava who is sending his take in 1 hours because the file was wrong.

Check it out!

 Audioslave_Collab_with_vocals_and_guitars_premix.mp3 ( 3.75MB ) : 108

Posted by: tflava Dec 6 2016, 05:51 PM

Hey man here my file.

Sorry for waiting.

Greetz  audioslacve_collab_audio_only.wav ( 4.25MB ) : 93

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 6 2016, 05:53 PM

The hour became 10 minutes!! You are fast! Thanks a lot!

Posted by: Sensible Jones Dec 6 2016, 07:56 PM

Wow!!! Sounds amazing Gab!! This one is going to be epic indeed!!!
Sorry I had to pull out of this one!
I've just finished delivering the last of the 3 guitars tonight.

Posted by: GeneT95 Dec 9 2016, 12:30 AM

Gab : Cool mix

Kris : I must say that when you started adding vocals the collabs became even more fun to be part of. This one is fantastic.

Sensible : Great guitars. I more traditional, so the middle one is stunning to me. Although I think the first one is very cool although I can;t see how sharp the horns are. Is some of it hidden in the foam or are they narrower with a big bottom?

Posted by: Sensible Jones Dec 9 2016, 04:14 PM

Thanks mate! The middle one was one of my favourite builds this year and for a very nice guy too.
The horns on the top one go out to quite a point, it's just a bit obscured by the foam. not sure if this pic makes it clearer. I should really have taken some of it out of the case. Unfortunately I only grabbed a few shots when I delivered it.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 9 2016, 05:30 PM

Wou!! That Doncaster is pure beauty!! Congratulations mate! I love how it looks! I hope to see any video of the owner playing it.

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Dec 9 2016, 09:54 PM

Well my friends - it's safe to safe the resulting track is something exceptionally cool!

I can sense our community is starting to set itself apart. We're musicians here, not shred wannabes. The music speaks for itself - this is fantastic:

Agreed mate. I also feel they have even higher instructional value, as we are creating real songs together. It's such a nice feeling to create music together - even though we are far away from each other.



Oh my gosh - one word for that one: YUMMI! I want one!!

Posted by: GeneT95 Dec 9 2016, 11:15 PM

Sweet track. Was a lot of fun. Great compilation.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 10 2016, 03:24 AM

Hey friends! This is totally awesome. There are no words to explain how much I've enjoyed mixing this track. It's the one that I've enjoyed the most since each submit was totally musical and added a lot to the track. Your takes make this song grow a lot, and the final results is a beautiful piece of music.

These kind of things make me really happy so I'd like to say THANKS A LOT to each of the participants, and off course special thanks and congrats to Kris for writing lyrics and singing on this song. As we suspected, you've provided Dahlish vocals that made this track very unique but at the same time, I still can get the vibes of first Soundgarden music.

I hope that this is the first step of a new level in GMC collabs. Let's keep making music!

Posted by: Todd Simpson Dec 10 2016, 06:26 AM

Very cool!!! Love how this turned out I"ve not done a few of these as it just seems like I'm really not needed at this point. There are plenty of folks contributing very spiff bits and it's great to see I'm stepping back from these a bit to give everyone else a shot to shine for themselves and they are!!! Well done guys

Todd

Posted by: acleardifference Dec 10 2016, 02:03 PM

GREAT JOB!

Posted by: klasaine Dec 10 2016, 03:50 PM

Well that was cool!
Great Job everybody, especially Gab. That's a lot of material to distill and mix.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 10 2016, 04:46 PM

Thanks for the comments friends. A new amazing collab is coming very soon.

Posted by: sidthekid Dec 10 2016, 11:06 PM

What a unique and memorable collab, congrats everyone! GeneT95 your patches gave this song such a razor twist, and all the other solos too! \m/

Posted by: GeneT95 Dec 11 2016, 12:50 AM

Thanks Sid.

I think everyone created great segments that Gab fit into a Fabulous arrangement. I can never tell what I will find at the finish with so many parts, which is part of the fun. As it's always amazing.

Posted by: Wyverex Dec 11 2016, 01:05 PM

I sat in awe watching this. Wow! You've all outdone yourselves.

Posted by: Todd Simpson Dec 11 2016, 09:17 PM

Here here!!! Well done guys Can't wait to see the next one!!

Todd

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 12 2016, 04:01 AM

I think that this is the collab that has more cuts, and audio edition and that's not because we had bad takes. All takes are great, and every take interacted well with the other, so it was really fun to go from one player to the other and then get back to the first one, and do this cuts each 1 or 2 measures.

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Dec 12 2016, 10:49 AM

I can only agree with the praise - our collabs are something completely unique. They wouldn't be what they are without each and everyone of you!

Posted by: Sensible Jones Dec 12 2016, 02:01 PM

Thatnks Gab!! It sounds as good as it looks. It has custom hand wound Pickups, a P90 in the neck and a very special humbucker in the Bridge. It has one coil overwound and the other coil normally wound so that you can use either coil on it's own for two different sounds. If I recieve any vids I'll be sure and post them!


Thanks Kris!! I'm surprised how much of a positive reaction this guitar has received.

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Dec 12 2016, 08:26 PM

Very good job, everyone

Posted by: Phil66 Dec 14 2016, 09:09 PM

Brilliant, well done everyone, another great edit by Gab

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 15 2016, 02:28 PM

Thank you friends! I hope to see you both in the new one!

https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=57723