Absoflippinlutely, The Wrong Thing To Do

After an extended absence from the forum, it seems odd to me that I would post this song.   Way back when, this was the first song that I posted on this forum and did I ever get an education.  There was a lot (especially concerning the mix) that was wrong with this number but you were very kind with your suggestions.  I had put the song on MySpace but it was strongly suggested that I put it on a better site such as SoundClick or SoundCloud.  Well, I thought that I had put it on SoundClick but apparently it never made the transition.  I found the file for the reworked (several time over) song but unfortunately, I have been unable to find the working file.  So, although it is a few years too late, I thought -- perhaps, better late than never.
 
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=963481
 
Freddy J
 
 

A psychedelic surf boogie. An entirely new genre.
 
Well done!!! I love it!

Great to hear ya back Freddy. I don't remember this one. Great Rockabilly style and tone. I really enjoyed.  

Hey Bob.  It's good to be back and hear all the great songs being posted here.  Thanks for the encouraging words buddy!  I hope that you have a great thanksgiving holiday.
 
Thanks Robert.  I'm very glad that you liked it.  "A psychedelic surf boogie"  -- that's great(!!!) and brought a smile to my mug.  I think that I mix-up genre a lot --- but ---- that's only because I don't know what I'm doing.  Thanks again for the kind words.
 
Hi Steve.  Thanks for listening and commenting. I appreciate it!!
 
Hi Grant.  Thanks -- it is indeed great to be back.  This number was posted a very long time ago on MySpace.  I haven't even been on MySpace for a very long time.  My account has probably expired.  It was my intent for it to be a kind of "Bluesabilly" style but hey -- whatever fits as long as it gets the toes tappin'.  I am glad that you liked it and thanks for the kind comments.
 
Thanks Jesse.  I am a big fan of the old black and white TV show Peter Gunn from the late 1950's or early 1960's.  Henry Mancini penned the music for this show and it caused quite a stir because it featured cool jazz.  The theme from Peter Gunn has been re-recorded by a bunch of persons.  This is a long way of saying that it may have had a bit of influence on this song.  Welcome, to the forum and I look forward to hearing more of your songs.
 

Cool Freddy. I like what GuitarPima said and also agree with Jesse that it should be a theme tune.

Happy Thanksgiving, Freddy.  I hear the Gunn influence but it's still got it's own sound.  You have some pretty good gitlicks going.  I'm glad you are back as I am trying to do but time seems to consume me right now. I've promised I'll cut one live band involvement after the 1st year.  One is enough at this age.  I really like this tune, Freddy.

Hey Kevin.  Thanks for listening and thanks for the kind comments.  I appreciate it!
 
Hi Daryl.  I do kinda have a penchant for mixing up genre don't I?  I think that Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" detective TV show music had a bit of influence --- maybe.  I appreciate the comments and thanks for listening.
 
Hi James.  Thanks for the kind words.  I actually went to the MySpace website and it is still there.  So is my page with a couple of the old songs.  Can you imagine that? 
 
Warren -- Thank you my friend.  Congratulations on your weight loss -- it's a hard thing to do!!  I know from personal experience.  I hope you get to participate more on the forum and post some of those great songs that you, Mark, your sister, and others do!!!  Thanks again.
 
Hey Scotty.  I was going for that cool blues/jazz/rockabilly/calypso/etc. sound (my penchant for genre mixing - lol).I appreciate the kind words -- Thanks!!

Hi Tom,
Unfortunately, I am one of those "types" that don't have the talent to wrestle with drum software and make them sound like drums.  Therefore, I rely on WAV loops (supposedly of live kits).  One of the suggestions that I received when I first posted this (way back when) was that the cymbals were way to hot.  I cut back on the volume and EQ'ed them down in the 10 and 15 KHz range.  I don't know if this created the problem that you are hearing or not.  Actually, I am not hearing what you are describing on my cheap audio, so I will probably go next door and listen on my neighbors computer.  Of course, I am open for any suggestions that you might have on how to address this problem.
 
Thanks for listening and taking the time to comment.  I appreciate your insight.
 
 

What EQ did you use? If you cut a huge notch of a narrow band of freq's it might flange it up a little, but that would be with a pretty low quality eq plugin.
 
If you listen to your "un-uploaded" version, and your "soundclick" version, perhaps there is a difference on those hi-hats, which would point to the Soundclickery mangling your mp3 - I don' t know how or if Soundclick automatically reduces your mp3.
 
I feel we all work too hard on these songs to just have the SoundXXXX's of the world tweak our mixes for us!
 
niggles aside, very cool tune and vocals!

Very nice Surfboogie tune Freddy!! It was a very pleasant and fun listen on my H-phones.
 
A possible minor and personal suggestion (which would give your vocals a little more space & definition) is to slightly pan the guitar parts that follow your vocals throughout the song (the backing vocals also could be panned a bit)......it would give all the other instrumentation a little more space to breath in (this is of course subjective as your tune/mix translated very well/clean).
 
I truly enjoyed listening to this 3x!! Good stuff!! :)
    

Absoflippinlutely Freddy J