Bitflipper's Gone Country

Dave,
I'm with ya! This one has got just the right amount of twang. Very nice work (if this had been my mix I wouldn't even have thought of the word rough). I see where you could easily fill this one up with extra stuff but it is right nice on it's own.

I am likin' this Dave! To me it sounds very Eric Clapton (Lay Down Sally-ish) meets Led Zeppelin (South Bound Suarez-y)...I love the overall feel. It has some country, definitely, but that doesn't define it. It has its own loosey-goosey groove. Then the chorus makes me think of Pure Prairie League meets the Moody Blues. Sorry for all the comparisons, but that's how I experience music. Great stuff for a computer geek!!!

I love that Dave! Cracking riffs, really motors along - I just had to strap on the Les Paul and wail away with it!

Yeah, this is a fun one; nice up tempo, great hooky runs and accents. You should ask James to do some Les Paul riffing, he's all plugged in and ready to go!

Wow. Jeff Lynn, Moody Blues, ZZ Top, Clapton, Zep -- such flattering comparisons! If there is anyone I aspire to emulate, it's Jeff Lynn. Most of my favorite Tom Petty tunes were produced by him, and ELO's Time is one of my all-time favorite albums. In my ultimate fantasy, Freddy Mercury is still alive and is being produced by Jeff Lynn.

I still have a big hole in the middle of the song and haven't decided what to fill it with. Anybody want to do a guitar solo for it?

Mathew: it's the Shannon/Nyquist Sampling Theorem

Not exactly something I listen to a lot, but I like it !! Great song, very well mixed, for me the drums could be just a bit louder, but that's just my metal head saying that . It doesn't need anything extra.

Thanks, Tom.

(sigh) I wish I had a shed.

Well, no doubt there is bass in the song!

YeeeeeHawww!!!! That's a fun tune!

Actually, I agree with you Dave - it's twangy, but not necessarily country. Very catchy melody, nice harmonies. Excellent guitar work and sound. And, I love the bass line coming out of the song!

Yeehaw, indeed. Thanks for listening, everyone!

This song started out as a jam. I guess that sort of comes across even now. I had just gotten my Axiom 49 replacement from the Fed Ex angel and wanted to break it in. Cranked up my reliable jam buddy, Jamstix and started jammin', whacking out the bass line on the new Axiom. A while back somebody commented that nobody does fast songs anymore, so I set the tempo to 200 bpm and started it up. I figured if anything could break the Axiom it would be a thumping bass line at 200 beats per minute!. Good news is the Axiom is still intact and fully functional.

I hadn't really noticed how prominent the bass line was until Ognis' droll comment. So I pulled it back some and remixed it. The revised mix is uploading as I write this. But then cryophonic comes along and says he likes the hot bass. Gee, I hope I haven't farked it up trying to please Ognis.

John, I'm glad you liked the fiddle, because I spent quite a bit of time getting that down. Now I remember why I don't play at 200 bpm all the time -- it's a lot of work!

Nothing's working today! I can't get Cryo's track to play and i can't even find yours. I tracked it down on the Country Rock charts but it won't play.

OK, thanks for clarifying, Ognis. I'd appreciate it if you'd give another listen, as I have pulled back the bass in the mix as well as taken a little bottom off the EQ. Let me know what you think.

Assuming Soundclick comes back online, that is.

Ah, it's back. Great track and production, love the vocal treatment, nice vox in every way. Great riffs, almost Rockabilly definitely way cooler than Country.
I'm listening on laptop speakers (which can hear bass guitar just fine) and it ain't there at all so you may want to rethink your tweaking. Of course, i didn't hear it before so i don't know if you had your mids right then but i'd definitely take a look at them now.
Nice mix over all.

Holy crap, that is some serious pickin' ya got goin' on there...the production/song kinda reminds me of Jeff Lynne/ELO for some reason....maybe its the vocals...love,love love the guitar playing/style. This is fantastic, really enjoyed the listen!!!

Well, guys, I have to confess that I am not a guitar player at all. All the "guitars" you hear were done on the Yamaha MO8 synth. In fact, every part was done on the MO8 except for the bass (Kurzweil PC2R) and drums (Jamstix 2). And the vocals, of course - but I'd fake that too if I could.

There is still a big hole in the middle of the song that I'd invited any real guitarists to fill, but got no takers so I've decided to put in a Jerry Lee Lewis style piano solo there. I've got a gig this weekend so I'll probably not tackle that until Sunday. Nothing like playing live to loosen up those creaky old fingers.