Bound and Loved (or Bound in Lust...still thinking on the title)

Finally found a little use for this upper vocal register I discovered about a year ago and have been working on.  This is more of a rock song, not so much the heavy progressive stuff I put out here before. 
 
Turn it up if you can...I mix stuff to be loud!  The link plays the song automagically. 
 
http://www.soundclick.com...ault.cfm?bandID=965709
 
 
 

That's great..this is really well produced and mixed. Those changes from the clean, Chris Isaac-ish guitars to the heavy ones are very nicely mixed, as are the vocals. Unusual sound, but I like it.

Very cool. I get lots of different vibes from this. Like many bands from over the years all coming together for one big jam.

rebel007 - much thanks, I appreciate your ear.  
 
Jamesg1213 - thanks, I am getting the feeling the sounds are unusual, which I didn't expect.
 
Wookie - that's precisely what I was going for...a more spacey mix, lots of room for the parts.
 
Scottytunes - I have been getting that same...response, different vibes...took me by surprise actually.
 
speedtom - No, I don't mind that at all, and was exactly what I expected really - to stand out as a radio friendly commercial type thing. 
 
 
I'll be honest, I'm disappointed at the overall response, or lack thereof.  I know everyone in here can relate.  I guess I just blew it on this one.  
 
I've always prided myself on knowing what people want to hear - and when I write long, windy songs, with an emphasis on music over vocals, meandering structures over radio friendly structures, I know full well that I am challenging the listener.  So I've always accepted the lack of enthusiasm, and select audience I get as a result of that - has always been expected and has never bothered me at all.
 
But this time, I purposely set out to do something simple and radio friendly.  And I am completely dumbfounded at the response I'm getting - not so much here, but on other song boards.  I thought I had a great song here that was accessible to the modern ear, but man, I can tell that people are just not digging it.  And I'm clueless to what is happening.  Maybe I'm just completely out of touch.  I don't know. 
 
I like to learn from my mistakes.  And I'm so lost here, that I don't know what to take from this, what to learn.  My wife says I'm too influenced by Mars Volta and that this song is too much of a Jekyll and Hyde.  I don't hear it, honestly.  But maybe she's right?  (pst..nobody tell her I said she might be right about something, she'll never let me forget it, ha ha!)
 
 

Hey James, I appreciate it.  I'm going to do what I do, and nothing is going to change that.  I love this song - I hope that doesn't sound vain, I just do.  I love the space, the lyrics, how all of the sudden the heavy guitars and thundering drums kick in and then the haunting, dreamy ending - I busted my ass on that vocal work, from the screaming rock stuff to the smoothed trippy stuff at the end.  The melodies work for me, real well. 
 
It's just that nobody likes it - ha ha!  Let's be honest here.  I've had 35 views at Ultimate-Guitar, not a single reply - that's a hard death right there.  I've had a lot of views here too, but you guys have been generous. 
 
I'm a big boy, I can take it.  I'm more confused that anything else, because I thought it would be received way better. 
 
I will continue to give my *honest* critiques on this board and give us amateurs the attention we all deserve.  And thank you for yours.  Happy recording! 

That's how I like my women? Bound and loved... I may give it a less busy drum track, with the guitars, it feels like it needs to be slower "during the slow part" on the faster part, the drums seem to fit very well with it.
 
I don't want them talking to me, unless it's in response to a question about their paternal heritage... 

This is pretty cool! Very much an indie vibe, with some shredding thrown in for good measure. Nice, clean mix, though the snare gets just a tad monotonous. Very creative, for sure.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Nice one!  This has a  very definite indie and commercial feel to it.  However, for me the changes that you have built into this number make it kind of refreshing and certainly take it away from the formulated boredom that comes across commercial radio. 
Lynn makes a valid point when he stated that "We're all atoms in a huge sea..."  However, most participant on this forum are very good about responding and you will get some very good (and honest) feedback.

Cool.. nise song and sounds..

Freddy J - thank you sir!  I have received the most response here at this forum, which means a lot.  I am still disappointed in the dead response on other boards though.  If a song really moves someone, they'll respond.  So, it is what it is.  
 
Leadfoot - so yeah, Jekyll and Hyde.  I guess it never seemed that way to me since it was conceived from a Fleetwood Mac phase.  Sounds nothing like them..ha ha.  I can't explain it.  I am glad it took you by surprise though - that surprise, and really unpredictability too, is a quality in music that I miss in commercial, that I'm constantly looking for in my own.  I love not knowing what's going to happen next, and the possibility that it could be anything.  
 
Makke - thanks.
 
daryl1968 - Thomas Dolby huh?  Just need a little more accent, I think.  

whack - Wow, thanks!  I understand what you're saying about it being somewhat "Indie", and yeah, I'm changing nothing.  Other than maybe it would be nice to get that annoying snare tamed a bit more, but I'm moving on. 
 
Real drums are coming too, my friend.  I can't wait, but I have to sell my house first, get some money freed up and then convince the queen of the castle that I need - not merely want - but *need* mics for the drum kit.  It shall start with a back rub...